By John Geluardi
San Franciscans donned their hats and spats last night to honor the anniversary of John’s Grill, which has been serving up steaks, martinis and literary intrigue for 100 years.
Outside the restaurant a jazz band played period tunes while San Franciso’s A-listers arrived to pay their respects to the city institution. Former state senate leader John Burton, state Senator Mark Leno and former city mayors Willie Brown and Frank Jordan stopped by to mingle with the city’
For three decades, Mariedi Anders has used Old World grace and negotiating acumen to create significant American careers for serious European musicians.
Now, the doyenne of West Coast classical music agents faces a new challenge: the globalization of the
That paragon of quality news reporting, Fox, ran a story on its Web site today about two local arts organizations that received federal stimulus funding for "...Saturday night 'pervert' revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco." The two organizations in question are CouterPULSE and Frameline. The National Endowment for the Arts received $80 billion of the $787 billion stimulus package. Of that $80 million, CounterPULSE received $25,000 and Framel