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18 hours agoRemembering 'Diamond' Dave Whitaker, 88, S.F.'s common thread
Diamond Dave Whitaker was a pioneering countercultural activist who shaped San Francisco's community organizing, radio, and arts scenes for over five decades while influencing Bob Dylan's early musical development.
fromThe Mercury News
20 hours agoReview: New 'Spamalot' Broadway tour proves to be a huge winner
Robles repeatedly steals the show - as the best Lady of the Lakes do - with precise comic timing and delivery, impressively and intentionally over-the-top vocal work (which would given even "Songbird Supreme" Mariah Carey a run for the money) and an ability to both spoof and embrace full-throttle divadom.
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1 day agoSofia Kourtesis Live DJ Set at SF's DFT "Downtown First Thursdays"
Known for blending the warmth of her Latin American roots with the energy of Berlin's club scene, Kourtesis has quickly become one of electronic music's most exciting rising stars. Her debut album is a deeply personal project inspired by love, resilience, and hope, dedicated to her mother and the neurosurgeon who helped save her life.
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1 day agoShakuhachi Concert inside Japanese Tea Garden (Golden Gate Park)
Shakuhachi master Masayuki Koga performs traditional Japanese music at Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden Pagoda on March 7th, emphasizing spiritual connection and authentic listening beyond analytical control.
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2 days agoDiamond Dave Whitaker, a San Francisco icon and legend, dies at 88 - 48 hills
Diamond D was, indeed, the first person to smoke pot with Bob Dylan. He introduced Dylan to the writing of Woody Guthrie, which Dylan freely admits changed his life. Some of Dylan's earliest songs were recorded at Diamond D's house in Minneapolis.
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2 days agoHuaxing Arts Group SF to be opening act for 2026 San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
Because this is the year of the horse, we have to have something different. So, we are doing a chopstick dance. The chopstick dance comes from Mongolia, an area known for its large grassland areas and the historical use of horses.
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4 days agoCan San Francisco's Small Clubs Survive? | KQED
San Francisco's independent music venues face declining attendance and reduced alcohol sales, competing against social media and at-home entertainment while struggling with booking agent practices that limit local artist opportunities.
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fromThe Mercury News
4 days agoSteep Canyon Rangers return to Montalvo for a 'comfortable, yet exotic' night
Steep Canyon Rangers, a Grammy-winning bluegrass band, is touring in 2026 with their new album 'Next Act,' customizing each live performance based on venue, crowd energy, and improvisational collaboration.
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4 days agoSolarpunkification 2026: SF's 3-Day Fest of Art + Music (March 6-8)
Solarpunkification convenes creative and technological leaders to design and prototype optimistic futures where nature and technology collaborate through art, music, workshops, and community imagination.
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4 days agoSolarpunkification 2026: SF's 3-Day Fest of Art + Music (March 6-8)
Solarpunkification convenes creative and technological leaders to design and prototype optimistic futures where nature and technology collaborate through art, music, workshops, and community imagination.
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4 days agoSolarpunkification 2026: SF's 3-Day Fest of Art + Music (March 6-8)
Solarpunkification convenes creative and technological leaders to design and prototype optimistic futures where nature and technology collaborate through art, music, workshops, and community imagination.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 days agoTwo legendary Latin rock acts team up for big show in Bay Area
MANA and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are set to perform their first-ever co-headlining performance at SAP Center in San Jose on May 30. Both bands were scheduled to play the 2026 Festival La Onda in Napa that same weekend, but suddenly ended up with free time on their schedules after that two-day Latin rock event was canceled.
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4 days agoThis Bay Area singer was unknown for 50 years. Now he's selling out tours.
I always felt it was impossible for anything to happen with my music. Impossible. The fact that today Fakhr has 260,000 monthly listeners on Spotify is one of music's most unorthodox success stories, a mixture of luck, fate and years of convincing.
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5 days agoBay Area events calendar for March 6-12 weekly editions
Multiple cultural and entertainment events are available this month, including Celtic knot workshops, filmmaker seminars, theatrical productions, cocktail classes, and live music performances across the San Francisco Bay Area.
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6 days agoSymphony San Jose paints Enigmatic' musical portrait
Symphony San Jose presents three historically significant classical works—Handel's Zadok the Priest, Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, and Elgar's Enigma Variations—in the Enigmatic Voice program on March 7-8.
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fromThe Mercury News
6 days agoSymphony San Jose paints 'Enigmatic' musical portrait
Symphony San Jose presents three historically significant classical works—Handel's coronation anthem, Vaughan Williams' peace composition, and Elgar's enigmatic variations—in March performances at the California Theatre.
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6 days agoField Notes: Run' Club Comedy, Too Short's Blow the Whistle,' and Black History on the Pacific
San Francisco's Comedy Run Club operates monthly in a hidden Sports Basement location, while Too Short's 'Blow the Whistle' remains an Oakland anthem, and a Sonoma County museum exhibition explores Black Pacific history through ocean crossings and coastal labor.
fromThe Bold Italic
1 week agoSF Ballet will no longer perform at Kennedy Center
President Trump overhauled the Kennedy Center's board last year, got himself elected chairman, and installed ally Ric Grenell as president. Then, in December, his handpicked board renamed the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" - slapping his name ahead of JFK's on one of the country's most storied arts institutions.
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1 week agoSee a show for free at Lost Church in March - 48 hills
The Lost Church, an intimate venue in North Beach, is offering two tickets to the below February shows for lucky 48 Hills readers. But they are going soon. TO CLAIM A PAIR OF TICKETS: Email marke@48hills.org with "Lost Church" in the subject line and the name of the show + your name in the body.
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1 week agoToo Short's 'Blow the Whistle' Is 20 Years Old - and Keeps Going On and On | KQED
Too Short's 'Blow the Whistle' became a Bay Area classic and nationwide party anthem despite never charting on Billboard Hot 100, maintaining cultural significance for 20 years since its 2006 release.
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1 week agoDrama Masks: The Manhattanization of San Francisco stages - 48 hills
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood's proposal to turn Market Street into a theatre arts district with $5 million funding prioritizes commercialized, tourist-friendly entertainment over San Francisco's unique, eclectic theatrical identity.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week agoGlen Kuiper to call SF Giants spring training game 3 years after on-air slur led to A's firing
Kuiper, 60, said a racial epithet on May 5, 2023 during the A's pregame show while discussing a trip he and broadcast partner Dallas Braden had taken earlier that day to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. Kuiper appeared to replace the first word with the racial slur. NBC Sports Bay Area suspended Kuiper following the incident, then fired him later that month.
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