Tonga Room and Tiki Talk on KQED forum - General Tiki

C coruscate Member Petaluma & Point Reyes Station Joined: Nov 26, 2007 Posts: 149	C coruscate Posted posted on Wed, Sep 9, 2009 1:48 PM On KQED Forum, Michael Krazny discussed the Tonga Room and other aspects of Bay area Tiki culture. It will be rebroadcast tonight, you can look for streaming audio here once they post it: http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R909091000 Coruscate
S SuperEight Member Palo Alto Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 270	S SuperEight Posted posted on Wed, Sep 9, 2009 1:58 PM Not enough talk about the Tonga Room specifically but it was great to hear Otto Von Stroheim being quoted by the host as an authority.
N Norcal_Kahuna Tiki Centralite San Francisco Joined: Sep 08, 2009 Posts: 19	N Norcal_Kahuna Posted posted on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:58 AM PRESS RELEASE SAVE THE TONGA ROOM RALLY AT SMUGGLER’S COVE SAN FRANCSICO 650 Gough Street (at McAllister), San Francisco, California Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 from 5:00 until 7-ish SAN FRANCISCO, CA - To all concerned San Franciscans, Tiki freaks, Dionysians and Sybarites, midcentury fans, and rum aficionados; come one and come all to a gathering at Smuggler’s Cove (650 Gough St. San Francisco, CA 94102) on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 starting at 5:00PM to sign a petition opposing the demolition of the Tonga Room to make way for a parking garage and yet more luxury condominiums. After you sign the petition, stay a while and enjoy a fantastic rum cocktail or two while you mix and mingle with like-minded people and listen to Exotica under the soft glow of Tiki torches and beachcomber lamps. Around 6:00 PM, Chris VerPlanck and Erica Schultz of S.O.S. Tonga will provide a brief update on efforts to save the Tonga Room and exhort you to contact your local supervisors and the president of the Historic Preservation Commission, urging them to designate the Tonga Room as a local San Francisco Landmark. Mahalo! For more information, contact Chris VerPlanck at [email protected]

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coruscate Posted posted on Wed, Sep 9, 2009 1:48 PM

On KQED Forum, Michael Krazny discussed the Tonga Room and other aspects of Bay area Tiki culture.
It will be rebroadcast tonight, you can look for streaming audio here once they post it:
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R909091000

Coruscate

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SuperEight Posted posted on Wed, Sep 9, 2009 1:58 PM

Not enough talk about the Tonga Room specifically but it was great to hear Otto Von Stroheim being quoted by the host as an authority.

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Norcal_Kahuna Posted posted on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:58 AM

PRESS RELEASE

SAVE THE TONGA ROOM RALLY AT SMUGGLER’S COVE SAN FRANCSICO
650 Gough Street (at McAllister), San Francisco, California
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 from 5:00 until 7-ish

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - To all concerned San Franciscans, Tiki freaks, Dionysians and Sybarites, midcentury fans, and rum aficionados; come one and come all to a gathering at Smuggler’s Cove (650 Gough St. San Francisco, CA 94102) on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 starting at 5:00PM to sign a petition opposing the demolition of the Tonga Room to make way for a parking garage and yet more luxury condominiums. After you sign the petition, stay a while and enjoy a fantastic rum cocktail or two while you mix and mingle with like-minded people and listen to Exotica under the soft glow of Tiki torches and beachcomber lamps. Around 6:00 PM, Chris VerPlanck and Erica Schultz of S.O.S. Tonga will provide a brief update on efforts to save the Tonga Room and exhort you to contact your local supervisors and the president of the Historic Preservation Commission, urging them to designate the Tonga Room as a local San Francisco Landmark. Mahalo!

For more information, contact Chris VerPlanck at [email protected]