Tag Archives: Hammett Tour Book

News: June 2009

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NO EXTRA TOURS Nothing extra kicking along the mean streets for June, but the desperate always can use an edition of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book for a self-guided prowl over the gumshoe-haunted Frisco hills. And any tours open for … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, News, REH, Willeford | Tagged Ace Atkins, Black Mask, Bob Truluck, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Firsts, Hammett Tour Book, Radio, Raymond Chandler, The Barbaric Triumph, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian, Vince Emery |

News: May 2009

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Webmaster

HAMMETT WALKS EVERY SUNDAY THIS MONTH After tons of news items about books and signings all year, let’s keep the May news kind of simple. You want to take the tour for the first time or after a hiatus of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, Tour | Tagged Ace Atkins, Hammett Tour Book, Mike Humbert, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Thomas Burchfield |

News: April 2009

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Webmaster

LAST MONTH IN TUCSON In the photos above you’ll see Dennis McMillan catching a quick chat with Elmore Leonard after his big interview, and Don doing a spur-of-the-moment tribute to Ernest P. Worrell. The Tucson Book Fair offered lots of … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Frisco, News, Willeford | Tagged Ace Atkins, City Lights, Elmore Leonard, Ha-Ra Bar, Hammett Tour Book, Mark Coggins, Palm Sunday Tour, Powell Hotel, Rap Sheet |

News: March 2009

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NIX THE 540 CLUB Just a quick note to those who had planned on attending Don’s official launch of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book at the 540 Club — the venue and date have been changed. It’s now at Green … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Film, Frisco, Lit, News, SFSC, Tour, Willeford | Tagged Ace Atkins, Domenic Stansberry, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Elmore Leonard, Fatty Arbuckle, Ha-Ra Bar, Hammett Tour Book, Joe McSpadden, John Law, Lono Waiwaiolo, Palm Sunday Tour, Patrick Warburton, Peter Maravelis, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, The Cimmerian, Vince Emery |

News: February 2009

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NOIR VALENTINE IN THE HA-RA The more or less official launch party for San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics takes place Saturday February 14 — Valentine’s Day — beginning at 8 p.m. in The Ha-Ra Bar in 875 Geary between … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Film, Frisco, News, Willeford | Tagged Ace Atkins, Big Read, Castro Theatre, Craig Clevenger, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Fatty Arbuckle, Firsts, Ha-Ra Bar, Hammett Tour Book, Literary World of San Francisco, Lono Waiwaiolo, Noir City, Peter Maravelis, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Valentine, Vince Emery |

News: January 2009

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NO EXTRA TOURS, LOTS OF NOIR No extra walks have been set for this month, but if you want some noir, buckle your seat belts. Don returns to the Mechanics Library for a reading — he’ll do the underground section … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Lit, News, SFSC | Tagged Castro Theatre, Donald Wandrei, Donald Westlake, Eddie Muller, Gary Warne, Ha-Ra Bar, Hammett Tour Book, James Crumley, Measures of Poison, Noir City, Noir Con, Peter Maravelis, Poe, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, Valentine |

News: December 2008

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Webmaster

NOTHING EXTRA IN THE OLD STOCKING No extra walks have been set for December, and in fact Don got so buried in other stuff we didn’t even do News for October or November — still, we figured John’s Grill making … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Frisco, Lit, Willeford | Tagged Conan, Fritz Leiber, George Knight, George Sterling, Hammett Tour Book, Jeopardy!, Pulps, San Francisco Mysteries, San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, The Cimmerian, Vince Emery |

News: August 2008

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Webmaster

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER No extra tours set for this month, but just hang on for a few weeks and you’ll find a walk every Sunday in September. Meanwhile, Vince Emery is getting on with the completely revised and updated … Continue reading →

Posted in Film | Tagged David Goodis, Eddie Muller, Hammett Tour Book, Vince Emery |

News: December 2007

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Webmaster

THIRTY YEARS DOWN Other than some groups by appointment, no gumshoes are hitting the pavement of the mean streets this month, as thirty years eases quietly past — with year thirty-one to follow. The plans by Vince Emery to publish … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, News, Willeford | Tagged Black Mask, Hammett Tour Book, Measures of Poison, Noir Con, Vince Emery |

News: May 2007

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Webmaster

EVERY SUNDAY THIS MONTH You’ll find a Hammett tour offered every Sunday this month, just like it says on the Tour Page. All you have to do is show up at noon, a tenspot in hand, hand it over and … Continue reading →