Arts & Culture

The Aces hold all the cards: All-female Utah-native queer band at The Fox Oakland

The Aces hold all the cards: All-female Utah-native queer band at The Fox Oakland

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Sep 23, 2024

3/4th of the all-female Utah-native band The Aces are queer. It's not four of a kind, but it's pretty good odds, regardless. The Aces' 2023 album "I've Loved You For So Long" features some of the catchiest and queerest songs you are likely to hear.

SF Pride Band: new name, same beautiful music

SF Pride Band: new name, same beautiful music

  • MUSIC
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Sep 23, 2024

The San Francisco Pride Band will grace the stage of the Herbst Theater on September 29 with a new concert that they promise will excite and move audiences. Titled "Portraits of the Americas," the concert will feature music from the Americas.

'Will & Harper' - Will Ferrell brings an honest look at the trans experience

'Will & Harper' - Will Ferrell brings an honest look at the trans experience

  • MOVIES
  • by Myron Caringal
  • Sep 22, 2024

"Will & Harper," directed by Josh Greenbaum, is a compelling blend of humor and heart. This documentary road film takes viewers on a 17-day journey across the US, following longtime friends Will Ferrell and Harper Steele as they navigate new terrain.

Kink ink: Folsom books threeway

Kink ink: Folsom books threeway

  • BOOKS
  • by Jim Piechota
  • Sep 21, 2024

Welcome to Folsom Week here in beautiful, diverse, and, yes, kinky, San Francisco! Here are three books of interest that have published in the past month guaranteed to appeal to your kinkier side of alternative sexual proclivities.

Trans artist Nonamey finds community, inspiration in Portland

Trans artist Nonamey finds community, inspiration in Portland

  • ART
  • by JL Odom
  • Sep 20, 2024

San Francisco has the first-ever Transgender District, the Office of Trans Initiatives, and the status as a sanctuary city for trans and gender-nonconforming people, but there's another trans-embracing metropolis on the West Coast: Portland.

Going Out, Sept. 19-27, 2024 arts & nightlife events

Going Out, Sept. 19-27, 2024 arts & nightlife events

  • DANCE
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Sep 18, 2024

You should be dancin', yeah. Along with our pristine/splashy and joyful/contemplative cultural events, once in a while you just need to shake your booty. We've got plenty more in our expansive listings of nightlife and art events in Going Out.

Ray of Light Theatre relitigates 'Legally Blonde: The Musical'

Ray of Light Theatre relitigates 'Legally Blonde: The Musical'

  • THEATER
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Sep 17, 2024

Director Phaedra Tillery-Broughton and co-director ShawnJ West have put a new spin on "Legally Blonde: The Musical" in Ray of Light Theatre's production of the bright and amusing, if not profound, stage adaptation.

'Ride the Cyclone' debuts at NCTC - Night of the living, singing, dancing dead

'Ride the Cyclone' debuts at NCTC - Night of the living, singing, dancing dead

  • THEATER
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Sep 17, 2024

San Francisco stages will offer a three-ring circus of hormonal horror in the coming months kicking off (and kicking the bucket) with "Ride the Cyclone" at New Conservatory Theatre Center on September 20.

Center Rep's 'Arsenic and Old Lace' - Vintage comic play's gender switch

Center Rep's 'Arsenic and Old Lace' - Vintage comic play's gender switch

  • THEATER
  • by J.A. Valentine
  • Sep 17, 2024

With their current mounting of "Arsenic and Old Lace," Center Rep pulls off a type of theater that often proves elusive: the Style Piece, a heightened reality in which every member of the acting company is on the same page.

Cold open: The Lavender Tube on 'SNL,' 'English Teacher' & electoral dysfunction

Cold open: The Lavender Tube on 'SNL,' 'English Teacher' & electoral dysfunction

Brian Jordan Alvarez exemplifies that axiom "it gets better." Bullied for being gay as a kid in Tennessee, he's now starring in his own FX series he created, "English Teacher." Our TV columnist also covers FX's "Grotesquerie" & some grotesque politics.

Davóne Tines's 'Robeson' - a debut album like no other

Davóne Tines's 'Robeson' - a debut album like no other

  • MUSIC
  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Sep 17, 2024

Bass-baritone Davóne Tines's debut album, "Robeson" not only reflects his artistry; it's also one no other singer could match. While transmogrifying "art music," he offers homage to gay Black singer Paul Robeson and composer Julius Eastman.

'The Worst of Waters' - Filmmaker John Waters shares his odd art at Rena Bransten Gallery

'The Worst of Waters' - Filmmaker John Waters shares his odd art at Rena Bransten Gallery

  • ART
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Sep 16, 2024

Get out your cha-cha heels. Filmmaker, author and artist John Waters returns to Rena Bransten Gallery for his fifth exhibit of unusual and odd artworks.

'My Old Ass' - second chances with a younger self

'My Old Ass' - second chances with a younger self

  • MOVIES
  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Sep 15, 2024

Have you ever wondered that if you knew what would happen in the future, would you change any decisions made today? This tantalizing question pervades the new whimsical yet bittersweet coming-of-age fable film, "My Old Ass."

A 100th Birthday Celebration for James Baldwin - party at GLBT History Museum commemorates gay African American author

A 100th Birthday Celebration for James Baldwin - party at GLBT History Museum commemorates gay African American author

  • BOOKS
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Sep 14, 2024

August 2nd was the 100th birthday of legendary gay African American author James Baldwin. On September 19 the GLBT History Museum, in collaboration with Books Not Bans, will throw a birthday party that promises to pull out all the stops.