Third Eye Blind films “Semi-Charmed Life” near the old Hibernia Bank
Stephan Jenkins walks along Valencia Street in the video. At 22nd and Valencia, a man types outside Boogaloos across from the former Hibernia Bank.
Culture
On screen
Music, performance, and art
Robin Williams drops in at The Mock Café and The Marsh
Robin Williams performed surprise sets at The Mock Café at 1074 Valencia and at The Marsh in 2000. Comedian W. Kamau Bell recalled people gathering at the café when they heard Williams was performing.
From Bajone’s jazz club to The Marsh
Johnny Bajone, listed at No. 17 in 1981 and 1982, operated the jazz club around the corner at 1062 Valencia. Mal Waldron played there in 1983. The Latin rock band Malo drew a packed house there in 1988, after Ernie Meyer took over. The Marsh moved into the former club in 1992.
Film, poetry and live performance around Hill
Irving Institute hosted a projected-slide show with live music and an English clergyman’s talk on Tennyson.
1891 slide show 1893 Tennyson talk
- 1972Poets and publishers gather at 1018 Valencia
- 1983Mal Waldron plays next to Hill Street
- 1985African Roots of Jazz books a reunion at Bajone’s
- 1988Malo plays a packed homecoming show at Bajone’s
- 1992The Marsh takes over the former Bajone’s jazz club
- 2004Brian Copeland premieres his solo show at The Marsh
- 2009Rumba musicians take to the street at Valencia and 22nd
- 2012, 2023Sunday Streets reaches Hill and Valencia
- 2012Lost Weekend Video screens films in its basement
- 2014Lit Crawl brings comics to The Marsh Café
- 2023Sunday Streets returns to Hill and Valencia
- 2025Valencia Lights chooses the former Hibernia bank for outdoor projections