Sunday, August 25, 2013

SF Opera Ball, Real World San Francisco, Jobs Bombs, Blue Jasmine Blooms and Union Jobs Lost

OperaTickets to S.F. Opera Ball sell out - twice
Discs offer previews of S.F. Opera's fall season




Movies/TVIs This Polk Street Pad The Next 'Real World' House? Formerly the Avalon Ballroom the space has recently been an office. The article has it wrong, the Avalon was Chet Helms' venue, not Bill Graham's.
Photo: Inside The New 'Real World S.F.' House
After a mediocre opening, the Jobs movie will likely soon fade to black
Cate Blanchett premieres Oscar favourite Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine at Cremorne Orpheum in Sydney
In ‘Blue Jasmine,’ Suzy Benzinger Turns Clothes Into Characters
Cate Blanchett worried she'd be dumped from Woody Allen film
Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine' blossoms out to more theater screens - "Allen's 44th feature film will expand to over 1200 screens, bypassing his Oscar-winning 2011 release "Midnight in Paris" to stand as the widest release of any of his films."

TroubleLive Nation eyes taking over BottleRock
Rent bump forces Lusty Lady to grind to halt
The Lusty Lady To Close In Two Weeks - "San Francisco's celebrated, unionized and worker-owned peep show the Lusty Lady will close its doors on September 2nd."

MembersThe Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret): Locarno Review - A review of a Film Matt McLemore worked on, for those of you who remember Matt when he was a Southern Californian and not a European here's the trailer.

 

Above, here's a timelapse changeover Figaro to Aida at the San Francisco Opera about 3 years ago. I think that's Stefanie touching up downstage starting at 0:58

Only in San Francisco - Mechanical Hands and Pelvises on Science Channel's 'Oddities: San Francisco' This Weekend - Pix from the show here. Video here. The featured store here.

In other news - San Francisco is now only the 15th best city to be a hippie in.
17 Best U.S. Cities for Hippies
Dejected Berkeley only 8th New Ranking: Berkeley Not in Top 7 U.S. Hippie Towns
And Santa Cruz... not on the list The Universe is Shaken: Santa Cruz Was NOT Picked as one of the Country's Top 17 Hippie Cities????!!!

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