Evolving the Story of "Milk"
San Franciscans may have noticed the old Castro District undergoing a subtle facelift these past few weeks as our queer global village prepares to play itself in the long-awaited theatrical treatment of the life, times, politics and martyrdom of our own favorite Saint, Harvey Milk.
Film crew descends on Castro
Hollywood hit town this week and the buzz in the city's gay community over filming of a biopic on the late Supervisor Harvey Milk, the country's first out gay man elected to office, was palpable.
In Gabriel's Kitchen
Ah, young love, first love. As two 18-year-old boys experience their first gay kiss on a footbridge high above a busy highway, they swoon with emotion - and also take time to discuss the high number of suicides undertaken from the bridge. This, class, is called foreshadowing, as practiced in Salvatore Antonio's play <italic>In Gabriel's Kitchen</italic>.
Tax preparers predict headaches for DPs
Doing one's taxes rarely is greeted with a smile. This year in particular, there are likely to be few happy same-sex couples filling out returns.
For he's a jolly old fellow: Honoring Marc Huestis
Most of the folk who came to see San Francisco film persona Marc Huestis honored for his contributions at the Board of Supervisors earlier this month were on time for a 3:30 p.m. ceremony, but the esteemed body actually did something unheard of - they ran early. Lucky enough to be in the audience was a smattering of Huestis' glam friends including Frameline's Michael Lumpkin, DJ Bus Station John, Kabuki Hot Spring madame Kathy Nelsen, Castro Theatre manager Mark Ganter, filmmaker Eric Smith and SF theatre maven F. Allen Sawyer.
Taking Over
It's the urban conundrum, gritty areas caught between the rock of economic revitalization (good) and the hard place of ensuing gentrification (bad). Market forces command that, in most cases, it's eventually all or nothing.
UCSF apologizes for MRSA release
Research from the University of California, San Francisco documenting the spread of the USA300 strain of methicillin-resistant <italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic> or MRSA among gay males in San Francisco and Boston is not homophobic, but the same cannot be said of subsequent promotion and media coverage of that research.
Prez hopefuls hit California
Gearing up for the first meaningful presidential primary in years, Democratic voters in California are starting to see television commercials, and in some cases, the candidates themselves.
State rolls out DP tax change
State tax officials are holding town hall meetings throughout the state this month to educate registered domestic partners on how they will be required - for the first time - to file their state taxes jointly this tax season.
Groups planning gay Oscar events react to uncertainty
The San Francisco nonprofit that raises hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to distribute to HIV/AIDS organizations plans to hold its annual Oscar gala Sunday, February 24, even if there's no television show.
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