Posts Tagged ‘civic center’
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Your San Francisco Ballet’s varied* Program 4 just wrapped (and after all those takes, get Becca Hirschman’s here), so that means Program 5, the U.S. premiere of the Little Mermaid, is coming up soon.
They’re putting it on for just one week - many sections are selling out already. This promises to be a mega show, so get your tickets now if you want a chance to see LM this go around.
Famous Yuan Yuan Tan as den Lille Havfrue:
See you there!
*Very varied. It was a balletic Rorschach Test, read the reviews.
Tags: 20, 2010, 5, ballerina, Ballet, civic center, debut, Little Mermaid, march, program, San Francisco, tickets, u.s. united states, Yuan Yuan Tan
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Here’s what’s coming up at your free San Francisco Public Library:
“Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames – Exhibition in the Library’s Jewett Gallery, March 13th – June 13th, 2010. San Francisco Public Library is pleased to present, Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames, an exhibition of 83 framed works by 21 of Korea’s most talented cartoonists drawn over a period of four decades, on view March 13–June 13 in the Jewett Gallery at the Main Library, 100 Larkin St.”
O.K. then.
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. Oh, wait a second, this is the cover of North Korea’s version of Animal Farm. I forget which one is the Queen Bee, is it the Dear Leader, the Great Leader? One of them, anyway. Good times:
Cho Pyŏng-Kwon (Story) / Im Wal-Yong (Art), The Great General Mighty Wing (1994), Published in 1994 by Gold Star Children’s Press
All the deets, after the jump
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
Three of these youts (possibly Academy of Art students) crossing Divisidero the other night got a lesson about NOPA courtesy of a fourth, who was in Sightsee M.C. mode.
First, WiFi-enabled and MacBook-heavy Cafe Abir got dismissed as the ”Hastings* Study Group.” And actually, the phrase ”The Future Lawyers of America” was bandied about.
And then the whole of the new North of Panhandle Area got dismissed as being “just like the suburbs.”
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Ouch. Kids these days…
*College of Law, University of California – the oldest, largest and fifth (or sixth) best law school in California.
Tags: abir, academy of art, area, bar, cafe, civic center, corridor, divco, divisadero, fly, fulton, future lawyers of america, gentrification, gentrified, hastings, hastings study group, law, NOPA, north, north of panhandle area, panhandle, panhandle area, pwnage, pwned, school, street, students, study group, suburbs, western addition, youths
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Via ActionNewsSF, you might search to find a KGO-TV bit covering the traffic-disrupting venting steam pipe at McAllister and Larkin today – it’s more steam than usual, that’s for sure.
But this area of Civic Center right in front of our Asian Art Museum (this year, it’s Shanghai) is basically steaming all the time, right?
HC SVNT DRACONES:
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This intersection is usually steaming, unless it’s flooding. Like this:
via Lulu Vision
Oh well.
As per usual, it all happens on (or near) McAllister Street, Gateway to the Golden Gate Park Panhandle and home of the Snickerdoodle bike path (Route 20), your best way of getting over Alamo Heights while avoiding the abysmal, Hayes Valley NIMBY-designed Octavia Boulevard 24-7 traffic scrum.
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Wicked - tickets on sale now at our Orpheum Theatre - is getting a new Elphaba starting March 2, 2010. Eden Espinosa has sworn off this role more than once but here she comes to replace Teal Wicks, who’s been on the job for almost a year now.
Get all the deets below.
It looks like Wicked will be going for another two months for sure. Who knows how long it will last.
Ach der lieber! Ihre Haut ist grun, ja?
via Joan Marcus
Und jetzt, nicht grun:
EDEN ESPINOSA RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO AS ‘ELPHABA’ IN THE SMASH HIT MUSICAL WICKED
SAN FRANCISCO… Eden Espinosa, who has performed the role of Elphaba to critical acclaim on Broadway, San Francisco, and in Los Angeles, will return to San Francisco to star in the open-ended engagement of WICKED now playing at the Orpheum Theatre. Since it’s opening in the Bay Area a year ago, WICKED has been seen by close to a million people. And the show continues to be a cultural phenomenon having just shattered its own record to become the highest grossing show in Broadway history.
Beginning March 2, Eden will be joining the San Francisco cast that currently includes Kendra Kassebaum, starring as Glinda. This will not be the first time that Eden and Kendra will perform these roles opposite each other on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre here in San Francisco. They appeared here together when the first national tour of WICKED played a sold-out limited 6-week engagement at the Orpheum Theatre in the summer of 2005.
More deets after the jump
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Tags: 1182, 1192, 2000-2009, 2009, 2010, 30, 8th, aughts, B., civic center, curtain, David Garrison, David Stone, decade, Deedee Magno Hall, Eddy Rioseco, Eden Espinosa, elphiba, emerald, Eugene Lee, families, galinda, Gregory Maguire, Joe Mantello, Jon B. Platt, Jon Platt, Jonathan Ritter, Kendra Kassebaum, Kenneth Posner, lottery, Marc Platt, market, Nicolas Dromard, orpheum, patty duke, play, San Francisco, saturdays, shn, Stephen Schwartz, street, Susan Hilferty, Teal Wicks, theatre, tickets, Tom Flynn, Tony Meola, tour, tourists, visitors, Wayne Cilento, wednesdays, wicked, Winnie Holzman, witch, wizard
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Look at all these people patiently lined up by the Civic Center BART Station using their own private bus service – they’re commuting to work up to the Pacific Campus on Buchanan in Pacific Heights.
Of course CPMC pays taxes to fund MUNI but, for whatever reason, it’s easier for them to just opt out and buy their own vans and hire their own drivers to start up their own private bus line. You’d think that it’d be easier for the workers to get off at Embarcadero Station and take MUNI on a straight shot with no transfers, but you’d be wrong.
Oh well. Who’ll be the next to opt out of MUNI?
Sic transit gloria transit
Tags: (BART), Buchanan, civic center, CPMC, Muni, Pacific Campus, private bus line, Sic transit gloria transit, Station
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
[UPDATE: Joshua Sabatini has an update - the next committee hearing will be on February 22, 2010.]
Your San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar wants to expand Article 19F of the San Francisco Public Health Code – you know, the one from 1994 that prohibits smoking in enclosed areas and sports stadiums.
Check out the current rules after the jump, but don’t get used to them as they could be changing soon. This afternoon’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors Committee on Land Use & Economic Development could lead to some changes.
A graphic from this afternoon’s rally – secondhand smoke levels from outdoor dining areas at two unnamed cafes in North Beach are considered dangerous by the EPA:
80 souls were there before the committee meeting began:
Eric Mar and supporters enjoying a healthy smoke-free ride in the Richmond District back in 2008:
Brace yourselves:
COMMUNITY RALLY TO SUPPORT EXPANDING PROTECTIONS FROM SECOND HAND SMOKE
Rally & Press Conference Before the Board of Supervisors Committee
Hearing on Ordinance that Closes the Gaps in Public Health Code
Polk Street City Hall Steps
Monday, February 1 at 12:00 noon
WHAT: A rally and press conference to support an ordinance that will
expand protection from second hand smoke by closing gaps in the
San Francisco Public Health Code. San Francisco is poised to
join 18 other Bay Area cities in offering protection from
second hand smoke by prohibiting smoking in many outdoor areas
such as farmers markets, outdoor dining areas, theater and ATM
lines, hotel and motel lobby areas, and other places frequented
by members of the public. The rally will convene just before
the meeting of the Board of Supervisors Committee on Land Use &
Economic Development, which will hear the proposed legislation
for the first time.
WHO: A large crowd of community members including families, tenants,
tenant advocates, members of the Chinese Progressive
Association and San Francisco Tobacco Free Coalition;
Supervisor Eric Mar, Supervisor John Avalos, Jul Lynn Parsons
(Co-Chair of Mayor’s Disability Council), Carol McGruder
(Tobacco Free Coalition member); Alex Tom (Tobacco Free
Coalition; Chinese Progressive Association) and others.
BACKGROUND:
The proposed ordinance would update Article 19F of the San Francisco Health Code, the landmark legislation adopted in 1994 that protects residents and visitors from second hand smoke. If approved by the Board of Supervisors and signed by the Mayor, San Francisco would join a long list of other Bay Area cities that have already expanded protection from second hand smoke for their residents to include many outdoor areas.
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
There are just four more shows left of this run of Swan Lake at our fantastic San Francisco Ballet. A lot of the sections are sold out, but you can still get a pair of ticks for the Saturday night showing for less than a hundred bones.
Becca Hirschman saw the show a few days back – she has all the deets if you’re undecided.
Act II is mesmerizing, with 30+ swans cavorting about. I mean, how many ballerinas does San Francisco have?
Myself, I loved Acts II, III, and IV – I was a little too far away to see all the details they threw into the first act.
And the sets are huge
All in all, it’s a great production.
See you there!
Tags: 2010, Ballet, civic center, San Francisco, swan lake
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
This was the scene today in Civic Center, where hundreds of Coptic Christians rallied for religious freedom and an end to the recent violence in Egypt.
Details at 40 Going On 28.
Tags: 2010, 29, 29th, christians, christmas, City Hall, civic center, coffins, copt, coptic, egypt, egyptian, eve, freedom, funeral, january, mass, mid-east, Naj Hammadi, rally, religion, religious, San Francisco, violence
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
About a million or so folks have seen the fantastic open-ended run of San Francisco-born Wicked at our Orpheum Theatre this past year. To help celebrate, you ought to go see The Women of WICKED In Conversation and Song on January 25th. Check it:
“In celebration of the show’s one year anniversary, The San Francisco Museum of Performance & Design will present The Women of WICKED In Conversation and Song featuring appearances by Academy Award-winning Actress Patty Duke, Teal Wicks and Kendra Kassebaum. The event takes place on Monday, January 25 at 7pm at the Museum of Performance & Design, located on the Fourth Floor of the Veteran’s Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister in San Francisco. For more information, visit the Museum’s website, www.mpdsf.org.”
Deets below. See you there! (Unless this performance just sold out, looking into it now….Uh oh, looks like it’s going to be tough to get into this one at this point, sorry to be a tease. But you, you’re resourceful – maybe you can figure out a way to get ticks at this late date.)
Teal Wicks(with belt!) as Elphaba and Kendra Kassebaum as Glinda. They both do a great job:
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Read all about it, after the jump
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