Larry L. King Passes Away
Posted by: harry68
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-12-24 21:24:01 -0800 | arts-culture-news
Larry L. King was a journalist, essayist and playwright with a bombastic prose style as well as a carefree personal life. He left Texas while still young. He wrote profiles about politicians as well as articles on the flaws of...
Mayan calendar holds true (you read that right)
Posted by: harry68
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-12-22 05:54:51 -0800 | arts-culture-news
According to the Mayan calendar, the world was to arrive at the end of an era on December 21, 2012. In the Mayan calendar, the day marks the end of the phase of the 13th baktun (ancient people measured time...
The Brothers Grimm - A Brief History
Posted by: harry68
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-12-22 16:43:53 -0800 | arts-culture-news
The Brothers Grimm not only collected fairytales, but also researched the German language thoroughly and laid the cornerstones for modern-day German literature studies. The ambition that the Brothers Grimm shared segregated them from many of their contemporaries. The Brothers Grimm...
Guy Fawkes Day
Posted by: harry68
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-11-05 18:34:58 -0800 | arts-culture-news
One might wonder about the origins of the phrase "Remember, remember the fifth of November." It alludes to Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, but the phrase itself originates from a poem. The version below is from the Tower of...
Couronne de Touraine: sublime
Source: SF Gate
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-01-03 02:10:50 -0800 | arts-culture-news
Cheese doesn't get much lovelier than Couronne de Touraine, an aged goat cheese from the French affineur Rodolphe Le Meunier. An affineur is a professional cheese ager, someone who buys cheese from the producer, typically when it is young, and...
Google commemorates Herman Melville’s finest literature, ‘Moby Dick’
Posted by: harry68
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-10-19 17:34:33 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Google is commemorating works of one of the finest writers of modern literature by its latest Doodle today. Today’s Doodle shows a white whale floating in the sea along with a one-legged harpooner, recognizing Herman Melville’s book, “Moby Dick”, which...
Smashing Pumpkins look forward and bring the noise to SF's Bill Graham
Posted by: Dean Schaffer
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 09:33:01 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has always insisted that his band’s reunion is anything but a nostalgia act. Half an hour into the show at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last Friday, Corgan joked with the crowd, “We’ll play...
Art for AIDS 2012 Auction Exceeds Expectations on Sept. 14th in San Francisco
Posted by: PRGuySF
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-09-18 09:43:44 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Supporting the UCSF Alliance Health Project’s HIV/AIDS Services 17 September, 2012 San Francisco… Moving to a new and larger venue for the 16th annual Art for AIDS auction in San Francisco, more than $200,000 was realized on Friday, September 14,...
San Francisco Street Food Festival: Top 4 delectable desserts
Posted by:
SF Thunder
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-08-21 00:35:28 -0700 | arts-culture-news
The 4th annual San Francisco Street Food Festival is over, we're starting to recover, and the results are in! Listed below are our favorite four desserts from the festival, along with a few pictures above -- though we must sheepishly...
San Francisco Street Food Festival: Top 5 amazing entrees
Posted by:
SF Thunder
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-08-21 07:51:35 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Now that the 4th annual San Francisco Street Food Festival has come to an end -- and we've finally woken up from our food comas -- we're pleased to share with you the findings of our very un-scientific eating experiment....
Street Food Festival comes to San Francisco this Saturday
Posted by: SF Thunder
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-08-19 17:27:28 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Foodies, start your engines -- the San Francisco Street Food Festival is coming to San Francisco's Mission District this Saturday, Aug. 18. Thanks to the uber-delicious media dinner a few weeks ago, we feel pretty confident in this preview of...
Well That Was...That
Posted by: Kristina Stancil
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-07-13 09:39:26 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Well, That Was That..... Interesting title to be sure, but what does it mean? Well, That Was That is a line from a wonderful limerick by a fellow All Voices Contributor, Martin Kloess. Some months ago, Martin and I teamed...
75th birthday of Golden Gate Bridge, its history and importance
Posted by: Michelle Lincaster
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 14:50:46 -0700 | arts-culture-news
The great Golden Gate Bridge will be turning 75 on May 27, 2012. The preparation for this great celebration is complete and the party has begun already. Thousands of people are expected to visit the Golden Gate Bridge and enjoy...
Mother's Day free eCards, SMS quotes and wishes
Posted by: richwebnews
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-07-28 01:34:30 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Today, greet your Mom with beautiful Mother's Day SMS messages, Mothers Day quotes and Happy Mothers Day wishes as Mother’s Day is celebrated almost all over the world with great excitement. Various countries celebrated Mother’s Day on different dates, but...
Mother's Day Sale: Amazon Kindle Fire or Barnes & Noble Nook Tablets
Posted by: richwebnews
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 15:34:21 -0700 | arts-culture-news
Since Mother's Day 2012 date is Sunday May 13 few days from now, this is the perfect day to buy gifts online without worrying the shipping arrival date in time for your Mom. Show Mom some love by buying her...
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