It's been many a moon since the once-familiar name Marc Huestis has graced these gossipy pages.

Out There grew up reading cartoonist Charles M. Schulz's classic "Peanuts" comic strip.

San Francisco Playhouse's latest offering, "Born Yesterday," wasn't - penned recently, that is. Playwright Garson Kanin's comedy premiered on Broadway back in 1946.

There is a special kind of performer who is somewhat well known by the world at large, but held a special place in the heart of San Franciscans. The actor, comic and writer Michael Greer was one of these performers.

In his cover story in the January issue of Harper's magazine entitled "The Future of Queer - a manifesto," queer essayist/novelist Fenton Johnson argues that legalized gay marriage in the US has damaged our gay culture.

Here in the arts pages, our last few issues have explored the past year's offerings and the year to come in Bay Area culture. We pile it on with 12 more arts events coming soon to a Bay Area venue near you.

You've gone over your holiday gifts and while you may be content, you forgot to get a calendar full of hunky men. Here's your chance to indulge some beefcake viewing while helping a good cause.

Oh those press releases, they do pile up in Out There's old in-box!

The English singer-songwriter Seal is known for his international pop music and his smooth, mellifluous voice.

It's not unusual for Out There to spend five nights out of seven attending cultural events, as we did last week.

Out There is a reluctant poster boy for red/green color-blindness.

Boy, did I sell Dennis Bell short. Bell, the owner of the entire Athletic Model Guild catalogue, is the visionary founder of the Bob Mizer Foundation. His latest means of marketing invaluable archival material is to revive AMG's "Physique Pictorial."

Breast Cancer Emergency Fund again hosted This Old Bag, their annual fundraiser where handbags donated by designer retailers, celebrities, and others are made available for silent auction.

Curious about the history of pagan and occult interests among LGBT people in San Francisco? This is the perfect time of year to explore that topic.