Arts & Culture

The lingering scent of murder: Lara Elena Donnelly's 'Base Notes'

The lingering scent of murder: Lara Elena Donnelly's 'Base Notes'

  • BOOKS
  • by Jim Piechota
  • Mar 8, 2022

Drenched in pheromones and the smells of the big bad city, Lara Elena Donnelly's latest novel offers further proof of the author's wide-ranging talent and creativity.

Marching into TV Land: The Lavender Tube on Kate, Andy, Eve and Pam

Marching into TV Land: The Lavender Tube on Kate, Andy, Eve and Pam

Brittney Griner's busted, John Cameron Mitchell & Kate McKinnon in 'Joe v. Carole,' 'The Andy Warhol Diaries,' Renée Zellweger in 'The Thing About Pam,' and Sandra Oh in 'Killing Eve,' - all this and more in the new TV column.

11th B.A.R. Talk focuses on arts

11th B.A.R. Talk focuses on arts

  • CULTURE
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Mar 2, 2022

In our nearly final yearlong celebrations of the Bay Area Reporter's 50th anniversary, our eleventh monthly online panel, set for March 10, will focus on fifty years of arts coverage with former and current editors and writers.

'Sticker' author Henry Hoke

'Sticker' author Henry Hoke

  • BOOKS
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Mar 1, 2022

With his breathtaking and brief memoir 'Sticker,' queer writer Henry Hoke challenges our notions and expectations of the genre and does it all in under 125 pages.

50 years in 50 weeks: Marga Gomez' 2018 new year

50 years in 50 weeks: Marga Gomez' 2018 new year

  • THEATER
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Mar 1, 2022

When Marga Gomez' 'Latin Standards' premiered at the Brava Theater Center in early 2018, not only did she do an interview with Sari Staver for our January 11 issue, Gomez also enjoyed a half-page spread in The New York Times' Arts & Leisure section.

Colman Domingo's 'Dot' at NCTC

Colman Domingo's 'Dot' at NCTC

  • THEATER
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Mar 1, 2022

Colman Domingo got his first ever stage role at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. Now, amid a successful career on Broadway and TV ('Euphoria'), his play, 'Dot' opens at the company where he got his start.

Drag and anarchy: Samuel Kay Forrest's 'HipBeat'

Drag and anarchy: Samuel Kay Forrest's 'HipBeat'

  • MOVIES
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Mar 1, 2022

Samuel Kay Forrest's new film HipBeat, about a young radical political activist from Ireland now living in Berlin, is well-intentioned even as it leaves a few unanswered questions.

Going Commando: Juba Kalamka on his new music project

Going Commando: Juba Kalamka on his new music project

  • MUSIC
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Mar 1, 2022

Juba Kalamka, who's remained active in a vast array of musical outfits, as well as appearing in movies, while remaining active politically and socially, has formed a new band, Commando, with Lynnee Breedlove, Honey Mahogany and other talents.

'Frankie & Bug' author Gayle Forman

'Frankie & Bug' author Gayle Forman

  • BOOKS
  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • Mar 1, 2022

In her new Young Adult novel, best-selling author Gayle Forman takes us back to the summer of 1987 in Los Angeles. Bug (aka Beatrice) and her older brother Danny navigate the streets around Venice Beach.

The work of sex: Michal Witkowski's 'Eleven-Inch' addresses sex as survival

The work of sex: Michal Witkowski's 'Eleven-Inch' addresses sex as survival

  • BOOKS
  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Mar 1, 2022

'Eleven-Inch.' Polish novelist Michal Witkowski's ninth book, bracingly rendered by his regular translator W. Martin, shares the picaresque chronicle of two teenagers on the lam from their politically oppressive homelands in Eastern Europe.

50 years in 50 weeks: Big Freedia bounced 2017

50 years in 50 weeks: Big Freedia bounced 2017

  • MUSIC
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Feb 25, 2022

When Big Freedia comes to town, we bow down for the Queen of Bounce. The New Orleans singer, TV star, cook and author performed at Mezzanine in April 2017, and writer Cornelius Washington shared a fun Q&A.

The good son: Neel Patel's 'Tell Me How To Be'

The good son: Neel Patel's 'Tell Me How To Be'

  • BOOKS
  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Feb 22, 2022

Akash, the protagonist of Neel Patel's debut novel, 'Tell Me How To Be,' ralphs at important family gatherings, behavior that evinces a certain sincerity in a clan infested with secrets.

Troye Sivan has 'Three Months' - writer-director Jared Frieder on his Florida-set coming-of-age film

Troye Sivan has 'Three Months' - writer-director Jared Frieder on his Florida-set coming-of-age film

  • MOVIES
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Feb 22, 2022

Singer Troye Sivan shines in 'Three Months,' the new film by Jared Frieder. Set in Florida in 2011, it's a touching AIDS drama/comedy for the millennial generation.

Outside the rainbow: Black lesbian couple's memoir

Outside the rainbow: Black lesbian couple's memoir

  • BOOKS
  • by Cornelius Washington
  • Feb 22, 2022

Naomi W. Scales and Marilyn J. Jordan's co-authored memoir, 'From Pain To Love: Our Journey Outside The Rainbow,' is very timely, reflecting just about everything that is pathological about the African-American community.