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Dilettante 46: Mission Cliffs rock climbing

In dilettante by summerburkesJune 12, 2019Leave a Comment

Rock climbing. No thanks! Mission Cliffs was fairly new when this writer went and tried it; the place still stands and is a destination for wall climbers worldwide. Not me tho.

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Dilettante 45: Butter nightclub opening SF

In dilettante by summerburkesMay 22, 2019Leave a Comment

You can skip Butter.

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Dilettante 44: Graceland

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Elvis: Turns out he’s less problematic in one area than the general public believes, and more problematic in another.

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Dilettante 43: Satan hunt

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Spray tan laughing spreads his wings.

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Dilettante 42: Singles night

In dilettante by summerburkesApril 10, 2019Leave a Comment

In the past two decades since I wrote this column about a singles’ meet-and-greet night in the Bay Area, computer life has turned dating into another avenue for addiction, at least for some.

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Dilettante 41: Popcorn Anti-Theater

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This is it. This is the night the Cacophony Society cemented in my mind the future of surrealist entertainment.

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Dilettante 40: ‘Rent’ (the musical) premiere ’99

In dilettante by summerburkesMarch 13, 2019Leave a Comment

Rent is a reimagined “La bohème” story. Any chance that, when “La bohème” came out in 1896, the hipsters who lived like the characters in that opera were vaguely uncomfortable with their collective portrayal?

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Dilettante 39: SF Chinese New Year’s Treasure Hunt

In dilettante by summerburkesFebruary 27, 2019Leave a Comment

The Chinese New Year’s Treasure Hunt is yet another official-unofficial Cacophony Society production. It could also be classified as a prototypical UrbEx project — a movement Cacophony helped pioneer with events like these.

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Dilettante 38: Grand National car show

In dilettante by summerburkesFebruary 15, 2019Leave a Comment

There are millions of ways Californians spend time to alter vehicles. Home of the desert biker movie, this place has suburbs and suburbs filled with gearheads.

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Dilettante 37: Reefer Madness at the Werepad ’99

In dilettante by summerburkesJanuary 30, 2019Leave a Comment

Repertory cinema houses. That’s another thing the Internet pretty much took out.

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