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Trip to San Francisco last month

I had a vacation in San Francisco last month and have posted a travelogue with lots of marvelous photos in my Travel section. Go to the...

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Aug 30, 20181 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/29/18

We're closing out our San Francisco theme with a shout out to two neighboring towns: Diva: Berkeley (represented by Chez Panisse) Mensch:...

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Aug 29, 20181 min read

Celebrity Death Watch: Harris, McCain, Simon

A triple header! Barbara Harris, John McCain, and Neil Simon.

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Aug 27, 20181 min read

Fabulous Friday - - "Liebestod"

Today I'm highlighting Bernstein as a conductor. Below you will hear him conducting Hildegard Behrens in a performance of the finale to...

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Aug 24, 20183 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/22/18

Today I'm spotlighting two San Francisco bookstores. City Lights is an internationally recognized landmark, home to Jack Kerouac and the...

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Aug 22, 20181 min read

Fabulous Friday - - Young People's Concert

Last week I featured Leonard Bernstein the composer. This week we have Bernstein the educator, with a clip from one of his Young...

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Aug 17, 20181 min read

Celebrity Death Watch: Aretha Franklin

Oh, such a sad day! An American treasure! She was an inspiration to so many for so long. Rest her soul.

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Aug 16, 20181 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/15/18

Continuing with our San Francisco theme: Diva: The Castro Mensch: The Mission

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Aug 15, 20181 min read

Fabulous Friday - - MAMBO!

The whole world is having a Leonard Bernstein moment right now, his hundredth birthday would be on 8/25. I'm going to devote the next...

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Aug 10, 20181 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/8/18

Diva: Fog. Mensch: Sun. You might think the Diva, who carries her own spotlight, would be the sun - - but no, the Diva is often a figure...

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Aug 8, 20181 min read

This Ain’t No Disco, 8/4/18

I saw *This Ain’t No Disco* at the Atlantic Theater Company on 8/4/18. It’s a new musical about Studio 54. It had gotten really terrible...

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Aug 6, 20182 min read

Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest: Tab Hunter

Yes, the late Tab Hunter was the Mystery Guest back in 1957, shortly after releasing his smash hit single "Young Love." Is it my...

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Aug 3, 20181 min read

The Pattern at Pendarvis, 8/1/18

David Jay and I saw *The Pattern at Pendarvis* on 8/1/18, presented by the New Dog Theatre Company and StreetSigns. My friend Bryon in...

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Aug 2, 20183 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/1/18

I was in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, I'm putting the finishing touches on my travelogue, will keep you posted on that. I had the...

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Aug 1, 20181 min read

Celebrity Death Watch: Gary Beach

Tony winner Gary Beach died last week. My friend Scott Seyforth and I met him outside the stage door of *La Cage aux Folles* in 2005 and...

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Jul 30, 20181 min read

Carmen Jones, 7/26/18

Ethlouise, Noel, and I went to see *Carmen Jones* at the Classic Stage Company on 7/26/18. This was the first major New York revival of...

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Jul 28, 20182 min read

Fabulous Friday - - "Show Off"

This is the best number in one of my favorite shows of the century - - "Show Off" from *The Drowsy Chaperone.* The whole number is...

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Jul 27, 20181 min read

Diva / Mensch pair for 7/25/18

Diva: "The Star-Spangled Banner" Mensch: "America the Beautiful" I remember a lot of talk during the Clinton years about "America the...

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Jul 25, 20181 min read

The Damned, 7/20/18

I saw *The Damned* at the Park Avenue Armory on 7/20/18. It's a theatrical adaptation of the 1969 Visconti Nazi epic, starring Ingrid...

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Jul 24, 20183 min read

Naharin's Virus, 7/18/18

Karen, Steve, and I saw the Batsheva Dance Company's Young Ensemble on 7/18/18 in *Naharin's Virus,* created by their artistic director,...

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Jul 23, 20181 min read

Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025

I heard Sybarite5 at Music Mondays on Nov 3, 2025. They're a string quintet - - two violins, viola, cello, and bass. I heard them in an online concert during lockdown n 2020. I just read that review and I appeared to enjoy the 2020 concert more than this latest one. Maybe I was more eager for a satisfying cultural experience? Or maybe it was just better. They opened with "Movement and Locations" by The Punch Brothers. It had a great energy but the cello solo at the beginning

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Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin

I had a tribute to Wanda Jackson a few weeks ago. My brother Howard has a signed picture of her in his locker at work! I told him, "That's not Wanda Jackson, that's Lynn Redgrave in a bad wig." Bless her heart. Or in this case, rest her soul! OK now for this week's fierce rock and roll woman: the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, an American treasure. One of a kind, the world would not be the same without her. Can we all agree that this was one of the greatest moments in televi

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Trip to San Francisco last month

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/29/18

Celebrity Death Watch: Harris, McCain, Simon

Fabulous Friday - - "Liebestod"

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/22/18

Fabulous Friday - - Young People's Concert

Celebrity Death Watch: Aretha Franklin

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/15/18

Fabulous Friday - - MAMBO!

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/8/18

*This Ain’t No Disco,* 8/4/18

Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest: Tab Hunter

*The Pattern at Pendarvis,* 8/1/18

Diva / Mensch pair for 8/1/18

Celebrity Death Watch: Gary Beach

*Carmen Jones,* 7/26/18

Fabulous Friday - - "Show Off"

Diva / Mensch pair for 7/25/18

*The Damned,* 7/20/18

*Naharin's Virus,* 7/18/18

Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025

Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin

This Ain’t No Disco, 8/4/18

The Pattern at Pendarvis, 8/1/18

Carmen Jones, 7/26/18

The Damned, 7/20/18

Naharin's Virus, 7/18/18