Tag Archives: Valentine

Frisco Beat: 100, and Counting

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Don

During the throes of repainting the old website in the closing months of 2010, knocking together the current blog format, I had to sit on the sidelines and watch news and anniversaries pass by. The one I most regret not being on … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour, Willeford | Tagged 811 Geary, Earthquakes, Fritz Leiber, Kindle, Literary Plaques, Margo Skinner, Our Lady of Darkness, Palm Sunday Tour, Tenderloin, Valentine |

News: April 2010

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Webmaster

No extra walks this month anyone can just show up and do, but Don is leading a group by appointment on the side — however, hang on till May and you’ll find Hammett Tours every Sunday, just like it says … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Tour | Tagged Valentine |

News: March 2010

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Webmaster

TOUR ON PALM SUNDAY Last month the Hammett tour hit the mean streets on Valentine’s Day, encountering a gang of balloons — this month Don is once again slipping on the gumshoes to guide a walk on Palm Sunday, March … Continue reading →

Posted in Tour, Willeford | Tagged Palm Sunday Tour, Valentine |

News: February 2010

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Webmaster

EIGHTY YEARS ON THE MEAN STREETS! On Valentine’s Day in 1930 Alfred Knopf released Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon in its first edition. To celebrate this cornerstone of the hardboiled and noir making it to its eightieth anniversary, Don is offering … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, Tour | Tagged Falcon from Knopf, Valentine |

News: January 2010

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Webmaster

YEAR 33 Another year, Don’s thirty-third on the mean streets, another round of bleak noir rains rolling over the old town. No extra tours are set for this month, but you can get the new edition of The Dashiell Hammett … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Film, News, Tour | Tagged Black Mask, Castro Theatre, Eddie Muller, Falcon from Knopf, Hammett Tour Book, Kindle, Noir City, Otto Penzler, Pulps, USA Today, Valentine, Vince Emery, Wall Street Journal |

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 →