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Frida Kahlo Way unveiled at City College

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Activists plan alternative to AIDS 2020

by Liz Highleyman

lobal HIV advocates plan to hold an alternative meeting in Mexico City to coincide with the International AIDS Conference in July 2020, as organizers of that confab decline to move it out of the Bay Area. The International AIDS Society selected San Francisco and Oakland as joint host cities for AIDS 2020 in an effort to highlight San Francisco’s pioneering role in the response to the epidemic, as well as the ongoing See page 14 >>

by Alex Madison

ueer students at City College of San Francisco will now see themselves represented in the community college’s address. The official unveiling of Frida Kahlo Way was held at the Diego Rivera Theatre on the college’s Ocean Campus December 7.

The internationally renowned bisexual Mexican artist’s name replaced Phelan Avenue, named after James Phelan, a wealthy banker whose son, James Duval Phelan, a former United States senator and San Francisco mayor, was known to be racist and exclusive of immigrants to California. See page 14 >>

City College of San Francisco Chancellor Mark Rocha, left, joined faculty member Leslie Simon; Angelica Campos, vice president of the Associated Students; Supervisor Norman Yee, partially obscured; and City College Trustee Shanell Williams, second from right, for the official unveiling of Frida Kahlo Way December 7. Jane Philomen Cleland

Bay Area gay political trailblazers leave office Worthington seeks new job

Yeager eyes Senate run by Matthew S. Bajko

by Matthew S. Bajko

n his 1999 book about the first LGBT people elected to public office in the U.S., Ken Yeager noted that being a politician was “an occupation where the words ‘heterosexuals only’ might as well be stamped in big letters.” For the last 34 years Yeager has worked to ensure that wasn’t the case in Santa Clara County, as the gay San Jose resident co-founded the LGBT political group known as BAYMEC, short for Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, in 1984 with an eye toward electing out people to public office in the South Bay and California’s central coast. He would go on to be the first to break through that pink political ceiling 26 years ago by winning a seat on the board that oversaw the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District. Yeager would again make LGBT political history in 2000 by becoming the first known LGBT person elected to the San Jose City Council. And six years later Yeager did it a third time after winning his race for the District 4 seat on

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the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Now, due to term limits, Yeager is returning to civilian life for the first time in nearly three decades. Yeager, who turned 66 Wednesday, December 12, celebrated with community members at a party marking not only his birthday but his anniversary of being sworn in as a supervisor a dozen years ago. His last day in office will be Monday, December 31. See page 12 >>

fter 22 years in elected office, Kriss Worthington is back to being a civilian and looking to rejoin the workforce. He has been fielding inquiries from area nonprofits and civil advocacy groups since announcing earlier this year he would not seek re-election to his seat on the Berkeley City Council. Wherever he lands, it is sure to result in a significant raise, as his take home pay is less than $30,000 as a council member. Though he has seen a near tripling in his salary since becoming the first out LGBT person to serve on the East Bay council. “I am certainly not going to retire,” Worthington, 64, told the Bay Area Reporter during an interview last Thursday about his time in office. “Our party tomorrow night is called a send off party, not a retirement party. I will continue to be an advocate on issues I care about. I am looking for a job with a social service nonprofit or a political advocate role.” Due to his yearslong push to raise the city’s

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minimum wage to $15, one of the first jurisdictions in the country to do so, Worthington could take any number of jobs now and make more than the roughly $27,000 he said he earns as a council member. “One of my interns said I could get a job as a dishwasher and make more than a council member,” said Worthington, who first proposed raising the minimum wage in 2002. “I have saved no money as a council member. For the first half of See page 12 >>

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ourteen San Francisco community groups shared over $50,000 raised from this year’s Castro Street Fair. The funds were distributed at a December 11 party at Hamburger Mary’s and represent 1,300 volunteer

hours from supporters of the nonprofits. Over the years of the fair, nearly $1.5 million has been distributed back to the community. This year the fair also donated funds to maintain the rainbow flag in Harvey Milk Plaza.

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embers of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are maneuvering for the upcoming board presidency in January, and from the comments on some recent online articles, it’s getting ugly. That’s uncalled for, and we urge the supervisors and their supporters to dial it down. The leading candidates appear to be Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Rafael Mandelman. District 10 Supervisor-elect Shamann Walton and District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee are also reportedly in the mix, and there may be others. Unlike the recent election, the vote for president is solely cast by the 11 supervisors, who will choose their new leader January 8, after the swearing in ceremonies. We think Mandelman would make an excellent board president, and he told us he wants the position. He has experience leading elected bodies, as he was president of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees during the height of its accreditation crisis several years ago. In that capacity – even when the board itself had no power and was somewhat fractious – Mandelman demonstrated his maturity and temperament under trying circumstances. Working with the city attorney’s office and other state and local officials, Mandelman and the board avoided doom and City College remained open. That was no small feat. Since joining the board in July, after he won a special election, Mandelman has been attentive to District 8, which includes the Castro, as well as a leader on citywide issues like lobbying for the state conservatorship law that aims to help people who are mentally incapacitated.

Concerns with Ronen

Ronen is a leader of the progressives, but we have concerns about her ability to lead the board with Breed as mayor. The board president assigns committee members and runs the weekly meetings. More importantly, the president works closely with the mayor, and it’s this aspect of the position that is critical today. San Francisco went through a tough mayor’s race in June, when London Breed successfully defeated gay former state legislator Mark Leno. As Breed prepares for 2019, including setting the city budget and dealing with issues such as street sanitation, homelessness, and public safety, we think it’s important that the board president be someone she can work with. We’re not sure Ronen is in the best position to get as much done with this mayor because of her actions last January. At the time, it was Ronen who made a tearful plea

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Supervisor Rafael Mandelman stands next to the bust of Harvey Milk in City Hall.

to her colleagues not to select Breed as interim mayor, who by virtue of being board president, was already acting mayor after the untimely death of mayor Ed Lee, and nominated then-supervisor Mark Farrell, a moderate, to replace her. Ronen, however, went a step further, arguing that Breed, an African-American woman, was basically a puppet of white male billionaires like Ron Conway. “I hate to say it, I wish it weren’t so, but those white men are so enthusiastically supporting your candidacy, London Breed,” Ronen said at that meeting. “And what you haven’t heard because you’re not in this inside world we all inhabit in City Hall is that they’ve been threatening people. They’re all saying if you don’t support London Breed that people’s careers will be ruined. ... It is happening right now in this Board of Supervisors chamber. It happened the morning Ed Lee passed away. That’s how gross these people are – because they are gross.” Breed’s supporters were outraged that a woman of color was removed as acting mayor,

and they rode that anger all the way to the June election that installed her in Room 200. As we editorialized back then, the progressives would have been better off in the long run to have let Breed continue serving. The next board president will most likely be a progressive since they will have an 8-3 majority. Unlike the past, several of the supervisors, including Mandelman, are not ideologically rigid. In other words, instead of consolidating power, they see the larger goal of solving city problems and are willing to compromise to achieve it. Some seem to equate that ability with being insufficiently progressive. That’s ridiculous. Mandelman did not support Breed for mayor, and he has called out the mayor’s claims of reducing homelessness. That said, the two can work together. That was demonstrated just after the election, when both of them went to Sacramento to support gay state Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) conservatorship bill. At the time, Wiener said the presence of Breed, a member of the city’s more moderate wing, and Mandelman, considered a progressive, showed there was broad support in San Francisco for his bill, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The bill expands conservatorship laws in San Francisco and Los Angeles counties. Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1045 in September. Over the years, the number of LGBTs serving on the Board of Supervisors has dwindled to one – Mandelman. Yes, the board and mayor are sometimes in conflict. There’s potential for more agreement with this board and mayor, despite ideological differences, because many of the newer members seem to look at issues first and have a history of taking surprising positions. We don’t want to see a polarized board and mayor, with factions pitted against one another as we have in the past. More importantly, from what we’ve observed since Breed took office in July, residents want her to succeed. We want the legislative and executive branches to work together so that progress can be made on homelessness, Muni, affordable housing, arts funding, HIV/ AIDS and increased access to PrEP, and so much more. Mandelman possesses the skills to lead the board and has shown his independence by holding the mayor accountable when appropriate. Mandelman can be that bridge between a moderate mayor and a board that will certainly pursue a progressive agenda.t

Help Castro’s homeless during the holidays by Andrea Aiello

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o matter what your spiritual beliefs, the holidays are a time of giving to those less fortunate. Yet, I struggle as to what to do with our neighbors who are living on the street in the Castro and Upper Market. I generally do not give money to people on the street; I will sometimes buy a meal for certain individuals. But, I always have a nagging thought – am I supporting them in a lifestyle that keeps them on the street? While at the same time, I totally understand there is nowhere for many of our homeless neighbors to go, or, for some reason, the services the city provides are not meeting their needs. It’s also winter and people are cold and wet. My solution to this quandary is to give money to programs that provide services to those less fortunate and to drop off new socks, emergency blankets, and hats in bins at designated locations. There are programs to donate money to all over the city such as Project Homeless Connect, Glide, and various shelters. Locally, Castro Cares provides intensive homeless outreach to the individuals we run across every day. Castro Cares has a dedicated outreach staffer working 20 hours a week developing relationships with those most at risk, getting people “housing ready,” making sure they are enrolled on the correct city lists, providing support and a friendly ear for those struggling

to make improvements in their lives. Donations can be made to Castro Cares at http://www.castrocares.org/donations. Castro Cares is also holding a donation drive for socks, hats, and other essential items. This is your opportunity to donate needed items for those living at risk on the street. Castro Cares is collaborating with several other groups on this effort thatintend on distributing some of these items during the third annual Queer Christmas Eve Interfaith Service at Harvey Milk Plaza from 6 to 8:30 p.m. They invite everyone to come out and celebrate the sacredness in each one of us, uniting to lift up the homeless, the marginalized, the outcast, the immigrant, the unseen, and the “other” during this sacred time of year. They need volunteers to help serve small meals, and hot chocolate and cookies as a form of communion. If you’re interested in helping, email Shaun Haines at SF Impact Partners at contact@shaunhaines.net. Local merchants hosting donation bins include: • Orphan Andy’s, 3991 17th Street • Vanguard, 555 Castro Street • Strut, 470 Castro Street • 440 Castro bar, 440 Castro Street • Blush, 476 Castro Street • Fitness SF, 2301 Market Street • The Academy, 2166 Market Street • Compass, 2099 Market Street

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A person sleeps in a doorway in the Castro. Numerous groups are organizing donation drives to provide personal care and other items to people who are unhoused.

Other groups also have bins throughout the neighborhood and additional locations are always being added, so next time you come to the Castro, bring some new warm socks with you and drop them off in any bin you see. t Andrea Aiello is the executive director of the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District, which oversees the Castro Cares program.

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All in for Green New Deal

As a high school student and a part of the generation that will inherit this planet, I am greatly concerned about the impacts of climate change. I have always been concerned about the figures I have seen, predictions of sea level rise, an increase in the severity and frequency of extreme weather events and natural disasters, and temperature increases. Upon reading many of the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent report, I am even more worried. It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change is by far the most urgent challenge facing our world today, and that we must take broad action to combat it. Seeing the Green New Deal gain support has brought hope to me and many of my friends. We are seeing leaders lead, rather than simply sit back and watch our planet, health, and future being destroyed. I would urge our representatives in Congress to get behind this agreement because I want to live in a world where I know my children will have access to clean air and clean water. We want to see a future with good jobs and a strong economy, fueled by renewable energy. I support the Green New Deal because it represents a sense of hope for my generation, that we can still protect our planet.

Climate change’s looming threat

I’m 24 years old and I don’t have a lot of experience in activism, but I can’t ignore the looming threat of catastrophic climate change. After all, if I’m aware of its consequences as laid out by the world’s top climate scientists and yet choose to do nothing, I am no better than a climate change denier. As we are all aware, we have 12 years to prevent the worst effects of climate change, which would disproportionately affect the poor and the global south – precisely the same groups of people least responsible for the crisis. Given this, we must support Representative-elect Alexandria OcasioCortez’s resolution to create a House Select Committee for a Green New Deal in Congress. We need a Green New Deal to create millions of green jobs, move our country off fossil fuels, and protect working people of all backgrounds. For as long as I’ve been on this planet, our leaders have consistently failed to make progress. We will never get those years back, but it isn’t too late for radical climate action. Congress members should support the Green New Deal as a step in the right direction.

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District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, left, and state Senator Scott Wiener talk at a fall pumpkincarving event at a public park in Noe Valley.

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ver a year ago gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) lashed out in a published post on the website Medium at then supervisorial candidate Rafael Mandelman for contending he would serve on the board in a similar fashion as Wiener had. The rebuke from Wiener, who defeated Mandelman in 2010 for the District 8 seat on the Board of Supervisors, came after Mandelman repeatedly painted himself as similar in governing approach to Wiener during a debate with gay former District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy. The two gay leaders were competing to serve out the remainder of Wiener’s board term. The late mayor Ed Lee had appointed Sheehy after Wiener resigned in 2016 to serve in the state Legislature. As the Bay Area Reporter noted in its coverage of the November 13, 2017 candidate forum, Mandelman had repeatedly praised Wiener and applauded a number of policies and positions he championed at City Hall and in Sacramento. At one point, in talking about improving the city’s public transit service, Mandelman said, “We need another Scott Wiener on the Board of Supervisors to work relentlessly for Muni.” His remarks not only elicited boos and groans from his supporters in the room that night but also the online critique from Wiener,

who had endorsed Sheehy in the race. “In fact, Rafael’s politics and approach on key issues – housing and homelessness, in particular – are the opposite of mine,” wrote Wiener, noting how Mandelman did not endorse his re-election to the board or his bid for state Senate. “Rafael has every right in the world to disagree with me on any given issue. He just shouldn’t be implying that ‘if you like Scott Wiener, vote for me.’ That’s not the case.” Mandelman went on to soundly defeat Sheehy in their June primary contest and ran basically unopposed for a full fouryear term in November. And, since being sworn into office in July, he and Wiener have aligned on a number of issues. One of the more high profile has been allowing city officials to use conservatorships to insist severely mentally ill homeless individuals enter into treatment. Mandelman, who secured guardianship over his late mother in order to get her the care she needed, traveled to Sacramento shortly after winning the June race to testify on behalf of Wiener’s Senate Bill 1045, which Governor Jerry Brown signed into law. It was the start of a political bromance between the more moderate Wiener and Mandelman, part of the progressive’s current 6-5 majority on the board. In October, for example, Wiener plugged Mandelman

as one of his “special guests” at his annual pumpkin-carving event in Noe Valley. And the two engaged in a friendly dance-off competition that month to raise money for the Castro Cares homeless outreach initiative in the city’s gayborhood. The one-time supervisorial rivals, who still have their policy differences at times, both told the B.A.R. that their noticeable chumminess of late shouldn’t come as a surprise. “Campaigns are campaigns,” explained Wiener. “Rafael ran a fantastic race. He won and deserved to win. I have known Rafael 17 years now. Often we have not been on the same side but we have always liked and respected each other. Even in 2010 when we ran against each other, we never had a negative moment between us. There is a lot of mutual respect there.” As for how Mandelman is handling his new position, Wiener gave him an A-plus as a supervisor. “I knew he would do a good job but he has exceeded my expectations,” said Wiener. Mandelman, who in 2012 won a seat on the city’s community college board, insisted that he has “never tried to cast myself as a mini me of Scott.” While he felt that Wiener’s Medium post had “overstated” their differences in terms of policy stances, Mandelman said he understood it was done during a contested campaign in which Wiener was backing another candidate. “His blog certainly made an impression with my supporters. I noticed it. But since the election he See page 15 >>

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t Home decor store spruces up Castro retail scene 6 • Bay Area Reporter • December 13-19, 2018

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new gay-owned home decor store is sprucing up the retail scene in San Francisco’s Castro district just in time to assist residents of the gayborhood with their holiday shopping needs. Stag & Manor is now open at 2327 Market Street having reimagined the storefront that once housed a tax preparer’s office. Gone are the obtrusive awning that once hung on the façade and the red paint that hid the interior’s wood flooring. In their place are a white palette outside and on the interior walls and a multi-level retail space displaying furnishings, tableware, vases, rugs, and special holiday decorations. Most of the merchandise is fairtrade and made with eco-friendly materials by artisans around the world. The 1,200 square foot shop is the physical manifestation of Seth Morrison’s one-year-old online retailing site of the same name. The business’ name is derived from his great-grandmother’s family crest in Ireland, which featured a stag and a castle rook. He had hoped to open the brickand-mortar location first. But after searching in vain for an affordable storefront, Morrison went live with his website last November in order to launch ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. “My dream for a long time was to own a shop so I could come to work and be surrounded by beautiful, gorgeous things,” said Morrison, 44, who has lived in the Castro for a decade. “To be able to serve my own community is wonderful to me.” He had been working on his business from home until quietly opening the doors to Stag & Manor Friday, November 30. He had an official opening celebration last Thursday, December 6. “It’s been getting busier and busier now,” said Morrison, who graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a fine art photography degree and relocated to San Francisco 16 years ago after a stint in London. Next door is D&H Jewelers featuring reclaimed metals and conflict-free gemstones and diamonds, and two doors down is gay designer Kenneth Wingard’s eponymously named home decor boutique. In the other direction are florist Ixia and the Crystal Way shop. By locating amid those retailers Morrison

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Seth Morrison hopes his recently opened home decor store, Stag & Manor, adds to the retail synergy of upper Market Street.

believes he is adding to the retail synergy on that block of upper Market Street and helping to reduce the glut of vacant retail spaces in the area. “I am hoping it adds value for customers to come here and shop,” he said. “I recommend people check out the other stores near us.” When he first arrived in the Bay Area, “I had no plan at all,” recalled Morrison as for what he wanted to do professionally. Friends connected him with a job at Whole Foods Market, which eventually led him to being named the company’s executive director for information technology for northern California. While employed by the national grocery chain, Morrison began to envision owning his own store and wrote up a business plan. “I would look at these stores around town and think what a wonderful way to spend your day. It was a leap of faith,” said Morrison in venturing into the retail sector himself. A key step was sourcing the products he would carry, so Morrison began attending trade shows where he met vendors of fair-trade and

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cruelty-free products. It sparked his idea to focus his business on carrying those kinds of goods. “Part of the reason why I want to be in business is to make change in the world,” said Morrison, adding that, by carrying fair-trade products, he and his customers “are providing a better life standard for the artisans making the products.” He carries a variety of throw pillows ($36-$99) made in India, Peru, and Guatemala and woven rugs of various sizes ($49-$899). According to his website, few of the pillows he sells use down feathers. Instead, they are filled with a recycled plastic fiber made from recycled plastic bottles. A vegetarian himself, Morrison has also designed his own line of sofas using faux-leather fabrics ($1,800-$4,600) that he has manufactured in Los Angeles. “I love the look and feel of leathers but I don’t like hurting the animals for the leathers,” he explained. “I want to move into organic materials – they are using grape leaves from winery vines to produce a leather-like material but it is not ready for use in upholstery just yet.” The tableware and dishware he

carries ranges in price from $8-$69, while the vases run $12 up to $159. Morrison is particularly fond of products made with two or more materials. For example, he carries a serving spoon ($39) made partly with marble and acacia wood.

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His special holiday collection includes handmade ornaments made by Navajo artisans in New Mexico. There are sand painted ones ($14) as well as ones made using a color banded horsehair pottery technique ($16). The inventory, both in the store and online, is geared toward a modern, minimalist aesthetic and will change somewhat throughout the year. “There will be some consistency, but also I will be keeping the store fresh,” said Morrison, whose mom, Sheila Morrison-Grum, flew in from her home in the Caribbean for a week to help with opening the store. His online sales have been limited to North America as he has yet to line up reasonable international shipping rates. After noticing a customer who had started to place an order for an antelope skull but didn’t complete the purchase, Morrison emailed to see if he could be of help. The man replied that he

lived in Scotland and the shipping charges were too high. Since he was traveling to London in two months, Morrison offered to ship the wall decoration from there once he arrived. The customer took up the offer and added a few more items to his order, all of which Morrison took with him on his flight. “It was in my carry-on bag,” he recalled, adding that he is “hoping to work that out soon” so that he can grow his business globally. Stag & Manor is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., though Morrison expects he will be open on Sundays this month due to the holidays. Five percent of every purchase is donated to seven charities he has chosen, which currently includes Meals on Wheels, the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Black Jaguar/ White Tiger Foundation, and Lava Mae. Morrison was unsure how much the philanthropy program has raised to date. For more information about the store, its products, and the full list of benefiting nonprofits, visit its website at https://stagandmanor.com/.

Cliff’s collects toys, donates for the holidays

Over the Thanksgiving weekend shoppers at Cliff ’s Variety donated $5,275 toward the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. For 11 years the family-owned store in the heart of the Castro has taken 20 percent off the bill of those customers who give at least $5 to the local public school. The money raised last month was doubled due to a matching grant. And the store also collected $2,275 on World AIDS Day toward the AIDS/LifeCycle annual fundraiser for the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Terry Asten Bennett, whose family owns the store, will once again serve as a roadie for the June bicycle ride and her husband, Rich, will again be a rider. This month through Friday, December 21, the store is collecting unwrapped toys to donate to the Mission Police Station Toy Drive. There is a barrel by the front entrance of the store, located at 479 Castro Street, where people can drop off the toys.t Got a tip on LGBT business news? Call Matthew S. Bajko at (415) 829-8836 or e-mail m.bajko@ebar.com.

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Daddyhunt offers sexy with safe-sex message by Charlie Wagner

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irst there was Daddyhunt, the website in 2006, for older gay men and their admirers. Then there was the Daddyhunt App in 2014. Now there is “Daddyhunt: The Serial,” a sequence of short videos that function both as a marketing promotion for the website and as a social experiment to discover whether “health plus tech equals entertainment.” So far, both goals are being achieved splendidly, according to Carl Sandler, 46, Daddyhunt founder and CEO, a gay man who identifies as a daddy himself. He said the three seasons have together attracted nearly 16 million views. Viewable on YouTube, “Daddyhunt: The Serial” is composed of three successively lengthier seasons, each with multiple episodes ranging from two to nine minutes long. Daddyhunt produced and funded the videos, shot on the East Coast with professional writers, actors, and crew. Season 1 was released in February 2016. After that, Sandler contacted Dan Wohlfeiler, 62, a gay man who is cofounder and co-director of the Building Healthy Online Communities coalition. BHOC has a long history of working to incorporate health messages into TV and media, according 9:34 AM to Wohlfeiler. Wohlfeiler previously worked as director of education at the former Stop AIDS Project (now part of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation), and is currently chief of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Communications in the STD Control Branch of the state Department of Public Health, according to his LinkedIn page. BHOC had conducted a survey in 2009 to determine which strategies to promote safe sex would be most acceptable to websites used by GBTQ men. “We knew some were already doing things like automatic reminders for STD testing,” Wohlfeiler said, “but we wanted to integrate prevention into the sites.” BHOC worked with website owners in 2014 to expand profile options, for example allowing users to specify their viral load and use of PrEP. “Lots of sites were incredibly cooperative,” he recalled, “and we gave them advice on how to build safe sex into the sites.” But the videos were something new and different. Wohlfeiler connected immediately with Season 1. “I just loved it,” he said. He admired the writing and high

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production values, and quickly accepted Sandler’s offer to collaborate on scripts for Season 2, incorporating storylines about PrEP, condoms, and safe sex. With the Daddyhunt videos, Wohlfeiler said, “We’ve been able to reach millions more men than with a safesex PSA (public service announcement) by itself.” In contrast, Sandler estimated public health PSAs usually get between 10,000 and 100,000 views.

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The secret, according to Sandler, is to incorporate entertainment in the message. Sandler described the original motivation for the Daddyhunt videos as “a way to show people that Daddyhunt was more than a sexual fetish. We wanted to show that lots of older guys are looking for a relationship,” he said, and he considers that one reason Season 1 was so successful. The idea of combining short videos and safe-sex messages has been on Sandler’s mind for “quite some time,” he said. In 1993, he volunteered for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation hotline. A year later, he produced a safe-sex gay porn film called “Leg Lickin’” that sought to eroticize condom use. Sandler later wrote a column for Huffington Post on the subject of safe sex where, according to website Digital Culture and Education, he addressed issues including Truvada/ PrEP and HIV stigma. He expressed some frustration with the approach of many public health agencies, and observed, “Public health has been very slow to embrace the ways our community has connected via social media.”

“Daddyhunt: Season 1” introduces the two central male characters and their attractive friends. One of the men (Ben) is referred to as Boy, though he’s 25, and Daddy is an older guy (Graydon) who appears to be over 45. They meet and eventually reconnect (surprise!) while using the Daddyhunt App, but their chemistry feels authentic and sexy. In Season 2 when BHOC was first involved, Wohlfeiler said, “We worked together to include issues like how to deal with notifying a partner that you may have exposed them to an STD, but with humor included. We wanted to show issues that gay men face in this century, and to reinforce the message that there’s no single best strategy for everyone.” In a later episode, Ben and Graydon are close to having sex for the first time, which triggers a discussion about Ben’s use of PrEP. Graydon responds by saying, “I can’t get my head around just taking a pill” and the men do not have sex. “I wanted to reflect an issue which was happening at the time (controversy about the introduction of PrEP),” Sandler explained. Just released October 24, Season 3 returns to the PrEP controversy as Ben and his HIV-positive friend AJ look for a boyfriend for AJ and read a profile that includes the comment, “No Poz, No PrEP whores.” Sandler said, “We (at DaddyHunt) have a positive image of PrEP.” He also proposed that when men insist on condoms, it proves the effectiveness of safe-sex education. Season 3 includes a scene in a public STD clinic. “We wanted to normalize testing as part of being a responsible gay man,” Sandler said, and the same topic is addressed in PSAs his See page 15 >>

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Impact Partners to help homeless for holidays compiled by Cynthia Laird

an Francisco Impact Partners, which was started by gay city resident Shaun Haines last year, is ramping up to help people who are homeless this holiday season. On December 24, SF Impact Partners will join Sacred Space and gather at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro to distribute personal care packages. The groups are collaborating with Castro Cares, a program of the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District. At the same time, 6 to 8:30 p.m., across the street at Jane Warner Plaza, Haines and others will be collecting larger items such as luggage, backpacks, and blankets that will be given to homeless people. Joining Haines in helping promote the Christmas Eve event will be the Bridgemen, a community service group affiliated with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. SF Impact Partners will support the Gubbio Project, which provides houseless guests with daily provisions, supplies, and chaplaincy necessary for those living on the streets, and St. John’s the Evangelist in the Mission. Haines said that in June, his organization helped 100 guests at St. John’s. Haines will also be bringing SF Impact Partners to the Bayview on December 21. There, he is partnering with Mother Brown’s and local businesses to collect and distribute personal care packages. “Mother Brown’s is one of the few shelters in the District 10 area,” Haines said. People can donate items for all of the giveaways. Haines said that personal items needed include toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, and personal hygiene products like tampons for women. Mylar blankets are also needed. He also said that at both the Castro and Bayview events he wants to find out from unhoused people if they are interested in storage spaces, as SF Impact Partners is trying to arrange for some, as well as job opportunities or volunteer jobs that include a stipend. The pop-up events are in keeping with the mission of SF Impact Partners. As the Bay Area Reporter noted in a June article, Haines hopes the outreach will grow and that the organization can provide more services in the future. For more information on SF Impact Partners, visit https://sfimpactpartners.org/. For more on the Castro care package distribution, see this week’s Guest Opinion.

HIV Story Project merges with AIDS grove

During the recent World AIDS Day commemoration at the National AIDS Memorial Grove, it was announced that the HIV Story Project will merge with the grove. The story project is a nonprofit that has focused on bridging HIV/ AIDS with film, media, and storytelling to fight the pandemic and the global stigma associated with it. “The HIV Story Project has been a powerful force over the past decade in bringing to the forefront the personal stories of HIV/AIDS in an honest, compassionate way that has really made a difference in educating people about the pandemic and helping to change

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stigma,” John Cunningham, executive director of the grove, said in a news release. “This merger is a natural evolution and will help ensure that the dedication, passion, and mission of the HIV Story Project continues to flourish.” In an interview with the B.A.R., Cunningham said that the story project, which is all-volunteer, has been working hand-in-hand with the grove for several years. Initiatives have included Surviving Voices, a multi-year interview project focusing on underserved communities, and Generations HIV, an interactive video storytelling booth that has captured over 1,200 AIDS testimonials by people from all walks of life. Cunningham said it’s the story project’s intellectual property, including several films and archives, that the grove will help preserve. Two award-winning leaders in the HIV/AIDS community started the HIV Story Project: director, producer, and executive producer Marc Smolowitz, and filmmaker and TV producer Jörg Fockele. In an email, Fockele wrote that he couldn’t be happier with the merger. “Of the partnerships the HIV Story Project has forged since its inception in 2009, the one with the grove, which started in 2015, has been the most important one,” Fockele, a gay man, wrote. “We’ve collaborated on multiple PSAs, on stagings of the Generations HIV video storytelling booth, and on the Surviving Voices documentary and interview project that focuses on underrepresented communities. It really is a nonprofit marriage made in heaven.” The HIV Story Project is a 501(c)3 and has basically no overhead budget, Fockele wrote. “All of the money we raised went into projects and our funding usually came on a per project basis, not as operating funds for the organization,” he explained. Smolowitz, who is also a gay man, said that the merger will allow the “small, bootstrapped nonprofit” to grow and thrive. See page 15 >>

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SF sex club 442 Natoma throws in the towel by Alex Madison

largest development projects, the 5M project in the South of Market neighborhood and the central waterfront’s Pier 70 office and housing proposal. The sex club currently resides within the 5M-project area. McGill did not respond to a request for comment. About three months ago, Morris was given a 90-day exit letter asking him to be out by December, but it’s possible the new owner will give Morris until February.

fter four years, Scott Morris’ sex club 442 Natoma has reached the end of its rope. The owner of the building that houses the gay and bisexual men’s space for sex parties has sold it. Morris may have until February to move, though no closing date has been set. “It’s very sad,” Morris, a gay man, said. “At the end of the day the gay community loses the building. It’s never going to be a gay building again and it’s always sad when the gay community loses something. There is history there.” Morris’ history in the gay sex community dates back decades. He is the former co-owner of the Brig, a sex club previously located on Folsom Street; owner of Factory Video porn studio; and has organized CumUnion sex parties for years. Both of his sex clubs have also offered HIV/AIDS and STD testing along with promoting safe sex practices. The San Francisco Department of Public Health administered the testing at both clubs. Morris, 64, has been in the 442 Natoma building for 18 years, first

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shooting porn and then, in 2014, opening the two-level sex club. The owner of the building, elderly woman Louise Behnkey, died in July. Her son, Frank McGill, made the decision to sell the building, which he successfully did to developer Forest City Realty Trust Inc. Forest City is behind two of San Francisco’s

While there are no hard feelings between Morris and McGill, and Morris said he understands McGill’s decision to sell, it will not only have a significant impact on Morris’ personal finances, but the gay community as well. “It’s hard when you lose a major source of income and have to let employees who work for you go,” said Morris, who employs four people at the club. “Each and every one, when I told them the bad news, said they would stay right here till the very end. One of them said they will be the one to turn out the lights for the last time.” The loss of an STD testing site where DPH can reach a population that, at times, can be challenging to serve, is not welcome news, said Brandon Ivory, a former health program manager at DPH. “If you have a man or men who may not be completely out of the closet yet and they don’t have a venue like this to go to and can’t be

reached by community organizations or DPH, they are missing out on information and education that can keep them healthy,” Ivory, a gay man, said. Ivory and Morris have been friends for years, and Ivory talked about the proactive measure Morris took with his sex club, something that is not exactly the norm in the sex club industry, Ivory added. DPH does monthly assessments at various sex clubs in the city to ensure they are safe and clean, but Morris invited DPH over and suggested his club as a testing site. For years, the club has offered hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, syphilis, and gonorrhea testing once a month at the sex parties. Condoms are also passed out with cards containing information about PrEP for HIV prevention. “He was definitely going through several boxes of condoms,” Ivory, 44, said. “He was one of our biggest distributors of PrEP cards.” Some men came to the club, not for the sex, but exclusively to be tested. “[One man] found out he was HIV-positive and only came to test, not for the party. He worked an odd work shift and it was easy for him to test there when he got off work. He came back and thanked us and if not for us he would never have known,” Ivory said. Other locations DPH administers testing are the Powerhouse Bar and Folsom Gulch. An attendee of the parties and registered nurse, David

John, a gay man, said 442 Natoma was special. Morris initially wanted John to help out with the STD testing, but as a traveling nurse, John wasn’t able to. The space, John said, is an outlet where HIV-positive men can go and not be judged. “Gay men are very judgmental. If you don’t look a certain way or have a certain look you get ridiculed. You know you are not welcome. At 442 Natoma, it is not that way at all,” John said. He also called the club a “treasure” and a “secure” place for gay men to come together and also get tested. “It’s really sad,” John added. “Where are we going to go now?” Although it’s the beginning of the end for the club, Morris doesn’t plan on leaving the sex industry anytime soon. He will continue to organize the CumUnion sex parties at a different location in the city and is in talks right now with an undisclosed location. He will also continue to produce porn and wants to create a website where gay men can go to access information about sex events and parties. He and his husband, Gord Roy Fulton, spend half their time in Palm Springs, but retirement is, financially, not an option for Morris, nor is it something he wants to do. “I’ve worked in the gay business my whole life and I don’t ever want to stop,” Morris said. “It’s who I am and what drives me to wake up in the morning.” t

For TV, Alex performed in “Dark Shadows,” “Death Valley Days,” and many other favorites. In film, he appeared in “Viva Las Vegas” with Elvis Presley and “Barefoot in the Park” with Robert Redford. In the 1980s, Alex relocated to San Francisco for TV commercial work. He loved the city, its weather, and culture so much he never returned to his New York City home. He will be remembered for both his elegant style and his wit. He will be missed.

political causes and concerns. He became a valued sponsor and leader in the Castro’s AA community, with whom he spent his last day at a potluck before departing us all on Thanksgiving evening. Chris made the decision to leave this life after many years of living with heart disease, HIV, asthma, and chronic pain. He’d had 12 heart attacks and over 30 heart procedures. It was a testament to his strength and determination that he lived a productive life until age 59. Christopher worked as a recruiter in the technology sector and rose to become a senior executive in the industry until his health required him to go out on disability. Chris was an avid sports fan. One of his last outings was to attend a GiantsDodgers game, for the first time. The journey to a crowded baseball stadium in his condition was courageous and risky. But he was determined. Despite his heart disease he had a huge heart (pun intended) and was grateful and generous with his good friends and will be deeply missed by his family, extended family, and the community to whom he contributed so much. He is survived by his mother, Patricia; brothers, Thomas and Joe; and sister, Linda.

Obituaries >> Alex Giannini November 15, 1937 – April 9, 2017 Alex Giannini was born in New York and was a member of AEF, AFTRA, and SAG. Alex was awarded two scholarships to Martha Graham’s School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. He toured with the national company of “The Impossible Years” and performed in eight off-Broadway plays. In the Broadway production of “Hamlet” with Richard Burton he was in the ensemble and was the understudy for Lucianus, Marcellus, and Priest. Burton starred in the 1964 “Hamlet” production after “Cleopatra” with Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor attended Burton’s performances in “Hamlet” and Alex sat next to her for dozens of shows when not called upon for his various understudy roles. Alex was in the cast (at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre) of “Much Ado About Nothing” starring John Gielgud.

Christopher Wendell Hanna September 10, 1959 – November 23, 2018 Christopher Hanna was a longtime resident of the Bay Area. From Kansas, Christopher’s family moved to Mill Valley in 1969. After a number of years in southern California attending college and launching his career, Christopher moved back to San Francisco, where he settled permanently. He participated actively in the San Francisco gay community’s cultural and

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When he departs, the county board will again be a “heterosexuals only” political body as, to date, Yeager has been the only LGBT person to ever serve on it. No LGBT candidates sought his seat this year, which will go to Supervisor-elect Susan Ellenberg, a San Jose school board member who has pledged to champion LGBT issues on the board. “I have been so busy I have not had a lot of time to think about what happens when I drop off the cliff,” joked Yeager in a recent interview with the Bay Area Reporter. He and his partner, Michael Haberecht, will be spending a week in Hawaii in early January. In the spring Yeager, who has a Ph.D., will be returning as an adjunct professor to teach a course on local government at San Jose State University where he formerly taught political science. His time outside of elected politics, however, may turn out to be a short sojourn if he seeks the state Senate’s District 15 seat. Senator Jim Beall (DSan Jose) is termed out in 2020, leaving his Silicon Valley seat open. Yeager has filed a statement of intent to seek the seat, according to the secretary of state’s office, but has yet to open a campaign account to start raising money for a bid. Former Assemblywoman Nora Campos, who ran unsuccessfully against Beall in 2016, has also indicated an interest in running again for the seat. So have former San Jose City Councilwoman Madison Nguyen and Santa Clara County Supervisor David Cortese. Yeager had looked at running for a state Assembly seat in 2012 but later opted not to mount a campaign, paving the way for the election that year of gay Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell). “I am still looking at all my options, one of which includes running for state Senate,” Yeager told the B.A.R., adding that he would make a decision about the legislative race sometime early next year.

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In October, Ken Yeager announced that the Board of Supervisors was going to have a final vote to approve an LGBTQ adult homeless shelter.

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For those who have been inspired by Yeager and/or worked alongside him, it is hard to fathom not seeing him in elected office. Cabrillo College Trustee Adam Spickler, 47, whose swearing in Monday made him the first transgender man to hold elected office in California, told the B.A.R. that he considers Yeager in the same vein as two other LGBT political trailblazers, the late gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk and former state Assemblyman John Laird. Milk, in 1977, became the first gay person elected to public office in California but was assassinated a year later. Laird, in 1981, became the first LGBT person elected to the Santa Cruz City Council and, after being appointed to the Cabrillo College Board, became one of the first two gay men elected to the state Assembly in 2002. “I think, as someone who has worked in government outside of Santa Clara County and has watched from a bit afar, what I think Ken has done really well, similarly to John Laird, is been that elected official who knows how to be a leader because he is queer-identified and equally to be

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my time I was getting $10,000 a year.” Worthington officially stepped down from the council the morning of Saturday, December 8, at which point his successor, Rigel Robinson, was sworn into office. The 22-year-old took his oath of office again at Tuesday’s council meeting with the other winners of the November races. Robinson, who is straight, formerly served as vice president of external affairs for the Associated Students of the University of California. He was also an intern for former City Councilman Jesse Arreguin, who is now the mayor. He had the endorsement of Worthington, who for close to a decade has wanted to see a UC Berkeley student be elected to the City Council. Although Worthington still had two days left to serve, he answered his City Hall phone last Thursday by saying, “Councilmember Robinson’s office.” He said he was “ecstatic” about handing over the duties of his District 7 council seat to Robinson, who served as his alternate commissioner on the city’s zoning board. Eight years ago Worthington had intended to step down from the council in order to see another gay man serve in his seat. But when that person opted against running, Worthington sought and won re-election. A similar scenario played out four years ago, when Worthington looked for a younger successor to endorse. Again no candidate emerged, so Worthington ran one last time. “I totally see this as the perfect way to go out,” he said. “I’m ecstatic! My dream of being replaced by a student at UC Berkeley the past eight years is

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Former Berkeley City Councilman Kriss Worthington, center, is toasted by his longtime partner, Marty Spence, left, and his successor on the council, Rigel Robinson, during a send off party December 7.

coming to fruition.” Not only is Robinson the youngest person to serve on the council, he is the first person since Berkeley adopted district elections to secure the endorsements from all nine members of the City Council, Worthington noted. “I think we found the right person. Not only did I think they were qualified but everyone on the council thought he was qualified,” said Worthington. Robinson could not be reached for comment.

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The council transition is a capstone in Worthington’s legacy of appointing students as city commissioners and board members who later won elected office. By his own count he named 500 youth to commission seats and hired 1,000 young people as office interns. “I have seen many of them go on to much bigger roles than I ever played in my life,” Worthington said. “It is so gratifying to see these young people get experience writing resolutions,

a leader regardless of his queer identity,” said Spickler, a former legislative staffer for Laird who now works as a senior analyst for Santa Cruz County. The role Yeager has played in building bridges between the LGBT community and others is something Spickler wants to model during his own time in office. “He has been a big ally builder for LGBTQ people in the South Bay area,” noted Spickler. “In that regard, he is a phenomenal role model.” Yeager’s imminent departure from the board will be an emotional day, said gay former San Francisco supervisor David Campos, now a county deputy executive in Santa Clara County. “I think it is very sad to see him leave because he has been the biggest champion in the valley for LGBT rights,” said Campos. “I don’t know that people fully understand how much he has done, and what he has accomplished on the board is unprecedented in terms of the LGBTQ community.” In 2015, Yeager pushed to see that Santa Clara County became the country’s third municipal jurisdiction with an Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Affairs. That has paved the way for a number of LGBT initiatives to be launched, from the opening last month of a transgender health clinic to a soon-to-open homeless shelter specifically for LGBT people. Three years ago Yeager also pushed to see his county ban taxpayer-funded travel to states that adopted anti-gay laws. He also saw to it that the county fly the pride flag everyday in front of its executive building and, more recently, also raise the transgender flag. The county has adopted a plan to end the transmission of HIV and improve its services for people living with HIV due to Yeager’s leadership. There are also plans underway because of Yeager’s support to open senior housing for LGBT older adults as well as an LGBT wellness center in Santa Clara County. “It is always sad when you lose your

biggest champion,” noted Campos. “At the same time we want to celebrate everything he has done. We know he is still going to be involved.” Campos added, “Hopefully, the new supervisor cares about our community and, obviously, the existing supervisors do as well and all are supportive of our community. But Yeager is not just a supporter; he was our biggest champion. It is a big loss for us.” According to an interview Ellenberg did with the county’s LGBTQ affairs office, she plans to hire an LGBT person to her staff in order to ensure the needs of the community continue to be addressed; something Yeager suggested she do. “The LGBTQ community can expect me to be a strong ally and advocate for their needs, particularly in the areas of health care and particularly for vulnerable youth and seniors,” Ellenberg said according to the emailed transcript of the interview. Campos told the B.A.R. he has no doubt that Ellenberg will champion LGBT concerns on the board. Nor does he imagine Yeager sitting quietly by should his former colleagues not address LGBT issues. “We are excited to work with her and are very happy to hear she is hiring someone from the community because it is important to have that perspective,” he said. “I know Ken is going to be the first one to speak out if need be on any of these issues. I am not worried about that.” Yeager also told the B.A.R. he believes Ellenberg “will be a great advocate for the LGBTQ community” and its issues. “I have a sense she wants to continue on with the work that I have established,” he said. In terms of his LGBT legislative achievements, Yeager pointed to the establishment of the LGBTQ affairs office as the one he is most proud of. It imparts a sense of permanence, he explained, in seeing the county address the community’s needs. And the 11 staff positions offer an entrance into local politics for the next generation of queer leaders in the

county, Yeager noted. “If I was just graduating from San Jose State, I would have loved to have had a job like that in an office like that,” said Yeager. “Now, if there is a problem or concern anywhere in the county there is a phone number to try to get help. Otherwise, who would you call? It wouldn’t be anyone at the county; it wouldn’t be anyone at the city. “I see it as an investment in a much stronger LGBT community and the county being much more aware of our issues,” added Yeager. While acknowledging that the “political winds can change,” Yeager expressed confidence that, “for now, everybody wants to make sure this office continues to be funded. Plus, I will be around if I should need to step in if something happens that I don’t agree with.” His last board meeting will be Tuesday, December 18. “I think it is going to be a very special evening,” predicted Yeager, who added, “I am going to miss it. It has been great; the amount of change you can do at the county level is just phenomenal.” He is looking forward to having more time to run, bike, and compete in mud runs and triathlons. Due to his father-in-law turning 90 next June, Yeager will be unable to once again enter the AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising bike ride. Working to create a South Bay LGBTQ Archive housed at the San Jose Public Library’s California Room, Yeager recently published two history booklets. One focuses on the county’s response to AIDS, the other on its role in the fight for LGBT equality. He may now turn his attention to updating his seminal book on LGBT political history, “Trailblazers: Profiles of America’s Gay and Lesbian Elected Officials.” “It might be interesting to travel the country again to find out who the new leaders are and compare them to the first generation of elected leaders in the 1980s and the 1990s,” said Yeager. t

ordinances, and council items and seeing them use that experience in moving on with their lives.” Among those he appointed was Andy Katz, a bisexual man who is also gay and serves on the East Bay Municipal Utility District board, and those he hired as council aides included Arreguin and gay former Berkeley city councilman Darryl Moore, who was just appointed by the mayor to the Berkeley Housing Authority board. While Moore appointed more LGBT people overall to city commissions, according to Worthington, he said he had named the most transgender people to serve on the oversight panels. It is one of his proudest achievements, not only naming LGBT people to serve but also appointing and hiring people of various ethnicities, such as Moore, who is AfricanAmerican, and Arreguin, who is the city’s first Latino mayor. It also shows how much of a canard it is, said Worthington, when political leaders argue that they can’t find people of color interested in public service or politics. “The standard political lie is that people of color are too busy, they have to care for their families, and can’t serve in community service. Not true,” said Worthington, who is white. “I got so many applications from people of all races.” Though Moore and Worthington clashed over various issues while serving together on the council, Moore told the B.A.R. he enjoyed their time as colleagues and working for Worthington as a council aide. “Kriss was hard-working, dedicated, and truly committed to the city of Berkeley,” said Moore, 58, a senior analyst at the Oakland Housing Authority. “He was great to work for, very intelligent, hard-working, and dedicated to serving the citizens of the city and

particularly those in District 7.” After losing his bid for re-election in 2016, Moore has readjusted to life outside of elected office. It does have its benefits, he said, as Worthington will discover. “I hope he is able to relax and enjoy the time away from being on the dais,” said Moore. “He will find it is a lot less taxing and definitely stress free.” Worthington is looking forward to spending more time with his longtime partner, Marty Spence. The couple have plans to see Lady Gaga in concert next month in Las Vegas and often travel to Mexico. While he said he would like to find a job he could work at for upward of 10 or 20 years, Worthington also did not rule out seeking elected office again one day. He twice ran for and lost bids to be mayor of Berkeley and in 2007 ran unsuccessfully for a state Assembly seat. “I haven’t remotely thought about such things,” said Worthington about his political future. A lion of East Bay progressive politics, Worthington spent much of his time on the City Council in the minority, except for the last two years. Yet, he noted, it did not stop his political agenda. “First, I want to say, even though die-hard progressives were a minority, I still got 98 percent of my council items won over all those 20-plus years that we were in the minority,” said Worthington, who saw himself as a pro-housing progressive. Back in 1996 while running for office he argued that the city needed to build 10,000 new housing units, a position not shared by other progressives. His opinion has not changed, said Worthington, who lamented the fact that during his time on the council the city has only seen several thousand units of new housing be built. “I still believe we need middle-class

housing. Some people say we just need affordable; I think we need both,” he said. “The number one way we get affordable housing is from subsidies from market-rate housing.” He also fought university officials for years on the issue of on-campus housing, which he has long advocated more should be built – a position opposed by numerous UC Berkeley administrations until very recently. “The university has now said they believe they need to build 7,000 beds of student housing, so that is a giant step forward,” said Worthington. “There were years I was lobbying the chancellor to build student housing and they said we don’t need any more student housing.” He was also on the forefront of LGBT issues, urging his city to support marriage equality as one of his first actions he took after joining the board in December 1996. Due to opposition within the famously liberal city, it took him a little over a year to get it passed. “In 1996 that was considered controversial in Berkeley,” Worthington recalled. “The transformation of the landscape on that issue has been profound.” Although, Worthington said, there is still a long way to go in terms of full LGBT equality, pointing to legislation he was unable to pass this year that would have required the city to allow transgender people to use the name and gender of their choice on city documents. He hopes Robinson is able to work with the city attorney’s office on it and push for its passage next year. “I think we have made major changes, but I still think we have a long way to go,” he said. “There is still a massive lack of understanding of the transgender community. A lot of leftwing people and right-wing people don’t call transgender people the way they choose to be identified.” t

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n Bay Area activist circles, we often draw – whether consciously or otherwise – a hard distinction between “actions” (which cost money and resources) and “fundraisers.” That’s what makes a recent action that challenged this binary paradigm remarkable and something we ought to see more of. On Saturday, December 8, the Border Liberation Front and Abolish ICE SF held a barbecue to raise funds for the members of the refugee caravan from Central America, which is being held in limbo in Mexico thanks to the refusal of American officials to comply with their obligations under international law regarding asylum seekers who present themselves at the border. Indeed, over Thanksgiving weekend the United States violated Mexican sovereignty by firing tear gas into Mexican territory at the refugees, many of whom were women, children, and infants. Strangely, while the Mexican government declared its “condemnation [of] and deepest concern [about]” an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on November 24, regarding the chemical weapons attack that happened in its territory in front of hundreds of eyewitnesses, it could manage only an official “request” that the United States “investigate” what happened. Since the U.S. admits using tear gas – a chemical weapon banned in warfare by the Geneva Protocol of 1925, although American police departments use it routinely against antifascists across the country – across an international border, one would

think this would be the shortest investigation in history. However, the score seems obvious. The Mexican government sent the mildest diplomatic note it could have after its borders were violated because it sees the hundreds of billions of dollars in cross-border trade with the American regime as more important than the lives of refugees from Central America. As the people on both sides of this artificial line can’t rely on their respective governments to solve the problem, mutual aid from groups like the BLF, Abolish ICE SF, and the Caravan Support Network are the only real hope the refugees (most of whom are fleeing the consequences of dirty wars sparked by American policies) have of staying alive until they can get before an American customs official and can request asylum. The elegant thing is that BLF and Abolish ICE SF didn’t stop with just asking for money to support caravan support efforts. By structuring the event as a barbecue with donations requested (and not turning anyone away for their inability to pay) they also managed to feed scores of houseless San Franciscans while raising funds for the caravan members too. Given the direct-action nature of their work, most of the organizers and volunteers were understandably unwilling to be photographed. Their names are being withheld for the same reason. Still, they showed how it’s possible to fill the bellies of the hungry on a local level while simultaneously helping comrades abroad – all the while raising consciousness that the real struggle isn’t between those who swear allegiance to a different colored piece of cloth than you

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Compassion has no walls

At 11:30 a.m. Friday, December 14, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity will hold a vigil at 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco, which is the area headquarters for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to demand the humanitarian treatment of all migrants in ICE custody.

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At 11 a.m. Saturday, December 15, CA Educators Rising will conduct a mass meeting at Omni Commons at 4799 Shattuck Avenue in Oakland to support teachers and to demand full funding of California’s schools. Attendees are requested to wear red.

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At noon Monday, December 17, the Erotic Services Providers Union and the US PROStitutes Collective will conduct a demonstration at the San Francisco Police Department’s Mission Station at 630 Valencia Street on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. According to organizers, police at Mission Station are refusing to comply with the city’s “Prioritizing Safety for Sex Workers” policy announced by District Attorney George Gascón in January – and instead are stepping up anti-sex work enforcement actions, apparently at the behest of some residents who have demanded the “eradication” of sex workers from the area. SFPD did not respond to a request for comment.t

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Frida Kahlo Way

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“It’s important to me because of my work on campus. I also work at the Queer Resource Center,” said Angelica Campos, vice president of the Associated Students at City College, during the unveiling event. “She is a figure that many students look up to seeing as she was a queer woman of color and also an activist, which happens to be a lot of the work that students I work with have to do.” Speakers at the event talked about Kahlo’s influence on the art world, the importance of extinguishing racism, and thanked the many people involved in getting the street renamed. District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee has spearheaded efforts for the past year to change the street’s name. In April, a renaming committee, which included Phelan Avenue residents, voted in favor of naming the street after Kahlo, who died in 1954. The Board of Supervisors then unanimously approved the change in June, after the board’s Land Use and Transportation Committee gave its endorsement to the proposal at a meeting that also allowed public comment. There, some Phelan Avenue residents expressed disagreement to the proposal. Yee opened the unveiling ceremony by mentioning the xenophobic legacy of James Duval Phelan. His famous campaign slogan, “Keep California

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and emails, because if the government realizes you’re an activist, it starts to tap your phone number,” Buthelezi said. “Keeping in contact was difficult.” Buthelezi, 39, has competed in numerous Gay Games and built the AfroGames around that vision. “We’re using the games in uniting people for inclusivity and use them to break the stigma of homophobia because most African countries have not decriminalized homosexuality,” she previously told Gay Star News. “So what we wanted to do was to spread education

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disparities between the two sides of the bay. Opponents cite the Bay Area’s high cost and logistical difficulties, but have mainly focused on the United States’ exclusion of key affected populations, which they say has worsened under the Trump administration. “It is irresponsible to put on an event of this size in a country that is inhospitable to people most affected by HIV and AIDS,” said George Ayala, executive director of MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights, which is headquartered in Oakland. “[The IAS] decision to move ahead with a conference in the U.S. suggests a willingness by mainstream HIV actors to tolerate discrimination [against] people from Muslim, African, Caribbean, and Latin American countries, people who use drugs, sex workers, and transgender people.” IAS organizers continue to maintain that the Bay Area is an appropriate location for the conference. “We will continue to warmly welcome all of those in the HIV community to join us in the Bay Area on July 6-10, 2020, and emphasize again how it offers opportunities to strengthen our efforts in eradicating the virus, shine a light on barriers to doing so, allow us to vociferously advocate for policy changes in this country and others which are exclusionary, advocate for more resources to be brought to the epidemic, and come together in celebration of success and sober assessment of the

White,” was used during his senatorial re-election campaign in 1920 to further anti-immigration sentiment in California, particularly of Asian people. “We must know our history in order to not repeat the mistakes of our past,” Yee said. “We know that efforts to rewrite history takes persistence. That’s why we are here today celebrating our new street name Frida Kahlo Way.” He also said he was proud that San Francisco will “acknowledge the contributions of historically marginalized communities of color, particularly of women of color and also the disability community.” Kahlo, born in 1907, was disabled by polio as a child and was involved in a serious car injury at the age of 13, further complicating her disability. Her art was heavily influenced by these experiences and often explored questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. She married hugely influential Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. Currently, the Ocean campus of the college is home to the “Pan American Unity” mural, painted by Rivera, an element that was considered in choosing Kahlo for the street name. Rivera died in 1957. Ivy Lee, who was appointed by Mayor London Breed to the college’s board of trustees earlier this year, said Kahlo is synonymous with the college in that “she represents

resilience because even with a broken body her spirit was never broken. She represented the same kind of resilience that City College has been through. We’ve been broken and we’ve come back.” She was referring to the accreditation crisis that rocked the community college a few years ago and from which it is still recovering. City College Chancellor Mark Rocha said the renaming “advances the rights of immigrants of San Francisco and every single one of us is an immigrant,” and that people must remember the city’s contributions to progressing social justice and called it an “act of self-respect and self-empowerment.” After the speeches, a small crowd watched as Yee counted down from five, then pulled a piece of fabric off the Frida Kahlo Way sign. For one queer alumna in the audience, Angela Newsham, the moment was special. The performing artist learned about the artist in her various art and women’s studies courses at the college. She was there to support the “important” moment. “It’s a huge statement to recognize her,” Newsham, who was a student of instructor Leslie Simon at the college, said. “It’s rare to see in San Francisco. I live in the Castro and it’s even rare to see queer women acknowledged there. It makes me feel stronger and gives me a sense of empowerment.”

(A plaque honoring Kahlo is part of the Rainbow Honor Walk in the Castro.) Simon originally proposed Frida Kahlo Way as the replacement street name when the college submitted its name suggestions. She told a story about the time when surrealist artists discovered Kahlo’s work in the late 1930s and asked her to exhibit with them in Paris. Kahlo declined, arguing that she was not a surrealist, but an artist who painted her own reality. “When the new street signs went up in November I thought to myself, it’s surreal and then others started using the same words,” Simon said. “But Kahlo would remind us instead that it is real that the address of City College of San Francisco is 50 Frida Kahlo Way.” Though a street sign exclusively with Kahlo’s name was unveiled at the event, Frida Kahlo Way will appear alongside Phelan Avenue on all street signs for five years, ensuring that residents have enough time to make changes. The renaming of Frida Kahlo Way is not the first time that the city has renamed right-of-way in honor of LGBT historical figures or events. As previously reported by the B.A.R., in 2014, San Francisco honored the late transgender icon Vicki Marlane by naming a block of Turk Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood after her. This was the first

time the city named a street after a trans person. In 2016, the 100 block of Taylor Street was renamed Gene Compton’s Cafeteria Way, after a restaurant that served as a hangout for transgender and queer people in the 1960s. Police raided it in 1966 in what is known as the Compton’s Cafeteria riot, preceding the more famous Stonewall riots in New York City. The City College street renaming is just the latest instance of the city working to remove monuments and other items named after racists or that contain racist elements. Earlier this year the historic preservation and arts commissions voted to remove “Early Days,” a statue near Civic Center Plaza that was widely viewed as racist for its depiction of a missionary and a vaquero standing over a nearly naked American Indian. It was taken down in September, hours after the Board of Appeals reversed its earlier decision and voted to remove it. Frida Kahlo Way is also part of a nationwide, ongoing movement to replace names and monuments of people who no longer represent the values of today’s society. A woman died last August during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, protesting plans to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Her killer was convicted of murder last week and sentenced Monday to life in prison.t

through the sports and the arts.” As organizational efforts adjusted to political and financial realities, plans for the athletic events were eventually cut down to five sports: netball, soccer, rugby, athletics, and squash. Then the rain hit, driving participation down further and forcing some events to be adjusted or dropped. “Unfortunately, not all of the planned sports were played because of heavy rain,” Buthelezi said. “Soccer had to be canceled because of the rain. Squash had no turnout – players didn’t arrive despite having RSVPed. The rugby on the first day had not much turnout due to pouring rain throughout the

day, but we compensated by doing rugby coaching clinics.” In the end, competition was held only in netball and track and field. Overall, roughly 50 athletes competed. The sports events were followed on Monday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, with a “Decolonizing LGBTI Rights in Africa” symposium. “First, we exercise our bodies on the Saturday and Sunday and on Monday we exercise our minds,” AfroGames deputy chairperson Shaun Kruger said. “We had such a phenomenal delegation with most organizations represented – even Uganda

and Nigeria were represented,” Buthelezi said. “Our keynote speaker, Judge Edwin Cameroon, couldn’t make it unfortunately, but sent us a video clip that we played at the beginning of the symposium.” Buthelezi, who has been with her fiancée, Nompilo Ntuli (“She’s such a phenomenal woman!”) 10 years, said about 80 participants attended the symposium. “I was delighted to share with people the insight on what the Gay Games are and how they are a life-changing experience, hence AfroGames,” she said. “To this day, I am really grateful to the Gay Games scholarship team that made

it possible for us to be able to participate in Gay Games. The FGG is such a significant body from which I got the experience and was motivated to make a difference in Africa.” Buthelezi said she anticipates growing the AfroGames. “Whew! I am overwhelmed by the fact that it ultimately happened despite all the challenges we faced,” she said. “The main challenge was the funds. Thanks to the Other Foundation and some FGG members who donated to our GoFundMe account.” Photos and videos from the event are available on the Afro Games 2018 Facebook page. t

work that remains,” conference CoChair Monica Gandhi, medical director of Ward 86 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, told the Bay Area Reporter.

with HIV. And President Donald Trump and members of his administration have expressed hostility toward transgender people. “We are deeply concerned that there is no safety plan for AIDS 2020 delegates when our political landscape seems filled with hostility and uncertainty,” San Francisco Health Commissioner Cecilia Chung of the Transgender Law Center told the B.A.R. “We have heard responses from proponents of AIDS 2020 pointing out that no perfect country exists and that the U.S. is not that bad, but have organizers ever hosted the AIDS conference in a country where their key populations and minority communities are facing an escalation of hostility?” IAS selected the Bay Area in an open bidding process that began well before Trump’s election. The organization says it considered more than 20 cities, but none in the global South applied. Many countries do not have the logistical capacity to hold such a large gathering, while others do not want to shine a light on their response to the epidemic – or lack thereof. Some previous conference sites, such as Durban in 2000, were specifically chosen to challenge political policies like the AIDS denialism then prevalent in South Africa. “The conference will bring global attention to problematic federal policies – including significant budget cuts for domestic and international HIV/AIDS programs and promotion of extreme conservative agendas that will undo progress made toward expanding civil

right, justice, and equity – that fuel HIV and other health and social disparities in the U.S.,” Gandhi told the B.A.R.

“government-sanctioned violence such as the use of military force.” “Until those circumstances happen, however, we commit to working ceaselessly with political leaders in the lead-up to the conference to ensure all those who want to participate are able to attend,” they wrote. Feeling their concerns have not been adequately addressed, a coalition of advocates dubbed the HIV2020 Alliance announced this week that they will hold a concurrent event July 6-8, 2020, in Mexico City – HIV2020: Community Reclaiming the Global Response. “HIV2020 will be a communitycentered, key population-led, interdisciplinary, intersectional, and sex-positive event,” according to the announcement. It lists several aims, including “build[ing] safe and friendly space for the equitable exchange of information, knowledge, experiences and expertise by ensuring diverse voices are heard and reflected” and “promot[ing] community-led solutions and good practice in sexual health and human rights.” Not all advocates are opposed to the choice of location, however. More than 30 local HIV groups supported the San Francisco/Oakland bid, according to the IAS. In November, the national advocacy group AIDS United decided to not take a stand against the conference location.t

No safety plan

The International AIDS Conference started in 1985 as a small gathering of researchers and public health officials in Atlanta, home of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The conference last took place in San Francisco at the height of the epidemic in 1990, setting the stage for a week of protests by activists who felt governments and the medical establishment were not doing enough to stem the disease. The 1992 conference was slated for Boston but was moved to Amsterdam due to a U.S. policy barring HIV-positive visitors and immigrants. Former president Barack Obama lifted the ban, enabling the IAS to hold the 2012 confab in Washington, D.C. But the U.S. still has visa restrictions barring sex workers and people who use drugs, which led those groups to arrange alternative meetings in India and Ukraine. The political climate has only worsened since 2012. Last year the Trump administration restricted entry for people from several majority-Muslim countries. More recently, the Department of Homeland Security proposed new “public charge” rules to make U.S. entry and residency more difficult for people deemed likely to require government financial assistance, which could include many of those living

Debate heats up

The debate about the 2020 location heated up at this summer’s International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, which drew more than 15,000 delegates. As opponents staged protests, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) said that holding the conference in the Bay Area would offer an opportunity to challenge exclusionary U.S. policies. Since then, IAS representatives and a growing coalition of advocates have traded open letters defending their positions and stating their concerns. “The Bay Area has been at the forefront of advances from basic science to treatment and prevention breakthroughs and has been at the frontlines of advocacy, fighting back against unacceptable policies,” the AIDS 2020 Conference Coordinating Committee wrote in October. “Through the unique partnership of Oakland and San Francisco we can show two sides of the same coin – the successes that San Francisco has had and the struggles that Oakland is still facing.” In another letter, IAS officials and the conference co-chairs, including Gandhi and Cynthia Carey-Grant, former executive director of Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases, acknowledged that there are “red lines” that would necessitate a location change, including reinstatement of an HIV travel ban or

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has been nothing but gracious,” said Mandelman. The two will continue to have their differences, he said, but that shouldn’t prevent them from teaming up to promote ideas and solutions that they both believe will benefit the city and its residents. “We do not agree on everything,” noted Mandelman. “But I have always respected his work ethic, his intelligence, and his tenacity. Those are the traits that I hope to share; he is an excellent public servant. But again, I don’t agree with him on everything. I work with him on issues where we do agree, and there are a lot of those.” Mandelman’s ability to reach across the city’s political divide to work with Wiener is likely to be a key talking point by him and his supporters as for why he should be elected the next president of the Board of Supervisors at the January

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“Under the care and stewardship of the National AIDS Memorial, storytelling will remain a tentpole strategy for how we honor and remember those we have loved and lost and those of us who continue to survive,” he wrote in an email. Smolowitz added that he plans to stay close and involved with the project and will “continue using my filmmaking skills in powerful ways that serve this goal.”

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8 meeting, when the winners of the November races are sworn in and the 11-member board elects a new leader. In explaining why he feels he is qualified to be president, Mandelman pointed to his track record of bringing about unity as president of the community college board. “I think the most important job of a leader of a board is to bring the members of that board together and help the members work together collegially,” he said. “I have a demonstrated record of independence and willingness to challenge the mayor when necessary but also an ability to work with her to accomplish common goals.” District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen is also gunning for the powerful position, while District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee and District 10 Supervisor-elect Shamann Walton are also said to be interested in becoming president. The leadership fight has recently become a public brawl, with Ronen’s supporters

complaining that sexist attacks are being lodged against her to sink her being elected president. She has lined up two supporters, both supervisors-elect, Matt Haney in District 6 and Gordon Mar in District 4. The other supervisors are so far publicly noncommittal. “It is very uncertain right now where this is going,” Mandelman said. “I want to have myself in the mix. I do think I have a lot to offer in that position.” Wiener told the B.A.R. he has spoken to a number of supervisors about the board president race. While he wouldn’t endorse Mandelman, citing his desire not to meddle in the board’s affairs, he did say he felt he was qualified for the position. “You have to be fair” as board president, said Wiener, and “not use the position as a punishment and reward situation.” In a recent editorial board meeting with the B.A.R., Mayor London Breed also declined to say who she

would want to see become president. A former board president herself, Breed maneuvered over the summer to ensure she passed the gavel on to her ally District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen prior to progressives regaining control of the body due to Mandelman’s election. Breed did say that she would “prefer to work with a consensus builder” and noted that she and Mandelman “get along really well together.”

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gender-nonconforming people. According to a Facebook announcement, TGIJP receives letters from prisoners regarding a variety of issues. Interested people can RSVP at https://bit.ly/2SA3LM9.

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The San Francisco LGBT Community Center and TGI Justice Project will hold a letter-writing event Saturday, December 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the center, 1800 Market Street. People will write letters to incarcerated trans and

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men come out and first encounter the gay community. “They may not have spoken to their doctors about having safe sex,” he said. “We give them a series of questions to fill out, including what their safer sex preferences are. People want to feel those behind the apps care about their health.” With that goal in mind,

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Orrick, where he has been a partner for years, was elected to his council seat in 2015. “So this just happened. I am pleased to announce Woodside has a new mayor,” wrote Yost in a Facebook post that included a photo of the gavel next to his council name placard. Yost and his husband, Paul Brody, have two sons and moved in 2003 from San Francisco to the wealthy Peninsula enclave.t Web Extra: For more queer political news, be sure to check http:// www.ebar.com Monday mornings for Political Notes, the notebook’s online companion. This week’s column reported on the swearing ins of newly elected LGBT leaders around the Bay Area. Keep abreast of the latest LGBT political news by following the Political Notebook on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/politicalnotes. Got a tip on LGBT politics? Call Matthew S. Bajko at (415) 8298836 or e-mail m.bajko@ebar.com

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Legal Notices>> ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554400

In the matter of the application of: SUMANA LAKSHMI VALLURI RAO, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner SUMANA LAKSHMI VALLURI RAO, is requesting that the name SUMANA LAKSHMI VALLURI RAO, be changed to SUMANA VALLURI RAO. 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 10th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038397100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JEFFERSON MACK & ASSOCIATES, 2266 SHAFTER AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JEFFERSON MACK. 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 11/14/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038398500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BITTIKER ARCHITECTURE, 8 LANDERS ST #203, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DANIEL BITTIKER. 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 11/15/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038399500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RILEY REAL ESTATE GROUP, 160 LANDERS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SHAWN MICHAEL RILEY. 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 11/15/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC, 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038394900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEW 7 NAILS, 2611 A SAN BRUNO AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed NEW 7 NAILS, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/13/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038397700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ART OF TECH, 2261 MARKET ST #317, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed EDUCATIONAL MEDIA ARTS, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/14/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/14/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038398600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRIDENT REAL ESTATE, 3 STARK ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed NORTH BEACH NATIVE 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 11/15/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038397000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOZU; ITTORYU GOZU, 201 SPEAR ST # 120, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed KOJIN SF 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 11/14/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038395100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INNOC3NTS, 2035 35TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ZLMMLL, 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 11/13/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038400600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SLEEP OVER SAUCE, 135 GOUGH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MALTI INVESTMENTS LLC. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/15/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/16/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038402000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: QUICKY BURGERS, 4092 18TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed EYLUL LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/19/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/19/18.

NOV 22, 29, DEC 06, 13, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554429 In the matter of the application of: HALEN PAYNE WOOTEN, 4630A 18TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner HALEN PAYNE WOOTEN, is requesting that the name HALEN PAYNE WOOTEN, be changed to ADAM ELLIOTT NEWTON. 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 10th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554426 In the matter of the application of: TOMMY MINH HO, 972 ROLPH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner TOMMY MINH HO, is requesting that the name TOMMY MINH HO, be changed to TUAN MINH HO. 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 08th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038403300

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038419300

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038407400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOSTESS EXPRESS, 89 LOBOS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed TONETTE DENISE PHILLIPS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/20/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: K & M MANAGEMENT GROUP, 321 NOE ST #301, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MAX E. MENDOZA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/30/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/30/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JUST KIDS DAYCARE, 5731 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JUST KIDS DAYCARE 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 11/21/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038383700

DEC 06, 13, 20 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038418300

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038407600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RELIABLE CLEANING/MAINTENANCE, 391 ELLIS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANDREE DARNELL WHITE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/02/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/02/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038385500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEXCO, 4297 23RD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALEXANDER FRANKLIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/02/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/02/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038401600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RAYGUARDPROTECT.COM, 1430 IRVING ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RAYMOND MICHAEL LEVESQUE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/19/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038402900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PHO LUEN FAT BAKERY & RESTAURANT, 110 LELAND AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KENT K. WONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/17/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/20/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038390300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LISA’S LITTLE GARDEN, 932 MADRID ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed DINORAH OSORIO & GEORGE OSORIO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/07/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/08/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038399200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOMESCAPENOW, 580 CALIFORNIA ST, 12TH FLR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed ARBORISTNOW INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/30/10. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/15/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038402400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACIFIC COAST PERIODONTICS, 450 SUTTER ST #2400, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SOHYUN PARK, DDS 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 11/19/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038405500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE LINKS BAR AND GRILL, 3129 CLEMENT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed LYNKSTAR, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/20/18.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-037881000

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: PACIFIC COAST PERIODONTICS, 450 SUTTER ST #2400, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by MARK J. WIESEN DDS A PROF CORP (CA). The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/06/17.

NOV 29, DEC 06, 13, 20, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554444 In the matter of the application of: KELVIN EUCHARIS MATAU PETERIKA, PO BOX 280042, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94128, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KELVIN EUCHARIS MATAU PETERIKA, is requesting that the name KELVIN EUCHARIS MATAU PETERIKA, be changed to KELVIN EUCHARIS PETERIKA MATA’U. 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 17th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554443 In the matter of the application of: ORLANDO TODD HOLMON, PO Box 401011, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94140, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ORLANDO TODD HOLMON, is requesting that the name ORLANDO TODD HOLMON AKA ORLANDO JOCK TOLBERT AKA ORLANDO J. TOLBERT, be changed to ORLANDO JOCK TOLBERT. 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 15th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038419500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TERUYA RAMEN, 3944 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed YINGHAN LIU. 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 11/30/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARNEY’S PLASTERING, 1485 BAYSHORE BLVD #114, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed WILBERT T. CARNEY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/22/00. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/30/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JUST KIDS PRESCHOOL, 5727 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JUST KIDS, 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 11/21/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038412100

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038412700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RECRAFT, 240 SAN BENITO AVE #11, SAN BRUNO, CA 94066. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SALEEM AZAM. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/26/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/27/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAIDENSF; EXTRA NOODLES, 555 CALIFORNIA ST #4925, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MAIDEN 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 11/27/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038410500

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038394000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: J R STRAIGHT DRYWALL, 175 ORIZABA AVE. SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed VALENTIN J. RODRIGUEZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/26/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/26/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TWO SONS SANDWICHES, 2249 17TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed DELI SPOT DISTRICT, 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 11/13/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038412300

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038398200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JANE RICHEY PHOTOGRAPHY, 70 CONRAD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LESLIE JANE RICHEY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/01/89. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/27/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ZHUO KITCHEN, 1380 9TH AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ZHUO KITCHEN LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/13/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/15/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038412900

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038413000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOKNA, 639 44TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121.This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed AHMED GABALLAH.The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/01/18.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/27/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038414300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: QUARTET FILMS, 730 10TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CENTIGRADE INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/13/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/28/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038403900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HELIBITES, 1049 MARKET ST #103, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SFF HOLDINGS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/20/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038404000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FILLMONIAN DARK PRODUCTS, 1049 MARKET ST, #403, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed HSF HOLDINGS INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/20/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038410200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: S2H SUPPLY; S2H ELECTRIC SUPPLY; CONSTTANT, 1063 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103.This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SPEEDY’S HARDWARE, (CA).The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/12/13.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/26/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038411100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIFORNIA DETAILING, 340 FELL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CALIFORNIA DETAILING INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/13/90. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/26/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038411200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CONNECT TELEHEALTH AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY GROUP, 1849 GEARY BLVD #15502, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DR. JESSICA GROBERIO PSYCHOLOGIST, A PROFESSIONAL CORP (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/26/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/26/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038419000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LAGUNA, 602 HAYES ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited partnership, and is signed LAGUNA HAYES VALLEY, LP. 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 11/30/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038413100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BENTE, 333 BEALE ST #8H, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JLT INVESTMENTS, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/20/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/27/18.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JANCHAY’S BISTRO, 400 WALLER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed JANCHAY THAI, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/27/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/27/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038400400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO TOMORROW, 5537 MISSION ST #201, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed SAN FRANCISCO TOMORROW (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/09/70. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/16/18.

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SCOTT CLARENCE ST. JOHN FKA SCOTT CLARENCE LINN IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-18-302406

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SCOTT CLARENCE ST. JOHN FKA SCOTT CLARENCE LINN. A Petition for Probate has been filed by HELENE M. ARTELIS ST. JOHN in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that HELENE M. ARTELIS ST. JOHN 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: Jan 02, 2019, 9:00 am, 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 latter 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: PAUL M. LAMARTINA 300040, HAAS NAJARIAN, LLP, 58 Maiden Lane, 2nd Flr, San Francisco, CA 94108; Ph. (415) 788-6330.

DEC 13, 20, 27, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554453 In the matter of the application of: IAKONA ANTHONY SIMPLICIANO, 869 ROLPH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner IAKONA ANTHONY SIMPLICIANO, is requesting that the name IAKONA ANTHONY SIMPLICIANO, be changed to IAKONA ANTHONY SIMPLICIANO THOMAS. 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 15th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554467

DEC 06, 13, 20, 27, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038402200

In the matter of the application of: KIM CHRISTINE PAULINE BETTY BARBARA EHLER, P.O. BOX 170643, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner KIM CHRISTINE PAULINE BETTY BARBARA EHLER, is requesting that the name KIM CHRISTINE PAULINE BETTY BARBARA EHLER, be changed to NINA MORITZIA RÁABÉ. 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 31th of January 2019 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

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DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOLIDAY INN FISHERMAN’S WHARF, 495 BEACH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed DCP SF COLUMBUS AVE OWNER LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/31/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 11/19/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038428100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAIL, 3011 20TH ST #3, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed GLORIA LIN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/07/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038418200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE TWO WHEEL MOM, 1624 48TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SUZANNE HARTLEY. 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 11/30/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038426300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KIVOON COACHING, 1590 FULTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed INNA BUSCHELL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/06/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038426500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INTENTION TO DETAIL, 140 A LINDA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed RENEE ALORIS LAROSE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/03/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/06/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038425600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DER STUDIOS, 50 MENDELL ST STE 10, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ERIK DER. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/04/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/05/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038413300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COLIBRI SPACE DEZINE, 1600 15TH ST #532, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KAREN M. CERDA-SEGURA. 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 11/27/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038423300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMY & AMY BEAUTY SALON, 1728 SACRAMENTO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EMILIE THE TU. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/01/97. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/04/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038426900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BAY AREA COMMUNICATION ACCESS, 443 TEHAMA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed ARNITA DOBBINS & KEVIN MOGG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/83. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/06/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038425500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POLICEONE COM, 200 GREEN ST #200, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed THE PRAETORIAN GROUP (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/00. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/05/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038424300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VAPOR ROOM, 79 9TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed VRC CMT, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/03/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/04/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038422200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AIDS TREATMENT & RESEARCH INFO; SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT INFORM, 25 TAYLOR ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT INFORM (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/25/00. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/03/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038407900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OMA SUSHI, 330 O’FARRELL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed SFSHINELAND 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 11/21/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038426600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALLIANCE BJJ SAN FRANCISCO - SOMA, 141 11TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ALLIANCE BJJ SAN FRANCISCO, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/06/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/06/18.

DEC 13, 20, 27, JAN 03, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038428000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ESKER CONSULTING, 401 LAKE ST, #102, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ESKER CONSULTING (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 12/07/18.

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Finnish line

Piano jam

Earthquake!

Boy addict

Vol. 48 • No. 50 • December 13-19, 2018

Matthew Murphy

www.ebar.com/arts

Queer Evan Hansen by Jim Gladstone

“T

he past few weeks, I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed by social media,” admits Ben Levi Ross, entirely aware of the irony in his situation. The openly gay Los Angeles native is playing the title role in the first national tour of “Dear Evan Hansen,” in which the creation of embellished online personae and the spread of misinformation via social networks are essential plot elements.

Ben Levi Ross (center) as Evan Hansen, and the Company of the first North American tour of “Dear Evan Hansen,” now at the Curran.

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Brassaï, “Billiard Player, Boulevard de Rochechouart,” 1932-33

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“The Future Is Now: Adler Fellows Concert” with Christian Pursell and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

Parisian pleasures

Gifted Fellows

by Sura Wood

by Philip Campbell

t’s really saying something when female nudes radiating carnal urgency are the least exciting element of a famous photographer’s work. These startling images come into view, along with a tiny, sensuous, red marble torso resembling an archaeological artifact, near the end of “Brassai,” an engrossing new show at SFMOMA, which leaves no doubt that this artist, who was also an accomplished sculptor and writer, was a great of 20th-century photography. See page 24 >>

he Adler Fellows class of 2018 appeared in their final concert of the year, “The Future Is Now: Adler Fellows Concert,” last Saturday night in Herbst Theatre. The annual performance, which features gifted participants from the residency season, always feels a bit like a gala graduation ceremony, only the talented alumnae perform for their diplomas, while the audience bursts with pride and admiration. Some of the grads are departing; other Fellows will return for a second year. See page 18 >>

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18 • Bay Area Reporter • December 13-19, 2018

Meet the new music director

Andrew Eccles

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Designate Esa-Pekka Salonen will begin his tenure in 2020.

by Roberto Friedman

hen the San Francisco Symphony announced last week that conductor-composer EsaPekka Salonen has been chosen to serve as Music Director Designate effective immediately, there was an almost-audible gasp of relief, as well

Adler Fellows

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Christopher Franklin, who made his well-received San Francisco Opera debut conducting “Turandot” in 2017, led the SFO Orchestra (Kay Stern, Concertmaster) and eight Adler Fellow (AF) singers in

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as a frisson of excitement, in the Bay Area classical music community. Salonen, who proved himself an exceptional orchestral leader over a 17-year music directorship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is precisely the kind of creative, curious, innovative music director under whom the SF Symphony, nurtured

over 25 years by the charismatic Claire Chase; composer and The ing the Symphony world further and artistically impeccable music National guitarist Bryce Dessinto our troubled century while filldirector Michael Tilson Thomas, ner; violinist Pekka Kuusisto; ing Davies Hall. The standard subwill thrive. His mastery of openly gay composer Nico scription model of building audithe core repertoire – Muhly; artificial intelences doesn’t seem to appeal much Beethoven, Mozart, ligence entrepreneur to Millennials, many of whom won’t Haydn – is assured, and roboticist Carol commit to even a coffee date in adplus he is unafraid of Reiley; and jazz bassist vance lest something better come exploring contemporary and vocalist Esperanza along. There’s also contending with and less well-known Spalding. the insidious appeal of the internet, compositions. The New The general conwhich has reduced many potential York Times notes he sensus among musical listeners’ attention span to that of a is “the rare conductor professionals is that this mostly illiterate gnat. who is tech-savvy and is exactly the right choice But if there is a musical leader cool enough to have for our city’s brilliant, alive who can thread this needle, the been a pitchman for Apple.” Despite accomplished classical band. But SFS and its board have found him. It his Finnish heritage, he fits in exceedSalonen and his collaborators have will be difficult to get new audiences ingly well with West Coast musical their work cut out for them, bringin the Hall, but once they are there and philosophical sensibilithey will find there is exactly ties. Salonen, 60, will lead the nothing in the world like the SFS in concerts this coming sound of a live symphony Jan. 18-20, in a program of orchestra, and San Francisco music by Sibelius, Richard is blessed with one of the Strauss and living! Icelandic! best, most innovative and composer Anna Thorvaldsopen to new experiences, dottir, then begin his official ensembles in the musical tenure in September 2020. universe. San Francisco Symphony We have a quibble with President Sakurako Fisher the headline of the Times and Chief Executive Officer story: “San Francisco Lands Mark C. Hanson announced a Disruptor.” Ask anyone the Salonen directorship in a creative profession last Wednesday night at an who has been usurped by a exciting event at SoundBox. “disruptor” operating under Also announced were eight the assumption that all art, creative and artistic partners literature, music and other who will serve in a collabcultural entertainment can orative capacity with the be totally free – we’re not new music director: pianist, fans of that word. Esa-Pekka film producer, and composer Salonen is a compelling viCourtesy SFS Nicholas Britell; classical sionary, yes, but he’s respectsoprano Julia Bullock; flut- Composer Nico Muhly is a creative partner. ful as well of our musical ist and new music advocate traditions.t

scenes, arias and duets from a variety of operas, with stage direction by second-year AF director Aria Umezawa and musical preparation by AF apprentice coaches John Elam and Cesar Canon. One of the biggest advantages for Adler Fellows includes experience appearing in roles of increasing im-

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portance in SFO’s repertory season at the War Memorial Opera House. Members are prepared for careers on stages of the international opera world. Famous grads of the prestigious program include Patricia Racette, Ruth Ann Swenson, Deborah Voigt, Dolora Zajick, and Leah Crocetto, late lamented countertenor Brian Asawa, Brian Jagde, John Relyea, and Philip Skinner. That’s just a short list; every year produces a bumper crop. The proof was in the performance last Saturday as current Adler Fellows wowed a capacity crowd with a nonstop show of youthful energy and accomplishment. It was a grand night of singing, backed by a worldclass orchestra. Aria Umezawa (Toronto, Can.) is the first stage director to be awarded the fellowship in 15 years. She has made quite a splash, cleverly directing Merola and Adler productions, and gaining further recognition in 8:50 AM the East Bay with a praised Ambroise Thomas “Hamlet” for West Edge Opera. She threaded the AF concert thematically with a rather unnecessary, but often amusing series of non-singing appearances by the singers acting as characters in search of one another. They found partners, lost them, and ultimately came back together in some occasionally confusing vignettes that still added extra-musical cohesion to a traditional format. A bouncy Verdi Overture set the mood for first-year AF singers, soprano Natalie Image (Tsawwassen, B.C., Can.) and mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon (Peachtree City, GA), who followed as Lucia and her confidant Alisa in a scene from Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Image has a fine tonal range, pleasing from her warm lower register to a finely edged top. She navigated Lucia’s coloratura with dazzling confidence. Dixon got her own place in the spotlight during the second half with her sympathetic portrayal of Marguerite in Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust.” Everyone on the bill deserved cum laude recognition. First-year

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“The Future Is Now: Adler Fellows Concert” with Ashley Dixon and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Brooklyn, NY) merited summa cum laude mention. His professional demeanor and stunning ability were immediately apparent when he first appeared in San Francisco, and he set the seal on his promise, singing florid and dramatically expressive arias from Handel’s “Admeto” and Rossini’s “Tancredi.” Like so many of his classmates, he’s already set for stardom. Soprano Sarah Cambidge (Vancouver, B.C., Can.) is a second-year AF also destined for fame. Her liquid, pure voice is rich enough for Richard Strauss, and her aria from “Die Agyptische Helen” proved it. She also has some Wagner on the horizon, maybe Sieglinde? Or even Isolde? She ended the concert paired with robust second-year tenor Kyle van Schoonhoven (Lockport, NY) in a magnificent love duet from “Tristan und Isolde” that made it seem a strong possibility. Van Schoonhoven also appeared successfully earlier in the program with second-year baritone Andrew G. Manea (Troy, MI). Manea’s fullthroated aria in their scene from Verdi’s “Attila” was another magna cum laude performance.

Manea teamed with first-year bass-baritone Christian Pursell (Santa Cruz, CA) in an exciting duet from Bellini’s “I Puritani” that sent the elated audience out for intermission on a wave of powerful musical testosterone. Pursell has one of those voices you just want to hear more of. Second-year AF tenor Amitai Pati (Auckland, NZ) has garnered special attention during his residency. He has appeared in recital, confidently appeared at the SFO in four important supporting roles, including a recent and excellent Beppe in “Pagliacci,” and also maintained his successful involvement with brother Pene Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay in New Zealand vocal trio SOL3 MIO. The genial young performer appeared several times in the concert, bringing special smiles and appreciation for his aria from Lehar’s appropriately named “The Land of Smiles.” He appeared first singing another lighter-weight aria, from Flotow’s neglected but charming “Martha.” Like all of the participants in the important Fellowship, he wouldn’t be there if he weren’t qualified. Keep your eye on all them; their future truly is now.t

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<< Theatre

20 • Bay Area Reporter • December 13-19, 2018

‘Evan Hansen’ & musical therapy by Jim Gladstone

he closing scene of “Dear Evan Hansen” brings us to a clearing. The characters assemble before a bright blue scrim of open sky. The band, on a platform above the stage, is crisply silhouetted. The singing is hushed but strong. The fading final chord of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s truly beautiful score offers a simultaneous sense of resolution and opportunity. Until then, the stage of the Curran Theater, the latest stop on this Broadway phenomenon’s first national tour, has been an emotional shadowland. Steven Levenson’s smartly knotted plot has 16-yearold, anxiety-disordered Evan spinning a web of deception (self- and otherwise) about his friendship with Connor Murphy, a classmate who has taken his own life. As one web leads to another, the online amplification of Evan’s assertions entangles a sizable community. The show’s design team (David Korins, scenery; Peter Nigrini, projections; Japhy Weideman, lighting) boldly conjures a dark vision of contemporary suburbia in which the characters and their domestic comforts – bedroom sets, sofas, a hobbyist’s workbench – are flotsam in a churning sea of social media feeds and psychic pain. Remarkably, this visual approach, along with a story that delves into depression, divorce, and suicide, doesn’t pull “Dear Evan Hansen” or its audience under. While setting and story don’t fully “step into the sun,” as one lyric puts it, until the show’s final moments, Pasek and Paul stitch threads of light through darkness from the outset. Hope flows through their urgent, plangent songs, and the audience wants to follow it. “Anybody Have a Map?” is about

Matthew Murphy

Ben Levi Ross as Evan Hansen and Jessica Phillips as Heidi Hansen in “Dear Evan Hansen,” now playing at the Curran Theater.

being lost but not giving up. “Waving Through a Window” describes alienation while keeping the possibility of belonging in sight. “You Will Be Found” offers acknowledgement to the overlooked. And “So Big/So Small” ingeniously alchemizes loss and despair into security and promise. With the exception of one comic number, “Sincerely, Me” (genuinely

funny), there isn’t a tune in this show that’s straight-up upbeat. But the mid-tempo songs’ guitar- and string-inflected arrangements have an addictive bittersweetness, and Paul’s fragmented melodic structures twist and turn in ways that keep one engaged. Each song shines on its own, but their coherence as a whole is a greater accomplishment. The touring cast is as strong as

the book and music. “Dear Evan Hansen” rose to fame between 201517, as did Ben Platt, who originated the title role. But Ben Levi Ross, playing Evan on tour following an understudy stint on Broadway, has a distinct advantage in his lack of celebrity status. Because we’re not watching a familiar star perform the part, our connection to Evan feels unmediated. Every awkward stammer, facial tic and flail of Ross’ gangly limbs feels utterly, sometimes uncomfortably real. At times I found myself squirming in my seat in somatic sympathy. Rather than make you miss Ben Platt, Ross

Ben Levi Ross

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That’s part of why, since its offBroadway debut in 2016, “Hansen” has become the zeitgeist musical of Ross’ own post-Millennial generation. Unlike many older Broadway actors who have cultivated social accounts primarily as a tool to build connections with fans, Ross is a digital-native leading man. “I’ve had Instagram since seventh grade,” he acknowledges. “My brain is completely conditioned to clicking and scrolling. But from the time it was announced that I’d be playing Evan on tour, swarms more people have started following me on Instagram.” (While he’s dabbled with Twitter, Instagram is currently the only social platform where Ross has a presence.) “I’ve taken down all the posts from before I was 18, because a lot of that stuff is just embarrassing,” Ross says. “But it’s my same account that I’ve had all along. I just have the one.” Now, though, as young people see Ross on stage, then seek him out online, he feels a new sense of responsibility attached to his presence. “After seeing the show, people reach out, saying they’ve been hurting or depressed. It happens all the time. Daily.” Ross, like all of the “Hansen” company, has been trained to explain that he is not a therapist and can’t offer personal advice. But, with his digital correspondents’ permission, he can connect them with the show’s social media team, Untitled-1 1

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brings you closer to Evan Hansen. Jessica Phillips delivers a deeply nuanced Heidi Hansen, Evan’s hardworking single mother, in whom pride and frustration do battle on a daily basis. She’s such a well-wrought character that when Evan lashes out at her, you want to slap the kid who’s been winning you over. Phillips’ stunning performance of “So Big/So Small” makes you look back at the show from another perspective. Jared Goldsmith gives surprising texture to the role of Evan’s “family friend” Jared Kleinman. It’s a part that could be played solely for comic relief , but he deepens it with a mean streak and ingrown loneliness. Phoebe Koyabe brings out subtle shades of motivation in Alana, the awkward, overachieving schoolmate who turns grieving Connor into a social media phenomenon. As Zoe, the dead boy’s sister and Evan’s longtime crush, Maggie McKenna gives us a compelling tangle of sorrow, anger and an impulse for caretaking. Director Michael Greif brings the same psychological sensitivity to “Dear Evan Hansen” that marked his staging of “Next to Normal,” another contemporary musical that grappled with family grief and mental illness. Here, as in that show, he elicits heartfelt and deeply integrated ensemble performances. Suicide, anxiety and depression are not the traditional stuff of musical theater. But Greif, Pasek and Paul seem to understand music’s palliative power. Not only can its presence make it easier for us to reflect on difficult topics, music can also, however fleetingly, lessen our pain. “Dear Evan Hansen” offers no cure for the social ills it surveys. But it sings as it searches. And it brings us to a moment of clarity and hope.t Dear Evan Hansen plays the Curran through Dec. 30. Tickets from $99. (Lottery for $25 tickets: www.luckyseat.com.) (415) 3581220. www.sfcurran.com.

who can direct them to mental health care and support resources that the show has partnered with. “So many of the ‘Fansens’ are LGBTQ,” he says. “I wasn’t really familiar with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ when I first auditioned for the show. But I was totally attracted to it. I think we’re drawn to the show because our community is disproportionately affected by mental health issues and suicide, which the show deals with. Evan Hansen isn’t necessarily queer, but he feels like he doesn’t fit in, that he’s an outsider. The show’s messages couldn’t be more appropriate for us: We’ve all had the experience of living a lie, of not being seen, of not feeling understood.” Ross, who turns 21 next month, stumbled into his big break after his freshman year studying theater at Carnegie Mellon University in 2017. Spending his summer in New York, Ross auditioned for another project being put together by “Hansen” director Michael Greif. While he didn’t get a part in that show, Greif encouraged him to audition to be a “Hansen” understudy. Not only was Ross cast in the musical – a major professional coup – but the show has provided an unexpected boon to his personal life as well: He’s now in his own first significant romantic relationship – with Taylor Trensch, Broadway’s current Evan Hansen. You’ll find occasional pictures of the twosome on Ross’ Instagram feed. “But I don’t post anything really personal,” says Ross. “We’re both pretty private. But we’re happy. And we’re not hiding. People seem to appreciate seeing that.”t

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Four hands play Terry Riley pieces by Philip Campbell

usical iconoclast, mind-blowing performer and minimalist pioneer Terry Riley has always been hard to classify. In a brand-crazy world, one genre can’t describe his many influences. The music comes from East and West, and ranges from raga to ragtime. He has synthesized a unique blend of classical, pop, folk and modern jazz. No labels were needed for Riley’s recital with longtime collaborator and Grammy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng at the recent opening night of Other Minds’ 2018-19 25th anniversary season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum. The concert showcased Riley’s piano works, with the composer himself performing a selection of his semi-improvised solo piano jams, including some delightful tribute pieces. His brilliant prowess at the keyboard and endearing

personality demonstrated the one label that describes him best: “Living Legend.” Pianist Gloria Cheng appeared solo on the first half, and later played harmoniously alongside her groovy old musical guru. Cheng’s precise renditions of the absorbing “The Heaven Ladder, Book 7,” “The Walrus in Memoriam” and the early “Two Pieces for Piano” (think Schoenberg unbound) showed her meticulous technique and heartfelt understanding of Riley’s brilliant and quixotic mind. Both Riley and Cheng finished the evening with the Bay Area Premiere of “Cheng Tiger Growl Roar” (2018), a new four-hand work composed using a jumble of their initials for inspiration. Young music students were given free tickets to the concert by Other Minds in a smart and friendly gesture to bring fresh faces to the organization’s ongoing history of innovation.

If they weren’t already aware of Riley’s famous, ground-breaking work “In C,” which many credit as the birth of the Minimalist movement, or their parents’ well-worn copy of “A Rainbow in Curved Air,” they quickly learned why he is still relevant, not to mention entertaining. Other Minds Executive & Artistic Director Charles Amirkhanian was on hand to introduce the performers and make his own congenial commentary. He also previewed some of the exciting highlights of this year’s season, thematically exemplified by visionary composers (and their “otherness”). Riley was on the first Other Minds Board of Directors in 1993. Having him back to kick off the season with the talented Gloria Cheng seemed not only fitting, but also lots of fun.t Other Minds Festival 24: March 23, June 15-16, 2019. www.otherminds.org

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John Grant bares his soul by David-Elijah Nahmod

“L

ove Is Magic,” the title track from John Grant’s new album, tells a somber tale. Yet the song’s video stands in stark contrast to the opening verse. As Grant sings of depression, passive aggression and forgetting to take one’s medication, adorable images of happy pups playing with their owners flash onscreen. “The song is about how love is worth it, no matter what you’ve been through previously,” the openly gay Grant, who is now touring in support of the album, tells B.A.R. “It’s also about how the everyday can make love seem mundane, but that it is worth hanging in there for. It’s sort of uncharacteristic for me to write a song like this that so completely flies in the face of the cynicism I have often felt regarding love and the possibility of unconditional love from another human being.”

“‘Smug Cunt’ is about the smug cunts in our government, as well the definition of masculinity in America, which often appears to be if I have a lot of money and people are afraid of me, I’m a successful male,” he explains. “‘Metamorphosis’ is about the onslaught one is subjected to in the everyday world. Out on the street, on the internet, in one’s own mind, etc. ‘Tempest’ is about the altars of American worship, the malls and shopping centers, not the churches, and nostalgia for childhood. Shawn Brackbill There’s a dash of escapism in Singer-songwriter John Grant’s new there as well.” album is “a tiny anthropological study.” When asked what he was trying to convey with these songs, Grant said that he Grant touches upon a variety of wasn’t trying to convey anything. topics on the album, which includes “I think I’m just trying to be,” he a song with the eyebrow-raising title said. “Being also entails reacting to “Smug Cunt.”

what one sees in one’s surroundings and the world in general, as well as the inner dialogue and thought life. If anything, the album as a whole is simply a cross-section of everyday life from the perspective of one individual out of 8 billion. A tiny anthropological study, maybe. For me, the ability to be myself in any context is rather an art-form.” Grant also spoke about the importance of being an openly gay artist in the era of Trump and his anti-LGBT policies. “I think this goes back to the question of just being,” he said. “It’s important for the LGBT community to continue showing up and just being themselves. One mustn’t allow oneself to be distracted by all the rhetoric, news and bullshit online. Maybe some social media can be used for some good and make certain things more convenient, but mostly it just seems like a lot of noise no one needs more

of. Everyday life interacting with real people is where it’s at. That can be quite difficult in this new world, where isolation ironically seems to be the result of access to everything all the time.” Grant will be appearing in concert at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 16. He hopes his audience will leave the show feeling uplifted and inspired. “They’ll get to see us giving it our all up there on stage, trying to connect with them and just have a good time,” he said. What’s next for John Grant? “Probably another album,” he said. “Maybe a score. Not sure. Need to put some pictures up on my walls at home in Iceland. Or at least figure out where the fuck I want to live.”t John Grant at Great American Music Hall, 859 O’Farrell, Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Tickets ($20-$44.95): www.eventbrite.com

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Happy reading for holiday giving by Tavo Amador

the turn-of-the-20th-century’s two most celebrated stage actresses. The French Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a star who molded roles to suit her flamboyant personality. Her many “farewell” tours attracted SRO audiences. Even in old age and forced to use a wooden leg, she played youthful heroines. The Italian Duse (1858-1924), on the other hand, disappeared into her roles. She kept her personal life private. Her popularity matched Bernhard’s, and the admiring adjective “doozy” derives from her name. Bernhardt detested Duse, who challenged and often surpassed

her. This superb study shows how each generation defines “great acting” and stardom. Fiction-lovers will enjoy Adib Khorram’s touching coming-ofage story “Darius the Great Is Not Okay” (Dial Books, $17.99). Darius Kellner is half-Iranian, but is more comfortable in the world of Hobbits and Klingons. He cannot relate to his Persian ancestry. He also suffers from clinical depression, for which he takes medication. A trip to Iran to visit his maternal grandparents, who don’t understand him, only reinforces his loneliness. Then he meets Sahrab, the boy next door, and Darius’ world changes. This impressive debut is rich in atmospheric details – modern-day Iran is wonderfully evoked – and Darius is a memorable outsider who finds someone who understands him. Fans of “All About Eve,” the 1950 film classic about an aspiring actress who befriends then betrays her famous employer, will enjoy Liv Constantine’s “The Last Mrs. Parrish” (Harper, $16.99). Amber Patterson is determined to replace the socially prominent Daphne Parrish by marrying her husband, Jackson, the handsome, rich businessman. He and Daphne are New York’s golden

couple: young, gorgeous, and admired. Amber, however, has a plan. It works. But she forgot St. Teresa of Avila’s warning about answered prayers. This page-turner is hard to put down. The dazzling plot unfolds with precision. The details about the right clothes, jewelry, restaurants, wine, address, class envy, and snobbery are compelling. It’s suspenseful and surprising. This is a startling debut by sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine. Murder mysteries are good gift choices, and Rhys Bowen’s latest is no exception. “Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding” (Berkeley Crime, $26) finds Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her handsome fiancé Lord Darcy O’Meara on the verge of marrying. On her father’s side, Georgie is descended from Queen Victoria and is currently 35th in line for the throne. Darcy is a Roman Catholic, so Georgie needs permission from her royal cousins to marry him. She solves the problem by renouncing her rights of succession. Or has she? As usual when Georgie is around, dead bodies turn up. Bowen expertly recreates the 1930s in England and Ireland, and Georgie is an engaging, funny, and resourceful character. This is escapist fiction at its best.t

Piaf singing “La Vie en Rose” wafted through the galleries, it wouldn’t seem out of place. When the city’s cast of characters, from cesspool cleaners and the beefy market porters of Les Halles to posh society types like an older gent in a top hat and monocle reviewing the racing sheet at Longchamp (1932), and patrons of the lively clubs, cafes and two-bit dance halls of Montmartre, came out to play, Brassai was there with his Voigtlander Bergheil glass-plate camera. Unlike other fastmoving, mobile photographers of the age, Brassai worked with a tripod and the long exposures required for nighttime photography. That slow process produced sharply defined, deliberate, atmospheric images, such as a stunner shot through the archway of Pont Royal (ca.1933) and a splendid cinematic view from the balcony of Notre Dame looking toward the twinkling Hôtel-Dieu and the Tour Saint-Jacques in the distance (1932). With the silhouette of a gargoyle stationed stage right, could the Hunchback be far behind? Lovers huddle in restaurant booths and bistros, and steal furtive kisses on the boulevard Saint-Jacques, while revelers enjoy a raucous night out at the Folies Bergere (1931-32) and crowd the ornate bar at Maxim’s for a gala soiree (1949). Low-lying fog blurs the glare of city lights shimmering on the Seine, suffusing Paris with an aura of mystery and intrigue. Blunt, unflinching and devoted “to the magic of the unvarnished fact,” Brassai haunted the streets and their habitués, putting the viewer in the company of thugs, pimps, toughs and careworn prostitutes plying their trade. He described this

surging underground as inhabitants of a secret, sinister, fringe world that “represented Paris at its least cosmopolitan, its most alive, its most authentic.” It’s no coincidence that the show’s largest section is “Pleasures,” which surveys an array of public entertainments and those seeking love, lust or something like it. In a series of voyeuristic, semi-staged photographs, he unveiled naked transactions inside brothels like Chez Suzy, where Brassai’s assistant played the part of the client. He also recorded the Bacchanalian festivities at Magic City in 1932, an annual blowout during Lent when gays defied bourgeois propriety at a flamboyant ball where attendees, from coal miners and metallurgists to butcher’s boys and stars of stage and screen, converged and flaunted their promiscuity with abandon. Brassai’s naturalistic portraits of artists and writers, many of them friends, were his specialty. They also helped pay the bills, and in 1982, were collected into “The Artists of My Life,” a book for which he also penned the text. Among the masterfully photographed: Salvador Dali, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Picasso, Jean Genet circa 1948 looking like a pugilist in shirt sleeves rolled up to the biceps, and Matisse in 1939, regarding a nude model in his studio – the quintessential portrait of the artist at work. In any other show by most any another photographer, this celebrity row would be the main attraction. Here it’s an adjunct of the artist’s central obsession and the bohemian life he led in Paris that would cast a spell on many a future ex-pat. “Paris de Nuit,” the 1932 modern-

ist photogravure that got Brassai noticed, contains an illuminated l’Arc de Triomphe; a sparkling Eiffel Tower seen through the half-open gate of the Trocadero; a statue of Marshal Ney, arm raised, railing against the mist; and cobblestone byways glistening after an evening downpour, among other stellar images. It can be “leafed” through via touchscreen at the beginning of the exhibit. Brassai fled Paris in June 1940, two days before the German army marched in. When he returned four months later, he refused to cooperate with the authorities and was forbidden to photograph freely. That didn’t prevent him from covertly documenting Picasso’s sculptures or shooting “The Bathroom Mirror” (Aug. 24, 1944). Photographing German soldiers and members of the French resistance fighting on the street from the fifth floor of his apartment building, he was mistaken for a German sniper. A bullet intended for him missed and shattered his mirror, whose image is a testament to bad aim and good luck. Possessing a literary cast of mind, Brassai mythologized a culture that only a few years after many of these pictures were taken would be under siege by the German occupation and threatened with annihilation by Hitler, who ordered the city leveled when the tide of the war turned against him. In Brassai’s photographs, one doesn’t sense the evil in the ether or the ominous thunder rumbling through Europe. War still seems far away for these Parisians, living, working, loving and dancing as if there were no tomorrow.t

alking around a bookstore often yields wonderful surprises for shoppers, especially for those looking for solutions to the challenges of holiday giving. Will the 2018 “A Star Is Born,” the fifth incarnation of the movie, make Lady Gaga a cinema diva? Her reviews have been impressive, and the box-office has been good. How does it compare with its predecessors? “A Star Is Born: Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away” (TCM, $28), by Lorna Luft and Jeffrey Vance, focuses on the third, 1954 version, the first built around a singer. Time wrote that Garland “gives what is just about the greatest one-woman show in modern movie history,” but the film failed to restore her picture career. Luft (Garland’s daughter by third husband Sid Luft who produced the film) and Vance analyze what happened: what caused the cost overruns, the decision to cut the movie so that theatres could add an extra performance, Garland’s ludicrous failure to win the Best Actress Oscar, and director George Cukor’s ability to get the best from his insecure star. But the authors also discuss the 1937 William Wellman version

starring Janet Gaynor and the 1976 movie. Despite dreadful notices (“A Bore is Starred”), it was a box-office smash and made Barbra Streisand a superstar. This year’s release is also assessed. Each film was different, despite the same basic plot, a fading male star married to an ascending female performer who loves him unconditionally. Fascinating and informative. Peter Rader’s “Playing to the Gods, Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse and the Rivalry That Changed Acting Forever” (Simon & Shuster, $26) is a revealing dual biography of

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Even with over 200 intimately sized, black-and-white photographs, and a smattering of drawings and publications, divided into a dozen thematic sections, the exhibition never lags. Born Gyula Halasz in Brasso, Transylvania – his pseudonym was derived from his hometown – Brassai moved to Paris in 1924. He arrived determined to become a painter, but found he was more captivated by the

world unfolding outside the studio, and took to the streets of his adopted city. Paris, by day and especially at night during the 1930s, was his primary subject, and the focus of most of this show. No one, before or since, has photographed nocturnal Paris between the two world wars as much or as memorably as he did. His pictures, capturing a place or state or mind by turns bewitchingly beautiful, hedonistic and convivial with an edge of menace, are so thick with Parisian ambience one can almost taste and feel the air. If the sound of Edith

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his week a Norwegian film delivers a cautionary revenge-ofnature tale that will be hard for many Bay Area residents to resist. “The Quake” (opening Friday) may strike some as a 106-minute preview of coming attractions. The film depicts the struggles of a four-member family to survive and find each other in the aftermath of a quake that rocks Oslo. In San Francisco, folks have been waiting for “the big one,” the first city-leveling earthquake since April

1906. In this captivating epic drama, Norwegian director John Andreas Andersen reveals that Oslo had its own life-altering seismic event in 1904. A character says, “It happened once, it can happen again!” The makers of “The Quake” have to contend with the clichés of natural-disaster movies. They largely succeed, in an emotionally complex drama that should resonate with Californians reeling from months of fires and floods. Drawing on his skills as cinematographer for the critically praised

film “Headhunters,” Andersen delivers five to 10 minutes of highenergy special effects, after which some American viewers may find themselves unhappily stuck inside a family-in-peril tale where everybody speaks Norwegian (with English subtitles). The film comes with the same sound geological underpinning as the team’s previous work “The Wave” (2016), in which a large rock falling into a fjord created a monster tsunami, giving residents of the tiny fishing village of Geiranger a few

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Connie Champagne Celebrated chanteuse’s new Judy Garland holiday show By Jim Provenzano

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t’s been a while, and it may be a while longer before Connie Champagne returns, but her subtle, witty and endearing portrayal of Judy Garland takes place to Oasis on December 15. In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter, Champagne talked about a variety of topics, musical trends and historic moments in culture that include the vocal icon. Champagne first performed as Judy Garland in the local early 1990s hit drag comedy, Christmas With the Crawfords in San Francisco, and recently in a New York production in 2014. See page 27 >>

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Madame @ Oasis New monthly drag show, with host D’Arcy Drollinger and DJ Omar. $10. 10pm-2am. 298 11th St. sfoasis.com

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud

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Boy Division @ Cat Club

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The veteran country musician performs with his family band. Also Dec 14. $75-$125. 8pm. 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. www.thefoxoakland.com

After Dark @ Exploratorium

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Barry Lloyd @ Sip Tea Room

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The accomplished pianist-singer performs and chats with Paula Heitman. $15-$30. 8pm. 721 Lincoln Way. https://societycabaret.com

The New Wave, disco & electropop LGBT night returns, with DJs Xander and Andy T, plus a firefighters’ toy drive. Bring new unwrapped toys to donate. $8. 9:30pm-3am. 1190 Folsom st. www.sfcatclub.com

A Drag Queen Christmas @ Palace of Fine Arts Drag show with a dozen RuPaul’s Drag Race queens (Vanjie, Latrice Royale, Shea, Trinity, Raja, Aja, Thorgy and more). $20-$150. 8pm. 3301 Lyon St. http://dragfans.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

The Monster Show @ The Edge 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

Mr. S Holiday Party @ Oasis The popular SoMa kink/leather store celebrates the holidays, with DJ Juan Garcia; let’s hope you were naughty. 8pm-11pm. 298 11th St. sfoasis.com

Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences Enjoy exhibits, cocktails and DJed grooves at the amazing natural history museum. $12-$15. 6pm-9pm. 55 Music Concourse, Golden Gate Park. www.calacademy.org

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

Queer Karaoke @ Club OMG

La Bomba Latina @ Club OMG Drag show with DJ Jaffeth. $5. 9pm2am. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Cubcake @ Lone Star Saloon DJ Paul Goodyear, plus treats, bears, cubs and cuties. $5. 9pm-12am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Friday Nights at the Ho @ White Horse Bar, Oakland Dance it up at the historic (and still hip) East Bay bar. 9pm-2am. 6551 Telegraph Ave. whitehorsebar.com

Friday Night Live @ El Rio Enjoy the weekly queer and LGBTfriendly live acoustic concerts. $5pm. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Gaymer Night @ SF Eagle Video games galore on prjected screens around the bar, hosted by Johnny Rockitt. 8pm-2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Katya Smirnoff-Skyy @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko Our favorite Russian exiled opera diva plays two nights at the classy cabaret nightclub, with holiday wit and music. $22-$50. Also Dec 15. 8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Latin Explosion @ Club 21 The popular Latin club with gogo guys galore and Latin music. $10-$20. 9pm-3am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

Lick It @ Powerhouse Lance Holman’s monthly night with DJ Blackstone. $5. 10pm-1am. 1347 Folsom St. powerhousebar.com

Holiday Gift Market @ The Crucible, Oakland

Screening of the new season of the popular drag show. 7pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Browse and buy unique gift items in glass, metal, wood and other media by 60+ artists at the famed metalwork warehouse and performance space; demos in blacksmithing, glass-blowing, plus food, drinks and live performers. 10am-6pm. Dec 16 11am-5pm (member preview night Dec 14, 7pm-9:30pm). 1260 7th St., Oakland. www.thecrucible.org

The popular roving women’s dance party returns at the new nightclub, now weekly. 10pm-2am. 2700 16th St. at Harrison. http://jolenessf.com/

Vivvy’s Grand Opening @ The Stud It’s a Liza, Liza, Liza night of drag with host VivvyAnne ForeverMORE. 10pm4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Fundraiser for Northern California fire survivors, cohosted by Emperor Leandro Gonzales, Empress Pollo Del Mar, Imperial Council and Rainbow World Fund. Enjoy wine, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and live entetainment at a beautiful home. $75-$150. 7pm-10pm. 2004 Gough St. https://bit. ly/2Q9GTqk

Sat 15

The new Mission queer bar celebrates its opening weekend. 4pm-2am. 2700 16th St. http://jolenessf.com/

Krampus du Nord @ Café Du Nord Holiday pop-up bar with a deliciously dark Krampus theme: Norwegian heavy metal, torture décor and a naughty cocktail menu. Thru Dec 22. 5pm-11pm. 2170 Market St. www.swedishamericanhall.com

Macho Macho @ SF Eagle Latinx and leather night. 9pm-2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Wed 19

Pan Dulce @ Beaux

Juanita MORE! and crew’s monthly eclectic night at the cruisy bar, with guest-DJ Entree. $5. 9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

The endearing irreverent singer performs a new edition of her Judy Garland Christmas Show, singing classics and recent pop hits, had Judy been around; musical direction by Tammy Hall with Daria Johnson and Art Munkres; special guest stars Kim Nalley and Scrumbly Koldewyn. $20-$40. 7pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Dickens Fair @ Cow Palace Annual holiday festivities include exhibits, arts, crafts, food and drinks, all with a Dickensian costume flair. $14-$120. Thru Dec. 23. Lower Exhibition Halls, 2600 Geneva Ave., Daly City. https://dickensfair.com/

Mixed Forms @ The Stud Diverse sounds, and people, at Rroxymore and Carlos Souffront’s night, with Berlin’s Rroxymore, Piano Rain (live) and co-founder Jordee. 9pm-4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Mother @ Oasis

Juanita’s Drag Brunch @ MORE/Jones Juanita MORE’s new daytime drag show on the restaurant’s scenic courtyard terrace, with a tasty revamped menu by chef Cory Armenta and food stylist Cole Church. Entrees $14-$21. 11am-3pm. Wednesday Fried Chicken nights, too. 620 Jones St. www.juanitamore.com

The popular new weekly super-cruisy party, BYO, clothes check and DJed grooves. $10. 5pm-8pm. 415 10th St. https://www.facebook.com/ groups/2094886877491354/

Sexy Good Time Wrestle Show @ Oasis Hoodslam, the East Bay pro wrestling crew, brings their ring-flying actionpacked hilarity to the SoMa club, with MC Wonder Dave (last show at Oasis for a while, so get there!). $20. 3pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Sun 16

Mon 17

The popular daytime party, where $10-$15 gets you all the beer you can drink, supporting worthy causes. 3pm-6pm. T-Dance and rock drag show Apocrypha follows, 7pm-1am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. sf-eagle.com

Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon

Katya Smirnoff-Skyy @ Feinstein’s

The innovative alt-pop gay singercomposer returns with his band; Two Medicine opens. $20-$45 (with dinner). 8pm. 859 O’Farrell St. www.johngrantmusic.com

Heklina’s popular drag show, with special guests and great music themes. Special guest is Kim Chi! DJ Omar plays grooves. $15. 10pm-3am (11:30pm show). 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Beer Bust @ SF Eagle

Fri 14

John Grant @ Great American Music Hall

Renegade @ Atlas

The music and comedy duo perform their witty cabaret show. $20-$40. 8pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

The acclaimed R&B trio performs at the stylish nightclub-restaurant. $39-$85. 8pm & 10pm. Thru Dec 16 (diff. times). 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. www.tonytonitonemusic.com

The king of soul-acid-funk performs with his full band; Motion Potion opens. $60. 8pm. Also Dec 17. 628 Divisadero St. theindependentsf.com

New evening exhibit of nocturnal plants, with light shows and music. $20-$39. 5pm, thru Jan. 6. 100 John F. Kennedy Drive, Golden Gate Park. www.nightbloom.org

Amy & Freddy @ Oasis

Tony! Toni! Toné! @ Yoshi’s Oakland

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ Independent

Night Bloom @ Conservatory of Flowers

Banda Los Shakas performs live at the LGBT Latinx night. $10. 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St. club21oakland.com

The musical comedy duo Molina and Cearley performs I Touch My Elf, with guest Nick Adams. $38-$75. ($20 food/drink min). Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.theskivviesnyc.com

DJ Bus Station John’s monthly groovy dance party includes classics from the past, this time a tribute to the soul master with a ‘Barry White Christmas.’ $8. 7pm-1am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Enjoy a Gospel Christmas with the acclaimed local vocalist and pianist. $30$60 ($20 food/drink min.) Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. feinsteinsatthenikko.com

La Bota Loca @ Club 21, Oakland

Connie Champagne @ Oasis

Disco Daddy @ SF Eagle

Kim Nalley, Tammy Hall @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

Beatpig @ Powerhouse

The Skivvies @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

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

Sing along at the popular musical theatre night, with a bawdy edge; also Mondays and Wednesdays (but not dirty). 7pm-2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars @ Oasis

KJ Dana hosts the weekly singing night; unleash your inner American Idol ; first Thursdays are Costume Karaoke; 3rd is Kinky Karaoke 8pm. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge

ChakaQuan and BoyShapedBox play grooves. $5 or free if you wear an ugly Xmas sweater. 9pm-12am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Grand Opening @ Jolene’s

We are One @ Pacific Heights Mansion

Adult fun with cocktails and displays at the hands-on science museum. Dec 13 is ‘Sugar,’ Dec 20 ‘Essentials,’ (ecology, oils, nutrition). $15-$45. 6pm-10pm. Pier 15, Embarcadero at Green St. www.exploratorium.edu

Dirty Musical Sundays @ The Edge

Steven Underhill

For full listings, visit www.ebar.com/events

Willie Nelson @ The Fox Oakland

Fugly Sweater Party @ Lone Star Saloon

The saucy women’s burlesque show will titillate and tantalize. $10-$20. 7pm-9pm. 399 9th St. www.redhotsburlesque.com

Uhaul @ Jolene’s

Beer, bears, food and DJed beats at the weekly fundraiser for various local charities. Also, see the JB Higgins exhibit of photos from the ‘70s of Divine, John Waters and other ‘icons.’ $15. 4pm-8pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Aaron Lazar @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The co-star of the touring company of Dear Evan Hansen performs his new cabaret concert, Broadway to Hollywood. $24.50-$55 ($20 food/ drink min.). 7pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Gaymer Meetup @ Brewcade The weekly LGBT video game enthusiast night includes big-screen games and signature beers, with a new remodeled layout, including an outdoor patio. No cover. 7pm-11pm. 2200 Market St. brewcadesf.com

Munro’s at Midnight @ Midnight Sun Drag night with Mercedez Munro. No cover. 10pm. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Cabaret>>

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Connie Champagne as Judy Garland

Connie Champagne

From page 25

In the first production, said Champagne, “Director Allen Sawyer called me as a replacement for another actor. My only character at the time was doing Vikki Carr for a New Year’s Eve show. I said, ‘I don’t see myself as Judy.’ Allen said, ‘You’re a transformational actor. You can do this.’ We discussed me getting brown contact lenses. I called up [the late] Arturo Galster,” then known for his Patsy Cline performances, “and he helped me out.” Champagne also performed in Philip R. Ford’s 1992 stage adapta-

tion of the book and film Valley of the Dolls as Neely O’Hara (Those Judy Garland connections should be either already known or researched by any gay fan of cinema camp). The show ran in North Beach for four months. She credits that show’s costar Miss X with inspiring her work, as well as the late Doris Fish, whom she met through Scrumbly Koldewyn, one of the original Cockettes. Champagne shared screen credit with Fish in Ford’s wacky underground classic, Vegas in Space. “If it hadn’t been for them, I wouldn’t be singing or having as much fun with it. They gave me the

No No Bingo @ Virgil’s Sea Room

Drag divas, gogo studs, DJed Latin grooves and drinks. Dec 12 is an extra gogo boy invasion with Jessica Wild and DJ Tatiana. 9pm-2am (free before 10:30pm). 2344 Market St. www.clubpapi.com

Queeraoke @ El Rio

Tue 18

Midweek drag rave. 10pm. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Gaymer Night @ Midnight Sun Weekly fun night of games (video, board and other) and cocktails. 8pm-12am. 4067 18th St. www.midnightsunsf.com

Laugh out loud comics at the open mic night. 6pm-8pm. 4 Valencia St.

Puff @ Private Locale Holiday party with drag acts, doobies, holiday gifts on sale, and DJs Dank and Sergio Fedasz. $15-$20. 6pm9pm. https://bit.ly/2UxxJST

Truck Tuesdays @ Atlas The weekly super-cruisy night, with clothes check. $5. 415 10th St.

Vice Tuesdays @ Q Bar Queer femmes and friends dance party with hip hop, Top 40 and throwbacks at the stylish intimate bar, with DJs Val G and Iris Triska. 9pm2am. 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

Connie Champagne performs a new edition of her Judy Garland Christmas Show, ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,’ with musical direction by Tammy Hall with Daria Johnson and Art Munkres; special guest stars Kim Nalley and Scrumbly Koldewyn. $20-$40. Saturday, Dec. 15 at 7pm. Oasis, 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Playmates and soul mates...

Pan Dulce @ Beaux

Strip down to your skivvies at the popular men’s night. 9pm2am. 440 Castro St. 621-8732. www.the440.com

Hysteria Comedy @ Martuni’s

land in Landmark Musical Theatre’s production of The Boy From Oz in 2016 at the Great Star Theatre. The Los Angeles production Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, directed by Kay Cole, won Champagne a Los Angeles’ Ovation Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Musical. Ironically, one nominee she beat for the award was Lorna Luft, daughter of Garland. “I felt a little guilty about that one,” said Champagne, “for some upstart like me, coming to LA, playing her mom.” At Oasis this Saturday, Champagne will celebrate the holidays as Judy with musical director Tammy Hall and her trio members Daria Johnson and Art Munkres, plus guest stars Kim Nalley and Scrumbly Koldewyn, who plays Fred Astaire. The other performers will be themselves. Fans better get their tickets, because although she said, “I like doing this at least once a year,” Champagne added, “but this may be the last time. I might hang it up.” Until that’s decided, Champagne

Weekly underwear party at the intimate mid-Market nightclub. $1 well drinks for anyone in underwear from 9pm-10pm. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Underwear Night @ 440

Weekly drag and variety show, with live acts and lip-synching divas, plus DJed grooves. $5. Shows at 10:30pm & 12am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Connie Champagne

noted how happy she is to work with acclaimed pianist Tammy Hall, whom she’s known since they were students at Mills College. “I recognized her talent immediately, but she was more of a jazz player,” she said. “I took her to see more art rock and local acts. It’s such a joy to work with someone I’ve known for more than half my life.” With American standards, holiday classics with a twist, and perhaps some rock hits done a la Judy, Champagne agrees that her concert defies specific genre categories. “If you play music and do theatre and it’s truthful and well done, it crosses any kind of lines that might separate people. There’s something about Judy Garland and Christmas in many folks’ minds.” True, holiday associations with Garland are many. “Maybe it’s because of the iconic performances; her 1963 campy Christmas special television show, and of course, her rendition of ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’ in ‘Meet Me In St. Louis.’ We will definitely be playing the classics, along with some surprise tunes that Judy never sang but should have. This show will definitely get folks in the holiday spirit, even the cynics who say they hate Christmas are bound to have a good time!”t

NSA @ Club OMG

Mica Sigourney and Tom Temprano cohost the wacky weekly game night at the cool Mission bar. 8pm. 3152 Mission St. www.virgilssf.com

High Fantasy @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge

courage to do it.” Champagne also credits director F. Allen Sawyer and musician Joe Wicht for helping her develop her early Garland shows, which are notable for their subtlety and nuance, as opposed to high camp. “I look at a character like her and find it uplifting and inspiring that she had such a great spirit,” said Champagne. “But I avoid the Judy clichés that many performers have done.” Born and raised in Roseville, CA, Connie Champagne’s extensive early performing work as Kelly Brock (her birth name) included productions of Jesus Christ Superstar, singing with the bands Clocks of Paradise and Romeo Void, and getting an MFA from American Conservatory Theatre. Her introduction to Koldewyn led to the formation of the neo-cabaret group Connie Champagne and her Tiny Bubbles. Her genre-busting cabaret style has since inspired many others. The signer-actor said she took inspiration from Charles Busch as well as other colleagues in the practice of becoming a character who’s funny but realistic. “I discovered a lot about the character of Judy through a sort of outside-in process, kind of the reverse of Method Acting. I’ve basically played her young, old, dead, over the rainbow, on psychedelics– but not me on psychedelics!” Since then, Champagne has performed as Garland multiple times over the past three decades, at many different venues, including Feinstein’s, The Plush Room, at Castro Theatre star tributes produced by Marc Huestis, and many other theatres. Her catalog of recordings include more than a dozen albums and concerts. She most recently evoked Gar-

Thu 20 Hoe is Life @ The Stud

Thu 20

Jackie Beat @ Oasis

Wed 19 B.P.M. @ Club BnB, Oakland 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. 8pm-2am. 2120 Broadway, Oakland. www.bench-and-bar.com

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

Gigante @ Port Bar, Oakland Juanita MORE! and DJ Frisco Robbie’s weekly event, with Latin, Hip Hop and House music, gogo gals and guys, and a drag show. $5. 9pm-2am. 2023 Broadway, Oakland. www.portoakland.com

Sluttastic night, allegedly. 9pm2am. 399 9th St. at Harrison. www.studsf.com

Jackie Beat @ Oasis LA’s sassiest drag comic brings her new music and comedy show, Menstrual Krampus, a dark parody of Christmas, to SoMa. $32-$42. 7pm & 9pm. 298 11th St. www.missjackiebeat.com www.sfoasis.com

Queer Karaoke @ Club OMG KJ Dana hosts the weekly singing night; unleash your inner American Idol ; first Thursdays are Costume Karaoke; 3rd is Kinky Karaoke 8pm. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.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 Want your nightlife event listed? Email events@ebar.com, at least two weeks before your event. Event photos welcome.

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Running up that hill in 2019 by Juanita MORE!

2018

was a rough year for almost everyone I know, even if there were hopeful moments sprinkled along the way. To date, there are still over 12,000 migrant children in federal shelter systems, ongoing acts of violence committed against people of color, epidemic numbers of deadly assaults against transgender Americans, and an abundant lack of compassion that threatens any effort to fix the status quo. With new tools on the horizon since passing Prop C, San Francisco remains in a dire state of affairs with the highest rate of street homelessness in the country. That said, if you followed my voting guide this past November, you might have noticed that we had an overwhelming number of success stories, too. In fact, thanks to you for following my guide, we won almost everything we wanted on the ballot this year. Nationally, things are looking up, too. The “blue wave” was more of a slow tide, but it was enormous. Republicans and conservative Democrats are finally being held accountable for the consequences of decades of deregulation, corruption, and deference to big business.

It’s looking more and more like Congresswoman Pelosi will return to her role as Speaker of the House, and that’s largely owed to her deft maneuvering to create space for the new class of young, progressive women of color who will lead our country for decades to come. In the midst of these dark times, there are signs of hope ahead. On a more personal level, I’ve finally come up for a bit of air after taking over the restaurant at Jones this past August. Those first few months were -ahem- challenging, to say the least. Weeks would go by without a day off, and I spent more than a few busy days burning things in the kitchen. But trust me, I’ve got all of that under control now. The food is great. There are things on the menu you crave and want to come back for. Sunday morning Hangovah Pizza, the MORE!burger, my delicious meatballs - oh my... I’m so proud of what is happening there now. Even in my motherly years, I’ve learned a lot about how to run a business and how rewarding it is to put my time into something I truly love doing. I love to cook, and I want to feed you. It’s that simple, and as long as you keep coming back, we all win.

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Empress Jose Sarria gets applause at Juanita MORE’s Pride party in 2007.

That brings us to 2019, and you’re damn right I’m looking forward to some new risks and challenges. I have some close friends urging me to run for Empress in 2019, and I’m more than just tickled by the suggestion. The ideals that Jose Sarria laid down over 50 years ago are still going strong. The Absolute Empress I, The Widow Norton, advocated for the community in the truest sense sticking together lest the powers that be divide us and pick us off one by one. While I’ve watched much of the gay community assimilate over the past decade and forget our collective history of persecution, it’s obvious that not all of our siblings have enjoyed such privilege. I don’t know if I’m the right person to beat this particular drum, but I am committed to beating my own and will keep encouraging you to march with me. Of course, Jose Sarria was also the first openly gay candidate for elected office in the United States, which lends itself to even loftier ambitions. To put it bluntly, someone needs to challenge Mayor Breed in 2019. Not just because she was on the wrong side of history failing to support the most transformative and progressive tax on big business to fund services for the homeless and marginally housed but for a reason much more simple: Our whole system of democracy benefits from having a choice. We deserve a debate about what matters most in our society, and some of the most important issues confronting us are right here in San Francisco. So, Madam Mayor MORE!?

Despite everything that was thrown at us in 2018, we are still here. And if there’s one thing that 2018 taught me, it’s that you can’t sit on your hands waiting for someone else to make the change you want to

see in the world. Time will only tell what 2019 has planned for us, but in the meantime, I’m sure as hell making plans for 2019. Onward, my dears.t

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Juanita MORE!

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Patrons at MORE/Jones’ Sunday Drag Brunch.

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Arts Events December 13-20

Everything is Illuminated @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley At year’s end, consider all the artists whose work you have yet to see, hear and enjoy.

Men on Boats @ Strand Theater American Conservatory Theater’s new production of Jaclyn Backhaus’s subversive retelling of 19th-century explorer John Wesley Powell’s journey through Wyoming’s waterways, with an all-women cast. $25-$55. Thru Dec 16. 1127 Market St. www.act-sf.org

Simon Block’s stage adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s best-selling novel, about a young Jewish writer’s quest to find his family history in the Ukraine. $35-$70. Tue-Wed 7pm. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm & 7pm. Extended thru Dec 16. 2081 Addison St., Berkeley. auroratheatre.org

One Googol & One @ Brava Theater Center

Fotohoto @ Strut

Aidaa Peerzada’s reimagining of the One Thousand and One Nights, with a modern perspective about historical injustices. $35-$45. ThuSat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Thru Dec 22. 2791 24th St. www.sfbatco.org

Photographer Fabian Echevarria’s exhibit of Latinx and Beyond models. Exhibit thru Dec. 470 Castro St. www.strutsf.org

Southern Lights @ Z Below

For full listings, visit www.ebar.com/events

Thu 13 Arcadia @ Ashby Stage, Berkeley Shotgun Players’ production of Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece that explores mathematics, landscape gardening, Byron, and the undeniable power of the human heart. $7-$52. Thru Jan 6. 1901 Ashby Ave., Berkeley. www.shotgunplayers.org

Avenue Q @ New Conservatory Theatre Center The foul-mouth puppets are back, in the theatre company’s 6th popular production (with two casts) of Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty’s Tony-winning musical. New Year’s Eve show, too. Thru Jan 6. $33-$59. Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. 25 Van Ness Ave., lower level. www.nctcsf.org

A Christmas Carol @ Geary Theatre

Sat 15

Kitka @ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland

Michelle Meow Show @ Commonwealth Club Meow and cohost John Zipperer discuss LGBT issues with different prominent guests. Weekly, 12pm. 110 Embarcadero. www.commonwealthclub.org

Reorienting the Imaginaries @ SOMArts Cultural Center Exhibit of multidisciplinary works that bring together more than a dozen artists of color who are connected by complex histories, ; thru Jan 24. 934 Brannan St. reorientingtheimaginaries.com

Barbarella @ Exit Theatre Becky Hirschfeld & Dani Spinks’s stage adaptation of the comic book by Jean-Claude Forest and the campy ‘60s scifi film. $12. Thru Dec 15. 156 Eddy St. www.theexit.org

The Bathroom Line @ SOMArts Cultural Center Radar Productions’ exhibit about intimacy, ritual, and public/private space, expressed in visual and text pieces by several queer People of Color artists. 934 Brannan St. www.somarts.org

The Golden Girls @ Victoria Theatre They’re back! D’Arcy Drollinger, Heklina, Matthew Martin and Holotta Tymes perform drag versions of holiday episodes of the classic elder women’s sitcom. $25$50. Thu-Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm thru Dec. 23. 2961 16th St. www.thegoldengirlslive.com

Mary Poppins @ SF Playhouse

Crazy for You @ Alcazar Theatre Bay Area Musicals’ intimate staging of the hopping George and Ira Gershwin musical. $20-$65. ThuSun, various curtain times thru Dec. 16. 650 Geary St. www.bamsf.org

Eternal Boy Playground @ Telematic

The Threepenny Opera @ SF Conservatory of Music Student production of the Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht musical about destitute Germans. Free. 8pm. 50 Oak St. https://sfcm.edu/events/ weills-threepenny-opera

Classic and New Films @ Castro Theatre

We Built a Movement From Books @ GLBT History Museum

Lesbian & Gay Liberation in Print, a discussion with Carol Seajay, Jack Collins and James Van Buskirk. $5. 7pm. 4127 18th St. glbthistory.org

See the Rainbow World Fund’s annual holiday tree, with 1000s of origami paper cranes, in its new location. Daily, 1100 California St. www.worldtreeofhope.org/help-us/

Opening of Liat Berdugo and Emily Martinez’ multimedia installation that playfully explores the cultural tropes surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. 6pm-9pm; thru Feb 2. 323 10th St. www.tttelematiccc.com

Holiday Gift Market @ The Crucible, Oakland

Stuart Bousel and Allison Page’s comic monster holiday play. $20$30. Thru Dec 15. 156 Eddy St. http://www.theexit.org/

World Tree of Hope @ Grace Cathedral

We are One @ Pacific Heights Mansion

Sat 15

The popular Broadway adaptation of the P.L. Travers book and Disney film about a magical nanny gets a local production; music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; book by Julian Fellowes. $30-$55 and up. Thru Jan 12. 450 Post St. www.sfplayhouse.org

The popular local dance company performs its annual holiday program. $34-$91. Thru Dec. 24. 701 Mission St. smuinballet.org

Vampire Christmas @ Exit Theatre

3Girls Theatre Company’s production of Lee Brady’s country music love story. $20-$45. Thru Dec 22. 470 Florida St. www.zspace.org

Smuin Ballet @ YBCA

American Conservatory Theatre’s annual lavish big-cast production of Paul Walsh and Carey Perloff’s popular stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens short story. $10$120. Thru Dec 29. 415 Geary St. www.act-sf.org

Dec 13: Dr. Strangelove (4K restored print, 7pm) and Being There (4:30, 8:45). $11-$16. Dec 14: Home Alone (3pm, 7pm) and Elf (5pm, 9pm). Dec 16 & 16: Disney’s Moana sing-along (12pm). Dec 15: Casablanca (3pm, 7pm) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, 5pm & 9pm). Dec 16-18: Bohemian Rhapsody (Sun 3pm, 5:45, 8:30. Mon/Tue 3:30, 6:15, 9pm). Dec 19: Noir City Xmas presents The Night of the Hunter (7:30) Dec 20 & 21: West Side Story in 70mm! (4:30, 7:30). 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

Fri 14

The music trio performs A Celtic Christmas, traditional holiday songs. $5-$25. 8pm. 1751 Sacramento St. https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org

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Golden Bough @ Old First Church

It Gets Better With Age @ PAWS

Thu 13

Avenue Q @ New Conservatory Theatre Center

Members of the mixed-gender Queer Elders Writing Workshop read their written work. It Gets Better With Age is a presentation that includes stories from an aging queer perspective. Free. 1pm. PAWS, 3170 23rd St. shanti.org

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Cynthia Ling Lee, Melissa Lewis @ CounterPulse The two artists perform Lost Chinatowns and I Dreamed Bruce Lee Was My Father, their works about Asian lives, stereotypes and icons. $20-$35. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sat 2pm, thru Dec. 15. 80 Turk St. www.counterpulse.org

Dames at Sea @ Gateway Theatre 42nd Street Moon’s production of the musical that spoofs 1930s shows. $30-$75. Wed/Thu 7pm. Fri 8pm, Sat 6pm, Sun 3pm. Thru Dec 16. 215 Jackson St. www.42ndstmoon.org

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Veiled Meanings @ Contemporary Jewish Museum

Modern Art @ SF MOMA

Once Upon a December @ Gateway Theatre

Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, an exhibit of detailed clothing from dozens of countries; thru Jan 6, 2019. Other exhibits, too. 736 Mission St. https://thecjm.org/

Wayne Thiebaud, Etel Adnan, Alexander Calder, Donald Judd, Louise Bourgeois and many classic Modern works. Free/$25. Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory, thru March 31.ri-Tue 10am-6pm. 151 3rd St. www.sfmoma.org

Bay Area Musicals’ two-night benefit concert, with stars of their season shows performing holiday songs and show tunes, with food, cocktails for purchase, and after-party. $25-$45. 7:30pm. 215 Jackson St. www.bamsf.org

Various Events @ Oakland LGBTQ Center

Thu 20

Westward @ City Hall Scott Chernis

Exhibit of large-scale photos by women photographers focusing on West Coast communities. Thru May 2019. North Light Court, Ground Floor, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Place. www.sfartscommission.org

Tue 18 Exclusion @ Presidio Officers Club

Sun 16

Kim Nalley @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

Arts Events

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Kitka @ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland The acclaimed women’s Balkans, Caucasus and Slavic music ensemble performs their music from their Evening Star and Winter Songs albums. $20-$140. 8pm. 114 Montecito Ave., Oakland. Also, Dec21, 8pm at Old Furst Church, 1751 Sacramento St., SF. www.kitka.org

Nutcracker Sweets @ Cowell Theater Mark Foehringer’s tenth annual concert of his colorful kid-friendly abbreviated version of the classic ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s music. Thru Dec 23. Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd. www.mfdpsf.org

Peter Grunberg @ SF Conservatory of Music The pianist plays works by Franz Liszt and discusses his impact on the music world. $20. 7:30pm. 50 Oak St. http://www.pianotalks.org/

Pike St. @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre Award-winning performer/ playwright Nilaja Sun’s new solo show portrays three generations of a Puerto Rican family’s legacy and lives. $27-$80. Thru Dec 16. 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. www.berkeleyrep.org

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberly @ Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s stage adaptation of the story by Jane Austin, with upper class and servants’ lives entangled in holiday intrigue. $39-$52. Thru Dec 16. 397 Milelr ave, Mill Valley. https://www.marintheatre.org

Sun 16 Kim Nalley, Tammy Hall @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko Enjoy a Gospel Christmas with the acclaimed local vocalist and pianist. $30-$60 ($20 food/drink min.) Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Painting is My Everything @ Asian Art Museum Art From India’s Mithila Region, thru Dec 30. Also, contemporary works by Kim Heecheon and Liu Jianhua; also, exhibits of sculpture and antiquities. Sunday café specialties from $7-$16. Free-$20. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 200 Larkin St. http://www.asianart.org/

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

Sprightly @ SF Public Library Weekly hangout for LGBTQ youth, with crafts, snacks and activities. Dec 16: Jessie Sisannah Karnatz, aka money Witch, leads a financial workshop. 12:30pm-2:30pm. James C. Hormel Center, 3rd floor, 100 Larkin St. www.sfpl.org

Exhibit documenting the Presidio’s Japanese-American incarceration during World War II; other exhibits show the history of the former military base and the SF peninsula. Free, Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Thru Spring 2019. 50 Maraga Ave. https://www.presidio.gov/officersclub/exhibitions/

Fever @ Center for Sex & Culture Fever: Documenting the Human Sexual Experience, a group photography exhibit curated by Anissa Malady. Tue 11am-5pm. Wed 10am-3pm, Thu 3pm-7pm and by appointment. Thru Dec. 28. 1349 Mission St. www.sexandculture.org

Wed 19 East Meets West @ Legion of Honor Jewels of the Maharajas from the Al Thani Collection, thru Feb 24. Also, Séraphin Soudbinine, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Framing the Body, Mummies and Medicine and other exhibits of classical and modern art. Free/$30. Lincoln Park, 100 34th Ave. legionofhonor.famsf.org

Bodyscapes @ Strut Group exhibit of art by the 50-Plus Network members. Thru Dec. 470 Castro St. https://www.strutsf.org

Gaugin: A Spiritual Journey @ de Young Museum New exhibit of the French painter’s Tahitian paintings, and works by artists who influenced him. Thru April 7. Also, Contemporary Muslim Fashions; thru Jan 6. Also, various modern and historic art. Free/$15. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park. www.famsf.org

Sweet Can @ Dance Mission Theatre The kid-friendly circus-theatre troupe performs two shows, My Friend Hafiz (Dec 20-23) and Mittens & Mistletoe (Dec 26-30). $25-$75. 3316 24th St. www.sweetcanproductions.com

New exhibit of drawing, maps, paintings and ephemera by the prolific illustrator of American culture (1876-1947). Thru April 28, 2019. 781 Beach St. www.cartoonart.org

Mike Pierce @ Spark Arts The artist’s exhibit of dyed scarves and silk fabric art. 4229 18th St. http://www.sparkarts.com/

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