LATEST NEWS
Lee era begins in Oakland
NEWS |
May 21, 2025
| BAR Staff
Former congressmember Barbara Lee was sworn in May 20 as Oakland's 52nd mayor.
2 Mission district nonprofits embroiled in legal fight
NEWS |
May 21, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Two San Francisco nonprofits are embroiled in a legal battle with a trial tentatively set for September.
B.A.R. wins California journalism awards
NEWS |
May 20, 2025
| Cynthia Laird
News Briefs: Saint Francis Foundation awards $1.3M in grants
NEWS |
May 20, 2025
| Cynthia Laird
Banner drop to ‘liberate’ Compton’s site
NEWS |
May 20, 2025
| BAR Staff
California officials ax funds for queer women’s health
NEWS |
May 20, 2025
| Matthew S. Bajko
APE confirms plans for Castro Street coffee shop, nail salon spaces post-vacancy
NEWS |
May 19, 2025
| John Ferrannini
DHS Secretary Noem won’t commit to checking if detained gay makeup artist is alive
NEWS |
May 15, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Arts & Culture
‘To My Girls’ –Bad behavior yields big laughs at NCTC
ARTS & CULTURE |
May 20, 2025
| Jim Gladstone
Meet the spunky grandsons of “The Boys in the Band.” “To My Girls,” JC Lee’s laugh-out-loud crowdpleaser, now in its West Coast premiere, feels like Mart Crowley’s black comic classic from 1968 fast-forwarded to today.
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Oaklash: Oakland’s festival of queer and trans performance returns
DRAG |
May 11, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
Mark your calendars. The weekend of May 16 will see the return of Oaklash, Oakland’s annual festival of queer and trans performance. The festivities will include parties at some of the city’s hottest nightspots, including the White Horse Bar.
Oasis Arts expands: SoMa nightclub merges with nonprofit to support queer entertainment
ARTS & CULTURE | May 20, 2025
| Finbar LaBelle
‘Surviving Voices’ National AIDS Memorial premieres documentary on long-term survivors
ARTS & CULTURE | May 20, 2025
| Race Bannon
‘Egghead & Twinkie’ – Delightful lesbian road movie is a wacky trip
ARTS & CULTURE | May 19, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
‘The Emperor of Gladness’ – Ocean Vuong gets real in his new novel
ARTS & CULTURE | May 19, 2025
| Tim Pfaff
‘Harvey Milk Reimagined’ – Opera Parallèle’s new version of opera about the slain gay supervisor’s life and legacy
ARTS & CULTURE | May 18, 2025
| Philip Campbell
Orlando Ortega-Medina’s ‘Emerald Road: A Tale of Love, War, and Betrayal’
ARTS & CULTURE | May 16, 2025
| Laura Moreno
Going Out, May 15-23, 2025 arts & nightlife events
THEATER | May 14, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Jake Wesley Rogers' ‘In the Key of Love' is a queer and spirited debut album
ARTS & CULTURE | May 13, 2025
| Jim Gladstone
Étoile: Ballet grand jeté series missteps but still dazzles
ARTS & CULTURE | May 13, 2025
| Brian Bromberger
The Einstein of Sex: Homo-Sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld newly considered
ARTS & CULTURE | May 12, 2025
| Tim Pfaff
‘Punk Pride’ at the Chan Center: Peaches Christ hosts a night of rock ‘n’ roll drag and hilarity
MUSIC | May 11, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Going Out, May 8-17, 2025 arts & nightlife events
DRAG | May 7, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Oakland Latino LGBTQ club broken into for 11th time
BARS | May 2, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Going Out, May 1-9, 2025 arts & nightlife events
BARS | Apr 30, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Women’s Weekend aims to draw crowd to Russian River
BARS | Apr 30, 2025
| Lois Pearlman
SF LGBTQ bars mostly mum on liquor boycott
BARS | Apr 30, 2025
| John Ferrannini
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Jason Brock and Dee Spencer: Enjoy a cabaret-style concert at the Chan Center
LIVE MUSIC | Apr 29, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
‘Select Thine Own Journey…In Space!’ – Drag queens save the galaxy at Oasis
BARTAB | Apr 27, 2025
| David-Elijah Nahmod
Going Out, April 24-May 2, 2025 arts & nightlife events
BARS | Apr 23, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Isaac Mizrahi: Dapper designer’s singing with style
CABARET | Apr 20, 2025
| Christopher J. Beale
Going Out, April 17-25, 2025 arts & nightlife events
BARS | Apr 16, 2025
| Jim Provenzano
Queerchella: Lady Gaga, Green Day & Bob Mizer: Coachella music festival’s gayest moments
LIVE MUSIC | Apr 13, 2025
| Jim Provenzano