Just Released: Chance of Alcatraz Podcast
The much-anticipated Chance of Alcatraz podcast is now ready for Cultural Currents readers. James McKee of Earwax Productions made the compelling mix working with the … Read more
Books & Film
Night Boat to Tangier is the Perfect Advent Read
Advent is the season for reflection and redemption, so what better time of year to read about two deeply disturbed Irish misanthropes who have muddled … Read more
Varda Screens In Berkeley
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will co-present a major retrospective of films … Read more
Holiday Suggestion: UC Press Produces Great Book on Italian Wine
With so many invitation to Holiday parties this month, we were at a loss to think of the appropriate elixir to bring along with us. … Read more
Destination LA: A Visit to the Jonathan Club & Huntington
On a recent “Destination LA” visit we were impressed by a lecture staged at the venerable Jonathan Club featuring the authors of Nineteen Nineteen. To … Read more
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
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