Ready or not, here come the Oakland A’s fans. As early as noon on Thursday, fans are expected to begin lining up to enter the parking lot at the Coliseum, but many won’t actually buy a ticket to the A’s Opening Night game against the Cleveland Guardians, a sign of protest against the team’s pending … Read more
Thanks to three outstanding performances, two onstage and one in the orchestra pit, this production of Jenůfa gloriously demonstrates the heights the ENO can reach as well as the magnificence of Janáček’s music. Let’s start with the music because the Czech composer Leos Janáček had a unique style, with the orchestra and the singers often seeming detached from each … Read more
Nearly a year after the Oakland A’s announced their plans to move the team to Las Vegas, the A’s finally unveiled renderings for their ballpark in Las Vegas. The 33,000-seat park will be enclosed by a roof but will feature “the world’s largest cable-net glass window” to allow for natural light and views of the … Read more
Rooted in Oakland no longer, the A’s finally ditched their slogan this week. The A’s have removed their infamous “Rooted in Oakland” sign that was plastered across the Coliseum and visible from Interstate 880. A helicopter for ABC 7 caught video of a person on a crane scraping off the vinyl sign into small pieces … Read more
OAKLAND — Trevor May is finally free from the Oakland A’s and owner John Fisher. “Like a bird, finally let loose to fly,” May said Saturday at Fans Fest, a celebration of Oakland sports fans at Jack London Square. “Last year was very hard. I just had a lot of stuff I was worrying about.” … Read more
Well, that happened fast. One day after Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval had a positive meeting with Oakland and Alameda County officials about extending the A’s lease at the Coliseum until 2028, Sacramento emerged as the front-runner to host the A’s from 2025-27. According to a report in The Athletic on Friday, the A’s are … Read more
After starting the year with atonal music and the grim story of The Handmaid’s Tale, the English National Opera has followed it up with the exact opposite. Rossini’s Barber of Seville is pure fun from start to finish, with great hummable music and a hilariously ridiculous plot. The story centres on two very different men fighting over the same woman: the … Read more
Perhaps this won’t be the A’s last season in Oakland after all. Team president Dave Kaval will meet with officials from the City of Oakland and Alameda County on Thursday to discuss a lease extension at the Coliseum that would keep the A’s in Oakland until their ballpark in Las Vegas is ready, according to … Read more
Ballet always loves a devastating ‘girl done wrong’ story and Giselle set the template long before the Manons, Swan Lakes and Onegins to come. It also gave its tragic heroine agency, even in her devastation, that resonates just as powerfully today. It’s a mark of the remarkable range of this company that the ENB can … Read more
Finally, John Fisher is making public remarks. The Oakland A’s owner addressed the media shortly after the MLB owners voted to approve the A’s move to Las Vegas at the owners’ meetings in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday morning. “I understand that it is an incredibly difficult day for Oakland fans,” he told reporters. “And I … Read more