[Dixielandjazz] Venetian Room in SF Reopening

[Beth Schweitzer]

What exciting news Bob! The last show I saw there was Rosemary Clooney.
Then after the show we went across the hall and listened to Turk
Murphy's band. It was a great night.

Beth


This from another email list:

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I never saw any ads, so if it had not been for this mention in the
Chronicle column
of the local woman-about-town (Leah Garchik), I would never have known
to start saving
my nickels and quarters:
"The doors to the Venetian Room, which have been shut for 21 years, open
again Oct.
17 when Bay Area Cabaret begins its season there with a performance by
Marvin Hamlisch.
The whole Bay Are Cabaret season -- through the following May -- will be
in the room,
which seats 350 people, and where cocktails will be served. Ticket
holders will be
offered a three-course, $40 dinner in the Laurel Room, free parking and
a reduced
room rate.
"Bay Area Cabaret founder Marilyn Levinson is 'thrilled and honored to
be reopening
this historic room,' and notes that it was in the Venetian Room that
Tony Bennett
introduced [his version of] 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco.'"
I can't wait for more information. The last act I saw there was the
Mills Brothers.
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--Bob Ringwald