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Category Archives: Tour
News: July 2008
BIG POSTERS ON MARKET The set of six posters paying tribute to Hammett and The Maltese Falcon are now on display in those triangular ad kiosks all along Market from the Embarcadero to Van Ness. They’ll be up for about … Continue reading
News: April 2008
Anyone who wants to track Don down at the NoirCon in Philly will find him hanging around the bar from April 3 through 6. Doesn’t look as if there will be a formal panel devoted to Charles Willeford during the … Continue reading
News: March 2008
PALM SUNDAY Anyone who wants to show up, willing to hand over a tenspot, is welcome to join in the Dashiell Hammett Tour offered on Palm Sunday — that’s Sunday March 16 with a noon start at the Main Library … Continue reading
Posted in News, Tour, Willeford
Tagged Betsy Willeford, Noir Con, Palm Sunday Tour, Powell Hotel, RARA-AVIS, The Shark-Infested Custard, William Denton
News: February 2008
NOTHING SHAKING ON THE MEAN STREETS Keeping his lazy streak working overtime, Don isn’t doing any tours this month where you can just show up, pay ten bucks, and walk the walk. But he knows he needs to get the … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, News, Tour, Willeford
Tagged Palm Sunday Tour, Peter Maravelis, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics
News: September 2007
TOURS ALL THIS MONTH Just like it says on the Current Walks page, you’ll find a Dashiell Hammett Tour offered at noon every Sunday this month. If interested, pocket a tenspot and meet Don near the revolving “L” sculpture located … Continue reading
News: August 2007
TWO TOURS THIS MONTH Anyone who wants to show up with a tenspot in hand is welcome to join tours set for Sunday August 5thand Sunday August 19th— no reservations needed, just follow the directions on the Where To Meet … Continue reading
News: June 2007
AN ACE TOUR FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 3rd Anyone who wants to show up at the n.w. corner of the Main Library in Civic Center at noon is welcome to join crime writer Ace Atkins on a hard-boiled walk through the … Continue reading
News: April 2007
ANOTHER MONTH FOR GOOFING OFF No extra tours set for April, but if you hang on till May there’s a walk every Sunday in the month. Don is kind of enjoying his thirtieth anniversary year so far, and while for … Continue reading
News: March 2007
NOTHING EXTRA No extra tours have popped up for the month, but various groups are scheduling walks for later in the year — the most intriguing one so far set for November, for a benevolent society that has its origins … Continue reading
