Gay softball pioneer Jack McGowan dies
Jack "Irene" McGowan built an inspirational legacy in San Francisco through the sport of softball, but it was his hardball approach to life for which he may best be remembered. On January 23, the man who gave so much of his heart to the sport he loved died after a lengthy battle with heart complications. He was 78.
Bite-size nuggets
An Italian photographer finds traces of the American Dream and the romance of the Old West in his native region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy. Tra la via Emilia e il West, photographs by Paolo Simonazzi, is showing at the gallery of the Italian Cultural Institute, 425 Washington St., SF, through Feb. 5.
'Overnight success' with a back-story
Alison Bechdel's "The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For" has been the preeminent chronicle of contemporary lesbian lives for more than 25 years.
What's so queer about Sundance?
The roughly 200 films unspooling last week at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (from a mind-boggling 9,000 entries) reflect our jittery planet's frayed nerve-endings. Even the handful of queer films seemed to come out of left field. Here are a baker's dozen picks that we hope to be viewing on a screen near us.
Pyrotechnics for a celebration
Our big-time dance season kicked off with San Francisco Ballet's Gala Opening Night, just in time for it to seem like San Francisco's salute to Obama's Inauguration. What a show - deep down, ballet is akin to a big display of fireworks, one starry shape appearing in a flash, only to fade and vanish as another bursts into view, on and on.
Shedding the mask in ballroom dance
Lacquered hair, frozen smiles, unnatural tans, and steel-beam postures are among the clich?s of competitive ballroom dancing. And they're pretty much true, says a former champion from that world who has spent the past decade trying to put the original passion back into dances that began as sensual exchanges in steamy dance halls decades ago.
Dark times continue at the Castro
Author Eddie Muller's annual Noir City Film Festival concludes this week at the Castro Theatre. This year, Muller has highlighted corruption and crime in the world of journalism.
Palm Springs: A good travel value in bad economy
The recession, lower gas prices, and cheaper airline fares have made a trip to Palm Springs a great value. And the city's tourism bureau hopes that more and more Californians will stay in their own backyard for a more economical vacation.
PlanetOut to be de-listed from exchange
PlanetOut, the once venerable LGBT media company and the first to be publicly traded, will be de-listed from NASDAQ due to its merger with Here Media.
Plea entered in gay murder
A man pleaded not guilty last week to the murder of an East Bay gay man and to charges of setting fire to the man's townhouse and stealing rare flutes.
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