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News Briefs: B.A.R.'s Besties voting is now underway

August 4, 2022

Voting is open for the Bay Area Reporter's readers' poll known as the Besties.

'Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology' - chilling tales about what it means to be different

by Laura Moreno
Aug 2, 2022

Editors Vince Liaguno and Rena Mason, both Bram Stoker Award winners, have put together a chilling collection of original short stories by a diverse group of some of today's biggest names in horror as well as new authors.

GAPA pageant returns in-person with gender-inclusive titles

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jul 27, 2022

The GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance is bringing back its major fundraising event in-person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Kevin Rolston's 'Deal With The Dragon'

by Christopher J. Beale
Jul 26, 2022

"Shame is a really tricky beast," said gay playwright and actor Kevin Rolston. "It hides things from you and whispers in your ear that you're not good enough." Rolston's new solo play, "Deal With The Dragon," explores many emotions.

Bay Area Playwrights Festival 45: exposing new plays, on stage and online

by Jim Gladstone
Jul 26, 2022

With in-person readings at Potrero Stage, and online viewing, the 45th Bay Area Playwrights Festival will reach new audiences with five staged readings of works in-progress.

Ana Castillo: celebrated author discusses her most personal life lessons

by Laura Moreno
Jul 26, 2022

Great books spur readers to grow and discover truths for themselves. Each of Ana Castillo's books delivers just that. In fact, Ana Castillo has been instrumental in the fight for LGBTQ acceptance, particularly within the Hispanic community.

Davey Davis' 'X' - kink at the end of the world

by Jim Piechota
Jul 26, 2022

"How bad could a waterboarding really be if you could get up and walk away afterward?" So posits the spicy protagonist of multi-talented author Davey Davis' kinky dystopian new novel "X".

Out in the Bay: Cockettes female co-founder shares group's saucy history

by Eric Jansen
Jul 21, 2022

Meet artist, designer, photographer and actor Fayette Hauser, one of the few female co-founders of the Cockettes, the 1969-72 experimental SF performance troupe known for eye-popping costumes, glittery beards, and sexy musicals some called anarchic.

Berkeley Rep's 'Sanctuary City' sends up flares

by Jim Gladstone
Jul 19, 2022

Contemporary social and political issues are tightly woven into "Sanctuary City," playwright Martyna Majok's gut-wrenching, personal-is-political drama, set between 2001 and 2005, and now playing at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

To hell and back: Sean Hewitt's 'All Down Darkness Wide' makes literature of the memoir

by Tim Pfaff
Jul 19, 2022

Getting lost in a relationship; people do it all the time, and it's the matter of some of our greatest literature. Rarer is the chronicle of making it back out, which is both the engine and the heart of Sean Hewitt's luminous new memoir.

D. L. Forbes and 'the unique individual'

by Charles Steiner
Jul 19, 2022

"Wittgenstein's Son and U. G. Krishnamurti: Ducks or Rabbits" is a deserved subject for discussion as it sums up the Forbes' life, fully and un-ordinarily, in San Francisco while focusing on two major influences.

SF Gay Men's Chorus' 44 years: touching timeline traces nearly half a century

by Jim Provenzano
Jul 18, 2022

The history of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus gets a new update from historian Tom Burtch with a 48-minute collection of video and audio clips, news clipping and poster montages, and commentary.

Going Out, Homing's In, July 14-22, 2022

by Jim Provenzano
Jul 14, 2022

With new health concerns, you might be cautious about going out, and there are still plenty of arts and nightlife options, plus online entertainments for the super-careful.

Cultural exchange: S.W. Leicher's 'Acts of Atonement'

by Jim Piechota
Jul 12, 2022

S.W. Leicher's second novel, "Acts of Atonement," picks up where her debut, 2018's "Acts of Assumption," left off, featuring Serach and Paloma, two women from disparate cultural backgrounds who embark upon a loving lesbian relationship against all odds.

Zain Khalid's novel "Brother Alive" is bracing magical realism

by Timothy Pfaff
Jul 12, 2022

"Uncategorizable" is the flavor of the month in gay literary fiction. Even in as genre-free a landscape as that, Zain Khalid's much-anticipated first novel, "Brother Alive," stakes out new territory.

Arts & Culture :: Culture

News Briefs: B.A.R.'s Besties voting is now underway

'Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology' - chilling tales about what it means to be different

GAPA pageant returns in-person with gender-inclusive titles

Kevin Rolston's 'Deal With The Dragon'

Bay Area Playwrights Festival 45: exposing new plays, on stage and online

Ana Castillo: celebrated author discusses her most personal life lessons

Davey Davis' 'X' - kink at the end of the world

Out in the Bay: Cockettes female co-founder shares group's saucy history

Berkeley Rep's 'Sanctuary City' sends up flares

To hell and back: Sean Hewitt's 'All Down Darkness Wide' makes literature of the memoir

D. L. Forbes and 'the unique individual'

SF Gay Men's Chorus' 44 years: touching timeline traces nearly half a century

Going Out, Homing's In, July 14-22, 2022

Cultural exchange: S.W. Leicher's 'Acts of Atonement'

Zain Khalid's novel "Brother Alive" is bracing magical realism

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