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R R Angela Alioto on the 25th anniversary of the smoking ban Years of fighting Big Tobacco led to a law that swept the nation — and the world
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Left: detail of Gustav Klimt, The Virgin, 1913; right: Auguste Rodin, Pierre de Wiessant, 1886 (reduced ’ 1886, cast before 1929). IMAGES COURTESY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO running for office, you expect coy deflection or a flat-out no, even if that no really means Wyes, but that’s not how Angela Alioto rolls. “Am I running Klimt & Rodin: An exhibition takes us for mayor? I’m always running for mayor,” she says with a glint in her eye. “Any politician who says they’re not running for something is a liar.” on a journey when two artists met Sitting behind a desk in her office in a building that bares her family name, Alioto is blunt, down-to-earth, BY SHARON ANDERSON bolist movement, Klimt’s opulent, from one of Klimt’s most prized and charismatic. Born into one of the most prominent jewel-like surfaces came to define works created at the start of his political families in San Francisco, Alioto is an attorney , . , painting of the Art Nouveau era in “golden period,” and painted for the who served eight years on the Board of Supervisors, Fine Arts Museum of San Vienna. 14th Vienna Secessionist exhibi- including a stint as president. Her father, Joseph Alioto, Francisco will present the Many of the painter’s well-known tion celebrating Beethoven’s Ninth was the 36th mayor of San Francisco. She’s the proud Tfirst major Gustav Klimt exhibition pieces will be represented, includ- Symphony. Enter the then-estab- mother of four children and, because of them, a former on the West Coast through Jan. ing the Beethoven Frieze (1902), two lished art celebrity Auguste Rodin, smoker. “I quit in 1988,” she says, “because my kids kept 28, 2018. A leader of the sym- seven-foot-tall panels reproduced ART WORLD, continued on 14 REYNOLDS RAP, continued on 4
on a tiny stage, and leaves in a state Bellingham by the Bay of musical grace.
GIANT OUTDOOR ARENAS The art of the dull Four or five thousand jazz fans in an outdoor arena with the sound cranked up almost high enough to BY BRUCE BELLINGHAM shatter a wineglass, not to mention your eardrums, can diminish the ’ . experience. I’ve seen tenor saxophon- Something to be said for things that are quiet, ist Getz and the incomparable Mod- still, and safe. Recollected in tranquility. You ern Jazz Quartet in the big outdoor Tknow the old Chinese curse: “May you live in interest- settings. Getz wasn’t Getz. The sound, ing times.” Well, they’re too interesting these days. while good for reaching the back “It looks like you dodged a bullet in San Francisco,” rows, blared unnaturally. And the wrote Christina Greene from Wisconsin. She was Modern Jazz Quartet lost what its referring to how, at the last minute, a protest at Crissy musical canon was all about — inti- Field on Aug. 26 meant to support white supremacy Cole Thompson at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival. macy. Both Getz and the MJQ were was canceled by the organizers. ... All the same, the PHOTO: COURTESY TIMOTHY ORR / MONTEREYJAZZFESTIVAL.ORG specks on a vast stage, so we in the nonevent cost the SFPD $775,000 in overtime for the audience looked at a giant screen officers. None of the cops could have that Saturday off. where Getz’s enormous head (per- Crissy Field isn’t supposed to be a battleground for Sixty festive years of the Monterey haps six feet from hairline to chin) disparate ideologies. It’s a place to take in the fresh air puffed and dribbled spittle for all to of the bay, to take your dog for a run, to admire the maj- Jazz Festival, and a backward glance see. And the outsized MJQ some- esty of the Golden Gate Bridge or to walk or jog to Fort times was muddy with amplification Mason. And if you take a bat to Crissy, it’s for knocking at an American art form and also appeared gigantic on screen. around a softball — not other people’s heads. Dodging a bullet: That reminds me of Winston BY ERNEST BEYL INTIMATE JAZZ NIGHTCLUBS THE STONES, MICHELANGELO, Churchill’s famous line, “Nothing is more exhilarating To be sure some small jazz clubs AND DEGAS than to be shot at without result.” He was referring to still exist in New York City, Chica- However, these huge outdoor his experiences in the Boer War. Today, the political to hear small jazz groups — trios, go, San Francisco, and elsewhere. arenas are ideal for rock ’n’ roll. battleground is more like the Bore War. … A little quartets, sextets — in what we And they should be encouraged Consider the Rolling Stones. You dullness might be in order. … “Dull, duller, Dulles.” Ionce called smoky nightclubs. and nurtured like an endangered want them in a huge space. That’s Churchill said of the CIA director, Allen Dulles, “He is That’s the way Stan Getz and the species. In the small clubs (not where they belong. In a small a bull that carries his own china shop.” Gee, that has a Modern Jazz Quartet, two of my smoky anymore) the listener arrives intimate club the Stones wouldn’t familiar ring to it. … favorites, sounded the best. Minimal as a supplicant — a worshipper — be the Stones. Just as you want BELLINGHAM, continued on 4 amplification, if at all. enjoys communion with the artists JAZZ FESTIVAL, continued on 14 C I T I 23 08
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UNION STREET MERCHANTS UPSET WITH VAN NESS BRT PROJECT The ongoing Van Ness Transit Corridor Improvement Project has a clumsy name only a bureaucrat could love, and many merchants on Union Street definite- ly don’t love one of the HAPPY HOUR DAILY project’s features: the Valentino Market’s building, as seen in this photo FRIED CHICKEN TUESDAYS loss of a left-turn onto from more than a century ago. BEEF WELLINGTON WEDNESDAYS Union Street from Van PHOTO: COURTESY VALENTINO MARKET Ness. They say it has hurt BABY BACK & MAC THURSDAYS business on their street projects by measuring the ry law enforcement, and CIOPPINO FRIDAYS because of a loss of traf- change in sales taxes; in we intend to honor that STEAK FOR TWO SATURDAYS fic; drivers on Van Ness one, West Portal, there commitment, regardless SUNDAY BRUNCH just find it easier to drive was a 12 percent drop of the involvement of the SPAGHETTI SUPPER SUNDAYS onward and shop else- in sales tax. “That’s like Department of Justice,” where. One idea being a 12 percent [decline] Mayor Ed Lee said in a mooted is seeking about in income,” Karnilowicz statement issued by his $1.5 million in compen- says; for some businesses, office. sation from the city for “that’s what their profit District 10 Supervisor their loss of business. margin is.” Malia Cohen said, “We’re The idea of compensa- disappointed but unsur- tion is not without prece- VALENTINO prised by the announce- dent. In 2016, the Board MARKET’S SECOND ment that the DOJ will of Supervisors voted to CENTURY no longer invest in police compensate vendors Nearly 210 residents reform for San Francisco. whose business was neg- of Cow Hollow and the The Justice Department atively impacted by the Marina recently gathered made clear in 2016 that Super Bowl; though the to celebrate the 100-years- there are tangible, point- game was held in Santa and-counting of Valen- ed changes that need to 3213 SCOTT ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 4154008500 Clara, much of the Super tino Market (Buchan- occur in SFPD to make CORNER OF SCOTT AND LOMBARD MAYBECKS.COM Bowl-related events in an and Filbert Streets). our city safer and rebuild the preceding week took Owner Elie Chahwan was trust between commu- place in San Francisco. praised by many, includ- nity members and the Henry Karnilowicz, ing Supervisor Mark police. Divesting from president of the San Fran- Farrell and SFPD Chief reform only compounds cisco Council of District William Scott, for mak- the distrust that constitu- Merchants Associations, ing the corner store into ents hold.” said that billions of dol- a community hub. As lars are being spent on part of the celebrations, FACTS & FIGURES the many street changes people guessed the prices $495: The application and improvements across of various grocery items fee for Deferred Action the city. “And here they’re from 100 years ago. The for Childhood Arriv- talking about giving 1.5 answers: A dozen eggs als (a.k.a. Dreamers) to million? That’s nothing,” was 40 cents, a box of renew their status; San he said. “That’s a drop in Kellogg’s cornflakes was Francisco has pledged the bucket.” only 8 cents, and you to pay the renewal fees Karnilowicz says his could get a whole chick- for local applicants . . . organization is working en for 23 cents. 6 a.m.: The time on Sept. with Union Street busi- Congratulations to 23 when President Trump nesses to get the city to Chahwan and Valentino tweeted that he was with- address the problem. He Market. drawing his invitation to said the SFMTA has put the NBA champion War- up signs on Van Ness tell- SAN FRANCISCO, riors to visit the White ing people that instead of D.C. PART WAYS ON House because “Stephen turning left, they should POLICE REFORM Curry is hesitating” . . . turn right, then turn right, San Francisco leaders $551 million: Cost of and then take another chastised the U.S. Depart- the recently complet- right to do a loop to get ment of Justice after DOJ ed Moscone Expansion over to Union Street, but announced plans to Project, which increased that cumbersome process refocus involvement in the convention center just has drivers passing local policing away from space by 21 percent . . . by without going through reform and community 15: The age at which Hi Everybody! Yes, we are still making lots of custom the effort. SFMTA’s own trust toward fighting vio- Yong-soo Lee, now 89, website for the project lent crime and gangs. The was kidnapped from her pillows as well as everything else that goes along with includes public com- largely voluntary pro- Korean home and made making your home beautiful! ments raising complaints gram to work with police to work as a sex slave Here come the holidays! Stuffing the turkey, decking the that the multiturn option departments facing prob- for World War II Japa- results in congestion on lems (often in the after- nese soldiers; Lee spoke halls...Russian Hill Upholstery & Décor adjoining streets. math of police shootings) to attendees at the Sep- Recovering the dining room seats or maybe a new fabric on Karnilowicz doesn’t was reportedly criticized tember unveiling of a the sofa which has been hinting for a new look for a while. know what will happen by Attorney General Jeff Chinatown statue to the regarding compensation, Sessions as causing anti- women . . . 1,000: The Let’s put you on our schedule. Call me or send an enote. but the situation is not police attitudes. City offi- number of swims local We can get it done with time leftover to sit back and relax. going to go away. He cials saw it differently. swimmer Kristine Buck- points to a presentation “We made a pledge to ley has made from Alca- Until then! by the city’s Controller’s the people of this city that traz island to the shore. Carole Office, which studied the we would transform our 415 567-4523 / 415 290-2600 impact on local business- police department into News tips? E-mail: es of similar construction a model of 21st centu- [email protected] [email protected]
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Reynold's Rap five vote. “But I wasn’t giving up,” in the Journal of the American in California. “That’s when official at that time — between continued from cover Alioto says. Medical Association that found Assemblyman Terry Friedman 1984 and 1995, Brown accepted She began to chip away at 30 percent of three-year-olds and called and said he was think- over three-quarters of a million hiding my cigarettes, and finally, the tobacco lobby, introducing 90 percent of six-year-olds knew ing of applying it to a state dollars in campaign donations, my son Joe said, ‘We don’t want smaller pieces of legislation that the cartoon character Joe Camel bill,” Alioto says. She drove gifts, and legal fees. He voted you to die!’ and that was it.” After garnered less attention and less was connected with cig- in favor of a ban reading some secret tobacco opposition. In 1991 she authored arettes. “That’s higher on cigarette taxes industry memos that were made an ordinance outlawing cigarette brand-name recall than and co-authored the public describing how they tar- vending machines in San Fran- Mickey Mouse,” Alioto “Every time I walked by Willie L. Brown-Bill geted children and certain ethnic cisco where minors had access. says. She authored an Lockyer Civil Lia- groups, she began to feel a sense The ordinance passed. The fol- ordinance prohibiting an of ce building in the rain bility Reform Act of outrage. lowing year she took on adver- tobacco advertising on of 1987, making it “In 1989, my first year on the tising, which tobacco firms said most city properties. It, and saw smokers outside, impossible for Cali- Board of Supervisors, I began was aimed at convincing adults too, was signed into law. fornians to sue tobac- working on my first antismoking to switch brands. In her book, By 1992, the gener- I hid my face,” Alioto says, co firms for damages measures,” she says. In 1990, Ali- Straight to the Heart, Alioto al public was becom- due to smoking-re- oto introduced legislation to ban points out research that showed ing more aware of Big only half joking. lated illnesses. smoking in restaurants. “They companies spent the equiva- Tobacco’s lies as execu- Alioto feared that had nonsmoking sections, but lent of $345 annually for every tives stood before Henry Wax- to Sacramento to meet with as mayor, Brown would under- they were barely sep- man’s congressional him a couple of times, and mine her antismoking legislation, arated and the smoke panel and denied California passed the legisla- but he didn’t. During his first nine could still circulate health risks and the tion, which banned smoking months in office, Alioto intro- freely,” she remem- Alioto began to chip away at addictive nature of in restaurants and workplaces, duced 10 pieces of legislation, all bers. There was push- nicotine despite more in 1996. “Every time I walked of which passed the board and back from not only the the tobacco lobby, introducing than 6,000 studies by an office building in the Brown signed into law. “It was tobacco industry but to the contrary. This rain and saw smokers outside, just too big and too popular for also from the Golden smaller pieces of legislation coincided with Ali- I hid my face,” Alioto says, only him to oppose it by then,” Alioto Gate Restaurant Asso- oto becoming presi- half joking. (Two years later, says. As San Francisco’s smoking ciation, afraid the law that garnered less attention dent of the Board of California would become the ban turns 25, it has spread across would drive away smok- Supervisors. “That first state to outlaw smoking the country and even the world. ing customers. They and less opposition. comes with increased in bars.) “I got a call from the president of weren’t the only ones power,” she says. In In 1996, former Speaker of the Ireland thanking me,” Alioto says, who were angry. “An 86-year-old person who switched and grossed 1993, she reintroduced her Assembly Willie Brown became with that familiar glint in her eye. man hit me with his cane,” Alioto $347 — just $2 in revenue per original legislation banning mayor of San Francisco. In her recalls. “He said I was ruining his smoker. The real reason for the smoking in all San Francis- book, Alioto says that during E-mail: [email protected]. ability to enjoy the rest of his life.” advertising, Alioto says, was to get co restaurants, and in 1994 it his years in Sacramento, Brown Follow the Marina Times on Twit- The measure was defeated at the children to pick up the habit. Ali- passed, becoming the stron- took more money from Big ter @TheMarinaTimes and like us Board of Supervisors by a six-to- oto cites a 1991 study published gest antismoking measure Tobacco than any other elected on Facebook @MarinaTimes.
Bellingham Franklin Roosevelt was running against that ravaged the Caribbean, Florida, and characters. This was a town that extolled continued from cover the Republican candidate, Alf Landon. Texas are, at best, unsettling. exhibitionism. … But there was a Socialist Party candidate: When the next quake comes, there will The homicide rate is rising in the city. MSNBC aired a piece on “Dating in Norman Thomas. The Bernie Sanders be no power. No e-mail, no Google, no And so are the parking meter rates in the the Trump Era.” The conclusion of the of his time. Twitter, no cell phone coverage because Marina. Everybody’s Favorite City has report was if one of the first-daters con- My grandfather and grandmother had the towers will be down. Credit cards will become Everybody’s Favorite Real Estate fesses he or she is a Trump-supporter, a terrible argument at the breakfast table be useless. I have mixed feelings about Investment. Too many cars, not enough and the other is part of the Resistance, that morning. My grandmother stormed that. In a lacklus- housing, too little there will be no second date. out of the house: “I’m going to vote,” she ter spirit of prepa- laughter. ... I don’t take politics personally. Friend- barked at him. ration, I sleep with Billy Crystal ships are too hard to come by. Maurice An hour later, my grandmother two flashlights. But When the next quake will be honored at Kanbar, the inventor, philanthropist, returned to inform my grandfather, defi- enough of my pri- Bimbo’s on Oct. and Prince of Pacific Heights, is diamet- antly, that she had voted for Norman vate life. comes, there will be no 19, where he’ll rically opposed to my being an unrepen- Thomas. They didn’t speak to each other In 1989, the receive the Robin tant New Deal Democrat. But I don’t let for weeks. … Chronicle had no power, no e-mail, no Williams Legacy of that disturb our friendship, which has When I think of October, I recall the back-up genera- Laughter Award. lasted 40 years. Loma Prieta earthquake that wreaked tors. Neither did Google. I have mixed It’s a fundraiser That reminds me of a story that has havoc in the Marina and in other parts the old Examiner. feelings about that. to help defeat the circulated through my family over the of town in 1989. … This summer, two Carole Vernier stigma of mental decades. It was Election Day in 1936. major quakes in Mexico. The hurricanes told me the Chron- illness … icle City Room staffers rushed to Herb I have to clear up a few things. Last Caen’s office to confiscate his typewriters month I reported on an event to raise to get out the morning edition. (They money for people who were displaced used to snicker at his quaint collection of by a mid-Polk Street fire on July 14. Royals and Olivettis.) It was a moment of … Leonie van den Berg, who lived triumph for the Luddites. in her apartment for 44 years, lost a A young editor stood over Carole, substantial amount of her possessions mesmerized. — not everything. A colleague in Leo- “What is it?” Carole asked. nie’s art class offered a place for Leonie She said, “I’ve never seen carbon paper to live, and she wants to say glowing b e fore .” things about Melissa Karam, the class I mention Herb Caen because Kevin instructor. … Regarding the fire, Carole Young, who’s been Holt reminds me pouring drinks at her shop, Russian Perry’s on Union Hill Upholstery, Street for many Everybody's Favorite is closed tempo- years, likes it. Both rarily — but she’s Kevin and Perry’s City has become still doing business are real Cow Hol- at 415-567-4523, low survivors. … Everybody's Favorite 415-290-2600, and There’s an effort [email protected]. to name a portion Real Estate Investment. I regret the errors. of Myrtle Alley, I wish all the best. near Larkin Street, … Yes, never a after Bubbles, a transgender street artist, dull moment. I just can’t wait for a and fixture of the Polk Gulch neigh- dull moment. … borhood. Bubbles was shot to death on the street last month. The case remains Bruce Bellingham is the author of Bell- unsolved as of this writing. Bubbles was ingham by the Bay. He’s fighting the splashy but harmless. She’d hand out old ennui at [email protected]. “tranny snow cones.” … From Emperor Follow the Marina Times on Twitter Norton to Brendan O’Smarty to Bub- @TheMarinaTimes and like us on Face- bles, San Francisco used to embrace its book @MarinaTimes.
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And while all of co-founder and execu- in the Marina, especially those groups are among tive director Ryan Hud- when met with resistance LAMP the 23 percent of from local organi- California adults zations including over 21 who have the Cow Hollow used cannabis Association? Davis REPAIR products in the After the rst of the says, “We looked past six months for a second loca- or so, according year, the rules for tion for more than ELECTRIC SHAVERS: BRAUN NORELCO REMINGTON to a study by BDS legally purchasing two years, not- Analytics, a can- ing the clustering nabis business marijuana change. of dispensaries in I ntroducing the New intelligence com- the south side of pany, the average the city. This [the cannabis users are par- son, “The Apothecari- Marina] is an under- SEBO E3 PREMIUM ents in their 30s and 40s. um is known for serv- served population, and VACUUM SYSTEM ing patients with serious also, we probably have at • 5 year warranty POT BUSINESS medical conditions and least 2,550 patients who • 37 foot cleaning radius While it’s not possible for being the dispensary already use our store.” to legally purchase mar- where you can feel com- Davis says now that The • Large capacity bags ijuana without a medical fortable bringing your Apothecarium on Lom- • Hepa S class filtration for allergy relief marijuana card right now, mother. Whether you are bard has been open for a after the first of the year, dealing with chemother- couple of months, there the rules change. And pot apy, insomnia, or chronic has been a welcome 2701 Lombard Street @ Baker • (415) 921-3776 is already a big business pain, our patient consul- reception from nearby Open: Monday-Saturday 9am-5:30pm • philselectric.com in California. According tants are trained to help merchants. When asked to USA Today, the com- you select the right med- how the demographics in mercial cannabis market icine and dosage for your the Marina differ from has reached $21 billion, needs.” the Castro, Davis says, and by 2020, adult use “It’s still early, but I would and medical marijua- FOSTERING say that there are more COMET CLUB na sales are expected to EDUCATION older female patients in Dancing • Specialty Cocktails • 12 Brews on Tap reach nearly $23 billion. Medicine and patients this location.” And what So it shouldn’t come as are key words here. To draws patients in? “The a surprise that there are gain access to The Apoth- big three are pain, insom- an estimated 1,000 med- ecarium, one must have nia, and anxiety.” ical dispensaries in Cal- an up-to-date medical ifornia in 2017 (Canna- marijuana card obtained WHAT TO KNOW bis Industry Association by a physician (although Most medical marijua- and California Grower’s potential new custom- na falls into one of two Association). And nearly ers are invited in to take categories: sativa, which 30 of those dispensaries a look without buying). helps patients feel more are in San Francisco. One The dispensary is one of energetic, alert, and cre- of them is The Apothe- the few in California that ative; and indica, which carium Marina, a fami- batch-tests all of its prod- promotes feelings of ly-owned medical canna- ucts for purity, and it has relaxation and calm and is bis dispensary on often used to help Lombard Street with insomnia. (at Scott), which There are also many 3111 Fillmore St. San Francisco 94123 opened its doors hybrid strains that 415-567-5589 • CometclubSF.com in July. A sister Walking into The are a combination to The Apoth- of the two. ecarium’s flag- Apothecarium is like What will hap- ship store in the entering a high-end pen in January Castro, this new 2018 when mar- dispensary is the wine bar or boutique. ijuana becomes only one north of legal in California? Post Street in the “”Honestly,” says city and south of Fairfax a medical director on staff Davis, “We don’t know in Marin. to educate both employ- exactly what to expect, ees and prescribing phy- but probably there will be AN ELEGANT SETTING sicians. an uptick in casual users Walking into The One day a month the and the ‘soccer mom’ Apothecarium is a bit like dispensary opens its c row d .” entering a high-end wine doors to UCSF oncology One thing’s for cer- bar or boutique. Its palette staff, including doctors, tain: marijuana sales, The of creamy colors is com- physicians’ assistants, and Apothecarium, and San plemented by black-and- nurses as part of a for- Francisco’s other dispen- white accents, hardwood mal education program saries are here to stay. floors, and a coffered on cancer and cannabis The Apothecarium: 2414 white ceiling illuminated to learn as much as they Lombard Street, 415-408- by hanging lamps and a can about marijuana’s 6986, apothecarium.com. sparkly chandelier. The medical benefits, and Daily 11 a.m.–8 p.m. long, pale faux-marble bar according to Davis, Kai- dominates one side of the ser is following suit. E-mail: [email protected]
6 OCTOBER 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 2 Supervisor The international is local The value of sister-city relationships for San Francisco in today’s world
BY MARK FARRELL across the country to show that Trump ideas about a variety of city programs, much to learn from each other. Germany and his words and policies do not speak policies, services, and opportunities, and is one of San Francisco’s largest overseas ’ for all us. personally traveled to Germany in 2016. markets for tourism, and an important around the world has taken a As a native San Franciscan now in Volunteer citizens in both San Francisco trade and investment partner – Kiel is severe hit with the election of public o ce for over six years, whose and Germany, including government of- a large part of this commerce, given its ODonald Trump. His actions, words, and mother was born and raised in Germany, cials, have spent countless hours work- status as one of the largest ports in the demeanor during his short time in o ce I have seen rsthand the value of strong ing to develop what they hope to learn, world. have caused many of our internation- relationships and ties to people and gov- share, and experience together. Together with Mayor Lee and a San al friends and partners to question our ernments in other countries across the Ultimately the city in Germany we Francisco delegation of approximately 40 country’s commitment to agreements, world. For San Francisco, sister-city re- chose was Kiel – located in the northern residents, we traveled to Kiel during the customs, and our shared American val- lationships are the primary way to man- part of Germany near the Danish border. third week of September, and o cially ues we all hold dear. Any American who ifest these bonds with other countries: Delegations from Kiel visited senior of- signed the sister-city agreement. e re- has traveled abroad in 2017 has felt the they are formal cials at the lationship was such an important event brunt of these feelings. government San Francisco to Kiel that they allowed San Francisco Aside from other international ga es, agreements Public Util- government o cials to address their city perhaps most damaging has been that commit Politics today seems to be ities Com- council and mayor, an event that has nev- Trump’s unilateral announcement that cities to explore mission to er been granted to a non-German entity the United States was reneging on its social, nan- about people tearing each discuss how during their long history. commitment to ght climate change cial, and cultur- other apart, and with this San Francisco Creating this sister-city relationship through the historic Paris Agreement. It al ties between could learn has been one of the most unique experi- boggles my mind, and the recent devas- our residents, project we have been able from Kiel’s ences I have had in o ce. International tating hurricanes are poignant reminders and are driven internation- e orts will never supersede the daily is- of an environmental future we are col- by citizen vol- to forge a different path al leadership sues we face in San Francisco, but they lectively facing. As I write this column unteers. in producing are important. Politics today are high- at the end of September, Trump seems With this background, for the past few wind energy (through wind turbines lighted by people tearing each other to be more concerned about NFL play- years, I have been working diligently alone, Kiel’s German province produces apart. With this project, we put signi - ers protesting racial injustice and police with the help of some amazing volun- over 100 percent of the energy consumed cant e ort into bringing people together, brutality than helping American citizens teers to create San Francisco’s rst sis- by all of its residents), met with local uni- reminding ourselves there is more that who are recovering from the a ermath of ter-city partnership in Germany. versity and high school representatives unites us than divides us, and we have these historic hurricanes and oods. It started with a conversation with to discuss establishing student exchang- created a path for our residents to bene t While Trump seeks to further divide my cousin in Germany, then the Ger- es between the two cities; and met with from the growing ties between our cities. us and alienate our international friends man consul general in San Francisco, senior San Francisco Municipal Transit If you have any questions about our and partners, it falls to the rest of us to and nally with Mayor Lee to begin the Agency o cials to discuss the rollout of new sister-city relationship with Kiel or nd issues, causes, and reasons to bring groundwork necessary to form this new new Muni trains produced by Siemens in want to get involved with the other San people together, particularly on the in- relationship. Germany. Franciscans already entrenched in the ef- ternational stage. If Washington will not Over the past three years, I helped ar- Both cities have so much in common fort, please let me know, as we have only represent America the way that it should, range four formal trips to San Francisco ranging from our coastal locations to just begun to explore the depths of this then it is up to cities like San Francisco for the German delegation to exchange our strong sailing communities, and so new relationship.
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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2017 7 N Sketches from a North Beach Journal A Bull Shot, me and Julio, and a wig for Halloween
BY ERNEST BEYL by gamblers, prostitutes, rascals, and fortune seekers.” THE ORIGINAL BULL SHOT Recently I had a yen for a Bull Shot, GOLD AND HEMINGWAY so I got myself over to Original Joe’s and Not long ago I ran into Herbert Gold, consulted with bartender Michael Fraser. the prolific San Francisco novelist-essay- While preparing one for me — vodka and ist. He had strolled down from the Olym- beef broth — Michael told me the bull pian heights of Russian Hill, where he’s shot was a favorite of Sterling Hayden, lived for many years, to see how the pro- actor-adventurer, who once lived on his letarian coffeehouse dwellers were doing Supervisor Peskin with Rosalie Jacques. PHOTO: COURTESY ROSALIE JACQUES schooner anchored in Sausalito. in North Beach. Here’s the recipe for the Bull Shot the I told him he was mentioned in a new was flying home for Christmas to see my Street), is wig heaven. Halloween is coming way Michael Fraser made them for Sterling biography of Ernest Hemingway by Mary kids,” Gold told me. up, and who doesn’t want to be bewigged Hayden at Perry’s: A slug of vodka, salt and Dearborn. Seems Hemingway was a fan “That can wait,” Mary Hemingway said. for our city’s greatest event? And yes, in case pepper, celery salt, tabasco, Worcester- of Gold’s and at one point in the book “It’s more important you go fishing with you were wondering, Rosalie has sold wigs shire sauce, a squeeze of lime. To this add Dearborn said Hemingway asked his New Pap a .” to nuns who have left the nunnery. Campbell’s beef broth, shake and pour into York publisher to send him whatever “What did you do?” I asked Gold. a glass filled with ice cubes. books were available by the San Francisco “I thought she was rude, so I hung up ME AND JULIO DOWN BY The Sterling Hayden bull shot Michael author. on her. Then I went home for the holidays. ORIGINAL JOE’S Fraser made for me was special — shaken Gold perked up at my comment and And that’s why I never got to fish with On an almost daily basis I wait for the and strained into a wine glass — the way I offered me (and therefore, you) an inter- Ernest Hemingway.” Muni 39 bus to take me up Telegraph like my Bloody Mary. Now at Original Joe’s esting story. Many years ago, he was in Hill and home. That’s why I can usually my bull shot is known as Ernie’s B. S. Havana with George Plimpton, founding GYPSY ROSALIE be found on the corner of Stockton and I’m honored. editor of the Paris Review. Over a period of I dropped into Gypsy Rosalie’s shop the Union Streets by Original Joe’s. And that’s several weeks, Plimpton was interviewing other day to buy a wig: needed one for hang- how I got to know Julio, who parks cars WISH I HAD SAID THAT Hemingway for the magazine, and at some ing out in restaurants I gave bad reviews; there for customers going to the restau- Kenneth Rexroth, the late San Fran- point, told him Herb Gold was in town. didn’t want to get hammered by disgrun- rant. If I have one too many Bull Shots cisco poet and essayist, said he liked The following day Gold received a tele- tled cooks. Rosalie Jacques is the master with my lunch — quick as a flash — Julio San Francisco “… because it is accessi- phone call at his hotel from Hemingway’s — make that mistress — of wig making straightens me out, and gets me aboard ble to the Western mountains, remote wife, Mary. and has created show-stopping wigs for Las without incident. (Thank you, Julio. And from New York cultural domination, She said, “Papa would like you to go Vegas revues, San Francisco topless dancers, thank you, Paul Simon.) and virtually the only major American fishing with him tomorrow.” drag queens, and just plain folks since 1957. city that was not settled by puritans, but “I replied I couldn’t make it because I Her shop in North Beach (1457 Powell E-mail: [email protected]
8 OCTOBER 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 3 Supervisor Preparation Reality check: Is San Francisco ready for imminent disaster?
BY AARON PESKIN know that the Bay Area will con- first to crumble in the event of tinue to do its part to send relief a seismic event. Older concrete , and support to our neighbors commercial buildings are par- a grassroots benefit for down south. ticularly vulnerable. the survivors of the dev- Here in San Francisco, A 7.1 earthquake here will be Lastating earthquakes in Mexico these tragedies are a sobering just as horrific, if not more dead- A Mexico City building destroyed by a recent earthquake. PHOTO: ANTOFRAN City and Oaxaca. The commu- reminder that we still have a ly, than what Mexico City experi- nity gathering with local D.J.s lot of work to do to prepare enced — and not just because of ones. Visit sf72.org/home for PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT performing, colorful artisanal for the next big disaster. Our our weak buildings. Our seawall, more info. FROM TRUMP AND BIG OIL treasures being auctioned which stretches for seven San Francisco and Oakland off, and neighborhood miles and protects critical SOFT-STORY RETROFIT have joined forces to sue Big Oil activists doling out hugs city infrastructure and util- Do your part to retrofit for knowingly causing climate belied the somber reality Our record-breaking ities, is extremely vulnera- your building, particularly in change. And California’s attor- thousands of miles away. ble. The layers of old rock North Beach and the Marina ney general and the California The state of Oaxaca was heatwave raised serious and concrete will fold in on District. Visit the DBI website Coastal Commission (on which I the first to bear the brutal itself in a major earthquake, to get more information on represent the north central coast) brunt of an 8.1 earthquake concerns about the city's destroying everything close compliance, and submit your have joined forces to sue the early last month, followed to the waterfront. The sea- permit application and plans Trump administration for skirt- by another 6.1 quake that disaster response. wall is the only thing stand- for seismic retrofit work at ing environmental analysis on has exacerbated the dam- ing between the Financial sfdbi.org/softstory. their disastrous proposed “bor- age to the region. Mexico City’s recent record-breaking heat- District and the bay waters, der wall.” The message is clear: 7.1 magnitude earthquake has wave raised serious concerns which have become increasingly SUPPORT THE SEAWALL California will protect our envi- killed hundreds of people as of about the city’s coordinated unstable as a result of unchecked BOND ronment and our communities this writing and left countless disaster response. And recent sea level rise. Ultimately, we are looking at from the clear and present dan- more homeless. updates from the Department of What can and should we be a $5 billion effort to strengthen ger of this federal administration. I recently spent time in Oax- Building Inspection reveal more doing together as a city to pre- and reinforce the San Francis- aca with my wife on vacation, than 40 percent of our older, pare for this inevitable scenario? co seawall over the long term. Finally, a plug for Company walking among the historic wood-framed housing stock has There are critical steps we must Town, which is coming to KQED and colorful concrete build- yet to comply with the city’s 72-HOUR PLAN take now to get this process this month! Check out the ings, many of which have been mandatory soft-story retrofit Don’t wait for a natural disas- going. The first will be placing KQED website for a full listing reduced to rubble. The loss of requirements. These are build- ter to make your plan. Make a $350 million bond for seawall of showtimes on Oct. 10, 11, 15, life and suffering of the local ings with significantly “softer” sure that you have supplies and upgrades on the 2018 ballot — and 27: kqed.org/tv/programs/ people is heartbreaking, and I bottom levels, and will be the a plan for your family and loved and we will need your vote. index.jsp?pgmid=24497
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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2017 9 F W The Tablehopper Exciting developments Autumn at the Cliff House
Join us for these Cliff House Weekly Favorites • Wine Lovers’ Tuesday – Half Priced Bottled Wines* • Bistro Wednesday Nights – $35 Three-Course Prix Fixe • Friday Night Jazz in the Balcony Lounge • Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet Valet parking every night after 5:00 pm. A look at the bar at Mamanoko. PHOTO COURTESY OF CINDY BECKMAN, ARCHITECTS II *Some restrictions apply. Promotions are not valid on holidays. Mamanoko opens in the former Cliff House and Beyond! Mamacita, and more new spots Guided Historical Walks est fast-casual Mixt (3130 Fillmore Spend a memorable Saturday morning Mamacita space in the Marina, Street). You can come by for salads, grain exploring Lands End. Start with a continental and it’s now home to Mamanoko bowls, and their new market plates breakfast at the historic Cliff House then walk T(2317 Chestnut Street, 415-346-8494). for lunch and dinner, plus there’s a through Adolph Sutro’s magical ‘kingdom by Partners Stryker Scales and Sam Josi kombucha bar, cold brew, and iced (Mamacita, Umami, Tipsy Pig, Padre- nitro chai — and outdoor seating. Daily the sea’ with historian guide John A. Martini. cito, Blue Barn) have put together a 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Japanese-inspired concept, featuring an Regarded as the ultimate authority on this part of the City’s izakaya-style menu of bar-friendly bites GHIRARDELLI SQUARE fabled past John’s walks will be offered on October 7 and October 21. like dumplings, tataki, skewers, tempura, After running a short pop-up beer gar- sliders (including pork tonkatsu), and den, San Francisco Brewing Co. will For more information and to make reservations please snacks. There is also an eight-seat sushi open its first tap room and on-site brew- visit www.cliffhouse.com/history-walk. bar they added, helmed by Taka Iwa- ery in the square’s West Plaza in spring moto, who is offering a nice selection of 2018. It will offer a full-service restaurant nigiri, sashimi, and a range of rolls, from serving elevated American-style pub food 1090 Point Lobos classics (“the usual suspects,” $10–$12) and eight San Francisco Brewing Co. beers 415-386-3330 to specialty house rolls ($16–$19) like on draught, plus a full bar, craft cocktails, www.CliffHouse.com the Wiki Wiki (spicy ahi tuna, tobiko, local wines, and ciders. There will also avocado, and kaiware, with albacore be an outdoor patio with comfy lounge tuna, ponzu, crispy garlic oil, and scal- furniture, fire pits, bar games (such as a lions on the outside). pool table, foosball tables, shuffleboard, The cocktail menu features Japa- Pop-A-Shot, and a number of TVs), and nese whiskies, all Japanese beers, and more. 20 sakes. Bar manager Tim Cosgrove Meanwhile, Jonathan Waxman has has created eight cocktails (which will closed both his restaurant Waxman’s “A place worth finding.” increase in time), including the Spirited (900 North Point) and the short-lived Away, a spin on a Manhattan, with jas- fried and roast chicken concept they just An Eater 38 Restaurant SPRING 2017 mine tea-infused Toki whiskey, Carpano launched, J Bird. Antica, Grand Marnier, and Angostura Named one of “The 38 Essential San Francisco Restaurants, bitters, served in a ceramic cup with an PIER 39 Spring 2017” –Eater San Francisco ice sphere. Quite the slew of old-timers just Architects II is behind the updated closed, and sadly on the list was the layout and overall design, but Josi had a ever-quirky Forbes Island, the floating lot of input on the details (he has traveled barge disguised as an island that has extensively in Japan) — the team all col- been in the Pier 39 marina for over 20 laborated closely. You’ll note some shou years. It seems owner Forbes Kiddoo sugi ban (charred cedar, a Japanese meth- (the best sailor name ever) has retired, od of curing wood) throughout, on the and we’ll have to stand by to learn where bar wall, wainscoting, and trim out front. the island will end up next. Anyone want The team sourced Japanese Akari lanterns to buy an island? It comes with a light- from the Noguchi Museum, and there is a house. And a beach. And palm trees. lot of traditional cedar as well. There are And a dining room that’s like a ship. 90 seats total. And a tiki bar. The name is a nod to the former Mamacita and means “mother’s child” in RUSSIAN HILL Japanese. Marina, meet your new hangout. Belcampo (1998 Polk Street, 415-660- Monday–Saturday 5:30–10 p.m. for now. 5573) just reopened their restaurant and Folks in the Marina have a new wine butcher shop, featuring an all-day menu bar, Parigo (3232 Scott Street) now open of their signature burgers, including the Brazen Head is featured on in the former Bin 38/Scotland Yard space. Fast Burger, the Belcampo Burger (with Barrel Room owner Sarah Trubnick has white cheddar, caramelized onions, butter KQED’s Check Please! Tune in on brought on chef de cuisine Danny Mur- lettuce, and house sauce), and the 100- cia, who is bringing the business name to Day Dry-Aged Burger (with raclette, car- Thursday, October 19 at 7:30 P.M. life, which means “pairing” — each course amelized onions, and whole-grain mus- features two wines, one that complements tard). At the counter, you’ll find some the food and one that contrasts. Or you grab-and-go items (soups and stocks, can come by for selections from the raw ready-to-cook meats, salads, and meal Prime Rib Every Night! bar and bar bites and a glass of whatever kits). Daily 11 a.m.–8 p.m. (restaurant); 10 you want — there will be more than 50 a.m.–8 p.m. (butcher shop). at the Marina’s Best Kept Secret! wines available by the glass and half glass. And don’t forget that back patio. Tuesday– Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular insider Bar opens at 4pm | Dinner nightly 5pm-1am Sunday 5–11 p.m. weekly e-column, tablehopper, about the 3166 Buchanan Street at Greenwich | (415) 921-7600 S.F. dining and imbibing scene; get all COW HOLLOW the latest news at tablehopper.com. Follow www.brazenheadsf.com Cow Hollow is the new home and @tablehopper on Twitter and Instagram first neighborhood location for the lat- for more culinary finds.
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San Francisco Pub Crawl Fri.–Sat., Oct. 27-28, 5 p.m.–2 a.m. (Sat. 2 p.m.–2 a.m.); Tuesday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m.–2 a.m. Starts: Bar None (1980 Union St.) O E Put on your coolest, scariest, or sexiest costume for this massive Halloween Pub Crawl over three WHAT NOT TO MISS THIS MONTH “spooktacular” nights with bars offering special drink pricing. Ages 21+. $15 & $20, 855-851-0399, 18th Annual Litquake Festival S.F. Fall Art and Antiques Show pubcrawls.com MAJOR EVENTS Thu.–Sun., Oct. 26–29 Daily, Oct. 6–14 Spooktacular Halloween Dance Various Bay Area venues Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Saturday, Oct. 28, 7–10 p.m. Join over 600 authors over nine days of literary Considered one of the top five worldwide, Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) events including author conversations, book this show features almost 60 dealers from Celebrate with spellbinding retro sounds of sales, and discussion panels, culminating with across the U.S. and Europe offering all styles the Ely Brothers & the Doubletake Band, enjoy the highly anticipated Lit Crawl through bars and periods of decorative and fine arts from fortune tellers, a creepy costume contest, and and cafes, galleries, and some unlikely venues, American and English to Continental and Asian as well as a lecture series, book signings, cocktail specialty spirits for purchase from Arguello restau- like erotica boutiques and police stations. Visit hour talks, and more. $15, 415-989-9019, sffas.org rant. Ages 18+. Free, registration preferred, 415- website for schedule/ticket info. 415-750-1497, 561-4323, presidio.gov litquake.org HALLOWEEN 6th Annual Titanic Masquerade Hallow- 149th Italian Heritage Parade een Cruise Sunday, Oct. 8, 12:30 p.m. BATS: The (Improvised) Twilight Zone Saturday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m.–midnight Fisherman’s Wharf (Jefferson & Stockton Sts.) to Fridays through October Fleet Week Bayfront Theater, Fort Mason Center Fume Blanc Commodore (Pier 40, 8 Embarcadero) Washington Square Enjoy a three-hour bay cruise with an open bar, The city’s oldest civic event and the nation’s Travel to another dimension of the mind full of Daily, Oct. 1–9 disturbing sights, sounds, and humor in these two D.J.s in two dance areas, and more. Cos- oldest Italian-American parade includes dozens Various S.F. venues four new never-before-seen Twilight Zone tumes and masks required. Ages 21+. $109, pack- of handcrafted parade floats; local high school Air Show: Fri.–Sun., Oct. 6–8, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. episodes based on audience suggestions. $17- ages available, 415-573-0740, sfhalloween.com Italian clubs and marching bands; and Queen Look, look, up in the sky! It’s the Navy’s Blue $20, 415-474-6776, improv.org Isabella and Her Court. Free, 415-703-9888, Angels, the Canadian Snowbirds, Patriot Jet 9th Annual A Nightmare on Van Ness Team, and more. Other events include ship sfitalianheritage.org Saturday, Oct. 28, 9 p.m.–2 a.m. tours and military displays, the Parade of The Regency Center (1300 Van Ness Ave.) Ships, live music, and more, including chance All Day I Rosé Celebrate on three levels with seven D.J.s, go-go to meet the Blues at Pier 39 (Sat., Oct. 7, Saturday, Oct. 14, 1–6 p.m. dancers, a costume contest, hosted bar, and 6:15–6:45 p.m.). Visit websites for schedules. Great Meadow, Fort Mason more. Ages 21+. $50, packages available, 415- Most events free; Marina Green premium This outdoor silent disco festival is dedicated to 573-0740, nightmareonvanness.com air show seating $55–$275. 415-306-0911, rosé. Includes food from The Dorian and Palm fleetweeksf.org; pier39.com House, full bar, music, lawn games, and more. Halloween with ‘Young Frankenstein’ PHOTO: COURTESY U.S. NAVY Pink attire encouraged. $20–$60, eventbrite.com and Anderson & Roe Sunday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 17 5th Annual Wharf Fest Pumpkin Carving Workshop Davies Symphony Hall (201 Van Ness Ave) Fri.–Sun., Oct. 6–8 Saturday, Oct. 21, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Enjoy a spooky evening of musical chills and Golden Gate Park Little Embarcadero (Taylor to Powell Sts.) Saturday, Oct. 21, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. comical thrills with Mel Brooks’s hilarious cult Over 100 bands and singers, including Emmylou & parking lot under Fisherman’s Wharf sign Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) classic Young Frankenstein paired with piano duo Harris, T Bone Burnett, Brandi Carlise, Randy (Jefferson & Taylor Sts.) Drop in to create your special jack-o’-lantern. Anderson & Roe performing haunting music and Newman, Lucinda Williams, and Moonalice will Festivities include a chowder cook-off, exhibitors, Basic tools and pumpkins provided while silent film accompaniment. $20–$69, 415-864- supplies last. Ages 5–12. Free, registration perform on seven stages at this annual event. family activities, and entertainment. Free, 800- 6000, sfsymphony.org required, 415-561-4323, presidio.gov Free, hardlystrictlybluegrass.com 810-6563, sresproductions.com CALENDAR, continued on 12
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GOLDEN GATE PARK CLOSURES: MARINA CLOSURES: John F Kennedy Dr will be closed Sunday 6AM – Old Mason St, Marina Blvd, Laguna St, Bay St, Franklin Sunday 8:30AM – Use Crossover Dr for through St and Francisco St will be closed Sunday 7:30AM – ROAD CLOSURE traffic North or South. 10:15AM. Use Webster St to access East Harbor and Fort Mason. Use Franklin St and Van Ness St for through RICHMOND SEA CLIFF CLOSURES: traffic North or South. DETOUR 34th Ave, 33rd Ave, 32nd Ave, El Camino Del Mar and Pershing Dr will be affected by road closures Sunday RUSSIAN HILL CLOSURES: INFORMATION: 7:10AM – Sunday 9AM. Use Fulton St, Balboa St or Francisco St, Polk St, Vallejo St, Larkin St, and Ellis Stwill CIVIC CENTER PLAZA CLOSURES: Geary Blvd for through traffic East or West. Use 26th be affect by road closures Sunday 7:35AM – 10:30AM. Polk St, Grove St and Larkin St along Civic Center Ave for North traffic across El Camino del Mar. Use 27th Use any East or Westbound road between Broadway Plaza will be closed Friday 7PM – Sunday 11PM. Ave for South traffic across El Camino Del Mar. and O’Farrell St for through traffic East or West
HAYES VALLEY CLOSURES: PRESIDIO CLOSURES: Thank you for your support and patience during this event. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact: Hayes St, Divisidero St & Fell St will be closed Sunday Lincoln Blvd, Crissy Field Ave, Old Mason St will be [email protected]. If you are interested in volunteer- 6:45AM – 7:45AM – Use Divisidero St for through closed Sunday 7:15AM – 9:30AM. This will not affect ing, please contact: [email protected]. traffic North or South. through traffic on 101 or Golden Gate Bridge.
MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2017 11 C Calendar MUSEUMS & continued from 11 GALLERIES S.F. Ghost Hunt Walking Tour Alexander Calder: Scaling Up Wed.–Mon. ongoing & Tuesday, Oct. 31, Thu.–Tue., Oct. 21–August 2018 7 p.m. SFMOMA Starts: 1801 Bush St. Illuminating the small-scale and surprisingly Visit some of San Francisco’s most notorious tactile beginnings of Calder’s most substantial haunted places, hear thrilling stories based on works, this exhibition examines how the artist documented research — and maybe even see a transformed handmade models into monumen- ghost … $25, 415-754-8209, sfghosthunt.com tal sculptures. $25, 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org Polk Street LAST CHANCE Presidio Picnic Sundays through Oct. 8, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Main Parade Ground, Presidio The city’s best picnic offers favorites from Off the Pumpkin Festival Grid food trucks, lawn games, and more. Free, food/drinks/cocktails for purchase, 415-561-5300, Saturday, October 28 • 3:00-6:00 pm presidio.gov ACT: Hamlet Sanctuary Tue.–Sun. through Oct. 15 Costume Parade for Kids & Pets! ACT Geary Theater (405 Geary St.) Daily, Oct. 7–March 11, 2018 Tony Award nominee John Douglas The Chapel, Fort Mason Center Pumpkin Decorating! Thompson returns to A.C.T. (Satchmo at the Presented by the For-Site Foundation, this Parade Meeting Spot: Waldorf) to take on one of theater’s most iconic, exhibition features contemporary rugs The Candy Store Games! Prizes! complex, and heartbreaking characters. $22– resembling prayer rugs, but transcend 1507 Vallejo Street $130, 415-749-2228, act-sf.org religious connotations. Rugs by artists from @ Polk Street 21 countries highlight the need for refuge, protection, and sacred ground. Free, 415-362- 3:00 pm 9330, for-site.org Meet us at the beginning of the parade PHOTO: FOR-SITE.ORG/PROJECT/SANCTUARY or join us anywhere along the route along Polk Street from Union Street to California Street! Free to kids of all ages and all pets! Join us for pumpkin decorating and games from PERFORMANCES 3:30 pm-6:00 pm at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 1755 Clay S.F. Opera: La Traviata Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue. Pumpkin Various days Oct. 1–17 decorating is free but please register so we can have enough War Memorial Opera House In Verdi’s popular opera, the glamorous but pumpkins on hand. fragile courtesan Violetta Valéry and her admirer To register and see a map of the parade route and the spooky Alfredo Germont find love, but the rules of Surrealistic Summer Solstice society and family expectations betray them, participating merchants, go to colehardware.eventbrite.com and Violetta’s fate takes a tragic turn. $26–$398, or call 415-432-2665. Daily through Oct. 21, sundown to 415-864-3330, sfopera.com midnight
INE NO G . 3 N 1 E 108 Neighbors Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park Magic Theatre: The Eva Trilogy Sponsored by: www.rhnsf.org The conservatory becomes the canvas for a Tue.–Sun., Oct. 19–Nov. 12 spectacular light art installation to honor San Bldg. D, Fort Mason Center Francisco’s city-wide celebration of the 50th This three-play cycle follows the story of Eva, Anniversary of the Summer of Love. Free, who returns to Ireland from Paris when her ailing conservatoryofflowers.org mother begins to falter, where she then makes a PHOTO: INSTAGRAM.COM/CONSERVATORYOFFLOWERS/ fateful decision about her mother that cannot be undone. $40–$80, magictheatre.org, 415-441-8822
COMMUNITY MUSIC: CLASSICAL CORNER Presidio Sessions: Sierra Ensemble 98th Annual Columbus Day Bazaar Friday, Oct. 6, 7–8:30 p.m. Sat.–Sun., Oct. 7–8, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) Ss. Peter & Paul School (666 Filbert St.) This award-winning innovative violin, French The weekend event celebrates the horn, and piano trio is committed to furthering neighborhood’s heritage featuring iconic the art of chamber music. Free, reservations American, Italian, and Asian foods; games and preferred, 415-561-4323, presidio.gov activities; entertainment; and more. Don’t miss the Sunday spaghetti dinner ($15–$25). Benefits Saints Peter and Paul School. Free, 415-421- 5219, sspeterpaulsf.org
7th Annual Yerba Buena Night Saturday, Oct. 14, 6–10 p.m. Jessie Square (Mission St. btw. 3rd & 4th Sts.) See, hear, and experience this exciting neighborhood come alive with upbeat bands, thought-provoking visual artists, entertaining and fun performances, uplifting dance, and many more surprises. Free, ybnight.org S.F. Symphony: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto Thu.–Sat., Oct. 19–21, 8 p.m. GALAS & BENEFITS Davies Symphony Hall Conducted by Krzysztof Urbanski the program 25th Annual TNDC Pool Toss features Dvořá k’s celebrated Cello Concerto Wednesday, Oct. 11, 6–9:30 p.m. performed by Sol Gabetta, followed by Phoenix Hotel (601 Eddy St.) Mozart’s charming overture to his iconic Co-hosted by comedian Brian Copeland with opera, The Magic Flute. $15–$159, 415-864- ABC7 anchor Cheryl Jennings as an M.C., 6000, sfsymphony.org celebrity hosts will introduce the celebrated toss- PHOTO: SFSYMPHONY.ORG ees, while partygoers bid on the opportunity to toss their favorite celebs into the pool to benefit Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation’s youth and family programs. MUSIC: Includes hosted bar, bites, entertainment, and CONTEMPORARY more. $125 & up, tndc.org, 415-358-3957 Jimmy Buffet and The Coral Reefer 20th Annual Art for AIDS Band Friday, Oct. 20, 6–10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19 City View at Metreon (135 Fourth St.) Bill Graham Civic Auditorium This premier art event features 170 modern and The “I Don’t Know” tour marks the contemporary art pieces for auction via silent, 40th anniversary of Buffet’s Changes in live, and online bidding and some of the finest Latitude, Changes in Attitude album, which S.F. food and drink purveyors in support of included the Grammy Hall of Fame single, UCSF Alliance Health Project. $125, 415-502- “Margaritaville.” $40–$800, 800-854-2196, 7276, artforaids.org billgrahamcivicauditorium.com
12 OCTOBER 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM S.F. Jazz Collective: Thelonius Monk The Origins of the Genus Homo Saturday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. S.F. Jazz Center (201 Franklin St.) California Academy of Sciences The all-star ensemble comprising eight The genus Homo, as in Homo Sapiens, will be of the finest performer/composers at work in explained by paleoanthropologist Dr. Bernard CONCERTS AT THE PRESIDIO jazz today performs a program in celebration Wood in this Leakey Lecture. $12–$15, 415-379- of Monk’s centennial and their 10th anniversary 8000, calacademy.org salute to his legacy. $25–$65, 866-920-5299, Brass and Piano Soirée sfjazz.org POTABLES & EDIBLES The SFCM Brass Quintet rends the autumn air with an engaging, elegant musical DANCE 7th Annual Union Street Harvest mix ranging from marvelously mellow to crisp and staccato: Gabriela (Canzona Wine Walk per sonare), Mouret (Fanfare rondeau), Bach (Contrapunctus 9), Scheidt (Galliard Smuin: Dance Series 01 Thursday, Oct. 5, 4–8 p.m. Battaglia) and Speer (Die Bankelsangelieder), plus an array of lively pieces from Sunday, Oct. 1, 2 p.m. Union St. (Gough to Steiner Sts.) contemporary and popular repertoire—presented by ensemble members Daniel Thu.–Sat., Oct. 5–7, 8 p.m. Fillmore St. (Union to Lombard Sts.) Palace of Fine Arts Theatre Take your happy hour to the street, tasting wine Gelman, Daniel Santos, Brett Kelly, Ellie Antici and Carolyn Tillstrom. Also Enjoy Michael Smuin’s tribute to Frank Sinatra; and food samples offered by local merchants. on the program from the Pre-College Division, San Francisco Conservatory $20–$25, 800-310-6563, sresproductions.com Requiem for a Rose by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa of Music: young pianist Leo Jergovic, performing Beethoven (Sonata No. 18 in (1 of 12 choreographers for the S.F. Ballet’s 2018 festival), set to what many consider to be CUESA 15th Annual Sunday Supper: E-flat Major), Chopin (Étude, Op. 10) and Bach (Toccata in E minor). Schubert’s most romantic string adagio; and the A Farm to City Feast bold and sassy Serenade for Strings, by Garret Sunday, Oct. 15, 5–10 p.m. Ammon. $79, palaceoffinearts.org Grand Hall, Ferry Building Enjoy an opening reception, a four-course feast prepared by 35 of S.F.’s top chefs, and a silent and live auction to celebrate the farmers’ market community and California’s rich agricultural bounty. Benefits CUESA’s education programs. $275, 415-291-3276 cuesa.org
SPORTS & HEALTH Mindful Eating Class Series Wednesdays in October, 6–7:30 p.m. 14th Annual S.F. Trolley Dances CPMC (2100 Webster St.) Learn how to overcome stress-related eating Sat.–Sun., Oct. 21–22, 11 a.m.–2:45 p.m. in this series led by an experienced dietitian SoMa to Sunset District and learn how mindful eating can change the The Trolley Dances return to take audiences way you look at food and contribute to an out of the theater and into the streets. enjoyable eating experience. $60/class, intake More than six site-specific performances are interview and registration required, 415-600- currently planned. Visit website for details. 2100, cpmc.org Free (with cost of Muni ticket), 415-226-1139, epiphanydance.org 10th Annual Presidio Golf Tournament PHOTO: EPIPHANYDANCE.ORG Friday, Oct. 6, 1 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, October 19 and 20, 2017 Presidio Golf Course (300 Finley Rd.) at the historic Presidio Chapel (130 Fisher Loop, Presidio of San Francisco) Support the Y’s youth programs and receive NIGHTLIFE $100 gift certificate to spend at the pop-up $20/adults, $15/seniors, $5/children shops at the tournament. Includes lunch, drink Limited seating. Reservations recommended. Call (415) 447-6274 Kathleen Turner holes, fun contests, access to Drinks on the Fri.–Sat., Oct. 20–21 Links, and silent auction. $250–$900, ymca.org, 415-447-9648 Feinstein’s at the Nikko (222 Mason St.) The award-winning film and stage actress known for her trademark husky voice will perform standards from the American songbook and CHILD’S PLAY share anecdotes and stories from her illustrious San Francisco career in her solo cabaret debut. $42–$80, 855- 636-4556, feinsteinssf.com SALUTE TO The Copper Children Tuesday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Boom Boom Room (1601 Fillmore St.) VETERAN’S PARADE This indie rock band from the heart of Denver mixes indie-Americana and soul-folk. $5, 415- Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017 11AM 673-8000, boomboomtickets.com Tom Stienstra: Catch and Release for FISHERMAN’S WHARF FILMS & LECTURES Hunting and Fishing Je erson Street Thursday, Oct. 12, 6 p.m. ‘Kim Swims’ The Commonwealth Club (110 The North Point to Leavenworth St. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1 p.m. Embarcadero) Sequoia 2 (25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley) Tom Stienstra will share his outdoor Friday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. adventure plans for young people to learn Rafael 1 (1118 Fourth St., San Rafael) how to hunt and sh using catch and release Russian Hill resident Kim Chambers is pro led in principles, cameras and photography. this documentary about her goal of swimming Stienstra’s “look, see and learn” focus is the 30 dangerous miles between the Farallon an essential bridge for young people to Islands and the Golden Gate Bridge. Part of the engage in natural surroundings and help Mill Valley Film Festival. $13.50–$15, 415-383- protect habitats. Free–$20, 415-597-6715, 5256, mvff.com commonwealthclub.org PHOTO: COMMONWEALTHCLUB.ORG An Evening with Music Legend Art Garfunkel Wednesday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m. Family Film Night: ‘Beauty and the The Castro Theatre (429 Castro St.) Beast’ Hear Garfunkel share stories of meeting Paul Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. Simon in school, becoming Simon & Garfunkel, (cartoons 6:30 p.m.) and taking the world by storm. He will be in Main Parade Lawn, Presidio conversation with KCBS’s Doug Sovern. $27–$95, Bring a blanket and enjoy a movie night in the 415-597-6715, commonwealthclub.org great outdoors. Come early for the food trucks at 5:30 p.m. and fun activities for kids. Free, 415-561-4323, presidio.gov SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT E-mail: [email protected] Collisions Calendar listings Honor & Remember Saturday, Oct. 21, hourly 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Send your event listings to [email protected] The Exploratorium with succinct speci cs about your event, location, Collisions is a virtual reality journey to the home dates, times, prices, and contact information (tele- WORLD WAR ONE of the Martu tribe in Australia. Filmmaker Lynette phone and Internet). Wallworth shares the story of a Martu elder’s rst contact with Western culture. Included in admis- Visit marinatimes.com for additional calendar list- 100TH 1917-2017 sion (free–$29.95), 415-528-444, ings. For sponsored listings, call 415-815-8081. exploratorium.edu
MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2017 13 F C Art World continued from cover a much-welcomed contributor to this exhibition and a fel- low artist fascinated by Klimt’s frieze. This is when the two art- ists met, and it is the theme sur- rounding the exhibition, which “… will provide an insight into leading art developments in Europe at the turn of the cen- tury through the lens of two of its most important artists,” says curator Tobias G. Natter. Twenty-five sculptures and works on paper by Rodin will cre- ate visual dialogues with works by Klimt. Arranged around the 14th Vienna Secessionist exhi- bition, attendees enter a specific slice of time, specifically Rodin’s 1901 exhibition in Vienna and Gustav Klimt, The Arts, Paradise Choir, and The Embrace (detail of Beethoven Frieze), 1902. his return in 1902. Both figura- IMAGE COURTESY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO tive artists, the show compares and contrasts surfaces in sculp- came into his own with his bold, house (1911), representing his ative expression, and here, in Klimpt & Rodin: An Artistic ture and paint, often focused expressionist use of color, light, landscape style as an explora- this exhibition, is the crossroad Encounter: Tue.–Sun., 9:30 a.m.– on depictions of women, which and composition. tion of light and abstraction; The where their paths intersect- 5:15 p.m., Oct 14–Jan. 28, 2018, were a source of creative awaken- Among the 33 works by Klimt, Virgin (1913), on loan from the ed. The Legion of Honor is the $30, Legion of Honor, 100 34th ing for both artists. Klimt’s land- many are traveling to the United National Galley in Prague where sole venue for this significant Ave., 415-750-3600, famsf.org scape paintings, like the impres- States for the first time. Includ- the full flower of Klimt’s hues and exhibition and marks the 100th sionist-inspired On Lake Atter- ed in the show will be Klimt’s designs formed a masterpiece. anniversary of the deaths of Sharon Anderson is an artist see (1900) are contrasted with reaction to the conservative art Rodin and Klimt both aban- Auguste Rodin in November and writer in Southern Cali- later works like Italian Garden establishment, Nude Veritas doned academic tradition and 1917 and Gustav Klimt in Feb- fornia. She can be reached Landscape (1913) when Klimt (1899); Upper Austrian Farm- forged new paths toward cre- ruary 1918. at mindtheimage.com.
Jazz Festival There was also a tribute to the late trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie. For this continued from cover the Kenny Barron Trio (with Barron on Michelangelo’s dominating Pieta to be piano) was joined by trumpet artists Roy in Rome’s mammoth St. Peter’s Basilica, Hargrove and Sean Jones, who battled not in a small gallery in the Louvre. it out on a searing version of a Gillespie That’s where you want Degas’s teenage standard, “Manteca.” ballet dancer. Pianist Brad Mehldau and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile were well received in JAZZ AND VAUDEVILLE WITH an unusual duo presentation that ended MOVIES with Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, And, I maintain, the big jazz-swing It’s All Right.” Hip-hop artist Common bands like Ellington, Basie, Tommy got the arena crowd dancing and waving Dorsey, Harry James, and Woody Her- arms in time to his poetics that made man were best in indoor settings — the point everyone — of every color — dancehalls and movie theaters. The should love one another. And, Leslie motion picture palaces in the Bay Area Odom Jr., from the Broadway show Ham- when I was a boy frequently featured ilton, provided an engaging hour so good vaudeville acts along with movies. The it amazed me. The festival ended with big swing bands were on stage. The a beautiful duo-piano set by a couple practice was known as two-a-day vaude- of giants — Herbie Hancock and Chick ville. An early movie came first followed Corea. by the band. Then there was a second But for me, the surprise hit of the showing of both the movie and the Fill up on great food and jazz. PHOTO: COURTESY TIMOTHY ORR / MONTEREYJAZZFESTIVAL.ORG 60th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival was band. If you arrived early, as I always did an obscure band from Colombia called — say 10 o’clock or so — you watched MJF EVOKES A NEIGHBORHOOD an uncanny skill for mixing and match- Monsieur Periné — a large ensemble from the first showing of the movie from a PARTY ing jazz old-timers with more youthful Bogota, playing a kind of gypsy jazz with seat in the rear of the auditorium and Founded by disk jockey Jimmy Lyons and progressive artists of many musical strange, compelling rhythms. Hearing then raced down to sit in the first row of with considerable help from music col- persuasions. this exuberant group was like stumbling seats. umnist and critic Ralph J. Gleason, the The nonprofit festival supports jazz out of a South American jungle into a Blackout! In the dark came the sound Monterey Jazz Festival is the best of all education programs for kids and is run small Colombian village, having a few of the band’s theme song — say Woody these events. Its main outdoor arena by a board of directors that includes local beers, and dancing the night away with Herman’s “Blue Flame.” And suddenly the seats more than 5,000 fans and yet some- business types and movie legend and the prettiest girl there. red velvet curtains parted and spotlights how manages to evoke a neighborhood jazz fan Clint Eastwood, who lives on the on the brass trumpets, trombones, and party. Monterey Peninsula. MJF IS ALMOST PERFECT saxophones reflected a blinding gold- And that is no offhand endorsement. The Monterey Jazz Festival has a luster en flash. Cymbals crashed, bass drums There are literally hundreds of jazz festi- 60TH ANNIVERSARY that makes it a truly festive occasion and boomed, and the show was on. It was vals held annually around the world. Some CROWD-PLEASERS musically an important cultural event. mesmerizing. are very good. But the central California For this milestone 60th year, the lineup To be sure I have quibbles. I don’t town of Monterey hosts the best the third of artists selected by Jackson was fulsome always agree with the programming. I’m 60 YEARS OF MJF EXCELLENCE weekend in September each year. and satisfying. There were more than 500 baffled by some aspects of how crowds So while smaller clubs and other ven- Over these years almost every major performers on eight stages around the are handled on the fairgrounds, and I’m ues still exist, we are in the era of the jazz artist, from Louis Armstrong to 22-acre, oak-studded fairgrounds, includ- frequently at odds with festival man- big-time jazz festivals. And there’s no Wynton Marsalis, has performed at this ing the main arena where the major acts agement over other details. But that’s turning back. The economics of pre- festival in the parklike Monterey County perform. because I am proprietary about the Mon- senting jazz have altered how we per- Fairgrounds. Crowd-pleasers and highlights for me terey Jazz Festival. It’s my festival. I’ve ceive these artists and how we hear their were: spent 60 years of my life with this event music. And that brings me to the Mon- MJF IS ARTISTICALLY SUPERB A tribute to aging saxophone giant as a cultural backdrop. My kids grew up terey Jazz Festival, which celebrated its Artistically, the Monterey Jazz Festival Sonny Rollins, which featured some of with it, and my family and I continue 60th birthday last month. It’s the longest is superb. Artistic director Tim Jackson the best instrumentalists in the business to attend each year. It’s something we running, continuous jazz festival in the is a sensitive and creative guy who, since — Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Branford plan for and look forward to with great world. (The upper-crust, resort town of 1992, has been the programming genius Marsalis, and Joshua Redman. Backing excitement. The Monterey Jazz Festival Newport, R. I. kicked off the jazz festi- behind this world-class cultural event. up these saxophonists was an exceptional is an ever-present overlay to my life, and val concept more than 60 years ago, but Jackson not only has a deep respect for rhythm section — Scott Colley (bass), I want it to be perfect. It almost is. has had periods over those years when jazz history and the giants of the art, Lewis Nash (percussion), and the incom- it went dark for various problems.) whom he presents thoughtfully, but also parable Gerald Clayton on piano. E-mail: [email protected]
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Michael Snyder on ... Television Worth watching Handicapping the fall TV schedule
BY MICHAEL SNYDER (The Crying Game, Mona Lisa), it’s mostly name) about a seriously dysfunctional and it’s an even better bet for laughter set on the French Riviera, as you might extended clan led by an alcoholic single with Kristen Bell as a deceased, unrepen- expect, and stars Julia Stiles as an Ameri- dad played by William H. Macy with his tant ne’er-do-well and Ted Danson as the network television season has been can art curator driven to unravel the facts usual verve, coming to Showtime for an architect of the afterlife where she finds diminished in part by the year- of her wealthy husband’s death. eighth season on Nov. 5. herself. And the best bet of all is that the Tround premieres of shows on cable and, Another U.K. offering worth investi- funniest misanthrope in the entertain- in a relatively recent wrinkle, streaming gating is Liar, which started Sept. 27 on COMEDIES ment world will be welcomed back to services. Nonetheless, autumn means the the Sundance TV cable channel. Starring Comedy is getting its fair share of air- HBO, as Larry David again portrays a return of a slew of broadcast favorites Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) and time, beyond the latest blast of first-run (slightly) fictionalized version of himself and the inevitable attempts on the part Ioan Gruffudd, this series concerns the episodes of super-hit nerd-com The Big for a ninth season of Curb Your Enthusi- of the “big four and a half” (ABC, CBS, repercussions of a date gone very bad and Bang Theory (in its 11th season) — or the asm starting Oct. 1. NBC, Fox, and the CW) to generate new was developed and authored by brothers ratings magnet’s brand-new prequel spin- hit shows. Plus, the aforementioned cable Harry and Jack Williams whose previous off Young Sheldon, narrated by TBBT’s SUPERHEROS AND THE channels and burgeoning streamers aren’t mystery series The Missing was a must- grown-up misfit brainiac Sheldon, Jim SUPERNATURAL slowing their rollouts. Here’s a subjective see. And I am particularly eager to check Parsons, both of which having already On the weirder, wilder front, there’s survey of what’s new and upcoming on out the second run of the taut espionage premiered on CBS in late September. the usual barrage of DC Comics-inspired the tube over the next few months. series Berlin Station, which introduces I’m happy to report that my two favor- superhero shows on the CW — Supergirl, Although I try to avoid certain types Ashley Judd as the new CIA bureau chief ite sitcoms — FXX’s super-snarky Los The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and of programming, I know many view- in Berlin with a premiere Oct. 15 on Angeles millennial relationship comedy Arrow, slotted to gear up again through- ers can’t get enough of reality TV in EPIX. You’re the Worst on its fourth season, and out the week of Oct. 9. On Fox, there’s its various manifestations — especially Showtime’s brilliant TV-business satire the off-kilter reinterpretation of Bat- exploitive tabloid intrusion and jacked- DRAMAS Episodes (with Matt LeBlanc continuing man’s history, Gotham, which returned up competition, and even combinations Notable offerings in the realm of the dra- to do the best work of his career as a heed- last month, and the considerably better of the two, such as The Bachelor and its matic include The Deuce, a smart, seamy, lessly egocentric caricature of himself) on Lucifer with its take on the Devil (a distaff spin-off. On the other hand, I and sordid look at the porn industry its fifth and final stand — are a few weeks devastatingly charming Tom Ellis) as a avert my gaze. I actually get physically based in New York’s Times Square district into their respective returns. Plus, there’s hedonistic Los Angeles nightclub owner nauseous after a few seconds of watching during the 1970s, currently running on a big buzz around the revived ground- who becomes an informal consultant for anything in the Real Housewives fran- HBO and featuring superb performances breaker Will & Grace, off the air since a sexy female detective, beginning Sea- chise, not to mention the “private” lives by Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Fran- 2006, but on NBC’s schedule again as of son 3 on Oct. 2. of Kardashians, backwoods yokels, feisty co; last year’s lovely and widely praised Sept. 28, with its original comedic quar- Marvel Comics’s video adaptations of little people, and so forth. So you’ll see no cross-generational family saga This Is Us, tet of Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, the company’s enhanced characters con- recommendations of that ilk. And I’ll pass just a couple of weeks into a second season Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes intact. tinue with Inhumans, which just began a on addressing animation — The Simpsons on NBC; the return of the unique digi- I can’t vouch for other freshman efforts short stretch on ABC to be followed by and company. It’s out there, and you love tal-age thriller Mr. Robot for a third cycle, except to say the would-be supernatural another season (the fifth) of the spy-fi it or hate it. You make the call. with Rami Malek as a tormented, morally buddy romp Ghosted, with an Oct. 1 serial Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in November, compromised hacker and Christian Slater launch on Fox, does have the benefit of plus the young-mutant X-Men spin-off THRILLERS AND MYSTERIES as his father, on Oct. 11 via USA Network; the capable Adam Scott and Craig Robin- The Gifted starting Oct. 2 on Fox. There I know many people are hooked on and the second season of The Crown, the son as its co-stars. are more installments of the first and police, legal, and medical procedurals. docudrama about the early years in the foremost zombie apocalypse series, The For those who want to watch a new sea- reign of England’s Queen Elizabeth II RETURNING SERIES Walking Dead, shambling to AMC Oct. son of Law & Criminal Justice -- NCIS- (Claire Foy), available Dec. 8 on Netflix. A few promising returnees include a 22. And the entire second series of the VU, I wish you good luck. Meanwhile, second go-round of the amusing Great surprise 1980s-era small-town supernat- those one-and-done case-driven Amer- COMEDIC DRAMAS News, which is basically a variation of ural smash Stranger Things will be made ican shows bore the hell out me. Seri- When it comes to mixing drama with NBC’s late, beloved backstage TV lam- available by Netflix on Oct. 27, just in alized mysteries from England, France, comedy, there are two shows that stand poon 30 Rock, only at a second-tier televi- time for Halloween. Australia, Scandinavia, and other points out: Transparent, the award-winning sion news outlet. This one is even co-pro- on the globe are more to my liking. I can series about a patriarch coming out as duced by (but not starring) 30 Rock mas- Michael Snyder is a print and broadcast comfortably tout Riviera, a 10-episode transsexual and the subsequent impact on termind/lead actress Tina Fey for NBC, journalist who covers pop culture on Michael British production that became avail- the wife and children, based on creator Jill and it just resumed Sept. 28. Snyder’s Culture Blast, via GABnet.net, able for streaming on Sundance Now in Soloway’s own family and streaming its The Good Place, with its successful Roku, and YouTube, and on KPFK/Pacifi- mid-September. Created and co-written fourth season on Amazon; and Shameless high-concept gamble, is back for a soph- ca Radio’s David Feldman Show. You can by the acclaimed filmmaker Neil Jordan (based on a British series of the same omore semester on NBC as of Sept. 28, follow Michael on Twitter: @cultureblaster
The Best of Books What’s ying off the shelves The Marina Books Inc. best-seller list
COMPILED BY BRIAN PETTUS 9. Milk & Honey, by Rupi Francisco author Ho Lin at this Kaur (paperback) launch party. 1. What Happened, by Hillary 10. Being Mortal, by Atul Rodham Clinton (hardcover) Gawande (paperback) Bay Area Cocktails, by Shanna 2. Before the Fall, by Noah Farrell: Oct. 12, 7 p.m. Hawley (paperback) UPCOMING EVENTS AT An American invention, the 3. I’ll Never Tell: The Odyssey BOOKS INC. ON CHESTNUT cocktail fluctuated in popular- of a Rock and Roll Priest, STREET ity until the Bay Area played by Harry Schlitt (paperback) a significant role in reviving 4. The Trespasser: A Novel, China Girl: And Other Stories, it — as much as New York by Tana French (paperback) by Ho Lin: Oct. 5, 7 p.m. and London. From the distill- 5. I’ll Have What She’s Having: In its nine tales, China Girl ers who pioneered craft spir- How Nora Ephron’s Three documents the collisions its and Alice Waters’s revolu- Iconic Films Saved the between East and West, the tionary take on simple, fresh Romantic Comedy, power of myth and the bur- food at Chez Panisse to the bar- by Erin Carlson (hardcover) den of history, and loves lost tenders who cared enough to 6. A Legacy of Spies: A Novel, and almost found. The stories grow a dedicated cocktail by John LeCarre ((hardcover) in this collection encompass community, this is the story 7. Behind Closed Doors: A everything from contemporary of how the Bay Area shaped Unique Eats and Eateries of perils of being a food writer, and Novel, by B.A. Paris vignettes about urban life to the art of elevated drinking in San Francisco, by Kimberley whatever else comes to mind, as (paperback) fable-like musings on memo- America. Through oral history Lovato: Oct. 15, 2 p.m. well as answering your questions. 8. Subtle Art of Not Giving ries and the art of storytell- interviews and recipes, author Local writer Kimberley Lovato a F*ck: A Counterintuitive ing. Wide-ranging and playful, Shanna Farrell chronicles the chronicles the best and most-San Brian Pettus is the manager of Approach to Living a Good China Girl is a journey into narrative history of the modern Francisco foods and restaurants Books Inc. in the Marina (2251 Life, by Mark Manson today's Asia as well as an Asia cocktail renaissance. Plus, she’ll in this delightful guide. She’ll be Chestnut Street, 415-931-3633, (hardcover) of the imagination. Join San be making drinks! talking about writing the book, the booksinc.net/sfmarina).
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Approaching Sausalito via ferry. PHOTO: BO LINKS Sausalito: A slice of Italy
’ ’ for more high-end suites (800-893-8433, Coast, you know the azure sea, mean- innabovetide.com). dering coastline, and picturesque fish- Iing villages. The Bay Area has its own PLAY & SHOP slice of Italian heaven in Sausalito. As Grab one of the complimentary bikes close as it is to San Francisco, it’s often an from The Inn Above Tide and explore overlooked destination. Sausalito’s two main streets, Bridgeway and Sausalito is a beautiful playground — for Caledonia. You’ll quickly experience the I W Y H a day trip or overnight. And it’s easy to get town’s laid-back vibe. During World War to: either a gorgeous ferry ride or a quick II, Liberty ships were built here. Wander H W W... hop over the Golden Gate. My husband along the waterfront and see remnants and I tried both options, and here’s what of the shipbuilding industry as well as a - we found. thriving houseboat community. Discover t takes a maverick to get you the highest price and galleries, restaurants, antique shops, and I STAY more. Unwind in one of the parks or climb close the deal without a hitch. I rope in the buyers, Some say the ferry ride from San Fran- up Princess Street for more shopping, cisco to Sausalito is the second most beau- beautiful homes, and phenomenal views. steer them your way, and do all the wrangling it takes tiful in the world just behind the Star On Bridgeway, stop at Bacchus and to win. And...if your house needs work, I do that too. Ferry excursion between Hong Kong and Venus for an interesting selection of hand- Kowloon. You decide. crafted wines from California producers. Give me a call today! Casa Madrona is a quick walk across The space incorporates a wine bar and Bridgeway promenade from the ferry. This gallery so taste the small lot wines while recently renovated boutique hotel hugs the perusing pieces from local artisans as well B D hillside and offers stunning views of Rich- as unique pottery from Tunisia. Check out ardson Bay, Belvedere, and the San Fran- 175 labels from wineries that make fewer Listing Maverick cisco skyline from than 100 cases each almost every room. (bottles are avail- LICENSE # 01175481 Find privacy in a able for purchase). [email protected] luxurious setting. Choose by the www.BarbaraDunlap.com Sausalito is a beautiful 415-359-6445 The hotel proper- glass with the @barbara.dunlap ty includes a con- playground — for a option of a few temporary wing as corked by a Cora- well as the historic day trip or overnight. vin. Favorites mansion (original- include the 2011 ly built in 1885), And it's easy to get to. Red Wine from which mixes Vic- Parador Reserva in torian finishes with the latest high-tech Napa (57 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, 43 Visit us at accessories and luxe amenities in its rooms percent Tempranillo), the 2013 Playground and suites. There are also stand-alone cot- Cellars Tempranillo from Paso Robles, and tages, guesthouses, and bayside accom- the 2008 Petite Sirah dessert wine from J.R. .com modations nestled in the hillside that are Storey. A percentage of some wine profits equally plush. We stayed in one of these go to environmental causes (415-331-2001, • Additional content from featured writers spacious, airy rooms with modern fin- bacchusandvenus.com). ishes, a soaking tub and private patio. Recently, Madrigal Family Winery cele- • Expanded calendar of events (Request a room up from the street to brated three years in its modern Bridgeway avoid early morning noise; 800-288-0502, tasting room adorned with works from • Archives of past issues casamadrona.com). local artists. From vineyard management The Inn Above Tide is tucked into a to making wine, passion runs in the family. • Special offers corner of Sausalito, also steps from the Their estate vineyards produce some excit- ferry. This deluxe hotel is situated right ing wines, like these 2013s: the Bordeaux over the water and offers unparalleled Blend, Sonnet #63 (Cabernet Sauvignon, views of the bay, Angel Island, the San Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Mal- Francisco skyline, and more. bec), and the Cabernet Sauvignon Las The rooms are beautifully appointed — Viñas del Señor. Also try these 2014s: Estate most with fireplaces and Jacuzzis. Relax Tempranillo, Estate Cabernet Franc, and on the patio and take in the active water the Barberis Petite Sirah (415-729-9549, scene filled with kayakers, sailors, and madrigalfamilywinery.com). rowers. Zoom in on the birds and boats A stop at Lappert’s Ice Cream is essen- And with the binoculars found in each room. tial. With two locations on Bridgeway (689 In the evening, meet other guests and and 817), there's no reason not to (415- much enjoy wine and cheese in the Drawing 331-3035, 415-332-8175, lapperts.com). Room. Head back the next day for a gen- And Pick Me Up Chocolate is another more! erous continental breakfast. Come the spot you won’t want to miss or arrange first of the year, a renovation is planned WEEKEND TRAVELER, continued on 17
16 OCTOBER 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM der. Then we opted for items using their Weekend Traveler specialty skillet, such as mussels and a crab continued from 16 and spinach omelet. It’s hard to pass up desserts — hot beignets and Limoncello for a pairing with Madrigal wines cake (415-331-3226, salitoscrabhouse.com). at its tasting room (415-729-9557, Poggio, a popular Italian trattoria, is pickmeupchocolate.com). known for its Northern Italian cuisine and fresh ingredients. There’s a lively EAT atmosphere from morning till night with Copita, from Larry Mindel and San a friendly neighborhood crowd, outdoor Francisco chef Joanne Weir of PBS Tele- seating, and views that don’t quit. A glass vision fame, is a fun place to learn about of the Malvoti Carpene Prosecco was a tequila, savor Mexican fare, and be part of terrific way to start the meal. a great street scene. Starting with a mar- The menu changes daily, but favor- garita (or two) is a must — like the Copita ites persist: chef’s selections of cooked (Herradura blanco, fresh lime juice, and and cured meats done in-house and agave nectar). Or create your own mar- the wood-fired veal and pork meatballs garita from an extensive list of 100 percent served in a zesty tomato sauce. We start- blue agave tequilas. They also offer flights ed with the carne cruda, a new dish so you can sip and compare. made with raw hand-cut veal, black The menu is full of mouth-watering choic- truffle, quail egg, and Parmigiano-Reg- es, like the crudo (tender halibut served giano. We also shared the luscious spe- with cherries, Serrano chiles, mint basil cial antipasti: burrata, stone fruit, cilantro oil, and fresh lime) and the cevi- prosciutto, and arugula. che tostada made with flounder, lime, red The creamy risotto was loaded with onion, cucumber, tomato, Serrano chiles, mussels, clams, shrimp, and bay scal- cilantro, and avocado. The Baja-style cod is lops. We paired the dishes with these prepared with a beer batter, avocado, wasa- reds: the Ronco dei Roseti; Le bi and parmesan aioli, cabbage slaw, and Vigne de Zamo; Fruili 2004; and the Cab- micro shiso served on corn torillas made ernet, “Poggio” Robert Craig, Napa, 2015. in-house. The flavor and texture of the The lemon mousse with meringue and pis- Strawberries al Mezcal make for a great des- tachios for dessert should not be missed. sert (415-331-7400, copitarestaurant.com). On Tuesday nights, the chef prepares a For a sensational panorama of the specially priced supper meant for sharing harbor, visit Salito’s. Set over the water, (415-332-7771, poggiotrattoria.com). find expansive deck seating in addition to a spacious indoors — all with knock- OTHER ESSENTIALS out views. The menu is full of salads, Sausalito Chamber of Commerce: crab, and prime rib offerings (there’s even sausalito.org breakfast throughout the day), so choose carefully and get your fill. Patty Burness can be found on Twit- We kicked off our meal with blood ter at @pattygb or reached by e-mail at Clockwise from top left: The ceviche tostada at Copita; taste interesting wines at orange mimosas and a cup of crab chow- [email protected] Bacchus and Venus; the view from Casa Madrona; The Inn Above Tide. PHOTOS: BO LINKS
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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES OCTOBER 2017 19 R E The Marina Times Real Estate Real Estate Reporter A proposition Market Report: August 2017 Go big or go homeless By Hill & Co. Real Estate BY JOHN ZIPPERER SINGLE FAMILY HOME SALES BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON PLACE NAME NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET POLITICS Cow Hollow (no sales) It will reportedly cost $5,400 to rename Justin Lake 110 15th Avenue 4BD/2.5BA $2,625,000 Below 67 Herman Plaza to some- 2153 Lake Street 4BD/3.5BA $3,200,000 Below 14 thing else. But if city lead- ers and citizens are really Laurel Heights (no sales) interested in undoing the effects of what they blame Lone Mountain (no sales) the long-dead Herman for, perhaps it’s time to Marina 53 Rico Way 3BD/1.5BA $2,750,000 Above 9 put a sizable chunk of our Pittsburgh is the ideal home for Millennials; hopefully more-than-$10 billion there aren’t any Marina Times readers there, though. Nob Hill (no sales) annual budget toward
North Beach (no sales) redressing it. $1 billion a year for 10 ernor Brown is expected The entire Board of years — and spend it spe- to sign, would streamline
Pacific Heights 2980 California Street 4BD/2.5BA $2,900,000 Above 15 Supervisors, which can’t cifically on building new approvals for projects and agree on housing policy, housing that will be nice, fund affordable housing. Presidio Heights 3382 Clay Street 6BD/4.5BA $6,195,000 At 71 nonetheless gave unan- dense, high-rise, and sold “Today’s action on imous backing to the or leased only to low-in- housing doesn’t globally Russian Hill 1522 Vallejo Street 2BD/2BA $1,995,000 Below 41 idea of renaming Justin come and middle income solve our housing prob- Herman Plaza because people. Give it fast-track lems,” said Senator Scott Sea Cliff (no sales) of Herman’s role in the authority to bypass the Wiener, who had made then-en vogue urban ridiculous NIMBYism in housing one of his core Telegraph Hill (no sales) renewal of San Francisco the city (thereby speeding issues while a San Fran- in the 1960s, when he led up the process and saving cisco supervisor. “We CONDOS the San Francisco Rede- money). can’t just pat ourselves on BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON velopment Agency. He is That will be a better use the back and move on NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET blamed for the city’s rede- of our time and money to the next challenge. It velopment of the Fill- than trolling through took us 50 years to get Cow Hollow 2701 Van Ness Avenue #505 0BD/1BA $600,000 Above 24 more that resulted in the Wikipedia to find dead into this mess, due to bad 2907 Octavia Street 1BD/1BA $750,000 Above 24 eviction of thousands of people to dishonor. and short-sighted hous- 2756 Baker Street 2BD/2.5BA $2,650,000 Above 10 poor and nonwhite res- ing policies, and it’s going idents and hundreds of WORLD RENT RATES to take years of sustained th Avenue #E 1BD/1BA $645,000 Above 53 Lake 77 7 businesses. He is dinged Speaking of affordabil- focus and work to get us 1352 Lake Street 2BD/1BA $1,520,000 Above 16 for having said the land ity, for $1,500 a month back on track. Yet, despite
Laurel Heights 32 Collins Street 3BD/3BA $2,350,000 Above 14 was too valuable for poor you could rent less than the need for more work, people to live on, yet he 300 square feet in San [this] action by the leg-
Lone Mountain had also said, “Without Francisco; same with islature is a very healthy adequate housing for the Manhattan, London, down payment that Marina 2153-55 Northpoint #2153 2BD/2BA $1,528,000 Above 31 poor, critics will rightly Paris, Zurich, Geneva, should make us proud.” 228 Mallorca Way 3BD/2BA $1,678,000 Below 66 condemn urban renewal and Hong Kong. That’s 2165 Beach Street #5 2BD/2BA $1,750,000 At 0 as a land-grab for the rich according to a report PITTSBURGH?! 3653 Buchanan Street #1 3BD/2BA $1,900,000 Above 4 and a heartless push-out by RentCafe. Your best No insult intended to 1782 Beach Street 2BD/1.5BA $2,000,000 Above 13 for the poor and non- bets for more than 1,500 Pittsburghians or what- 64 Cervantes Boulevard 2BD/1.5BA $2,000,000 Above 9 whites.” square feet for that same ever they call themselves 3532 Webster Street 4BD/3BA $3,300,000 Above 49 He was prophetic. He amount of money would (might I suggest Pittsbour- and his efforts were con- mean relocating to uber- geoisie?) but people might Nob Hill 1440 Broadway #104 1BD/1BA $900,000 Above 28 demned, and there’s still hip Berlin, financial cen- be surprised to find that 1788 Clay Street #801 1BD/1BA $985,000 Above 5 inadequate housing for ter Frankfurt, or beautiful Pittsburgh ranks as the 1514 Clay Street 2BD/1BA $1,050,000 Above 26 the poor. Shanghai. number one metropolitan 17 Wetmore Street 2BD/2BA $1,175,000 Above 91 An online petition by RentCafe says San area in the nation for Mil- 10 Miller Place #701 2BD/2BA $1,225,500 At 125 Julie Mastrine demanding Francisco is the fourth lennial renters, accord- 1242 Sacramento Street #3 1BD/1.5BA $1,375,000 Below 122 the plaza’s name change most-expensive city in ing to a new survey from 1177 California Street #824 2BD/2BA $2,100,000 Above 0 garnered nearly 10,000 the entire world to rent Apartment List. Based on 1430 Jackson Street 4BD/2.5BA $2,250,000 Below 37 signatures, but Curbed SF an apartment. Read more scores for jobs, affordabil- notes that “of the thou- at rentcafe.com. ity, and livability, Pitts- North Beach 444 Francisco Street #205 1BD/1BA $705,000 Below 83 sands who signed Mas- burgh won largely on its 18 Vandewater Street 3BD/3BA $1,650,000 Above 14 trine’s petition, only 172 OFFICE SPACE affordability, because it
Pacific Heights 2542 Sacramento St. #201 2BD/1BA $930,000 Below 31 are from San Francisco.” On the commercial real ranked lower for jobs and 2550 Gough Street #1 1BD/1BA $1,005,000 Above 9 We could send the estate front, our state is livability than cities num- 2201 Sacramento St. #304 1BD/1BA $1,100,000 Above 2 $5,400 bill to those non- due to add 13 million ber two (Provo, Utah) and 2415 Buchanan Street #4 1BD/1.5BA $1,250,000 Below 80 residents. But when it square feet of new office three (Madison, Wis.). 2217 Pacific Avenue #4 2BD/1BA $1,325,000 Below 100 comes to having sufficient space, with the most While San Francisco 1966 Pacific Avenue #302 2BD/2BA $1,575,000 Above 13 housing for low-income active city in the state earned great marks for 1650 Broadway #403 2BD/2BA $1,575,000 Above 14 and middle-income resi- being San Francisco. jobs, it took it on the chin 2344 Franklin Street 5BD/2.25BA $1,750,000 Below 55 dents of any race, the pol- According to Yardi’s for affordability. 1940 Sacramento Street #6 3BD/2BA $1,850,000 Above 5 icies the city leaders of CommercialCafe, the We can understand 2169 Green Street #2 2BD/2.5BA $2,718,000 Above 7 today are following are as new Salesforce Tower Madison ranking high; 2100 Green Street #406 2BD/2BA $3,175,000 Above 90 much folly as the urban alone will add 1.4 million your humble columnist renewal disaster. Building of the city’s 3.7 million was born there and went Presidio Heights 432 Laurel Street 2BD/2BA $1,910,000 Above 2 new housing in San Fran- square feet this year. Else- back to attend universi- cisco is super expensive, where in the Bay Area, ty, and it is a beautiful, Russian Hill 1335 Filbert Street #204 1BD/1BA $810,000 Above 45 the crowd-sourcing of Apple Park will add 2.8 educated city situated on 1438 Green Street #3B 1BD/1BA $1,025,000 Above 6 opinion on every develop- million square feet. four lakes. Provo is also 994 Union Street 2BD/2BA $1,580,000 Above 10 ment adds time delays to probably perfectly under- 2340 Larkin Street #1 2BD/1.5BA $1,580,000 Above 13 nearly every project, and SACRAMENTO standable, if your car 1438 Green Street #8C 3BD/2BA $2,220,000 Above 14 developers are demonized FINALLY ACTS breaks down while driv- as Gordon Gekko. In mid-September, the ing through and you need Sea Cliff (no sales) So here’s a proposal California legislature to rent an apartment until from an actual San Fran- passed a package of bills Telegraph Hill (no sales) the vehicle is fixed. But cisco resident: Let’s take targeting the state’s cri- Pittsburgh? The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is accurate to an eye-opening amount ses in housing affordabil- the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. For additional information, contact Jay Costello, President, Hill & Co. Real Estate, 1880 Lombard Street, 415.321.4274, [email protected], www.hill-co.com. of our $10 billion budget ity and availability. The Real estate news tips? E-mail: — say, $500 million or legislation, which Gov- [email protected]
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Political Animal Shelters YOUR MAN FRIDAY Housecleaning & Services • HOUSECLEANING • HOUSE AND PET SITTING One of the many posters and murals by local artists that adorn Oakland Animal Services. • LIGHT MOVING AND PACKING • GARDENING If you talk the talk, you • ERRANDS • APPOINTMENTS Skylar better walk the walk PAW OF BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS In July 2014, city administrator Naomi • ORGANIZING APPROVAL Kelly abruptly fired her, unhappy with (Part 1 of a three-part series on the com- how vocal Rebecca was about the city’s plex sometimes contentious relationship lack of support for San Francisco’s most Excellent local references, including Marina Times between animal shelters and activists.) vulnerable animals (let’s face it, politi- editor-in-chief, Susan Dyer Reynolds! cally speaking, it’s not a good look for OAKLAND ANIMAL SERVICES Mayor Ed Lee and company). Rebecca DIRECTOR REBECCA KATZ wasn’t out of work for long — she took CALL STEVE RUSSELL: 415.373.2610 CONTINUES CRUSADE FOR on her most challenging assignment UNDERFUNDED CITY SHELTERS, to date as director of Oakland Animal BUT SOME ACTIVISTS SAY Services, the lowest funded stand-alone IT’S NOT ENOUGH shelter in the Bay Area. When I lost my beloved pit bull Jazzy to cancer in 2012 at the tender age of 5, LOW BUDGET AND I knew there would be another rescue ANIMAL ABUSE CASES dog in my life. When then-director of Battling a reputation intertwined with San Francisco Animal Care and Control that of a struggling, gritty, urban town, Rebecca Katz called to express her con- OAS got some of the most horrific cases dolences, I was sitting in my car sobbing of animal abuse and neglect Rebecca had in a parking lot waiting out a rare and ever seen. Run by the Oakland Police sudden thunder- Department, the storm. live release rate “It doesn’t bring was only 56 per- Jazzy back or Oakland Animal Services cent, and animals honor her memory languished an to let another pit is the lowest funded average of 31 days. bull die in a shel- OAS has an annual ter,” I told Rebecca stand-alone shelter budget of just $3.9 through my tears. million — that’s “I’m sure at some in the Bay Area. about 10 percent point you will have of OPD’s overtime the perfect pit bull at ACC.” budget of $30 million. In fact, most ani- Without missing a beat, Rebecca said, mal control agencies are the least-funded “You should meet Baby Girl, this sweet municipal department at about 4 percent little blue nose pittie puppy surrendered — OAS gets just .15 percent. the same day you lost Jazzy.” She sent a photo and a week later I picked up MARKETING CAMPAIGNS a puppy. It’s hard to believe it’s been LEAD TO ADOPTIONS five years since that day. While I still Many of Rebecca’s staff and volunteers miss Jazzy and always will, I also know followed her over to Oakland, a testa- adopting Baby Girl (now Skylar Grey) ment to her dedication and her vision. remains one of the best decisions I’ve Like she did at ACC, Rebecca immedi- ever made. ately employed clever “free” marketing campaigns like “Home Is Where the NEW ACC BUILDING IN S.F. Art Is,” the idea of a longtime supporter As director of SFACC, Rebecca fought to have local artists create posters of tirelessly to build a new facility to replace long-term residents (adopters got the the crumbling building that wouldn’t animal and the art). OAS also partnered withstand an earthquake, yet would be with rescues such as Town Cats and expected to take in every animal affect- developed programs like Cats on Patrol, ed by one. She went to the media and which has placed 68 cats previously brought then-Supervisor (now Senator) considered too feral or unadoptable in Scott Wiener on as an ally. Together, gardens, barns, warehouses, and brew- they lobbied the city not only for that eries where they help control rodent new building but also for more money populations while receiving care from and more staff. Because of her efforts, the proprietors. Armed with starling sta- San Francisco is getting that new shelter, tistics such as the fact some 76 percent but it cost Rebecca her job. POLITICAL ANIMAL, continued on 23
22 OCTOBER 2017 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Political Animal wound up at ACC, where she became continued from page 22 our “ambassabird.” She came with me, too,” Rebecca says. I ask if Pineapple of domestic violence starts with animals, talks. “She says her name pretty much,” Rebecca launched an animal cruelty task Rebecca says, scratching Pineapple’s force and developed educational pro- head. “Except when I’m on the phone grams. And, of course, she continues to and she screams ‘Rebecca!’ Oh, and she be an ardent matchmaker. dances.” Rebecca pulls up Pineapple’s favorite tune on her iPhone and Pineap- DORIS AND PINEAPPLE ple bounces joyously in rhythm. On a recent Friday morning, Rebecca takes me through the Oakland shelter CHALLENGES DESPITE HIGHER where we meet dedicated volunteers LIVE RELEASE RATES socializing with dogs, cats, birds, and Since Rebecca took over, OAS has rabbits. Unlike private shelters, OAS seen its live release rate rise to 81 per- must take every animal. “We once had a cent, and the time that animals wait for cow,” Rebecca says. She proudly points adoption has fallen to 19 days (16 for out the stunning dogs). Still, Rebec- murals by local ca, a new mom artists that have to a baby boy, Left: Rebecca Katz with dancing “ambassabird” Pineapple; right: Rebecca with brightened up the I notice a white says she’s tired: shelter favorite, Doris. facility inside and “I work 16-hour out. “I want to cockatoo wearing days and see my Rebecca, it’s just one more thing dis- Booker is very difficult. That’s what create a more wel- baby for maybe tracting her organization from continu- groups like PALS don’t understand.” coming place so tropical print diapers three hours.” On ing to improve their reputation and help more people come sashaying casually top of having what more animals. Also frustrating is activ- Next month in Part 2: Are activist to adopt,” she many consider the ists often speak the loudest and do the expectations realistic for beleaguered city explains. As we across the room. toughest job in least. “We have this dog, Booker, who shelters? enter the kennels, city government, is a special case; what we call a ‘project her ulterior motive becomes apparent. there is a constant battle with local dog.’ PALS screamed and yelled, ‘Don’t Editor’s Note: Last month’s Bay Area “This is Doris,” Rebecca says, opening shelter activists who believe OAS isn’t kill that dog!’ We put money we don’t Pet Fair, sponsored by Pet Food Express, the door to release a petite grey pit bull, doing enough. Last August, the group have sending him to a specialized train- was the event’s most successful one to “and she’s the best dog. I think Skylar People Animals Love Support East Bay er and a lot of effort into making sure date. As of press time, over 1,200 ani- needs a friend.” Indeed, Doris is spe- (PALS) went to the East Bay Express that doesn’t happen, but when we post- mals found loving new forever homes cial, with a huge grin, wiggly butt, and newspaper to complain that euthanasia ed that he was ready for a foster, we had — including Rebecca’s favorite, that an enthusiastic tongue ready for love rates had increased slightly at OAS this 115 shares and not one taker,” Rebecca perfect, petite pit bull, Doris. Congrat- (more on Doris later). year. While the article leaned toward says, pulling up the Facebook page. ulations to all the new adopters, and As we continue chatting back in Rebec- PALS, even the Express pointed out that “Dogs like Booker can’t go to just any thanks to Pet Food Express and the ca’s office, I notice a white cockatoo since Rebecca took over, euthanasia had home. They need someone who is dog rescue groups and shelters that make it wearing tropical print diapers sashaying plummeted from 45 to 15 percent. savvy and who will continue working all possible. casually across the room; she heads The reason PALS has turned on OAS with him to set him up for success, not straight for Rebecca and uses her beak is complex, rooted in a potent cocktail failure. I have all these wonderful, per- E-mail: [email protected]. Follow the to walk up onto the table. “Remember of disgruntled former volunteers and fect dogs like Doris waiting for homes, Marina Times on Twitter @TheMarinaTimes Pineapple? She flew into a window and all-too-common shelter politics. But for so finding a home for a project dog like and like us on Facebook @MarinaTimes.
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