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Bay seniors have their last chance this summer to pay nothing to see a film in the legendary Top of the Mark Lounge. On Saturday September 6, Clint Eastwood’s 1979 “Escape from Alcatraz” will be screened. Wine tasting starts at 5:30. The show goes on at 7:30. And if you can believe it, there is […]

Bay Area seniors who want more for the $7.75 discount admission than seats in a cold-hearted multiplex with too many commercials, are encouraged to trek to the Alameda Theater. This deco film palace was restored a few years ago to its original grandeur, its gorgeous lobby now as grand as ever, with silver and gold […]

Bay seniors with their doubts about religion will no doubt find themselves sitting quite comfortably in the skeptical audience at the Roxie Theater in SF on Sunday Aug 21 for the Atheist Film Festival. Among promised presentations are the first atheist musical. Tickets start at $12 for a single film to $40 for a whole […]

Bay seniors who’ve overcome their prejudices against ranch house architecture have a chance this Saturday to visit one of the jewels of that style – The Frank Lloyd Wright designed Buehler House in Orinda. Built in 1948 in a style Wright called Usonian (for USA.  He thought “American” was too broad a term) that featured […]

For Bay seniors who are quietly envious of the kids who get to spend the night at the Academy of Sciences, we have good news. Sleepovers for adults have started though the schedule has not been inked in. Bring your own sleeping bag. It’s $99 for members and $199 for non-members. Add $80 if you […]

The senior who has left the most  indelible and digestible mark on Bay Area life is celebrating her 40th anniversary next month. Alice Waters, whose Chez Panisse restaurant is the mother ship of California Cuisine (local ,fresh, unfussy) will be feting herself with an ongoing series of  special events including meals cooked by  local gastronomic […]

Nostalgic Bay seniors ready to relive their youthful Kerouacian fantasies might want to check out “Magic Trip”, a documentary reconstructed from footage of a 1964 road trip led by Ken Kesey and Neal Casady. The LSD and speed –fueled journey aboard a bus blazing with psychedelia has been reassembled by Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest […]

Seniors, to put it frankly, can be absent minded. So this is a reminder to you about the spectacularly private photography museum open on Pier 24, mentioned here last year.Their current exhibit, through December 16, is a homage to the Bay Area with a stellar list of contributors from the past 125 years including Muybridge, […]