Embarcadero Center Lighting Ceremony

When the skyscrapers of the Embarcadero Center are outlined with thousands of little white lights, it has a profound transformation on San Francisco’s appearance. The switch is thrown on the lights during the annual Lighting Ceremony, providing locals with their sign the holidays have arrived. The ceremony and celebration includes family entertainment, food and activities, and also features the début of the Kristi Yamaguchi Holiday Ice Rink. Activities conclude with an elaborate fireworks display over the Bay.

June 27, 2009. Tags: , , , . Uncategorized. Comments off.

Green Machine

Green Machine

June 19, 2009. Tags: , , , . Uncategorized. Comments off.

sacre coeur.

sacre coeur.

June 13, 2009. Tags: , , , , . Uncategorized. Comments off.

Rosario Suárez, Toni Candeloro + il Balletto di Puglia

Miami-Cuban Rosario Suárez, Italian dancer Toni Candelero and the Balletto di Puglia present this mixed programme dedicated to Anna Pavlova. The troupe present various pieces originally choreographed by Fokine, among them ‘Les Sylphides’, ‘The Death of a Swan’ and ‘Egyptian Night’. Under the artistic direction of Anna Cuocolo, the show is accompanied by an exhibition of photographs of Anna Pavlova. Dating back 80 years, the photos portray the prima ballerina who gave up the chance to dance with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in order to promote dance in the remotest corners of the world.

June 12, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , . Uncategorized. Comments off.

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Named after their Physical Education teacher Leonard Skinner back in Florida in the ’60s, these gutsy Southern rock stalwarts return with a new album ‘Edge Of Forever’, and their first London date in two years. Despite their tragic history (two band members died in a plane crash in 1977, another of pneumonia in 1990) they are impressively invincible.

June 2, 2009. Tags: , , . Uncategorized. Comments off.

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