Maternal impersonation
Bay Area audiences seldom get to see David Greenspan, recently described by <italic>The New York Times</italic> as one the theater's "glorious freaks," in his guise as an actor or playwright. But that will soon change as an old and a new project temporarily dislodge him from the Manhattan apartment he shares with his partner of nearly 25 years.
It's a small world, after all: SF Ethnic Dance Fest
Every January, many ethnic dance companies gather at the Palace of Fine Arts to compete for a coveted space in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. It's a Bay Area tradition that dates back several years and is unique to this particular community of dancers. While there is obviously a competitive nature at the event, the focus is on seeing old friends and watching peers perform.
Newsom announces new LGBT staffers
Mayor Gavin Newsom welcomed half a dozen new LGBT administrators and commissioners to his administration this week as he kicked off his second term in office.
Happy nude queer 2008!
So Out There thought that ringing in the new year 2008 with dynamo lesbian comedian Marga Gomez would turn out to be a pretty good idea, but we were unprepared for just how giggly great <italic>Theatre Rhinoceros presents Marga Gomez's New Year's Eve Spectacular with special guest Ali Mafi - The Queerest Comedy Event of the Year</italic> would turn out to be.
Tense meeting with HRC over ENDA
The transgender president of the San Francisco Police Commission bluntly returned the Equality Award she received from the Human Rights Campaign during what was described as a tense meeting last weekend between members of the Bay Area trans community and HRC President Joe Solmonese.
Good morning, 'Berlin & Beyond'
This 13th edition of <italic>Berlin & Beyond</italic> (German-language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland) unspools at the Castro Theatre January 10-16, with over 30 programs, panels and parties.
Newsom stresses diversity in speech
Mayor Gavin Newsom began his second term in office Tuesday, January 8 with a stinging rebuke for those who complain about "San Francisco values" during his inaugural speech.
A boy and his country are violated
Boys don't cry, and serious critics aren't supposed to, but I'll confess this San Francisco-penned saga of friendship betrayed and the rape of an ancient culture blindsided me emotionally, and came within a breath of making my top-film list.
The dollar is strong in the 'Paris' of South America
A look of shock came across the face of an Argentine woman I met while we were waiting in the subway in Buenos Aires. I had been talking to her in broken Spanish about the Bay Area's transit system. I mentioned that it costs $1.50 to ride buses and the subway in San Francisco and even more to take BART outside of the city.
She learned her lessons well
Whatever personal demons she may have battled, two things remain clear about Judy Garland: she had an extraordinary, unparalleled talent, and she loved her three children dearly.
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