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November 2005:
MORE THAN ONE GOOD BOOK… Friends of the San Francisco
Public Library held its big book sale recently. "Big"
might not be an adequate adjective. The Festival Pavilion
was filled with a quarter million books. That’s enough
to give a book to every citizen of Louisville. Opening night,
the place was packed. Wine and margaritas flowed. Raves on
the food. And it was rumored that the owner of Trillium
Press was there, dressed as a human jukebox. Gus Lee,
author of China Boy – the book all San Franciscans
have been assigned to read – was there as well, signing
away.
GETTING AROUND TOWN…Blue Bear School of Music
guitar instructor Randy Clark and his band, Crowsong,
have been making the rounds of San Francisco venues. The band
has been spotted at the Bazaar Cafe in the Richmond,
Papa Toby’s Revolution Cafe in the Mission and
at the Noe Valley Ministry, where they participated
in a benefit for the Tibetan Children’s Fund.
Check out their web site, www.crowsong.com.
MORE ABOUT TOWN…Performing Arts Workshop celebrated
their latest anniversary at the 111 Minna Gallery.
They have been helping young people discover the arts and
bring about personal transformation for 40 years. Congrats.
THEATER BEGETS THEATRE… Magic Theatre’s Audience
Services Manager Nick Olivero started Boxcar Theatre
Company recently (www.box cartheatre.org). Their first
production 21/One, earned them a Best of the Fringe
award for Best New Company at this year’s SF Fringe Festival.
To "er" or "re," that’s the question.
Edna O’Brien, who is back at the Magic for a premiere
of another of her works, Family Butchers, was first
alarmed, then soothed when she saw an Irish piper on the hill
above Fort Mason Center, according to a column on the Irish
writer on the Inside Bay Area web site. We’ve
seen and heard the piper as well. He is not a ghost, but we’re
not so sure he’s Irish.
PAST PERFECT…Twenty years ago this month, Fort
Mason Center was buzzing with great theater events. Sam
Shepard’s Buried Child was at the Magic. It
was followed by a Magic production of Scar, written
and directed by Murray Mednick about a traumatized
Vietnam veteran. Young Performers Theatre hosted an
original play by Leonard Wolf, Frankenstein, The
Thirteenth. The Asian American Theater Company
presented a play by Linda Kalayaan Faigao about a Pilipino
family’s struggle for freedom and identity, State
Without Grace.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, BUT THERE’S MORE TO BE MADE…At
the recent San Francisco Blues Fest, creator and producer
Tom Mazzolini thanked former Fort Mason Foundation
executive director Marc Kasky for his contribution
to the festival in the early days. Current executive director
Alex Zwissler is about to release some really big news
about Fort Mason Center’s future. It’s all hush
hush until November 9. For updates on events and breaking
Fort Mason Center news, bookmark www .fortmason.org.
– Staff
Image: "Fort Mason Center" by Michael Schwab
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