Broadway Performer Erich Bergen Plays Feinstein's

On a November night ten years ago, 20-year-old recent college drop-out flew to San Francisco from his home in New York to start the job he now describes as having "shot me out of a cannon."

by Jim Gladstone | Nov 3, 2016

BARchive :: All Yesterday's (Election) Parties

On election night in 208, as on many others, we were torn between joy for President Obama's election and anger over the rollback of our rights. And on that night, as on many others, the question was whether to protest, celebrate or both.

by Michael Flanagan | Nov 3, 2016

Out There :: All the Graphic Details

Graphic novels have come into their own only in recent times, shedding their association with comic books and superheroes and gaining literary respectability.

by Roberto Friedman | Nov 5, 2016

Musical Fortnight at Davies Hall

For the past two weeks, audiences in Davies Symphony Hall have been offered beloved works from the core repertoire as interpreted by two generations of orchestral leaders.

by Philip Campbell | Nov 5, 2016

Bruce Conner's Walk on the Dark Side

"Bruce Conner: It's All True," is the first, and certainly most multi-faceted, comprehensive survey of the prodigious 60-year output of this Bay Area iconoclast.

by Sura Wood | Nov 6, 2016

Convict in California Trans Murder Granted Parole

Parole has been granted for one of the men who murdered transgender teenager Gwen Araujo in 2002, while parole for another one of Araujo's killers has been denied.

by Seth Hemmelgarn | Nov 5, 2016

Gay SF Political Consultant Makes Trump Donation

Gay San Francisco political consultant Jack Davis has spent much of his career helping elect Democrats. So it was surprising to see his name on a list of local donors to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

by Cynthia Laird | Nov 5, 2016

SF Mayor's Trans Adviser: 'Exciting Time'

Four months into her latest post, Theresa Sparks, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's senior adviser for transgender initiatives, said it's "the most exciting time in the trans community I've certainly been involved in" in her 20 years of work in the field.

by Seth Hemmelgarn | Nov 6, 2016

Gay Serial Killer Breaks His Silence

A gay man given the nicknames "the Scorecard Killer" and "the Freeway Killer," Kraft has been described as one of the "deadliest and most depraved serial killers" in the state's history.

by Matthew S. Bajko | Nov 6, 2016

Porn Actors, Pols Speak Against California Condoms Measure

Porn actors joined San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and Scott Wiener and others Tuesday to speak out against Proposition 60, the California ballot measure that would require condom use in adult films made in the state.

by Seth Hemmelgarn | Nov 5, 2016


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