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Big Top Brunch at Beaux

Big Top Brunch at Beaux

Beaux's Sunday Big Top Brunch entertained outdoor patrons on Feb. 28 as glam drag performers strutted their lip-synching stuff, and photographer Steven Underhill caught some fun moments.

Gold miner: Singer-songwriter Melissa Carper

Gold miner: Singer-songwriter Melissa Carper

There's so much to recommend about 'Daddy's Country Gold,' the dazzling new album by out singer/songwriter Melissa Carper, it's hard to know where to begin. Carper's distinctive vocal style transcends a single genre description.

Oasis telethon to feature dozens of talents

Oasis telethon to feature dozens of talents

Despite a year of providing entertainment through the pandemic, the drag-focused nightclub Oasis still needs fan support to remain open. So owner D'Arcy Drollinger will host a 12-hour telethon with dozens of performers on March 6.

Haney's office hopeful nightlife fund can start in March

Haney's office hopeful nightlife fund can start in March

Now that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney's Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund, his legislative aide is hopeful that beleaguered venues can start getting help next month.

Folsom fair group to open sex-positive space

Folsom fair group to open sex-positive space

The nonprofit that oversees the Folsom Street Fair will soon open a sex-positive space in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

Bill Eld's posthumous porn paean

Bill Eld's posthumous porn paean

  • SEXUALITY
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Feb 23, 2021

"Big" Bill Eld, one of gay cinema's first porn stars, didn't last long in the business, as director Toby Ross recounts in his ruminative odd 'docudrama.'

Homing's In  Feb 19-28, 2021

Homing's In Feb 19-28, 2021

Sometime it feels like being the DJ on the Titanic II, part desperate distraction, part solemn duty, working to bring you entertainments and the strange dispiriting online version of community. Sometimes it doesn't.

All hail the kings: drag show's Zoomin'

All hail the kings: drag show's Zoomin'

  • DRAG
  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Feb 16, 2021

Names like Mo B. Dick and Sexy Galexy will grace your computer screens when Drag King Legends takes to Zoom on Feb. 21 at 5pm. Kings with 25 years or more experience will be honored in a show that promises to be informative, exciting, and entertaining.

What drives desire - 'Kink: Stories' anthology explores sexuality

What drives desire - 'Kink: Stories' anthology explores sexuality

'Kink: Stories,' edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, is an anthology of 14 blazing, vivid stories that come together and make up a collection that plunges into different definitions of the multi-layered discipline of intimacy.

Daytime nightlife in the Castro

Daytime nightlife in the Castro

Castro nightlife is back, sort of, including brunch drag shows outside The Edge bar.

New music from LGBT artists

New music from LGBT artists

Shuttered at home, musicians are producing new songs in abundance, including local artists and longtime favorites. Also, we honor a singer-songwriter lost too soon.

Homing's In, Feb. 11-18, 2021

Homing's In, Feb. 11-18, 2021

Click here, click there, and voila, a new world of theatre, dance, drag and community will appear.

Q-Music: Deep cover; honorous -and even whimsical- music tributes and film soundtracks

Q-Music: Deep cover; honorous -and even whimsical- music tributes and film soundtracks

Interpreting other musician's classics can be tough. Some fine accomplishments include film soundtracks, Billie Holiday and Leonard Cohen tributes, and the amazing senior chorus that brings a touching new perspective on Bowie and Rolling Stones hits.

Bare Chest Calendar Men show a little skin for a good cause

Bare Chest Calendar Men show a little skin for a good cause

The annual Bare Chest Calendar is out, and raising funds for Positive Resource Center. Find out how the calendar men raised money without the usual year of bar events.