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Racist rally in Virginia turns deadly Openhouse’s Karyn Skultety

Openhouse ED hosts town halls by Matthew S. Bajko

penhouse Executive Director Karyn Skultety, Ph.D., is hosting a series of town halls next week to update the community on the expansion of programs provided by the LGBT senior services agency and the new construction timetable for the second phase of its senior housing complex. Last November residents began moving into the $40 million project’s first phase, a renovated former college building located at 55 Laguna Street. At the dedication ceremony in March for the city’s first affordable housing aimed at LGBT seniors, it was announced that work to construct the new building with 79 units of affordable senior housing on what is now a parking lot at 95 Laguna would begin this month. Construction is now expected to start next month, with an official groundbreaking ceremony set for sometime in October. The new building should open to residents in April 2019. “We are in the middle of closing on financing and expect to break ground in September,” said Ileah La Vora, a housing developer with Mercy Housing, the nonprofit developer working with Openhouse on the project. The units will again be allotted by lottery, which has yet to be scheduled. The more than 1,700 people on the waiting list for the 55 Laguna units will need to reapply for the units in the new building. The age limit has been raised, however, from 55 to 62 years of age. Fifteen units will be reserved for those at risk of being homeless and another six for low-income people living with HIV or AIDS. One unit will be set aside for an onsite manager. “In the fall of 2018 we will have the application and lottery process going on. But I don’t have an updated timeline on that,” said Skultety. “We will put out an FAQ in either September or October to educate people about the process for how this will work.” The new building will include more than 7,000 square feet of space for Openhouse to use for community events and classes. It will be in addition to the agency’s offices at 65 Laguna Street, known as the Bob Ross LGBT Senior Center due to a $1 million donation from the foundation of the B.A.R.’s founding publisher. See page 14 >>

People stream into an Indivisible vigil for Charlottesville, Virginia Sunday, August 13 at Civic Center Park in downtown Berkeley.

by Lisa Keen

ne of the loudest chants by white supremacists rallying in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday was “Fuck you, faggots.” The driver of the car that plowed into counterprotesters appears to have associated himself with a rightwing group that believes LGBT people are

“sexual deviants.” And a national leader for white supremacists at the rally is a man who two years ago barred anti-gay participants from his group events. The Charlottesville rally by white supremacists gained widespread international attention August 12 when fights broke out in the streets between the rally participants and a large group of counterprotesters, and

one of the rally participants drove his car at high speed into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring 19. Attention escalated dramatically after President Donald Trump expressed his condemnation of the violence, but rather than take a stand against white supremacists, See page 13 >>

Gay photog releases book on SF by Seth Hemmelgarn

or more than 40 years, gay photographer Daniel Nicoletta has been a witness to, and a participant in, LGBT history, capturing iconic moments with his camera – from the rise and death of his close friend, Harvey Milk, through the legalization of same-sex marriage and the film, “Milk,” which brought Sean Penn an Academy Award for his portrayal of the slain gay rights leader. Now, Nicoletta, 63, is sharing his first solo book – “LGBT San Francisco: The Daniel Nicoletta Photographs,” published in July by Reel Art Press. The book includes hundreds of photos, ranging from a man dressed as Marilyn Monroe with his blown-up skirt exposing his bare butt to the caskets of Milk and former Mayor George Moscone lying in state in the City Hall Rotunda in December 1978. (Former supervisor Dan White assassinated Milk and Moscone in City Hall the previous month, just a year after Milk became a city supervisor.) Putting the book together and promoting it has been a “deeply poignant” process, said Nicoletta, and he’s been “a faucet of emotion.” “I have pretty thick skin in that area,” he said. “When you’re a photographer covering a movement like that, we’ve had so much loss ... you kind of learn to live with the ghosts, and I had already been conditioned that way, but this was something else altogether.”

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After chronicling the LGBT community for 40 years, Daniel Nicoletta has published his first solo book of photographs.

Nicoletta, who spent about a year working on the book, said that after photographing the community for more than four decades, he found “many surprises” when looking back at his work. That included “a lot of sleepers” – photos that didn’t necessarily have much “gravity” when he took them but have

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taken on more meaning. One example is a two-page spread of the Twin Peaks Tavern in the Castro, known for its plate glass windows. He recalled that as he rode the 24 Divisadero bus past the bar one day in February 1978, he thought, “Here’s a cute shot of gay life. I’ll just take this picture ... .” Almost 40 years later, the photo, which shows men chatting and embracing, “is really interesting,” and it was “a no brainer” for the book, said Nicoletta. “You can even see the reflection of the bus that I’m in the window’s reflection,” he said. Gus Van Sant, who directed the “Milk” biopic and wrote the forward to “LGBT San Francisco,” stated, “Danny’s photos are a treasured artistic record of the people who initiated a movement from within their own neighborhood and this work links that exuberant time to the larger history of LGBT people.” For just over four years, Nicoletta’s lived in Grants Pass, Oregon. “I love it here, partly because I wanted to change channels a little bit,” and start putting together a book, he said of his life in the small city. Without the “somewhat monastic” environment, he said during a phone interview, “I probably never would have seen a book.” Nicoletta still returns to San Francisco but “I’m very much there as a visitor now,” See page 6 >>

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Pacifica man pleads no contest to rapes by Seth Hemmelgarn

Pacifica man accused of drugging and raping more than a dozen other men is expected to serve almost 30 years in prison after pleading no contest in the case. Joseph Paul Courtney, 33, who had faced the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison, entered his plea Friday, August 11 to charges of 14 felony sexual assaults, including seven counts of sodomy by use of drugs, six counts of sodomy by force or threat while acting in concert, and one count of sodomy of an unconscious person, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Pacifica Police Detective Steve Stump testified at Courtney’s

preliminary hearing “consumed over a span in April that several of several hours.” He victims had reported got sick and “lost conthat Courtney had sciousness” for about given them GHB. The three hours. incidents occurred beThe victim reported tween June 2008 and that when he woke up, July 2016. his hands had been tied During his testito the bed by neckties, mony, Stump gave “he was being sodomgraphic descriptions ized” by someone he of the assaults. didn’t know, and CourtSan Mateo County Sheriff’s Office In one incident, he ney was forcing his testified, a 23-year- Joseph Paul Courtney penis into his mouth. old man said that in He was also vomiting. September 2015 “several” people Then, Courtney had sex with the sexually assaulted him at Courtney’s victim as he was forced to perform home. The incident began with the oral sex on the other man, Stump said. victim having consensual sex with Despite what had happened, the Courtney, who gave him GHB that he victim stayed at the house, and soon

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reported that Mims’ previous custody records and other factors had been left out of the calculation, and that officials are recalculating his score. Lorrie French, Edward French’s sister, told reporters outside the courtroom Monday that Judge Sharon Reardon, who allowed Mims’ release in July, “is as responsible for my brother’s death as the people that murdered him. ... My goal is to make sure this will never happen to a family again.” Randy Knox, Mims’ attorney in the murder case, told the B.AR., “I can understand the grief and anger that the French family feels” toward Decuir and his client, and he especially understands the family being upset that Mims “got out on the gun case.” But Reardon is “a smart,

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Mims had been released from custody in another case in July, just before French was killed. Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the DA’s office, said that case was related to Mims’ charges that included being a felon in possession of a firearm. He said that Mims was freed after the city’s Pretrial Diversion Project assessed Mims and suggested that he be released “with certain conditions.” Bastian said prosecutors disagreed “with how that assessment was calculated.” The pretrial diversion office hasn’t responded to the Bay Area Reporter’s calls, but DA’s spokesman Max Szabo told NBC Bay Area that there had been “a miscalculation” in Mims’ assessment. The station

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after the incident, he and Courtney masturbated together, Stump said. Along with his no contest plea Friday, Courtney admitted to allegations he’d committed offenses knowing that he has AIDS. Nine of the victims said they became HIV-positive after their contacts with Courtney, according to prosecutors. Steven Chase, Courtney’s attorney, said that one of the men wasn’t diagnosed until a year and a half after he’d been with Courtney. Asked in an email about why Courtney pleaded no contest, Chase said, “Whenever someone is facing an ungodly amount of years if found guilty of all charges against them, it is best to pursue a settlement that

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Walk a mile by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

While not all transgender people have the same background, I think it is fair to say that we do not come to the decision to live outwardly in our preferred gender easily. The majority of us have lived decades of our lives in a gender identity that was assigned to us at birth, and this may have caused all sorts of agony. Further, a transgender person in this society is going to have to put a lot on the line to transition, potentially losing friends and loved ones, employment, housing, and their physical well-being in their quest to feel one with their body. This is, in no way, a simple lark one might do one day. For myself, I knew something about me was different from around

age 3. I can remember reciting my nightly prayers, back before there were even two digits in my age, always including a wish that I would wake up the next morning as a girl. These feelings persisted for years, then decades, before I felt confident enough to act on them. My gender identity is a core part of who I am, and is, I would say, pretty foundational in how I see myself and how I feel comfortable in society. In doing so, I faced – and continue to face – harassment, discrimination, ostracization from family and others, and much more. I also know that I face a greater chance of being harmed or killed for being transgender, face a higher rate of suicide, and face all sorts of issues in a world hostile to people like me. Nevertheless, I transitioned. I think the assumption that trans identities are so simply made is an error based on one’s own viewpoints. If you cannot imagine what it would be like to have to live in a gender incongruous with your own sense of self, then the idea of transition may be reduced to notions you can only imagine. It becomes akin to a Halloween costume, or some other disguise covering up “reality,” rather than being a way to reveal whom one really is. It is perhaps an imperfect thought experiment, but I want you – presuming you, dear reader, are not transgender – to think about the following.

Consider your feelings toward your own gender, consider how core that is to the person you are both to yourself, and to those you interact with every day. Now, imagine if, for as long as you have been in existence, you were told this is wrong. Maybe not overtly, but perhaps you were dressed and treated as the opposite gender since birth. Your parents bought you jeans and tees and gave you a room festooned with Superman and Ninjas, or they have you wear princess play dresses and show off their darling daughter to all their friends. Imagine going through school being treated as a gender different from yours, segregated into activities and rooms where you simply knew, at some core level, you did not belong. What’s more, consider that your body, a body you knew deep down was one gender, displayed all the signs of another. Imagine what a nightmare puberty would be in such a body, when your very flesh betrays you. Then consider if you find yourself brave enough to say that all this was wrong, all this wasn’t you at all, and think about how those around you would react to this declaration. Again, this isn’t an ironclad comparison, nor does it take into

account a lot of the ways one can choose to express their gender, but it is a starting point to understanding what a large number of transgender people face. When you begin to see just a bit of what it is like to be us, arguments that reduce transness to some sort of mischievous escapade fall apart. The notion of someone declaring themselves transgender in order to gain access to a bathroom is ludicrous when you consider the work an actual transgender person has done before they ever touch a restroom door, or, quite frankly, how terrified they may be of ill treatment by doing so. Likewise, this idea that a child would not have enough of a sense of self to understand that something this core to their identity evaporates when one considers how important the gender of any child is to their sense of self awareness and well being. Walk a mile in our shoes, and see what we’re really talking about when we’re forced to debate our transgender existence.t

itinerary, meetings, and travel arrangements. “Of course, I have all these magical experiences, and a great history and romance with the city,” said Nicoletta, but as with anyone who travels to another place, “you have this magical experience, and then you leave.”

Nicoletta said that he and Reel Art editor Tony Norman have plans for the future. “We’re planning on several more books, so there’s no stopping me, but there’s a big sigh of relief that I got one out while I’m still living,” said Nicoletta. “So many of my colleagues didn’t get to do that, so in a

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hen one looks at many of the arguments made against transgender people and their rights, you start to see patterns emerge. For example, bathroom rights debates always conveniently forget that sexual assault remains illegal in restrooms, and assume that a transperson’s genitals would be on full display to all who enter, or that being transgender is “too new” and there’s simply not enough research on something that has, quite frankly, existed throughout human history. There are a couple of arguments that I’ve seen come up time and again, however, through many such discussions, and I feel it is time to deconstruct them. They go like this: “transgender people should not be allowed access to appropriately-gender restrooms because then a guy might enter just by saying he is transgender that day,” or “we can’t give kids transgender-related treatment, because they’re too young to know what that means.” At the heart of this discussion is the notion that transgender people one day just declare themselves to have a gender identity different from what they may have been assigned at birth, and everyone is forced to accept it no matter what, lest they be seen as intolerant. This isn’t the case.

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There are not ‘many sides’

resident Donald Trump failed to forcefully and explicitly condemn white supremacist hate groups responsible for the violent clash in Charlottesville, Virginia that ended with the death of Heather Heyer, 32, and injury to 19 others. Trump bumbled his way through equivocal remarks that also blamed the anti-racist activists. “We condemn in the strongest most possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. On many sides,” Trump said Saturday. On Tuesday, at a raucous news conference in the Trump Tower lobby, Trump doubled down, and said “both sides” were to blame, instantly blowing up his more scripted, moderating statement that was issued Monday, after 48 hours of intense criticism. Let’s be clear: there are not “many sides” to what happened in Charlottesville. And when Trump finally condemned them by name 48 hours later, singling out the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists, it was too late. Trump has always had a soft spot for bigots and racism, demonstrated in episodes throughout his long career in business and, more recently, politics. Trump fueled his political career by riding the birther movement – the lie that Barak Obama was not born in the U.S. – and now in the White House, Trump surrounds himself with white nationalist advisers. It’s time for three of them: Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and Sebastian Gorka to go. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, of all people, exhibited more moral backbone than the president. He called the violence in Charlottesville what it is – domestic terrorism – and announced that the Justice Department would open a federal civil rights investigation. Vice President Mike Pence, who’s as anti-gay as they come, called out the Charlottesville bigots by name in a statement Saturday night while Trump remained silent. In addition, it’s time for those LGBTs who voted for Trump to speak out and condemn him. The neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and their ilk in Charlottesville shouted “fuck you faggots,” among other slurs and chants. The LGBT community has been bombarded with troubling rhetoric and outright deception by the president since he took office. And while Trump did hold a rainbow flag emblazoned with “LGBTs for Trump” at a campaign rally, it’s clear that it was all a cynical performance. His first tweet after the 2016 Pulse shooting in Orlando, Florida made no mention of LGBTs, who were the intended targets among the 49 people killed. It was only days later that he said, “Our nation stands together in solidarity with the members of Orlando’s LGBT community.” Just as Trump couldn’t bring himself to mention LGBTs in his first comments after Orlando, in his first remarks on Charlottesville he wouldn’t squarely condemn the neo-Nazis and white supremacists by name. Trump is obsessed with assigning blame, and he winks and nods to white supremacists when he minimizes their guilt by shifting blame to “many sides.” They’re his base after all; he’s one of them, after all. That’s not leadership any country needs. The predominately gay Log Cabin Republicans, which did not endorse Trump for president, nevertheless has been doing verbal gymnastics – or worse, keeping silent – trying to square a blatantly homophobic and racist president with the claim that Trump is the most pro-gay Republican president ever just because he held a rainbow flag and sent a couple of tweets. Log Cabin’s website contains no statement denouncing the violence in Charlottesville or calling out the president for his wholly inadequate first response.

For years, Log Cabin has argued that it’s a vital organization and can make change by working inside the Republican Party establishment. That justification has not yielded much over the years. It’s mission, as stated on its website, is “Log Cabin Republicans are LGBT Republicans and allies who support equality under the law for all, free markets, individual liberty, limited government, and a strong national defense.” But in a time of national crisis, why can’t gay Republicans be as plainspoken as party stalwarts like Senators John McCain (Arizona) and Orrin Hatch (Utah), both of whom condemned last weekend’s violence? “We should call evil by its name,” Hatch tweeted. “My brother didn’t give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home.” We’ll tell you why, it’s because they’re afraid of losing whatever influence they have now that the Republicans control the government. Here’s a newsflash: Log Cabin is a non-player in this administration, so there would be no cost for taking a moral stand. What gay GOPers and others who voted for Trump don’t seem to understand is that it’s almost beside the point that the white supremacist protesters in Charlottesville were spewing anti-gay bile. Their hatred of anyone who is not a straight, white Christian or of pure European ancestry should be a wake-up call to everyone, regardless of their political party. Trump and his appointees have clearly shown their true animus: the administration has rescinded policies protecting trans students; Trump banned trans people from serving in the military; and now, there is the president’s shallow initial response to a deadly rally in Charlottesville. It’s time that Log Cabin realize that it must be critical of the president. Richard Grenell, a gay Republican who’s rumored to be in the running for ambassador to Germany, brushed off our question about Trump’s trans military ban when he was in town last month. Last weekend was a moral point of no return for the president. In national crises people seek comfort from their elected leaders. Trump failed that test because he would rather not lose his white nationalist supporters. Gay Republicans have lost their credibility by sitting in silence when the situation cries out for a unified response from LGBTs.

Don’t go to the SF ‘Patriot’ rally

Calls and emails are flooding the National Park Service over a planned “Patriot Prayer” free speech rally at Crissy Field next weekend. The Park Service has tentatively issued a permit for the August 26 event, leading Mayor Ed Lee, Police Chief William Scott, and Board of Supervisors President London Breed to hold a news conference Tuesday where they said hate has no place in the city. “#SF has a long history of championing freedom of expression, but hateful speech and violence have no place in our city,” the mayor tweeted, adding, “Hate has no place here.”

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President Donald Trump held a combative news conference Tuesday.

Patriot Prayer is also planning a “No Marxism in America” rally for Civic Center Park in Berkeley Sunday, August 27. It has apparently not yet applied for a permit. “Their event is not permitted,” Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin tweeted. “Despite that, they plan on coming. We are preparing to keep our community safe.” We understand that counterprotesters want to respond to the hatred the white nationalists and neo-Nazis espouse. But if you really want to send a message, you should stay home or go somewhere else. There’s talk of a counterprotest at some other venue, such as Golden Gate Park, away from Crissy Field. That’s a sensible alternative. These groups crave attention and the conflict that often follows. Like other fringe elements (think Fred Phelps and his God Hates Fags family members, or the anti-same-sex marriage groups) the neoNazis want to get a reaction out of people to spread and mainstream their ideology. What better place to do that than San Francisco – with the iconic Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop – and Berkeley, two of the most progressive cities in the country? But imagine if they all showed up with their Stars and Bars and Swastika flags flying, only to be met with ... silence and an empty field. Sure, there will be a few news crews, and some photographers, but absent any conflict, it will be a non-event, a dud, and the media likely will quickly leave. If we take the attention away by not showing up, then they are the ones who lose. It will be better, and safer, to respond on social media. These groups, as much as we abhor them – and their beliefs are vile – have First Amendment protections, just like Phelps did when he’d bring his caravan of harassers to the Castro. Back then, the community was warned not to physically touch them otherwise they could claim assault. The farright activists follow those same tactics. It was the same with the National Organization for Marriage and similar groups: when they’d show up at the various court hearings, they were on TV for a few seconds, but as the case dragged on, fewer and fewer showed up. They were diminished. “When they go low, we go high,” was former first lady Michelle Obama’s elegant statement made at last year’s Democratic convention. She should know. For eight years she was the subject of repugnant racist remarks online and noxious comments by right-wing media clowns. That’s the advice we should follow in San Francisco and Berkeley. LGBTs, blacks, Asians, Muslims, Hispanics, and everyone who is against hatred need to follow Obama’s mantra. The high road is to ignore the white supremacists and stay away from Crissy Field and the Berkeley park. Be smart and don’t take their bait.t

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Tragic day in US history

On August 12, the president of the United States could not find it in himself to instantly repudiate praise by former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke or condemn white supremacists waving Nazi swastikas parading in his name through the streets of an American city. He could only equate alt-right bigots and those who oppose them – equally – and condemn “violence.” My country is adrift with amoral leadership. I am more dejected than at any point since Election Day. And now, at least one purposefully dead in Saturday’s violence, two other members of the police killed in a helicopter crash, and 19 others injured. All of us: wounded. The greatest death so far is the murder in real time of our Republic at the hands of Donald Trump and his still unrepentant supporters. I know these people. Like Steve Bannon I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy. We both served on the altar of St. Paul’s Church. We both attended St. Paul’s Catholic School. We both graduated from Benedictine Military Institute. We both spent many a day in the shadow of Monument Avenue’s pharaonic statues to “the glorious dead:” Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, and Jefferson Davis. I like to think I learned the right lessons from those tributes. Bannon, clearly, did not. I have no adequate words to describe my grief. No words, by anyone, can wash away this filth now opened to the air by Trump. The prejudice and bigotry of the neoFascists and white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville used to hide in the fetid swamps of their nihilistic ideology; under the stinking rocks of their hatred. Through his candidacy and now his presidency, Trump has uncovered and given permission to this entire despicable breed. Have you no sense of decency, Mr. Trump, at long last? Clearly, this is a rhetorical question. David Perry San Francisco

Prop Q is unfair, period

The fact that Proposition Q is rarely used is beside the point [“Prop Q tents measure rarely used,” August 10]. It is used, and it is harmful to people sleeping on the streets in that it is like an ax hanging over their heads. Every day I see people who have nowhere to go, no housing, no shelter, and they live in fear of being hassled by the police, being criminalized for being homeless. I smell the fear, I feel the fear, as I feed them and listen to them. Housing is impossible in San Francisco for people who do not have money to begin with, if you are homeless, it is impossible. It is that way all over the country. So first of all we need to decriminalize sleeping on the streets, and provide bathrooms and showers for people. Secondly, we need to remove our homeless service people from being placed in a position of enforcing or even being a part of the enforcement of Prop Q and other laws regarding homelessness. They need to be allowed to work with people without placing themselves in

a position that can be construed as a part of that enforcement structure. Prop Q is unfair, period. Fr. Christian River Sims, sfw, D.Min. Director Temenos Catholic Worker San Francisco

Reem’s Bakery protest

I’d like to take this opportunity to clear up some inaccuracies in Christina A. DiEdoardo July 27 column “Resist: Refuse Fascism takes to the streets.” A retraction is in order. The vigils at Reem’s Bakery in Oakland are not about Jews versus Muslims, or about left versus right. The vigils protest the symbol that Reem Assil has chosen for her bakery, a symbol that should be offensive to anyone whose life has been touched by violence. Thousands of Native American activists have protested the Washington Redskins logo because it is offensive to their heritage. African-Americans have protested the Confederate flag, as a potent symbol of slavery and supremacy. Symbols, like words, have power. Rolling vigils have been held at Reem’s for several weeks, protesting a mural that features a convicted terrorist, Rasmea Odeh. Odeh confessed to the bombing of the British Consulate and a grocery store after one day in custody. Bomb-making equipment was found in her home. Two were killed and nine injured in the attacks. In a widely available Arabic language documentary, the organizers of the bombings can be heard proudly boasting of their roles. Participants in the vigils at Reem’s include such “deplorables” as local LGBTQ activists and Bernie Sanders delegates. At the July 8 vigil a wheelchair-bound participant and a 78-year-old survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto were attacked by patrons and employees of Reem’s. Police reports were filed. This incident was documented in the local Jewish paper, and by photos and videos taken by bystanders at the scene. Attackers danced around with the signs they ripped out of people’s hands. The only fascism seen at these peaceful vigils are Reem’s repeated attempts to use the police power of the state to silence the voices of those in protest. At the last silent vigil, two squad cars and four officers were dispatched to deal with seven protesters, in an effort to deprive them not only of their rights to free assembly, but their rights to free expression. In a community devastated by violence, why is Reem’s Bakery glorifying Odeh, an unrepentant murderer? Why has she chosen to decorate her shop with a portrait of someone who targeted innocent civilians in a grocery store? The Bay Area Reporter and DiEdoardo have done a disservice to our community by not fact-checking the original July 27 column.

Out candidate runs to lead actors union

by Matthew S. Bajko

mong the five people running to be elected president of the national union representing actors and performers in film, television, and radio is an out candidate who would be the first LGBT person to serve in the position. Actor and casting director Robert B. Martin Jr., who is bisexual, aims to lead the 160,000-member Screen Actors GuildAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Ballots for the August 24 election were mailed out earlier this month to 144,000 SAG-AFTRA members who had paid their dues. “The president is supposed to protect the members and fight for our fair share of the 21st century labor force. But that is not what is going on,” said Martin in a recent phone interview. Current president Gabrielle Carteris, who starred on the hit television show “Beverly Hills, 90210,” is seeking re-election to a two-year term and is facing a strong challenge from Esai Morales, who starred in the film “La Bamba.” The two represent different factions within the union and head

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n February, Leah Gardner attended a community dinner at LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s San Francisco headquarters on Market Street. She was one of 20 or so people who sat around a table and listened to Laura Millar, LightHouse’s new sexual health services program coordinator, share her vision of having a contingent in the annual San Francisco LGBT Pride parade. “I could almost touch the energy in that room,” said Gardner. “About 20 people shared ideas, life experiences and excitement; a true community spirit was tangible.” Gardner, who is a lesbian and visually impaired, said that she had always had some hesitation about attending the Pride march, but through the LightHouse’s new sexual health program, she was able

to tuck away her uneasiness. “Marching amid the euphoria of Pride, I finally felt part of something purely unique. I was always nervous and rather apprehensive about trying to march in such a gigantic event as a visually impaired person; Laura gave me and so many others a reason to bond together, to feel pride and joy in who we are,” said Gardner. According to lesbian and disability rights activist Corbett O’Toole, LightHouse is the first mainstream disability organization to partake in the Pride festivities and applauded Millar for her effort in making the Pride contingent a reality for many. “Laura’s contingent,” said O’Toole, “showed the disability and LGBT communities that queer rights are inseparable from disability rights. Her decision to offer a contingent for the San Francisco Pride parade is unprecedented. No mainstream disability organization

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has made that commitment before.” In addition to marching in the Pride parade, some of Millar’s past programs included a masturbation workshop with Shauna Farabaugh, a trip to Good Vibrations, where Carol Queen and Andy Duran gave workshop participants a tactile tour

of some of the store’s most popular products – explaining how and why someone might use a specific toy – and a dating workshop cleverly titled: “World of Sex with Jan McClain.” Millar is bisexual and legally blind. She holds both a master’s

degree in public health and a master’s in human sexuality from San Francisco State University. She is also a single parent and believes it is just as important to train parents, teachers, and educators on accessible sexual health practices, as it is to train blind youth. “I have done workshops and presentations with youth, seniors, and everyone in between,” said Millar. “The youngest student so far I’ve had in one of my workshops I believe was 14, and the oldest in their mid-80s.” But while the events and workshops offered through LightHouse’s sexual health program have been well-received by LightHouse students and community members, Millar points to a lack of sex education for young people with disabilities. “Too often in the blind community, youth will say to me they are tired of not being given the information they need, or treated like young adults,” said Millar. “They See page 14 >>

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then known as the Gay Freedom Day Committee, where she served with co-chair Chris Perry. “Her excellent guidance and foresight shown through as she and the GFDC were able to pay off all debts of the 1977 parade, work with newly elected Supervisor Harvey Milk, oversee and fund the creation of the rainbow and artist flags, support Jon Sims and the formation of the Gay Freedom Day Marching Band, and produce a parade and celebration that was very successful,” McElhinney said. Speaking to the Bay Area Reporter June 25 while seated in a convertible waiting for this year’s San Francisco Pride parade to kick off, Ms. Newbrough marveled at how far the LGBT community had come since 1978. “There were so many new things

Arlan Owen Lutz passed away peacefully in the early morning of August 8, 2017 in San Francisco. He was with his close friend and roommate, Griff Young. Arlan was born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of Walter and Margret Lutz. Arlan was the brother to Denny Lutz, June Prussman, Peggy Poore (Ralph), and Marlene Neufeld. Husband to Joan Lezzi, father of Eric Arlan Lutz; daughter-in-law, Karen Shade Lutz; and Peter Eric Lutz. Grandfather to Tanner, Kennedy, Kallie, and Kayleaha Lutz. Uncle to Gretchen Neufeld, Alexia and Ralph Jr. Poore, and Linda Prussman. Arlan moved to San Francisco from Reading in 1978 with his close friends. While living in Reading he and a business partner created clothing boutique High Society, which also featured objects de art: Art Deco, Icart prints, and Roseville collections. In 1979 Arlan began a successful career at the specialty department store I Magnin & Co. While at I Magnin he was instrumental in creating unique and stunning fashion windows and interior floor displays that garnered the attention of San Francisco art directors and patrons. I recall a fashion director complementing him on his Christmas creation in the Women’s Couture Boutique, saying, “You make angels weep.” Arlan loved Christmas. He and his roommate, Griff, would host an annual toy drive event helping children in the Bay Area. Arlan was also a long-standing and upstanding member of the Buena Vista Men’s Social Club. His contributions to the club will be missed by many.

Arlan, with his quick wit and sense of humor, wished his tombstone to be engraved with the phrase: “He Always Bet Max!” With love and laughter, we celebrate your life. Rest in peace dear friend. A celebration of Arlan’s life will be held at his home Saturday, August 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. For information, email griff16@comcast.net.

Lawrence Kim, aka Remy Martin May 11, 1946 – July 31, 2017 Lawrence Kim, aka Absolute Dowager Empress XIX Remy Martin of San Francisco, was a native Hawaiian who found his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. On January 8, 1984 he was crowned the 19th Empress of the Imperial Council of San Francisco, was appointed as the first heir under the Imperial Council’s founder, the late Absolute Empress I of San Francisco Jose Sarria, and then under Sarria’s successor, Queen Mother I of the Americas Nicole the Great (Nicole Murray-Ramirez). Lawrence (Remy) was an inspirational leader and friend to many in the community, a longtime board member of the Imperial Council of San Francisco and the Community Thrift Store. Up until his death he was a community activist, fundraiser, and supporter of many nonprofit organizations. Lawrence passed peacefully on July 31, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by many friends and family. Donations in his honor can be made to the Jose Julio Sarria Charitable Giving Fund,

www.imperialcouncilsf.org. The Imperial Council of San Francisco will be holding an Imperial State Funeral Saturday, August 19 at 2 p.m. at St. Francis Lutheran Church, 152 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94114.

Memorial for David Scott

Friends will gather later this month to scatter the ashes of David Scott, a gay man who ran for San Francisco mayor in 1979. Mr. Scott, 82, died July 18 of leukemia. The 1979 mayor’s race featured major contenders Dianne Feinstein, who had become mayor a year earlier after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk, and Supervisor Quentin Kopp. Alarmed by what many in the community said was a lack of choice, friends said that Mr. Scott entered the race, knowing he likely wouldn’t win. Mr. Scott did indeed come up short, but his presence in the race forced a runoff between Feinstein and Kopp, and in order to secure his endorsement, Feinstein pledged to appoint a gay or lesbian to the city’s Police Commission. In addition to Mr. Scott’s ashes, the ashes of his four dogs, Cedar, Red, Sara, and Rocky, will be scattered, friends said. The ceremony will take place Sunday, August 27 at noon on the hill overlooking Mr. Scott’s ranch at 835 Tomales in Two Rock (just north of the Coast Guard station outside Petaluma). For the Bay Area Reporter’s obituary of Mr. Scott, go to http://ebar.com/news/ article.php?sec=news&article=72811.

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Castro food hall sees tenant turnover by Sari Staver

alf of the initial tenants at the Castro’s year-old food hall, The Myriad, have moved out and have been replaced by new tenants and a dozen pinball machines. “We’re an incubator and we knew that during the first round, some businesses would succeed and others might not,” said Andrew Ramsay, manager of the 4,000 square foot business at 2175 Market Street (between Church and 15th streets.) Gone now are the Filipino barbecue, crepes, flowers, coffee, cookies, and prepared meals. The owners of SF Brewing Company, a

craft beer business, moved to Ghirardelli Square but the developers intend to operate the booth themselves, said Ramsay. The developers also operate the anchor tenant, Mrs. Jones, a full service bar. Tenants who remain there are juice, poke, sushi, mobile phone repair, and a French bread machine, whose prices have been cut more than 25 percent. The most successful business has been the booth that sells poke, whose kiosk has doubled in size, said Ramsay. New tenants include a snow ice business, hot dogs, a virtual reality game booth, and a dozen pinball machines, which can be

removed when new businesses move in, said Ramsay. “We are talking to a number of other businesses and hope to have more to announce soon,” said Ramsay in an interview with the Bay Area Reporter. The newest tenant is Michael Ho, who is planning a soft opening this month for Snow, his new snow ice business. Ho, who also owns Perilla, a Vietnamese noodle shop at 525 Haight Street, said this will be the first business in the Castro selling snow ice, a combination ice cream and snow cone, which will be used to make drinks and desserts ranging from $4.25 to $5.75. Half a dozen

other shops selling snow ice operate elsewhere in the city. Another Myriad tenant, Elyse Thogerson, who operates the juice bar Raw, is a customer at Ho’s restaurant and told him about the opportunity to open a booth at the food hall, he said. The Myriad (http://www.themyriad.com) is open seven days a week. The food hall opened in July 2016 and is operated by Jordan Langer and his partners, who own and operate the restaurant, Jones, located at 620 Jones Street. For information on kiosk space, contact Ramsay at arramsay@mindspring.com. t

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Runway pageant celebrates creativity compiled by Cynthia Laird

he Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Foundation will hold “GAPA Runway 29: Slayyyvatar, the Legend of GAPA” Saturday, August 26 at 7 p.m. in the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue. A San Francisco summer tradition, GAPA Runway began as a grassroots event that plays on the glamour of traditional pageants while pushing the outer boundaries of self-expression. The highlight is the crowning of Mister and Miss GAPA 2017, who will spend the next year raising funds and awareness for GAPA Foundation’s philanthropic work nationwide. But before the winners are announced, the pageant showcases candidates exploring their creativity and self-expression within a framework of camp, comedy, and fun. While highlighting Asian and Pacific Islander and LGBT expression, GAPA Runway at its core is a celebratory showcase of API LGBTQ achievement. This year’s judges will be Alma Soonghi Beck, a former board member of Transgender Law Center; Frances Chung, principal dancer for the San Francisco Ballet; Amini Fonua, Tongan Olympic swimmer; state Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell); Lee Opelina, chef at Province SF; Amy Sueyoshi, associate dean of ethnic studies at San Francisco State University; Anny Hong, KRON 4 news anchor and meteorologist; and

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Mister GAPA 2016 Jeffry Arcam, left, and Miss GAPA Juicy Liu (Michael Nguyen) stood on stage at last year’s Runway.

Phillip Hua, professor of digital media at Academy of Art University. Sir Whitney Queers, Mister GAPA 2013, and Jezebel Patel, Miss GAPA 2012 will emcee this year’s event. All proceeds will benefit the GAPA Foundation’s scholarships and community grants. Tickets range from $20 to $50 and are available at www.cityboxoffice.com/ event p er for mances. asp?evt=2348. The event is expected to sell out.

Dolores Park safety meeting

In light of the recent daytime shooting at Mission Dolores Park, in which three people were wounded, District 8

Supervisor Jeff Sheehy will hold a safety meeting Monday, August 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Dolores Park Church, 455 Dolores Street in San Francisco. In a Facebook event listing, Sheehy said that he organized the meeting to discuss public safety with San Francisco Police Department officials and other city agencies operating in the park. “All neighbors are encouraged to attend so that we can have a discussion on how the city and community can collaborate together to make Dolores Park a safe and inviting space for all,” he said in the announcement. The shooting took place August 3 just after 3 p.m. on the pedestrian bridge and the statue of Miguel Hidalgo near Church Street. Police said last week that the

incident appeared to be targeted and they are looking for five suspects. It is not known if the victims were the intended targets or bystanders. No arrests have been made.

Duboce Park movie night

Outdoor Movie Night returns to Duboce Park Saturday, August 19 with the comedy-drama classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” The 1967 film stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn. The movie begins at 8 p.m. on the upper lawn. The event is free and is sponsored by Friends of Duboce Park and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Snacks will be available at the Friends’ popular refreshment stand.

The film contains a (then rare) positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage, as a couple’s attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiance. Movie bingo cards will be distributed before the show and the first five people who correctly and completely fill out and submit their cards will win gift cards to Peet’s. Each square on the bingo card has a question about the movie. The N-Judah Muni line stops right at Duboce Park (Duboce and Scott streets), and there are many other Muni lines within a few blocks. For more information or to volunteer, contact mark@ friendsofdubocepark.org or doug@ friendsofdubocepark.org.

Benefit for queer women of color group

The Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, or QWOCMAP, is having a benefit dance Saturday, August 26 from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at the World Famous Turf Club, 22519 Main Street in Hayward (at A Street). QWOCMAP is a San Franciscobased nonprofit that provides free filmmaking classes to the LGBTQ community. It premieres the films in its annual free film festival held in June. Admission for the benefit dance is sliding scale $10-$20, though no one will be turned away. There will be a silent auction and “single mingle” at the dance.t For more information, contact board@qwocmap.org.

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national white supremacist leader, Richard Spencer, of Alexandria, Virginia, told reporters in CharlottesTrump blamed the ville that Unite bigotry on “many the Right rallies sides” and seemed to would return echo a claim by suto the Univerpremacists that they sity of Virginia were just defending town. Fields was their “history” by ralcharged with lying around a Consecond-degree federate war general’s murder. statue. “We are National civil going to make rights organizations Charlottesville strongly condemned the center of the violence. the universe,” “The white susaid Spencer, premacist rallies this according to weekend and the USA Today. ongoing violence in Jane Philomen Cleland “We are going Charlottesville are About 450 people gathered at to come back un-American and Latham Square in downtown here often.” unacceptable,” Vanita Oakland Saturday, August Spencer, an Gupta, president and 12, to express solidarity with increasingly CEO of the Leader- Charlottesville. prominent naship Conference on tional voice for Civil and Human alt-right efforts, reportedly barred Rights, said in a statement. “They run anti-gay participants from an event counter to the values of justice, fairby his group, the National Policy ness, and inclusivity that we uphold Institute, in Washington, D.C., two as a country. While the right to free years ago. According to a profile of speech is a core value, hate has no Spencer in the Atlantic magazine in place in America.” June, Spencer, a University of Virginia Gupta, who used to head the Jusalum, denied “widely whispered rutice Department’s civil rights divimors” among his UVA classmates that sion under President Barack Obama, he was gay. said that Trump “has emboldened Another national leader in the white and enabled the forces of hate and supremacist movement, David Duke, division in this country. He and his a former national KKK leader, was in administration must denounce what front of cameras during the weekend’s happened this weekend – and the rally. He told reporters he and the rally white supremacist hate behind it – in participants represent a “turning point the strongest possible terms. And the for the people of this country.” FBI should open an investigation into “We are determined to take our today’s violence.” country back,” Duke said. “We’re In fact, it took two days for Trump going to fulfill the promises of Donto speak out and specifically condemn ald Trump. That’s what we believed white supremacist groups. Attorney in. That’s why we voted for Donald General Jeff Sessions announced that Trump, because he said he’s going the Justice Department would open a to take our country back. And that’s federal civil rights investigation. what we’ve got to do.” Locally, vigils were held over the weekend in San Francisco, Oakland, Trump generates more heat and Berkeley, drawing hundreds of On Monday, some 48 hours after people. the violence, Trump specifically menThe purported purpose of the tioned racism, the KKK, and neo“Unite the Right” rally, organized by Nazis in condemning the attack. local alt-right blogger Jason Kessler, His first remarks about Charlotwas to demonstrate opposition to tesville came late Saturday afternoon, the planned removal of a statue of when, at an unrelated bill signing, Confederate General Robert E. Lee he read a statement. According to a in the renamed Emancipation Park White House transcript, he said: (formerly Lee Park). But the rally “We condemn in the strongest poswas also part of a resurgence of white sible terms this egregious display of supremacists in Southern states that hatred, bigotry and violence, on many has been growing for at least the past sides. On many sides. It’s been going two years, and it drew participants – on for a long time in our country. Not most of whom appeared to be young, Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. white, males – from many other states. This has been going on for a long, A Friday night march by the prolong time. testers included hundreds of people, “It has no place in America. What mostly appearing to be white young is vital now is a swift restoration of adult men, carrying identical torches law and order and the protection of and marching to the campus of the innocent lives,” the president continUniversity of Virginia. ued. “No citizen should ever fear for By Saturday, an equally large countheir safety and security in our society, terprotest had gathered, and local and no child should ever be afraid to police erected a temporary fence and go outside and play, or be with their police line to separate the two crowds. parents, and have a good time.” But for reasons not yet clear, the poTrump said he had spoken with lice left the scene at some point and Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a the two groups began to clash verbally Democrat. and then physically, with fistfights, “... We agreed that the hate and the spraying of paint and chemicals at division must stop, and must stop each other, shoving, and hitting each right now,” the president said. “We other with sticks. Then suddenly, a have to come together as Americans car that was sitting two blocks away with love for our nation and true began to speed toward the counteraffection – really – and I say this so protest group at the end of a street and strongly – true affection for each rammed into the crowd. The driver of other.” the car then executed a speedy reverse The president thanked various state back down the street, where he was and federal law enforcement officers. eventually stopped and was arrested. “Above all else, we must rememOne counterprotester, 32-year-old ber this truth: No matter our color, paralegal Heather Heyer, a resident creed, religion or political party, we of Charlottesville, was killed and 19 are all Americans first,” said Trump. others were injured, said Charlot“We love our country. We love our tesville Police Chief Al Thomas at a God. We love our flag. We’re proud of news conference Saturday evening. our country. We’re proud of who we More than a dozen people were also are. So we want to get the situation injured during the melee between the straightened out in Charlottesville, two groups. and we want to study it. And we want Kessler disavowed the actions of the to see what we’re doing wrong as a driver of the car, identified as James country, where things like this can Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, happen. saying, “He did the wrong thing.” But a From page 1

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“My administration is restoring the sacred bonds of loyalty between this nation and its citizens, but our citizens must also restore the bonds of trust and loyalty between one another,” Trump said. “We must love each other, respect each other, and cherish our history and our future together. So important. We have to respect each other. Ideally, we have to love each other.” Many political commentators focused on what Trump did not say.

Initially, he did not make any statement condemning the white supremacist base behind the Charlottesville attack. Others criticized what he did say. “Listen to that: ‘Cherish our nation’s history,’ in the context of Charlottesville,” said Republican commentator Roger Traynham, who was an adviser to former President George W. Bush. “To me ... as an AfricanAmerican – not even as a Republican – but as an African-American, to me,

that is an homage or a nod to the altright [and] racist supremacy.” Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) posted a statement on Twitter saying, “Very important for the nation to hear [the president] describe events in [Charlottesville] for what they are, a terror attack by white supremacists.” On Sunday, the White House issued a statement saying that, when Trump condemned the “egregious display of See page 14 >>

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hatred, bigotry and violence, on many sides,” “Of course that includes white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi, and all extremist groups.” In the Charlottesville rally, protesters carried signs that referred to the KKK, Confederate flags, Nazi flags, and many of the flags associated with extreme right-wing groups, such as the blue-and-white flags of “Identity Evropa,” an Oakdale (Stanislaus County), California-based group that

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don’t want to be coddled, and they want a lot more independence.” “My programming,” continued Millar, “fills in a lot of gaps related to sexual health and health literacy. Educating young adults about how to access their sexual health needs, using resources available to them in their community is an important part of being an independent adult.” LightHouse’s sexual health program also offers a monthly youth

Celeste Newbrough

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that year, a lot of things we now take for granted,” said Ms. Newbrough. “I don’t think I have ever seen as many creative people in the parade as that year.” Ms. Newbrough chaired the first meeting of the Coalition for Human Rights that formed in 1977 in response to the threats to the LGBT community being made by Anita Bryant. More than 2,000 people packed into the city’s LGBT community center, located not too far from San Francisco City Hall. “It was huge. People were hanging from the rafters,” she recalled. One of the bigger arguments at the meeting was whether the group’s name should say gay rights instead of human rights. “I think that was interesting. There was still a large amount of homophobia back then. People felt it was the most diplomatic alternative to use human rights,” recalled Ms. Newbrough. “I would have been fine with gay rights.” She herself came out as a lesbian feminist in 1977 and became active in the LGBT community “to ensure the leadership was co-sexual. I also wanted to influence the gays. They had their experience with liberation and women had theirs. There was a kind of emerging that came out of it and a tremendous melding

Openhouse

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“I feel really excited about the fact we serve more people now than we ever did,” said Skultety, noting that 2,300 people have taken part in its programming this year. “And I feel very excited about the model of community we are building here at 55 Laguna. We have data that 100 percent of residents have interacted or engaged with Openhouse over the first six months of living here.”

Twin Peaks case

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principled, hard-working judge,” said Knox. “She’s not a pushover. She’s not just going to let somebody out because she feels sorry for him.” The algorithm used to assess Mims is “not perfect in predicting human behavior,” said Knox. “Nothing is.” However, he said, it’s part of “an effort to try to improve a system that’s seriously flawed, and everybody knows it.” The current

and the ‘alt-right’ is a failure of leadership and once again proves he is unfit to serve. All national leaders, from the president and vice president on down, must explicitly and unequivocally condemn this violent extremism.” Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund CEO Rachel Tiven issued a statement saying the Unite the Right rally was a march “against the rest of the country: against the polyglot, racially and religiously diverse America that is real and the truth. And they are absolutely marching against LGBT people of all colors.”t

National LGBT groups condemned

the attack in Charlottesville and Trump. “Hate and bigotry must never be met with silence or half-hearted rebukes,” said Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. “The horrific events unfolding in Charlottesville [Saturday] are a stark reminder that the racism and white supremacy that has been allowed to fester for generations has recently been emboldened by the policies and rhetoric of politicians like Donald Trump. There are no two sides. Donald Trump’s refusal to clearly condemn white supremacists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis,

workshop, which Millar said is similar to what a sighted youth would receive in high school or in an introduction course to sexuality in college. “Currently, I have a 3-D model of a uterus, vulva, and clitoris, which have been very useful to help educate people about their bodies. It is exciting to see a room full of young folks with shared lived experiences – that often feels very isolating – and to be able to give them the opportunity to learn in a manner that is accessible and designed for them.”

As the only full-time employee at a blindness organization that manages sexual health programs, Millar spends a lot of time working with people from across the country. She explained, “I’ve had a number of one-on-one conversations and meetings with people who are blind and LGBTQ across the country, and have been able to help link them up with services in their area.” LightHouse CEO Bryan Bashin recognized the importance of further diversifying its programs and,

in 2016, hired Millar. “The LightHouse knows that there’s more to living a full life than cane skills and screen readers,” he said. “That’s why when we met Laura, we knew we had found the perfect person to enrich our programming with skills for healthy sexuality, intimacy and relationship building – the stuff that really makes us tick, as people.” LightHouse’s sexual health program has built partnerships with the Transgender Law Center, San Francisco Women Against Rape, Positive

Resource Center, and the district attorney’s special victims unit. You can learn more about LightHouse’s sexual health programs and its other services by visiting http://www. lighthouse-sf.org. t

of men and women. It was wonderful to be a part of that.” McElhinney said that Ms. Newbrough was a “mentor, friend, and wonderful leader.” “Those of us who worked with Celeste on the 1978 Gay Freedom Day Committee were in full sight of her many skills and ways of gathering people and bringing them together,” she said. “There was a lot going on in 1977 and 1978, she led and navigated several important campaigns in those years.” Ms. Newbrough’s longtime partner, Ilona Pivar, Ph.D., said that she was a very sincere person. Pivar said that it was through the Coalition for Human Rights that she met Ms. Newbrough. “She wouldn’t have had the ability to organize people without her sincerity,” Pivar said. The couple were together for 40 years – they celebrated that anniversary the weekend before Ms. Newbrough’s passing – and Pivar said they had a wonderful time together. “She was a joy,” Pivar, a retired clinical psychologist, said in a brief phone interview. “I called her the light of my life.” “I lucked out,” she added. The couple were married in 2014; both disliked the term “wife,” and preferred partner or spouse, Pivar said. Ms. Newbrough was also instrumental with the Bay Area

Committee Against the Briggs Initiative, which formed to defeat the Briggs initiative in November 1978. Proposition 6, as it was known, would have banned gays and lesbians from working in California public schools. The Briggs initiative was defeated just a few weeks before Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by disgruntled ex-supervisor Dan White. Paula Lichtenberg, a longtime friend of Ms. Newbrough’s, got to know her during the Bryant-Briggs years, she said in an email. “I think Celeste would have been happy to stick with her writing and exploring spirituality, but she, too, saw that she was needed to take part in the battle,” Lichtenberg wrote. She said that after then-state lawmaker John Briggs’ initiative made the ballot, the Coalition for Human Rights “morphed” into the Bay Area Committee Against the Briggs Initiative, one of the grassroots groups battling it. Lichtenberg was co-chair and said that Ms. Newbrough, as chair of the parade committee, was helpful and encouraged BACABI to promote their cause. “We passed out thousands of signs, which almost all the contingents in the parade carried,” Lichtenberg recalled. “It was the largest and most political gay pride parade ever, helped by Celeste’s leadership.”

George Ridgely, executive director of the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee, as the organization is now known, said he was grateful that Ms. Newbrough was able to participate in this year’s parade. “Celeste Newbrough was a pioneer of our movement and we owe a tremendous amount of respect and gratitude for her vision and leadership,” Ridgely said in an email. “One of the highlights of the 2017 SF Pride parade was our ability to recognize the organizers of the 1977-78 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade, and have them march together in the event they were so instrumental in creating.” He added that organizers like Ms. Newbrough “paved the way for the LGBTQ movement today.”

Nathan “Dutch” Morial, who became the first African-American mayor of New Orleans. Ms. Newbrough also was a Vista coordinator in Arizona managing Vista volunteers working with Apache Native American tribes. For several years Ms. Newbrough taught women’s and feminist studies at City College of San Francisco and UC Berkeley. She was director of Academic Index Services, working with many educational institutions and presses composing over 300 scholarly indexes for their journals, articles, and books. She was a published author, starting with “Pagan Palms” (1982) and her last book, “Angel of Polk Street” (2017). She wrote in many journals and edited and wrote articles on feminism, women’s history, adoption, and reproductive rights. Up until her death she was still writing and editing several journals and websites. Pivar said that Ms. Newbrough was diagnosed with cancer for a second time in 2016, yet remained a writer and artist. In addition to Pivar, Ms. Newbrough is survived by a daughter, Pamela; son-in-law Louis; nephew Halsey and niece-in-law Jenny; several grandchildren, grandnieces, and grandnephews; and her beloved Tibetan Terrier Sara. Memorial services are pending.t

Already the meal program Openhouse hosts in the community room at 55 Laguna is at capacity, and those wishing to attend need to RSVP. Due to the demand, it will increase in frequency from twice a month to weekly by early 2018, and in September, a new rainbow lunch for women called the Sister Circle will debut. The agency is also looking to increase its friendly visitor program to serve 100 seniors at a time who are matched with a volunteer that routinely drops in on them. It is

also recruiting community members to help it create a participatory research model with the purpose of better gauging the impact of its programs. Openhouse received funding through a state program aimed at reducing mental health disparities to evaluate if its support groups and other services are reducing participants’ levels of depression, anxiety, and trauma. “The idea is to be able to better study outcomes and demonstrate how do we impact people who feel

isolated from the community,” said Skultety. This is the second time Skultety has held town halls since joining Openhouse as its new executive director in February. Ones she held in the spring were sparsely attended, however, and she is hopeful the ones next week will result in a higher turnout. In addition to emphasizing “what is the latest and greatest happening here,” Skultety hopes people see the town halls as a way for them to influence the agency’s offerings and priorities.

“I am committed to making these a regular occurrence,” said Skultety, adding she plans to hold them either quarterly or twice a year. The first town hall will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, August 21 at 501 Castro Street during the agency’s men’s group. The second will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 22 and the third will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, August 25. Both will take place at the Bob Ross LGBT Senior Center at 65 Laguna Street. t

bail system that keeps many poor people in jail “is obviously money-driven,” said Knox, who didn’t know the nature of Mims’ and Decuir’s relationship. Outside the courtroom Monday, Jim Reed, who knew French for over 50 years, called him “a spunky little guy.” Reed said that it was “pure stupidity” that Decuir and Mims “would even think of taking someone’s life” for a camera, which they allegedly stole from French. He said the lives of

people involved with French and the defendants have been “destroyed because of the stupidity” of the pair’s alleged actions. San Mateo County court documents indicate that as of July 2016, Mims was living in a housing complex on Kirkwood Street, in San Francisco’s Hunters Point district. Nobody appeared to be at the address listed for Mims last Saturday, but a man next door said that Mims had “been a good kid. I don’t know what the fuck

happened.” The man declined to give his name. Among other charges that Mims has faced since last July, records show that he’d been charged with burglarizing cars in San Mateo and San Francisco counties, and San Francisco prosecutors said that he’d been ordered to stay away from Twin Peaks after “a theft-related incident” there. The B.A.R. wasn’t able to find any records indicating that Decuir has a prior criminal record.

Public Defender Jeff Adachi, who’s been representing her, declined to comment for this story because another attorney’s expected to be assigned to Decuir. Decuir and Mims are each in custody on $5 million bail. Their next court date is Friday, August 18. A preliminary hearing, when a judge will determine whether there’s enough evidence to hold them for trial, is set to start Thursday, August 24.t

recruits mostly young white men to discuss the interests of white people. The flags of the latter group use a triangle at the center of its flag. In the counterprotester crowd, there was a sign saying “KKK=Homophobic Terrorism.” By Sunday evening, many news reports showed a photograph of a Unite the Right rally participant they identified as Fields. The man was standing alongside other white supremacists rally participants, holding a round black-and-white shield with a logo similar to one used by a right-wing group called Vanguard America.

The most recently posted article on the group’s website is “A Statistic on Homosexual Pathology.” The article calls LGBT people “degenerates” who “regularly commit a disproportionate amount of sexual crime,” and “deliberately prey upon children.” Its membership page states, “No Homosexuals.” But Vanguard America posted a statement on Twitter Sunday, saying that Fields was “in no way a member” and that the shields “do not denote membership.”

National LGBT response

Early life

Ms. Newbrough was born October 17, 1939 in New Orleans and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She was the founding president of New Orleans’ National Organization for Women and chaired the 1971 Southern Regional Conference for Women. She came out publicly as a lesbian in New Orleans, when she spoke at a City Council meeting in the summer of 1973 shortly after the deadly arson fire at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar. She campaigned for Ernest

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Outgames

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us $2,000 for the contract and failed to list us as an event sponsor as agreed upon digitally and in print.” Sports participants had already paid about half a million dollars by the time Outgames sports program, with three exceptions, was abruptly canceled while hundreds of athletes were still en route. Not only were they out registration and travel costs, many said they are stuck with hotel bills they had already paid when they booked their accommodations through the Outgames website. Aquatics, western dance, and soccer were all held as scheduled, as were conferences and cultural events, but the rest of the sports were eliminated without notice. Ultimately Outgames spent less than $66,000 on sports. Auditors reported Outgames spent $296,498 on promotional advertising and $330,218 on consultants. On the two non-sports programs that were successfully held, Lynare Robbins was paid $69,400 to produce the human rights conference and Carol Coombes $57,344 to produce the cultural program. Activist Justin Bell said his promotions company, Lion Company, received more than $140,000 from Outgames before withdrawing in late 2015 because of delinquent payments, one of which was more than 200 days past due. The first World Outgames were held in Montreal in 2006 and lost more than $5 million Canadian. The last two World Outgames were held in 2009 in Copenhagen and 2013 in Antwerp. The North American Outgames, a smaller continental event, was canceled last year by host St. Louis. Winnipeg, the host for the 2020 North American Outgames, dropped it following the announcement of the Miami cancellation, saying the brand name is now too toxic to be of value. [See the Jock Talk column online.] Former presidents of the Gay and Lesbian Sports Association have called for the licensing body to put an end to the World Outgames and disband.t

Political Notebook

From page 9

Martin also produced, co-directed and starred in the feature film “Hip, Edgy, Sexy, Cool,” a mockumentary about two casting directors. A founding member of Equality Source, the LGBTQ ad council, Martin won a Golden Telly award for a PSA he created and conceptualized for LifeWorks, the youth development and mentoring program of the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Martin is the son of Robert B. Martin Sr., the head architect of code for the NASA Mercury and NASA Apollo Space program. His father instilled in him at an early age an interest in technology. “He personally wrote the code for the lunar landing module, et cetera, and in addition personally trained all the astronauts. He was my professor while studying technology and taught me everything I know,” Martin said. He faulted union leaders for their inattention to new technologies that could greatly impact the film industry, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. “It is important to comprehend where the industry has been and where it is and where our industry is growing. Where it is growing is truly at the core of my policies and procedures,” he said, later adding, “We are basically on the verge of these technologies erupting and forever changing the entertainment industry on a global scale.” SAG-AFTRA is expected to announce the results of the election late next week.t Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check http:// www.ebar.com Monday mornings at noon for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion. This week’s column reported on local efforts to assist Virginia transgender candidate Danica Roem.

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Legal Notices>> ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 400 MCALLISTER STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102 FILE CNC-17-553186 In the matter of the application of: LEONORE SABATINO AKA LEONORE FAITH CONNER AKA LEONORE CONNER AKA LI MOON, 1283 5TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122, for change of name having been ﬁled in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner LEONORE SABATINO, is requesting that the name LEONORE SABATINO AKA LEONORE FAITH CONNER AKA LEONORE CONNER AKA LI MOON, be changed to LI MOON. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 14th of September 2017 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037695400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DOMA SUSHI BAR, 433 PRECITA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ADRIANA HONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037691600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PHUNG YAM ASSOCIATES, 1946 GREAT HIGHWAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PHUNG YAM. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 03/01/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037692400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACROBAN, 6254 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed FARAHIM ALILI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/20/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037678300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALEX GONZALEZ US PHOTOGRAPHY, 59 LEE AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALEX GONZALEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/12/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/12/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037668800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JULIT’Z CLEANING, 60 KENT CT #8, DALY CITY, CA 94015. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JOSE MENA POLO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/01/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/05/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037688800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CATHERINE PYNE INTERPRETING SERVICES, 530 17TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CATHERINE PYNE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/19/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037691000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAIKU, 1574 BUSH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MICHEL JEW. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/20/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/17.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-031517200

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: YOGA MAYU, 2051 HARRISON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business was conducted by a married couple and signed by ROBERT DONALD & GIZELLA DONALD. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/20/08.

JULY 27, AUG 03, 10, 17, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037683600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YUPPIE PUNKS, 210 POST ST #1112, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ASHLEY BERMAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/07/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/17/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017

SECOND AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF OTTO E. HOFFMAN IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 400 MCALLISTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102: FILE PES-17-300996

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Otto E. Hoffman. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Werner Heisserer and Mario Alberto Avila in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that Mario Alberto Avila and Werner Heisserer be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 30, 2017, 9:00 A.M., Probate Dept. Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioners: Mr. Aaron M. Palley (260544), 6200 Antioch St. #202, Oakland, CA 94611; Ph. (510) 339-0233

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 2017 ------------------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037685900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OUTSIDE THE 18, 2108 HAYES ST #4, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JORDAN HUGHES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/17/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/18/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037688700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PERCHO’S CONSTRUCTION, 7 CHANSLOR CIRCLE, RICHMOND, CA 94801. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PABLO RAMIREZPEREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/19/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/19/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037690200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IMMERSIVE PERSPECTIVES, 1510 EDDY ST #1507, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MEGAN O’CONNOR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/20/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037697500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ON SHORE CONSTRUCTION PLUMBING & BOILERS, 343 MORAGA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MARK JOSEPH LINARES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/31/83. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/25/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037699300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLEUR DE SEL, 308 KEARNY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MAHER BAZLAMIT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/25/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037668600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SF CHURCH, 906 LAKE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed U DREAM CENTER INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/05/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/05/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037695800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE RETAIL CANNABIS ASSOCIATION, 345 FRANKLIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is COALITION FOR COMMON SENSE REGULATION INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/24/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037701200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACIFIC UNION COMMERCIAL BROKERAGE, 1699 VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PACIFIC UNION INTERNATIONAL, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/03/09. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/27/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037701300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARTNERS TRUST GROUP, 1699 VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PACIFIC UNION INTERNATIONAL, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/27/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037700200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIFORNIA MOVERS LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING COMPANY, 1888 GENEVA AVE #504, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed EMPIRE MOVERS USA INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/20/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/26/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037692100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARTIES THAT COOK, 271 FRANCISCO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed I MORRISON, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 05/02/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037703400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TALES OF THE DRAGON; LOOKING GLASS COLLAGE; YE OLD STAINED GLASS & CURIOSITY SHOP, 1661 TENNESSEE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed STEVEN C. WILSON & S. GAIL MITCHELL WILSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 10/22/12. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/28/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037688300 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LIGNE ROSET, 111 RHODE ISLAND, SUITE E, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed CEMA LRSF, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/19/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037696300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MANNY’S, 1305 1/2 CASTRO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MANNY’S (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/24/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/24/17.

AUGUST 03, 10, 17, 24, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037713700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ASIAN PACIFIC TRAVEL, 833 MARKET ST #307, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALFRED NATIVIDAD. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/23/12. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/07/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037704100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YOGA MAYU, 4159 B. 24TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GIZELLA DONALD. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 04/05/15. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/31/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE: THE MACARTHUR TRANSIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LLC (“MTCP”)

Is advertising for Bids for Plaza Improvements at MacArthur BART Station- General Contractor Selection, Bid Opening on August 11, 2017. The estimated value of this Contract is $2,600,000 to $2,900,000. BIDDERS MAY OBTAIN BID DOCUMENTS & INFORMATION ON THE MTCP WEBSITE: www.macarthurstation.com

AUGUST 17, 2017

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ELLA LOUISE MORGAN, AKA ELLA L. MORGAN, ELLA MORGAN IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-17-301101

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ESTATE OF ELLA LOUISE MORGAN, AKA ELLA L. MORGAN, ELLA MORGAN. A Petition for Probate has been filed by KIM LEWIS-DAVIS in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that KIM LEWIS-DAVIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 28, 2017, 9:00 A.M., Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Roger D. Wintle, Esq. and Marialorena Relos, Esq., The Heritage Law Group, a P.C., 152 North Third St, Suite 550, San Jose, CA 95112; Ph. (408) 925-0144; 408-925-0146.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-17-553227 In the matter of the application of: RENALDO POULIN, 524 TARAVAL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116, for change of name having been ﬁled in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner RENALDO POULIN, is requesting that the name RENALDO POULIN, be changed to RENALDO JOSEPH PAULIN. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 12th of September 2017 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037702400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FUZION WORKSHOP, 751 WEBSTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RICARDO GONZALEZ RUIZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/20/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/28/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037709900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEVEL UP BOOKS, 28 STEINER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JAMES DONALD LENZEN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/03/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037709800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 4TH LEVEL INDIE, LLC, 28 STEINER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 4TH LEVEL INDIE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 06/07/12. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/03/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037681700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NUESTRA ESPERANZA CLEANING SERVICE, 211 BRAZIL AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed ANA PATRICIA ALFARO NOLASCO & BEATRIZ GARDUNO FLORES. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/07/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/14/17.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY, 1530 NORIEGA ST, FL 1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed JAMES K. HAN, D.D.S. INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 02/01/16. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/17/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037694500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TABOR CLEANING SERVICES, 2945 THIRD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BCG CLEANING INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/21/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037704700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DASCO SECURITIES, 2945 THIRD ST, SUITE C, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DASCO SECURITIES INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/01/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/31/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037702000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DENTAL IMPLANT AND ORAL SURGERY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 2001 UNION ST, SUITE 280, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SONG DENTAL PRACTICE, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/24/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/28/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037707800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: L AND O BAGEL, 325 MASON ST #10, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed L AND O BAGELS LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/02/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037705700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HTL 587, 587 EDDY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed 587 EDDY ST. LLC. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 06/01/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/01/17.

AUGUST 10, 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037720700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SILENT JAMES, 1688 PINE ST, UNIT E101, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JAMES LAKE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/10/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/11/17.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 201819 COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)

SUMMONS SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: PATRICIA RAMPE (AKA TRICIA RAMPE), AN INDIVIDUAL; MICHAEL BAKER, AN INDIVIDUAL; GETARTUP, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: JENNIFER ODELL, AN INDIVIDUAL. CASE NO. CGC-15-546031

The State Legislature will conduct a public hearing to receive comments on the 2018-19 State Plan and Application for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program. The hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on August 22, 2017, at the State Capitol, Room 437, Sacramento, CA 95814. Persons presenting oral testimony are requested to provide a written statement of their presentation at the conclusion of their testimony. If unable to attend, send written comments to: Department of Community Services and Development, 2389 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95833, Attention: Wilmer Brown, Jr. or email: CSBGDIV@CSD. ca.gov. Comments will be accepted until 5:00 p.m., August 22, 2017. The Department of Community Services and Development will review comments and may incorporate applicable changes to the final plan. A copy of the draft plan may be obtained on CSD’s website at www.csd.ca.gov or by calling (916) 576-7205. *NOTICE* Americans with Disabilities Act Individuals who, because of a disability, need special assistance to attend or participate in this hearing may request assistance by calling the California Assembly Human Services Committee at 916-319-2089. Requests should be made five working days in advance whenever possible.

AUGUST 17, 2017 LOCAL PUBLIC NOTICE

On August 10, 2017, an application was filed with the federal Communications Commission seeking its consent to the transfer of control of Poquito Mas Communications LLC, the licensee of Class A television station KCNZCD, Channel 21, San Francisco, CA, from Terence Crosby and Randy Nonberg to the members of Poquito Mas Communications LLC. The members, officers and/or managers of, or those who have an attributable interest in, Poquito Mas Communications LLC are SE Wisconsin Media Entity LLC, Terence Crosby, Randy Nonberg, Nora Crosby, Greg Waltrip, Marilyn Button, Nonberg Family Trust, Milly Sudarsky Grandchildren’s Trust, Seth and Alexander Zorensky, SASZ Partnership, Frank Cannella, Jr. Revocable Living Trust, Medved Family Holdings, LLC, Real Estate Acquisitions, LLC, Robert and Gwendolyn Medved, Robert L. Medved and Gwendonlyn M. Medved Family Endowment Trusts, and David Roettgers. A copy of the application and related materials are available for public inspection online at fcc.gov.

AUG 17, 24, 2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-17-553225

In the matter of the application of: CHAYNE LOWELL LYNSKEY, 2306 MARKET ST #408, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CHAYNE LOWELL LYNSKEY, is requesting that the name CHAYNE LOWELL LYNSKEY, be changed to PIPER ANGELIQUE LIND. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 26th of September 2017 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017

Notice: You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: San Francisco Superior Court, 400 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4515. The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is:

ANDY I. CHEN, 2310 HOMESTEAD ROAD, SUITE C1 #429, LOS ALTOS, CA 94024-7302; (650) 735 -2436. Date: May 28, 2015; Clerk, by DE LA VEGANAVARRO, ROSEALY, Deputy.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 07, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037707200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RDC ENTERPRISES; DINGO DUDS; ELITE LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES, 1222 HARRISON ST, APT 2219, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RONALD HERMENAU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/01/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037710700

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN B. GARDINER, IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-17-301116

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN B. GARDINER, A Petition for Probate has been filed by CHARLES C. GARDINER in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that CHARLES C. GARDINER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 06, 2017, 9:00 A.M., Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Margaret M. Farley (113118), Farley Law Offices, 165 No. Redwood Drive, Ste 285, San Rafael, CA 94903; Ph. (415) 492-8690.

AUG 17, 24, 31, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037719900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DENISE BRADLEY CONSULTING, 355 1ST ST, SUITE S2702, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DENISE BRADLEY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/10/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/10/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037720300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WELL BEINGS NUTRITION, 2400 GREENWICH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed HALEY K. MANNIX. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/15/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/04/17.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARPE VINO NAPA, 627 PERALTA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JOSE FELIX SANDOVAL JR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on NA. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/11/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037713900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BRANDON PRUETT DESIGN, 265 S. VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BRANDON TODD PRUETT. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/07/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/07/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037710200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YLS.2P CLEANING SERVICE, 2895 SAN BRUNO AVE, #3A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed YULISSA ASTRID PEREZ Y PEREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/03/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/03/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037715800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PINK FACET, 501 41ST AVE #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed BONNIE CHEUNG SARKISSIAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/01/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/08/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037718200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEY AND QUILL, 3225 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed EDI BERTON & JENNIFER KANOUSE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 06/01/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/10/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037720800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 452 BARTLETT APTS, 452 BARTLETT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed RODNEY CHINN, KWM TRUST TRUSTEE & KONG WONG MING. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/01/68. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/11/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037692600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BAY AREA DENTAL CARE, 2460 MISSION ST #215, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed YANG DDS, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 07/19/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 07/21/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037718700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MISSION STREET SPORTS BAR SF; MISSION STREET SPORTS BAR; MISSION SPORTS BAR; MSB; MSSBSF: 2565 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed QUALIA ENTERTAINMENT, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed ﬁctitious business name or names on 08/01/17. The statement was ﬁled with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/10/17.

AUG 17, 24, 31, SEPT 01, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037691700

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Rob McClure stars as an ambitious 16th-century writer in “Something Rotten,” now at the Golden Gate Theatre, who learns that to compete with Shakespeare a show has to have razzmatazz.

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ranscendence Theatre Company is currently in the midst of its “Broadway Under the Stars” 2017 summer season performed in the Winery Ruins at Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen, CA. Earlier this month Out There trekked up to the sylvan groves of Sonoma County to see the troupe’s show “Fascinating Rhythm,” which is ending its run this coming weekend, Aug. 17-20. Tr a n s c e n d e n c e ’s summer series of outdoor Broadway-inspired concerts features Equity actors from New York and Los Angeles showcased in song-anddance revues that give individual performers a real chance to shine. “Fascinating Rhythm” features songs from Gershwin, Kander & Ebb, Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and Billy Joel. Our Sonoma Wine Country evening began with a lovely al fresco picnic as we enjoyed local wines and box dinners from The Girl & the Fig relaxing near the vineyards in the park’s Beauty Ranch meadow. Then we took our seats in the open-

air 150-year-old Winery Ruins. It was a rare pleasure to enjoy the show as dusk descended in the valley, giving way to a starlit night. Transcendence performers were uniformly young, beautiful, and multi-talented. They gave it their all, and what’s not to like with that? There was something satisfying and life-affirming in seeing children of the 21st century take up classic show tunes from olden days and make them their own. Highlights included the title Gershwin tune from “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “Cool” from “West Side Story,” and a “Grease” medley. Liza Minnelli was invoked by “Ring Them Bells” (“Liza with a Z”) and “Arthur in the Afternoon” (“The Act”). Bass-baritone Mike Kirsch sold “I Got Plenty of Nothing” (“Porgy and Bess”), as did Rhyn McLemore Saver with “Send in the Clowns” (“A Little Night Music”). Many of the songs were uniquely youth-ready (from “Spring Awakening” and “Tick, Tick, Boom”) and thespian-friendly (“Happy Feet,” “Piano Man”). As Gavin Waters and Rachel Louise Thomas essayed

“Everything Old Is New Again” (“All That Jazz”), we seconded that emotion. The rest of the cast included Amy Miller, Alexander “AJ” Ackleson, Brooke Morrison, Brad Surosky, Colin Campbell McAdoo, Dylan Smith, Erika Conaway, Matthew Rossoff, Jessica Lee Coffman, Meggie Cansler, Shaleah Adkisson, Shiloh Goodin, Thomasina Gross, Stephan Stubbins, Tim Roller and Valerie Salgado. Between numbers, troupe members recited lines penned by the park’s authorial namesake. At first Out There feared this tactic would seem hokey, but London was quite profound in some ways. “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist,” he wrote. “I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” And: “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” The Transcendence troupers have been key in saving Jack London State Historic Park from closure in 2012, and $5 from every ticket goes to park funds. They end their season with a Gala Celebration Concert on Sept. 8-10.t More info: transcendencetheatre.org

Cuban life by Jim Piechota

The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas; Akashic Books, $19.95

he 10 vivid short stories in talented Cuban novelist Achy Obejas’ new collection “The Tower of the Antilles” present a narrative about belonging and longing for the security of community. The community that the author is bestknown for writing about is Cuba, the large Caribbean island so many have denounced, fled from, or remained strong from. Aside from her well-received novels, Obejas, a Cuban-born lesbian, published the 1994 short story collection “We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?” which featured uprooted people struggling to discover their place in the world and a unique identity to call their own. In offering a queer perspective to the journey, either away from or into the fold of Cuban communities, the author further broadens the understanding of an exotic culture built on history yet mired and disrupted by authority, exile, and revolution. She admits that the short tales in

her new book revolve around the notion of rupture and “of belonging, then not belonging.” Perhaps most symbolist are the opening and closing stories, “The Collector” and the title story, which frame the collection and, when read together, reflect how Cubans interpreted the uneasy arrival of Columbus to their island. “Kimberle,” written during an oppressive Havana summer, follows a lesbian college student who exerts

such control and influence over her roommate that things end with destruction and a rash of epiphanies. “Exile” offers a chorus of voices describing the liberation felt at departing Cuba to embark upon a grand voyage to Miami and a brand new life. Several stories offer comic relief. Both “The Sound Catalog,” a yarn involving how a misinterpreted phrase can cause havoc, and “Superman,” about a well-endowed Cuban sex worker who became a sensation then vanished into oblivion, are engrossing and detailed with precision and humor. “Waters,” the earliest written story, is a “wet and feverish” masterpiece of description and narrative control. It tells of a queer poet who arrives in Cuba from New York City and is seen as precious since she speaks English. She is given a coveted role by locals in the community as “a Cuban place, of course, yet different.” In Obejas’ luminous, beautifully told stories, some only a few pages in length, “Cuba is always present, but as I’ve aged, I’ve discovered different kinds of rupture,” she writes, “and the island that my body might well become.”t

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Britta Jaschinski, courtesy CAS

Britta Jaschinski, “Confiscated,” Denver, CO.

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They bring back close-ups of rare creatures and amazing sights most of us will never have the opportunity to experience for ourselves, like a grown man in a panda costume cradling a giant panda cub at a Chinese wildlife preserve; dolphins pointed nose-down, listening for fish on the ocean floor; a juvenile cardinalfish in the black depths of the ocean hiding out in a fireengine-red sea anemone, a predicament whose drama was heightened by a strobe and red backlighting that blew its cover; and the arrival of a dazzling bolt of lightning in human form illuminating stormy skies for an instant over the pock-marked Vermilion Cliffs, which look like they’ve been there since the beginning of time. There are some sights, however, one would rather not be forced to confront. Britta Jaschinski’s “Confiscated,” which was awarded the Grand Prize, is a horrifying photograph of a pair of enormous elephant feet that have been turned into footstools. Once attached to a majestic animal that was slaughtered and dismembered for profit, the body parts, shown here on a parked trolley, are among the 1.3 million smuggled items seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and stored in a Colorado warehouse. Shot in somber elephant-grey tones, the image attests to grotesque atrocity and the human greed and barbarity that has devastated the species and is rapidly leading to its extinction. Too bad it’s not the poachers who are vanishing from the face of the earth. Most of the show’s photographs, though, elicit wonderment rather than outrage. Franco Banfi and his diving team were incredulous when they came upon a giants-only slumber party under the cerulean blue Caribbean Sea. His “Synchronized Sleepers” are a pod of sperm whales hanging vertically and snoozing just below the water’s surface like alien cargo dropped from a spaceship or a marine mammal version of a sleepytime underwater ballet. (Banfi has also been known to swim with markedly less friendly 26-foot-long anacondas.) According to research data, the whales spend 7% of their day taking brief naps; it’s the only time they can catch some shut-eye. For “The More the Merrier,” Alexandre Bonnefoy caught a rumble

in the jungle, a gaggle of macaques with expressive, remarkably humanlike, pink faces and grey fur congregating on Shodoshima Island, Japan. If you didn’t know better you’d think you were viewing a class picture of rambunctious middleschoolers, standing three lines deep and mugging for the camera. You can almost pick out the characters: the cut-ups; a vain one preening and tilting her head; the gentle soul, the worry wart, the good-time boys and the hangers-on; another with eyes closed. They’re grouped in a formation known as the monkey dumpling, a behavior apparently common among the 23 species of matriarchal macaques that huddle together on cold days, trading personal space for warmth. Ray Collins quit his job as a coal miner to pursue fresh air and the fury of the ocean. He usually can be found floating, camera-ready, in saltwater, where he feels most at home, but lately he’s taken to leaning out of helicopters and shooting wave formations “on their journey to dissipation,” which is how he grabbed the stunning photographs in his “God’s-Eye View” series, winner of the competition’s Aerial Photography category. In one particularly breathtaking image, all the more astonishing because Collins has been colorblind since birth, he captured an exploding emeraldgreen waterfall in the middle of the ocean, a wave of such astounding brute force it generates its own weather system of frothing water as it rolls along to the end of the line in New South Wales, Australia. It’s heart-stopping to behold as long as it’s not crashing down on you. Though it’s almost always better to see creative work in person, the installation lighting in the museum is a tad bright and doesn’t show off the photographs to best advantage. There’s additional supplemental information at the exhibit, but the black background and high resolution found in the online gallery slide show (www.bigpicturecompetition. org/2017-winners) makes for a more dramatic presentation. But if you do forego the visit to CAS, you’ll miss Claude, the Zen albino alligator who lays motionless in his swamp oblivious to the cacophony of screaming kids and tour-guide lecturers. How does the boy do it?t

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Reprising his Broadway role by David-Elijah Nahmod

ony winner Levi Kreis will be puttin’ on some glitz when he appears “Help Is On the Way: Puttin’ On the Glitz” at the Herbst Theatre on Sun., Aug. 20. A musical revue to benefit the Richmond/ Ermet AIDS Foundation, the show will also feature Bay Area singing legend Jason Brock, recording artists Maureen McGovern and Paula West, and Broadway legend Carole Cook, among others. Founded by bereaved moms Barbara Richmond and Peggy Ermet, both of whom lost sons to AIDS, the REAF stages fundraisers throughout the year in order to distribute money to AIDS charities and hunger programs. Proceeds from the Aug. 20 show will benefit Meals on Wheels of San Francisco and Positive Resource Center. Kreis told the B.A.R. that doing a benefit such as this is near and dear to him. “I see our LGBT youth and I want to point them in the right direction,” the openly gay singer-actor-songwriter said. “I’m very fond of the Positive Resource Center, it’s very much needed. I came out in the 90s when crystal meth took over our community. I’m eight years sober.” Kreis urges gay men to value themselves. “My body is valuable,” he said. “You have to earn it. I began

being more selective about who I do it with when I began to cultivate a sense of self-worth.” He would like to see gay men, as he put it, “walk into a room and wear a crown as the king you are. This is so much a part of my journey and my message of self-love.” With his sobriety came enormous success. Kreis originated the role of real-life musical bad boy Jerry Lee Lewis in the musical “Million Dollar Quartet” on Broadway. He won the coveted Tony Award for his performance. He’s appeared in many other shows, including a national tour of “Rent.” Kreis has also recorded six albums. His tunes have been heard on TV shows including “The Vampire Diaries,” “Mob Wives,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Sons of Anarchy.” “I didn’t have any idea it was going to happen,” he recalled of winning his Tony Award. “I don’t read reviews or predictions, so I was in the dark. It was a complete surprise. People in New York are the ones who have Masters and are high-brow, so how can a country boy from Tennessee go to Broadway and win? It meant so much to me to get that award.” Kreis will be promoting his new album “Broadway at the Keys” while he’s in San Francisco. The “Keys” refer to piano keys, which is

what you get on the CD: Kreis’ gentle yet emotionally powerful vocals, joined on each track by a piano and nothing more. Selections include Kreis’ lovely rendition of “Corner of the Sky” from “Pippin,” “Not While I’m Around” from “Sweeney Todd,” “One Song Glory” from “Rent,” and the finale of the CD’s 13 tracks, a rousing, jolting “Whole Lotta Shakin’” in which he reprises his Jerry Lee Lewis role from “Million Dollar Quartet.” “Songs like ‘Corner of the Sky’ keep me inspired and aware of my potential,” he said. Kreis will also be performing a solo show in support of “Broadway at the Keys.” His growing fan base can see him perform selections from the CD on Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. at Unity of San Francisco, 2222 Bush St. Kreis remains excited about “Help is On the Way: Putting on the Glitz” and about raising the critically needed funds the show will bring to Positive Resource Center and Meals on Wheels. “They requested that I do Jerry Lee Lewis,” he said. “It’s just a pleasure to continue supporting my community.”t Courtesy REAF

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Primal emotions by Tim Pfaff

roust’s love of Cesar Franck’s Sonata in A Major for Piano and Violin was such that some researchers have called it the prototype of the Vinteuil violin sonata in “In Search of Lost Time.” New Yorker critic Alex Ross has observed that its motive, then recurrent phrase is a bigger deal in the novel than the soggy old madeleine. Other models have been posited, but Proust himself inscribed in Jacques de Lacretelle’s deluxe first edition of “In Search” a “key” (“I have never told this to anyone”) stating that the phrase came from Saint-Saens’ Violin Sonata No. 1, which he didn’t much like, and that the Vinteuil was the work of his imagination. Whom do you believe? In ways it’s hard to imagine the French would condone, the sonata

has put on weight over the years. Inescapable as its innate passions are, they’ve been fanned to the point that recent recordings by French artists make it a kind of catastrophe in sound. A new recording by Alexander Melnikov and Isabelle Faust (Harmonia Mundi) comes as a welcome act of restoration that has returned the piece to its primal emotions, which scorch without leaving third-degree burns. Here the “key” is that they perform on instruments like Proust might have heard, Melnikov an Erard piano of 1885, and Faust the “Vieuxtemps” Stradivarius of 1710. Both musicians have proved equally persuasive on modern instruments, but as a duo they have demonstrated that more historically appropriate ones do not play second fiddle to their more high-strung successors. For me these musicians

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reign supreme in any repertoire they choose. They have recorded prolifically, and whenever I’m considering competing versions, they’re my first stop, and usually where I stay put. Franck, whose metier was the keyboard, called this a sonata for piano and violin, and Melnikov is as bold as sympathetic. Gratefully, the engineers have finally produced a recording that demonstrates how beautiful, throaty and robust an Erard piano can sound. On the more delicate end of the spectrum, the piano’s softly rolling entry, then the violin’s, are uncommonly subtle and insinuating. Faust’s playing uses vibrato solely for expressive ends, but there’s nothing plain about it. In place of ubiquitous vibrato, she supplies tone of infinitely fine gradations. Tremolo, ever varied, is that of a human voice. Proust’s phrase tends toward the high notes, and Faust’s are arresting. Every mercurial moment of this sweeping performance is particular. Paired with the Franck is Ernest Chausson’s fine “Concert” for piano, violin and string quartet, here with the Salagon Quartet. It’s a biggish chamber piece much loved by musicians that, because of the forces, you’re highly unlikely to hear outside Vebrier today. This is what recordings are for, so don’t pass on this opportunity. Melnikov joins fortepianist Andreas Staier in a single CD of Schubert works for piano four-hands (Harmonia Mundi). No, I don’t know who’s on top, but the musical partnership is rambunctious and sometimes takes historical performance near the hysterical. The CD already has a rep based on the boys’ relishing, particularly in Schubert’s Marches, of the bells and whistles on the Christopher Clarke copy of a Graf instrument. Those sounds, more saloon than salon music, are actually closer to kazoo and drum set. If you like your Schubert well-behaved and Biedermeier, go elsewhere.

At the less thumping heart of things is an engrossing set of variations on an original theme, and a Rondo that foreshadows the late piano pieces. But the revelation here is the most famous of Schubert’s duets, the F-minor Fantasie, a very late work that Schubert first played, at a gathering of close friends, with the composer Franz Lachner. This new rendition demands that you release your earlier ideas of the

piece, both sound and sense. It starts at a walking pace that the experienced Schubertian knows from “Winterreise” – be careful where you tread. But by the time the journey’s over, you may find yourself asking if even the greatest piano performances of the past didn’t play it for obvious, if hardly cheap sentiment. I for one simply don’t want to go back to them. These resourceful musicians and their communicative instrument catch the piece’s dizzying contrasts, between yearning and clamorous emotional distress (the dissonances are vastly more disturbing here), and you hear the “movements” in this single-movement work with startling clarity. For all the composer’s back-and-forth, this performance is carefully calibrated toward its destination, while played with seeming abandon. Like many an “amateur,” I’ve played the piece (with a friend, who was unkind) and lived with it long. This is an invitation for the courageous listener to hear it anew.t

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From Rin Tin Tin to My Fair Lady by Tavo Amador

he impact early-20th-century Jewish immigrants had on American movies has long been noted, but David Thomson’s fascinating “Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio” (Yale University Press, $25) brings it into crisp focus. Born in eastern Europe, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner (nee Wonskolasor) immigrated to America with their parents. They tried various enterprises, but family legend had it that in late 1903 or early 04, Sam purchased (for an astronomical $1,000) a primitive motion-picture projector and transfixed them by showing “The Great Train Robbery” in their parlor. They began renting venues and charging people to see “moving pictures,” which, Thomson argues, were an outgrowth of the Jewish storytelling tradition and the Yiddish Theatre. Soon they were making pictures. In 1923, they released the first of 27 wildly successful Rin Tin Tin movies, starring a German Shepherd. Warner Bros joined Paramount, MGM, Universal, and Fox, all founded by fellow Jewish immigrants, in shaping American culture. Thomson shows how sibling rivalry affected the studio’s production. Orthodox Harry disapproved of womanizing Jack. Sam was imaginative; Albert, self-effacing. Sam understood the impact synchronizing speech with movement on film would have. He fought his brothers to produce “The Jazz Singer” (1927), in which Broadway star Al Jolson sang and spoke. He played

the son of a Rabbi who breaks with tradition to become a celebrated performer. Within a few years, silent movies were history. Despite the success of “The Jazz Singer,” Warner’s films were rarely about Jews. The studio, like its rivals, believed in assimilation. During the Depression, Warner made movies that reflected the gritty struggles of the vast majority of urban dwellers. Thomson’s assessment of Warner landmark movies is informed and opinionated. “Little Caesar,” The Public Enemy” (1931), “Gold Diggers of 1933,” “Baby Face,” (1933), “Confessions of a Nazi Spy” (1939), “The Letter” (1940), “Casablanca” (1942), “Mildred Pierce” (1945),”The Big Sleep” (1946), and “East of Eden” (1955) are among those analyzed with relish. He’s insightful about the contributions made by Gentile producer/writer Darryl Zanuck, who was instrumental in shaping Warner movies. After a salary dispute, he left. By 1935 he was running 20th Century Fox. Thomson is riveting when analyzing the studio’s stars and their key performances. Edward G. Robinson’s Rico in “Little Caesar” remains memorable and oddly sympathetic, although Thomson is surprisingly dubious about the character’s unspoken homoerotic feelings for handsome Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. He lauds James Cagney’s extraordinary energy and makes it clear why he had

such an astonishing impact on audiences. His summary of Errol Flynn’s appeal and the importance of his teaming with Olivia de Havilland is superb. Thomson is excellent in discussing the largely forgotten Kay Francis, whom Bette Davis superseded in 1934. The versatile, likeable Joan Blondell gets plaudits. This quintessential “studio dame” made more movies in the 1930s than anyone else. By 1938, Davis was Warner’s biggest star. She fought with Jack constantly and lamented being at his studio, casting an envious eye at MGM’s pampered actresses. But Thomson convincingly argues that

Davis thrived on battles – she felt fighting was necessary to her art. She never forgave being dismissed as lacking sex appeal or glamour upon arriving in Hollywood in 1930. She responded by disdaining those qualities, implying that actresses who had them were less talented than she. The great Davis vehicles, like “Jezebel” (1938), are often almost operatically absurd, but her belief in them and in herself keeps them vivid. She relished looking unattractive when the part called for it. Her fans, mostly women and gay men, were thrilled by her “honesty.” But Thomson’s admiration for her here differs from what he wrote in his “Biographical Dictionary of Film.” “Davis is a vulgar, bullying actress who made mannerism a virtue by showing us how it expresses the emotion of the self.” He contrasts Davis’ confrontational tactics with those of de Havilland, who, while strong, wasn’t belligerent. Jack initially rejected de Havilland’s wish to be leant to David O. Selznick for Melanie in “Gone With the Wind.” Instead of battling him, as Davis would have, she quietly appealed to his second wife, Ann. She got the part. By the mid-1940s, Davis’ hold on the public was slipping, so Jack took a chance on Joan Crawford, who had left MGM in 1943. She had been phenomenally popular, but many felt she was through. Warner’s gamble paid off when

she gave an Oscar-winning performance in the hit “Mildred Pierce.” He discusses how Humphrey Bogart finally became a star in 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon.” “Casablanca” (1942) made him a romantic lead. That image was cemented by his marriage to the breathtakingly beautiful Lauren Bacall and their memorable screen pairings. Thomson credits important directors, including Michael Curtiz and William Wyler, choreographer Busby Berkeley, and writers like Philip and Julies Epstein, Casey Robinson, and Howard Koch, for their impact on the studio. Refreshingly, he brings attention to forgotten figures, like writer/producer Robert Lord, whose “Heroes for Sale” (1932) he compares with the better-known “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” (1931). He sees Elia Kazan’s 1955 “East of Eden,” which made a star of James Dean, as the culmination of the sibling-rivalry theme that ran through the studios’ pictures over the decades. That real-life rivalry peaked when Jack persuaded his surviving brothers to sell the studio, then bought it back as sole owner. He revived the sibling-rivalry theme with 1962’s “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” starring Davis and Crawford. Jack crowned his phenomenal career by producing “My Fair Lady” (1964), which won eight Oscars, including Best Picture. This is a significant addition to Yale’s “Great Jewish Lives” series. It’s a story well-told by Thomson, an English-born San Francisco resident.t

Post-human post-entertainment by Erin Blackwell

o computers get impatient? If a robot watches a movie, does it care about suspense? As long as data is transmitted, maybe that’s enough for artificial intelligence unburdened by emotional highs and lows, incapable of appreciating a change of pace, a switcheroo, or a skillful dénouement. Theatrical and then cinematic technique was designed to manipulate an audience’s moods, but maybe moods are obsolete in the post-human interface. A hollowedout shell of a film, “Marjorie Prime,” opening Friday at the Roxie, is perfectly attuned to the lack of desire in computer-generated consciousness. Lois Smith is 86 years old. She was James Dean’s age, 24, when they shared the screen in “East of Eden” (1954). Like him, she studied at New York City’s Actor’s Studio, and she remains a shining exemplar of what’s called the Method, a very personal, emotional approach to acting that nonetheless is anchored in respect for the script. To watch her play an 85-year-old lady incrementally losing her marbles is to marvel at the skill required to simulate the effects of failing synapses without being an old bore. Smith is the only unbored and unboring thing about “Marjorie Prime,” an adaptation by director Michael Almereyda of Jordan Harrison’s 2014 play. Old Marjorie lives in an all-wood designer seashore chalet with sleek Swedish lines, huge picture windows, no visible neighbors, and a snug swimming pool that’s bathwater warm when the nearby waves are freezing. Marjorie, dressed in homebody henley, slacks, and crocs, is a simple soul who’s lost her husband. She’s got dough, though, because she’s bought herself an exact replica of Walter to keep her company. This replica is a computer-generated “prime” designed to resemble

Two other plastic people of Hollywood round out the central quartet: first is Geena Davis, who at 60 has the preserved look of a plastic surgeon’s wife, which she has been since 2001. She’s unconvincing as Marjorie’s only child, a near-suicidal wife-andmother whose brother’s long-ago suicide cast a shadow over their family. The performance is skin deep. Tim Robbins, 58, does slightly better as her podgy husband, maybe because we expect men to withhold their emotions. They both, along with Hamm, have the narcisRoxie Theater sistic glow of the HolScene from director Michael Almereyda’s lywood insider, which “Marjorie Prime.” makes them seem post-human. Are they hideously miscast, or Walter in his 40s, a program-asmerely disaastrously misdirected? you-go simulacrum that instantly “Marjorie Prime” opened at the assimilates what you tell it about Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeitself. les and then was filmed before it As filmed by Almereyda, Maropened in New York in December jorie’s getting-to-know-you chats 2015. Smith, the star of all three with Walter-in-progress are devoid iterations, dominates the digital verof surprise, suspense, or glitches. sion by reason of talent, experience, Jon Hamm plays the 3D mirage, or and technique, but also a certain hologram, or pixelated projection, something that’s already visible as an anxious, priggish perfectionist in her screen test with Dean. She oblivious to the irony that obsessing holds her ground with trust and about getting Walter right precludes vulnerability, she has spirit, she has relaxing enough to be convincingly depth, she’s not CGI. Her work is intimate. The performance is shalwasted on these eerily wax-work low, one-note, monotonous. Smith celebrities devoid of inner lives who, meanwhile incarnates a quirky vacuum-packed, pontificate about human being who thinks and feels memory sans heart, sans guts, sans her way through a conversation. everything. The resulting failure toconnect At the seaside country club where could be funny, heart-warming, or they sit out a random rainstorm, spine-tingling if this were satire, a Davis ponderously tells a pianodystopian nightmare, or anything plunking Robbins: “William James remotely engaging.

had the idea that memory is not like a well you dip into, or a filing cabinet. When you remember something you remember the memory.” He’s too bored to respond, so she says, “You remember the last time you remembered it. Not the source. So it’s always getting fuzzier, like the photocopy of a photocopy. It’s never getting fresher or clearer. So even a very strong memory can be unreliable because it’s always in the process of dissolving.” To judge from the Los Angeles Times review, the original play had much more personality than the Almereyda rewrite. Worse, the director fails to find the movie equivalent to

the subtle existential shocks that theater delivers. There’s no visual style or strategy: camera angles are limp, listless, mechanical. He doesn’t even give Marjorie, her daughter, and her son-in-law a home that’s been lived in. Movies have a long history of exploring the creepy psychic repercussions of alien, alienated, nonhuman, robotic, demonic, voodoo impersonators of flesh-and-blood people. In its obliviousness to cinematic memory, dramatic necessity, or entertainment value, “Marjorie Prime” achieves a creepiness so total you’ll find yourself looking at your watch, your date, and the exit doors with longing. If you’re human.t

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22 • Bay Area Reporter • August 17-23, 2017

Destructive decadence by Tavo Amador

select few live amidst elegant opulence, isolated from the struggles faced by most members of society. Insulated by their wealth, status, refined manners, and exquisite style, they are dismissive of conventional morality. Ennui is what they most fear. Power is what they most crave. Power manifests itself in sexual pursuits that are only partly about physical pleasure. Anyone who strikes their interest or inflames some passion is ripe for conquest. This is the world of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ (1741-1803) thrilling 1782 epistolary novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” published seven years before the beginning of the French Revolution. In 1988, it was brilliantly filmed by Stephen Frears and earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. It’s available in Blu-ray. The movie opens with the Marquise de Merteuil (a magnificent Glenn Close) and the Viscomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) at their respective toilettes, soon emerging in their stunning finery, each a model aristocrat. She, a widow, has been betrayed by her most recent lover, the Comte de Gercourt, and plots a careful revenge. She will convince Valmont, with whom she once had an affair, to seduce Gercourt’s virgin fiancee, Cecile de Volanges (Uma Thurman), the daughter of her cousin, Madame de Volanges (Swoosie Kurtz). The Marquise promises him a resumption of their affair if he succeeds in his mission. Valmont is intrigued, but refuses, because he has his own conquest in mind: the beautiful newlywed and scrupulously faithful Madame de Tourzel (a radiant Michelle Pfeiffer). The Marquise is amused and skeptical. Valmont insists he

will prevail – Madame de Tourzel is staying with his Aunt, Madame de Rosemonde (Mildred Natwick), in her country home, which he will soon be visiting. If he succeeds in his seduction, will the Marquise resume their affair? She agrees, but only if he furnishes written proof of Madame de Tourzel’s infidelity. The game begins. Valmont’s advances are firmly rejected by Madame de Tourzel. Undeterred, he has his servant seduce her maid and thereby gain access to her letters. He finds one written by Madame de Volanges that accurately describes him as an untrustworthy libertine. Furious, he decides he will avenge himself by seducing her daughter after all. This delights the Marquise. Valmont succeeds with Cecile, who confides in her cousin. The Marquise urges her to have as many lovers as she likes, and to use her sexual power over men to retain her independence. She advises Cecile not to discuss these matters with her mother, whose fears about her daughter’s virginity she calms. Soon, Cecile begins an affair with her handsome, young music teacher, the Chevalier Danceny (a sexy Keanu Reeves), who is socially beneath her. That does not stop the Marquise from seducing him. Madame de Tourzel succumbs at last to Valmont, who discovers to his dismay that he is in love with her. He confesses his feelings to the Marquise, who ridicules him and warns she will let all Paris know that he is a conventional romantic at heart. Stung, Valmont demands that she resume their affair, but she refuses, since he has no evidence of his seduction. Valmont abruptly abandons Madame de Tourzel, coldly explaining that it is “beyond his control.”

Devastated, her health deteriorates, and she is soon being cared for by nuns in an infirmary. The Marquise tells Danceny about Cecile’s affair with Valmont, which got her pregnant and resulted in a miscarriage. That revelation triggers a series of unforeseen events that build to a shattering climax. Frears paces the film superbly, building the tension scene-by-scene, speeding up the action as it draws to a riveting conclusion. He benefits from the Oscar-winning screenplay by Christopher Hampton, which is based on his hit play, a crackerjack adaptation of the novel. His dialogue suggests the rarified world of aristocratic France in the late 18th century, yet is totally accessible to modern audiences. Frears gets superb work from his remarkable cast. Close, who never looked more attractive, gives the performance of her career. Her carriage epitomizes noble bearing. She conveys the Marquise’s cool intelligence, her innate elegance, her ability to dissemble, her manipulative charm, her anger at women’s subjugation to men, and her confidence in her own allure. Her final scenes are gripping, overwhelming, and unforgettable. They are among the greatest ever filmed. She was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, inexplicably losing to Jody Foster in “The Accused.” Malkovich was a counterintuitive choice for Valmont. He’s far from being a classically hand-

some leading man. But he captures Valmont’s arrogant assurance that his social status and slightly reptilian charm make him irresistible to women. It’s a remarkable piece of acting. Pfeiffer, nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award, which she lost to Geena Davis in “The Accidental Tourist,” is touching as the genuinely good Madame de Tourzel, reluctantly but ultimately wholeheartedly acceding to Valmont’s wishes. Her anguish when he breaks with her is heartbreaking. Making a good character

interesting is a challenge, one which Pfeiffer meets with ease. The rest of the cast is uniformly excellent. The movie also won Oscars for Best Set Design (Stuart Craig and Gerard James) and Best Costume Design (James Acheson). The splendid Academy Award-nominated original score is by George Fenton. Amazingly, Frears was not nominated for Best Director, won by Barry Levinson for the tiresome “Rain Man,” which also garnered the Best Picture trophy. Clearly, it wasn’t one of the Academy’s most perceptive years.t

Ove the grouch

by Brian Bromberger

chmaltz is a Yiddish word that originally meant melted chicken fat, but since the mid-1930s has been used to characterize artistic works that are overly sentimental, even drippy, hearkening back to that first definition. The new “A Man Called Ove” DVD (Music Box Films) successfully manages to be both schmaltz and a sly critique of it. This ability to straddle both genres might account for its being the highest-grossing foreign language film of 2016 and, as Sweden’s entry, one of the five Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Language Films (it lost to Iran’s “The Salesman”). With its theme of the importance of multicultural community, it also serves as commentary on Trump’s America First mentality. The film, based on a 2012 bestselling novel by Frederik Backman, focuses on the curmudgeon par excellence Ove (Rolf Lassgard), whose wife Sonja (Ida Engroll) died of cancer six months ago. He has just lost his 43-year railroad job, and been voted out as the chairman of the resident’s association of the gated community in which he lives. Depressed, he attempts to hang himself, but is foiled by the new neighbors, a young family whose mother, Parvenah (Barhar Pars), an Iranian, becomes friendly with Ove, cracking his shell with her delicious cooking. Each morning Ove goes on his rounds enforcing neighborhood rules people could care less about.

A crabby scold, he calls everyone an idiot. Ove visits his wife’s grave daily, promising to join her soon. More suicide attempts comically go wrong, resulting in flashbacks. We see glimpses of Ove’s past history (two other actors play the younger Ove) and how he met Sonja, hints into how Ove became such a grouch. But we feel compassion for him, because his life has been a series of misfortunes, such as his father being killed by a train when he was 16, and his house destroyed by fire. Meanwhile Parvenah asks Ove to teach her how to drive. His former best friend Rune, mute and in a wheelchair due to a stroke, is being forced by the local government into

a nursing home against his objections. And in a surprising subplot, a young foreign man, Mirsad, with flamboyant eye makeup, admits he is “one of those gays.” After coming out to his family, he’s kicked out of the house, leading to an unexpected encounter with Ove in a twist you won’t see coming. Eventually the heartbreaking story of what happened to Ove’s beloved Sonja is revealed. The predictable ending is still quite affecting. The grumpy old man who is redeemed goes back to the earliest days of Hollywood (“The Champ” with Wallace Beery). “Ove” follows the well-worn formula, but through director Hannes Holm’s use of dark comedy undermines the syrupy temptations of the genre. Ove has a well-justified hatred of bureaucracy. He represents the Scandinavian “everyman” who battles life and perseveres no matter what fate throws at him. The poignant love stories at the heart of the film resonate with emotional punch: Ove and Sonja’s marriage, and the friendship between Ove and Parvenah. Lassgard gives a careerdefining performance. Pars is extraordinary as well, and their chemistry is dynamic. “A Man Called Ove” is an unexpected pleasure, as well as a sermon on the importance of diversity, a warning worth contemplating in this compassionatedeaf Trump era.t

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Cruising for a NASCAR caper by David Lamble

f you’re cruising for a late summer caper film that’s deeply rooted inside Trump Nation, “Logan Lucky” fits the bill to a T. But as with any screwball comedy from a smart director (in this case, “Erin Brockovich” creator Steven Soderbergh), you may find yourself up to your eyeballs in a foreign subculture. “Logan Lucky” follows the misadventures of a pair of North Carolina misfits, childhood buddies Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, who are so down on their luck that they go for broke and attempt to rob their region’s most iconic institution, the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s legendary Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR race of the year. We learn just how bottom-of-thebarrel these dudes are during a robbery planning chat between Jimmy Logan (Tatum) and his one-armed younger brother Clyde (Driver). Jimmy is trying to excite Clyde about the swag the caper could net

you did make breakfast this morning. You even burned the toast the way I like it.” It turns out that Jimmy’s plan has more than its share of loose ends, details like cracking NASCAR’s Fort Knox-style security setup, which will require the brothers to access criminal skills way above their QuikStop-robberies notch on the food chain. For one thing, to get the NASCAR loot they will need to crack its basement safe. The Courtesy filmmakers best man for that job Channing Tatum plays Jimmy Logan in is one Joe Bang (Daniel Steven Soderbergh’s “Logan Lucky.” Craig), who just happens to be serving hard time in a federal prison, them when Clyde reminds him that which involves breaking Bang out to an earlier job cost him both his arm do the job, but then retuning him to and a stint in the youth reformahis cell before the prison’s controltory. “My life of crime is over, but

freak warden (Dwight Yokum) is any the wiser. “Logan Lucky” is rich in major and minor characters in a screenplay credited to a Rebecca Blunt, who some insider rumors have suggested is a pen name for Soderbergh himself, trying to deflate his sometimes overbearing reputation as a film industry one-man-genius. Be that as it may, his new film has characters and subplots to spare, which is both thrilling but at times somewhat exhausting, especially during an extended second-act setup where it seems that we will never make it to the big payoff. Some of the digressions are fun, like the appearance of a cute skinny young rival driver, essayed with appropriate sassy flair by Sebastian Stan; others, like the endless scenes on how to crack the racetrack safe, could probably have been significantly pruned. Some especially cynical observers may view “Logan Lucky” as a cruel portrait of a swath of Trump

supporters falling back on the only skills open to them in a blue-collar jobless economy, ripping off their betters. But that would be churlish, and there’s no direct evidence that Soderbergh has such an agenda in mind. Actually, much of the proceedings are so down-home country-friendly that you half-expect cameo appearances from Burt Reynolds or Jackie Gleason. The film does provide a couple of semi-juicy roles for young female talent: Riley Keough as a family member with high-speed driving skills, and Hilary Swank as a detail-orientated FBI agent out to embarrass as many good ol’ boys as possible. Long before the final credits roll, just as you quit waiting for Soderbergh to cut to the chase, you start feeling good all over again that this genius of a filmmaker is back from his ever-so-brief retirement and is giving us a summer confection every bit as addictive as his fabled “Oceans” series.t

Again,” “Moral Compass,” and the propulsive “The Other Side.” The Proclaimers still sound good after all these years and haven’t lost their love of retro rock. It’s been 10 years since Dublin’s Bell X1 first caught our attention with their Flock album. On Arms (Belly Up), Bell X1 make creative use of samples and soulful choir

on the appealing opener “Fail Again, Fail Better.” Equally alluring are “Bring Me a Fireking” (featuring an unexpected sax solo), the sexy “I Go Where You Go,” the 80s retro rhythms of “Sons and Daughters” and the unforgettable beat of “Fake Memory.” For a trio, Glasgow’s Biffy Clyro make a lot of noise on Ellipsis (WB/14th Floor). Prog-rock/semi-metal guitars crunch on “Animal Style,” “Wolves of Winter” and “Flammable.” The band displays a softer side on “Small Wishes” and “Re-Arrange,” a good example of versatility. Ullages (Partisan/Knitting Factory) by Leeds’ Eagulls draws on 80s Brit influences including The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then those bands should be flattered by songs “Euphoria,” “Velvet,” “Skipping” and “Blume.”t

Most of the cast is female, but there are some excellent male supporting actors playing prison screws, including Robbie Magasalva, a Samoan New Zealander born in Wellington, New Zealand, as Will Jackson, a prison guard and husband of the first-season female

warden, and one very tall man playing Maxine, a transsexual male-tofemale inmate. Five action-packed seasons of “Wentworth” are available now on Netflix. Season six is in the tubes, and will be ready for viewing in 2018.t

Brexit music by Gregg Shapiro

alloping in a couple of years after Oxford’s Foals’ breakthrough disc Holy Fire, What Went Down (WB) does a remarkable job of sounding alternately massive and intimate, sometimes even in the same song. The riveting title track sets the tone. “Birch Tree” is an irresistibly funky workout that could find club success with the right remix. In fact, listeners should have no trouble shaking their asses to “Albatross,” “Night Swimmers” and “Snake Oil.” The 1975 is kind of a misnomer for the Manchester band The 1975 because they sound an awful lot like 1985 on their second album I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (Interscope). The 1975 do such a stellar job of taking listeners back 30 or more years ago on tunes such as the retro funky “Love Me,” the Princely “Ugh!,” the dance-floor-friendly

“She’s American,” the Tears For Fears-like “Somebody Else,” and “The Sound” which sounds like the best song Madonna never recorded. Instrumentals such as the title cut and “Please Be Naked” are added bonuses. Oxfordshire’s Glass Animals return with a second album, How to be a Human Being (Harvest). Full of fascinating observations and enticing beats, there’s never a dull moment here. Expanding on the distinctive sounds of 2013’s Zaba, Glass Animals pour a frothy mug full of tasty funk on “Pork Soda,” pound out exotic rhythms on “Life Itself,” sample the Carpenters on the gorgeous “Mama’s Gun,” do unexpected things to your spine on “Cane Shuga,” and redefine modern blue-eyed soul on “The Other Side of Paradise.” Almost 30 years since The Pro-

claimers, harmonically-oriented Scottish identical twins Craig and Charlie Reid, topped the charts with the irresistible hit single “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” the duo is back with its 10th studio album Let’s Hear It for the Dogs (Compass). Dogs rule in songs “What School?” and “Through Him,” while humans fare less well in songs “Then

Lesbians behind bars

by Ernie Alderete

ow. “Wentworth” has to be the best lesbian series every produced. It leaves “The L Word” and all the rest in the dust. By the second or third episode, I was hooked. I hung on every lightly accented word, awaiting the next plot twist.

“Wentworth” is the original Australian prison drama on which “Orange is the New Black” was based, but the original packs a whole lot more of a punch. Some of the scenes will leave you reeling in shock and disbelief. “Wentworth” itself is based on a previous Australian series, “Prisoner.” The main difference between “Wentworth” and its American incarnation is that “OITNB” plays much like a black comedy, more for laughs. I would categorize “Wentworth” more as film noir, reminiscent of such cinema classics as Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge in the rare full-color film noir “Johnny Guitar.” The inmates and staff at Wentworth have a higher representation of Asian and Pacific Islanders, and no African American or Latina women, as would be expected in

its part of the world. But the main characters are all there. Kiwi Danielle Cormack’s “Red” in the original is much more serious than Kate Mulgrew’s “Red” in the remake. Nothing comical about her. “Wentworth” is so addictive that you might find yourself bingewatching. You don’t have to be lesbian or gay to enjoy the storyline. There isn’t a single stinker in the entire series, every episode and every actor sparkles. Does “Wentworth” portray lesbians in a negative light? Hell, yes! I never knew women could be as depraved and violent as this cast portrays them. I’ve never seen any of the cast before. I assume they are mostly from Down Under (Australia), New Zealand and the South Pacific. Canadian actress Pamela Rabe as governor, what we would call warden, Joan Ferguson is perhaps the greatest villain of the 21st century. Virtually Joan Crawford at her Queen Bee bitchiness reincarnated. The most shocking scene in the entire series is when the rioting inmates hang Joan Ferguson. Not that she didn’t richly deserve it, but it did come as a surprise, to say the least. We’ve all had that authority figure we would at least like to imagine strung up by a noose.

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Cover to cover by Gregg Shapiro

here is a lot to love about “What in the Natural World” (Paradise of Bachelors) by Jake Xerxes Fussell. To begin with, the artwork on the cover and inside the gatefold CD is by the late artist Roger Brown. The two pieces, “Hunters Hunting an Autumnal Tapestry” and “A Seasonal Change,” are not only lovely to behold, but also complementary to the music within. Fussell drenches the eight songs, ranging from traditionals to obscure covers of tunes by Duke Ellington and others, and one original, with his Southern syrup voice. On this intimate and stripped-down, yet rich and colorful album, Fussell gets things started with Ellington’s joyful “Jump for Joy”, in which he asks if we’ve seen “pastures groovy.” More questions follow on the traditional “Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing on a Sweet Potato Vine?” Fussell sets Welsh poet Idris Davies’ “Bells of Rhymney” to music and brings us to tears on “Furniture Man.” The double-disc concert set “Story Songs” (Palmetto) by grand diva Betty Buckley may not be her

Something Rotten

From page 17

“Broadway theater credits: none (please don’t judge). Regional theater: nope!” But he is a co-creator after all, writing the songs with his brother Wayne, and getting help on the script from John O’Farrell. And their total combined theater credits: still zero. “It was intimidating going in front of Broadway audiences without any of those credits people expect to see,” Karey said recently. “But Wayne and I did start in musical theater back in high school in Baton Rouge. So it was sort of coming back to a first love.” Even so, that was more than 30 years ago, and with no professional theater credits, this team of Broadway unknowns brought in “Something Rotten” with no outof-town tryouts or regional theater productions, and wound up with a hit. “It felt like an unlikely scenario even being involved in it,” Karey said of the show that imagines how two brothers in 1590 England discover musical comedy as a way to compete with Shakespeare’s success. He was speaking by phone in the car as he and Wayne were making their way to Warner Bros. Studios to work on a new animated musical titled “Small Foot” – a tale told from the Yeti point of view –that came their

first live album, but it’s probably her most captivating. Described by Stephen Holden of The New York Times as “arguably the strongest cabaret of her career,” two of Buckley’s “Story Songs” show are recorded for this package. The first disc, recorded in Costa Mesa, CA in 2016, opens with “You’ve Got To Be Taught,” a classic show-tune that has never been more relevant. The new Jason Robert Brown “Cassandra” could be a new feminist anthem. You haven’t lived until you’ve heard Buckley’s rendition of Radiohead’s “High and Dry.” Buckley’s interpretive skills have the same impact on songs by Emmylou Harris (“Prayer in Open D”) and Peter Gabriel (“Don’t Give Up”). The second disc, recorded in NYC in 2015, features songs by Joni Mitchell (“Both Sides Now”), Leonard Cohen (“Bird on a Wire”), Sting (“Practical Arrangement”) and others, as well as stories about Elaine Stritch, Howard DaSilva and Stephen Bruton. Grown-up child star and classical crossover act Jackie Evancho really way thanks, in part, to the success of “Something Rotten.” The brothers, both in their 50s, were not exactly showbiz neophytes when “Something Rotten” opened on Broadway in 2015, now at the Golden Gate Theatre in its touring edition. Karey has written and directed both live and animated features, including “Chicken Run,” “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and “Charlotte’s Web.” Brother Wayne found his way to Nashville as a record producer and songwriter, and took home a Grammy for writing the Eric Clapton hit “Change the World.” The notion for “Something Rotten” goes all the way back to 1995, with the brothers wondering what it would be like to be a writer in the 16th century always living in the shadow of Shakespeare’s superstar adulation. Karey and Wayne, both with their own careers and growing families in different cities, would kick around ideas each time they’d meet. “It wasn’t until 2010,” Karey said, “that we said we’re going to sit down and really focus on this.” Having worked in dozens of musicals at high school and in a local dinner theater, the Kirkpatricks figured the best way to upstage Shakespeare would be to offer Elizabethan audiences some song-and-dance razzmatazz along with a story. “And

stepped in it when she agreed to sing the National Anthem at Trump’s inauguration. She did so despite having a trans sister, Juliet. Remember, Trump is not and has never been a friend to the LGBTQ community. In the interim, Evancho offered up an array of superficial excuses. She also released a new album, the double-disc “Two Hearts” (Portrait). Evancho gets things rolling with the modern operatic “Caruso,” written by the late gay composer Lucio Dalla, and follows with Mascagni’s “Attesa.” She continues to straddle

the classical and pop worlds, with her renditions of Enya’s “May It Be,” the Bergmans/Hamlisch hit “The Way We Were” and gay singersongwriter Sam Smith’s “Writing’s on the Wall.” Further proof can be found on the second disc, which features four originals co-written by Evancho, as well as “Apocalypse,” co-written by Jillette Johnson. We can probably all agree that diva-in-her-own-right Deborah Cox, a former label-mate of the late Whitney Houston, deserves better than the lead role in the heinous

and tacky UK-bred “musical” version of “The Bodyguard,” right? After all, she could have just recorded a Whitney tribute album such as her new “I Will Always Love You” (Broadway) disc, and saved herself the humiliation. Cox’s reading of “I’m Every Woman” (complete with the “Chaka Khan” calls and giggle) is respectful and respectable. She capably belts out “I Have Nothing” and “I Will Always Love You.” Cox’s take on “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is passable, but the wrong-headed version of “The Greatest Love of All” is far from the greatest. Over the years, classical musicians have gathered together to record their interpretations of songs by Queen, Bjork and Joy Division. Christopher O’Riley has recorded outstanding albums of the songs of Radiohead and Elliott Smith. On “Vitamin String Quartet Performs Kanye West” (Vitamin), VSQ applies violin, viola and cello to a dozen of West’s best-known tunes, including “Gold Digger,” “Jesus Walks.” “New Slaves” and “Touch the Sky.”t

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Thomas Nostradamus (Blake Hammond), nephew of the legendary soothsayer, tells a hapless writer (Rob McClure) that musical comedies are the future of the theater.

we said wouldn’t it be funny if they went to a soothsayer who predicted the future of the theater would be musicals,” Wayne said. “And hey, what if that soothsayer was Nostradamus, but when we looked it up, it turned out that Nostradamus died a hundred years earlier. So we thought maybe we can get away with it if we make our soothsayer his nephew Thomas Nostradamus.” Thomas tells the incredulous Nick and Nigel Bottom about this glorious coming theatrical form in which a character may burst into a song in the middle of a scene while groups of background players suddenly organize themselves into a dance routine. And so the Bottoms set out to write the world’s first musical comedy that they title “Omelet.” (Thomas Nostradamus’ soothsaying skills are a bit wonky; he messes up the name of Shakespeare’s upcomBrothers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, with careers respectively in Hollywood ing big hit “Hamlet.”) and Nashville, began working on “Something Rotten” in 1995. It became their Throughout “Somefirst Broadway musical when it opened a decade later. thing Rotten” – a phrase snatched from “Hamlet”

if you haven’t brushed up on your Shakespeare – many of the songs weave in an array of brief quotes from well-known musicals while tweaking certain musicals’ more pretentious affectations. Some references are blatant; others so subtle that it could take a forensic musicaltheater sleuth to identify them. “If you notice, a lot of the references are kind of old, going back to our days when our record collections were mostly cast albums,” Karey said. Wayne added, “We were asked to put in a ‘Hamilton’ reference for the tour, but it seemed a little too easy. Even we have our standards.” When the Kirkpatrick brothers had a finished script, they showed it to big-time Broadway producer Kevin McCollum (“Rent,” “Avenue Q,” “Motown the Musical”), whom Karey knew from his days working at Disney. McCollum wasn’t sure it was ready for prime time, so he suggested that British author and screenwriter John O’Farrell help pull the script together. Next on board was in-demand director Casey Nicholaw, whose credits include “The Book of Mormon,” “Spamalot,” and “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Nicholaw, who is gay, became one of the team’s gay filters. “Because we are not gay, and there are plenty

of gay references,” Wayne said of himself and his brother, “we were always sensitive if we were crossing the line. But if Casey laughed, that was one of our checks and balances, and a lot of the suggestions actually came from him. We weren’t there to offend. We’re just there to have a lot of fun.” Most of the Broadway theater critics had a lot of fun, with the notable exception of The New York Times’ Ben Brantley, who complained that “unchecked enthusiasm is not always an asset in musical comedy.” That review still stings a bit. “It felt to me like he had an agenda to sway Tony voters because the horse he was backing was clearly ‘Fun Home,’” Karey said. “Honestly, to me, it taps into what just happened in the last election. I do think there is an elitism that is not in touch with what people actually like.” Not that he couldn’t grasp some of the resistance expressed. “There is a problem that if there’s something you don’t like with this show, if it’s not your cup of tea, well, whatever that is, we do it a lot.”t “Something Rotten” will run through Sept. 10 at the Golden Gate Theatre. Tickets are $45$214. Call (888) 746-1799 or go to shnsf.com.

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Club Dori

A bar in a world of its own by Michael Flanagan

hen we think of the history of our community, we usually think of neighborhoods: the Castro, Polk Street, the lesbian neighborhood of Valencia Street, and the transgender neighborhood of the Tenderloin. But there are places that exist outside of neighborhoods. Club Dori, at 427 Presidio, was one of these places. See page 26 >>

Club Dori bartender Ed Specs (left) and co-owner George Banda.

njoy the special kind of humanity and wit we find in our charmed land. Be careful and smart on the streets, and let it go in the clubs.

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Club Dori

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When Doris Jennings –the Dori whom the bar was named for– bought the New Bimbos bar, changed its name and opened Club Dori in 1961, it was not a gay bar, according to her son Duffy Jennings. But her initial business partner left town, left her holding the bag, and a large mortgage. This could have been a disaster for a single woman with two young

sons. But as a smart businesswoman, she didn’t panic; she started planning. Jennings says that his mother got her friend (and future Tavern Guild member) George Banda to become a business partner and started brainstorming. A gay bartender named Teddy (nicknamed “Teddy Bear”) suggested there was not a bar for discreet businessmen in town. On April 2, 1962 they placed their first ad in the LCE News that said “Club Dori – cocktails dinner sand-

wiches,” and the club took off. On May 28, 1962 the LCE News ran an article entitled “Club Dori Roundup” that said: “On the 16th of May, a new spot to many night-lifers made its bow into the limelight. This was Club Dori Western Bar for the Carriage Trade. Those attending the Roundup at the new club were from all over San Francisco, but more especially from the Presidio, Richmond and the Avenues. However, I don’t believe a more cosmopolitan crowd has been seen at an opening here recently.” Club Dori was featured regularly in the Roving Reporter column of the paper. By June it was reported that the club was so good that Dori barely had time to relax. An ad saying, “Dori says Thank You,” appeared in the paper in June 1962. Halloween 1962 saw the first mention of a bus full of drag queens showing up at the bar (note that “H’burners” is short for hair burners, early Sixties San Francisco slang for drag queens): “There we first ran into the H’Burners bus. Such elegance, such costumery, such impersonation. And Dori’s is just the place to set off such a display.” Although the club was off to a rousing start, this was still the early 1960s, and clubs were routinely closed down by the police. I asked Dori’s son Duffy Jennings (a former reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle) why he thought the club survived. “There was little neighborhood resistance,” he said. “The club kept quiet and there were no complaints.” Jennings did recall that police would harass the bar patrons, shining flashlights in their eyes and questioning them as they left the bar. In response, his mother got a bigger flashlight and when the police harassed customers, went outside, shined the flashlight in the eyes of the police and said, “Leave my customers alone.” After the initial push in the LCE News the bar became very quiet. No ads were to be found in local publications through the ‘60s. The next mention of

Middle: Ad in the San Francisco Sentinel for Club Dori: “Hop on board the Dori Bus Express,” an early shuttle service, in November 1983. Bottom: Ad in the San Francisco Sentinel for Club Dori’s “Chicken Feed: all the legs you can eat” from November 11, 1982.

it in the press was in a December 8, 1971 Chronicle article about the city’s gay bars. “Club Dori at 427 Presidio seems to be more like an all-male neighborhood club. Amid the sexual cruising there is banter between old friends. Dori Jennings, who has operated the bar for ten years, said she has had “a marvelous time” with her gay friends. “’Some young men bring in their mothers to meet me,’ she said.” Ron Williams, author of San Francisco’s Native “Sissy” Son remembered the bar. “It was considered a safe bar to go to if one was closeted or not wanting to be seen in a gay bar,” he said. “As a neighborhood bar, many guys stopped by after work for a cocktail hour still in their work suits and Montgomery Street wedgies (wingtip dress shoes).” Sadly, the bar outlived Dori Jennings, who died on March 5, 1981. Following her death, George Banda kept the bar open, and there was a large celebration associated with the 21st anniversary of the opening in November 1983, with prize drawings and contests. In May 1983, the dining room of the bar closed and it attempted to become a piano bar. The effort was not successful, however and on September 9, 1984 the bar closed after 22 years in business. Club Dori answers the question regarding the motivation of straight bar owners with gay clientele. It is clear that both Doris Jennings and George Banda had great fun with their customers, and for them it was more than just a business. The long life of the bar shows that their customers appreciated them as well.t The author would like to thank Duffy Jennings for information he provided for this article.

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August 17-24

Arts Events

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Thu 24

Daniel Nicoletta @ Koret Auditorium

SF Hiking Club @ Mt. Tam Join GLBT hikers of the SF Hiking Club for a six-mile hike on obscure trails of Mt. Tam. Bring water, lunch, sturdy shoes, hiking poles, hat, sunscreen. Carpool meets 9:00 at Safeway sign, Market & Dolores. (510) 926-9220. www.sfhiking.com

Mon 21 Fantasy Life @ SF City Hall Tabitha Soren’s 15-year project photographing Oakland A’s players through their careers. Thru Dec. 15. Ground Floor & North Light Court. http://www.sfartscommission.org

Unearthed @ California Academy of Sciences

oordinate your interests, timing, hats, whatever; just get out and see some of the lovely arts offerings this week here in the Bay Area.

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Thu 17 Blues is a Woman @ Custom Made Theatre The acclaimed new musical tribute to women composers and singers, from Ma Rainey to Bonnie Raitt, returns in a theatre setting. $30-$50. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Aug. 27. 533 Sutter St. www.bluesisawoman.com

Butch Voices @ Oakstop, Oakland Butch Voices National Conference for lesbians and colleagues, with keynote speeches, panels and workshops. Thru Aug. 20. 1721 Broadway #201, Oakland. www.butchvoices.com

Each and Every Thing @ The Marsh Dan Hoyle’s acclaimed solo show about searching for community in a fractured world. $25-$100. Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 8:30pm. Thru Aug. 26. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Ethos de Masquerade @ Strand Theater Communal spiritual dance-ritual performance and talk series presented by Campo Santos and Global Street Dance Masquerade, focusing on loss and love through racism, AIDS and other crises. $15-$25. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Aug. 27. 1127 Market St. at 7th. www.ethosmasquerade. brownpapertickets.com

Ira Watkins @ Tenderloin Museum The “outsider” artist’s exhibit of endearing portraits and landscapes portraying Black Americans. Thru Oct. 11. 398 Eddy St. www.tenderloinmuseum.org

LGBT History Panels @ GLBT History Museum Aug. 17: Do What Thou Wilt: Kenneth Anger and the Dawn of Aquarius, a talk with Joey Cain about the queer influence of Aleister Crowley and Anger’s queer occult themes, plus Anger’s short films. Aug. 22: Fighting Back: Gender Labels, Then & Now. Both $5, 7pm. Exhibits: Faces of the Past: Queer Lives in Northern California Before 1930 ; Picturing Kinship: Portraits of Our Community ; Lavender-Tinted Glasses. 4127 18th St. www.glbthistory.org

Fri 18 MacBitch @ Exit Theatre All-women adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Scottish play,” with an ‘80s high school Heathers meets All About Eve take, produced by Breadbox theatre company. $15$20. Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru Aug. 19. 156 Eddy St. www.breadboxtheatre.org

Whose Streets? @ Landmark Cinemas

Exhibits and planetarium shows with various live, interactive and installed exhibits about animals, plants and the earth. $20-$35. Mon-Sat 9:30am-5pm. Sun 11am5pm. 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park. 379-8000. www.calacademy.org

Tue 22 The Eighth Fire @ The Greenlining Institute Exhibit of art works by Camille Safiya, Tayyibah Hasan and Xiomara Grace inspired byhe activism of The Black Panthers. Tuesdays, 3pm-7pm. Thru Sept. 12. 360 14th St., Oakland. greenlining.org

Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis’ documentary about the Black Lives Matter activist movement and the Ferguson uprising that inspired it. Embarcadero Center Cinema 5, Landmark Shattuck, Berkeley and other theatres. whosestreetsfilm.com

Will Durst @ The Marsh

Sat 19

Wed 23

Motive @ Vessel Gallery Group exhibit of works about power, action and tradition. Thru Aug. 26. 471 25th St., Oakland. vessel-gallery.com

Not a Genuine Black Man @ The Marsh Brian Copeland’s acclaimed longrunning solo show, about growing up in the racist suburbs, returns. $20-$100. Saturdays 5pm. Thru Sept. 30. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Sun 20

The witty comic performs his new solo show, Durst Case Scenario, with plenty of barbs at Hair Furor, aka Trump. $20-$100. Tuesdays, 8pm. thru Sept. 19. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Perfectly Queer @ Nomadic Press, Oakland Readings from Dispatches From Lesbian America with contributors Joan Annsfire, Xequina Maria Berber, and Giovanna Capone. 7pm. 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. www.nomadicpress.org

Ten Percent @ Comcast David Perry’s online and cable interviews with notable local and visiting LGBT people, broadcast through the week. Wed 7pm, ThuTue 11:30am & 10:30pm. www.ComcastHometown.com

David Mertens @ Castro Country Club

Thu 24

Exhibit of the artist’s new collection of evocative urban landscape paintings. 4058 18th St. Thru Sept 10. http://www.dmartstudio10. com/ www.castrocountryclub.org

Daniel Nicoletta @ Koret Auditorium

Homopolis @ SF Public Library Photos from Gay San Francisco in 1981. Thru Aug. 24. James Hormel Center, 3rd floor, 100 Larkin St. www.sfpl.org

How to Counter White Supremacists @ New Valencia Hall Socialist Party informational meeting, with brunch, about organization for Aug. 27 Berkeley counter-protest against the Nazi punks. $8-$10. 12:15pm. 747 Polk St. www.socialism.com

Queer Tango @ Finnish Hall, Berkeley Same-sex partner tango dancing, including lessons for newbies, food and drinks. $5-$10. 3:30pm6:30pm. 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley. www.finnishhall.org

The former SF-based photographer of historic and contemporary LGBT communities in the Bay Area discusses his new lavish largeformat retrospective book with a visual slideshow; also with poet Ruth Weiss, percussionaist Hal Davis; ASL interpreted; 5:30pm. SF Public Library, lower level, 100 Larkin St. After-party hosted by Juanita MORE! with DJed grooves, at War Memorial Green Room, 7pm-10pm. 401 Van Ness Ave. www.sfpl.org

Ugo Rondinone @ Berkeley Art Museum The World Just Makes Me Laugh, an exhibit of wistfully interpreted various-media works featuring clowns and childhood toys. Also, Charles Howard: A Margin of Chaos ; both thru Aug. 27. 2155 Center St., Berkeley. bampfa.org To submit event listings, email events@ebar.com

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Sat 19 Project Nunway @ SOMArts

Sat 19

Sun 20

La Bota Loca @ Club 21, Oakland

Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon

Dance night at the Latin, hip hop and Electro music night. 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

Beer, bears, beats at the weekly fundraiser. $15. 4pm-8pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Beatpig @ Powerhouse

The popular weekly event packs in the fans, with proceeds going to local charities. $10. 3pm-6pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Juanita MORE! and crews’ monthly mixed and fab night. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Brotherhood @ Powerhouse Monthly Bare Chest Calender Men gathering and fundraisers. 7pm-10pm. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Club Rimshot @ Club BNB, Oakland

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Picante @ The Cafe

Gogo Fridays @ Toad Hall

Lulu and DJ Marco’s Latin night with sexy gogo guys. 9pm-2am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Hot dancers grind it at the Castro bar with a dance floor and patio. 4146 18th St. www.toadhallbar.com

Thu 17

Queer Sex Trivia @ The Stud

Growlr @ SF Eagle

Test your knowledge at the fun informative game show, with sex toy prizes. 7pm. $5. 7pm-10pm. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

The bear phone app hosts the monthly cruisefest. 8pm-1am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Rice Rockettes @ Lookout

The popular video bar ends each work week with hot gogo guys (starting at 9pm) and drink specials; also Saturday nights. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

World premiere of D’Arcy Drollinger’s comic drag parody of telenovelas and nightime soap operas, with plenty of big hair and shoulderpads, with Matthew Martin, Katya SmirnoffSkyy, Nancy French, Steven LeMay, Jef Valentine and other talents. $25-$35. Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 7pm. Thru Sept. 9. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Comedy Returns @ El Rio Bob McIntyre, Carla Clayy, Kat Evasco, Ian Williams, and host Lisa Geduldig perform at the monthly smart comedy show. $7-$20. 8pm. 3158 Mission St. www.Aug17ElRio.brownpapertickets. com www.elriosf.com

Craig Jessup @ Hotel Rex The comic vocalist performs witty songs, with bass & piano accompaniment. $30-$50. 8pm. 562 Sutter St. http://societycabaret.com/

Desi Comedy Fest @ Various Venues Nine cities, 11 shows, and more than 40 comedians perform at the fourth annual festival of comics with diverse South Asian backgrounds; passes $79 and up. Thru Aug. 20. desicomedyfest.com

Glen Meadmore, Pachuco Cadaver, Maria Konner @ SF Eagle Queer bands, including the pioneering country crooner, play live at the famed leather bar’s music night; with DJ Dank. $8. 9:30pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Hoe is Life @ The Stud Amanda Bang, Bryce Rider, Cinnamon Maxxine perform at the sex-positive queer night. $5. 10pm-4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Junk @ Powerhouse MrPam and Dulce de Leche cohost the weekly underwear strip night and contest, with sexy prizes. $5. 10pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The Grammy-winning R&B duo and founding members of The 5th Dimension perform classic and new songs. $65-$110. 8pm. Aug. 18 & 19 at 7pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Local and visiting Asian drag queens’ weekly show with DJ Philip Grasso. $5. 10:30pm show. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Rock Fag @ Hole in the Wall Enjoy hard rock and punk music from DJ Don Baird at the wonderfully divey SoMa bar. Also Fridays. 7pm-2am. 1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.hitws.com

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge Disco guru DJ Bus Station John spins grooves at the intimate retro music night. $5. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Fri 18 Ain’t Mama’s Drag @ Balancoire Weekly drag queen and drag king show hosted by Cruzin d’Loo. 8pm10pm. No cover. 2565 Mission St. www.balancoiresf.com

Broadway Showcase @ Hotel Rex Join eight singers and pianists for a knockout Broadway songfest. $30-$50. 8pm. 562 Sutter St. societycabaret.com

Creature @ The Stud DJs Olga T, Skin, Gossip Cat and Jerry Lee; dragsters Gina LaDivina, Militia S. Towers, Yves Saint Croissant; super queerness. $5-$10. 10pm-4am. 399 9th St. studsf.com

Queer joke night, with host Nasty Ass Bitch. $15. 7pm. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

King of the Lions Ball @ Oasis Birthday party for DJ Spiider, benefit for API Wellness Center’s Trans Thrive Project, with a cash prize vogue and fashion contest. $15. 10pm-2am. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Midnight Show @ Divas Weekly drag shows at the last transgender-friendly bar in the Polk; with hosts Victoria Secret, Alexis Miranda and several performers. Also Saturdays. $10. 11pm. 1081 Polk St. www.divassf.com

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud The saucy women’s burlesque show hosted by Dottie Lux will titillate and tantalize: July shows feature Dulce de Leche, Miss Savvy, Shells Bells and Lez Purr plus special guests. $10-$20. 8pm-9:30pm. 399 9th St. www.redhotsburlesque.com

Vibe Fridays @ Club BnB, Oakland House music and cocktails, with DJs Shareef Raheim-Jihad and Ellis Lindsey. 9pm-2am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com

The Monster Show @ The Edge

Glow @ Lone Star Saloon Singlets, black-light garb and groovy sounds. 8pm1am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Hip hop and Latin dance club. $5-$15. 9pm to 4am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com

Dandy @ Oasis The drag king variety show cohosted by Leigh Crow and Ruby Vixxen, with Meat Flap, Madd Dogg 20/20, Kegel Kater, Fleigh, Dick Move and special guest Marga “Machete” Gomez, with pianist Kitten on the Keys. $10-$20. 7pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Lips and Lashes Brunch @ Lookout Weekly show with soul, funk and Motown grooves hosted by Carnie Asada, with DJs Becky Knox and Pumpkin Spice. The yummy brunch menu starts at 12pm, with the show at 1:30pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Lisa Viggiano @ Hotel Rex The acclaimed vocalist performs her solo show, Three’s a Charm, with piano accompaniment., $30-$50. 8pm. 562 Sutter St. societycabaret.com

Mixed Forms @ The Stud House techno mixed gay/straight night with DJ Jason Kendig. $5. 10pm4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Mother @ Oasis Heklina hosts the fun drag show with weekly themes. Aug. 19 is a Disney tribute night; DJ MC2 spins dance grooves before and after the show. $15-$25. 10pm-3am (11:30pm show). 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Project Nunway @ SOMArts Sinfinity, the eighth annual fashion show featuring Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in fab couture creations. $25-$100. 7pm-10pm. 934 Brannan St. www.thesisters.org

Reddroxx @ Lone Star Saloon DJ Brd, ginger/redhead bear dudes and their fans, cool brews. 9pm-2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Beer Bust @ SF Eagle

Beverage Benefit @ The Edge Fundraiser and fun, with proceeds going to local nonprofits. $10. 4pm7pm. 4149 18th St. www.edgesf.com

Big Top @ Beaux Enjoy an extra weekend night at the fun Castro nightclub, plus hot local DJs and sexy gogo guys and gals. $8. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.Beauxsf.com

Blessed @ Port Bar, Oakland Carnie Asada’s fun drag night with Carnie’s Angels Mahlae Balenciaga and Au Jus, plus DJ Ion. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Daytime Realness @ El Rio Heklina, Carnita, DJ Stanley Frank and guests Paul Goodyear and Jim Hokpins, and drag acts Grace Towers, Nicki Jizz, Linty, plus BBQ and a Mall Madness theme with games. $10. 2pm-8pm. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Disco Daddy @ SF Eagle DJ Bus station john’s groovy retro dance mix T-party, after beer bust. Aug. 20 is a special disco/rock mix, with disco covers of rock classics and vice-versa. $5. 7pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Domingo De Escandal @ Club OMG Weekly Latin night with drag shows hosted by Vicky Jimenez and DJ Carlitos. (Comedy Open Mic 5:30pm). 7pm-2am. 43 6th St. clubomgsf.com

Jock @ The Lookout Enjoy the weekly jock-ular fun, with DJed dance music at sports team fundraisers. 12pm-1am. NY DJ Sharon White from 3pm-6pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Katya Presents @ Martuni’s From Reno With Love, the local Russian opera diva’s monthly cabaret show at the intimate martini bar, with Ethel Merman, and accompanist Tom Shaw. $12. 7pm. 4 Valencia St. www.russianoperadiva.com

Puttin’ on the Glitz @ Herbst Theatre Help Is On the Way, the Richmond/ Ermet Aid Foundation’s musical variety show and fundraiser, features Levi Kreis, Trent Harmon, Jessica Sanchez, Maureen McGovern, David Burnham, Lisa Vroman, Carole Cook, Garrett Clayton, Maddie Baillio, Paula West, Jason Brock, Lisa Viggiano, and Eileen & Leah Bourgade. VIP pre-concert gala in the Green Room, and after-party with the cast. $125 and up. 5pm11:30pm. 402 Van Ness Ave. www.reaf-sf.org

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 The Country-Western line-dancing two-stepping dance night. $8. lessons at 5:30pm, dancing til 10:30pm. Also Thursdays. 550 Barneveld Ave. sundancesaloon.org

Sunday’s a Drag @ Starlight Room

DTF Fridays @ Port Bar, Oakland

The gay men’s social group’s monthly happy hour gathering, with live music. $10. 5pm-8pm. 2344 Market St. maxsf.squarespace.com/home

The weekly drag show with host Sue Casa, DJ MC2, themed nights and hilarious fun. $5. 9pm-2am. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Hella Gay Comedy @ Club OMG

Dance it up at the historic (and still hip) East Bay bar. 9pm-2am. 6551 Telegraph Ave. whitehorsebar.com

Various DJs play house music, and a few hotties gogo dance at the new gay bar’s weekly event. 9pm2am. 2023 Broadway. (510) 823-2099. portbaroakland.com

MAX @ Beaux

Happy Friday @ Midnight Sun

Friday Nights at the Ho @ White Horse Bar, Oakland

Donna Sachet often hosts the weekly fabulous brunch and drag show, now celebrating its tenth anniversary. $45. 11am, show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in Union Square. 395-8595. starlightroomsf.com

Swagger Like Us @ Oasis FBFE

Bitch Slap! @ Oasis

Sun 20 Disco Daddy @ SF Eagle

Cool for the Summer, a special daytime hip hop party, with DJs DavO, Lady Ryan and Jibbz. $5. 2pm-7pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

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Relationship choices grow

Three men show affection at last month’s Up Your Alley street fair.

by Race Bannon

friend of mine recently told me a story about his first date with his husband. During that date, my friend’s future husband said to him during their date conversation, “Tell me about your constellation of intimates.” This is the most succinct and gentle way I had heard yet on how to ask someone you might be interested in dating or seeing regularly in a sexual or intimate way about their current relationship configuration. The question was even more wonderful because it shunned the default societal assumption that someone must necessarily either be single or have a maximum of one intimate partner. The question opened the door to an array of options from the start. Historically, this column has aimed for an audience of mostly LGBTQ leather and kink folk and that’s still usually its focus. But sometimes trends I see happening in the kink world are a microcosm of what’s beginning to percolate in the greater overall population. One such trend is the more pervasive embracing of the multitude of alternative relationship configuration options. Yes, those have and do exist

in all types of non-kink communities too, but I’ve noticed that leather and kink folk seem to have been on the cutting edge of this trend, or maybe that’s just the group on which I was focused. Regardless, it’s certainly been something I’ve observed among kinky people for a long time that I now see transpiring among an increasing number of non-kinky friends and acquaintances. For many years, our kink scene has fostered the concept of the “leather family” or some variation which I contend is our own unique variation on polyamory. There are other such kink manifestations of this concept. For example, pupidentified guys might consider themselves part of a bonded pack. Let me say up front that I am not making a case for any particular form of relationship. Options. Choices. Freedom. Those are what we need in life and that goes for relationships too. Whether one chooses to remain single, be monogamous, or be a radical polyamorist, it’s all good. The only criteria by which we should judge relationships is do they work for us. Period. Imagine not that long ago when being gay or lesbian was not an option. The only choices you were

of choices such as strict monogamy, highly managed non-monogamy, free open relationships, managed loving and romantic relationships with more than one person, and a more free and self-determined choice of how many people one loves. I don’t have the space here define each of these. Truthfully, even the experts on these relationship categories don’t all seem to agree on common definitions. But if you imagine a relationship spectrum from classic monogamy to relationships entirely defined by the individuals in them with no social pressures to conform, all the options are there somewhere along that spectrum, as is the quite valid choice to operate as an entirely single person. I contend that there is no one correct way to do relationships. I think society is finally starting to wrestle with this notion. The standard for Rich Stadtmiller a long time might have been twoperson, monogamous relationships, but that standard is quickly changing from a standard to one of many choices. If diversity is such a worshiped concept, as it should be, then why shouldn’t diversity in relationships be as readily accepted? Do I think the masses of LGBTQ people, kinky or otherwise, are going to flock to multi-person relationships? No. At least not immediately. But the trend toward more open or polyamorous relationships is clearly evident and I expect the explorations of these choices to continue to grow. For those who choose to be single or in a monogamous relationship, I hope for an environment in which those are Kyle Rea seen as conscious choices that Ryan “Wry” Mantione of make the parties involved happolytalks.com, a series of workshops piest and not simply a default held nationally on polyamory, to which they felt compelled to some of which are archived online. adopt. If you’re wondering where you fit into the relationship given in society were to be heterospectrum because you don’t fit some sexual or endure endless hate, viodefinition, you’re not alone. Even lence or even death. In some parts among many polyamorists there is of the world, that’s sadly still the a trend to resist becoming trapped case. But elsewhere, as our options, by rigid definitions and more conchoices and freedoms have grown, ventional relationship cultural habits so has our level of happiness and and dictates. self-acceptance. It’s the same for our This was clearly highlighted ability to choose relationships that when I recently overheard Ryan also make us happy. “Wry” Mantione make a comment Polyamory is one way of doing during a polyamory panel presenrelationships nestled among a range

tation he was leading and of which I was a panel member. Wry runs a series of such workshops nationally and his work can be followed at polytalks.com. As we five panelists talked to the room of 50-60 people, Wry, who has his finger on the pulse of the national sentiment regarding polyamory more than most people, made a comment that sort of surprised me. He said lots of younger polyamorists have begun to move toward what’s referred to in poly circles as “relationship anarchy” (often called ‘RA’). Think of RA as relationships not bound by rules to the extreme except for those agreed upon by each individual and everyone involved. While RA can be hard to define specifically, I think of it as an approach to polyamory that leans heavily in the selfdetermination direction. Wry had this to say about RA. “The growing rift in the non-monogamy community really got kicked into high gear after ‘More Than Two’ was published in 2014. Some vilify hierarchy as inherently flawed, while non-hierarchical styles obviously appeal to the growing number of heartbroken secondaries. Thus, the conscious choice to move toward Relationship Anarchy as a Utopian ideal has been accelerating. Personally, I still see chosen, descriptive hierarchy as unavoidable, even in RA.” That’s quite a mouthful and a lot to wrap one’s head around, but Wry’s comment highlights that even among those who are embracing non-monogamy and polyamory, they don’t all agree on how to approach it. And that’s exactly how it’s supposed to be because the only person who can decide if a relationship style is right for you is you. That’s the era of relationship freedom I hope we’re heading toward, where everyone decides what works best for them and their constellation of intimates. I want the constructions of social conventions to give way to a focus on individual happiness. Yeah, I know we’re not there yet, but I can dream.t

Find Leather Events online at ebar.com/bartab Race Bannon is a local author, blogger and activist. You can reach him on his website, www.bannon.com

Codeword closes Is DNA Lounge to follow?

by David-Elijah Nahmod

odeword, the queer-friendly nightclub in San Francisco’s South of Market district, has closed. Its sister club DNA Lounge, under the same ownership as Codeword, is struggling. In light of this, two San Francisco party promoters spoke to Bay Area Reporter about the future of LGBTQ nightlife in San Francisco. “The biggest challenge is gentrification,” said party promoter Alex Westhoff, better known as DJ Xander. “Condo developments are making it difficult to do what I’m doing. There are less venues. This makes it harder to keep nightlife alive.” Westhoff, whose parties include Boy Division, the queer-centric (but not exclusive) New Wave night (now at the Cat Club), pointed to San Francisco’s history of great nightlife, which included cultural diversity and locally produced music. “Codeword was great,” he said. “I was sad to hear that it was closing.” Support from the community is crucial to keeping the remaining venues alive, according to Westhoff. “If there were economic support, it

will keep local nightlife alive. The more people who go out, buy drinks and food, the more nightlife there will be. People also need to speak out about what you value in your community.” “Things are always changing,” said Ken Henderson, who produced the second Broadway Bares, a fundraiser for Equity Fights AIDS and the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation, at DNA Lounge. “A lot of promoters are moving to New York or Los Angeles because it’ so difficult here. Clubs are charging more. Those still here are looking for feasible venues. It could be a straight club that sometimes holds gay events. It’s challeng- Codeword’s bar area a year before it closed. ing. They have to go wherever there’s a space. Beatbox was a “Cecil was fortunate enough to thing and prices are good. People great club, but it was sold. Now find another space,” Henderson have to have some grit and think it’s gay sometimes. Party promoters said. outside the box.” have to adapt to the changes.” Henderson offered kudos to OaThough it’s struggling, HenderHenderson mentioned promoter sis, a club which is enjoying great son doesn’t think that DNA Lounge Cecil Russell, who had been plansuccess in the current high-priced will close anytime soon. ning a Pride dance party at Ruby market. “Oasis is a good model,” he “Codeword was competing with Skye. But then the club announced said. “They try a little bit of everyDNA,” said Henderson. “Now that it was closing.

they closed Codeword, I don’t think they’ll open another club. They want DNA Lounge to stabilize. Things have gotten better.” DNA, according to Henderson, is the perfect venue for his Broadway Bares shows. “DNA is bigger,” he said. “There’s lots of backstage space, which other clubs don’t have.” DNA Lounge currently offers a full schedule of events at its website. Club owners are also calling upon patrons to sponsor the club. “Your donation helps ensure that we can continue bringing you the kind of awesome, eclectic and weird events that you’ve come to expect from us,” the club states at its homepage. “Your donation keeps us independent, and lets us continue to take chances on the kind of local live entertainment that makes San Francisco great. Won’t you pitch in?” Patrons can donate anywhere from $5-2,000. Donations can be made on a one time or monthly basis.t

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Cocktail Time @ Ginger’s Trois

Mon 21 Drunk Drag Broadway @ Oasis It’s Little Shop of Whores night with Sutton Lee Seymore. $20. 7:30pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Epic Karaoke @ White Horse, Oakland Mondays and Tuesdays popular weekly sing-along night. No cover. 8:30pm-1am. 6551 Telegraph Ave, (510) 652-3820. whitehorsebar.com

Mahogany Mondays @ The Stud Honey Mahogany’s R&B, soul, drag show and tasty cocktail early event. 5pm-8pm. 399 9th St. studsf.com

Musical Mondays @ Edge Sing along at the popular musical theatre night; also Wed. 7pm-2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

No No Bingo @ Virgil’s Sea Room Mica Sigourney and Tom Temprano cohost the wacky weekly game night at the cool Mission bar. 8pm. 3152 Mission St. www.virgilssf.com

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht. 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

Pillows @ Powerhouse Glamamore leads the cruise, crafts and performance night. $5. 9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. powerhousebar.com

Spanglish @ Club OMG

Enjoy drinks at the intimate downstairs tribute to the original dive bar; Tue & Wed 5pm-12am. Thu-Sat 5pm-2am. 86 Hardie Place.

Happy Friday @ Midnight Sun

Hella Saucy @ Q Bar Queer dance party at the stylish intimate bar. 9pm-2am. 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

Hysteria Comedy @ Martuni’s Open mic for women and queer comics, with host Irene Tu, Tess Barry, Dom Gelin and Wonder Dave. 6pm8pm. 4 Valencia St.

Naked Night @ Nob Hill Theatre Strip down with the strippers at the clothing-optional night. $20. 9pm. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

Sing Out @ Encore Karaoke Lounge Home of drag shows, and hilaraoke karaoke. 9pm-1am. 1550 California St. #2. 775-0442.

Stag @ Powerhouse Cruisy night for singles, and couples looking for a third. $3 Jagermeister shots will get you in trouble: the fun kind. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Underwear Night @ Club OMG Weekly underwear night includes free clothes check, and drink specials. $4. 10pm-2am. Preceded by Open Mic Comedy, 7pm, no cover. 43 6th St. clubomgsf.com

Spanish and English drag shows and dance music with DJ Carlitos. $5-$10. 9pm-2am. 43 6th St. clubomgsf.com

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Underwear Night @ 440

Olga T and Shugga Shay’s weekly queer women and men’s R&B hip hop and soul night, at the club’s new location. No cover. 8pm-2am. 2120 Broadway, Oakland. bench-and-bar.com

Strip down to your skivvies at the popular men’s night. 9pm-2am. 440 Castro St. 621-8732. the440.com

B.P.M. @ Club BnB, Oakland

Castro Karaoke @ Midnight Sun

Queer Heritage Happy Hour @ The Gangway

Sing out with host Bebe Sweetbriar; 2 for 1 well drinks. 8pm-2am. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

The GLBT Historical Society hosts a fun informative cocktail hour at the historic gay bar. 5:30pm-7:30pm. 841 Larkin St. www.glbthistory.org

Comedy Showcase @ SF Eagle

Miss Kitty’s Trivia Night @ Wild Side West

Kollin Holtz hosts the open mic comedy night. 5:30pm-8pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

The weekly fun night at the Bernal Heights bar includes prizes, hosted by Kitty Tapata. No cover. 7pm-10pm. 424 Cortland St. 647-3099. www.wildsidewest.com

Girl Scout @ Port Bar, Oakland The weekly women’s happy hour and dance night with DJ Becky Knox. 6pm10pm. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Mutante @ Lone Star Weekly queer psychedelic grooves with DJs No-Fi, B2B and Xango. $3 (free for femmes, trans). 9pm-2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Pan Dulce @ Beaux The hot weekly Latin dance night with sexy gogo guys, drag divas and more, returns to the Castro, with Club Papi’s Frisco Robbie and Fabian Torres. $7. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Po Hoe @ Powerhouse Nikki Jizz offers cheap drinks and cheaper men. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Thu 24 Circle Jerk @ Nob Hill Theatre Join the very interactive sex party, with ginger porn stud Jack Vidra leading the fun (before his Aug. 25 & 26 stage sex and solo shows). $15. 9pm. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

Mary Go-Round @ Lookout Mercedez Munro and Holotta Tymes present saucy and unusual drag acts. $5. 10pm-2am. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Thump @ White Horse, Oakland Weekly electro music night with DJ Matthew Baker and guests. 9pm-2am. 6551 Telegraph Ave, (510) 652-3820. www.whitehorsebar.com

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