A Screening of "The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon"

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The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 7:00 pm
Museum of Performance & Design, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Veterans Building, 4th floor
San Francisco

The documentary film The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon will be screened Friday, April 2 at the Museum of Performance & Design as part of the current exhibition Somethin’s Happening Here: Bay Area Rock ‘n’ Roll 1963-73. The Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada was the first of the dancehall venues, a place where the Wild West was enacted on a daily basis and a new kind of rock ‘n’ roll was being played. The evening includes a conversation with the film’s director, Mary Works, and musicians Peter Albin (Big Brother and the Holding Company), Stephen Ehret (The Wildflower) and Mike Wilhelm (The Charlatans). Admission is $20.00 general / $15.00 for MPD members. For reservations visit the Museum online at http://www.mpdsf.org, email tonyb@mpdsf.org or call (415) 255-4800 ext. #19.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Museum of Performance & Design is the first museum in the country dedicated exclusively to the performing arts and theatrical design. The Museum’s mission is to educate people of all ages about the impact and value of the performing arts in their lives through exhibitions, programming, and research. In addition the Museum collects, preserves, and makes accessible performance and design materials that reflect our diverse culture.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Somethin’s Happening Here: Bay Area Rock ‘n’ Roll 1963-73
Now on view through August 28, 2010
Museum of Performance & Design, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Veterans Building, 4th floor – San Francisco
Wednesday-Saturday 12:00-5:00 pm
Free for MPD Members / $5.00 suggested donation for general public

Somethin’s Happening Here: Bay Area Rock ‘n’ Roll 1963-73 at the Museum of Performance & Design (MPD) charts the Bay Area rock scene from the folk-infused early ‘60s to the last days of the Fillmore West. The exhibition is an unprecedented, in-depth examination of this incredibly diverse era—dispelling its myths and offering a fresh look at this well-known subject—all evoked in a blaze of sight and sound with a wealth of original posters, images, instruments, and costumes on display.

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