Richard M. Norman
san_francisco, ca
- Gender: Male
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- Member since: 2007-01-11 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-05-30 00:00:00
- Events: 30
Events:
DJ David Guetta
Where: Ruby Skye
Date: 2007-04-28 20:00:00
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David Guetta is a household name in France, with two gold albums to his name, but it's only in the past few years that he has captured the world's attention as both a super-star DJ and acclaimed producer. He crafts hook-laden but cool pop songs with cutting-edge electronic beats.\u000AOriginally from Toulouse, in the south of France, Will a.k.a Frenchy le Freak had been spinning for 11 years in France before bringing his pumping European style of funky house to the US.
Shellac Shack
Where: The Homestead
Date: 2007-08-27 19:00:00
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DJ Chas Gaudi (Workin' Stiff / c86 / Beatnik Hop) spins vintage 78 rpm records from his substancial archives: blues, r 'n' b, jazz, hillbilly and other musty sounds of yore at the Homestead, every Monday from 7 to 11pm.
Ming and Ping
Where: The Rickshaw Stop
Date: 2007-10-26 21:00:00
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Ming and Ping is a new wave synth pop spectacle -- the craziest fun dance party.
They Shoot Horses Don't They
Where: Hemlock Tavern
Date: 2007-08-28 21:30:00
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Hailing from Vancouver, They Shoot Horses Don't They? is six piece folk/rock band.
SF Film Fest
Where: MEZZANINE
Date: 2007-05-10 20:00:00
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Now in it's 50th year...the SF Film Fest always shows one of a kind films, with screening parties not to be missed. More details coming soon.
Numinous Eye, Psychic Paramount, Kid606+Christopher Willets
Where: Hemlock Tavern
Date: 2007-04-21 20:30:00
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Numinous Eye (guitar-drum duo) opens for Psychic Paramount (NYC) and locals Kid606+Christopher Willets. A psychedelic-noise-rock-experimentation evening.
San Francisco Giants Vs New York Yankees
Where: AT & T Park (Formerly SBC and Pacific Bell Park)
Date: 2007-06-22 19:15:00
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Conservatory Chorus, Nathaniel Marken, Baritone
Where: San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Date: 2008-05-10 20:00:00
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The Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Where: Cow Palace
Date: 2007-11-23 00:00:00
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Celebrate the Holiday Season in Victorian London! The bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop of your excursion into Christmas Past. You are a living part of a Victorian Christmas card come to life! A Bay Area tradition for 28 holiday seasons, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair returns to the San Francisco Cow Palace Exhibition Halls for five weekends , including the Friday after Thanksgiving in 2007, from Friday, November 23 through Saturday, December 23, from 11am 'til 7pm.
The Center/Books Inc. Book group meets to discuss Sarah Wate...
Where: LGBT Community Center
Date: 2007-11-21 19:00:00
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Books Inc. in the Castro in association with the SF LGBT Center is pleased to announce our next Book Group selection: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked-out streets, illicit partying, and sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, "The Night Watch" tells the story of four Londoners-three women and a young man with a past-whose lives, and those of their friends and lovers, connect in tragedy, stunning surprise and exquisite turns, only to change irreversibly in the shadow of a grand historical event. About Sarah Waters: Sarah Waters is the author of "Tipping the Velvet," a "New York Times" Notable Book, "Affinity," which won her the "Sunday Times" Young Writer of the Year award, and "Fingersmith," which was shortlisted for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize in 2002. Waters was named one of "Granta"'s best British writers under forty in 2003. * * * Our next Book Group meeting is Wednesday, November 21 at 7 PM at the Three Dollar Bill Cafe at the LGBT Center, 1800 Market St. (@ Octavia). As always, I'd like everyone to come with any observations they may have as well as at least one question to pose to the group. Also, please come equipped with any title suggestions for our next joint venture. Hope to see you there. The Center/Books Inc. Book Group is free and open to everyone. We encourage inclusiveness and promote diversity. We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month. * * * Books Inc. is a locally owned and operated independent bookseller with 10 locations in California. Books Inc.’s origin dates back to the Gold Rush Days of 1851 when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt, renamed and became Books Inc., as we know it today, in 1946. Today, with 10 Stores and 200 employees, Books Inc. serves as a shining example that independent bookselling can survive and prosper, even if we must dance among the elephants. This Event is Free at the Three Dollar Bill Café within the SF LGBT Center Sponsored by Books Inc. 2275 Market St. San Francisco 94114 415.864.6777
Web 2.0 Expo
Where: Moscone West
Date: 2008-04-22 00:00:00
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Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. We look not only for the hot new thing, but for the failures to learn from, the innovations and inspirations, the successes that will surprise you, and the practical applications of all of the above. Read more about Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco.
Charlie Hunter
Where: Mystic Theater
Date: 2007-12-18 20:00:00
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Guitarist Charlie Hunter, known for his unique brand of jazz, has been focused on bringing the music form to wider audiences for more than a decade. His eclectic tastes have spawned recording and performance collaborations with everyone from Norah Jones to Mos Def.
American Tap Masterpieces: the Hollywood Journey
Where: Napa Valley Opera House
Date: 2007-11-17 20:00:00
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This vivid action portrait featuring six dancers, four musicians, and a vocalist captures memorable dances from the big screen with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and the Nicholas Brothers. It then shifts to a fresh look at the theatre works of contemporary tap masters Jimmy Slyde and Gregory Hines, reflecting the vibrancy of American tap dance, the brilliance of choreography and improvisation and the dancers' ability to draw on the past as they create the future.
Mark Farina
Where: Ruby Skye
Date: 2007-11-21 21:00:00
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DJ and producer Mark Farina takes inspiration from many musical sources to weave his sonic adventures.
Zilla
Where: 12 Galaxies
Date: 2007-12-15 21:00:00
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Zilla is a quartet featuring Michael Travis of The String Cheese Incident, Jamie Janover, Aaron Holstein and Steve Vidaic. You can expect a largely improvisational, highly percussive journey that fuses funky guitar stylings, hammered dulcimer wizardry and intricate dynamic rhythms into a source of telepathic musical expression.
Crunchies Awards
Where: Herbst Theatre
Date: 2008-01-18 18:00:00
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Web 2.0 awards ceremony hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, VentureBeat and Read/WriteWeb
Joe Klocek's Get It!? with Arj Barker, Todd Barry and Morgan...
Where: Punch Line Comedy Club
Date: 2008-01-13 20:00:00
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The 7th Annual SF Sketchfest Presents JOE KLOCEK'S GET IT!? A Stand-Up Comedy Game Show Featuring Arj Barker Todd Barry Morgan Murphy Cost: $15 Audience members picked at random compete head to head answering questions about sets just performed by top-notch comics, until one emerges victorious! Joe Klocek hosts this mix of stand-up comedy and game show. About the Performers: Arj Barker is a popular Bay Area comedian, who has performed stand-up on Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Premium Blend, Last Comic Standing and on his own Comedy Central Presents specials. You can see him as Dave on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, and in his flash series Arj and Poopy. He co-wrote and starred in The Marijuana-Logues along with Doug Benson and Tony Camin. Todd Barry was born in New York City. He moved to South Florida as a cute little boy, then to Manhattan as a macho little man. TV stand-up appearances include Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Late Show With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Last Call With Carson Daly. He recently appeared as a bongo-playing new bandmate on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, and was also on Sex and the City, Chappelle’s Show, and Wonder Showzen. This is his third appearance at SF Sketchfest. Morgan started making a name for herself on the LA comedy scene while still a student at Loyola Marymount University. Shortly after she graduated, she appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Last Call with Carson Daly. While still in college, she wrote on the sketch pilot The Offensive Show created by BJ Porter and Scott Aukerman, and after graduating became a staff writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Morgan was recently named one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch and appeared in this year’s Fresh Faces Showcase at The Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. Morgan just returned from touring in Europe and is about to shoot the pilot Hackett for Fox. * * * This event is part of SF Sketchfest, which run January 10 - 27. Highlights of this year's fest include a rare performance by The Kids in the Hall, a "Freaks and Geeks" reunion, and RiffTrax Live (featuring Michael Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy of Mystery Science Theater 3000) at the Castro Theatre. Check out the web site for a complete schedule.
Griffin House
Where: Hotel Utah
Date: 2008-02-10 21:00:00
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Griffin House plays folksy rock tunes with simple lyrics and chord progressions. 'Sons of William' deliver tight songs, beautiful music and a flawless performance. They have aspects of blues and classic rock that shine through the music.
Poco
Where: Mystic Theater
Date: 2008-05-22 20:00:00
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One of the first and longest-lasting country-rock groups, Poco had its roots in the dying embers of the Buffalo Springfield. Poco is one of the first groups to pioneer country-rock music with harmonies and instruments of country mixed with rock 'n' roll rhythms. Their influence runs deep in both country and pop music.
Jackie Greene
Where: Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco
Date: 2008-04-10 20:00:00
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Jackie Greene is known for his great guitar, great original songs, great blues, honky-tonk covers, passionate vocals and an overall fantastic show.
“The Influence of the World’s Super-Rich"
Where: The World Affairs Council of Northern California
Date: 2008-04-17 18:00:00
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Who: David Rothkopf, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Event: Members of today’s “superclass” have achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. According to David Rothkopf, members of the super class run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world’s most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. Arguing that they control globalization more than anyone else, Rothkopf questions whether their influence feeds the growing economic and social inequity that divides the world. When: Thursday, April 17; Registration: 5:30pm; Program: 6pm Where: World Affairs Council, 2nd Floor Auditorium, 312 Sutter St. San Francisco Admission Costs: Council Members: FREE; Students: $5; Nonmembers: $15 Info: 415.293.4600; info@wacsf.org
“Inside the Global Criminal Underworld ”
Where: The World Affairs Council of Northern California
Date: 2008-04-23 18:00:00
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A Meet the Author Event Who: Misha Glenny, Former Central Europe Correspondent, BBC World Service; Author, The Fall of Yugoslavia and The Balkans Event: From human trafficking in Bulgaria to elaborate Internet frauds in Nigeria, how has globalization and new technology influenced organized crime? While the political upheaval following the demise of communism in Eastern Europe and easy flow of money and people to the West certainly provided the perfect opportunity for the underworld’s shadow economy to flourish, what are some of the less familiar aspects of global crime? How does organized crime feed off poverty in the developing world and how is it fueled by the material affluence of the West? To trace the recent growth of organized crime, award-winning author Misha Glenny joins the Council to discuss his new book McMafia. A former BBC World correspondent and regularly consulted by U.S. and European governments on the Balkans, Glenny traveled the globe and interviewed police, victims, politicians, and members of the global underworld to shed light on this confusing world. When: Wednesday April 23; Registration: 5:30pm; Program: 6pm Where: World Affairs Council, 2nd Floor Auditorium, 312 Sutter St. San Francisco Admission Costs: Council Members: FREE; Students: $5; Nonmembers: $15 Info: 415.293.4600; info@wacsf.org
SF Treasure Series: Strange Travel Suggestions
Where: The Marsh
Date: 2008-04-26 08:00:00
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Jeff Greenwald returns to The March with 'Strange Travel Suggestions,' a series of monologues drawn from his 25 years of world travel.
Bloc Party
Where: The Fillmore
Date: 2008-07-30 20:00:00
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Bloc Party with Does it offend you, yeah? $27.50 on sale Sun, 5/4 at 10am
SFIFF: Traveling with Pets
Where: Kabuki 8 Theaters
Date: 2008-04-30 21:30:00
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from http://fest08.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=89 An unloved wife finds her colorless world turning remarkably brighter after her husband suddenly expires in this graceful look at a woman’s midlife awakening, which took grand prize at the Moscow International Film Festival. Plucked from an orphanage as a literal love slave, the now adult Natalija (a luminous Kseniya Kutepova) serves her ape-like husband by tending his prized cow—whose milk they sell to customers on passing trains. When hubby suddenly drops dead, however, Natalija’s narrow life of cows and rails finally starts opening up. Dumping his body at the local hospital, dropping by church to say a few prayers and trading in the cow for a pet goat, she slowly eliminates all trace of his former hold on her, searching out a new life in the freedom that emerges. Former actress Vera Storozheva (a frequent collaborator with famed filmmaker Kira Muratova) shows considerable skill as director, echoing Natalija’s awakening in a soundtrack that leaves the creaks and disordered noises of a mechanical environment for a more harmonious and natural one, and in cinematographer Oleg Lukichev’s remarkable images, whose drab winter grays give way to a vibrant springtime palette. But it’s Kutepova as Natalija who truly puts the spark in this invigorating example of feminist cinema. Resembling a young Tilda Swinton in both appearance and aura, Kutepova brings an unspoken intelligence and warmth to a woman whose heart is finally awakening and whose mind has never been freer. —Jason Sanders Sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Fairmont.
Paula West, Vocalist
Where: Napa Valley Opera House
Date: 2008-06-13 20:00:00
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Paula West is considered one of today's brightest talents in jazz and cabaret singing.