Recent Comments

    Archives

    Home » Archives by category » News (Page 92)

    Sumo Dancers

    Sumo Dancers

    By John Lewis– The powerful Japanese giants, weighing as much as 350 pounds and clad only in their mawashi (loin cloths), dig their heals into the compressed clay surface of…

    Cris Williamson: The Grand Reunion

    Cris Williamson: The Grand Reunion

    Back-to-back concerts on January 6–7, 2023, billed as A Celebration of 50 Years of Women’s Music, were presented at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. The concerts highlighted songs from…

    Recommendations from Book Passage 1.26.23

    Nonbinary: A Memoir (nonfiction/memoir – paperback) by Genesis P-Orridge and Douglas Rushkoff In this groundbreaking book spanning decades of artistic risk-taking, the inventor of “industrial music,” founder of Throbbing Gristle…

    Lit Snax: 1.26.23

    Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years 1941–1950 edited by Anna Von Planta Highsmith is the author of the classic lesbian novel, The Price of Salt, as well…

    Greyson Chance with Opener Dynamyte at The Independent SF on January 12, 2023

    Greyson Chance with Opener Dynamyte at The Independent SF on January 12, 2023

    By Jennie Book– Greyson Chance brought his Palladium Tour to The Independent in San Francisco on January 12 and played to a house of devoted all-ages fans. On this final…

    The Islands Are Calling: A Hawaiian Update

    The Islands Are Calling: A Hawaiian Update

    By David Landis, The Gay Gourmet — With all the recent rainstorms and cold, blustery winds in the Bay Area, there’s no doubt that winter has arrived. It makes one…

    Imperial Council of San Francisco Gala

    Photos by Rink Members and friends of the Imperial Council of San Francisco attended the organization’s annual Gala and Introduction of Candidates held on Sunday, January 15, at the Dahlia…

    The 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Royal Houses

    The 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Royal Houses

    By Kippy Marks– When a candidate campaigns to become a Grand Duke or Grand Duchess, there is always a representation of colors that allows voters to know whom they are…

    L’affaire d’Adelswärd and Other Divinely Decadent Scandals

    L’affaire d’Adelswärd and Other Divinely Decadent Scandals

    By Dr. Bill Lipsky– During those years of divine decadence before the Great War began in 1918, many of Europe’s rich and powerful artists, writers, businessmen, politicians, and members of…

    Eat, Sleep, Internships

    Eat, Sleep, Internships

    By Tabitha Parent– Right now, as I write this column, my screen is split between my Google doc, where I’ve managed to write one singular introductory sentence over the course…