The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

The first time I went to the California Antiquarian Book Fair , it was in downtown Oakland, near where I was working at the time. That year...

  a warning on a sunny day

Revolutionary composers (Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Adams) grow old like the rest of us, but it they & we are lucky they continue t...

When heading out this month, it's useful to keep in mind that there are events only implied here, events that will result in parades, pa...

  Two sculptures by Alexander Calder at SFMOMA: to the right, Big Crinkly , & to the left, Intermediate maquette for Trois disques (T...

  cherry season

The second Schwabacher Recital of the season, & the only one featuring only one vocalist, took place earlier this month (I am, as usual,...

  detail of a Roman Four Seasons sarcophagus , now at the Legion of Honor

  San Francisco City Hall, from the steps of the Asian Art Museum

  detail of the cheekpiece of a horse bridle in the form of a mythical creature , worked in bronze in what is now Iran in approximately 800-...