New stores raise hopes for Castro revival
A long hoped for turnaround in the Castro's business scene may finally be on the horizon. Several national retailers and local merchants are moving forward with opening stores in the city's gay neighborhood while negotiations heat up for the long vacant Tower Records space on Market Street.
Grand Guignol Coward
It seems an unlikely combination, a Noel Coward play in a Grand Guignol theater. But in 1922, a London company trying to duplicate the success of Le Theatre du Grand-Guignol of Paris chose Coward's one-act play <italic>The Better Half</italic> as part of an evening devoted to naturalistic horror shows. But no blood flows in <italic>The Better Half</italic>, and as Coward later noted, the fit was not a good one.
Milk bust finds City Hall home
A bronze bust of the late Supervisor Harvey Milk, the city's first openly gay politician, has finally found a home inside City Hall. When it is revealed to the public this May 22, what would have been Milk's 78th birthday, it will be placed in the ceremonial rotunda atop the grand staircase of the Beaux-Arts style building.
Coming attractions
New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced the nine productions that will make up its 2008-09 Pride season, a list that includes two world premieres and several Bay Area premieres. In fact, seven of the nine shows will be new to San Francisco audiences, including work by both local and internationally known playwrights.
Off the streets & behind the shutter
Okay, column-reading possums, it's time to catch up with just a few of the many volumes that cross our desk as part of the ever-burgeoning flood of LGBT literature which doth issue from queer presses and mainstream publishing houses alike.
CDC's HIV numbers reflect new reporting data
Names-based reporting of HIV diagnoses totaled 52,878 in the United States in 2006, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 24.
Incoming commanders
It couldn't have been planned better. The newly hired music directors of two of the country's most important symphony orchestras both appeared at Davies Hall in recent weeks. Their bookended guest shots allowed for some revealing insights into the state of the classical big-leagues, and even put our own thriving Northern California scene into perspective.
First grand marshal results announced
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee Inc. has announced the top vote getters of public polling for the 38th annual Pride Parade grand marshals.
One singular sensation
Even before the first chapter of Rechy's deft, inclusive memoir, there's a pseudo-disclaimer that precludes any accusations that he's just another James Frey, crossing the line between fact and fiction.
Maverick studio meets the Castro
Thirty-three films from the vault of United Artists, the studio that pioneered independent film production, highlight its role in undermining Hollywood's once-vaunted production code. United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival brings a month of new prints to the Castro Theatre, April 3 through May 4.
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