Save the date: Bus Tour of Spanish Colonial Architecture coming June 29!
People are still talking about the last ADSC "Mexican Bus" trip...now, it's back!
Join Kimberly Manning Aker and Alice Jurow (aka Girl Guides) on Sunday, June 29 for a day devoted to Frida, Diego, Spanish Colonial Revival and convivial Deco spirit!
Start the day, if you like, with a visit to the Frida Kahlo exhibition at SFMOMA (151 Third Street, between Mission & Howard, SF; Telephone: 415.357.4000).
We'll pick you up outside the museum in the famed vintage Mexican Bus, and head for Murals, Art Deco and Spanish Colonial Revival sightseeing. We'll finish our day in a spectacular 1926 private club (complete with rare leather embossed coffered ceiling - downtown on Post and Powell).
Details and cost to be announced -- stay tuned or phone 415-982-DECO for updates and reservations! See you on board!!
Sunday, September 14 is the Gatsby Summer Afternoon. Visit our Gatsby Pages
Dates set for 2009
Yosemite Heritage Holidays at The Ahwahnee Plan for next year! There will be TWO sessions of Heritage Holidays in 2009: March 1-3, and March 4-5. Look for flyers at this year’s event, and remember – the earlier you order, the less expensive the price – AND the more likely you’ll get in! The 2007 event sold out in November, so don't hesitate.
For more event information, see the official Yosemite site: www.yosemitepark.com/heritage
(The latest Program Schedule is on the Yosemite site.).
The Fresno Bee was at the Ahwahnee for the Grand Ball on March 4. Full story (three pages with pix!) on their website:
http://www.fresnobee.com/entertainment/story/449184.html
ART DECO WALKING TOURS
SUNDAY MAY 11: DOWNTOWN BERKELEY
Meet at 11 a.m. at the United Artist Theatre (90 minutes, flat terrain)
SATURDAY MAY 17: DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO
Meet at 11 a.m. at 450 Sutter Medical Building to tour the fabulous financial district and its Deco masterpieces. (90 minutes, flat terrain)
DECO BY THE BAY WEEKEND SPECIAL
SATURDAY JUNE 7: DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO
Meet at 11 a.m. at 450 Sutter to tour the fabulous financial district and its Deco masterpieces. (90 minutes, flat terrain)
SUNDAY JUNE 8: SAN FRANCISCO MARINA DISTRICT
Meet at 11 a.m. at Marina Middle School, at the corner of Chestnut and Fillmore. (90 minutes, flat terrain)
OTHER TOURS GIVEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:
- SOUTH OF MARKET, SAN FRANCISCO
Meet at 11 a.m. at the SF Merchandise Mart, 1355 Market Street, San Francisco.
Flat walking, about 90 minutes.
- PACIFIC HEIGHTS, SAN FRANCISCO
- DOWNTOWN OAKLAND
Meet at 11 a.m. 427 13th St at Broadway (90 minutes, flat terrain, free on-street parking)
- UPTOWN OAKLAND
Meet at 11:30 a.m. in front of the Oakland Paramount Theater, 2025 Broadway, for a tour of Uptown Oakland deco buildings, including the Floral Depot, Fox Theatre, I Magnin, Breuners, and more.
NOTE: A tour inside the Paramount is normally given on the first and third Saturdays, and costs $5. This tour starts at 10:00 at the Box Office entrance on 21st St. near Broadway. More about the Paramount Tour here.
Tours are $10 general, free to ADSC members or those who join on the spot. Tours are cancelled in inclement weather. Call 415-982-DECO day of tour for latest advisory. For more information or questions, email ADSC or call 415/982-DECO (415/982-3326).
DECO-ERA EVENTS IN THE BAY AREA top
These events are not sponsored by ADSC but may be of interest to our members.
Please contact the venue for further information.
SPECIAL EVENTS :: CABARET :: DANCES :: FILM :: VISUAL ARTS
SPECIAL EVENTS
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May 3, Saturday
2:00 pm
El Campanil Theatre, Antioch, in the heart of historic downtown, 2nd and G St.
Concert Matinee
Don Neely & The Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
10 pc. with Carla Normand and Frederick Hodges
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We are delighted to be returning for a concert performance at the beautiful El Campanil Theatre, built in 1927 and fully restored to its original charm. This is the perfect theatre to see the RSJO! Located on the Sacramento Riverfront in old Antioch. Come early to enjoy a stroll along the promenade on the river. It's so pleasant. For those who'll miss us at the Sacramento Jubilee this year, you can catch us in the perfect place, and it's only down river a few miles from Sacramento!
Personnel includes Andrew Storar-trumpet, Kent Mikasa-cornet, Brent Bergman-trombone, Steve Apple-Drums, Dix Bruce-guitar and banjo, Marty Eggers-string Bass and tuba, Bob Embry-tenor and clarinet, Mike Young-lead alto, and clarinet.
Presented by Community Concerts
Adults: $ 22 Seniors: $ 20 Children: $15
For tickets, please visit the theatre website:
www.elcampaniltheatre.com
or telephone: 925-757-9500
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THIS SATURDAY
MAY 3, 2008
7 pm Cynthia Glinka
Guides you to the dance floor !
8-11 pm Dancing
THE SAN FRANCISCO
STARLIGHT ORCHESTRA |
The San Francisco Starlight Orchestra is an authentic 1920's and 30's style dance orchestra playing original orchestrations of the Jazz Age
The Starlight Orchestra consist of 14 fabulous musicians
Featured vocalists will include Bob Schulz, Constance Taylor, Ed Rosenback, Ray Landsberg, Brian Campbell and a chorus of others!
$20 per person
$10 for "under 18" if accompanied by an adult
Join us for an evening of great hot and sweet jazz
from the 1920s and 1930s.
Bring a picnic & refreshments.
Desserts and soft drinks are available.
STRAWBERRY RECREATION CENTER
118 East Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley, CA 94941
Hwy 101 to Tiburon Blvd/East Blythedale exit
Go East on Tiburon Blvd. to the traffic signal (Strawberry Drive)
Turn right onto Strawberry Drive
Continue 1 ½ blocks and turn right into the parking lot for the Rec Center
or across the street in the school parking area
Take the staircase on the right side of the building to the second floor |
42nd Street Moon Presents
Andrea Marcovicci
as
"COCO"
ends MAY 11
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Cabaret and concert star Andrea Marcovicci brings her captivating high style to the role of the magnificent and mercurial fashion doyenne Coco Chanel!
This is the first production of Coco since the early 1970s. Lerner and Previn’s musical memory play focuses on the Divine Coco’s amazing 1950s renaissance as a fashion force, as well as her battles with a jealous rival designer and the boyfriend of her protégé. Songs include Always Mademoiselle, Let’s Go Home, When Your Lover Says Goodbye, Fiasco, and Coco.
Regular Performances: Thur & Fri at 8pm; Sat at 6pm; Sun at 3pm
Eureka Theatre
215 Jackson Street (betw. Battery & Front),
San Francisco, CA
Come visit www.42ndstmoon.org today to see what else is waiting for you.
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Summer Day Cruises on the
SS Jeremiah O'Brien |
The Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien offers a number of day cruises over the course of the summer and fall, some with a live big band on board for dancing on the deck. They also go out for Fleet Week and there is a Meet the Tall Ships
sailing again this year.
List of sail dates is here: http://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/cruises.html |
Tuesday, May 13
Timothy Pflueger: San Francisco's Art Deco Renaissance Man
A slide lecture by Michael Crowe and Therese Poletti
Koret Auditorium, deYoung Museum
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Please join members of The American Decorative Arts Forum in welcoming Therese Poletti and Michael Crowe.
Mr. Crowe and Ms. Poletti will present a slide lecture examining Timothy Plueger's innovative Deco architecture and interiors.
Doors open at 7:15 for a mini-exhibition of Art Deco party accessories! lecture begins at 8 p.m.
Enter through garage level B1.
Free for ADAF members; $15 general public; FREE to anyone arriving in a vintage auto or wearing Deco Attire.
Call 415-249-9234 for more information |
DancEvents Proudly Welcomes You to Our
5th Annual Main Event
Saturday, May 17th
San Francisco Elks Lodge at Union Square, 450 Post St. San Francisco, CA |
7:30-8:30: Beginning Lessons in Foxtrot and Salsa
8:30-11:30: Social Dancing with DJ Charlie Holst, Professional Shows, Coffee, Tea and Desserts, No Host Bar
Tickets: $25 in advance. $35 at the door. Purchase your ticket online through PayPal now! Simply click on the “Tickets” icon. A portion of your ticket price will be donated to charity.
Angie Major writes: The Main Event is coming up and we are so excited!!! This will be our fifth annual event for DancEvents, so come celebrate with us! This year the Main Event will be held in union square San Francisco at the beautiful Elks Club. We’ll have beginning dance lessons in Foxtrot and Salsa and a fabulous dance party. Throughout the evening there will be spectacular performances by some of the top Bay Area professionals. If you’ve come before, you know we have the most amazing complimentary desserts and this year there will be a no host bar. We are also pleased to announce that we are donating a portion of our proceeds to two local charities – The Major Project and Caduceus Outreach Services. Please let me know if you have any questions. Get the advance discount by purchasing your tickets online through paypal on our website at www.yourdancevents.com/events/events.html or you can purchase them through me. I hope to see you there!
Warmly, Angie J |
VOTE FOR YOUR ART DECO FAVORITES
through May 16
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The SF Weekly’s annual “Best of San Francisco” ballots are available in the free newspaper and online: http://sfweekly.com/php/polls/san/bestof08/index.php
The voting deadline is May 16. You can vote in a range of categories about food, nightlife, stores, places and your favorite theater. Don’t be scared off by the huge list. You only vote in those categories you want to…and if you vote in 10 or more areas, you’ll be entered to win prizes. (Thanks to the Balboa newsletter for this item!) |
ART DECO and MODERNISM
Art Deco Weekend
By The Bay
June 7 & 8, 2008
Saturday 10 - 6
Sunday 11 - 5
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Largest Art Deco & Modernism Sale in the country. Held twice a year on the first weekends of June and December at The Concourse Exhibition Center, 8th and Brannan Street, San Francisco, California.
Over two hundered dealers from across the country selling furniture, accessories, art, pottery, glass, books, jewelry, vintage clothing and collectibles from 1900 to 1980, including Arts & Crafts Mission, Monterey, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Streamline Modern, Vintage Western, Mid-Century Modern and exceptional design to 1980.
Admission: $10 Deco Society Members: $8
Vintage Fashion Show, Saturday at 2 P.M.
Swing Dance Performance on Sunday Afternoon
Art Deco Walking Tours on Saturday And Sunday
General Admission: $10 and Deco Society members and Seniors: $8
(Admission receipt credit towards single purchase of $100 or more.) |
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Cabaret and Deco Dancing: Ongoing Venues
TIP: Always telephone the restaurant to confirm the band is on! Schedules change, and private parties often take over the space for an evening.
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THE MARTINI BROTHERS
Thursdays
at Le Colonial Restaurant
20 Cosmo Place between Post and Sutter off Taylor
San Francisco 7:00-10:00
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Call Le Colonial at 415-931-3600 to make dinner reservations and confirm that the Brothers are playing.
Le Colonial was originally built in 1930 and was originally an artsy restaurant called "the Colony" (as in Artists Colony)...and then spent 50 years as the home of Trader Vics and San Francisco's great nightspot. If one enters from the Post Street side, it's possible to view the very first recipient of an Art Deco Preservation Award. The Hing Hing Coffee Shop (now called Thai Noodles) is a gem of a tiny deco restaurant that has been remodeled over the years but still retains much deco style.
Email Laurie Gordon for details about upcoming appearances. |
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TUESDAY NIGHT JUMP!
Tuesdays at the Verdi Club in San Francisco
Lessons begin at 7PM,
band at 9:30 PM. |
A jamboree of swingin' roots music drives this dance party. Join a melting pot of young and old: Loungers, Hipsters, Kittens, Boppers and Hoppers from Sacramento to Santa Cruz. Jumpin' since 1999. Free parking, full bar, large dance floor, all ages welcome.
The Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, SF
Visit: www.tuesdaynightjump.com |
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TOP OF THE MARK
Wednesdays
Ben Mercado Band
Thursdays
Stompy Jones
Hotel Mark Hopkins,
Nob Hill,
San Francisco |
Ben Mercado Band
Wednesdays, 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
($10 cover charge applies 7:30pm onwards)
Stompy Jones
Thursdays, 7:30 pm - 11:30 pm
($10 cover charge applies 7:30pm ovwards)
For more information, please call the Top Of The Mark at 415-616-6916 or visit www.topofthemark.com
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SWING FEVER
Panama Hotel 4 Bayview Street
San Rafael |
Swing Fever, the Bay Area's small swing band with the classic Big Band sound, performs every Tuesday in the dining room of the charming Panama Hotel. Each Tuesday, Swing Fever pays tribute to various jazz artists and composers, playing selections from its roster of over 1,000 tunes.
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FREDERICK HODGES
Pier 23 on the Embarcadero
San Francisco |
Live music of the Deco and Ragtime Eras in an historic Bayside setting. Call 415-362-5125 or visit the cafe website at www.pier23cafe.com for details. Featuring the new piano -- a splendid 1909 vintage Crown art-case upright piano with four pedals! Visit www.frederickhodges.com for more gigs and a sample of his music. |
FIRST TUESDAY SWING DANCES in ALAMEDA
8:00 to 10:30 p.m.
Temple Israel, 3183 Mecartney Road, Alameda
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Come and dance to the swing hits of the 1930s -1950s (plus waltzes, rhumbas, etc.) as played by Dave’s Swingtime Big Band, featuring vocalist Janese Powell. A $5 donation gets you over two hours of dancing to great live music. Temple Israel located in the Harbor Bay Landing Shopping Center on Bay Farm Isle. Call Dave Altschuler at 510-521-3219. |
VINTAGE DANCE PARTY
3rd Sundays
May 18
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The Varsity Dance Club's monthly dance party features live music by the 10-piece Paul Price's Society Orchestra performing music from 1900 to 1935, in a beautifully restored dance hall at the Masonic Center in downtown Palo Alto. Great for dancing or listening. Dance lesson and light refreshments included!
$15 per person. Discount memberships available. For questions, call 650-279-3598. Prepaid memberships are available! Plenty of free parking nearby!
Feb 17: Charleston; Mar 16: Tango Beginners Lesson at 3:30; Apr 20: Quake Day with Ann Gibson, One-Step; May 18: Ostende-Schottische; Jun 15: Waltz - Beginners Lesson at 3:30
Palo Alto Masonic Center, 461 Florence (at University)
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STARLIGHT DANCE
Held Quarterly
Next Dance May 3
Strawberry Rec Center
118 East Strawberry Drive
Mill Valley
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STARLIGHT DANCE SCHEDULE FOR 2008
The quarterly Starlight Dances continue in 2008 on the first Saturdays of February, May, August, and November. Please mark the following dates in your calendar for 2008:
FEBRUARY 2 - MAY 3 - AUGUST 2 - NOVEMBER 2
Join us for another delightful year of great hot and sweet jazz and ballroom music from the 1920s and 1930s.
Group dance instruction by Cynthia Glinka, the Bay Area's Premiere Dance Hostess, will begin at 7:00 PM to recorded music. For information about Cynthia Glinka and her dance instruction please visit: http://www.cynthiaglinka.com
Dancing to the live 14-piece San Francisco Starlight Orchestra will begin at 8:00 PM and end at 11:00 PM.
For complete information please visit our website at http://www.sanfranciscostarlightorchestra.com or call our orchestra manager, Jim Brennan, at 707-973-6107.
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DECO FILM NEWS -- More on our new Bay Area Cinema page
Cerrito Classics presents
“Neurotic Noir”
"Mildred Pierce"
Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11
"Sunset Boulevard" Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25 |
Joan Crawford won an Oscar for her sympathetic portrayal of "Mildred Pierce," a woman who rises from poverty to riches – then stands to lose it all thanks to her spoiled-rotten daughter (a viperous Ann Blyth). Sin, murder, and plenty of pouting add to the mix. The film also serves as a strong critique of bourgeois values. Michael Curtiz (“Casablanca”) directed this 1945 masterpiece from a novel by James M. Cain, the king of hard-boiled.
Saturday, May 10, at 6 p.m. and at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 11
Bill Wilder’s "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) is one of the great tales of Hollywood, a town of illusion, delusion, greed and tragedy. Gloria Swanson plays faded actress Norma Desmond, desperately praying for a return to the limelight. What happens next isn’t pretty. And what a cast! Erich von Stroheim, William Holden, Hedda Hopper – even Buster Keaton! “It justly deserves its place among the best films ever made,” critics Nick Martin and Marsha Porter wrote.
Saturday at 6 p.m. and at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Special added features! Along with “Sunset Boulevard,” Will the Thrill interviews film noir historian Eddie Muller on stage, and screens Muller’s film, “The Grand Inquisitor,” with Marsha Hunt. Hunt was a star both of film and in real life. She was one of the few Hollywood actors who was brave enough to refuse to testify about friends who were accused of being Communists. As a result, she was blacklisted for many years.
After the film, Muller will sign his many books, including “Dark City Dames.” A rare event not to be missed by fans of film noir!
Please check times before going to the theater as they may change! www.cerritospeakeasy.com or call (510) 814-2400. |
CineMingle:
AMERICAN MATCHMAKER
USA, 1940, 87 minutes
Yiddish (English Subtitles)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
May 22, 7:30pm
JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut St.
Berkeley, 94709
$6 members,
$8 general |
Leo Fuchs, known on Second Avenue as “the Yiddish Fred Astaire,” plays an elegant and eligible bachelor who can never seem to close the marriage deal. Helmer Edgar G. Ulmer’s last Yiddish movie was also his most modern, an art deco romantic comedy about male ambivalence and Jewish assimilation.
“A successful combination of humor and schmaltz...a clash between the urbane, slick manners of the new country and the old, busybody communal ways of the shtetl.” –Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Following this film, Edgar G. Ulmer embarked on a prolific career in Hollywood, highlighted by the classic Detour, which profoundly influenced a generation of US independent filmmakers.
Preceded by the short: I Want to Be A Boarder USA, 1937, 15 minutes, Yiddish
(English Subtitles), Director Joseph Seiden
A small classic of Yiddish absurdism which showcases Fuch’s comic virtuosity.
***Featuring a post-film discussion with Miguel Pendás, Creative Director of the San Francisco Film Society.
For tickets & info:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/27779510.848.0237
510.848.0237
info@jcceastbay.org |
SILENT FILM FESTIVAL
Upcoming
13th annual summer festival
on July 11-13, 2008!
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
833 Market Street, Suite 812
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel 415-777-4908; fax 415-777-4904
http://www.silentfilm.org/home.htm |
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Edison Theatre
37395 Niles Blvd., Fremont
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Edison Theatre offers Saturday Night at the Movies--admission only $5.00! A remarkable archive of silent films on 16mm showing every week. Live music.
For more information please visit the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum website. www.nilesfilmmuseum.org |
The Stanford Theatre
221 University Ave,
Palo Alto
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April and May feature Bette Davis The Complete early films: 1931 - 1938. Their website also lists silent films playing at the California Theatre in San Jose. (650) 324-3700 www.stanfordtheatre.org |
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Frida Kahlo
Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Sunday, September 28, 2008
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street (between Mission and Howard Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: 415.357.4000 |
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo began painting in 1926, while recovering from a near-fatal bus accident, and soon became captivated by the medium's expressive possibilities. She filled her canvases with vibrant colors, powerful compositions, and revealing depictions of intensely personal struggles — the traumatic accident, her ongoing health problems, miscarriages, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, Diego Rivera. Kahlo's blunt style, influenced by Mexican folk art, and her fantastical imagery earned her recognition among the Surrealists, but her intriguing persona and unmistakable originality propelled her beyond the confines of a specific movement to become a leading figure in the history of modern art. This exhibition brings together some 45 paintings that span her career along with a selection of her own collection of photographs, most of which have never been on public display.
ADVANCE TIMED TICKETS FOR FRIDA KAHLO
In anticipation of the popularity of Frida Kahlo, SFMOMA will be using a timed ticketing system, with tickets issued for specific dates and times. Timed tickets limit the number of people in the gallery at any given time and minimize lines, resulting in a better viewing experience for all. Please choose your date and time carefully as tickets cannot be refunded. Tickets are subject to availability.
Advance timed tickets for Frida Kahlo are available online. Please visit our Frida Kahlo Timed Ticketing FAQ page for more information on how to purchase advance timed tickets for the exhibition.
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/exhib_detail.asp?id=310 |
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5/1/08
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