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Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

November’s readers will tackle the theme of literal and metaphorical journeys, so make a special trip of your own to the Barbershop, where you can enjoy an eclectic mix of genres and styles in a casual, irreverent, unpretentious setting. As the Examiner described a recent Barbershop event: “For only $5 at the door, this event, [...]

Press Review of BE AFRAID!

Forgive your host for his apparent neglect of this blog, but he has been hiding in the desert for the last two weeks, trying to push his book a little closer towards finished. And now I’ll drop the pretentious use of the third person to tell you that I’m a little behind on hammering out [...]

Press Plug

7×7 Magazine singles out the Barbershop’s next event, “Be Afraid!,” as one of the BEST OF LITQUAKE.  Thanks to my Litquake co-producer Liam Passmore for his stellar PR work. Hope you’ll join us for an evening jam-packed with talent.  Saturday, October 10th, at 8 pm.

Join Us Tomorrow, Saturday, June 6th

The SF Bay Area Arts Newsletter says there is “a lot of buzz” about our first event. Seating, especially the cool retro barber chairs, is limited!
Please join us for the very first event in the Barbershop Reading Series. In honor of the occasion, and our location, our theme will be “A Brand New ‘Do,” and [...]

From SF WEEKLY

BEST BARBERSHOP 2009
Joe’s Barbershop
It should surprise no one that gay men commonly harbor barbershop fantasies. If you’re like a lot of guys who languished through closeted childhoods in Middle America, then you spent every third or fourth Saturday waiting with your Dad and brothers and a roomful of other men for Tom or Bob or [...]

Press for The Barbershop Reading Series

Thanks to Cynthia Shannon of The Northern California Book Publicity & Marketing Association, who featured us on their blog, The Monday Muse. Here’s an excerpt:
“There’s a new show in town, and publicists and authors will want to pay extra attention to this. Michael McAllister, a recent Columbia MFA graduate, has returned to the Bay [...]