Barber Lounge (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, May. 20 2008 @ Various Times
Full Price: $90.00 - $95.00 Our Price: $45.00 - $47.50* Rated:
Barber Lounge is a new hip, full-service salon/barbershop/spa in San Francisco's SOMA district. Catering to both men and women, it offers top products and services—massages, facials, pedicures and much more—housed in a fresh, relaxing loft space. Learn More
Jazz at Pearl's (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, May. 20 2008 @ 8:00pm Tuesday, May. 20 2008 @ 10:00pm
Full Price: $15.00 - $150.00 Our Price: $7.50 - $75.00* Rated:
Kim Nalley's musical tribute to Nina Simone is interpersed with historical commentary and unabashed delivery of the more controversial songs of Simone's repertoire. "She Put a Spell on Me" has enjoyed four sold-out runs at various venues; the CD was shortlisted for a Grammy. Nalley, nominated as one the Bay Area's 10 most influential African Amercians, will be backed by a quartet led by pianist Tammy Hall. Learn More
Berkeley City Club (Berkeley, CA)
Tuesday, May. 20 2008 @ 8:00pm
Full Price: $20.00 Our Price: $10.00* Rated:
The Laurel Ensemble specializes in a rich and varied repertoire for mixed strings, winds and keyboard to explore and present select, but often overlooked, works from the chamber music literature. They'll be performing Brahms' Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet, Op. 115; Ravel's Introduction and Allegro; and James Cohn's newly commissioned piece for the Ensemble with guest harpist and violinist. Reception follows for audience and artists. Learn More
A dark satire by Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee Sam Shepard, Curse of the Starving Class is at once hilarious and profound, frighteningly true and delightfully surreal. The story follows a malnourished and rather bizarre family searching for freedom, security and their piece of the American pie. Learn More
Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco War Memorial Building (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, May. 20 2008 @ 7:30pm (Prokofiev, Scriabin)
Full Price: $39.00 Our Price: $19.50* Rated:
In a special two-night series, pianist Garrick Ohlsson and scholar Robert Greenberg explore the landscape of three giants of Russian music: Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev. They'll play two separate programs, with Ohlsson's renowned playing and Greenberg's insightful commentary charting the course of Russian music from Romanticism into the twentieth century. Learn More