By Matt Smith
SF Weekly wasn't the only one annoyed to discover that SF Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas pulls down in the ballpark of $3 million annually from symphonies that happen to be publicly-funded charities.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was so outraged upon reading SF Weekly's Nov. 18 column "Business Conductor," that he plans to make cutting the symphony's $1.8 million city subsidy his last public act before he retires in January.
"I'm cutting th
By Benjamin Wachs
I cannot imagine a board without Aaron Peskin, Jake McGoldrick and Gerardo Sandoval - let alone Tom Ammiano. As the old board reaches its end and transitions to the new this week, I find myself hoping that - like a bad sitcom - our departing cast members will come back as guest stars doing walk-on appearances.
Maybe the new board will be discussing a bill to put some historic sea otter habitat up for development, and then Aaron Peskin will walk in (to thunderous applause)
Meredith BrodyAlice [hearts] waltzing -- and using Google Maps.Alice Waters plopped down at our table last night to catch her breath between waltzes. A four-piece bal musette band was playing at the annual Bastille Day celebration at Chez Panisse (aioli, cassoulet, tri-color ice cream bombe), and Mlle. Waters was dancing her feet off.
Earlier this morning, Google released a map of Alice's favorite places (restaurants, food shops, cultural centers, clothes boutiques), and we asked her to mention
​Mason Bates is probably the only DJ who gets props from both the downtown dance community and ritzy classical society. The San Franciscan has an impressive resume fit for both worlds. He's performed with the San Francisco Symphony and is the current composer-in-residence for the California Symphony (he'll soon be the composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony next). But he's also hit the decks with San Francisco DJs in SOMA clubs. In the last couple years he's merged classical and beat cu
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