Halloween Archives

Onstage

With ‘Immortal Reckoning,’ Peaches Christ opens her portal to Hades

Peter-Astrid Kane - September 23, 2021

Start with cocktails at a goth club—then stumble into terror beneath the Old Mint, at Into the Dark's latest immersive screamfest.

Culture

Vintage to ‘nowstalgia’: Hands up for Community Thrift’s charitable treasures

John-Paul Shiver - July 30, 2021

The Mission store has survived AIDS, gentrification, and COVID to keep giving back, for almost 40 years

Lit

Watch: ‘Girl Shock’ author Maria Konner on trans journey from ‘tech dude’ to fabulous

Marke B. - July 1, 2021

New memoir takes colorful and important trip through the life of one of our beloved nightlife 'fembassadors'

Arts + Culture

Porchlight, Bawdy Storytelling take stage at newly Mint-ed al fresco series

Emily Wilson - June 14, 2021

Courtyard Cabaret was the result of COVID downtime—but an outdoor drink and show sounds smashing for summer.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ’80s Italian exploitation hunk George Eastman rides again

Dennis Harvey - April 12, 2021

From caveman to Blastfighter, he did it all. Plus: a bounty of horror movies including 'Honeydew' and 'Jakob's Wife'

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Weighing in on Garfield’s leftist cred

48 Hills - March 29, 2021

Garfield has been transformed into a icon of the left—but what's his creator doing with Mike Pence?

Onstage

The strange and wondrous story of the Sick & Twisted Players

Don Baird - March 24, 2021

Thirty years ago, the troupe brought camp movie mashups, blazingly real talent, and guaranteed Splatterama to nightlife stages.

Education

Why I teach pre-school during the pandemic

Vernee Davis - December 24, 2020

Teaching behind the mask: A report from a center for low-income kids in Hunters View.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’ + more Yuletide treats

Dennis Harvey - December 21, 2020

Dear Santa, Fatman, A Reindeer's Journey and more to keep you warm while you're home for the holidays

Screen Grabs

With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle

Dennis Harvey - December 9, 2020

Take shelter from holiday schlock with the venerable film fest's 17th edition—in streamable form, of course.

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