The Purple Onion

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <CENTER> <script type='text/javascript'></script><noscript><a href='http://dn-ads.directnic.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=ae8331e9&cb=20091202t' target='_blank'><img src='http://dn-ads.directnic.com/www/delivery/avw.php?campaignid=1&cb=20091202t&n=ae8331e9' border='0' alt='' /></a></noscript></CENTER> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=2 style="border-right: 1px solid #555555;" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="772" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 157 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="d84ff950.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="498"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="contents.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table of Contents">The Folk Memories Archive </A></div> <div> The Purple  Onion</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="921" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1322 WIDTH="489"><div> Those who remember treading those  16 steep steps down to that magical grotto, The Purple Onion, will take heart that, after being closed for a decade following a shooting incident, the 50-year-old club has once more been opened as a comedy venue.</div> <bR> <div> With an effort to capture its former ambience, new owners tephanie and Mario Ascione, who also operate the upstairs restaurant, Macaroni Sciue Sciue have done the place over in dark wood tones with red accents, the brick walls being decorated with musical instruments.</div> <bR> <div> Old friends will happily recognize the backdrop for the stage.  It's  the original orange and purple sign of the club, which was kept in storage and has been carefully restored for its present service.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8dd39900.jpg" border=0 width="313" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> First re-opened on New Years Eve for musical entertainment, the reborn Purple Onion is now primarily featuring stand-up comics in the tradition of the great names who graced it in the glory years.  It can be said that their presence lingers in the walls. As one of the new headliners at  the Purple Onion pointed out, “my jokes feel grander down here. This is a big stage to step on." </div> <bR> <div> More information at: </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.caffemacaroni.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.caffemacaroni.com/">www.caffemacaroni.com</A> </div> <div> and</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.purpleonioncomedy.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.purpleonioncomedy.com/">www.purpleonioncomedy.com</A></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="d885e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="links98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Links"><IMG SRC="d8696190.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div> CONTENTS</div> <bR> <div> Clubs</div> <div> <A HREF="cosmo_alley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cosmo Alley">Cosmo Alley</A> by Barbara Dane</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Terrea Lea on </FONT><A HREF="garret.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Garret">The Garret</A>     </div> <div> Dolan Ellis on <A HREF="dolan_ellis.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portofinos, Scottsdale">Portofino's</A></div> <div> <A HREF="troubadour.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Troubadour">The Troubadour</A>    by Dian James   </div> <div> <A HREF="cellar_door.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Cellar Door">The Cellar Door</A> by Betty Mann</div> <div> <A HREF="hungry_i.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The hungry i">The hungry i</A>  by Pat McCaskey</div> <div> <A HREF="mccabes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="McCabes">McCabe's, Santa Monica</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Golden Bear">The Golden Bear</A>,  Huntington Beach</div> <div> <A HREF="roosevelt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appearing in New York">The</A><A HREF="roosevelt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appearing in New York"> Roosevelt </A> by Betty Mann</div> <div> <A HREF="ash_grove.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ash Grove">The Ash Grove</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id178.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Don Robertson and The Iopan">the Iopan</A>, Santa Barbara</div> <div> <A HREF="cosmo_alley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cosmo Alley">Cosmo Alley</A> by Don Gold</div> <div> <A HREF="santa_barbara.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Santa Barbara Scene">The Santa Barbara Scene</A></div> <div> <A HREF="ice_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ice House">Ice House</A>, Pasadena</div> <div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Nexus">The Nexus, Santa Barbara</A></div> <div> <A HREF="purple.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Purple Onion">The Purple Onion, San Francisco</A></div> <div> <A HREF="tony_townsend.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Noctambulist">The Noctambulist, Santa Barbara</A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="iopan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Starting a Coffee House">Starting Up a Coffee House</A></div> <div> <A HREF="santa_barbara.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Santa Barbara Scene">The Santa Barbara Folk Scene</A>     </div> <bR> <div> People/Groups</div> <div> <A HREF="lou_gottlieb.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lou Gottlieb">Lou Gottlieb</A></div> <div> <A HREF="stan_wilson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stan Wilson">Stan Wilson</A> by Travis Edmonson</div> <div> <A HREF="holstein.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fred Holstein">Fred Holstein</A></div> <div> <A HREF="gateway.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gateway Singers">Gateway Singers</A></div> <div> Bonnie Dobson on <A HREF="bonnie_dobson.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Writing Morning Dew">Morning Dew</A></div> <div> <A HREF="lenny_arrival.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LENNYS FIRST NIGHT AT THE HUNGRY I">Lenny Bruce</A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > by Travis Edmonson</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="danbellack.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dan Bellack Folk Memories">Goldcoast Wanderers and Art, Bart & Fargo</A></div> <bR> <div> .... 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