Some merchants sour on "Milk"
With the Milk movie entering into its third week of production, some Castro merchants have begun to sour on the filming taking place outside their doors.
Ambrosia for men
Curtis Jenkins, that wacky, HIV-positive, middle-aged, unlucky-in-love, natural-born homo from Arthur Wooten's debut On Picking Fruit, returns with more Manhattan high jinx in a sequel that surpasses the first book in laughs, substance and plot.
MRSA media fiasco spawns activist group
In the wake of recent coverage of multi-drug-resistant staph infection in men who have sex with men, a new group is forming in San Francisco. The group - which hasn't been named yet - hopes to deal with the stigma around drug-resistant staph, as well as educate and encourage communication among community members, journalists, doctors, researchers, and health department officials.
Proudly independent: Highlights from the 2008 SF IndieFest
The 10th SF Independent Film Festival (Feb. 7-20 at the Castro, Roxie and Victoria Theatres) comes with high-quality movies, audience and jury prizes, and parties galore.
Prop 93 defeated
Californians saw no need Tuesday to award their current crop of state legislators more time in Sacramento as they rejected a measure that would have changed the state's term limits laws.
A time for us: Olivia Hussey graces the Castro Theatre
Its success was unprecedented. A 17th-century Shakespearian costume drama didn't seem to fit in with the social upheaval of the late 1960s. But in 1968, the counterculture and the mainstream movie-going public were united in their embrace of Franco Zefferelli's Romeo & Juliet, coming to the Castro Theatre on Valentine's Day.
Huckabee brings conservative message to SF
During an appearance in San Francisco Thursday, January 31, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he supports doing more to fight AIDS even though he once said that those living with the disease should be "isolated" from others.
Leno seeks Milk holiday
The premiere for the <italic> Milk </italic> movie now being filmed in the Castro could coincide with the debut of California's 14th official state holiday, should lawmakers pass a bill seeking to proclaim May 22 "Harvey Milk Day."
Party flavors
Your gay Uncle Out There doesn't let a little rain stop him. He was out and about all around town last week, more out than in. Let him catch you up on all the festivities.
Diamond demos on beautiful legs
San Francisco Ballet began their 75th anniversary season last Wednesday night with a gala performance that started off like a shareholder's meeting at Grudge, Grindem, and Weep. It was an evening that strove to impress and certainly did that - the dancers are amazingly skilled, and they gave us their all - but for a while it was very short on fantasy, wit, and graciousness, and despite all the beautiful legs, it seemed it would never get beautiful.
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