A thick fog blanketed the outer avenues along Balboa Street. The Balboa Theater’s marquee glowed red in the moonlight. Across the street, a pair of raccoons fiddled with candy wrappers and potato chip bags, finding no luck inside of them. It was a rather Lynchian scene.
Gary Meyer walks into the lobby of the Premiere Theater in the Presidio on April 24, opening night of the 67th SFFILM Festival.
A first step toward redeveloping the century-old Alexandria Theater at the corner of Geary Boulevard and 18th Avenue was announced by District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City’s Office of Workforce and Economic Development (OEWD) and the landowner.
My Uncle Sam, My Military Family and Me Sunset District resident Herb Mintz will perform his short original monologue, My Uncle Sam, My Military Family and Me, at the Marsh Theater’s […]
By Thomas K. Pendergast District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan negotiated a delay from the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission to consider giving the Alexandria Theatre “landmark status,” after announcing the theater building’s […]
During the pandemic, Greco aimed to heal his own soul and to help heal his community that was hard hit by social distancing and isolation. He reached for a camera, tape recorder, notepads and pencils and went into the unknown, uncharted territory near and far.
Sometimes a home listing furnishes a little extra neighborhood history and character–even when said history is actually no longer with us. Case in point, a condo that just came up for sale […]
After almost 30 years of running the 4 Star Theatre on Clement Street, Frank Lee has sold it so he can concentrate on his other theaters in the Marina District.
Valls acts, directs and writes for the theater. A graduate of San Francisco State University, Valls has been a disciple of founder Yuriko Doi since 1993 and served as Theatre of Yugen’s joint artistic director from 2002-2008.
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s touring production of “The Comedy of Errors” comes to Playland at 43rd (1360 43rd Ave.) on Sunday, Nov. 4.
by Jonathan Farrell Argentina-born Virginia Blanco, who resides in the Richmond District, recognizes the present situation where there is a lot of frustration concerning the political landscape so she will be performing in a series of satirical […]
Sunset District resident Ella Ruth Francis is part of the Utopia Theatre Project. Last month, she acted in an all-original play called “Seeds,” which made its debut in San Francisco on March 9.
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