"From the wildest slide rides to the best creative family-​bonding experiences, Diablo rounds up the most exciting, enchanting, exhilarating, thought-provoking, hunger-abating, energy-burning, tantrum-​averting, and just plain fun things to do with kids in the East Bay."

"'Yes, I was very nervous about writing a convincing female lead. I'm not, you know, a woman,' offers author Andy Weir, before he's asked, about the protagonist of his novel Artemis, out November 14. Set in the moon's first city, Artemis, the tale is told from the perspective of Jasmine Bashara, known as 'Jazz,' a small-time criminal who gets in way over her head."

"From a Bluetooth-enabled sensor bow for violins to a programmable drum pad, Keith McMillen's innovations have been on the cutting edge of music for nearly four decades—and now he's rocking other industries."

"In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character travels a murderous path to the Scottish throne. The Berkeley Rep role won't be too much of a stretch for Conleth Hill, who has spent the last six years as Varys, the master of whispers, on HBO's similarly crown-scheming Game of Thrones."

"The first time Andy Samberg hosted a major awards show, the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, he was beamed from the USS Enterprise into Justin Timberlake's limo—naked. Four years later, in his opening monologue at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, he unleashed a giddy, expletive-laden tirade against Hollywood. It's really anyone's guess what kind of envelope-pushing antics the Berkeley native will employ when he hosts the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards this month."

"Berkeley Rep is a new venue for Tony Award–winning director Pam MacKinnon, who helms this month's world-premiere musical adaptation of the 2001 film Amélie. But the theater company's reputation preceded it."

"Not long ago, those kids who loved comic books, fantasy novels, and science facts were the furthest thing from cool. But times have changed: Superheroes and sci-fi rule the box office, and one of TV's top shows features dragons. From video game innovators to fantastical writers and filmmakers, we happen to have some of the greatest geeks in the world living right here in the East Bay—and plenty of places and ways to nerd out."