This weekend, June 2, 3, and 4, is going to be a pretty good one for rock-poster fans. First up is a show by Emek on June 2, opening from 6-8 p.m., at the Jupiter Gallery in Portland. Look for screenprinted gig posters for Radiohead, Pearl Jam, and the Foo Fighters, a number of artist […]
Archives for May 2017
Inside the Most Important Gallery at the de Young’s “Summer of Love Experience”
If “On the Road to the Summer of Love” at the California Historical Society is like happening upon Jimi Hendrix playing from the back of the Jefferson Airplane’s flatbed truck in the Panhandle in 1967, then…
On the Road to the Summer of Love
Right now, everybody’s talking about the Summer of Love, a phrase that first appeared in a 1967 press release. The San Francisco Travel Association is using the slogan to help fill hotel rooms, online merchants are using it to sell everything from refrigerator magnets to T-shirts, and the de Young Museum has embraced these three […]
Chris Cornell, RIP
Chris Cornell, the powerful, dynamic singer whose band Soundgarden was one of the architects of grunge music, has died at 52. Mr. Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit, said his representative, Brian Bumbery, in a statement that called the death “sudden and unexpected” and that said the singer’s family would be “working closely with the […]
Summer of Love Youth Poster Contest
If you know a budding young artist who lives in Marin County and is between the ages of 12 and 18, please let them know about the upcoming Youth Poster Contest, produced by Bruce Burtch, in partnership with Riley Street Art Supply, Haight Street Art Center, and TRPS. The contest kicks off on May 27 […]
Steve Kimock Plays This Friday for Jaz
There’s still time to get your tickets to see Steve Kimock & Friends, plus a special set by ZERO, this Friday, May 12, at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Doors open at 8, show is at 9, and proceeds from tickets and a silent auction will benefit Dave’s daughter, Jaz. We’ll be […]