Boys Will Be Boys
Ben Franklin once said, "Originality is the art of concealing your sources." If that be so, you will find no art in Boys Will Be Boys. Some fun, yes; some laughs, yes; some originality, no, no, a thousand times no. This goofily gay musical revue with a wisp of a plot begs, borrows, and steals from whatever it can get its claws onto. Pussy claws, mind you, not the cat kind that can actually raise a welt of wicked wit.
Showing off their school figures
In Russia before the Revolution, one of the great social events of the year was the spring performance of the Imperial Ballet School, which trained the dancers for the Tsar's theater. These recitals were widely reported in the press, and the balletomanes all had their favorites. Pavlova, Nijinsky, Karsavina were all spotted early. Nijinsky was in fact already famous, having danced featured roles on the stage of the Maryinsky.
John Waters - The bard of Baltimore (& SF & Provincetown)
In his new creative nonfiction book Role Models (Farrar Straus Giroux), independent film director John Waters writes about people who have inspired him in his brilliant career.
GLAAD Awards :: Out & proud in show business
GLAAD Media Awards handed out in SF
Andy Bell's new solo flight is 'Non-Stop'
Like the genealogy of its monarchy, Britain's pop music scene is full of dotted lines. Vince Clarke founded, among several early efforts, the electropop group Depeche Mode in 1980, after which he teamed up with Alison Moyet for the synthpop sound of Yazoo. Moving on, in 1985 he advertised for a singer for his next project, met Andy Bell, and formed Erasure, one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and 90s.
Russian River getaways offer beauty, fun
"It's my favorite getaway," said Linda Stiles as she embraced her girlfriend in the pool at the gay Russian River Resort. She added that she gets to the Sonoma County town of Guerneville several times a year.
Support grows for Jane Warner plaza proposal
A proposal to name the Castro's pedestrian plaza in honor of a lesbian law enforcement official who died this month is gaining ground with residents of the city's LGBT neighborhood.
Ugandan civil rights leader speaks in SF
When he was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1964, Christopher Senyonjo couldn't have predicted the pivotal role that he would one day play in the fight for African LGBT equality.
San Francisco celebrates Milk Day
Upwards of 1,200 people turned out in the Castro to mark the first Harvey Milk Day in California in front of the slain politician's former camera store and residence. There, the city dedicated a new plaque bearing Milk's profile above his quote, "Burst down those closet doors once and for all and stand up and start to fight."
'Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay'
If you've been looking forward to Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musee d'Orsay, the blockbuster exhibition of nearly 100 paintings that opened at the de Young Museum last week, and you're expecting an easily digestible parade of familiar, iconic works of Classical Impressionism, you will be in for something of a surprise.
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