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December 2017
The Evolution of AIDS Activism Exhibit Opening
@ GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street. In honor of World AIDS Day, the Museum will unveil a new exhibit, curated by activist Mike Shriver, including historic photos, stickers, t-shirts and more reflecting nonviolent direct action in response to AIDS in San Francisco. 7-9pm. glbthistory.org
Find out more »Book Event with Bonnie J Morris
@ Laurel Bookstore, 1423 Broadway, Oakland Historian and women’s studies professor Bonnie J Morris will discuss her latest book of fiction Sappho’s Bar and Grill. 7-9pm. laurelbookstore.com
Find out more »Tenderloin Tessie Christmas Cabaret spectacular
@ St Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive. Host Vanessa Bousay and a troupe of entertainers will bring a kid-friendly holiday show benefitting the holiday dinners program of Tenderloin Tessie serving thousands on Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. 7-8:45pm. tenderlointessie.com
Find out more »Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon Holiday Extravaganza
From November 30–December 30 @ Club Fugazi, 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. The world’s longest running musical revue will roll out its Holiday Extravaganza that is not to be missed. The show will feature a chorus line of tap-dancing Christmas treats, parodies of traditional carols, King Louie XIV in red and green taffeta and glitter, pop culture spoofs and the legendary gigantic Yuletide Hat. beachblanketbabylon.com
Find out more »Tenderloin Tessie Christmas Cabaret Spectacular
December 1 @ St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 101 Gold Mine Drive. Songstress of the Tenderloin Vanessa Bousay and Michael Gagne, President of the Tenderloin Tessie organization, will be featured, along with James Campbell at the piano. The first annual edition of this new show will benefit the services provided to help those in need. tenderlointessie.com
Find out more »Sink
@ The Joe Goode Annex, 401 Alabama Street. The dance company Circo Zero, founded by Keith Hennessy, brings an interdisciplinary and experimental work using rants, dance and ritual to address current politics. 8pm. Also on December 2, 8 & 9. joegoode.org
Find out more »Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine
@ Berkeley Rep, 2025 Addition Street, Berkeley. Written in 1941, the play is a timely examination of moral obligation, sacrifice and what it means to be American. 8pm. Through Dec 31. berkeleyrep.org
Find out more »Hands On History: Girls (and Some Guys) of the Golden West
@ San Francisco History Center, Main Library, 100 Larkin Street. A close-up show-and-tell using 19th century books, manuscripts, broadsides, newspapers, letter sheets and photography to explore the background for Girls of the Golden West, a new opera premiering at San Francisco Opera on selected dates through December 10. sfpl.org and sfopera.com
Find out more »Girls of the Golden West
From December 2, 5, 7 & 10 @ SF War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Girls of the Golden West brings the story of East Coast transplant Dame Shirley, whose letters chronicle life in the Gold Country camp. Additional characters include Ah Sing, a Chinese immigrant working as a prostitute; Ned Peters, a cowboy and former slave; and Josefa Segovia, a young Mexican barmaid. Racism, nativism and culture clashes are among the key themes in this story of incidents, most…
Find out more »Hometown Holidays Community Celebration
@ Downtown Redwood City. An all-day family friendly event, the celebration includes a parade, live entertainment including big band holiday tunes, carnival and train rides, snow, Santa Claus and more plus an evening tree lighting. 10am-8pm. hometownholidays.org
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