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May 11, 2016
 FYI,
both of Peter's memoirs are now available at
Audible.com. What a treat to hear Peter narrate
his own books! For more information on each of these
books, click on the book covers below.
May 4, 2016
The
San Francisco Film Society presented the 2016 George
Gund III Craft of Cinema Award to Peter during the
59th San Francisco International Film Festival. The
ceremony was held on April 25th at Film Society Awards
Night at Fort Mason Center. The award honors a worthy
member of the filmmaking community for outstanding and
unique contributions to the art of cinema. Noah Cowan,
executive director of the SF Film Society, said, "Peter
Coyote is a Bay Area institution, and he has been an
integral part of this film community for decades. His
tireless efforts in defense of the arts are truly
inspiring, and it is a great pleasure to be honoring
someone whose values so closely reflect our own as an
organization". He was presented with the award by his
good friend, writer Rebecca Solnit. "I think there are
many more worthy people than me," confessed Coyote of
his award, "but I’m very flattered and very honored
because this is my hometown."
Peter, who now lives in Sebastopol, counts the San
Francisco International Film Festival as one of his
favorites. "It’s not as snooty as any of the festivals
in L.A.," he said. "But it’s a little snootier than Mill
Valley."
At the end of the evening Peter, clutching his award,
said, ""I wish you all peace, absolute enlightenment and
a long life. Thank you very much."
Peter's
latest book, "The Rainman's
Third Cure" has been nominated for the Northern
California Book Award in Creative Nonfiction as one of
the best works by a northern California author published
in 2015. The 35th Annual Northern California Book Awards
will be held Sunday, May 15, 2016, in Koret Auditorium,
San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin, at Grove, at
1:00 p.m. Immediately following the awards, the book
signing reception for all nominated books will take
place in the Latino/Hispanic Room at the Library.
On
April 25th Fandor.com posted an excellent
interview with Peter. I especially relished author
Jonathan Kiefer's description of Coyote - "At
seventy-four, the former well-born New York Jewish kid,
bohemian wayfarer, self-administrator of a shamanic
1960s name change, alumnus of the San Francisco Diggers
and the San Francisco Mime Troupe (not to mention films
by Almodóvar, Polanski, Soderbergh, Spielberg), one-time
California Arts Council chairman, ordained Zen priest
and bracingly reliable narrator of Ken Burns
documentaries, certainly has been around." You can
read the interview
at this link.
On
April 6th Peter was in New York at a lower east side
launch party. Guests gathered at The New Museum to
enjoy live music, cocktails and art in celebration of
204 Forsyth, a new boutique condominium. On the far
right in this photo is Peter's son Nick.
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