SF Pride boards expand; key staffer leaves
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee is welcoming new people to its boards even as a key staffer has departed after only a few months with the organization.
Alice Ripley Sings The Bipolar Blues
The shower that Alice Ripley takes after each performance of Next to Normal is more than a typical hygienic exercise. It is part of her ritual of shedding the skin of the troubled character she portrays.
Festival celebrates Film Noir at the Castro
This year's Noir City film festival at the Castro Theatre, running Jan. 21-30, includes many rarely seen, dark takes on human nature. Viewers will be looking over their shoulders on their way home from the screenings.
Out There :: Worldwide homoerotic appeal
It's always gratifying when an artist with a clearly homoerotic body of work finds international recognition and honors beyond the gay ghetto.
Two weeks of guest soloists at Davies
Charging forward into the new year and the second part of the subscription concerts season with gusto and post-holiday resolve, the San Francisco Symphony has already presented two interesting programs.
Handel Mezzo-Soprano Opera Arias / Ombra Cara
Whether or not Handel was gay - unknown, probably unknowable, but much harder to argue no than yes - the evidence of his 40-plus operas is that he had insights into the feminine granted to few composers of any age.
Displaying queer Jewish writers
It is quite rare to see writers in their environment, but a quarter-century ago, when the closet was still very real and death was knocking on gay men's doors, a photographer took it upon himself to show queer writers' lives.
Stephen Sondheim strikes back at critics ('ignoramuses,' he says)
Stephen Sondheim has taken his hits from critics, now in his new book, he strikes back.
Looking critically at queer film
The Queer Film Classics series is an ambitious project by Arsenal Pulp Press from Vancouver, BC, to critically explore 21 films that have been important in LGBT film history.
Coming soon to an art gallery near you
Gathering from what's on view at several local galleries in these, the early months of the fledgling New Year, artists have plenty pressing on their teeming brains, from volatile pumpkins and the politics of fashion.
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