This week enjoy some pasta and have a Jack Daniels with Francis Albert Sinatra, and watch his Academy-Award-winning short film The House I Live In in celebration of his 100th birthday and this weekend’s Ring-a-Ding-Ding: The Movies of Frank Sinatra at San Francisco’s Vogue Theater.
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San Francisco has a long history of attracting and incubating outsider artists — people whose art doesn’t conform to the commercial or aesthetic trends of the mainstream, and which is often all the better for that, even if they may suffer in terms of conventional (or timely) recognition. Continue reading
This weekend Anjan and Emily Mitra, owners of San Francisco’s two Dosa restaurants will bring their Corn & Curry Leaf Soup to the Friday night Grand Tasting at Eat Drink SF. Continue reading
Plastic Man: The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish is a highly entertaining portrait of Jerry Ross Barrish—bail bondsman, political activist, mentor, sculptor, and filmmaker. Continue reading
Julie Lindow’s unique story about Greek outdoor cinemas comes at the perfect time, as the Bay Area’s outdoor movie screenings have become very popular. Continue reading
Last week we featured Pam Grady’s look at the movies screening at this weekend’s Ring-a-Ding-Ding: The Movies of Frank Sinatra at San Francisco’s Vogue Theater. Continue reading
by Trina Robbins
On the evening of Monday, August 3, the iconic Castro Theater in San Francisco’s famous Castro District more resembled a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show than a preview of The Diary of Teenage Girl, a movie adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel. Continue reading
Our selection of some terrific things to do in the Bay Area this week.
by Walt von Hauffe
As a film publicist of 40 years-plus, I was fortunate enough to work with a lot of major movie stars and directors from the golden age of Hollywood, but the biggest thrill I ever had was to meet and actually talk to Frank Sinatra. Continue reading
Frank Sinatra by all accounts, was a very accomplished cook. Continue reading
Who made the 20th century? On the booze front you have the shadow of Prohibition looming, the rise of vodka, the rise and fall and rise again of proper cocktails, and through it all you have Jack Daniel’s. Continue reading
