Arts & Culture

The world's a stage: Fall Arts Preview in theater 2024

The world's a stage: Fall Arts Preview in theater 2024

  • THEATER
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Sep 3, 2024

From this week through to Christmas Eve, Bay Area theaters are presenting a fall season of remarkable variety. While there's a bit less conspicuously queer-themed work being presented, there are plenty of deeply humane stories to be shown on stages.

Notes of autumn: Fall Arts Preview in classical music 2024

Notes of autumn: Fall Arts Preview in classical music 2024

  • MUSIC
  • by Philip Campbell
  • Sep 3, 2024

There is some urgency to attending classical music concerts this fall. Who knows what will happen after November? Many upcoming Bay Area offerings present choices that might even help maintain our sanity through a communal love of music.

Top of the pops: Fall Arts Preview in pop, rock and more music 2024

Top of the pops: Fall Arts Preview in pop, rock and more music 2024

  • MUSIC
  • by Michael Flanagan
  • Sep 3, 2024

San Francisco band Sly and the Family Stone sang about "Hot Fun in the Summertime" in the 1960s, but those of us who have been here for a while we know that the real hot music comes to the Bay Area in the fall.

See, view in September: The Lavender Tube on fall series "Only Murders in the Building," "Yellowstone," "Grey's Anatomy" and more

See, view in September: The Lavender Tube on fall series "Only Murders in the Building," "Yellowstone," "Grey's Anatomy" and more

What's on the tube? Glad you asked. Our Lavender Tube columnist covers upcoming returning fall series "Yellowstone," "Only Murders in the Building," "Grey's Anatomy" and more.

'Merchant Ivory' - James Ivory on the documentary about his decades-long film career

'Merchant Ivory' - James Ivory on the documentary about his decades-long film career

  • MOVIES
  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Sep 1, 2024

Director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant had one of the longest partnerships in cinema history, almost defining independent filmmaking, now profiled definitively in the new documentary, "Merchant Ivory."

Going Out, Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2024 arts & nightlife events

Going Out, Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2024 arts & nightlife events

  • DANCE
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Aug 28, 2024

Even if the fog is rolling on a cool night, you can still get hot and saucy at places like The Powerhouse, where the monthly Flex party shows off muscular men. We've got plenty more in our expansive listings of nightlife and art events in Going Out.

Matteo Lane: The gay comic on food, family and what's funny

Matteo Lane: The gay comic on food, family and what's funny

  • THEATER
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Aug 27, 2024

Matteo Lane, who combines Midwestern and European influences in his material, has a distinctive delivery style that often has audience members struggling to catch their breath between jokes and laughs.

Road tripping to the Mariposa and Anderson Valleys

Road tripping to the Mariposa and Anderson Valleys

  • CULTURE
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Aug 27, 2024

Get out of town for some refreshing overnight road trips that deliver major changes of scenery with minor fuss and planning. Jim Gladstone, his hubby and their dog, visited Mariposa Valley, Yosemite National Park, and the Anderson Valley inns and shops.

For the love of Lindas: Ronstadt reissue, new Thompson album

For the love of Lindas: Ronstadt reissue, new Thompson album

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Aug 27, 2024

While Linda Ronstadt has retired from music and concerts, a reissue of her classic Grammy-winning album, "Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind" is notable, as well as a mirthful new album from contemporary Linda Thompson.

Megan Davis' 'What Breaks Us' - an insightful new poetry collection on love & healing

Megan Davis' 'What Breaks Us' - an insightful new poetry collection on love & healing

  • BOOKS
  • by Laura Moreno
  • Aug 26, 2024

Actress Megan Davis, who's also a screenwriter, shares another of her talents with her debut poetry book, "What Breaks Us."

Robert Raasch: author discusses 'The Summer Between'

Robert Raasch: author discusses 'The Summer Between'

  • BOOKS
  • by Michele Karlsberg
  • Aug 25, 2024

The author of the acclaimed coming of age novel set in 1970s Greenwich Village discusses his work process and inspiration behind the story.

Going Out, Aug. 22-31, 2024 arts & nightlife events

Going Out, Aug. 22-31, 2024 arts & nightlife events

  • CULTURE
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Aug 21, 2024

Find a new band to adore, drag queens and bartenders to tip, or a theater production worth a Standing O. We've got it all with our expansive listings of nightlife and art events in Going Out.

SF Queer Film Festival: a full spectrum of cinematic diversity

SF Queer Film Festival: a full spectrum of cinematic diversity

  • MOVIES
  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Aug 20, 2024

The SF Queer Film Festival (SFQFF) returns for its fourth version, August 23-25, with its accompanying 64 movies, shorts, and web episodes. It's not an exaggeration to say the festival is still in the process of finding its voice and groove.

Crowded Fire Theater's 'Shipping & Handling' - One act sparkles in an evening's slog

Crowded Fire Theater's 'Shipping & Handling' - One act sparkles in an evening's slog

  • THEATER
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Aug 20, 2024

Messily we roll along. That's the feeling audience members will share as they endure the unfocused, overlong "Shipping & Handling," a major misfire by Crowded Fire Theater which runs through September 7 on the Magic Theatre stage at Fort Mason.