On Saturday, I attended the closing reception of the Indoor Mural Project at 941 Geary Gallery (between Polk and Larkin). A handful of emerging and established graffiti and street artists from the world over have been working over the last few months for this big reveal of a series of site-specific works. Guests were invited [...]
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941 Geary Unveils Its Indoor Mural Project
Posted in Art, Events, tagged 941 Geary, Chad Hasegawa, Chor Boogie, Damon Soule, Edie Colla, Graffiti Art, Hugh Leeman, Street Art on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
F*ck You All Rolls Into 941
Posted in Art, Events, Photography, tagged 941Geary, Art, Exhibition, Fuck You All, Glen F. Friedman, Photography, Shepard Fairey on November 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fuck You All, a traveling exhibition of work by American photographer Glen Friedman — known for his photography of skateboarders and musicians like the Beastie Boys, Fugazi, Black Flag, etc. — arrives at 941Geary (just off of Polk Street) on Saturday and will run through Dec. 31. The exhibition will feature some unviewed collaborations between [...]
Pony Rides Enter
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Local Blog, Photography, Polk Street Blues Festival on September 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I Know Alyssa Jones has some beautiful photos with from the Polk Street Blues Fest this weekend. From the fair ride attendant who was taking a mid-day snooze to the ponies only for riders 70 lbs. and under, her highlights offer a fun perspective on a festival that was more or less just like the [...]
From Russian Hill With Love
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Art, City View, Flickr, Photography, Pyramid Building, Skyline on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One Fish Two Fish Old Fish . . .
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Alioto's, Art, Fisherman's Wharf, Photography on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Loving this retro 1962 photo of Alioto’s and Fisherman’s Wharf, from the vantage point of Taylor and Jefferson. I spotted it on my favorite Americana blog, A Continuous Lean. While the automobiles do stir up feelings of nostalgia, the rest of the scene remains notably unchanged today.
How Now Purple Cow: Burgess and Anti-Bovinity
Posted in Art, tagged Andy Warhol, Art, Broadway, Gelett Burgess, Poetry, Purple Cow, The Lark on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Purple Cow by Gelett Burgess I never saw a purple cow; I never hope to see one; But I can tell you anyhow; I’d rather see than be one! This famous poem was written by Gelett Burgess in 1895 and published in his literary magazine, The Lark. Burgess and his contemporary bohemians often gathered [...]
Hyde Lapse
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Bay, Cable Car, Hyde, Photography, Time Lapse, Video on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a rad time lapse of the cable car heading up Hyde Street towards the Bay.
Alhambra, San Francisco (1992)
Posted in Art, Photography, tagged Alhambra Theater, Art, Hiroshi Sugimoto, London, Photography, Polk, Union, Victoria & Albert Museum on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Photo by Hiroshi Sugimoto, from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.Alhambra’s got international appeal! According to Flickr: Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in Tokyo in 1948. ‘Alhambra, San Francisco,’ (1992) is part of a long-standing and on-going project of photographing theatres. Sugimoto records the ambient light created by the cinema screen. The drama of the light [...]
From Russian Hill by Ina Coolbrith
Posted in Art, tagged Art, Ina Coolbrith, Literature, Poetry on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A poem. Published in 1915 in Sunset: The Pacific Monthly, Volume 35. Night and the hill to me! Silence no sound that jars; Above, of stars a sea; Below, a sea of stars! Trancèd in slumber’s sway, The city at its feet. A tang of salty spray Blends with the odors sweet From garden-close and [...]
Man Eats Breakfast, Walks Up Russian Hill, and Texts
Posted in Art, tagged Art, Breakfast, Film, Russian Hill, Smoking, Time Lapse, Video, Walking on June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Happens everyday, with or without Eddie Vedder and the time-lapse effect. But this smoker thinks he’s special.
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