North Branch welcomes KQED podcast host Olivia Allen-Price to discuss her new book Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area. Copies of Bay Curious will be available for purchase.

Come out to the 2nd Street Napa Bookmine for an afternoon with Olivia and all things Bay Curious!

Bookshop West Portal is supported by a lot of proud and curious San Franciscans. And we are honored to welcome Olivia Allen-Price, the editor and host of the KQED podcast Bay Curious, in celebration of her book Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Expect a lively discussion on the joys and challenges of investigating forgotten histories, legendary local figures, and all the quirks and oddities that make the Bay Area so unique. You don’t want to miss seeing these two local podcasters take the stage together for the first time!

Join Bay Curious to immerse in the cultural significance of Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden, which dates back to the 1893 World’s Fair and holds a sprawling family history that embodies the experience of Japanese Americans in California from the 1800s to today.

Join Bay Curious to immerse in the cultural significance of Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden, which dates back to the 1893 World’s Fair and holds a sprawling family history that embodies the experience of Japanese Americans in California from the 1800s to today.

Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore is excited to welcome Olivia Allen-Price to the store on Wednesday, May 10, 7pm, to read from, discuss, and sign her new book.

In this sure-to-be-lively session, Allen-Price will chat with two fellow journalists whose curiosity about and love for the Bay Area rivals Allen-Price’s own: Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight of the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Total SF podcast. Bring your burning questions, or the Bay Area secrets you’ve been dying to share!

Join us for a launch celebration with the team behind KQED’s new book, Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area. The night will feature on-stage readings, performances, food, interviews and more.

Olivia Allen-Price and the Bay Curious team will be taking part in KQED Fest! Come play trivia, try our scavenger hunt, or just say hello!

An atmospheric night of immersive storytelling that takes audiences deep inside the Donner Party saga.

Come skate the night away with the Bay Curious team at an iconic San Francisco skating rink.

We’re back with a special summer edition of trivia about local curiosities with team behind the KQED podcast Bay Curious. Grab tickets for Aug. 23 or 24.

We’re back with a special summer edition of trivia about local curiosities with team behind the KQED podcast Bay Curious. Grab tickets for August 23 or 24.

Bay Curious sets out to answer listeners’ questions about our home. One of those questions — about the origin of the fortune cookie — led us to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.

But what we found when we got there was another story altogether: the garden, which dates back to the World’s Fair of 1893, holds a sprawling family history and is a microcosm for how California has treated Japanese Americans since the 1800s to today. In this walking tour, actress Sango Tajima — aided by Head Gardener Steven Pitsenbarger — leads us through a theatrical history of the garden, and the people who created it.

Space is limited. Tours run at 6:00pm, 6:40pm, and 7:20pm.