Bohemian Club, Private club in Nob Hill, San Francisco, US.
The Bohemian Club is a private organization housed in a six-story brick building at the corner of Post Street and Taylor Street in Nob Hill, San Francisco. The interior includes several dining rooms, a library, a theater, and a gallery for art exhibitions.
Journalists, artists, and musicians founded the organization in 1872 as a meeting place for creative professionals. Over time, membership opened to business leaders and political figures, changing the social composition.
The name refers to the founding composition of artists and journalists who first gathered here. Today the building displays artworks and hosts cultural events, while members continue to organize theatrical and musical productions.
The building sits centrally in Nob Hill, a neighborhood known for historic hotels and steep streets. Since this is a private members-only organization, access is restricted to members and their guests.
Members gather each summer for a multi-day retreat at Bohemian Grove, a forested property in Sonoma County with cabins and an amphitheater. A ceremony called Cremation of Care takes place there before a large concrete structure shaped like an owl, built in the late 1920s.
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