Sunday, May 20
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We’re not saying someone is guaranteed to fall in the pool. We’re just pointing out that a pool is there, and that people are drinking cocktails and perhaps not paying full attention to their footing. It’s easy to get distracted at an art fair, after all, especially at one as full of stimuli as ArtPadSF. Set at the Phoenix Hotel, the exhibition takes place on a weekend when... More >>
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Vogue editor Anna Wintour says negative projections on the fashion world come from people who feel frightened or excluded by a spectacular lifestyle. Wintour might be right. High fashion is generally reserved for the wealthy and privileged. But with the rise of fashion blogs and street photographers, everyday fashionistas with excellent taste are finally being given the acknowledgment they... More >>
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At this year’s Bay to Breakers, you can’t drink alcohol. You can’t bring a float. You can’t pee in someone’s driveway, and you can’t throw up in a bush. “Borrrrring!” you might think. But there is still one way to make B2B the most scandalous thing you’ve ever done, and it’s simple: At the starting line, take off your shirt, take off... More >>
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Queercore punk may no longer get the hype it did when Pansy Division started in the 1990s, but time hasn't stopped S.F.'s finest lighthearted gay punk band from keepin' on. Like Limp Wrist and spiritual heir Hunx and His Punx, Pansy is adept at wrapping gay-themed jokes and double entendres into songs that are ultimately about untangling the issues that come with being young and out. The band... More >>
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“What would Jesus tweet?” “Oops, did I just click send?” “I’m going to pretend I didn’t see your nipple-piercing video.” Those lines are from FWD: Life Gone Viral, a play that examines life, death, and the Internet. The idea came when someone sent Charlie Varon the YouTube sensation “The Last Lecture.” It's a video of a professor... More >>
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Talk about an identity crisis. Don Reed spent time in the shocking-pink world of 1980s Hollywood with a pimp for a dad. He tried various routes to finding himself: gigolo, stripper, college student. One that stuck (for a while) was a waiter in what he calls a “retirement hotel,” where he dealt with elderly residents, vagabond co-workers, and “drug-addicted dreamers.”... More >>
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We always think about drag performers when we hear Gillian Welch's song “Barroom Girls.” Especially the part that goes, “She tosses and turns because the sun is unkind.” Because holy shit, when you're not sure if your tuck is tight enough, or whether your beard's growing through your foundation, or even of the quality of the foundation itself, the sun can be plenty unkind.... More >>
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It takes a certain amount of cojones for a group to issue a series of albums entitled The Art of the Trio, but there's little question that the Brad Mehldau Trio has injected new life into the often staid piano threesome format. Built around pianist Mehldau's balance of classical influences, torrential Keith Jarrett improv, and melodic Bill Evans introspection, the group features two equally... More >>
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Comedians are “always depressed,” we hear. After we’re done fervently hoping it isn’t true, we wonder how “funny” and “depressing” ever came to be separate categories, especially post-Mitch Hedberg. At Previously Secret Information, they aren’t, sort of. The show is one of San Francisco’s excellent storytelling series (Porchlight! Mortified!... More >>
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