Race is on for SF District 8 Supervisor Seat

The outcome will not only decide who will represent the gay Castro district and adjacent neighborhoods in the heart of the city, but could also be key if moderates are to maintain or grow their one-seat board majority at City Hall.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Jun 24, 2017

Political Notebook: Santa Clara Supes Approve $1M for LGBT Services

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has designated $1 million for LGBT programs in Fiscal Year 2017-2018, which starts July 1.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Jun 24, 2017

SF Pride to Show Resistance

This year's San Francisco Pride parade and celebration theme, "A Celebration of Diversity," could also be seen as a rebuttal to the administration of President Donald Trump

by Seth Hemmelgarn | Jun 25, 2017

Janis Joplin Sings the Blues

It's probably not a destination in need of revisiting, but without it the journey feels incomplete.

by Richard Dodds | Jun 22, 2017

Frameline Grand Finales!

It's astonishing what the Frameline 41 programmers have packed into the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival's final four days, June 22-25.

by by David Lamble | Jun 22, 2017

Coming Together in LGBTQ Pride!

"Celebrate Community!," an amorphous though undeniably well-intentioned LGBTQ Pride show that opened last weekend at the Harvey Milk Photo Center, aims to embrace humanity in its many permutations.

by Sura Wood | Jun 22, 2017

Hello, Frameline!

The 41st edition of the nation's premier LGBTQ film festival unspools with a record number of films by and about women. Our picks for Frameline's first week follow.

by David Lamble | Jun 17, 2017

Chavela: Chanteuse & Sexual Outlaw

The stunning new documentary about the life and times of iconic chanteuse and sexual outlaw Chavela Vargas will be screened twice at the Frameline film festival, with the award-winning lesbian directors answering questions afterwards.

by Sari Staver | Jun 17, 2017

Return of the Don

The second presentation in San Francisco Opera's summer season opened last week with Mozart's immortal masterpiece "Don Giovanni." Making his SFO debut, director Jacopo Spirei has revised Gabriele Lavia's production from 2011.

by Philip Campbell | Jun 18, 2017

warplay

In JC Lee's intriguing "warplay," having a stylish world premiere at New Conservatory Theatre Center, which commissioned it, characters derived from Achilles and Patroclus in Homer's "The Iliad" are brought into the modern world.

by Richard Dodds | Jun 18, 2017


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