Archive for April, 2008

SPRING FORWARD Art Auction May 8

April 30, 2008 at 3:25 am · Filed under Art, Charity ·Tagged , , ,

SPRING FORWARD Art Auction

 

DATE/TIME:

Thursday, May 8

6:00pm-9:00pm

 

LOCATION:

InterContinental San Francisco

888 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA, 94103

http://www.intercontinentalsanfrancisco.com/

 

COST & REGISTRATION:

$50.00.

http://www.visualaid.org

 

MORE INFO:

Website: http://www.visualaid.org

Email:   visaid@visualaid.org

Phone:   415-777-8242

Contact: Julie Blankenship, E.D.

 

DESCRIPTION:

The Seventh Annual Spring Art Auction presented by Visual Aid and Academy of Friends will feature over $100,000 worth of contemporary art and unique luxury items. Following a fabulous reception and preview, items will be auctioned in a lively exchange led by celebrity auctioneer, Stephen Tourell of Toomey-Tourell Fine Art who is a member of Visual Aid’s Board of Directors.

 

Proceeds from the evening will support Visual Aid’s renowned programs for artists with life-threatening illnesses and 15 HIV/AIDS service organizations designated by Academy of Friends.

 

Come early to mingle and party while previewing fabulous items and planning your auction strategy. Savor Barefoot Cellars champagne cocktails, wine and hors d’oeuvres before giving way to the main event–a live auction at 7pm.

 

75+ live and silent auction items include special luxuries from St.

75+ Dizier

Design, Quince, Harvest Moon Winery, The Wiseman Group, Elite Cafe, World Relics by Porter Deese, Rubicon Restaurant and Ozumo.

 

Featured artwork by acclaimed artists including Ross Bleckner, William Wiley, Michael Beck, Isabel Samaras, Timothy Cummings, Maria Porges, Sandow Birk, Robin Denevan, Monica Denevan, Frank Lobdell, John Bonick, Gregg Renfrow, Jock Sturges, David Gilhooly and John Patrick McKenzie.

 

Works of art generously donated by Toomey Tourell, Catharine Clark Gallery, Paulson Press, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, Gallery Paule Anglim, Ampersand International Arts, Art Zone 461 Gallery, Gregory Lind Gallery, LIMN Gallery, Magnolia Editions, Aurobora Press, Receiver Gallery, Charles Campbell Gallery, Creativity Explored, Electric Works, De Young Museum, Geras Tousignant Gallery, Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art, Fraenkel Gallery, MMGalleries, George Krevsky Gallery, Robert Koch Gallery, Traywick Contemporary, Stephen Wirtz Gallery,  Chandler Fine Art and more.

 

Auction sponsors: InterContinental San Francisco, Smirnoff, Zipcar, 7×7, SNP Communications, Kirkeby Framing, FastFrame, Plein Air.

 

Image: Mangrove Light by Robin Denevan

http://www.fullcalendar.com/IM/Mangrove_Light_Robin_Denevan_LARGE.jpg

 

About Visual Aid:

Visual Aid is a Bay Area non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage artists with life-threatening illnesses to continue their creative work. The organization provides direct services including free art supplies, exhibition opportunities and community, while promoting dialogue around illness and art.

 

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Topaz and Sukay Ensemble Present ‘Sounds of South America II’ Sunday, May 4

April 29, 2008 at 3:26 am · Filed under Concert, Live Music ·Tagged , , , , ,

DATE/TIME:

Sunday, May 4

4:00pm-7:00pm

 

LOCATION:

All Saints’ Church

555 Waverley at the corner of Hamilton

Palo Alto, CA, 94301

650-322-4528

http://www.asaints.org/

 

COST & REGISTRATION:

$20/10 students with RSVP and $25/$12.50 students at the door.

http://www.topazmusic.org

 

MORE INFO:

Website: http://www.topazmusic.org

Email:   mimidye@aol.com

Phone:   650-380-0961

Contact: Mimi Dye

 

DESCRIPTION:

TOPAZ and the SUKAY Ensemble will perform “Sounds of South America II,” a benefit concert where net proceeds will benefit the victims of the recent Peruvian earthquake.

 

Mimi Dye, violist and Artistic Director of TOPAZ, along with Eddie Navia and the SUKAY Ensemble will present festive Andean music from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. The performance will feature pan flutes, Peruvian guitars, percussion, vocals and dancers, including talented, young performers from Castilleja School in Palo Alto.

 

About the Artists

Mimi Dye, violist, composer and Artistic Director of TOPAZ, is well known to Bay Area audiences as a soloist, chamber musician, and jazz performer.

Ms. Dye was a student of Itzhak Perlman.  Ms. Dye has appeared as soloist with the Carmel Bach Festival, San Francisco Chamber Players, New York String Ensemble, Nova Vista Symphony, Palo Alto Philharmonic and the Baroque Chamber Players and is an artist-in-residence at the Yachats Festival in Yachats, Oregon.  Ms. Dye has performed with jazz performers including Eddie Gale, Wayne Wallace, Terry Disley and Peter Barshay.  Her numerous orchestral credits include playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, touring with Barbra Streisand and recording movie scores in Los Angeles.  Her compositions include an album of solo viola works, two chamber jazz suites, and a new jazz CD, “River in the Sun.”  Ms. Dye has also composed two other CDs.

 

Eddy Navia, born in Bolivia, is one of the greatest exponents and master virtuosos of the Charango, a traditional Bolivian stringed instrument. He became artistic director of Pachamama and Sukay in 1989, and writes most of their new material. Navia was a founding member of the legendary Bolivian group Savia Andina, with whom he has 35 recordings. Savia Andina was a major force in bringing Andean music into mainstream South American culture and toured throughout the world, even hitting the Top 40 charts.

Eddy Navia has 8 other solo recordings.

 

About Topaz Chamber Ensemble:

TOPAZ is a chamber ensemble committed to using the arts to build community spirit and awareness through benefit concerts for worthy organizations, in-the-school music programs for young people, and performances at Stanford Hospital and other institutions dedicated to healing and service.

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Gourmet Dinner and a Show: The Spectacular Teatro ZinZanni

April 29, 2008 at 3:20 am · Filed under Dinner Theater, Theater ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

Teatro ZinZanni (San Francisco, CA)
Title: Teatro ZinZanni (website)
Venue: Teatro ZinZanni (San Francisco, CA)
Full Price: $124.50 – $143.50   Our Price: $78.00
Rating: 3.5 stars

Rated 3.5 by 337 members who went.

Set along San Francisco’s historic waterfront, Teatro ZinZanni is a bewitching evening of European cabaret, cirque, divas and madmen, spectacle and sensuality with live music and a gourmet five-course dinner — set in the nightclub of your dreams. Now in its seventh year, Teatro ZinZanni has become a Bay Area entertainment institution.

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Hit Musical Cabaret at SF Playhouse Jun. 25, 26 & 27

April 29, 2008 at 3:16 am · Filed under Theater ·Tagged , , , , ,

The SF Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)
Title: Cabaret (website)
Venue: The SF Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)
Full Price: $20.00 – $40.00   Our Price: FREE – $20.00

The SF Playhouse presents the landmark musical that turns Berlin of 1931 into a dark and sexually charged haven of decadence as the outside world prepares for war. Inside the infamous Kit Kat Club, a romance develops between an American writer and an English cabaret performer.

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Smuin Ballet Presents Dancin’ with Gershwin at YBCA May. 2 – May. 7

April 29, 2008 at 3:13 am · Filed under Ballet, Dance ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Title: Dancin’ with Gershwin
Venue: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Full Price: $55.00   Our Price: $27.50

Spring 2008 will ring with the glory of Gershwin as Michael Smuin’s classic Dancin’ With Gershwin makes a welcome return. Broadway meets Ballet in this award-winning production richly costumed by Willa Kim under a glittering skyline designed by Rick Goodwin and brought to life in lights by Sara Linnie Slocum.

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Cincinnati Reds vs. San Francisco Giants Apr. 25

April 20, 2008 at 4:28 pm · Filed under Baseball, Uncategorized ·Tagged , , , , ,

Title: Cincinnati Reds vs. San Francisco Giants Friday, Apr. 25 @ 7:15pm
Venue: AT&T Park (San Francisco, CA)
Full Price: $26.00 – $27.00 Our Price: $15.00

Dusty Baker returns to the Bay Area as manager of the Cincinnati Reds for a highly anticipated Friday night game against the San Francisco Giants. San Francisco has some of the best young pitching in game, and they’ll need it all to hold off the powerhouse hitting of Cincinnati.

Promotional Tickets/More Information:
http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-francisco-ca/cincinnati-reds-vs-san-francisco-giants-1.html?a_aid=bayareacritic&a_bid=524

 

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SF Playhouse Presents Bug, a Creepy Psychological Thriller May 5 – June 15

April 20, 2008 at 4:22 pm · Filed under Theater ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

Title: Bug
Venue: The SF Playhouse (San Francisco, CA)
Full Price: $20.00 – $38.00 Our Price: $10.00 – $19.00
Walk on the wild side with Tracy Letts’ Bug, a Bay Area premiere from the author of Killer Joe and current Broadway darling August: Osage County. Bug is a psychological thriller about love, fear…and little tiny bugs. This play will seduce you and get under your skin. Scratch the itch — don’t miss it!

May 5 – June 15

Tickets/More Information
http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-francisco-ca/bug.html?a_aid=bayareacritic&a_bid=524144fa

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San Francisco Giants vs. Colorado Rockies Apr. 28

April 20, 2008 at 4:16 pm · Filed under Baseball ·Tagged , , ,

AT&T Park (San Francisco, CA)
Monday, Apr. 28 @ 7:15pm
Full Price: $35.00 Our Price: $20.00*

The San Francisco Giants welcome the defending National League Champion Colorado Rockies to AT&T Park. The Rockies have one of the league’s most fearsome offenses, led by stars like Matt Holliday, Todd Helton, and Troy Tulowitzki; they’ll provide a tough test for the Giants’ pitchers.

Tickets/More Information:
http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-francisco-ca/san-francisco-giants-vs-colorado-rockies-1.html?a_aid=bayareacritic&a_bid=52414

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An Evening With Groucho Saturday, April 12 – 8 PM

April 12, 2008 at 4:14 pm · Filed under Comedy ·Tagged , , , , , ,

Saturday, April 12, 2008

8:00 PM

Osher Marin Jewish Community Center
200 N. San Pedro Rd.
San Rafael, California 94903

Description
PBS Star Frank Ferrante portrays legendary comedian Groucho Marx in a hilarious show.
More Information:
http://www.grouchoworld.com/home.htm
About Frank Ferrante:
Courtesy of Wikipedia.com

Born in Los Angeles, California, Frank Ferrante was raised in Sierra Madre, California by the offspring of Italian immigrants Dominic and Theresa (Torres) Ferrante. His father was a stockbroker; his mother a housewife and preschool teacher. He attended Catholic schools including Christian Brothers run La Salle High School in Pasadena where he first performed comedy.

Career

Discovered in 1985 by Groucho’s son playwright Arthur Marx when Ferrante was attending the University of Southern California Division of Drama, Ferrante went on to portray Groucho from age 15 to 85 in the New York, London and PBS television versions of Arthur’s play. Ferrante was 23 years old when Groucho: A Life in Revue opened off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 1986.

Ferrante played the Groucho inspired roles off-Broadway in The Cocoanuts in 1996 and regional productions of Animal Crackers at Goodspeed Opera House, The Huntington Theatre, Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse and Arena Stage.

Ferrante acts and directs throughout the regions most notably at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre where he directed and developed the premiere of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Old Wicked Songs. There Ferrante starred as playwright/director George S. Kaufman in the one-man play written by Frank entitled By George.

Since 2001, Ferrante performs his improvisationally based comedy in the European style cirque show Teatro ZinZanni playing an outrageous Latin lover named Caesar. In Zinzanni, Ferrante played opposite legendary cabaret star Liliane Montevecchi, Joan Baez, Sally Kellerman and The Motels‘ Martha Davis. In 2004, he became a question on the television program Jeopardy.

Awards & Nominations

  • 1987 New York Theater World Award (For Outstanding New Talent)
  • 1987 New York Outer Critics Circle Nomination (Most Striking Debut)
  • 1987 Laurence Olivier Award Nomination (Comedy Performance of the Year)
  • 1992 Connecticut Critics Circle Award (Best Actor in a Musical)
  • 1999 Connecticut Critics Circle Award (Best Actor in a Play)
  • 1999 Helen Hayes Award Nomination (Best Actor in a Musical)

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Gourmet Dinner and a Show: The Spectacular Teatro ZinZanni

April 8, 2008 at 2:53 pm · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged , , , , ,

Teatro ZinZanni (San Francisco, CA)

Title: Teatro ZinZanni (website)
Venue: Teatro ZinZanni (San Francisco, CA)
Full Price: $124.50   Our Price: $78.00
Rating: 3.5 stars

Rated 3.5 by 319 members who went.

Set along San Francisco’s historic waterfront, Teatro ZinZanni is a bewitching evening of European cabaret, cirque, divas and madmen, spectacle and sensuality with live music and a gourmet five-course dinner — set in the nightclub of your dreams. Now in its seventh year, Teatro ZinZanni has become a Bay Area entertainment institution.

More Details About This Event:

Teatro ZinZanni was created by Pacific Northwest non-profit arts and events producer One Reel in 1998 and enjoyed a sold-out 14 month run in Seattle before bringing its antique “spiegeltent” to San Francisco in 2000, now located at its permanent home on Pier 29 along The City’s Embarcadero.

Teatro ZinZanni breaks new artistic territory with this intoxicating blend of interactive theater, spectacle, fine arts and fine dining, put together under the artistic direction of One Reel’s Norman Langill.

The ever changing cast at Teatro ZinZanni features world-class practitioners of some of the oldest and most time honored traditions in entertainment.  It is truly an extraordinary ensemble, of a caliber unlikely seen anywhere else in the world.  We know you will enjoy the distinctive magic that is created by these incredible talents with fine cuisine and lively music presented in our intimate “jewel box” venue.  The evening includes a lavish 5-course gourmet dinner, which includes a choice of four magnificent entrees, which include a vegetarian and a vegan selection.
Seating is general admission only and at the discretion of the house night of the show.  Generally, they are unable to seat parties together that order separately.

About Teatro ZinZanni:

Set along San Francisco’s historic waterfront, Teatro ZinZanni is a bewitching evening of European cabaret, cirque, divas and madmen, spectacle and sensuality with live music and a gourmet five-course dinner–set in the nightclub of your dreams!

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