Virginia Woolf

Booked Up: The Massive Friends of the Library Sale at Fort Mason

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Dame Edna, the Crowd Pleaser

The audience is the star at insult-comic queen's S.F. show.

Neglected Treasures

A famed Mexican artist painted six murals for the 1939 World's Fair in S.F. One famously disappeared. The others have practically been ignored.

Nothing Natural About It

A famed Mexican artist painted six murals for the 1939 World's Fair in S.F. One famously disappeared. The others have practically been ignored.

Blah-Blah Sisterhood

Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

Unhappy Ending

In this tragedy, humanity is drowned in a sea of artifice

A Stage of One's Own

Virginia Woolf adaptation is ambitious, but never reaches its destination

Freak, Out

Playing legendary photographer Diane Arbus, Nicole Kidman is an unconvincing weirdo

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Could Be Verse

A love story told in iambic pentameter? Yes, and yes again.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A strong cast propels a crisp, fresh Actors Theatre production

Notes From Underground

Listening to letters read onstage isn't as compelling as reading them yourself

Dali's Folly

A Gala presentation

Tranny Get Your Fun

Colorful parties, curious panel discussions, and lots and lots of movies

Pelton Wuz Here

Hitler, Civil War soldiers, and circus freaks: Welcome to the dances of Stephen Pelton

Solitary Refinement

Love would be so much easier if we all lived by the credo of the quirkyalone

My Favorite Year

It's easy to be positive about the upcoming year in local film

Sour Hours

Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman reveal that it's sad to be sad

Ghost Writer

Room evokes Virginia Woolf -- and any author struggling to create

The Unforgotten

François Ozon's latest grapples with what happens when the people we love are no longer there

The Big Bad Woolf

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Romantic Egotist

After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

Night & Day

After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

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After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

Night + Day

After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

Night+Day

After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

Past Forward

For its 40th year, the San Francisco International Film Festival boldly goes where it has gone before

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For its 40th year, the San Francisco International Film Festival boldly goes where it has gone before

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For its 40th year, the San Francisco International Film Festival boldly goes where it has gone before

Where Angels Fear to Tread

In Wrestling With the Angel, a collection of essays he edited, author Brian Bouldrey explores faith and religion among gay men

Last Night: The 33rd Frameline Film Festival's Opening Night

Evan JamesFormer Miss Trannyshack Raya Light picking up garbage.33rd Frameline Film Festival: Opening Night Thursday, June 18th, 2009The Castro Theatre and Terra GalleryReview and Photos by Evan JamesBetter than: Perishing in obscurity in the south of France. Reeling from the shock of being asked w ... More >>

"Orlando" Returns: Sally Potter and Tilda Swinton interview

Evan JamesFormer Miss Trannyshack Raya Light picking up garbage.33rd Frameline Film Festival: Opening Night Thursday, June 18th, 2009The Castro Theatre and Terra GalleryReview and Photos by Evan JamesBetter than: Perishing in obscurity in the south of France. Reeling from the shock of being asked w ... More >>

Drag It Up

Evan JamesFormer Miss Trannyshack Raya Light picking up garbage.33rd Frameline Film Festival: Opening Night Thursday, June 18th, 2009The Castro Theatre and Terra GalleryReview and Photos by Evan JamesBetter than: Perishing in obscurity in the south of France. Reeling from the shock of being asked w ... More >>

Don’t Worry, We’ll Never Forget Her

Evan JamesFormer Miss Trannyshack Raya Light picking up garbage.33rd Frameline Film Festival: Opening Night Thursday, June 18th, 2009The Castro Theatre and Terra GalleryReview and Photos by Evan JamesBetter than: Perishing in obscurity in the south of France. Reeling from the shock of being asked w ... More >>

Dine with Famous Dead Folks at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

WWBHE? (What Would Billie Holiday Eat?)​Where: Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission. When: Thursday, June 2, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Sunday, June 5, 1:00-3:00 p.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m. Cost: $10 CJM Members, $20 General The rundown: We had to read the event description three times to begin to und ... More >>

Our Dinner With the Dead at the Contemporary Jewish Museum

Sarah KermenskyIt's a Dead Man's Party, Who Could Ask for Food? ​We had no idea what to expect with this weekend's dead-artist dinner party at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Would it be a goofy farce, or dreary and over-serious? Would it be participatory, or would we be merely spectators? And ... More >>