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2013

Hey, looka that! The future is here again!

I'm not really the loquacious type.

But I have a notion: I go to a lot of shows – mostly music, but dance, theater, and other performing arts are also in the mix.

And I pretty much always make some note of what I've seen – though sometimes it's just an incomplete setlist and timing info – but I think I might as well post it and see what happens.

All set? … Let's go!

Huh, wait, wrong year? On to 2014!

January events

Group Name Venue Date
The Fall Risk Ashkenaz January 04, 2013
Marc Ribot & David Hidalgo Palace of Fine Arts Theatre January 09, 2013
San Francisco Symphony with Renée Fleming Davies Hall January 10, 2013
Jackie Greene Sweetwater Music Hall January 11, 2013
Los Lobos Bing Concert Hall January 12, 2013
Mo’lasses Devil's Canyon Brewery January 12, 2013
New Century Chamber Orchestra Herbst Theatre January 13, 2013
Ed Volker's Trio Mollusc Chickie Wah Wah January 17, 2013
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes Tipitina's January 18, 2013
The New Orleans Radiators Tipitina's January 18, 2013
Krewe du Vieux Parade French Quarter, NOLA January 19, 2013
Honey Island Swamp Band Tipitina's January 19, 2013
The New Orleans Radiators Tipitina's January 19, 2013
SFJAZZ spotlights McCoy Tyner Miner Auditorium January 24, 2013
Mingus Big Band Bing Concert Hall January 25, 2013
The Fall Risk Devil's Canyon Brewery January 25, 2013
Glenn Kotche Bing Concert Hall January 26, 2013
Robert Moses' Kin Lam Research Theatre January 27, 2013
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players San Francisco Conservatory of Music January 28, 2013
Stu Allen and Mars Hotel Ashkenaz January 30, 2013

February events

Group Name Venue Date
SFJAZZ celebrates George Gershwin Miner Auditorium February 01, 2013
Stu Allen & Friends Terrapin Crossroads Bar February 02, 2013
Kodo Zellerbach Hall Auditorium February 03, 2013
Se Llama Cristina Magic Theatre February 05, 2013
Midori & Özgür Aydin Bing Concert Hall February 06, 2013
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Zellerbach Hall Auditorium February 07, 2013
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca Zellerbach Hall Auditorium February 08, 2013
Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe Herbst Theatre February 09, 2013
San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall February 10, 2013
Dave Holland Prism Miner Auditorium February 10, 2013
Taco Jam Baja Taqueria February 11, 2013
Dr. John Yoshi's February 14, 2013
Circus Oz Zellerbach Hall Auditorium February 15, 2013
Eric Bibb & Habib Koité Herbst Theatre February 16, 2013
Opera Parallèle performs Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar Lam Research Theatre February 17, 2013
Victor Wooten Band Yoshi's February 19, 2013
Kronos Quartet Lam Research Theatre February 21, 2013

March events

Group Name Venue Date
Patricia Barber Miner Auditorium March 03, 2013
Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis Davies Symphony Hall March 04, 2013
Michael Manring, Henry Kaiser, Gautam Tejas Ganeshan, Vinny Golia, et al Yoshi's March 06, 2013
Mickey Hart Band; African Showboyz Ashkenaz March 07, 2013
Zakir Hussain Ensemble Miner Auditorium March 08, 2013
William Parker's Special Edition Bing Concert Hall March 09, 2013
Mirsky Memorial Sweetwater Music Hall March 10, 2013
Phil’s House Party Terrapin Crossroads March 11, 2013
Julian Lage Trio Claire Loftus Carriage House Theatre March 13, 2013
Mariza Miner Auditorium March 14, 2013
House of Floyd Yoshi's SF March 15, 2013
Alarm Will Sound with Steve Reich Bing Concert Hall March 16, 2013
Afiara String Quartet Hertz Hall March 17, 2013
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Zellerbach Hall Auditorium March 17, 2013
Karsh Kale Herbst Theatre March 21, 2013
Midori St. Mark's Lutheran Church March 23, 2013
Midori St. Mark's Lutheran Church March 24, 2013
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Zellerbach Hall Auditorium March 28, 2013
SFJAZZ Collective Miner Auditorium March 29, 2013
Oliver Mtukudzi; Fatoumata Diawara Zellerbach Hall Auditorium March 30, 2013
Steve Kimock Band the Session Room at Hopmonk Tavern March 31, 2013

April events

Group Name Venue Date
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Herbst Theatre April 01, 2013
the Queens of Boogie Woogie Yoshi's April 02, 2013
New Century Chamber Orchestra First Congregational Church April 04, 2013
Hiromi Trio Project Miner Auditorium April 05, 2013
Zero Sebastopol Community Cultural Center April 06, 2013
Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads April 07, 2013
the Happy Ones Magic Theatre April 09, 2013
Paquito D'Rivera & the Assad Brothers Zellerbach Hall Auditorium April 10, 2013
Theotokia and the War Reporter Bing Concert Hall April 12, 2013
Spring Ramble with Luther Dickinson and Anders Osborne the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads April 13, 2013
Dwion-a-thon Sweetwater Music Hall April 14, 2013
David K. Matthews and the Ray Charles Project Sweetwater Music Hall April 16, 2013
Terrapin Family Band Terrapin Crossroads Bar April 18, 2013
Arlo Guthrie Zellerbach Hall Auditorium April 18, 2013
Landfall: An evening with Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet Bing Concert Hall April 20, 2013
Bill Frisell presents Hunter S. Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved Miner Auditorium April 21, 2013
An Acoustic Evening with Medeski, Martin & Wood Great American Music Hall April 22, 2013
Lines Ballet with Edgar Meyer Lam Research Theater @ YBCA April 24, 2013
Brad Mehldau Miner Auditorium April 25, 2013
Hugh Masekela Carriage House Theatre April 26, 2013

May events

Group Name Venue Date
San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall May 02, 2013
Paul Taylor Dance Company Lam Research Theater @ YBCA May 03, 2013
Jason Moran presents Bandwagon & Skateboarders Miner Auditorium May 04, 2013
Les 7 Doigts de la Main Circus Zellerbach Hall Auditorium May 05, 2013
San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall May 09, 2013
Mads Tolling Quartet Joe Henderson Lab May 09, 2013
African Roots of Violin with John Blake Miner Auditorium May 10, 2013
Max Gomez Great American Music Hall May 12, 2013
Jim Lauderdale & Buddy Miller Great American Music Hall May 12, 2013
Terrapin Family Band Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 13, 2013
Spring Fling with Phil Lesh Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 13, 2013
San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall May 15, 2013
Béla Fleck Miner Auditorium May 16, 2013
Ross James & Brian Lesh Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 17, 2013
May Ramble with Phil Lesh Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 17, 2013
Stu Allen & Mitch Stein Moss House May 19, 2013
Saffell Yoshi's May 21, 2013
Charles Neville with Youssoupha Sidibe & The Mystic Rhythms Band Yoshi's May 21, 2013
Stu Allen Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 22, 2013
New Century Chamber Orchestra First Congregational Church May 23, 2013
Philip Glass Ensemble: La Belle et la Bête Lam Research Theater @ YBCA May 24, 2013
California Honeydrops 21st Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival @ Aptos Village Park May 26, 2013
Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers 21st Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival @ Aptos Village Park May 26, 2013
James Hunter Six 21st Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival @ Aptos Village Park May 26, 2013
J.J. Grey & Mofro 21st Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival @ Aptos Village Park May 26, 2013
Tedeschi Trucks Band 21st Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival @ Aptos Village Park May 26, 2013
American Jubilee Memorial Day BBQ @ Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 27, 2013
Stu Allen & the Terrapin All-Stars Memorial Day BBQ @ Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 27, 2013
Midnight North Memorial Day BBQ @ Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 27, 2013
Neal Casal & the Terrapin All-Stars Memorial Day BBQ @ Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 27, 2013
Phil Lesh & the Terrapin Family Band Memorial Day BBQ @ Terrapin Crossroads Bar May 27, 2013
San Francisco Symphony with Gautier Capuçon & Juraj Valčuha Davies Symphony Hall May 29, 2013
Miguel Zenón and the Rhythm Collective Miner Auditorium May 30, 2013
Moksha with Apfelbaum, Hartswick and Skerik Sweetwater Music Hall May 30, 2013
Tracorum the Abbey at Hopmonk Tavern May 31, 2013
Moksha with Apfelbaum, Hartswick and Skerik the Abbey at Hopmonk Tavern May 31, 2013

June events

Group Name Venue Date
Terminus Magic Theatre June 06, 2013
Red Fish Blue Fish Faculty Glade June 12, 2013
Chanticleer First Congregational Church June 12, 2013
Salomé (1923 silent film) with live accompaniment by the Bad Plus Hertz Hall June 12, 2013
Mark Morris Dance Group with live accompaniment by the American String Quartet and the Bad Plus Hertz Hall June 13, 2013
Gamelan Sari Raras Hertz Hall June 14, 2013
Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble with the American String Quartet Hertz Hall June 14, 2013
Red Fish Blue Fish Faculty Glade June 14, 2013
Ethan Iverson & Yulia Van Doren Hertz Hall June 15, 2013
Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble Hertz Hall June 15, 2013
Colin Fowler & Red Fish Blue Fish Hertz Hall June 15, 2013
Slide Brothers Brick and Mortar Music Hall June 15, 2013
the New Orleans Suspects Brick and Mortar Music Hall June 15, 2013
June Ramble with Phil Lesh the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads June 16, 2013
James McMurtry; Denver LaguMiniAmphitheaterette June 17, 2013
Frédéric Yonnet Miner Auditorium June 18, 2013
Grégoire Maret Miner Auditorium June 18, 2013
Moksha, with T-Bone Andersson Fish Rock Ranch June 21, 2013
Paul Barrère & Fred Tackett Fish Rock Ranch June 21, 2013
Moksha, with T-Bone Andersson Fish Rock Ranch June 22, 2013
Paul Barrère & Fred Tackett Fish Rock Ranch June 22, 2013
Youn Sun Nah & Ulf Wakenius Yoshi's SF June 23, 2013
Catherine Russell Yoshi's SF June 23, 2013
MTT & San Francisco Symphony play West Side Story Davies Symphony Hall June 27, 2013
Jazz Organ Blowout Dinkelspiel Auditorium June 28, 2013
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Greek Theatre June 29, 2013
Robert Plant & the Sensational Shape-Shifters Greek Theatre June 29, 2013

July events

Group Name Venue Date
Les Contes d’Hoffmann War Memorial Opera House July 03, 2013
Acacia Terrapin Crossroads Patio July 04, 2013
American Jubilee Terrapin Crossroads Patio July 04, 2013
Stu Allen Terrapin Crossroads Patio July 04, 2013
Phil Lesh with Stu Allen and the Terrapin Family Band Terrapin Crossroads Patio July 04, 2013
Stu Allen & Mars Hotel Ashkenaz July 06, 2013
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Mountain Winery July 08, 2013
Railroad Earth Mountain Winery July 08, 2013
Bernie Worrell Orchestra with Jerry Harrison et al Sweetwater Music Hall July 09, 2013
Christine Salem Miner Auditorium July 10, 2013
American Jubilee Terrapin Crossroads Bar July 11, 2013
Amadou & Mariam Davies Symphony Hall July 11, 2013
Alison Miller & Boom Tic Boom Campbell Recital Hall July 12, 2013
Mike Harley Robert Mondavi Winery July 13, 2013
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Robert Mondavi Winery July 13, 2013
Vikki Lee & Russ Whitehead Yoshi's July 18, 2013
Albert Lee Yoshi's July 18, 2013
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio Dinkelspiel Auditorium July 19, 2013
Jane Monheit Miner Auditorium July 20, 2013
David Byrne & St. Vincent Fox Theatre July 21, 2013
Ruth Davies' Blues Night with Henry Butler Dinkelspiel Auditorium July 24, 2013
The Music of Ray Charles, featuring Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers with Quinn DeVeaux & the Quinnettes Miner Auditorium July 27, 2013
Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925), accompanied by Cameron Carpenter Davies Symphony Hall July 28, 2013

Latest Update - August 2013

Finally got around to trying out a new template: adoradark. I like the dark look, but I'm not so enthusiastic about the lack of obvious tweakability (eg., the template seems to be an all or nothing choice without simple user config options). Oh well. Time to dive back into the dokuwiki documentation and see how it goes from there!

After a few hours of goofing around, I'm pretty happy … all I really want to do is to find a good way to replace the wiki logo up in the corner so that my owner-specified logo doesn't get overwritten the next time I swap templates or upgrade the wiki software. I'm not sure the solution I used qualifies as a good fix, but I'm willing to wait until the next upgrade to find out.

For now, only two gripes are yet pending on my short list, and neither has anything to do with the template: - I'm still unable to insert html entities – such code is interpreted literally rather than being transmuted into the appropriate glyphs – further investigation is needed in order to figure out whether this is due to dokuwiki markup or my addition of markdown formatting, but either way, it's a bummer, since I want to be able to decorate my pages a bit. - I haven't yet figured a workaround to allow me to style the same heading with different glyphs … if I were coding directly, I could use css class-ids, but that option appears to be unavailable with dokuwiki markup. I'm sure I'll find a solution sooner or later … just takes patience, right?

So it turns out that because Dokuwiki automatically generates class ids for headers, I can use my custom css to style things in all kinds of crazy ways. This is good. Time to get back to content entry instead of mucking about with the background workings.

August events

Group Name Venue Date
Body Music Workshop with Keith Terry Joe Henderson Lab August 01, 2013
Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes Davies Symphony Hall August 01, 2013
Phish Bill Graham Civic Auditorium August 02, 2013
Americanarama: Ryan Bingham Shoreline Amphitheatre August 04, 2013
Americanarama: My Morning Jacket Shoreline Amphitheatre August 04, 2013
Americanarama: Wilco Shoreline Amphitheatre August 04, 2013
Americanarama: Bob Dylan Shoreline Amphitheatre August 04, 2013
Moonalice AT&T Park August 05, 2013
Chris Potter Dinkelspiel Auditorium August 07, 2013
Telstar with Phil Lesh the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads August 08, 2013
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium August 10, 2013
Terrapin All-Stars Terrapin Crossroads Bar August 11, 2013
Phil Lesh and Friends the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads August 11, 2013
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Veterans' Memorial Auditorium August 13, 2013
Moonalice Union Square Park August 14, 2013
Very Jerry III: It All Rolls into One Ashkenaz August 15, 2013
Josh McIntosh Three AKA Rattlesnake in the Garden Sweetwater Music Hall August 17, 2013
The Fall Risk Sweetwater Music Hall August 17, 2013
David Gans Moss House August 18, 2013
Terrapin All-Stars Terrapin Crossroads Bar August 21, 2013
Stu Allen & Mars Hotel Ashkenaz August 21, 2013
John Beasley & the MONK'estra Big Band Miner Auditorium August 22, 2013
Goat Rodeo Weill Hall August 23, 2013
the Head Band the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads August 31, 2013

September events

Group Name Venue Date
East Bay Grease: A Benefit Concert for Bruce Conte Yoshi's September 03, 2013
Terence Blanchard Quintet with Lionel Loueke and Ravi Coltrane Miner Auditorium September 05, 2013
Midnight North the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads September 06, 2013
Brokedown in Bakersfield the Grate Room at Terrapin Crossroads September 06, 2013
Bill Evans' Soulgrass with Tim Carbone, Steve Kimock and Jeff Pevar Sweetwater Music Hall September 07, 2013
Bill Frisell with Greg Osby and Geri Allen Miner Auditorium September 12, 2013
Bill Frisell with Thomas Morgan and Petra Haden Miner Auditorium September 13, 2013
Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers with Eyvind Kang, Rudy Royston and cartoonist Jim Woodring Miner Auditorium September 14, 2013
Amjad Ali Khan Miner Auditorium September 19, 2013
Allen Toussaint Miner Auditorium September 21, 2013
Mark Karan, Lebo & Robin Sylvester Moss House September 22, 2013
Taco Jam Baja Tacqueria September 23, 2013
Emanuel Ax and the San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall September 26, 2013
Furthur Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley September 27, 2013
Furthur Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley September 28, 2013
Furthur Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley September 29, 2013

October events

Group Name Venue Date
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra with Alessio Bax Zellerbach Hall Auditorium October 03, 2013
Jesse Dee Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 04, 2013
Jesse DeNatale Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 04, 2013
Seldom Scene Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 04, 2013
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 04, 2013
Bonnie Raitt Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 04, 2013
Raw Oyster Cult Sweetwater Music Hall October 04, 2013
Spirit Family Reunion Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 05, 2013
Alison Brown Quintet Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 05, 2013
Tim O'Brien, Bryan Sutton & Mike Bub Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 05, 2013
Holler Down the Hollow Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 05, 2013
Jerry Douglas Band Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 05, 2013
Steve Earle & the Dukes Banjo Stage, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 13 October 05, 2013
Amber Snider Sweetwater Music Hall October 05, 2013
Raw Oyster Cult Sweetwater Music Hall October 05, 2013
Mark Karan & Dave Malone Doug Peter's House October 06, 2013
Sam Shepard's Buried Child Magic Theatre October 08, 2013
SFJAZZ Collective Miner Auditorium October 10, 2013
Olivier Latry Davies Symphony Hall October 12, 2013
John Fogerty Greek Theatre October 12, 2013
SFJAZZ Collective Miner Auditorium October 13, 2013
András Schiff Davies Symphony Hall October 13, 2013
Yuja Wang Davies Symphony Hall October 15, 2013
Phil Lesh & Terrapin Family Band Terrapin Crossroads Bar October 21, 2013
ACS Trio Miner Auditorium October 24, 2013
Dorado Schmitt & the Django All-Stars Miner Auditorium October 25, 2013
American Jubilee the Fillmore October 26, 2013
Anders Osborne the Fillmore October 26, 2013
Silk Road Ensemble Zellerbach Hall Auditorium October 27, 2013
Stu Allen Terrapin Crossroads Bar October 28, 2013
Phil Lesh & Terrapin Family Band Terrapin Crossroads Bar October 28, 2013
Mariza Zellerbach Hall Auditorium October 30, 2013
Gov't Mule, with Robby Krieger Fox Theatre October 31, 2013

November events

Group Name Venue Date
ALO Terrapin Crossroads November 1, 2013
the Fall Risk Ashkenaz November 2, 2013
San Francisco Symphony Davies Symphony Hall November 7, 2013
James Welborn & Friends Private Studio November 8, 2013
Myra Melford's Language of Dreams Yerba Buena Forum November 9, 2013
Pacifica Quartet with Marc-André Hamelin Miner Auditorium November 11, 2013
Victor Lodato's Arlington Magic Theatre November 13, 2013
The Intergalactic Nemesis, a live-action graphic novel: Book One: Target Earth Zellerbach Hall Auditorium November 14, 2013
Alex Nelson & Friends Terrapin Crossroads Bar November 15, 2013
David Nelson Band Terrapin Crossroads November 15, 2013
Vijay Iyer Miner Auditorium November 16, 2013
Danish String Quartet Hertz Hall November 17, 2013
Noah Gunderson Great American Music Hall November 19, 2013
Over the Rhine Great American Music Hall November 19, 2013
Baida Quartet Miner Auditorium November 21, 2013
New Century Chamber Orchestra First Congregational Church November 22, 2013
Michel Bouvard Hertz Hall November 23, 2013
Shai Wosner Hertz Hall November 24, 2013
Jason & Alicia Hall Moran Joe Henderson Lab November 25, 2013
George & Ira Gershin's Porgy & Bess Golden Gate Theatre November 27, 2013
Jazz for Leyte: Phillipine Typhoon Benefit Piedmont Piano Company November 30, 2013

December events

Group Name Venue Date
Jan Lisiecki San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall December 3, 2013
Phil Lesh & Friends Terrapin Crossroads December 4, 2013
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Zellerbach Hall Auditorium December 5, 2013
Giulia Valle Quintet Joe Henderson Lab December 6, 2013
Robert Greenberg & the Alexander String Quartet St. John's Presbyterian Church December 7, 2013
Linked Verse Bing Concert Hall December 7, 2013
Robert Stewart & Chester Thompson Joe Henderson Lab December 12, 2013
Peter Rowan & Friends Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse December 13, 2013
Robert Greenberg & the Alexander String Quartet St. John's Presbyterian Church December 14, 2013
the London Souls Bill Graham Civic Auditorium December 14, 2013
Tedeschi Trucks Band Bill Graham Civic Auditorium December 14, 2013
the Black Crowes Bill Graham Civic Auditorium December 14, 2013
Pat Nevins the New Parish December 19, 2013
Melvin Seals & JGB the New Parish December 19, 2013
La Santa Cecilia the Fillmore December 20, 2013
Los Lobos the Fillmore December 20, 2013
Robert Greenberg & the Alexander String Quartet St. John's Presbyterian Church December 21, 2013
Zigaboo Modeliste & the New Aahkesstra the Fillmore December 21, 2013
Los Lobos the Fillmore December 21, 2013
Phil Lesh & Friends Terrapin Crossroads December 27, 2013
Phil Lesh & Friends Terrapin Crossroads December 28, 2013
Anders Osborne; American Jubilee Terrapin Crossroads December 29, 2013
Terrapin Nation House Party Terrapin Crossroads Dining Room December 30, 2013
Phil Lesh & Friends Terrapin Crossroads December 31, 2013

And so it ends!

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On to 2014!!!