"This piece is especially personal for me," said Joe Goode, creator of the new work, 'As It Goes.' "It's about aging and the arc of life. How do I make the transition from being the bad boy to the elder statesman?"

The latest production from Left Coast Theater Company is "QueerStory: Forgotten Figures from Queer History," which opens on Friday, August 4 at the Phoenix Theater, a nifty—and itself underappreciated— venue.

The 27th Annual San Francisco Drag King Contest comes to Oasis on August 6, and King extraordinaire Fudgie Frottage says that 27 is his lucky number. Frottage will co-host the contest with beloved Sister Roma.

In "Stay Awake," Fin Argus' character Derek and his kid brother struggle to keep their prescription drug-addicted mother Michelle (Chrissy Metz) alive. Argus discussed working on the film.

It's officially the hottest June and July the world has ever known. And reality TV showrunners re surprisingly finding ways to include climate change in their programming; plus some fun romantic and drag-inclusive foreign series.

With transgender people frequently in the news, mostly because of restrictive laws or outright bans, it's imperative their stories be heard. That's precisely what director/writer D. Smith accomplishes in her luminous, refreshing documentary "Kokomo City."

From packed patio parties (and packed jock straps!) to contemplative art museum collections, a wide array of nightlife and arts listings await your selection, this week and every week in Going Out.

The 43rd SF Jewish Film Festival will run July 20-August 6 at the Castro Theatre, Vogue Theatre, and the Piedmont Theatre in Oakland. Here are the notable LGBTQ-themed narrative, short and documentary selections.

This month's presentation of company's annual Sketch series will be a poignant celebration of Amy Seiwert's Imagery's rich contributions to the Bay Area dance community.

This year Shelly Lares was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Tejano Music Awards Show. At 51, she's been singing professionally 41 years, admired for her unique blend of Tejano country music, and only recently came out.

Based on the autobiographical novel by Makoto Takayama, director and co-screenwriter Daishi Matsunaga's "Egoist" is one of the most original and moving gay movies of the year.

"Afire" takes a long time to ignite, but once it does, brace yourself. Like its lead character, novelist Leon (Thomas Schubert), writer/director Christian Petzold's new film is a lot to handle.

Don Shewey's book "Daddy Lover God" bills itself as a memoir and instruction manual, but it primarily chronicles Shewey's psycho-sexual-spiritual adventures.

Damian Searls's just-published translations of Thomas Mann's "New Selected Stories," fleet but sure-footed, come as a relief, a long-overdue exhalation.