Email Author Tara Jepsen

2011 Stories by Tara Jepsen

• Targets on Their Backs

  published November 16, 2011

  If your general feeling is that people pose too well for pictures, take too many damn pictures, and otherwise speak and behave in disturbingly... More >>

• Anger Management

  published November 2, 2011

  Maybe it’s a California problem to think there aren’t enough angry people around (perhaps with the refreshing exception of protesters... More >>

• When Words Collide

  published October 26, 2011

  Describing the powerfully funny comedy of Brent Weinbach may be best accomplished with abstract means, such as shapes. Weinbach’s... More >>

• East Comes West

  published October 12, 2011

  If one of the jobs of a great city is to provide residents with a boon of affordable festivals, then San Francisco deserves a raise. If your... More >>

• Let’s Do an Experiment

  published September 28, 2011

  Do you know everything about yourself? Let us provide a personality analysis free of clicking boxes or circling letters in a women’s... More >>

• A Source of Pride

  published September 21, 2011

  Do you enjoy pleasure? Read on: You may not be ready to truss up your balls and ride a lifeguard into the heart of Folsom Street Fair, but... More >>

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  Attend the Folsom Street Fair on Sunday -- and Make a Conservative Angry

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Do you enjoy pleasurer Read on: You may not be ready to truss up your balls and ride a lifeguard into the heart of Folsom Street Fair, but that does not leave you out of this deeply and delightfully d... More >>

• Big People

  published September 14, 2011

  Put the sledgehammer down and reconsider killing your television. Perhaps the medium is marvelous, and it’s just the commercials that irk... More >>

• Big Art Group's "The People" Exhibit Includes the People of San Francisco

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Put the sledgehammer down and reconsider killing your television. Perhaps the medium is marvelous, and it's just the commercials that irk you. Television decontextualized from networks and advertising... More >>

• It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane -- It’s a Dance Troupe

  published September 7, 2011

  Project Bandaloop, purveyor and innovator of aerial dancing, today kicks off its 20th season with a preview of its latest work,... More >>

• All Will Become Unclear

  published August 17, 2011

  "You had me at $4.99," is what you will say when stepping through the front door of this evening's fun hole for More >>

• It's Pride Weekend -- Here Are the Basics

  published Jun 24, 2011

  Queer Pride weekend in San Francisco is always an overwhelming undertaking. So much is going on that it's almost too much to comprehend. But here's a starter kit, if you will, dividing the weekend in... More >>

• Hughes, Hurston, Smith, Yum!

  published June 22, 2011

  The political and economic landscape of late could make any thinking, feeling human wish for another time, even one fraught with its own issues.... More >>

• Out and Proud – and Omnipresent

  published June 22, 2011

  Hey, Proud Marys! We know all year is your time to shine, but this weekend is when you exhaust yourself with fabulousness, deplete yourself with... More >>

• Vogue Evolution Headlines Fresh Meat Festival of Queer Dance and Performance

  published Jun 14, 2011

  June in San Francisco brings an even greater onslaught of fabulous queer entertainment than the rest of the year. Most likely you're aware of the marches at the end of the month -- the Transgender Pri... More >>

• Intersection for the Arts' New Exhibit "Chico and Chang"

  published Jun 09, 2011

  You don't have to sell any Californians on the abundance of Asian and Latino cultural influences in the visual landscape -- and San Francisco is particularly rich like that. Of course, the influence ... More >>

• Superstar Sightings

  published June 1, 2011

  June in San Francisco brings an even greater onslaught of fabulous queer entertainment than the rest of the year. Most likely you’re aware of... More >>

• Not a Trust-Fund Kidr You Can Still Be an Artist

  published Jun 07, 2011

  San Francisco produces such a wealth of so-called outsider art, you could quickly lose interest in who the hell the insiders are. Tomorrow's opening reception for "As We Live It" features participant... More >>

• Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee, Hey! Mr. Lee

  published Jun 02, 2011

  Bobby Lee got his start in the merciless world of standup comedy, though you may know him from his tenure on MadTV from 2001 to 2009. His arrival on the network show was welcome and startling: Finally... More >>

• Ch Ch Ch

  published May 25, 2011

  You don’t have to sell any Californians on the abundance of Asian and Latino cultural influences in the visual landscape — and San... More >>

• Victor Landweber Shows Why Colors Are Emotions

  published May 26, 2011

  You may be invested in a color scheme only insofar as you match your green pants with the navy blue whales to a hot pink polo shirt. Or you may notice how the dark, moody hues around the perimeter of... More >>

• Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee, Hey! Mr. Lee

  published May 25, 2011

  Bobby Lee got his start in the merciless world of standup comedy, though you may know him from his tenure on MadTV from 2001 to... More >>

• This Is How We Do It

  published May 25, 2011

  San Francisco produces such a wealth of so-called outsider art, you could quickly lose interest in who the hell the insiders are. Tonight’s... More >>

• Metatation

  published May 25, 2011

  The Buddhist parable of the worst horse describes four different horses responding to the pain, anticipated or physical, of a whip. From dashing... More >>

• Swatch Watch

  published May 25, 2011

  You may be invested in a color scheme only insofar as you match your green pants with the navy blue whales to a hot pink polo shirt. Or you may... More >>