Jennifer Holliday keeps the faith
And she is telling you, she's thankful she didn't go. Go, that is, to the sweet hereafter.
Gloves come off in Senate debate
Verbal skirmishes among the candidates marked the contentious race for a state Senate seat during a two-hour debate Saturday, with incumbent Senator Carole Migden and challengers Assemblyman Mark Leno and Police Commissioner Joe Alioto Veronese clashing on some of the issues.
Dance meets American Sign Language
Finding kid-friendly shows in contemporary dance has never been an easy task. It's really a shame, too, because there are so many amazing things for children to experience in contemporary dance, and it's a great alternative to modern media. Do kids really need another Xbox? One of the few projects targeted for children is ODC/Dance's <i>The Velveteen Rabbit</i>, an annual dance-theatre show that makes a great alternative to endless <i>Nutcracker</i> reruns
Cloutier in booze bust
Gay Vallejo Vice Mayor Gary Cloutier, who was in Palm Springs last weekend while awaiting a potential electoral win in Vallejo's tight mayoral race, was arrested by police there and charged with suspicion of public intoxication and disorderly conduct early Sunday morning after allegedly staggering out of a bar and attempting to drive away.
Harry Bush Hard Boys
It seems to have been a sad life, that of Harry Bush. Solitary, embittered, self-hating. Yet in his art, so outgoing, jovial and loving. Bush's art calls up strapping young men who are just naturally, irrepressibly raunchy. See for yourself in the swell new collection of his work, <i>Harry Bush Hard Boys</i>.
SF Gay beach project nears completion
The oil spill fouling Bay Area beaches has not impeded progress on improvements to the city's gay beach. Crews continue to remove toxic landfill from the slopes above North Baker Beach, and parks officials expect to have work completed next month.
Hollywood endings
Ethan Keene has written a play that no one wants to put on a stage. But still, it is a play of value. "It has a commercial movie inside it, which makes it the best kind of play," says an eager Hollywood producer with just a few small suggestions. Like, maybe, a massive jellyfish attack on swimmers to open the movie.
Without her, we're nothing!: Sandra Bernhard hits town
Who doesn't have a question or two for Sandra Bernhard? I told a handful of gay friends that I was going to interview the iconoclastic comedian in honor of her appearance at Saturday's Miss Trannyshack Pageant, and I was deluged with questions that enquiring minds want to know, mostly about her decades-ago relationship with a certain pop star.
Choreography that's off the map
This weekend, dance fans will have an unusual choice when deciding what kind of contemporary dance they want to see. At UC Berkeley, the <italic>grande doyenne</italic> of European dance-theatre Pina Bausch returns to Zellerbach Hall; and at Dance Mission, trans-maverick Sean Dorsey moves from the margins of queer culture to center stage.
SF's HIV rate flat-lines, STDs drop
San Francisco health officials continue to see rates of sexually transmitted diseases drop, a significant difference from most other parts of the state and country where STDs remain on a six-year-long rise.
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