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APRIL 2006
HISTORY, HERSTORY ... 20 years ago this month, Joseph Campbell was here. He delivered a two-day seminar entitled “The Feminine: East/West.” The Charles Bukowski fan club met here. A quarter of a century ago Lilith and the Peoples Theatre presented Exit the Maids about union maids leaving their jobs at posh hotels. Hmmmn. Ripped from future headlines? Magic Theatre did Europa and The Feeding, Actor’s Ark produced Fat’s in the Fire while the Playwrights’ Center staged 10 different plays during their celebration of DramaRama ’81.
DINING ALONE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE ... A new private dining room is now open at Greens Restaurant. Accommodates 60 for stand up events and 42 for sit-down dinners. Stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Speaking of food, don’t forget Greens-to-Go. Pastries, sandwiches, salads. Across the way in Building B, Cooks & Company offers the stuff that makes for a light breakfast and hearty lunch.
CAMPUS CHANGES ... A new nonprofit organization is taking the Building A space vacated by the Museum of Craft & Folk Art, now doing quite well downtown in the new “museum district” near the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The new inhabitants are expected to open their doors in late spring, early summer.
PARKING CHANGES ... Next month — May that is — “Park for Preservation” begins. Net proceeds from newly installed paid parking at Fort Mason Center will go to Fort Mason Foundation’s preservation efforts. Serious work needs to be done on the pavilions and other historic landmark buildings to ensure programming can continue. First hour is free. Maximum daily rate caps at $8, well below what one pays at other spots in the city.
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK ... Not that he’ll need it. Carlos Tablas, Manager of Facilities at Fort Mason Center for the last 15 years, leaves us to start his own business. With his work ethic and personality, he should be quite successful. Those of us who have had the opportunity to work with him will miss him.
AND FINALLY ... Joe Cunningham, the fantastic quilter who put on a month-long show as a recipient of the Fort Mason Foundation’s Shulte Grants for the Arts & Crafts, is a musician as well. He and Erik Ian Walker, whom Cunningham met at Blue Bear School of Music, have just released a new CD — Music for Squares. Quilts. Squares. Right?.
– Ronald Tierney
Image: "Fort Mason Center" by Michael Schwab
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