The James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the San Francisco Library welcomed guests on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, for a panel discussion onthe new book When the Band Played On:…
Playground (fiction – hardcover) by Richard Powers Richard Powers’ new novel interweaves the lives of four individuals drawn together on a remote island, where a decision about humanity’s next frontier—floating…
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu Written in 1872, decades before Dracula, this novel features castles, nightmares, and a crypto-lesbionic vampire! Vampire Cinema: The First One Hundred Years by Christopher Frayling Your coffee table…
By Leslie Sbrocco– Looking for an exceptional place to visit in Wine Country? I have just the spot: The Donum Estate. Donum is the Latin word for “gift,” and a visit…
By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet– I’m taking a slight detour for my column this week to, of all places, St. Louis. Why? I just celebrated my high school reunion…
Cocktails with Dina As the calendar shifts into November, our lives start to get filled with all the seasonal celebrations this time of year brings. One celebration that opens up…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “THE BEARRISON STREET FAIR is right around the corner. You don’t have to BE a bear to enjoy the fair—but do be a fan of…
Halloween in the Castro and Día de los Muertos in the Mission are annual rites of passage for many of us, but these and other important early fall observances are…
By Ann Rostow– Random Thoughts, Random Subjects I can tell what kind of column I’m going to write by my attitude during what I’ll call the “preparation” stage. I almost…
The preface to the Cleve Jones autobiography When We Rise: My Life in the Movement (Hachette Books, 2016) begins, “The movement saved my life.” He, in turn, has saved countless…
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