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The Exhibitionist
12:30 pm
Jan. 18, 2013
Recent Acquisitions: John Steinbeck's Cold War Armenian Legacy Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing find... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:30 am
Jan. 18, 2013
Adobe Books Hopes to Avoid Shuttering by Becoming a Co-Op By Lydia Laurenson "There are a lot of journalists here tonight," Andrew McKinley, owner of Adobe Books, said as he poured me some wine. Indeed, I spotted no fewer than three people seeking com... More >>
The Exhibitionist
9:35 am
Jan. 18, 2013
What Gay Men Think About Vaginas (Video) Vaginas. Creating life. Wreaking havoc for our lawmakers. And now, causing adorable gay men to make squirmy faces and ultimately atone in this hilarious video. Davey Wavey asked seven gay men to d... More >>
The Exhibitionist
8:30 am
Jan. 18, 2013
Video of the Day: The Onion Mocks Jodie Foster's Quazi-Coming Out Speech If you missed Jodie Foster's rambly, kinda coming out speech at the Golden Globes the other night, we suggest you skip it and just watch The Onion parody instead, which reports that Foster's speec... More >>
The Exhibitionist
7:30 am
Jan. 18, 2013
Five Questions for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Master In 1993, the Gracie family of Brazil changed the martial arts world forever. They held a no-holds-barred fighting tournament in Denver, CO., billed as the Ultimate Fighting Championship. There we... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:30 am
Jan. 17, 2013
Parenthood Season 4, Episode 14: Junk Food Lobbying and Love Triangles In "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back," we open with Zeek getting a late night call from Ryan who is feeling anxious and lost about the state of his life. So you call, Zeek? You're more lost th... More >>
The Exhibitionist
9:30 am
Jan. 17, 2013
The Write Stuff: Baruch Porras-Hernandez on Mexican Batman and Becoming the First Husband The Write Stuff is a series of interview profiles conducted by Litseen, where authors give exclusive readings from their work. Baruch Porras-Hernandez is a writer, organizer, and actor who has... More >>
The Exhibitionist
8:30 am
Jan. 17, 2013
Video of the Day: Does Hell Exist? If So, Who's Going There? When's the last time you engaged in a thoughtful, stimulating discussion about the existence of hell? Telling your ex (or your health insurance company) to go to hell doesn't count, nor does sing... More >>
The Exhibitionist
7:30 am
Jan. 17, 2013
New Film Explores How a Condemned Cow Hollow Home Became an Art Gallery By Katie Tandy While "meta" is a decidedly slippery term -- chock-full of misuse and at times, purposely enigmatic -- Ashley Rodholm and Joe Picard, creators of a new short film, 3020 Laguna Stree... More >>
The Exhibitionist
11:30 am
Jan. 16, 2013
The Sweet Spot: Safer Streets' Radical Protest Tactic -- That We Help Each Other The Occupy movement and resulting marches galvanized the country. But ultimately, was anything achieved? "What were we marching for, exactly?" asked many a supporter. On the day of the second ... More >>
The Exhibitionist
10:30 am
Jan. 16, 2013
World Dance Fusion Joins the Thriving Mission Dance Scene Katy Alaniz Rous began her dance career in ballet. Blessed with the hyper-extended legs and highly-arched feet that would make most ballet dancers envious, Rous trained on scholarship with San Fr... More >>
The Exhibitionist
8:30 am
Jan. 16, 2013
Video of the Day: Sex and the City Performed by Drag Queens Still reeling from the stiletto-sized hole in your heart since The Golden Girls Christmas Episodes closed for the season? Us too. But you can wipe the glitter-encrusted tears from your eyes, bec... More >>
The Exhibitionist
7:30 am
Jan. 16, 2013
Read Local: Increase your California Cred with these 10 Bay Area Books New York City might be home to the big houses, but this scrappy city just happens to be the epicenter of publishing on the Best Coast. Join Alexis Coe every Wednesday for Read Local, a series wh... More >>
Stage
12:00 am
Jan. 16, 2013
"The Witch House": Possessed by History When I sat down to interview playwright Morgan Bassichis about the premiere of his play The Witch House at The Garage, he had a question for me,... More >>
Encore
12:00 am
Jan. 16, 2013
Now Playing 4,000 Miles: Twenty-one-year-old Leo arrives on his 91-year-old grandmother's doorstep after a cross-country bicycle trip. Discounted admission... More >>
The Exhibitionist
12:00 pm
Jan. 15, 2013
Sugar Dating in San Francisco: Behind the Boom of Prostitution-Lite By Clarisse Thorn Today, our sister blog the Snitch filled us in on the prevalence of UC girls using escort-lite site SeekingArrangement.com to help pay for their tuition. That same site also cla... More >>
The Exhibitionist
11:00 am
Jan. 15, 2013
Rock Musical Hair Makes You Like Hippies Again Getting hugged by a sweaty, shirtless hippie isn't often par for the course when going to the theater, but then again, this is San Francisco, and this is also Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock M... More >>
The Exhibitionist
9:30 am
Jan. 15, 2013
The Top Professions that Attract Psychopaths With any job, there are always those coworkers that seem a little bit off. Perhaps it's the gal who sends you a chastising e-mail for your "improper use of mailing labels," or the guy who beats t... More >>
The Exhibitionist
8:30 am
Jan. 15, 2013
Videos of the Day: The Comedy Stars Pro Showcase For the last few years, the Rockit Room was the center of live entertainment in San Francisco's Richmond District, a place in the Avenues where musical stars of all genres could find comfort. Thou... More >>
The Exhibitionist
7:30 am
Jan. 15, 2013
Troublemaker at Berkeley Rep Is a "Freakin'" Great Play Recent graduates of prestigious MFA playwriting programs have all heard the same maxim: To get plays produced, write producible plays -- i.e., those that make few budgetary demands. Dan LeFra... More >>
The Exhibitionist
3:00 pm
Jan. 14, 2013
Girls Season 2 Arrives, Flawed but Still Fabulous "I'm sorry I have a boner. It's not for you." And so, Season 2 of Girls begins, exactly as we want it to -- inappropriately. At the end of Season 1, we saw Hannah's gay ex-boyfriend Elijah making ... More >>

Arts Features

  • When I sat down to interview playwright Morgan Bassichis about the premiere of his play The Witch House at The Garage, he had a question for me,... More >>

  • 4,000 Miles: Twenty-one-year-old Leo arrives on his 91-year-old grandmother's doorstep after a cross-country bicycle trip. Discounted admission... More >>

  • For 14 years, Bay Area photographer Camille Seaman has traveled to the earth's most remote expanses of ice, and in that time — through... More >>

  • Anything Goes: When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on... More >>

  • In an age when the price of a movie ticket can get you three hours of hang-time in Middle Earth, fantasy worlds aren’t exactly at a... More >>

  • Anything Goes: When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on... More >>

  • Written in 1836-7, Woyzeck occupies a fascinating place in theater history. German playwright Georg Büchner died at the age of 23, before... More >>

  • The 2012 Rhino New Year's Eve Spectacular: Lea DeLaria returns to hype up New Year's Eve with her Broadway stand-up comedy. Presented by Theatre... More >>

  • The label "pop artist" was first applied to painter Wayne Thiebaud in the early 1960s, when his everyday items — cakes, pies, and gumball... More >>

  • A Minor Cycle: Five Little Plays in One Starry Night: A collaboration between playwright Greg Giovanni and Theater of Yugen presenting five short... More >>

  • For theater companies, the holiday season can be less "good will toward men" than "notorious conundrum." This time of year is one of the most... More >>

  • 3Girls Squared: 3Girls Theatre Company presents an evening of nine original 10-minute holiday-themed plays. Continues through Dec. 15. $25-$30.... More >>

  • It's not an insult to the work of Swiss novelist/memoirist/archaeologist Annemarie Schwarzenbach that readers, in the decades since her death in... More >>

  • A Minor Cycle: Five Little Plays in One Starry Night.: A collaboration between playwright Greg Giovanni and Theater of Yugen presenting five... More >>

  • The title of Performers Under Stress's new show might sound like the Uncle Sam recruiting poster of the theater world. In fact, You Need to Read... More >>

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"The Witch House": Possessed by History "The Witch House": Possessed by History

When I sat down to interview playwright Morgan Bassichis about the premiere of his play The Witch House at The Garage, he had a question for me, too: "How did… More >>

Now Playing

4,000 Miles: Twenty-one-year-old Leo arrives on his 91-year-old grandmother's doorstep after a cross-country bicycle trip. Discounted admission and free bike valet by SFBC on select dates. Jan. 17.-Feb. 10. $25-$70.… More >>

"Melting Away": Camille Seaman Documents a Changing World "Melting Away": Camille Seaman Documents a Changing World

For 14 years, Bay Area photographer Camille Seaman has traveled to the earth's most remote expanses of ice, and in that time — through photo exhibits, through a TED talk… More >>

Now Playing

Anything Goes: When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love.… More >>

The Real Fantastic: Of Dungeons and Day Jobs The Real Fantastic: Of Dungeons and Day Jobs

In an age when the price of a movie ticket can get you three hours of hang-time in Middle Earth, fantasy worlds aren’t exactly at a premium. But stories that… More >>

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Anything Goes: When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love.… More >>

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