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Out There :: The Art Behind the Drama

Out There :: The Art Behind the Drama

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Apr 2, 2014

Inspired by the world premiere of "Bauer" Out There visited "The Realm of the Spirit," a Rudolf Bauer retrospective spanning five decades of his oil paintings and works on paper.

SF Gay Men’s Chorus Offers Must-Hear Premiere

SF Gay Men’s Chorus Offers Must-Hear Premiere

  • by Jason Victor Serinus
  • Mar 23, 2014

The SFGMC is ready to premiere "Tyler’s Suite," which tells the story of Tyler Clementi in a cycle of songs curated by Stephen Schwartz.

Petition Calls for Harvey Milk Stamp Unveiling in San Francisco

Petition Calls for Harvey Milk Stamp Unveiling in San Francisco

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 22, 2014

A local gay philatelist has launched a campaign to urge the United States Postal Service to unveil its Harvey Milk stamp later this spring in San Francisco to coincide with annual celebrations of Milk’s birthday.

Out There :: Standing Up for Civic Art Treasures

Out There :: Standing Up for Civic Art Treasures

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Mar 22, 2014

Recently the arts journalist Tyler Green devoted an installment of his Modern Art Notes blog to the case of the Piazzoni murals’ tumultuous fate in San Francisco. Perhaps you remember the tale...

Out There :: Cash With A Gay Twist

Out There :: Cash With A Gay Twist

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Mar 15, 2014

ANZ bank transformed several ATMs in central Sydney, Australia into dazzling "GAYTM s" inspired by lesbian and gay culture.

Out There :: Coming Symphonic Attractions

Out There :: Coming Symphonic Attractions

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Mar 8, 2014

There are a lot of intriguing offerings coming up next season, including a multimedia Missa Solemnis and a concert staging of Fidelio with opera luminaries Nina Stemme and Brandon Jovanovich.

Out There :: Egads, It’s an EGOT in the House!

Out There :: Egads, It’s an EGOT in the House!

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Mar 1, 2014

OMG, we were floored when EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner Rita Moreno rocked the house in her acceptance of the Lifetime Achievement Honor at the recent SAG Awards.

Off to See the Wizard

Off to See the Wizard

  • by Adam Sandel
  • Feb 28, 2014

Movie buffs have more than the usual reasons to attend the Academy of Friends’ Oscar Night Gala on Sunday, March 2: The theme of this year’s gala is Return to the Emerald City.

Out There :: Short, Sweet, But Not Insignificant

Out There :: Short, Sweet, But Not Insignificant

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Feb 22, 2014

Every year, Out There sees all three Oscar Nominated Shorts programs that arrive in movie theatres in the weeks before the big award show: animated, live-action and documentary.

Baseball Fan, 78, Comes Out

Baseball Fan, 78, Comes Out

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 21, 2014

When lifelong baseball fan Norm Coleman, who recently turned 78, read about football star Michael Sam’s coming out, he decided to be part of the sea change slowly coming over sports.

Out There :: LGBTQ Characters Meet Pen & Ink

Out There :: LGBTQ Characters Meet Pen & Ink

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Feb 8, 2014

Comic books are visually stimulating and verbally engaging, a two-for-one that’s hard to resist. Last week Out There had our nose buried in two delectable collections of transgressive comics.

Little Snow, But Lots of GLBT Fun at Reno and Tahoe

Little Snow, But Lots of GLBT Fun at Reno and Tahoe

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 2, 2014

Lake Tahoe’s slopes are in need of fresh powder, but that isn’t stopping diehard skiers or LGBT partiers from heading up to the Sierra and to nearby Reno for a winter getaway.

Out There :: Literary Adventures in the White City

Out There :: Literary Adventures in the White City

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Feb 1, 2014

Author Edmund White is the preeminent gay man of letters of our time. He also has an insatiable social appetite, as evidenced in his latest memoir, "Inside a Pearl - My Years In Paris."

Out There :: To Be Young, Gifted, and Gay

Out There :: To Be Young, Gifted, and Gay

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jan 25, 2014

The new HBO series ’"Looking" premiered at the Castro Theatre before its first broadcast last week, and Out There was in the house.