Joyce DiDonato Triple Play
The American mezzo, quite possibly the only singer today about whom there may be universal audience and critical agreement - dat she da man - appears in three recent recordings that show her artistic range.
SF Trans Woman Faces Life in Prison
A transgender San Francisco woman with a criminal history stretching back more than 20 years could be sentenced to life in prison after being charged in a November 2011 home burglary.
My Fair (and Desanitized) Lady
Where, you might ask, are those musicals that once sent us back into the summer night with a buoyant step and a song to hum? We have one of those for you this week!
AIDS Talk Ignores Gays
Neither the speeches given nor the papers contributed to the journal mentioned the group hardest hit by HIV on all continents.
City College Feels Heat After Stinging Report
The report, highlighting that City College is poorly run, aimed to have the school meet a few of the eligibility requirements for state accredited colleges.
What's Up in the Galleries This Summer?
Even as the fog surges into the city, things are heating up at local galleries, where there's no such thing as summer vacation. Here is a quartet of exhibitions around town worth taking a look at.
DOJ Asks for Court Review of DOMA
In a move that may well expedite the U.S. Supreme Court's consideration of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama administration, through the Department of Justice, asked the high court to review a pair of cases challenging DOMA's constitutionality.
'Farewell, My Queen'
Farewell, My Queen is vastly superior to Sofia Coppola's disappointing Marie-Antoinette (2006) with Kirsten Dunst, or MGM's extravagant 1938 version, starring Norma Shearer.
Nightlife 'War' Shows Signs of a Detente
Nightlife denizens and club owners have long been pitted against San Francisco police and homeowners in what some have dubbed a "war on fun" that has raged on since the dot-com boom in the late 1990s.
Global Drug War Fuels AIDS, Report Says
The worldwide war on drugs is a key factor fueling the global HIV/AIDS epidemic among drug users and their sexual partners, and major policy changes are urgently needed, according to a new report released by the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
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