Lexington (Kentucky)

Dead and Loving It: Joyous Dia De Los Muertos Was the Anti-Castro

The Economist: Obama Better Watch Out -- Medea Benjamin Is Pissed!

Medea Benjamin, kingmakerThe British, it seems, know San Franciscans better than we know ourselves. Wanna make a miniseries out of Tales of the City? Hire a British director and star. Wanna know where to tool around in town? Read the Telegraph. Wanna gauge the political power of local figures? Read ... More >>

10 Artists with Gimmicky Names Worth Hearing

(Nipsey Hussle is nothing funny) The cast of the musical Gypsy set a precedent in entertainment in 1962 when it declared, "You Gotta Get a Gimmick!" That song referred to strippers, of course, but the old adage still seems to holds true, particularly in the rampantly pseudonymous worlds of rap, ... More >>

Wordplay

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Lexington Club Violence Stories Show Anti-Hipster Bias

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Pride listings

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

They coulda been OutKasts: Kentucky's CunninLynguists

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Here Comes the Fog

The sprinter Lost in the Fog is the adored savior of horse racing in the Bay Area. Perhaps God brought him to us.

Too Jaded for Gay Pride? Get Over It!

A queer guide to Pride events

Best Neighborhood Dojo

A queer guide to Pride events

Pressing Issues

A search for the best Cuban sandwich also turns up great coffee and a bargain prix fixe dinner

Letters to the Editor

Week of September 22, 2004

Graffiti to Gallery

Andrew Schoultz, the mural artist who's making it big in the gallery by refusing to leave the street behind

The Devil in the Details

Marga Gomez went into comedy, she says, "So ladies would throw panties at me"

Your Right to Party

A queer road map to Pride events.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A queer road map to Pride events.

Eyes on the Pride, Asses in the Clubs

There's another reason everyone comes to S.F. for the Pride Parade. Can you spell p-a-r-t-y?

Coat Tales

My Morning Jacket may have a big new label, but its haunting brand of country remains as comfortable as ever

The Rush of Victory

Under coach George Rush, City College regularly wins national football titles. But is community college really the place for big-time sports?

Down to the Pond in Ships

At the San Francisco Model Yacht Club, sailors answer the call of the sea on a very small scale

Character Crazy

Singer/songwriter Sonny Smith has a lot to say about the odd twists of life -- and an interesting way to say it

The Mix

Hey 19

Events Listings

Pride 2000 Events

Events Listings

Pride 2000 Events

Two States

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Stage

Pavement guitarist Scott Kannberg juggles growing up with his band (which isn't breaking up) and starting a local rock label

Night Crawler

Night Crawler's guide to Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Booze and Boogie

Beat the Press

Night Crawler's guide to Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Booze and Boogie

A Tale of Two Bars

Happy toasts -- and sad -- after the latest skirmishes in the Mission's culture wars

Shut Up, Little Man

The squalor and acrimony of the lives of a couple of hard-drinking retirees are dwarfed by the avarice that their celebrity has inspired in others

More Festival News: Homo a Go Go Hits SOMA in August

The Olympia, Washington-born arts festival for "the butches, the fairies, the femmes, the tweeners, the bears, the trannies, and the fun" has relocated to San Francisco. From August 13-16, Homo a Go Go takes over SOMArts with three nights of rock shows (headliners include Girl in a Coma, Katastrophe ... More >>

The Inner Gaydar

The Olympia, Washington-born arts festival for "the butches, the fairies, the femmes, the tweeners, the bears, the trannies, and the fun" has relocated to San Francisco. From August 13-16, Homo a Go Go takes over SOMArts with three nights of rock shows (headliners include Girl in a Coma, Katastrophe ... More >>

From Today's Paper: Bouncer's Gaydar, Lomax in Haiti, Dancing with Odessa

Association for Cultural EquityEthnomusicologist Alan Lomax in 1938.​Fresh from today's Weekly music section:Katy St. Clair gets tagged a lesbian, hits the Lexington [Bouncer]A different angle on news from Haiti: Alan Lomax's early recordings collected in beautiful new box set, produced locally [N ... More >>

Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper Opts to Buzz Off, as Rocketfish Blasts Off

​The last 24 hours in rumor, innuendo, and straight-out facts about restaurant openings and closings in San Francisco.Lydia C. at Loc@l Mission just reprinted an open letter from the owner of Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper (3520 20th St.), who's announced that she's closing up shop when her leas ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide 2011

​The last 24 hours in rumor, innuendo, and straight-out facts about restaurant openings and closings in San Francisco.Lydia C. at Loc@l Mission just reprinted an open letter from the owner of Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper (3520 20th St.), who's announced that she's closing up shop when her leas ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide 2011

​The last 24 hours in rumor, innuendo, and straight-out facts about restaurant openings and closings in San Francisco.Lydia C. at Loc@l Mission just reprinted an open letter from the owner of Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper (3520 20th St.), who's announced that she's closing up shop when her leas ... More >>

A16 Changes Chefs, Puerto Alegre Colonizes Bombay Ice Creamery

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

Recent Openers

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

Recent Openers

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

Recent Openers

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

Recent Openers

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

Recent Openers

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

Recent Openers

​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

"San Francisco Deserves a Gay Mayor," Claims Bevan Dufty Mailer

Bow down before the one you serve, you're gonna get what you deserve...​There are plenty of reasons to like Bevan Dufty -- his sunny disposition, his obvious pride in being a urinal owner (we really do get it), and his willingness to speak with us after we ran this photoshopped image. Perhaps that ... More >>

San Francisco Not the Gayest City, but it Is Among the Most "Lesbianish"

Thta's one way to make San Francisco more "lesbianish"​San Francisco gays were both shocked and hurt when the community discovered that Minneapolis was more gay than we are. Even more disturbing was the fact that San Francisco didn't make the top 10 gayest cities in America last year. Not that thi ... More >>