Attention turns to 2008 Halloween
Amid the grumblings over the false promises, abandoned plans, and behind-the-scenes meetings for this year's Halloween, city officials are already zeroing in on Halloween 2008. With the holiday falling on a Friday that year, there is acknowledgement that not having a city-sanctioned party, as is the case this October 31, isn't a realistic strategy.
Gay man named planning chief
As Upper Market, the Castro District and other parts of San Francisco face big changes, the city is getting a new planning director.
San Francisco Opera tackles Tannhauser
If ever you seek an operatic rationale for condemning queers to eternal hell and damnation, Richard Wagner's Tannhauser will provide. All you've got to do is replace Wagner's mythical underground Venusberg with the Castro, and you've got a tale of sin and redemption tailor-made for every Focus on the Family fanatic.
Newsom, police no-shows at Halloween meeting
Mayor Gavin Newsom and police officials came under strong criticism for failing to show at a community meeting last weekend held for Castro residents worried about how the city is planning for this year's Halloween holiday.
Theatre Rhino revue looks back
There's something Peter Pan-ish about Theatre Rhinoceros, which has grown old without exactly growing up.
SF Opera to premiere Glass' 'Appomattox'
The idea of a composer struggling for years to write a masterpiece probably got its start with Brahms, who tried to shake the shadow of history, namely Beethoven, when he was writing his first symphony.
The San Francisco Documentary Film Festival returns
The 6th SF Doc Fest (Roxie Film Center, Sept. 28-Oct. 10) stakes out a unique place in the film exhibition spectrum, somewhere between Sundance and Public TV. Doc Fest films are typically not as slick, not as tightly focused, but reflect the all-consuming obsessions of their subjects and creators.
Folsom Fair feast of fetish fun
Just as Hollywood releases a rash of family-oriented movies during the late-fall countdown to Christmas, the gay adult industry hurls a handful of leather and fetish features our way in the late-summer buildup to the Folsom Street Fair.
Leather Pride is here!
It's Leather Pride Week in San Francisco and if you're not exhausted already, this Sunday will see leather folk from around the world sampling all that is unique in the leather essence of San Francisco at the 24th annual Folsom Street Fair.
Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment
Their love story lasted four decades. They were devoted to each other, and to their artistic integrity. John Wallowitch (1926-2007) and Bertram Ross (1920-2003) may have been the most sophisticated gay couple New York has ever seen. Their story comes alive in this landmark documentary tribute.
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