Tag: San Francisco

There are so many great things about San Francisco, that it's sometimes easy to overlook all the wonderful public sculptures lurking behind seemingly every corner and open space. A leisurely stroll, or hilly jog can take you past all sorts of interesting metal and ceramic objects. Take these bronze and enamel...

The most extensive annual tasting of domestically produced Spanish and Portuguese varietal wines in North America will take place this year at the Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. TAPAS President Jeff Stai, Twisted Oak Winery, Murphys CA, says, “We're excited to be able to create an event...

42nd Street Moon announced they will end the 2009/10 season with Kiss The Boys Goodbye: The Songs of Broadway and Hollywood in the 1940s, a gala concert at the Alcazar Theater on June 21.  The company will celebrate the songs that kept the home fires burning (and singing) during...

The Curran Theatre in San Francisco was one heck of a fun place to be last night. Touring Broadway show (by SHN) In the Heights opened here to an enthusiastic crowd and did not disappoint, demonstrating why it nabbed a 2008 Tony for best musical, and a Grammy for best...

It's another busy weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area for theater and live events. It's somewhat surprising to see so many events crowded into the calendar for the upcoming weeks and months. Then again, maybe it's not so unusual after all what with the nice weather and busy summer...

Pink Martini returns to Davies Symphony Hall to perform two special concerts with the San Francisco Symphony led by Assistant Conductor Donato Cabrera at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1 and 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 2. Joining the ensemble is special guest NPR White House correspondent Ari...

Everything but the kitchen sink gets tossed into the high-tech version of Peter Pan that opened yesterday at Ferry Park in San Francisco. With a 360-degree jumbo video screen and exciting flying acrobatics it should fulfill the dreams of any starry-eyed youngster looking for adventure and thrills. Everything is larger than...

Jo Schuman Silver, producer of Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon, announced today the selection of nine Bay Area finalists for the Steve Silver Foundation and Beach Blanket Babylon "Scholarship for the Arts." One winner in each category will be presented with a check for $10,000 towards their college...

UPDATE: The benefit performance by Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show has been updated to June 24. The San Francisco Fleet Week Association announced that San Francisco Fleet Week 2010 will be held October 7-12, 2010. To kick off fundraising efforts for Fleet Week 2010, a special benefit performance of Sandy...

When audiences hear one of the characters in Puccini’s 1910 opera La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) hailed as a “Wells Fargo agent” this summer, they may suspect the San Francisco Opera of adding the job description to pander to its season sponsor, but that...