By Jan Wahl– When I meet a powerful woman like Kamala or Hillary, I’m not in awe but filled with admiration and (dare I say it?) identification. The journey to…
By Gary M. Kramer– More wise than witty, writer/director Megan Park’s low-key comedy My Old Ass, now playing at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission and opening September 20 at…
The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) is now presenting Nicki Green: Firmament, the transgender and transdisciplinary artist’s first solo museum exhibition. In this presentation, Green explores identity, transformation, and Jewish…
By Jan Wahl– Like many of you, I love cruising. And unlike many of you, I do it on a boat! Okay, old joke. But there is nothing old about…
Transgender trailblazer Sean Dorsey will celebrate two decades of his award-winning artistry September 19–21 at Z Space in San Francisco. Sean Dorsey Dance will perform a powerful retrospective program of…
By Gary Kramer– The name Merchant Ivory is synonymous with classy period films, especially their E.M. Forster adaptations that achieved critical and/or commercial success: A Room With a View, Maurice,…
Linda Tillery, a trailblazer in the Northern California music scene, will celebrate her 76th birthday on September 1 at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. Her illustrious career spans over…
By Gary Kramer– Would it be hell to indulge in nothing but pleasure for days on end? That is the conceit of the ambitious new thriller, Blink Twice, opening August…
By Jan Wahl– The Beverly Hillbillies theme song was really the soundtrack of my early life. I grew up in West Los Angeles, the land of swimming pools and movie…
By Gary Kramer– America, opening August 9 in the Bay Area, is an outstanding film about three intertwined lives. Out gay writer/director Ofir Raul Graizer’s (The Cakemaker) thoughtful, meditative character…
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