Catherine Lacey's new novel, "Biography of X," tries to be all things — and succeeds. It's being praised for its genre-bending, but somehow entertainment seems too small a word.
A new series of panels at the California Academy of Sciences reclaims scholarly research to underserved voices, and Frameline announced new young filmmaker grant recipients.
Our final installment of Spring books includes Edmund White's provocative latest novel, a collection debut from a local Bay Area poet, memoirs from a former meth dealer, an outspoken queer female cultural critic, and a queer Black nurse.
"Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home" is the latest collection of short stories by literary legend Ana Castillo. It features seven beautifully told stories that come to life as they seamlessly straddle the cultures and move between locations in the US and Mexico.
Dr. Carl Blake, a board member, artistic advisor and concert pianist, underscored the beneficent mission of Noontime Concerts, the organization dedicated to presenting free classical and jazz music concerts.
Continuing with the sequel to our spring book picks, here are nine new selections. We have a mind-bending tale of a tech worker's life gone awry, a memoir from a Tony Award-nominated actor, a cult survivor's childhood memories, and more.
The city of Minneapolis figures prominently in prolific gay author Raymond Luczak's new novel, "Widower, 48, Seeks Husband," which spans 40 years, incorporating many significant community events.
Book lovers have many reasons to be excited, as it's already promising to be another stellar year for queer books. Presented here, in a series of installments, are just a few examples of the amazing literary delights this season.
Alison Riley's "Recipe for Disaster: 40 Superstar Stories of Sustenance and Survival" folds in humorous and heartfelt tales to satisfy almost every appetite.
Spring Open Studios finds opportunities for artists, fans and potential collectors to meet. One artist in particular, Michael Kruzich, works in the rarified genre of natural stone and Venetian glass called "smalti" mosaics.
Doris Fish was everywhere in the 1980s. It seemed if she didn't exist someone would have had to invent her. Craig Seligman's "Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag" reminds us that someone did. That someone was Philip Mills.
Qui Nguyen's 'Vietgone' was a huge hit at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater five years ago. 'Poor Yella Rednecks: Vietgone II,' now playing on that same stage, is, as its title indicates, a specimen of an extraordinarily rare thing: a theater sequel.
Renowned Chicana lesbian Monica Palcios presents her solo show "San Francisco, Mi Amor!" about the start of her queer comedy career and activism in San Francisco in the 1980s.
Our theater critic gives Sanaz Toossi's "English," set in an Iranian ESL class and now playing at the Berkeley Rep, a solid B. But three of its cast members deliver A-plus performances that elevate the entire production to honor roll status.
