Booktails: Flashlight by Susan Choi
“When Louisa hated her mother, it was because the thought of her caused so much pain. When she hated her father, it was because she was conscious of emulating his remoteness.” As we approach the end of the year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the number of stellar...
Art that Heals : Ninette Larson Blends Art Practice with Grief Therapy
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Booktails: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
There is no universe where R.F. Kuang releases a book and I don’t read it. So, of course, I ordered Katabasis the day it came out and dropped everything the moment it landed on my doorstep. Katabasis follows two rival PhD students as they descend into the underworld...
Benicia Plein Air Gallery Features Iris Sabre
Iris Sabre’s recent paintings will be featured at the Benicia Plein Air Gallery during the month of October. As a plein air painter, Iris Sabre works primarily from life. Painting outdoors in the ever-changing environment, she experiences moments of heightened joy,...
Artist and Activist Mario Saucedo
“I have a passion for working with the community and saving lives,” says Mario Saucedo, a Vallejo mixed media artist and former film industry costume and set designer. An educator, counselor, and community activist, in 2008 Saucedo formed the Solano AIDS Coalition to...
Coming in 2026 … the Benicia Arts Festival
Step into a day of open galleries, live performances, interactive activities and installations, pop-up poetry, and street-level surprises. Art in every form and music in the air. Good tastes and sips. This array of artful delights is coming next year. Titled simply...
Booktails: The Imagined Life
“I suppose I could have always asked my father what his cryptic scribblings meant, but somehow it seemed more fun, or at least more exciting, to try to decipher them myself, to think of them as a kind of puzzle or game I had to unravel.” There’s something about the...
Booktails: The Reign of Wolf 21
“I imagined him then walking the few feet to the hilltop, where he had bedded down so many times next to his life partner, and lying down to rest. As he slowly drifted off to sleep, I would like to think that the scent from that tree triggered a picture. If so, then...
For the Love of Dogs. Three Artists Create.
Benicia artists love their dogs, perhaps some more than others, to the point where dogs have become a common subject in their artwork. Three artists -- Betty Lucas, Lisa Reinertson, and Barb Duvall – have become known locally for their depictions of dogs, yet their...
