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'Proust, le Concert Retrouve' recreates author's music salons

'Proust, le Concert Retrouve' recreates author's music salons

  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Jun 1, 2021

In 'Proust, le Concert Retrouve,' pianist Tanguy de Williencourt and violinist Theotime Langlois de Swarte usher us directly into the music salons hosted by French author Marcel Proust.

Frameline45 announces festival programs

Frameline45 announces festival programs

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • May 25, 2021

Not even one frame or video shot has been screened, but Frameline45, which just announced its full program, has already made history. The Castro Theatre and other venues will finally reopen for in-person screenings, with plenty of online viewing as well.

Return Engagements: Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, Tina D'Elia bring back live cabaret, a solo show & a Haight history tour

Return Engagements: Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, Tina D'Elia bring back live cabaret, a solo show & a Haight history tour

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • May 25, 2021

Drag chanteuse Katya Smirnoff-Skyy, who will open a four-night engagement at Feinstein's at the Nikko, and Tina D'Elia performs her new solo and hosts the new Out of Site Haight walking tour; each in new 'sort of' post-pandemic performances.

Asian elders' romance in Ray Yeung's 'Twilight's Kiss'

Asian elders' romance in Ray Yeung's 'Twilight's Kiss'

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • May 25, 2021

While his previous two full-length feature films dealt with a younger age demographic, director Ray Yeung's 'Twilight's Kiss' introduces us to men in the twilight of their gay years.

Kristian Hoffman's loud and queer as Mumps music's re-released

Kristian Hoffman's loud and queer as Mumps music's re-released

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • May 25, 2021

In addition to his own music, Kristian Hoffman, a co-founding member of Mumps with Lance Loud, discusses the release of 'Rock & Roll This, Rock & Roll That: Best Case Scenario, You've Got Mumps,' a collection of 23 songs.

Get down on the farm with Veronica Klaus

Get down on the farm with Veronica Klaus

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • May 24, 2021

Former Bay Area chanteuse Veronica Klaus is much missed in the Bay Area. The singer will perform an in-person and live-streaming jazz concert from her rural farm house in Sharon Springs, NY on May 30.

Vocal Varieties: LGBTetc musicians share special songs

Vocal Varieties: LGBTetc musicians share special songs

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • May 21, 2021

It's not yet June, but multiple musicians have shared new songs with an audible rainbow of sounds and styles to add to your late spring pre-Pride month playlist. So get gaily groovin'.

Thoroughly 'Modern' - actor, comedian & poet Catherine Cohen

Thoroughly 'Modern' - actor, comedian & poet Catherine Cohen

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • May 18, 2021

Cohen's debut poetry collection 'God I Feel Modern Tonight: Poems from a Gal About Town' strikes a careful balance between the poetic ("I love sex and I love before it—/the double vodka soda leg touch") and the playful.

Excitable boy: singer/songwriter Jordy

Excitable boy: singer/songwriter Jordy

  • by Gregg Shapiro
  • May 18, 2021

Jordy, the latest in the long tradition of mono-monikered performers in the music world, gets up close and personal with listeners on his viral TikTok hit single "Long Distance."

Gay tech guru: 'Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story'

Gay tech guru: 'Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story'

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • May 18, 2021

Microsoft pioneering techie Ric Weiland used his wealth and good fortune to make the world a better more just place, especially for LGBTQ people. A new documentary explores his forgotten short yet amazing life.

Michael Nava's 'Lies With Man' brings back the mystery

Michael Nava's 'Lies With Man' brings back the mystery

  • by Jim Piechota
  • May 18, 2021

Attorney and prolific author Michael Nava's impressive, engrossing ninth mystery novel in his Henry Rios detective series flashes back to the 1980s where big hair ruled, neon lit up the night, and the dark storm clouds of the AIDS epidemic began.

Proud; empowered; parting - The Lavender Tube on FX's 'Pride,' AAPI representation, & Ellen's finale

Proud; empowered; parting - The Lavender Tube on FX's 'Pride,' AAPI representation, & Ellen's finale

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • May 18, 2021

Must-watch TV: FX's six-part 'Pride' series brings new perspectives on LGBTQ history, with interviews and rare footage; Asian American shows and characters get a to-view list, and Ellen DeGeneres imminent departure from her chat show made news.

Flower of Iowa playwright Lance Ringel imagines male intimacy during WWI

Flower of Iowa playwright Lance Ringel imagines male intimacy during WWI

  • by Mark William Norby
  • May 18, 2021

Lance Ringel's expansive novel 'Flower of Iowa' centers on native 18-year old Tommy Flowers, who was raised in rural Iowa and sent to France by the U.S. Military in June 1918, the final months of World War I.

Cabaret, comedy & a class act: 42nd Street Moon, New Conservatory Theatre Center's new offerings

Cabaret, comedy & a class act: 42nd Street Moon, New Conservatory Theatre Center's new offerings

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • May 17, 2021

A gay duo offers up new takes on classic sitcom theme songs, the long-gone Billie Holiday is revived in a play with her music, and half a dozen trans performers go virtual.