San Francisco Examiner publisher Todd Vogt has called off a planned June 30 concert by Michelle Shocked, the singer who had an anti-gay meltdown during a San Francisco concert in March.

For hundreds of thousands of Streisand fans, many of whom were Friends of Dorothy, "Classical Barbra" was the album that first introduced them to the songs of Faure, Debussy, Schumann and Wolf.

The San Francisco Symphony’s Music Director, Michael Tilson Thomas, should get a copyright on the template he has created over the years for captivating music appreciation cum composer celebrations.