Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide
WEBBottleRock Napa Valley sexual assault convict’s appeal for reduced sentence denied. By Aidin Vaziri. Patti Smith leads San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024 lineup. Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to arts & entertainment in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news with a curated events calendar.
Robert Graysmith wrote the definitive Zodiac Killer book. He …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · Robert Graysmith, a former Chronicle illustrator, in 2012. Photo: Russell Yip / The Chronicle. For a fairly famous guy, author Robert Graysmith doesn’t get out much.
Review: Tiny Tim documentary lifts curtain on misunderstood singer
WEBApr 21, 2021 · M“Tiny Tim: King for a Day”: Documentary. Directed by Johan von Sydow. (Not rated. 78 minutes.) Showing Friday-Sunday, April 23-25, and April 30-May 2, at the Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., in San Rafael. The film will also be available to stream via on May 21, and video on demand Aug. 6.
Datebook | San Francisco Books News & Events
WEBDatebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to Books in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news coverage with a curated events calendar.
The world finally catches up to Bob Kaufman, unsung hero of Beat ...
WEBNov 1, 2019 · Kaufman — with his commitment to the art, his surreal eye on the urban experience and beyond it, and his jazz timing — brings San Francisco to life. Though as dramatically as the city has changed since the Beat era, some things have stayed the same. His poem titled, “Oct. 5th, 1963,” is addressed to the Chronicle’s letters to the ...
Dave Chappelle defends jokes about transgender people in …
WEBJul 7, 2022 · Comedian Dave Chappelle. Photo: Alex Edelman / AFP via Getty Images 2019. Comedian Dave Chappelle says he was deeply hurt by the reaction to his 2021 standup special “The Closer,” which drew sharp criticism for his comments about transgender people, in his latest special that got a surprise release on Thursday, July 7. The new Netflix special called “What’s in a Name?” is made up of ...
Review: Laci Peterson murder case explored in new Netflix, …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Scott Peterson, left, says he his affair with Amber Frey came from “a lack of self-esteem.”. Frey, right, appears in the Netflix three-part docuseries “American Murder: Laci Peterson.”. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix. Still, his appearances in Peacock’s “Face to Face” are fascinating. But unlike “Face to Face,” which practically ...
SF treasure ‘Beach Blanket Babylon’ to close after 45 years
WEBApr 17, 2019 · Club Fugazi, 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd., S.F. 415-421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com. Follow: Lily Janiak Lily Janiak is The San Francisco Chronicle’s theater critic. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @LilyJaniak. For 45 years, the team at 'Beach Blanket Babylon' has donned enormous hats and skewered politics….
San Francisco Pride Parade 2022: What to know about city’s
WEBJun 1, 2022 · The San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Celebration — its official name — is a festival and parade that has taken place every year in the city for five decades. The June event is a rainbow-colored valentine to the LGBTQ community and its allies. LGBTQ Pride 2022 events from S.F. Bay Area arts organizations.
Mort Sahl, giant of political comedy who emerged from S.F
WEBOct 26, 2021 · Mort Sahl at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley on Nov. 5, 2015. Sahl is a San Francisco pioneer — father of both the city’s vibrant comedy scene, and an innovator in the field of political comedy that Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and others now have made common. He began in the 1950s at the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco, and ...
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