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Apothecarium acquired by Canadian wellness company

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Feb 11, 2019

The swanky San Francisco-based cannabis dispensary the Apothecarium has entered into an agreement to be acquired by a publicly traded Canadian corporation.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Speed dating for lesbians who like cannabis

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Feb 6, 2019

Attention: lesbian stoners.

Comedy & kink

  • THEATER
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jan 29, 2019

Queer artists are featured prominently in a new weekly comedy show that begins Fri., Feb. 1, in the basement of the infamous Armory Club (1799 Mission St.), the upscale cocktail lounge that was the lovechild of Kink.com.

Roxie names new ED

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jan 16, 2019

The Roxie Theater, San Francisco's longtime independent cinema, has hired its lesbian general manager as its next executive director.

SF bridge club has success, offers lessons

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jan 16, 2019

When a handful of gay men got together to play bridge regularly in 1978, they had no idea the group would be setting attendance records four decades later.

Bringing the funny

  • THEATER
  • by Sari Staver
  • Jan 11, 2019

SF Sketchfest, the nationally recognized comedy festival born and bred in San Francisco, brings more than 700 shows to stages around town for 18 days beginning Jan. 10.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Online sites censoring cannabis ads

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Dec 28, 2018

Cannabis activists are outraged that online websites, including Craigslist and Facebook, are censoring posts related to pot.

Paula does NYE

  • THEATER
  • by Sari Staver
  • Dec 25, 2018

Paula Poundstone brings her quirky, self-deprecating sense of humor to the Sydney Goldstein Theater (formerly the Nourse) in San Francisco for her annual New Year's Eve show.

Cinderella dreams

  • THEATER
  • by Sari Staver
  • Dec 18, 2018

This year's African-American Shakespeare Company's seasonal production of "Cinderella" will be directed by Broadway veteran Mark Allan Davis, an openly gay actor, playwright, dancer, lyricist and choreographer.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Cannabis gifts sure to light up the holidays

  • NEWS
  • by by Sari Staver
  • Dec 5, 2018

As we begin the first holiday season with legal cannabis, shelves are stocked with dozens of new gizmos for the pot aficionado on your list.

Wiener reintroduces bill to exempt some cannabis from state taxes

  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 30, 2018

State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) plans to reintroduce legislation that will exempt compassionate care programs from paying state taxes, which would make free medical cannabis more readily available to low-income patients.

Cashing in

  • MUSIC
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 27, 2018

Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash and guitarist Ry Cooder will perform their rendition of the music of Johnny Cash on Dec. 5-6 at the War Memorial Opera House.

Resident genius

  • MUSIC
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 20, 2018

Avant-garde artist and pop music icon Laurie Anderson will present five different concerts in San Francisco beginning Nov. 28, as part of her tenure as Resident Artistic Director at SFJAZZ Center.

SF Transgender Film Fest inspires us

  • MOVIES
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 6, 2018

The opening-night feature of the SF Transgender Fim Fest is about performer Marsha "Pay it No Mind" Johnson's role.

Bay Area Cannasseur: Infused herb adds new meaning to tea time

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 31, 2018

Served by itself hot or cold – or on the rocks mixed with juices or carbonated beverages – cannabis-infused herbal tea is the latest incarnation of northern California's favorite herb.

'Transparent' is transitioning, Soloway says

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 31, 2018

Although Amazon's Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning streaming television series "Transparent," is ending, the show's creator, Jill Soloway, isn't going away anytime soon.

Liberating the heroine

  • THEATER
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 10, 2018

Choreographer and performer Monique Jenkinson, in the guise of her drag queen persona Fauxnique, and her longtime partner, electronic composer Marc Kate, will premier their first full collaboration, "Girl," at the Joe Goode Annex.

Black Brothers Esteem founder Norman Tanner dies after hit-and-run

  • CRIME
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 10, 2018

Norman Tanner, a gay man who was a nationally prominent leader in HIV prevention and support, died Friday, October 5, two days after a hit-and-run collision in San Francisco. He was 60.

Justin Vivian Bond returns

  • MUSIC
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 3, 2018

Called "the best cabaret artist of his generation" by The New Yorker, Justin Vivian Bond returns to San Francisco to perform at the GLBT Historical Society's annual gala on Friday evening, Oct. 5.

Governor vetoes Wiener's low-income cannabis bill

  • NEWS
  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 3, 2018

Governor Jerry Brown vetoed proposed legislation that would've to made it easier for low-income people to access free medical cannabis.