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.
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.
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.
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.
Review: Tiny Tim documentary lifts curtain on misunderstood singer
WEBApr 21, 2021 — 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. 'King for a Day' makes it clear: There was never anything like Tim, whose '60s …
S.F. Opera announces a 2023-24 season with an emphasis on new ...
WEBJan 24, 2023 — The San Francisco Opera plans to launch its second century with a 2023-24 season featuring the highest proportion of contemporary work in its history, alongside an array of familiar works by Verdi, Wagner and others. For its 101st season, announced Tuesday, Jan. 24, the company’s eight-opera schedule includes three co-commissioned …
Ann Getty, SF society figure and philanthropist, dies at 79
WEBSep 14, 2020 — Ann Getty, a leading San Francisco philanthropist devoted to the arts and sciences, died Monday, Sept. 14, of a heart attack suffered during a family dinner Sunday night at the Getty home on Outer Broadway in San Francisco. According to a family representative, Getty was rushed to the hospital, where she died several hours later.
How S.F. and The Chronicle get trashed on Hallmark’s ‘A
WEBDec 7, 2022 — The three of us streamed “A Big Fat Family Christmas” during a virtual watch party Sunday, Dec. 4, and live-tweeted our thoughts alongside readers and our Chronicle co-workers. As the official “Total SF” alternate host, I knew no matter how bad the movie was that the three of us would have a blast offering commentary and comparing the …
How Journey survived another lineup change to make its first
WEBJul 28, 2021 — Guitarist Neal Schon — the band’s co-founder and driving force through countless lineup changes, lawsuits and lead singers — told The Chronicle he wasn’t even sure the track was destined to be a Journey song when he started working up the keyboard loops while sheltering in place last year during the early months of the COVID-19 …
'Beach Blanket Babylon' says goodbye with the performance of
WEBJan 1, 2020 — Tammy Nelson takes the stage wearing the iconic San Francisco skyline hat for the show’s finale with the cast singing “San Francisco” as “Beach Blanket Babylon” closed out its 45-year run. Photo: Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle. On New Year’s Eve, “Crazy” often seemed to leave her breathless, its wrenching, lonesome lyrics and ...