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Valentimely - unusual and romantic events for the love holiday

Valentimely - unusual and romantic events for the love holiday

  • by Dan Renzi
  • Feb 6, 2019

Regardless of your relationship status, you can celebrate Saint Valentine for his renegade marriage ceremonies and check out some of these fun events.

Junk @ Powerhouse

Junk @ Powerhouse

  • by Steven Underhill
  • Jan 30, 2019

The naughty weekly night at The Powerhouse, hosted by Dulce de Leche and mrPam, includes an underwear contest and gear night.

Winter Onesie Party @ The Lookout

Winter Onesie Party @ The Lookout

  • by Steven Underhill
  • Jan 23, 2019

The Lookout's annual Winter Onesie Party attracted another festive crowd of creative long-underwear-clad patrons in cute outfits, with DJ Matt Effect.

Susan Werner - Somewhere under the radar

Susan Werner - Somewhere under the radar

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Jan 16, 2019

Susan Werner is waxing lyrical about Carmen Cusack, the Tony-nominated singer-actress (Bright Star) with whom she'll share a sublime Bay Area Cabaret double-bill at the Venetian Room this Sunday afternoon.

Positioning our sex - Deconstructing top, bottom and various codes

Positioning our sex - Deconstructing top, bottom and various codes

  • by Race Bannon
  • Jan 16, 2019

Far too frequently, the leather communities tend to honor and revere tops and doms in a way they do not always bottoms and subs. I've increasingly seen this play out in the non-kinky gay men's world as well.

iCandy @ The Café

iCandy @ The Café

  • by Steven Underhill
  • Jan 9, 2019

The Café, the Castro's dance nightclub with a view, hosted its first iCandy Friday night of 2019, and some amateur booty-shakers took to the platform as well.

Shining Stars: Best of 2018

Shining Stars: Best of 2018

  • by Steven Underhill
  • Dec 26, 2018

This week, we feature a dozen-plus photos from the best of prolific photographer Steven Underhill's Shining Stars albums. See you next year!

Grand Opening @ Jolene's

Grand Opening @ Jolene's

  • by Events Editor
  • Dec 19, 2018

Jolene's, the new queer bar in SoMa, opened last weekend to much local appreciation. A soft opening on Dec. 15 included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the return of Uhaul, now each Friday, marked the first week of events.

Connie Champagne - celebrated chanteuse's new Judy Garland holiday show

Connie Champagne - celebrated chanteuse's new Judy Garland holiday show

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Dec 12, 2018

It's been a while, and it may be a while longer before Connie Champagne returns, but her subtle, witty and endearing portrayal of Judy Garland takes place to Oasis on December 15.

Running up that hill in 2019

Running up that hill in 2019

  • by Juanita MORE!
  • Dec 12, 2018

2018 was a rough year for almost everyone I know, even if there were hopeful moments sprinkled along the way. You might have noticed that we had an overwhelming number of success stories, too.

Aaron Lazar: playing Dad

Aaron Lazar: playing Dad

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Dec 5, 2018

It's been 18 years since Aaron Lazar last passed through San Francisco on a Broadway tour. He's in 'Dear Evan Hansen' at the Curran through December 30, and has a solo engagement at Feinstein's at the Nikko on December 17.

Support the things you love

Support the things you love

  • by Juanita MORE!
  • Oct 31, 2018

October was cute, and it was sweet to end it with such gorgeous weather. My two monthly parties at Powerhouse have helped to raise great money for two organizations that I really care deeply about.

Litquake's queer pages: Literary festival's got plenty for all

Litquake's queer pages: Literary festival's got plenty for all

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 10, 2018

Litquake's 19th annual festival runs from October 11 through 20 at venues all over the Bay Area. Along with readings galore, and the last-night Lit Crawl, several LGBTQ authors promise plenty of fun for wordsmith fans.

Big little talent: meet 11-Year-Old Drag Diva Desmond

Big little talent: meet 11-Year-Old Drag Diva Desmond

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Oct 10, 2018

He's only eleven years old, yet Desmond Napoles has already made a name for himself with appearances at New York's famed Wigstock, and cutting the opening ribbon at DragCon NYC with RuPaul.