Ignore this message if you're not going to be in San Francisco on Saturday, February 28, 2009. That would mean you're not going to be attending the Wondercon in that city that weekend.
If you are attending the Wondercon (or even if you're just in Frisco for other reasons — like, say, you live there) this might interest you. I often wax enthusiastic here about Frank Ferrante and his wonderful show, An Evening With Groucho. In it, Frank somehow turns himself into Groucho Marx for a couple of hours, during which he tells the man's life story, sings his best songs and insults almost everyone in the first eight rows. A great theatrical experience if I do say so…and since it's my blog, I get to say so.
Frank is doing two performances in San Francisco on 2/28/09. They're at 5 PM and 8 PM at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. If you wanna go, order tickets now because they seem to be selling quickly. One reason for that may be that I've bought out an entire row for the 8 PM performance…but also, Frank is popular in that town from the work he does in his "other" job, starring in Teatro ZinZanni. So if you want to come as close as you're ever going to come to spending an evening with Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush, act now.