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Center of Sex and Culture closes — but Dr. Carol Queen looks to the future

A blow has been dealt to San Francisco, and we are positive that we did not give our consent. SoMa’s very special corner for...

Arts Forecast: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore confronts queer assimilation in ‘Sketchtasy’

A standing ovation to Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, whose novel Sketchtasy, which follows a group of friends navigating Boston nightlife and LGBTQ assimilation, has been...

Post-human radical inclusivity, center-stage in ‘Beyond Gravity’

DANCE Choreographer Jess Curtis grew up in Chico and studied dance and English at Cal State there. Then he came to San Francisco, which changed...

Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...

Fall Arts aflame! The 50+ best things to do this season

FALL ARTS PREVIEW The light is deepening, the food is getting heartier, harvest is bringing much good grape and green, and fall arts season is...

Arts Forecast: Soundwave’s diverse, reverberating visions

ARTS FORECAST The biennial Soundwave festival (Sat/8-October 26) is one of those incredible Bay Area experiences that really connects music and performance with the feeling...

Heaven’s Gate reverberates in mystical coming-of-age tale ‘Barn Owl’

ONSTAGE Playwright and actor Evan Johnson's drag queen alter ego, Martha T. Lipton the Failed Actress, is one of the most delightfully surreal performers in...

Keith Hennessy’s fiercely political, achingly intimate ‘Crotch’ and ‘Sink’

DANCE/PERFORMANCE A pagan drag queen Green Man, sporting a maypole-ribbon corset and tiny Speedo, hopping about madly on stilts? A ferocious clown satire of the...

Party Radar: Wednesday is the new Saturday

PARTY RADAR I don't wanna make too big a deal about it, because I love the close family vibe—but what the hell, if you aren't...

Arts Forecast: Walking the Irish border, making epic poetry

ARTS FORECAST The Counterpulse Festival is on this week (Wed/14-Sun/18) and its bursting with performance and arts innovation. One of its most interesting moments: aon mhac...