The Washington Square Bar & Grill: Thanks for the Memories
We understand that new investors are planning on opening a restaurant/bar at the long-abandoned site of the legendary Washington Square Bar & Grill in North … Read more
Books & Film
North Beach Bookstore Discovery: Libreria Pino
We happened upon this charming book seller when it was a pop-up on Grant last year. Now it has more permanent digs on Union Street … Read more
Fred Lyon’s Enchantingly Beautiful “San Francisco Noir”
Photographer Fred Lyon has been called “San Francisco’s Brassai.” We last spoke with him at the Leica Gallery, where he was signing prints and copies … Read more
Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things
Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things, published by Phaidon, is a highly-readable and compelling biography of one of the last century’s most important designers, … Read more
Chess and “Gentleman in Moscow”
In his inventive and marvelous novel “A Gentleman of Moscow,” author Amor Towles captures the social unrest in Russia in the wake of the Bolshevik … Read more
SFMOMA Screens Scary Movies: Haunted! Gothic Tales By Women
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the ninth season of Modern Cinema featuring Haunted! Gothic Tales by Women, a film series exploring … Read more
California Historical Society Examines Railroad’s Legacy of Ambition and Failure
With California’s high speed rail project—a proposed bullet train promising travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes—now in jeopardy, … Read more
Book Club of California to host author of “The White Devil’s Daughter” in June
Ferry riders who have paid a visit to Angel Island well know about the shameful treatment given to quarantined immigrants from China in the 19th … Read more
Early Rubens Comes to The Legion
Now on exhibit at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor through September 8, 2019 is “Early Rubens.” In 1608, after a period of intense artistic study … Read more
Lindsay McCrum at Modernism: Chicks with Guns
Now running through February 23, 2019, is “Chicks with Guns,” a compelling cultural portrait of women firearm owners in America. In the era of both … Read more