From SFGate:
John Lydon Interview
The front man of Public Image Ltd. and the Sex Pistols releases Mr. Rotten’s Scrapbook, an autobiographical book made up of original illustrations, anecdotes and photographs.
From The Bay Citizen:
While Red Vic Faces Grim Reaper, Parkway Theater Reborn
Independent movie theaters have been hurting for awhile, but Oakland’s Parkway starts anew. Also, check out John Waters Gives Christmas Present to Roxie Theater. (Listen Waters read on The Writers’ Block.)
From the Los Angeles Times:
Museum of Contemporary Art Commissions, Then Paints Over, Artwork
An antiwar mural by street artist Blu on the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has been whitewashed.
From SFGate:
De Young Draws the Line on Sketching
Despite the the age-old tradition of sketching in museums, pencil-haters are policing the de Young’s special exhibits.
From The Bay Citizen:
New Director Wants to Open Museum’s Trove (Slideshow)
Mari Lyn Salvador, the director of Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley, has embarked on the ambitious effort to centralize the museum’s some four million items and bring it to the public.
