We're back in business, back to school and it's time to plan your autumn concert-going. Single tickets and subscriptions are on sale now. So, grab a pumpkin spice latte and look at some tempting offerings of the new season.

Art exhibits to look forward to this fall run the gamut from spectacles to the more scholarly.

An esoteric collection of pop acts and comedians with distinct queer appeal will make their way through the Bay Area this season. Here are some of the most intriguing.

Here we are once again with another fall round-up of books coming to shelves near you. The range is diverse and effortlessly intriguing.

Remember back to school days, your new shoes squeaking, your lunch box packed with love? The new season of multiple arts and nightlife events is kinda like that. And we've got your homework assignment: find fun, this week and every week in our listings.

Held the first Friday of every month, the self-guided walking tour steers attendees to neighborhood art galleries, art-focused spaces and other small businesses on Market, Castro and Noe Streets and at adjacent locations.

San Francisco is the birthplace of the trans-centering Riot Party, which returns for its third year on August 27 in celebration of the 57th anniversary of the Compton Cafeteria Riot.

After almost universal critical acclaim and a staggeringly successful global audience, "Heartstopper" was guaranteed a second season on Netflix.

If you need a chaser to Amazon Prime's hot little gay rom-com movie, "Red, White & Royal Blue," Hallmark's gay-inclusive tale stars Luke Mcfarlane, and Showtime's "Fellow Travelers" costars Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer.

The creator and star of the hit series "Old Dogs & New Tricks," and author of the very entertaining book "Sub-lebrity: The Queer Life of a Show-Biz Footnote," Leon Acord is now wowing fans with his new book, "Expletives Not Deleted."

On August 26, Hassan Zee's new film "San Francisco Cowboy" will have an old-fashioned red carpet premiere at the Balboa Theater in which Zee and the film's stars will be in attendance.

Summertime, and the livin' is easy, or too hot, or too foggy. But either way, you'll adjust, and get out to enjoy some of the many nightlife and arts we have listed for you, this week and every week.

While parts of "Red, White & Royal Blue," Amazon Prime's new modern fairy tale rom-com, border on the preposterous, its handsome lead actors make up for the formulaic story.

Award-winning gay playwright Matthew López discusses taking the directorial helm for the lighthearted gay romcom. "Red, White & Royal Blue," based on the best-selling book.