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Dispatches from Burning Man

Dispatches from Burning Man

  • by Max Leger a.k.a Ultra
  • Aug 24, 2014

In less than a week, over 70,000 people will converge on a dry lake bed in Northwestern Nevada to create Black Rock City, which hosts the festival known as Burning Man.

Out There :: Classy People, Classy Art

Out There :: Classy People, Classy Art

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 23, 2014

When you hear the phrase "the ladies who lunch," do your thoughts automatically turn to Out There? No? Well, get a load of this...

Sarria's Activism Recalled a Year After Death

Sarria's Activism Recalled a Year After Death

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Aug 22, 2014

Long before queer activists marched and chanted down the streets of San Francisco, Jose Sarria lived his life as an out, proud gay man.

Out There :: Lifetime Achievement

Out There :: Lifetime Achievement

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 16, 2014

Undoubtedly the big art-house movie of the summer has been writer-director Richard Linklater's extraordinary "Boyhood." Slice of life? "Boyhood" gives you the whole pie.

Out There :: Succumbing to the Lures of Poetry

Out There :: Succumbing to the Lures of Poetry

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 12, 2014

Poetry distills language to its essence, finds music in words and in the spaces between words. So reading poetry is a great palate-cleanser between courses of fiction, or a necessary relief after the day's newspaper.

Aunt Charlie's Lounge :: The Tenderloin's Treasure

Aunt Charlie's Lounge :: The Tenderloin's Treasure

  • by Michael Flanagan
  • Aug 12, 2014

Aunt Charlie's has always been kind of an iconic bar for me. I've been coming here since the late 1990s, and it has always functioned as something of a litmus test.

New Home Sought for LGBT Archives

New Home Sought for LGBT Archives

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 3, 2014

An LGBT archival center in downtown San Francisco plans to relocate as its rent continues to increase and its collection outgrows its current space.

Out There :: Playing Telephone with Out There

Out There :: Playing Telephone with Out There

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 2, 2014

Ring ring! Rrring! The insistent telephone bell startles Out There out of a pleasant midsummer reverie. OK, we were napping. But a familiar voice is on the line.

Panel Debunks Stereotype of LGBT Affluence

Panel Debunks Stereotype of LGBT Affluence

  • by Jim E. Winburn
  • Jul 26, 2014

The myth of gay affluence serves as a harmful exaggeration, according to speakers of a recent Horizons Foundation panel discussion hosted at Merrill Lynch Private Bank.

Out There :: Another Barihunk Sighting

Out There :: Another Barihunk Sighting

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 26, 2014

Tenor Jonathan Blalock is acclaimed for his work in 20th & 21st-century opera, including world premieres of "The Secret Agent" and "Before Night Falls." The Barihunks blog awarded "hunkentenor" Blalock a Barihunks Calendar Grant for his career.

'Up Your Alley' Re-Kinkifies SoMa

'Up Your Alley' Re-Kinkifies SoMa

  • by Race Bannon
  • Jul 24, 2014

With the quickly approaching Up Your Alley street fair and the vast array of related events that take place around the same time, San Francisco is poised to yet again celebrate the leather and kinky among us in a truly special way.

Out There :: Foodie Fool for Love

Out There :: Foodie Fool for Love

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 19, 2014

We're not sure we'd qualify as a "foodie," because to be a "foodie," don't you have to know how to do more in the kitchen than boil water?

Out There :: Summer Books Quiz

Out There :: Summer Books Quiz

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 12, 2014

It's that time of year again when we dive into the stacks upon stacks of book review copies towering over our desk and dip into some stories and nonfictional accounts we haven't been able to cover fully.

Under New Management, AIDS Walk SF Approaches

Under New Management, AIDS Walk SF Approaches

  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Jul 10, 2014

AIDS Walk San Francisco is set to take place Sunday, July 20 at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Sign-in begins at 9 a.m.