BARtab :: Nightlife

Erasure’s Winter Wonderland

Erasure’s Winter Wonderland

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Dec 1, 2013

Electro duo Erasure have a new CD out just in time for the holidays. "Snow Globe" includes both traditional songs and some original music. Andy Bell ruminates on the duo’s latest album.

Party Time :: Tips on Be(com)ing the (Im)Perfect Host(ess)

Party Time :: Tips on Be(com)ing the (Im)Perfect Host(ess)

  • by Ronn Vigh
  • Nov 30, 2013

Lively guests, good food, cocktails and bubbly conversation are my cornerstones for a successful party. Here are some of my tips for throwing a party so amazing that it will be archived and written about by scholars for years to come.

Singing for Change

Singing for Change

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Nov 29, 2013

More than a dozen stars of Broadway hit musicals will travel from around the country to participate in this year’s annual Broadway Against Bullying.

Let’s Talk Turkey :: Where to Eat on Thanksgiving

Let’s Talk Turkey :: Where to Eat on Thanksgiving

  • by Sean Timberlake
  • Nov 24, 2013

Not all of us have the wherewithal to turn out massive meals in our tiny urban kitchens or serve buffets in our studio apartments. Luckily, plenty of restaurants around town are jumping on the Turkey Day bandwagon and serving forth feasts.

BARchive :: Thanksgiving High

BARchive :: Thanksgiving High

  • by Jim Stewart
  • Nov 23, 2013

That platter had the Acapulco Gold dressing. This platter of turkey came from the herbed bird. Didn't it? The small platter of dark meat came from the other bird. Or was it the other way around? Our hunger could not be sated.

Sheena Rose :: Queen of Clubs

Sheena Rose :: Queen of Clubs

  • by Cornelius Washington
  • Nov 22, 2013

As his drag persona Sheena Rose, Jacob Paiva has accomplished something no one else has done in San Francisco since the dance music icon Sylvester in 1986: Place Number One on a prestigious dance music chart.

Bearing It All

Bearing It All

  • by Ronn Vigh
  • Nov 3, 2013

Come Veterans Day weekend, San Francisco will feel like it’s become a whole lot smaller as Bear Pride 2013 takes over. It’s Gay Pride but for the Bear community!

Project Nunway's Fashion Feast

Project Nunway's Fashion Feast

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Nov 2, 2013

One of the most wildly vibrant live shows at YBCA celebrates its fifth incarnation as The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence present Project Nunway, the amazingly creative couture fashion show, Saturday, November 2.

Returning ’Ender’ to Sender, Fanboys Celebrate Takei

Returning ’Ender’ to Sender, Fanboys Celebrate Takei

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Nov 1, 2013

On Friday, November 1, Fanboy SF will host Skip Ender’s Game: A Salute to Hikaru Sulu. The event coincides with the opening night of "Ender’s Game," the movie based on the bestselling novel by notorious homophobe Orson Scott Card.

Sundancin’

Sundancin’

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 31, 2013

Don’t be surprised by a lot more Stetson-wearing folks in town this weekend. The annual Sundance Stompede corrals hundreds of LGBT Country-Western two-stepping and line-dancing fans.

Moni Talks

Moni Talks

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 27, 2013

At times sincere and at other times witty and casual, San Francisco drag diva Moni Stat balances the elegance of upscale drag with a sense of humor and self-deprecation.

BARchive :: Halloween on Polk Street 1975

BARchive :: Halloween on Polk Street 1975

  • by Jim Stewart
  • Oct 26, 2013

It was Friday, October 31, 1975. My first Halloween in San Francisco. I'd just dropped a bundle on black leather chaps from Hard On Leathers on Polk and a Muir motorcycle cap from A Taste of Leather on Folsom.

Klaus Music: Joey Arias & Kristian Hoffman

Klaus Music: Joey Arias & Kristian Hoffman

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 21, 2013

The eerily wonderful pop-opera singer Klaus Nomi is long gone, but Joey Arias and Kristian Hoffman, his two close friends and collaborators, will return to the stage in a rare duo concert

Rad Beaux-mance

Rad Beaux-mance

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Oct 20, 2013

After enduring months of extensive renovations, and no small volley of rumors and speculation, Beaux, the stylish Castro gay nightclub, has opened.