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

Everybody had an opinion when we told them we were spending Christmas in Reno, Nevada.

Blue might have been the warmest color of 2013, but in 2014 it’s all about "The Color Purple," at least for Valentine’s Day. Also: Horror movie paperback; comic Marga Gomez; and someone awfully good at the organ.

Brand-new year, brand-new opportunities for adventures in the arts!

With historical oppression often matching contemporary problems, start of your new year with more than a bit of thought-provoking controversy.

Roberto Friedman casts an appreciative eye over film, books, and music, and tells you what’s what and why.

We spend a lot of our off-hours sprawled out on our sofa listening to music with a book propped open in our mitts. Even so, we get sent many more review copies than we can possibly read. But here are a few books that we did get to...

Dancers and other works of art are the subject of this week’s "Out There."

When we were offered the chance to spend a day exploring the new Healdsburg last month, we jumped at the chance.

"Amaluna" director Diane Paulus has said she intended to put women front-and-center in this circus show. The production’s motto is, "Escape to an island where beauty and women power are unleashed!"

The 2014 edition of the Orthodox Calendar is quite up-to-date, paying tribute as it does to marriage equality.

O soft, warm bed! O hard, cold world! What willpower do we call upon when we forsake the former for the latter on those coming dark days? We know not. But Out There into the world we must go to report on cultural happenings.

Here’s a rundown on the culturally current, from the voltage of "Electric Lady" to the shock of pleasure that vintage posters offer.

The Department of Public Health, along with the national Greater Than AIDS initiative and the Kaiser Family Foundation, recently introduced social marketing campaign Speak Out: Let’s Bring HIV Out of the Closet.