It’s true: The giving is as fulfilling as the receiving. This list contains many Bay Area nonprofits and information about their annual fundraising events.

Best-sellers, mysteries, memoirs, and more may only be a class or workshop away.

It’s never too late to expand your mental horizons.

The world of lifelong learning is a huge one.

If you can’t study African dance and drumming in Africa itself, then Oakland’s Malonga Center is the next best thing.

From temperature and TVs to garage doors and tunes, there’s a gadget for that.

Our guide to East Bay parklets highlights cleverly designed oases from Albany and Berkeley to Oakland and San Leandro.

Six clever samples of restful and energizing at-home retreats just beyond East Bay backdoors range from a rustic teahouse and serene yoga studio to a prefab writing shed and an open-air room with a cozy sunset view.

In the East Bay, house flipping is not for amateurs.

You, too, can charter FDR’s Floating White House.