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October 2005:
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT… No it wasn’t.
It was broad daylight when best-selling author Marcia Muller’s
protagonist Sharon McCone entered the gates of Fort Mason
Center. She mentions many of our residents. Early on in the
book her characters have a picnic on the edge of one of our
piers. Interested? Check the recently released paperback The
Dangerous Hour. Muller and her highly respected mystery
writer husband, Bill Pronzini, are residents of Sonoma
County.
IMPROVISATIONAL KUDOS… Roy Vella received the
Stockley Superhero Award from BATS Improv. The award
is presented annually to the individual who has "provided
extraordinary service to the organization." Congrats.
BATS, and its executive director, John Kovacevich,
are very much in the news these days. They were featured prominently
in a story about how to channel your creativity by Bonnie
Wach in the San Francisco Chronicle "Pink
Section" recently.
IMPROV KUDOS TIMES TWO… Providing improvisation
training in a another place on campus, Jim Cranna,
who is retiring as a teacher, was featured in the San Francisco
Chronicle’s Datebook. Says the Chron, "…when
Cranna walked in last Saturday to conduct his last (improv)
class at Fort Mason, he found not the usual 15 aspiring actors
and comedians, but more than 70 students from yesteryear."
Grace Sargent takes the classroom reins.
MUSIC SCHOOL SETS DATE FOR CONCERT…Blue Bear School
of Music presents its first annual Music for Youth Benefit
Concert early next year. Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter
Bonnie Hayes is the first of the performers to be announced.
Look for news of others. Blue Bear is also looking for corporate
sponsors. More info at www.bluebearmusic.org.
TOOT, TOOT, OR IS THAT A TUG BOAT…Train buffs
take note. The October/November issue of Park News
is all about trains. The train to Muir Woods, train to Alcatraz,
train to the Cliffs, and "Making Tracks to Fort Mason."
The writer, Roger Goldberg, NPS Interpretative Ranger,
hints at the reuse of the tunnel under the Great Meadow
for an extension of the E-Line to stop at Fort Mason
Center. Some serious work is being done to make that happen.
YOU CAN TURN BACK TI—YUM… Well, maybe
not, but we can reminisce. A quarter of a century ago this
month, Fort Mason Center hosted the 4th Annual New Earth
Exposition and the 5th Poetry Film Festival. Two
decades ago, the Center hosted the San Francisco Firefighters’
6th Annual Chili Cook-Off as well as Festival Français
’85. While the French are gone, the Italians have
come. See the story on Cal-Italia. Viva France, Italy, poets,
firefighters, and those who want to save the earth.
– Staff
Image: "Fort Mason Center" by Michael Schwab
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