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Drama Masks: 'Paranormal Activity' and other things that go bump in the night
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (749+ words) Plus: 'All My Sons' proves Arthur Miller's anti-establishment cred and 'Looking For Justice' finds a broken system. This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask. I…...
Bay Area stand-up wrote the Disney Channel's first live-action trans character, rejects reductive approaches to identity.
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (604+ words) Bay Area stand-up wrote the Disney Channel's first live-action trans character, rejects reductive approaches to identity. When comedian and writer Nori Reed steps onto the Club Fugazi stage on Sat/6, it won't just be another stop on her Cheeky Summer…...
LGBTQ+ nightlife community activists and health experts come together to help make partying safer.
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (199+ words) LGBTQ+ nightlife community activists and health experts come together to help make partying safer. In queer bars and clubs across the city, drag queens, venue owners, DJs, bartenders and others in nightlife are on the front lines of the overdose…...
One far-right group treated as credible by the Chron—and a whole lot of misinformation—fuels backlash against very successful class.
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (907+ words) One far-right group treated as credible by the Chron'and a whole lot of misinformation'fuels backlash against very successful class. The San Francisco school district has changed its ethnic studies curriculum for this year to a version used in such radical…...
Greg Climer's intimate, pixelated textiles tap into the "quiet devotion" in history of art dedicated to the male form.
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1292+ words) Greg Climer's intimate, pixelated textiles tap into the "quiet devotion" in history of art dedicated to the male form. You think you know quilting? Contemporary textiles artist Greg Climer is bringing male archetypes to a medium often reserved for traditional…...
Why is Scott Wiener so opposed to recognizing the historic importance of the city's first LGBTQ+ neighborhood?
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (408+ words) Why is Scott Wiener so opposed to recognizing the historic importance of the city's first LGBTQ+ neighborhood? For more than twenty years, I've studied San Francisco's built environment as an architectural historian. North Beach'one of the city's oldest, most layered…...
Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (707+ words) Plus: Politics and Pride. That's The Agenda for June 19-July 6 It was a beautiful day for a parade, warn but not too hot, nice breeze, and plenty of sunshine. Pride was festive and fun, with great floats and great performances…...
Queers do the classics in 'Coriolanus,' 'The Blackest Wrench' provides a Juneteenth safe space, more.
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (465+ words) Queers do the classics in 'Coriolanus,' 'The Blackest Wrench' provides a Juneteenth safe space, more. As I'm wont to do, I saw this common theme extend into the shows I saw over the weekend. CIRCUS BELLA PRESENTS HOOPLA! Even more…...
Philharmonic tribute to queer icon's final studio album sets stage for Pride weekend.
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1299+ words) Philharmonic tribute to queer icon's final studio album sets stage for Pride weekend. There's a moment at every BLACKSTAR Symphony performance that feels like a portal opening. David Bowie's spectral voice is absent, but his presence hovers, stitched into every…...
Frameline documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools.
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (589+ words) Frameline documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools. Florida elementary school librarian Marie Masferrer, one of the subjects of the documentary The Librarians, screening Sat/21 as part of Frameline (tickets are at rush), thought the…...