Bill's 81st Birthday Bash

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend Bill's 81st Birthday Bash at the Fillmore- a great time seemed to be had by all! Here are few of the photos taken by Jay Blakesberg and more to follow sometime soon....
Happy New Year to All!

	Bob Barsoti, President of BGMF welcomes the crowd
David and Alex Graham, Bill's sons, sharing stories about Bill

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Special Film Presentation July 2-3, 2011

This weekend, July 2nd and 3rd, the Fillmore Street Jazz Festival takes place with the stage located half a block from the Jazz Heritage Center where our exhibit, Presenting: Bill Graham, is housed. In honor of this, we are screening films in the cozy 40 seat Theatre at the Jazz heritage Center. Come check out the Exhibit, and catch a movie at the same time:

Bill Graham on Film – at the Theatre at the Jazz Heritage Center in conjunction with Presenting: Bill Graham in the Lush Life Gallery. 1320-1330 Fillmore St.(near Eddy), San Francisco, CA.

Special Panel Discussion

In honor of Presenting: Bill Graham and that Bill would have been 80 this year, we have put together a Panel Discussion which will take place,

Sunday June 5th at the Lush Life Gallery/Jazz Heritage Center - 1320-1330 Fillmore St., SF
- the "doors" are at 5:00PM and the panel will start around 5:30PM.

Participants include Bob Barsotti, Mickey Hart, Steve Parish, Jerry Pompili, and Bill Thompson
Between them they have countless years of work and play in the world of music, and hopefully many a tale to tell of their travels. Each of them will also be speaking about their friendship, adventures and encounters with Bill Graham.

The Lush Life Gallery, where Presenting: Bill Graham is mounted is quite small - but we will do out best to accommodate folks on Sunday. A $10 donation which will go to the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation and the Jazz Heritage Center is suggested. No one turned away for lack of funds.

PRESENTING: BILL GRAHAM- a collection of remarkable images with narration in Bill's own words. ( This exhibit is now over)

Hello Everyone,

The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation is really pleased to invite you to see Presenting: Bill Graham - a collection of remarkable images with narration in Bill's own words. The exhibit will be available at the Jazz Heritage Center/Lush Life Gallery, 1320-1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco, until mid July and we sincerely hope you enjoy it.

The Gallery is open Wed. - Sat. from 3PM to 10PM and Sundays from 2PM to 8PM, although we have placed a number of things in the lobby to the Jazz Heritage Center which is open daily from 10AM - 11PM. There's no admission charge.

The exhibit was curated by Bob Greenfield, James Olness, and me, Bonnie Simmons, the Executive Director of the Foundation, and the pleasure was definitely all ours. Enormous thanks go to Bill's sons, David and Alex Graham, who made it possible for us to proceed in a manner Bill himself would have appreciated. And thank you to the Jazz Heritage Center and The Koret Foundation for their generous support. Here are a few pictures from the opening reception for Presenting: Bill Graham -

Best, Bonnie Simmons

BGMF board member Rita Gentry, and writer Joel Selvin	The Fillmore lent us an apple tub for a few days, and we thank Ted's Market for the apples too!	Bill's sons, Alex and David Graham
David Graham welcomes folks to the exhibit and chats about the Foundation		co-curator James Olness, Laura Fraenza, and "The Mistress of Design" Arlene Owseichik
Author and co-curator Bob Greenfield, Juliane Dalla Pria, and Alex Graham

BILL'S 80th BIRTHDAY BASH

Thanks to everyone involved in Bill's 80th Birthday Bash, a benefit for the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, January 8th, 2011 at the Fillmore in San Francisco, especially Poor Man's Whiskey, Jackie Greene and Los Lobos who provided the music. Everyone had a great time - it was a very special evening.

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