MAY 10th is MOTHER’S DAY!

Bring Mom in for a free coffee drink of her choice

May Events

Saturday, May 9th – Open mic comedy night, hosted by Liz Grant (check out her new show, Deja Wince, www.lizgrant.com). Discover new and veteran comics in SF’s hopping comedy scene as they try new material at the only open mic in the city on Saturdays. Newbies warmly welcomed! 7:30pm.

Sunday, May 10th – Mothers Day: Farley's annual tradition of honoring all Moms continues; bring Mom in for a free coffee drink of her choice.

Sunday, May 10th – Art Reception: Jakub Kalousek, featuring recent stone lithographs. Live performance by Petr Tittlebach and Misty Kal. Reception 6-9pm.  

Tuesday, May 12th – Storytelling, hosted by Susan Ford. An evening of storytelling, poetry, and spoken word featuring Bill Alvarado, Kate Frankel, Marie Minder, Leigh Radtke, Susan Ford and Ron Jones. Open Mic to follow. Come join us and bring a story or poem, 7pm.

Saturday, May 16th – Live Music: “Living Proof,” featuring Potrero Hill’s own Julian Diamond, is a San Francisco based band of teen musicians who “flat out rock.” Lead vocals are held down by Ameilia Whitehead, guitars by Jeremy Lyon and Julian Diamond, bass by Ben Holiday, keyboards by Jacob Clinton and drums by Elliott Pennington. “Living Proof” plays a variety of rock tunes from the Beatles and Stones to more esoteric favorites, even an original or two. Show starts at 7pm.

Sunday, May 17th – Live Music: “Presidents Breakfast", plays electro-jazz-funk-dub tunes on a Sunday afternoon. Come hear them before they take an extended break, show starts at 2pm.

Thursday, May 21st – Live Music: Terry Haggerty and Randy Craig. Swing by for an interesting night of jazz originals, standards, and improvisation, played by Bay Area legends Terry Haggerty, guitar (Sons of Champlin), Randy Craig, piano (Pickle Family Circus, The Mime Troupe), Steven Strauss, bass, and Peter Tucker, drums. 8pm.

Saturday, May 23rd – Open mic comedy night, hosted by Liz Grant (check out her new show, Deja Wince, www.lizgrant.com). Discover new and veteran comics in SF’s hopping comedy scene as they try new material at the only open mic in the city on Saturdays. Newbies warmly welcomed! 7:30pm.

Monday, May 25th – Memorial Day, open 8am until 10pm.

Wednesday, May 27th – Live Music: The Soul Delights, sounds from the sixties rhythm and blues and soul, 8pm.

Artist and Window Box Display of the Month

Jakub Kalousek was born in 1958, in Prague, Czech Republic and in 1978, Mr.Kalousek emigrated to the United States where he received political asylum in San Francisco in 1980. Mr. Kalousek’s work ranges from various printmaking techniques such as lithography, intaglio, etching to mixed media and painting. In 1988, Mr.Kalousek founded Boron Press, a small independent publishing company devoted to the collaboration between international artists and writers. Mr.Kalousek's work has been exhibited widely including San Francisco MOMA and New York MOMA. His work garnered a number of prizes and has been recipient of awards in the United States and abroad, including LEF Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation. Mr.Kalousek’s work has been regularly appearing in magazines and books in the United States and abroad, as well as in animation, film, and stage design. He is a regular contributor to the Dirty Goat Quarterly. Mr. Kalousek piques viewers’ curiosity by focusing on scenes of the absurd and fortuitous that he poignantly sloughs off from the everyday life scenes". Strong narrative aspect in Mr.Kalousek's work appears as pentimento to the volatile and charged figurative imagery making it ideally suited for many collaborations with literary and stage authors.

News

Farley’s East is Coming!

Yes, the rumors are true. We are opening a shop in Oakland in the Uptown district. With many of our regular customers moving to Oakland over the last twenty years, it only seems right that we offer them a shorter commute. For all you Oaklandish folks out there, send us your thoughts and suggestions for Farley’s East.  Hope to see you all there this Summer. Keep track of our progress at: http://farleyseast.blogspot.com/

Manager’s Corner by Jillian

Hello it’s May! or is it June? It might as well be because time is really flyin’ here at Farley’s. Many of you have noticed some of the changes going on at the shop lately. One day you could come in with your eyes closed and order your coffee and the next day, you are looking at that Apple Danish through glass. It’s looking back at you. It says, “Get me outta here.” You are hungry, so you say ok, Apple Danish, I know a place we can go....”

We felt the need for a pastry case because we wanted something nice to consolidate the pastries in. It makes our job easier and hopefully makes your decisions a little easier to make at the counter.  The pastry case was hand-crafted by our very own Joe Towery who is the manager extraordinaire in-training right now. Joe has a ton of tools and a knack for building things. We are very thankful for what a great job he did building the case and all the hard work and planning that went into it.

In other changes, customers sometimes tell us that our coffee could be a little stronger. In response we have decided to put a little more coffee in the coffee. That is, we have begun adding a little more ground coffee to each batch of coffee. The result is indeed a stronger, more full-bodied cup that I think you all will appreciate. We welcome your feedback, so tell us what you think.

... Stay tuned for more changes as Apple Danish takes a trip to the other end of the counter next month .....

See you in the shop!