It's the most marvelous time of the year, LGBT Pride Month. Rainbow flags are a-flappin', gay tourists are a-fappin', and the Frameline film festival is a-tappin' on our shoulder.

San Francisco, Mid-1970s. A perfect place at a perfect time. Mark Abramson's memoir is the next best thing to being there, and here's a sample.

Let's face it: The musical "Annie" was old-fashioned even when it opened on Broadway in 1977. That doesn't mean it's not a crowd-pleaser... along with the other events profiled this week!

Gifted artist Laurie Anderson played four shows at SFJazz last week, and Out There was in the audience on Saturday night. That's just the start of it.

Frameline 39 executive director Frances Wallace promised a slate full of "conversation starters," and from what we can tell from the preview, she is correct.

A project has been launched in California to focus on the state's LGBT history as work advances on a National Historic Landmark LGBTQ Theme Study and proposed framework for the National Park Service.

Tonight begins the three-week run of this year's edition of the San Francisco International Arts Festival (May 21-June 7 at Fort Mason Center). There's a lot of excitement on offer.

And it's a wrap! The 58th San Francisco International Film Festival closing-night film, "Experimenter," lit up the huge Castro Theatre screen last Thursday night, and Out There was honored to be in the house.

One of the joys of visiting an old-school, bricks-and-mortar bookstore is the opportunity to browse. OT uses the highly unscientific open-to-a-random-page, dip-in method to determine whether a book is for us.

Longtime X-Men member Bobby Drake (a.k.a. Iceman) is gay, and the storyline made its debut in Marvel's recently released "All New X-Men" #40 comic book.

Out There was Johnny-on-the-spot for all of the fun, both in the moviehouse and at the house of wax.

In the past few weeks we've had more than a few of the kind of art experiences that qualify as "perfect moments" for us.

The Lily Street Fair, which existed in San Francisco from 1981 to 1990, was part block party and part potluck, with a good dose of Easter bonnets and Easter parade thrown in to add zest.

The Alliance Francaise of San Francisco was the happening place last Thursday night for a reception and talk in celebration of the publication of "In the Spirit of Monte Carlo" by Pamela Fiori, full of vintage photos of the storied capital.