Out There :: Addicted To Memoirs
Just as there are bartenders who struggle with the problems of alcoholism, and drug dealers who grapple with substance addiction, Out There has long suspected that there are restaurant critics who have their own issues around the overconsumption of food.
Suddenly, this summer :: a theater season
Independent productions on Bay Area stages.
Piaf: Love Conquers All
How many lifetimes can an entertainer squeeze into 47 years? Judy Garland certainly lived a life wildly larger than that relatively brief span could suggest, but Edith Piaf even magnified upon that in her own 47 years.
Queer theater faces closure
A San Francisco performance space that's hosted the popular Golden Girls drag shows, among other productions, could close by the end of the month after the fire department found problems there.
Drop in hate crime numbers due to program cuts
A national anti-violence coalition released a report this week that shows declines in the reported number of hate crime victims and survivors, incidents and offenders in 2009.
Legal experts weigh benefits, risks of Prop 8 challenge
The tone was cautiously optimistic at a panel discussion held last week by the San Francisco Bar Association to discuss the federal court challenge to Proposition 8.
Castro project advances as LGBT center seeks zoning change
Nearly two decades after an arsonist burned down a church in the heart of the Castro neighborhood a developer is near final approval to build a mixed-use housing and retail development on what has long been known as the "hole in the ground" site.
Left Of Oz
There have always been summer camps for gay boys. They're called theater camps. There are girls there, too, of course, but love of show tunes is not as likely a sign of a budding lesbian. So are there theater camps for lesbians? I don't know, but if there
Young Frankenstein
It's a small shame that, as Mel Brooks has contended, he was talked into first turning The Producers into a Broadway musical before doing the same with Young Frankenstein. Had the order been reversed, Young Frankenstein might have been seen as an amiable
Out There: That's music to our thirsty ears!
It's been a long wait for diehard Laurie Anderson fans since her last studio album in 2001, but now Homeland is here (from Nonesuch), and it's up to her usual standards of brilliance.
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