The San Francisco’s Symphony’s live recording of concerts held in November 2008 received Grammy awards last night for Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album at the 52nd annual event. The recording is the latest release in the ongoing Mahler recording cycle (which has now won a total of seven...
A violin painted and signed by The Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick and an electric guitar signed by four members of the Rolling Stones were donated to the Marin History Museum by John and Maria Pitcairn, who have lived in Ross since the mid ’60s, this week. “Maria and I have had a long term...
The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation has announced a great night of music at the Fillmore January 9 to celebrate Bill’s Birthday Bash. The night features the music of Cake, Dan Hicks and the New Hicksville Express with the Rail Ridin’ Rowdies and Fishbear. Upstairs in the Fillmore’s Poster Room fans can obtain signed posters,...
After seeing RENT last night, I am not surprised that it’s is one of the longest lasting Broadway productions, in fact at last count it’s been playing for approximately 7,884,00 minutes (15 years), which is unfortunately, also how long the show’s creator, Jonathan Larson has been dead. He died the night before it opened...
It’s that time again. The de Lone family invites you to join some of their friends at the third annual Richard de Lone Special Housing Project Benefit. The two day event started last night and wraps up tonight so there is still time to get tickets to see Boz Scaggs and the Blue Velvet...
Metallica’s first performance in Marin was a huge success and sold out in only three days. The rare concert appearance by the hard rockin’ band at the Veterans’ Auditorium September 11 benefited the Marin History Museum’s planned Marin Rocks exhibition scheduled to open in 2010. The event was a huge success, grossing about $375,000...
So I am doing something tonight I never thought I would be doing … seeing Metallica in concert right here in Marin! I am hoping they only bring half their gear because I am guessing they are going to be one of the loudest events ever heard at the Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium. So...
Well the question of what to do this weekend is pretty easy as the Outside Lands Art and Music Festival is set to rock this last weekend in August ...
