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Sasha Velour's 'Big Reveal' - drag artist brings new show to Palace of Fine Arts

THEATER | March 28, 2023 | by David-Elijah Nahmod

Drag artist Sasha Velour takes to the stage of the Palace of Fine Arts Theater on April 6 with a new show that's also a celebration of the publication of "The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag," her first book.

Beastly, priestly 'Locusts Have No King' at NCTC

THEATER
by Jim Gladstone
Mar 28, 2023

New Conservatory Theatre Center, never afraid to take on hot-button topics, is once again about to touch the third rail of homosexuality vis-à-vis Catholicism with the West Coast premiere of C. Julian Jiménez's "Locusts Have No King."

Q-Music: The art of rock

MUSIC
by Gregg Shapiro
Mar 28, 2023

You know the old adage: don't judge a book by its cover. But what about an album? What happens when the music on the record is as cool as the cover art? That sounds like a win-win situation for everyone.

Ann Hampton Callaway has the "Fever"

MUSIC
by Gregg Shapiro
Mar 28, 2023

More than 30 years since the release of her debut album, jazz vocalist, songwriter, and Winnetka-native Ann Hampton Callaway shows no sign of slowing down. Her new album pays homage to the late great Peggy Lee.

SF LGBT Center's Soirée

CULTURE
by David-Elijah Nahmod
Mar 28, 2023

On April 15 the City View at the Metreon will come alive when the San Francisco LGBT Center celebrates its 21st year with its annual Soirée, which promises to be a night to remember.

Queer books for life: podcast celebrates LGBTQ literature

BOOKS
by David-Elijah Nahmod
Mar 28, 2023

Books with queer themes are the subject of each episode of "This Queer Book Saved My Life," a podcast based out of Minneapolis. In installment after installment, host J. P. Der Boghossian talks to a guest about books that saved their life.

Going Out, March 23-31, 2023

THEATER
by Jim Provenzano
Mar 23, 2023

Step right up for the best in theater, dance, music, nightlife and more events to entertain you and warm your heart in between soggy downpours.

Kehinde Wiley's 'An Archaeology of Silence' - stunning new exhibit at the de Young

ART
by Cornelius Washington
Mar 21, 2023

Kehinde Wiley has been a very special, insightful artist for quite a while, but his work always appears fresh, modern and important. His new exhibition at the de Young reshapes the way we see Black people in portraiture and sculpture.

Bored Game: 'Clue' at SF Playhouse

THEATER
by Jim Gladstone
Mar 21, 2023

With its borrowed brand name and broad physical comedy, "Clue" seems to be gunning for the stupefying success of "The Play That Goes Wrong," but instead unintentionally fumbles along the way.

'The Whale' and the cinematic curse of disabled queerness

MOVIES
by Victoria A. Brownworth
Mar 21, 2023

Brendan Fraser's performance in "The Whale" was heralded as emotionally riveting and deeply compelling. But for many queer and disabled (and queer disabled) viewers, it was yet another example of Hollywood's distorted and straight-portrayed view.

The dating games: The Lavender Tube on reality romance, stranded soccer gals, and school spirits

TELEVISION
by Victoria A. Brownworth
Mar 21, 2023

Two new queer takes on reality show romances include "Coming Out for Love" and "Game Changer with Milan Christopher," plus "Yellowjackets" new season and the comic "School Spirits."

Q Music: men's men

MUSIC
by Gregg Shapiro
Mar 21, 2023

Check new music by men, including Lambchop, Father John Misty, Marlon Williams, Bret McKenzie, The Mountain Goats, and Freedy Johnston.

Lucy Jane Bledsoe's 'Tell the Rest'

BOOKS
by Jim Piechota
Mar 21, 2023

For the two enthralling queer protagonists in author Lucy Jane Bledsoe's just-published novel, they have lived a life scarred by their time in a Christian conversion camp, each bearing the enduring weight of psychological pain and torment.

Thomas Mallon's 'Up With the Sun'

BOOKS
by Brian Bromberger
Mar 21, 2023

Readers can discover Dick Kallman, a gay miniscule has-been yet fascinating celebrity, in the new novel on his tumultuous life, "Up With the Sun" by Thomas Mallon, perhaps the country's foremost historical fiction writer.

Going Out, March 16-24, 2023

CULTURE
by Jim Provenzano
Mar 16, 2023

From classy to slightly crass, bold to beautiful, we've got concerts, plays, art exhibits and drag shows aplenty (which harm no one!) for you to enjoy and support, all in our weekly Going Out events listings.

Arts & Culture

Sasha Velour's 'Big Reveal' - drag artist brings new show to Palace of Fine Arts

Beastly, priestly 'Locusts Have No King' at NCTC

Q-Music: The art of rock

Ann Hampton Callaway has the "Fever"

SF LGBT Center's Soirée

Queer books for life: podcast celebrates LGBTQ literature

Going Out, March 23-31, 2023

Kehinde Wiley's 'An Archaeology of Silence' - stunning new exhibit at the de Young

Bored Game: 'Clue' at SF Playhouse

'The Whale' and the cinematic curse of disabled queerness

The dating games: The Lavender Tube on reality romance, stranded soccer gals, and school spirits

Q Music: men's men

Lucy Jane Bledsoe's 'Tell the Rest'

Thomas Mallon's 'Up With the Sun'

Going Out, March 16-24, 2023

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