April 15, 2016 nha
Dear Members, Neighbors and Friends,
I hope this finds you well! Our park is looking great and the City seems busier than ever! We have been taking care of NHA Business, cleaning up the park, and Coming Soon: organizing events that might be of interest. A few that I want to point out are in the planning stage: 4/17: 2:00 PM Puppini Sisters, Fairmont Venetian Room, Bay Area Cabaret Coming Soon: A friendly, informative back stage tour of the Masonic Center! 415-781-0900 Learn some of the history of this SF landmark. Find out about the logistics of holding large events what goes into planning around hosting concerts, conventions, 5/4: Jazz at the University Club. Call parties and lectures. See the “green room” and other dressing rooms for Dan Arroyo 415-781-0900 x 131 entertainers. Enjoy a snack and learn little known stories from “behind the scenes.” 5/22: 4:00 PM, Bay Area Cabaret. The Also coming soon: Visit your neighborhood Firehouse, Station 41. Meet your Calloways (see p. 3) fire fighters and learn how they prepare to keep us safe and protected. This is a child friendly event and families are encouraged to bring little ones of all ages! NERT Training Sign Ups [email protected] Remember the 3 Tenors? Well, imagine 4 (youngish)Tenors in 2016! Mark your calendars for Nov. 13, the Il Divo Concert at the Masonic. They are four beautiful Station 41 Firehouse Tour (TBD) singers that are amazing. It promises to be a great evening, with a possibility of an NHA gathering included before the show. We are working on this. Please let us Masonic Center Tour (TBD) know if you are interested. Check them out here: Il Divo. And tickets for purchase here: Il Divo Tickets Get tickets soon if you are interested--they are going up in 11/13: Il Divo at the Masonic price as supply goes down. I just got mine. [email protected] Those interested in NERT, we are still working to get that organized. The list is growing. Messages are in to the SFFD that we are ready. We are waiting to hear [email protected] back. Let us know if you would like to be added and we will keep you posted. All the best to you and thanks for your messages of support! Barbara Mount
Ace Parking Management Grosvenor Americas Mark Hopkins Rental Condos Pacific Union Club Bay Area Cabaret Hill Investment Company Muratore Construction Co. Recharge Medical Day Spa Comstock Apartment Corp. International Mark Hopkins Nob Hill Café Stanford Court Hotel Falcon Associates, Inc. Joel L. Goodrich Nob Hill Spa Stookey’s Club Moderne The Fairmont Hotel Le Beau’s Nob Hill Market Nob Hill Condominium Assoc. Swan Oyster Depot The Fine Mousse Lefkowitz & Co. Nob Hill Masonic Center University Club San Francisco Flour & Co. Live Nation Osso Steakhouse Venticello Support our NHA Business Members! Tom Klein Leaves the Fairmont
Tea at the University Club Tom Klein Headed for Canyon Ranch NHA Members joined with University Club Members for a wonderful Afternoon Tea on March 22nd. Hosted Fairmont Regional Vice President by Mary Ann Collier and Helene Ettelson, the Tea was and longtime NHA Member and a great success and a wonderful opportunity to meet supporter, Tom Klein, is leaving San new people, make friends and to enjoy delicious Francisco and we are going to miss sandwiches and sweets. We enjoyed lots of good him! conversation and laughter. Our thanks go out to Mary Ann and Helene and the University Club for a lovely Tom is moving on to focus his afternoon..and for sending us home with left overs! efforts on Canyon Ranch and is excited about this new project as the next phase of his career.
Tom’s impact on our community is immeasurable--from his fundraising More things happening on the Hill: for charities, to the tone of welcome he established at the Fairmont, to his Grace Cathedral: Docent led tours throughout April amazing and genius addition of the and May. Check out the links and article on p. 4. Gingerbread House at the Holidays. Chinese Historical Society: “Images of America: San We thank you, Tom for your Francisco’s Chinatown” revised edition launch party amazing generosity and support for April 16 @ 2:00 pm the NHA, for Nob Hill and for San “Madame Ho” – a new play reading by Eugenie Chan Francisco over these past many May 28 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm years. We won’t forget years! CHSA Museum, 965 Clay Street See the BizJournal article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/ sanfrancisco/blog/2016/03/bay- area-sf-fairmont-hotels-thomas- klein-leaves.html nha Great Neighborhood places to eat: Flour & Co Delicious pastries, sandwiches, coffee..everything single thing is to die for! The Carrot Cake especially! ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY & LIZ CALLAWAY Le Beau Market Amazing sandwiches, burgers, salads...lots of prepared food From West Side Story to Wicked: Broadway by the Callaways choices. Sunday, May 22, 2016 - 4 p.m. Nob Hill Café Pasta, salads, lasagna, pizza--all great and the atmosphere is friendly and energetic. At the Fairmont San Francisco’s legendary Venetian Room Buy tickets ($55) with no service charge at (415) 927-4636. Osso Steakhouse The best steaks in A limited number of NHA tickets are reserved, on a first-come, town and amazing Kobe Beef Burgers! first-served basis. Call today! Swan Oyster Depot Yep, this is seafood heaven! Love their fresh crab. Bay Area Cabaret favorites and Tony nominated artists Ann and Liz Callaway, have drawn rave reviews and standing ovations across the Venticello Ristorante Love so many country with this new show, featuring showstoppers from West Side things here...pear and gorganzola pizza, Story, Chicago, Funny Girl, Cats, Carousel, Wicked and more. Ann's kale salad, grilled Tiger Prawns... dark, husky and jazz-flavored sound is the perfect complement for Liz' clear bell tones, in an evening of wit, humor and soul-stirring favorites like "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Perfect Year/Memory", "Broadway Baby", "If He Walked into My Life", and more! Platinum and gold-selling singer/songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway has released more than 11 solo albums, has had her Visit our website at: songs recorded by Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and Patti LuPone, wrote and sang the theme to the classic sit-com The Nanny, and www.nobhillassociation.org received a Tony nomination for her Broadway debut in Swing! Tony nominated Broadway star Liz Callaway has starred in Miss Facebook Saigon (with Lea Salonga), Cats (as Grizabella), Baby, and Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along (with Jason Alexander). On film, Liz has sung in many animated features including Anastasia, The Suggestion are welcome at: Swan Princess and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. info @nobhillassociation.org Together, Ann and Liz Callaway have recorded two albums and have Have you noticed vandalism in the toured the globe with their award-winning shows Sibling Revelry, Relative Harmony and Boom! Bay Area Cabaret is proud to Park? Let us know at present the Bay Area debut of their newest show, Broadway by the [email protected] Callaways. This show will close Bay Area Cabaret’s successful Thanks! twelfth season…Stay tuned for next season’s opener in September! Together we can make a difference. Cathedral Tours The Grace Cathedral Grand Tour includes many areas not typically seen by casual visitors such as the interior of the Chapel of Grace, the Vestry to view our collection of vestments, the Gallery with sweeping views of the nave, and a walk up the 94 stairs to the top of the South Tower for a unique view of the San Francisco skyline. This 90 minute, behind-the-scenes tour is a must-see for tourists as well as San Francisco residents. • Tickets are $25 per person. • This tour is available to anyone over the age of 10. • Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. • Tickets must be purchased in advance as tours often sell out. Click here to check available dates and buy tickets online. Or, call Zerve at 800-979-3370. - See more at: http://www.gracecathedral.org/visit/
At the Masonic:
SANTIGOLD Sunday, May 08, 2016 Doors: 7:00 PMMore Information
ANDREW BIRD Monday, May 16, 2016 Doors: 7:00 PM More Information
RED BULL FLYING BACH Friday, May 20, 2016 Doors: 7:00 PM More Information