Thursday, April 24, 2025

Mid-Market Art Walk – presented by Jason Gibbs 4/22/202

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These are rough notes that often quote unattributed sources. Hallidie Plaza - Market Street Joint Venture / Skidmore , Owings & Merril...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Vee Lawnhurst (1905-1992) - pianist, songwriter, library benefactor

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Vee Lawnhurst (source: American Magazine March 1937) On September 18, 1998, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted and ...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Celebrating (Nearly) Two Years of Drawing From Film

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I first heard of Drawing From Film as a program offered by the Royal Drawing School in London. I never got to attend but always thought it s...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Isley Brothers 3+3

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image source: Vibe (October 1999) in the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive It's hard to believe that the first published biograph...
Sunday, January 26, 2025

Jobete Music, Motown Records and "The Sound of Young America" in the Dorothy Starr Collection

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Come to the Fourth Floor Music Center at the Main Library to see a small display of sheet music covers from the Dorothy Starr Collection fea...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

James Cleghorn, Composer and Music Librarian

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Illustrious pianist and Bay Area treasure Sarah Cahill will perform a concert of music by James Cleghorn at Old First Presbyterian Church on...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

San Francisco Bay Area ... Today

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The "Today" of the title was the year 1973 when San Francisco was in the midst of a development spree. A later book, Splendid Surv...