Steven Short

“Governor Gavin” calls for end to Drug War… News from Washington… Happy 4/20… and more!

(CA Dem.Conv.) // “Governor Gavin” Newsom outlined some of his accomplishments last weekend while he was at the helm of the California ship of state, filling in while Governor Jerry Brown was in China. He jokes that his gubernatorial library is being built in the back of a cannabis dispensary in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury.

THURSDAY

Poems Under the Dome // Go to San Francisco's City Hall to celebrate National Poetry Month. It’s an open-mike event, so bring something to recite, or just listen. It’ll be sheer poetry in either case. // DETAILS: Poems Under the Dome, City Hall, San Francisco, April 18, 5:30pm. Cost: FREE

FRIDAY

Today's local music is by the trio: Manring Kassin Darter. These Bay Area musicians are noted performers on their own, and they combine their talents in this group to create something new – something they call “chamber music for the new century.” They’ll be performing this coming Saturday, April 20th at Studio 55 in San Rafael, starting at 8pm.

Public Enemy No. 1 in Chicago… Grow hemp, if you dare… Political action in California… Colbert’s audience goes “whoo”… and more!

(Associated Press) // A Mexican drug lord has been named “Public Enemy No. 1” in Chicago, even though he’s never visited the city. The DEA office there says expansion by Mexican cartels into America’s heartland is among organized crime’s most serious threats to the US.

Today we're featuring Ken Ueno, a composer and vocalist, currently on the faculty at UC Berkeley. He specializes in what is known as “extended techniques,” such as overtones and Tuvan throat-singing. Next Tuesday, April 16th, he joins two other Bay Area musicians who use “extended techniques” as part of the “SF Sound Salon Series.” This takes place at the Center for New Music on Taylor Street in San Francisco. And please note: the performance begins at 7:49pm.