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Out There :: Dishing It Up At the Legion

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Sep 24, 2016

Pieces from an innovative French porcelain manufactory that served under Louis XV's royal patronage are displayed in a new exhibition at the Legion of Honor. (But don't call it "Totes amazeballs!")

Out There :: Gems from the Archives

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Sep 10, 2016

Last week the San Francisco Opera Archive unveiled its new, permanent photography exhibition "Looking Through the Lens: The Glory of San Francisco Opera, Past and Present."

Out There :: Operatically Yours

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Sep 3, 2016

It's beginning to feel a lot like the fall arts season.

Out There :: Bright Lights, Big Lilies

  • BOOKS
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 27, 2016

Reading this hilarious but unsettling memoir, you feel you're getting only one side of the story. We can only begin to imagine the effect Tama is having on the people she's describing.

Out There :: Staycation

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 20, 2016

Once upon a time, Out There went on lots of world trips. Nowadays, not so much. That's all the more reason we make sure to make plenty of whoopee at home.

Out There :: Opera Over the Airwaves

  • MUSIC
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Aug 6, 2016

The Fall 2016 San Francisco Opera broadcasts on Classical KDFC begin this Sunday, Aug. 7, with a broadcast of the gala concert honoring David Gockley's career as General Director of the Houston Grand Opera and SFO.

Out There :: Grand Hotel

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 31, 2016

Last week Out There was in the grand old house for a pre-publication party celebrating The New York Times bestselling author Amor Towles and his new novel "A Gentleman in Moscow."

Out There :: Maestro on the Beach

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 23, 2016

What we really want to know is, what SPF sunscreen does the maestro use to protect that porcelain skin?

Out There: Return to the Transgressive 1980s

  • BOOKS
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 16, 2016

Blend together a sudden pandemic of a potentially fatal STD, a reactionary federal government impervious to our plight, the ACT UP movement and other gay responses, and you have the ingredients for a true cultural moment.

Out There :: Gypsy Gyrations

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 9, 2016

Bare-chested ruffians, sleazy behavior, flashy costuming, a blowjob, a knifefight, boozing, smuggling, petty crime - Bieito's take on Bizet's eternally popular masterwork is the "Scarface" of powerhouse opera.

Out There :: Love In All the Wrong Places?

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jul 2, 2016

Frameline 40, the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, wound up its 11-day run at the Castro Theatre on Sunday night with the world premiere of "Looking," the last installment of the late, lamented HBO series.

Out There :: Frameline Strikes A Pose

  • MOVIES
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jun 25, 2016

This year more than ever, we needed to be with our LGBTQ brothers and sisters at opening night of the San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival.

Out There :: Flower (+ Piano) Power

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jun 11, 2016

Heads up for an amazing 12-day public piano project called "Flower Piano," which is set to return this July 7-18 to the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. And there's still more culture waiting in the wings!

Out There :: Monarch Butterflies

  • MOVIES
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jun 4, 2016

Frameline folks are all jazzed up about the upcoming San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, June 16-26.

Out There :: Museum Collection, by the Book

  • ART
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • May 28, 2016

Since the re-opening of SFMOMA has already garnered so much press, we thought we'd read and review the new accompanying catalog, in which there is both scholarship and art-loving glee on display.

Out There :: Manly Men

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • May 14, 2016

Closing night of the 59th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) at the Castro Theatre last Thursday was a blast from the past.

Out There :: Colorful Museum Encounters

  • ART
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • May 7, 2016

Pressies from around the world and down the block toured the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) last week, set to open to the public on May 14.

Out There :: The Full Puppini Treatment

  • CULTURE
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Apr 16, 2016

It was no surprise to any of their fans, Out There very much included, that the Puppini Sisters sold out their Bay Area Cabaret show this coming Sunday (April 17, 5:30 p.m.) at the Venetian Room of the Fairmont San Francisco.

Out There :: Besties in Arts & Culture

  • NEWS
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Apr 9, 2016

Eagle-eyed readers who have been following Besties coverage in Arts & Culture over the years will have noticed that many of the winners in various categories have been previous awardees as well.

Out There :: What's the Buzz Up on the Roof?

  • NEWS
  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Apr 2, 2016

Last week found Out There reeling rooftop as we attended the press unveiling of a new Rooftop Bee Sanctuary and Cocktail Herb Garden at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco.