By Evelyn C. White– As the official biographer of Alice Walker, I spent nearly a decade researching the art and activism of a writer whose signature work, The Color Purple…
By Evelyn White– January 28, 2025, will mark the 65th anniversary of Zora Neale Hurston’s death. Here’s an excerpt from my book, Alice Walker: A Life (2004) that recounts Alice’s…
By Gary M. Kramer– Local film curator Jenni Olson has assembled another program of Trans Masc films that will screen January 17 through February 23 at BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum…
By Jan Wahl– Ever play that game around a table full of friends asking, “What is your one favorite character trait of your own?” It is a good question to…
By David Landis– Kathy Griffin is going into the closet, literally. The San Francisco Bay Times and your trusted reporter (me) were lucky enough to score an interview with the…
By Mary Carbonara– Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade will kick off its 50th Anniversary Season with a West Coast Tour, January 9–19, 2025, of A Woman’s Song for Peace, a new…
By Jan Wahl– Imagine getting a private tour of Hearst Castle, including the toilet where Marion Davies hid her booze! The guides taking my sister and I around knew as much…
By Gary M. Kramer– Looking back at the LGBTQ films I reviewed this year, there were several highlights. Here is a rundown, in alphabetical order, of ten of my favorite…
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has announced that Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party; The Addams Family; Big Fish; A Little Princess; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – revival)…
This holiday season, make the Yuletide gay with drag queens and feather boas! Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s annual show, The Christmas Ballet, will take place at the Blue Shield of California…
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