The Scene

Happenings, Events, Gallery of Arts

5 years ago, Summer 2015 issue: Grace and Lindy buzz Kansas City in “a NighT in Grace’S ShoeS” by Lindy Krushas. The redux will appear later this year.

ZOOM — the New Scene

Is it real? Literally virtually real. Sensitive Skin Beer Virus Reading #9,” with M.C. Bernard Meisler featuring Circus of the Sun: a novel of San Francisco author J.Macon King, poet Francine Witte and writer Ron Kolm. May 21, 2020. See instant replay here and tune in Thursday nights.

VIRTUAL San Francisco library Online Services from creators Elizabeth Pepin Silva and Lewis Watts.

Happened in June: Friday, 6/19/2020
12:00 – 1:30
A gathering in honor of  Juneteenth and learning about the legendary musicians of the Fillmore Jazz Era. 
Elizabeth Pepin Silva and Lewis Watts will present an illuminating slide show and talk about the new edition of Harlem of the West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era. Reservations required: https://bit.ly/HarlemWestJune2020

A platform for the Fillmore’s musicians, nightclub owners and residents of the 1940s and 1950s to tell the neighborhood’s history in their own words, as well as feature rarely seen photographs and memorabilia. Co-sponsored by Heyday Books and the Museum of the African Diaspora. 

Social Distancing — The Hip New Scene