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Arts and Entertainment

Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory: True comedy legends at The Rrazz Room, July 21–26 (Jul 09) 
By Bruce Bellingham

Swing Out Sister’s return to Bimbo’s (Jul 09)
By Remi Gonzalez

A Retrospective of Richard Avedon Photographs at SFMOMA, July 11–November 29 (Jul 09)
By Sharon Anderson

Joe Dallesandro’s new biopic, Little Joe, hits the big screen at the Castro, June 20 (Jun 09)
By Sharon Anderson

Prop 8 decision puts up red flags to local arts people (Jun 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Choreographer Mark Morris, Cal Performances’ Robert Cole, in pas
de deux at Jewish Community Center (May 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Another sultry summer sashays into Teatro ZinZanni by the bay (May 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

S.F. Opera takes Tosca to the ballpark; summer season highlights Porgy & Bess, Anna Netrebko in La Traviata (May 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Book Review (May 09)
Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa
by R. A. Scotti
By Sharon Anderson

Coming of the RainBoleros for the Disenchanted, a new work by
José Rivera debuts at A.C.T. (May 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Coming of the Rain (May 09)
By Rod McKuen


The Clown and the Führer at the Jewish Film Festival on April 29 (Apr 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Former President Jimmy Carter maps out a path to peace in the Middle East (Apr 09)
By Sharon Anderson

It will take more than two to tango at Legion of Honor art museum April 11 (Apr 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Burning hot dance show extended through April at Post Street Theatre (Apr 09)
By Bruce Bellingham  

A new edition of essays from Gore Vidal, the last living literary lion (Aug 08)
By Sharon Anderson

A talent to amuse: Anticelebrity Neil Innes at The Seventh Python Holywood premiere (Oct 08)
By Sharon Anderson

A world-class production of Puccini’s La Bohème at the San Francisco Opera (Nov 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

A.C.T. brings back the unique sound of Florence Foster Jenkins (Feb 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Alien Trespass: A sexy, skillful, sci-fi surprise spoof (Mar 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

An all-star Valentine  for Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (Feb 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Andrea Marcovicci returns to the Rrazz Room (Oct 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Artist John Callahan : His life is a work in progress (Feb 09)
By Sharon Anderson

Autodesk Gallery @ One Market: From idea to reality (Nov 08)
By Cindy Beckman

Ben Franklin in Paris Closes 42nd Moon’s 2008 season (Dec 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Berliner Film Fest at Legion of Honor (Nov 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Bernard-Henri Levy, philosopher and author, lectures
at the Jewish Community Center (Sept 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Broadway stars honor composer Charles Strouse at 42nd Street Moon gala (July 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Christine Ebersole appears with Billy Stritch at Marines’ Memorial Club (Jan 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Comedian Kira Soltanovich returns to her hometown
San Francisco at the Purple Onion (Mar 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Connie Champagne takes a turn at the songs of Dusty Springfield (Aug 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Ed Asner, John Heard in The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
at the Jewish Community Center (Jan 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Frank Ferrante makes Groucho Marx come to life at the Jewish Community Center (Feb 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Frederica von Stade stars in new chamber opera by local composer
Jake Heggie (Dec 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

From Savile Row to San Francisco: The first in a two-part series on custom tailoring (Apr 07)
By Catherine Nash

Grande dame of Surrealism has first major U. S. retrospective
Louise Bourgeois at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (Dec 08)
By Sharon Anderson

Happy 90th birthday, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Mar 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

How to fool the Nazis ... almost (Sept 08)
By Sharon Anderson

Idols invade the Rrazz Room (July 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Irma La Douce sashays into San Francisco to sing and dance at 42nd Street Moon (Oct 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Jane Olivor returns to the Rrazz Room for four holiday shows (Dec 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Jews on Vinyl’ opens with party at the Contemporary Jewish Museum (Jan 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble throws a birthday party for 20th-century composers (Dec 08
By Bruce Bellingham

Lido de Paris star Sabine Hettlich set to conquer Teatro ZinZanni (Jan 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian and mandolin wizard
David Grisman join forces for a soiree at the Jewish Community Center (Nov 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Lynda Carter – yes, Wonder Woman – spins into town;
Joe Bologna, Renée Taylor take the Plush Room in May (Apr 07)
By Bruce Bellingham

Maya Lin brings her ‘Systematic Landscapes’ to the de Young Museum (Nov 08)
By Sharon Anderson

Mason Williams brings his 'Classical Gas' to the Rrazz Room as part of a 40th anniversary tour (Aug 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Meals On Wheels fundraiser rocks Fort Mason (June 08)
By GraceAnn Walden

Milton & Peggy Salkind 2nd International Piano Duo Festival (July 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

New Czech film draws attention: I Served the King of England (Aug 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

New film from Italy does not romanticize oppression of organized crime (Feb 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

One Night Only Cabaret to benefit Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (Dec 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Opera star Ruth Ann Swenson receives the San Francisco Opera Medal (July 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Rare exhibition looks into the mind of Leonardo da Vinci (Dec 08)
By Cindy Beckman

Rita Moreno pays homage with Little Tributes to big names at the Rrazz Room (Nov 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Robert Rauschenberg remembered (June 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Robin Williams to be honored at 50th San Francisco International Film Festival (Apr 07)
By Bruce Bellingham

Rrazz Room hits the ground running in 2009 with an ambitious line-up (Jan 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco Blues Festival shuffles on in its 36th year (Sept 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco's famed Liberty ship honored in History Channel documentary (July 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco Girls Chorus, Boys Chorus to sing at Obama inauguration (Jan 09
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco Girls Chorus plans ambitious 30th Anniversary Season (Oct 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco Girls Chorus score a bull’s-eye at gala benefit (Apr 07)
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco Girls Chorus sings up a storm for the holidays with three
Bay Area concerts (Dec 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

S.F. Opera’s opening weekend includes concert by world-class diva Angela Gheorghiu (Sept 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

San Francisco Symphony kicks off its 97th season with splashy gala (Sept 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Summer means Fillmore Street jazzers play again (July 08
By Bruce Bellingham

Superheroes Reopen The Marina Theater (June 08)
By Jim Maxwell

Staff Picks: Arts and entertainment holiday gift ideas (Dec 08)

The irrepressible Carol Channing in concert with friends Rita Moreno, Carole Cook (Sept 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

The Jersey Boys come through to help fight AIDS (Apr 07)
By Bruce Bellingham

The Jewish Film Festival gears up for another ambitious, engaging run (July 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

The K of D opens new Magic Theatre season at Fort Mason (Sept 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

The radical side of Jack London brought to life by Jonah Raskin (Dec 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Teatro ZinZanni announces some late-night lunacy for October (Oct 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Three Canadian tenors appear at the Fairmont Hotel’s Venetian Room (Apr 07)
By Bruce Bellingham

Trio piano tango stirs souls, gets hearts racing at the Palace of Fine Arts (Aug 08)
By Bruce Bellingham

Unusual Multimedia Show: 13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests (Jan 09)
By Bruce Bellingham

Voodoo organist brings his own brand of magic to the Red Devil Lounge (Apr 07
By Bruce Bellingham

Warhol Live' at the deYoung (Jan 09)
By Sharon Anderson