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Going Out, July 11-19, 2024 arts & nightlife events
Along with the usual ongoing arts and nightlife events, we've got some particularly unusual happenings for your midsummer enjoyment this week in Going Out.
Going Out, July 4-12, 2024 arts & nightlife events
Shed those post-Pride blues, and the ennui about July 4 (Thanks, democracy; you had a nice run) with uplifting arts and nightlife events in Going Out, each week online.
Going Out, June 20-28, 2024 arts & nightlife events
Hopefully you still have plenty of pride left for this month, since we've got plenty of super-gay events in arts and nightlife for you to enjoy. Check out all the events in Going Out.
Going Out, June 13-21, 2024 arts & nightlife events
The rainbow avalanche of arts and nightlife events continues, and you should dig in and enjoy the ride. Check out all the events in Going Out.
'DC Pride' annual comics issue: Queer superheroes spark the imaginations of both young and old
Just in time for June's rainbow celebrations, DC released "DC Pride 2024," a collection of slice-of-life stories featuring many of the LGBTQ characters the company has developed over the last several years.
'Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes' - Documentary honors gay photographer
Possibly best LGBTQ documentary, so far this year, is director and co-writer Sam Shadid's "Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes," about the iconic works by the gay fashion, dance and male nudes photographer.
Rediscovering Richard Caldwell Brewer: Bay Area gay painter may finally get his due
Richard Caldwell (Dick) Brewer (1923-2014), may be one of the most interesting but uncelebrated gay artists in America. But SF gallery Lost Art Salon offers a trove of his paintings and drawings.
'God Made My Face' - James Baldwin tribute book honors the writer in essays and art
"God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin" is a delicious assemblage of interviews, essays and works of art by talented and learned intellectuals and artists.
Bringing Bacon Home: collection of Francis Bacon letters shows the painter in a new light
Edited by critic/curator Michael Peppiatt, with a forward by novelist Colm Toibin, "Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words" arrives at a propitious moment. Bacon's paintings have set world record-breaking prices at auction.
Artist grant recipients announced; film fests, theater submissions open
The winners of La Asamblea's Pa'lante Artist Grant Program have been announced by Kimzin Creative. Also, two film festivals and a theater company announced calls for submission.
Xiangqi Chen's 'Out Museum' at 41 Ross
Nearly 100 people came out to the opening reception of "Out Museum: A Chinese Queer Museum" exhibit on April 12. The "Chinese queer museum prototype" by lesbian Chinese artist Xiangqi Chen opened at 41 Ross Alley art studio in the historic Chinatown.
'Japanese Prints in Transition' - classics and contemporaries at the Legion of Honor
The lavish new exhibit, "Japanese Prints in Transition," at the Legion of Honor, is as welcome as spring. The exhibit spans the earliest prints to works by artists competing with photography in the early 20th century, plus contemporary works.
Going Out, April 11-19, 2024
We've got a great line-up of arts and nightlife events, from fun nightlife to impressive art exhibits and rousing plays and musicals. Check it out this week and every week in Going Out.
Groundbreaking fetish artist Rex dies
Groundbreaking artist Rex, whose illustrations portrayed the pre-AIDS SM and fetish communities of San Francisco and New York City in the 1970s and 1980s, has died.