Mammals gone wild!
Give yourself a break, leave the income taxes behind, and congratulate yourself on making it this far. If nothing else, Extreme Mammals: the Biggest, Smallest and Most Amazing Mammals of All Time, the latest information-packed show at the California Academy of Sciences, alerts us to the alarming statistics regarding the extinction of species on the planet, i.e., 99% of all mammals are now kaput, and offers up some much-needed perspective.
George Kuchar - Beyond the planet of the Kuchars
"Not everyone digs underground movies, but those who do can dig them here." This backhanded compliment could easily serve as an epitaph to a pair of Bronx-born twin brothers, but as you'll quickly discover watching It Came from Kuchar, Jennifer M. Kroot's incisive, humane and at times hilarious portrait of George and Mike Kuchar, these guys are still very much alive and kicking, and making almost indescribably crazy movies.
Ex-Pride main stage producer returns
With just 11 weeks until the 40th anniversary celebration of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade and festival, organizers this week said they have a producer for the main stage.
Larry Marietta conducts Handel's 'Semele' with San Francisco City Chorus
If music be the food of love, Handel's Semele (1743) is the ambrosia of pagan ecstasy. A romantic romp featuring dynamics, harmonics, and counterpoint worthy of his Messiah, this Greek-god-inflected oratorio is an inch away from opera, and kissing cousins with Cole Porter at his most insouciant. Think Out of This World. When the San Francisco City Chorus unleashes its charms this weekend, I'll be the big dyke in the back in a tux, singing tenor.
ACT announces shows for its 2010-11 season
Seven years ago, Armistead Maupin was in his Ashbury Heights living room, talking about his second tour of duty as a Pride parade grand marshal. The conversation veered to a musical based on his 1978 novel Tales of the City, a project then gaining momentum. Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello, and Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) had been considered to write the score, and Chicago's Goodman Theatre was on board to produce the world premiere. None of that happened.
Human Rights Commissioner August Longo dies
San Francisco Human Rights Commissioner August J.P. Longo, a longtime Democratic Party official and ferocious advocate for people with disabilities, died Tuesday, April 6 at his home in the South of Market District. He was 65.
Nightlife concerns top the agenda in D6 supe race
As fights over the city's Entertainment Commission have dominated City Hall debate of late and drawn increased scrutiny from the news media, nightlife concerns are at the top of the agenda in the District 6 supervisor race.
Ex-worker appealing decision in GSA Network suit
A former employee of a San Francisco-based organization for LGBT and allied youth is appealing a judge's decision that there's nothing in her case that can go to trial.
Oakland set to get its Pride back this year
Oakland is set to get its Pride back this year.
Supes told of LGBT harassment in city shelters
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos was among those expressing support last week for an LGBT-friendly shelter after dozens of people testified at a Board of Supervisors committee hearing about harassment in San Francisco's shelters.
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