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Best Sex in the Bay: 2018 edition finds familiar fun

Best Sex in the Bay: 2018 edition finds familiar fun

  • SEXUALITY
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Apr 11, 2018

Looking for a hot sex toy, or a hot sex partner to play with? Here, listed for your sexual pleasure, are this year's winners in the Besties' hot and sexy sexual categories.

Besties Food: Take a bite of your favorite eateries

Besties Food: Take a bite of your favorite eateries

  • SPIRITS
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Apr 11, 2018

Out of the dozen categories in our dining Besties, only one has a different winner than last year (and many #1s are multi-year repeaters), our diagnosis? Reflux. Is this a sign of blind LGBT loyalty or of an oddly narrow palate?

Best Bars & Clubs: Your nightlife favorites fly their fun flags

Best Bars & Clubs: Your nightlife favorites fly their fun flags

  • BARS
  • by Michael Flanagan
  • Apr 11, 2018

One of the nicest things about the Besties is that it shows how vital our nightlife is in town. But don't just take the word of our readers for it. Along with the winners, check out the runners-up and run a contest of your own.

Sundance Saloon celebrates 20th anniversary

Sundance Saloon celebrates 20th anniversary

Sundance Saloon, a twice-a-week event for LGBTQ fans of country western music and dance, celebrates its 20th anniversary Sunday, April 8, with a free party.

We are Family: Celebrating the LGBT Center

We are Family: Celebrating the LGBT Center

I'm so honored to be a part of the SF LGBT Center's 16th Anniversary Soirée on Saturday, April 14! It will be my third year as Entertainment Director.

Go-Go's, drag and cocktails: Curran's new musical hosts a very tasty reception

Go-Go's, drag and cocktails: Curran's new musical hosts a very tasty reception

Head Over Heels, the new Go-Go's jukebox musical, is getting a pre-Broadway run at the beautiful Curran Theatre.

Easter with the Sisters @ Hellman Hollow

Easter with the Sisters @ Hellman Hollow

  • NIGHTLIFE
  • by Photos by Steven Underhill
  • Apr 4, 2018

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's 39th anniversary Easter celebration, held April 1 in beautiful Hellman Hollow at Golden Gate Park...

Dapper Drag Kings :: Dandy Takes the Oasis Stage

Dapper Drag Kings :: Dandy Takes the Oasis Stage

  • DRAG
  • by David Elijah-Nahmod
  • Apr 1, 2018

"A drag king is an antidote to drag queens," says drag king extraordinaire Leigh Crow, who spent 12 years as an Elvis Presley impersonator named Elvis Herselvis. "It's expressing masculinity in a satirical way."

Matt Alber :: The Talented Singer at Feinstein's

Matt Alber :: The Talented Singer at Feinstein's

  • CABARET
  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Mar 31, 2018

A gay community favorite, singer-songwriter Matt Alber will perform at Feinstein's at the Nikko next Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14.

He loves the nightlife! Gooch's photo exhibit

He loves the nightlife! Gooch's photo exhibit

  • DRAG
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Mar 28, 2018

Renowned local photographer Gooch, who prefers to be called by a single name, unveiled his latest photos in a new show at Ravot Gallery in the Richmond District.

BARchive :: Café Back in the Day

BARchive :: Café Back in the Day

  • BARCHIVE
  • by Michael Flanagan
  • Mar 18, 2018

The late 1980s saw something of an explosion of women's venues, which was followed shortly thereafter with an implosion. Café San Marcos found itself in an unusual situation: Was it a mixed bar or a women's bar?

Tommy Tune :: Broadway Legend Returns to Feinstein's

Tommy Tune :: Broadway Legend Returns to Feinstein's

  • CABARET
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Mar 17, 2018

Having worn many hats over the course of his 50-year career in the theater, actor, dancer, director and choreographer Tommy Tune has done it all. On Sunday, March 18, Tune returns to San Francisco for two shows at Feinstein's at the Nikko.

Jeremy Jordan :: Broadway & TV Star at The Herbst

Jeremy Jordan :: Broadway & TV Star at The Herbst

Jeremy Jordan, the multi-talented singer-actor who's shared the screen and stage with newsboys, superheroes and bank robbers, will sing and talk with accompanist and erudite interviewer Seth Rudetsky on March 18 at the Herbst Theatre.

Curtain Calls for Queer Space?

Curtain Calls for Queer Space?

  • BARS
  • by Juanita MORE!
  • Mar 4, 2018

Polk Gulch was the place to be. It was the place where the community first celebrated its holiest of high holidays, Halloween, and where parades, marches, and protests took place.