'Tree of Hope' comes to City Hall
For the second year, Rainbow World Fund will have a "Tree of Hope" in San Francisco City Hall. The organization is inviting people around the world to send their wishes, which will be printed out, folded into origami cranes and hung on the 20-foot white fir tree.
A little help from your friends: David Burnham joins holiday benefit concert
Carpentry's loss was Broadway's gain when an overbooked woodshop class forced a young David Burnham to find another course of study. "The only class they had available was choir. So I went in and opened my mouth, and discovered I could sing, which was a great shock to me, and a thrill for the music director, who took me under his wing."
Staircase
<italic>Staircase</italic>, Charles Dyer's 1966 play about a pair of aging gay lovers, is more remembered for how it was handled, on Broadway and by Hollywood, than for what it had to say in that awkward age just before homosexuality had forced itself into the brewing cultural revolutions.
Vallejo awaits recount in mayor's race
Solano County elections officials certified results in Vallejo's mayoral race this week, declaring openly gay candidate Gary Cloutier the winner by five-votes over his opponent Osby Davis.
Hidden treasures of choreography
Dig a just a little deeper in the cultural landscape and there are lots of hidden treasures in San Francisco's independent arts scene. This week we're previewing three shows that don't have publicists, big budgets or a high profile, but might be worth checking out.
Bay Area events mark World AIDS Day
The number of people living with HIV worldwide is declining, according the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization. The two organizations released a report November 20 that found a 6.3 million drop in people living with HIV, from an estimated 44 million to 33 million. The agencies attributed the decrease to more accurate data collection and analysis.
Down by old Monterey Bay
A few days off found Out There motoring down the coast highway to Monterey, invited to be a part of a <i>Guys Getaway</i> gay press tour courtesy of the Cannery Row Company there. We joined two of our colleagues, Darren Cooper of <i>Envy Man</i> magazine and Tyler Steele of <i>Instinct</i>, for a few days of R&R that included some quality time kayaking amongst the marine life in the Bay. Gosh, did we need any special gear for such an athletic endeavor?
The Crowd You're With
Gays and lesbians don't have to deal with unwelcome parenthood. Accidental pregnancies are not often a problem, and the decision to acquire a baby, either biologically or through adoption, requires considerable negotiation and effort. But straight people, whose default setting is to procreate, no longer need to do so to ensure the species remains propagated, and have abundant means to prevent it from happening. Yet those couples opting out of the ritual are often viewed as somehow broken, and the issue turns into eminently dramatic fodder when half of a couple belatedly realizes that he or she doesn't want to, and doesn't have to, upend a life that seems entirely fine as it is.
Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza"
A Cirque du Soleil show is usually a combination of the mystical, the magical, and the pretentious. The proportions of each ingredient vary by show, and by the observer. But in <i>Kooza</i>, the newest Cirque production, none of these components predominate. The bulk of the show is made up of fairly straightforward circus acts that are more skillful than spectacular.
Guys turn out for "Milk" casting call
Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant was in San Francisco Saturday, November 17 to oversee an open casting call for <i>Milk</i>, his upcoming movie about Harvey Milk, the former San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated 29 years ago this month.
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