NEWS

News Briefs: NCLR to hold Pride in the Park

News Briefs: NCLR to hold Pride in the Park

The National Center for Lesbian Rights will hold its second annual Pride in the Park celebration Saturday, June 3, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Castro Theatre activists urge calls to 'swing vote' supervisors

Castro Theatre activists urge calls to 'swing vote' supervisors

Those opposed to Another Planet Entertainment's plan to remove the fixed, orchestral seating at the Castro Theatre made their pitch in a May 30 virtual town hall, and have identified two supervisors as possible swing votes on the matter.

Arts & Culture

The Wiz, kids: Director Sam Pinkleton rethinks Oz for the stage

The Wiz, kids: Director Sam Pinkleton rethinks Oz for the stage

We're off to see...the movie? That's the question that's been cycloning around my mind ever since last April, when American Conservatory Theater first announced its planned production of "The Wizard of Oz," now in previews with opening night June 7.

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Feelmore Social, Oakland's latest cool bar

Feelmore Social, Oakland's latest cool bar

Downtown Oakland has a new hangout that's a little bit wild and sexy: Feelmore Social. Nenna Joiner, owner, said, "We want to create a space where sexual weirdos can come."