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Leslie Elliott, left, who her attorneys said was overcharged at the time of her booking, described the negative consequences that followed as Deputy Public Defender Elizabeth Camacho looks on at a June 27 news conference.

Report: Racial disparities stem from police charges

Germans celebrated June 30 after the lower house of Parliament approved a same-sex marriage bill.

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by Seth Hemmelgarn

acial disparities in San Francisco’s criminal justice system stem largely from the charges police book people on, according to a report the city’s top defense attorney has released. Citing issues raised in the report, “Examining Racial Disparities in Criminal Case Outcomes among Indigent Defendants in San Francisco,” Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced the formation of the Pretrial Release Unit, which will scrutinize people’s initial charges for bias. “The disparities that later manifest themselves in every area,” from arrest to conviction, come from booking charges, said Adachi at a news conference June 27. The study shows that people of color receive more severe charges when they’re first booked. Those charges reflect decisions made by police and other booking agencies. Public defenders aren’t assigned to cases until defendants are arraigned. By that point, they’ve already spent up to five days in custody, according to the public defender’s office. The new unit, which will launch in October, will have two deputy public defenders and an investigator. The team will step in after someone’s arrested and before they’re arraigned to review police reports and conduct a preliminary investigation to make sure that the defendant hasn’t been overcharged. The unit’s formation was prompted by findings of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, which did the study based on a review of 10,753 case records from 2011 to 2014 provided by the public defender’s office. The center and the law school funded the study. Researchers found that “Black defendants are held in pretrial custody for an average of 30 days, 62 percent longer than whites.” “Black defendants are convicted of 60 percent more felony charges than white See page 16 >>

ermany’s lower house of Parliament voted 393-226 in favor of same-sex marriage June 30, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel relaxed her opposition and allowed lawmakers to vote their conscience on the issue.

The vote paves the way for Germany to become the 23rd country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage and the 15th in the European Union. There were four abstentions to the vote, according to media reports. Merkel voted against same-sex marriage, holding onto her belief that See page 16 >>

Longtime AIDS, hep C fighter retires Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Health at Home program. In the early 1990s, Robb started lesbian San Francisco nurse working on a project at the Amwho’s helped fight HIV/ bassador, a residential hotel in the AIDS and hepatitis C for alTenderloin neighborhood. most three decades recently retired. The Ambassador, one of the Valerie Robb, 62, who’s spent hotels managed by the late gay much of her career at the city’s AIDS activist Hank Wilson and well-known HIV clinic, said, “I his friend Ron Lanza (who died need to retire so I can do some four years ago), was frequented by more activism now that we have many queer and transgender peothe current presidential leadership, ple and became an early epicenter but I’m very pleased with the things of the AIDS epidemic. Wilson put we were a part of at Ward 86.” together a team of care providers, Robb’s history with fighting HIV and with a small group of activand AIDS goes back to the early ists, started the Tenderloin AIDS 1980s, when she started working at Network in 1986. After running on UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion. a shoestring budget, TAN obtained She said by working on a cancer Nurse Valerie Robb retired after nearly three decades of helping city funding to open a storefront ward, she was “used to people being people living with HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. in 1990, becoming the Tenderloin very sick, people of all ages.” AIDS Resource Center. epidemic that has raged for 36 years and continHowever, Robb, whose last day of The Ambassador was known as ues to affect millions of people around the world. housing of last resort for people no one else would work was June 29, said, “We started getting really sick young men with these various opportunistic In the 1980s, San Francisco developed a model of take. By the early 1990s, it was the largest supportcare centered on the medical and nonprofit cominfections,” which were “terrible.” Friends and acive AIDS housing program in the country, and it munities at a time when then-President Ronald quaintances started getting sick, too, and around came to be regarded as a model of community Reagan would not utter the word “AIDS” and a 1984, her best friend’s brother got pneumocystis care and harm reduction. federal response was lacking. pneumonia and died. Robb said that people at the Ambassador were Robb said she and others at the cancer ward “It was this new illness that I thought was going “a somewhat more diverse group of people” than to get a cure,” said Robb. The thought was, “Oh, “had the same skill set needed to provide care for those she’d worked with from the Castro, since the patients coming in with AIDS,” and those skills they’ll figure this out soon,” and when her friend’s hotel drew a mix of gay, straight, and bisexual men brother died, she recalls thinking, “Thank God I were put to use. Robb left the ward in 1988 and and women. joined Visiting Nurses and Hospice, which evenwon’t have to go through that again.” See page 16 >> But that turned out to be the beginning of an tually became the Department of Public Health’s

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Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. DESCOVY is not approved to treat HBV. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV and stop taking DESCOVY, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking DESCOVY without ﬁrst talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.

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Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat.

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DESCOVY can cause serious side effects, including:

• Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. DESCOVY is not approved to treat HBV. If you have both HIV-1 and HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking DESCOVY. Do not stop taking DESCOVY without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health regularly for several months.

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ABOUT DESCOVY • DESCOVY is a prescription medicine that is used together with other HIV-1 medicines to treat HIV-1 in people 12 years of age and older. DESCOVY is not for use to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. • DESCOVY does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. Ask your healthcare provider about how to prevent passing HIV-1 to others.

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• Changes in your immune system. • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. • Bone problems. The most common side effect of DESCOVY is nausea. These are not all the possible side effects of DESCOVY. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking DESCOVY.

• Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby.

Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during treatment with DESCOVY.

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SF supes pass eviction legislation by Seth Hemmelgarn

he San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously for legislation meant to protect tenants from fraudulent owner move-in evictions. The city’s current rent ordinance, which applies to most rental housing built before June 1979, allows an owner or their immediate family member to move in and evict the current tenant. The owner is then supposed to keep the unit out of the rental market for at least three years. Under the new law, authored by District 2 Supervisor Mark Farrell, owners would have to swear under oath to follow eviction law and prove that they’re continuing to live in the unit. “My eviction reforms approved today put people over profits,” Farrell said in a news release Tuesday, June 27, after the board’s vote. “These reforms provide the strongest possible reporting and enforcement requirements to make bad actors think twice before going through with an eviction.” According to Farrell’s office, there have been 1,500 owner move-in evictions since 2013. The supervisor’s staff pointed to a recent report by NBC Channel 11 that found up to one out of four tenants the station surveyed “had been wrongfully evicted.” Under Farrell’s legislation, owners would have to sign declarations under penalty of perjury that they’d follow existing eviction laws and file documents with the city’s Rent Board proving that they or their relatives are living in the residence, among other provisions. The law would also levy fines for owners who don’t file a Statement of Occupancy with the Rent Board. Additionally, it would create a “third party right of action” allowing San Francisco tenants’ rights nonprofits to sue owners who evict people fraudulently.

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Ronald Gouron, left, and his husband, Charles Richmond, moved to Portland, Oregon after what Richmond said was a fraudulent eviction from their San Francisco home.

Charles Richmond, 70, said Farrell’s bill would have helped him and his husband, Ronald Gouron, 76. “I only wish the legislation could be retroactive,” Richmond said in an email. They were evicted from the home they’d lived in for 25 years after what Richmond said was a fraudulent owner move-in. Richmond said that when he and Gouron moved to Portland, Oregon last May, “the costs of the move easily exceeded the ‘relocation money’” that San Francisco’s rent ordinance mandates. “Because we signed away (with a virtual gun pointed at us) our right to sue for damages, we are stuck in an apartment we can barely afford, and up here in Portland we have no rent-control protections,” said Richmond. Longtime queer activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca, who works for San Francisco’s Housing Rights Committee, said the protections are especially important for District 8, which includes the largely gay Castro district. He pointed to a report from the city’s planning department that says from January 2007 to December 2016, District 8 had more owner move-ins than any other district, with 331. “This bill protects tenants in our

community,” he said in an email. Avicolli Mecca was critical of Farrell, however. “The legislation was the result of tenant activists working with [District 3] Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s office,” he said. “Although Supervisor Mark Farrell takes credit for it, a large percentage of what’s in it comes from Peskin and tenant advocates, especially the private right to action, which Farrell originally opposed. At least the version that passed has some teeth in it.” In a statement to the Bay Area Reporter, Farrell said, “Leadership means listening to all sides and crafting sound policy. I am proud to have helped lead the effort at the Board of Supervisors to unanimously approve my bill that provides some of the strongest reforms for owner move-in evictions in our city’s history. During the legislative process, my office had multiple meetings and calls with tenant’s rights advocates and other interested stakeholders to listen to their perspective and suggested amendments. The Land Use Committee and board accepted many of their suggestions, but not all. It is our duty as policymakers to implement the best policy and not just cave to all the demands from particular organizations, individuals, or interests.” Peskin said in a statement, “The bottom line is: it takes a village. I’m lucky that my village includes advocates like the Housing Rights Committee and the SF Tenants Union. Without their support, I never would have been able to pass such strong eviction enforcement.” Gay District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen, and District 5 Supervisor London Breed, the board’s president, co-sponsored Farrell’s legislation, which Mayor Ed Lee is expected to sign. A second and final vote on the bill will be July 10.t

LYRIC, SF LGBT center get BofA grants by Alex Madison

an Francisco’s LYRIC and LGBT Community Center each received a $10,000 grant from the Bank of America Foundation to further the two nonprofits’ workplace development programs. The grants, which were announced June 26, were among a larger economic mobility effort by the bank that disbursed more than $1.7 million to 70-plus nonprofits throughout San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. The bank stated the high cost of living in the Bay Area as an increased need for workforce development and education opportunities. Something both organizations provide to hundreds of LGBTQ community members every year. “We recognize that addressing immediate basic needs as well as connecting people to long-term success through skill-building and jobs are critical to achieving greater economic mobility,” Thong Nguyen, San Francisco-East Bay market president for Bank of America, said in a news release. The LGBT center will use the funds for its economic development program, more specifically employment services. “It’s important as a community center that we really look at how our

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LYRIC youth prepare for their final project, a community presentation on identity and social justice.

various corporate partners and the community come together and support each other in a time of need,” said Rebecca Rolfe, executive director of the LGBT center. “Right now, we are helping individuals get or keep jobs with sustainable benefits.” The employment services program at the center lands more than 100 people a job every year and provides more than 350 people with case management services. Participants head to the center for a range of programs, including resume building and other job readiness skills, networking, career fair events, and career counseling.

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The center also works with employers to ensure a diverse and fair workplace culture for people who identify as LGBTQ through its Employer Partners and Diversity Training program. In fact, the center offers the nation’s first transgender employment program, which focuses on mitigating the specific challenges trans people face when getting a job from name changes to the placement process, officials said. As for LYRIC, which stands for Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center, the Bank of America Foundation has been financially supporting its work placement program, called the Sequoia Leadership Institute, for more than a decade. Through culturally relevant training curriculum, sequenced skill-building activities, and mentorship, LYRIC focuses on creating leaders in the community by starting with the basics. Natalia Vigil, the communications and development manager, said it’s the help of corporate influences like the foundation that enable LYRIC to give more than 100 teens a year the knowledge and abilities to properly prepare them for the workforce. “Corporate and community support are essential to LYRIC’s work

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Another delay for trans troops T

here was no Pride for the the effect of requiring applicants Trump administration this to lie in order to join the military, year. The president didn’t issue a as was the case under ‘Don’t Pride proclamation in June and Ask, Don’t Tell,’” Palm Center the month ended with Defense Director Aaron Belkin said in a Secretary James Mattis’ decision statement. “That makes no sense to delay – by six months – the because, as predicted by all of the ability of trans recruits to enlist research, transgender military in the military. This is yet another service has been a success.” needless setback in what has been The Palm Center noted that a relatively smooth process that for the past year, transgender was started under Mattis’ predetroops have been serving openly cessor, Ashton Carter, and was anand have been widely praised nounced just before the deadline Defense Secretary by their commanders, as is the allowing trans people to join the James Mattis case in 18 allied militaries armed services would have ended. around the world, inUnder the Obama administration, the trans cluding Israel and Britain. The cenmilitary policy was updated June 30, 2016 to proter said that service chiefs pressured hibit the involuntary separation of troops who Mattis to continue the transgender came out as transgender. It also allowed them to enlistment ban, “despite having no begin receiving medical care as of October 1, but new arguments or data to back up gave the Pentagon a year to “determine how to their long-discredited assertions.” begin processing new transgender recruits who Trans service members have been want to serve,” reported the Washington Post. It serving, openly and authentically, was that June 30 deadline that Mattis extended since October 2016, according to to January 1. OutServe-SLDN, a nonprofit dediThe Pentagon has been dealing with LGBT cated to bringing about full LGBT equality to service members since the anti-gay “Don’t Ask, America’s military. The organization stated Don’t Tell” policy was repealed in 2010 (it went that the “delay is a disservice to the transgender into effect in the fall of 2011). When the Obama community and to our military as a whole.” administration updated policies for trans troops, The American Military Partner Association, it did not require congressional action or a formal repeal. Rather, it is a policy the military could implement upon approval of the defense secretary. Like the yearslong effort to repeal DADT, top military officials undertook a lengthy review before updating the trans policy. But then, just as the changes were to begin, trans people who want to serve their country are told to wait. More troublesome, according to the Palm Center, an independent research institute that focuses on sexual minority issues in the military, potential recruits will be forced to be untruthful in order to join the service. “Secretary Mattis’ decision to prolong the enlistment ban will have

a nonprofit made up of LGBT military families, expressed its disappointment. “This six-month delay is disappointing because it unnecessarily delays the ability of transgender people to be open about their identity when entering the military,” Ashley Broadway-Mack, president of the partner association, said in a statement. “The issue has been thoroughly studied and moving forward with this new recruitment policy is imperative in order for the military to be able to recruit the best talent our nation has to offer.” Anti-gay activists praised Mattis’ decision, and continue to claim, falsely, that trans military service undermines unit cohesion. That was the same canard they used during the debate on DADT repeal. LGBT people have always served in the military; they were mostly closeted, of course, because they risked being drummed out on a variety of charges, including being dishonorably discharged. Under DADT (former President Bill Clinton’s “compromise” to lifting the ban on open service), troops were supposed to hide who they really were. Not surprisingly, the policy had disastrous consequences, forcing people to work and live in fear of being outed. OutServe-SLDN estimates that there are more than 14,000 trans individuals currently serving in the armed services. Many are serving openly as a result of last year’s policy change and this new delay won’t affect them. But it does affect trans people who are standing by, ready to report to duty. With the death of DADT, attention turned to updating the military’s trans policy. Now, with a new administration in charge, the calls for delays likely will continue. Mattis can have his six months, but we don’t want to see further postponements to beginning implementation of the new trans enlistment policy. t

Criminally effective Chinese medicine by Alex Feng

s it a crime or an ancient Chinese medical remedy? This particular treatment has been used in China for thousands of years. Elderly patients, wary of pharmaceuticals, swear by its effectiveness. Increasingly, research backs up this view – and regular doctors are recommending it more to their patients. Nevertheless, it remains in a legal gray area. But don’t worry: California is bringing this healing method into the mainstream – led by an unassuming, middle-aged woman who isn’t afraid to risk arrest to relieve her patients’ pain. Am I talking about acupuncture in the 1970s or medical marijuana today? Both. The paths these two treatments have taken to mainstream acceptance are remarkably similar. With former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and her husband, Dr. Floyd Huen, seeking to open what would probably be the first Chinese-owned medical marijuana dispensary in the Bay Area, it’s worth looking at the history of these two types of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Not many people remember, but just over a generation ago you could get arrested for practicing acupuncture, right here in California. This happened despite acupuncture’s deep history in China – going back to at least 100 B.C. – and probably much longer. In 1969, Miriam Lee emigrated from China to California. At 43 years old, she put her training as an acupuncturist to the side and began working at a Hewlett-Packard factory in Palo Alto. Many of her colleagues on the assembly line suffered from chronic pain, especially in their neck and shoulders. Lee treated them in her home clinic. She was unwilling to let legal prohibitions keep her from relieving her patients’ suffering. For these efforts, she was arrested in 1974 for practicing medicine without a license. Vindication came two years later when thenGovernor Jerry Brown signed legislation to legalize and regulate acupuncture in the state of California. Lee went on to an acclaimed career.

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She helped thousands of patients and trained a whole generation of acupuncturists. When she died in 2009 she was a figure of great esteem. In the mid-1980’s a similar story unfolded in San Francisco, this time with an even older Chinese remedy: cannabis. The clearest archaeological record of cannabis in China dates to 2,500 years ago – although other clues point to an even earlier beginning. In the 1980s, as AIDS cut down a generation of gay men, Mary Jane Rathbun, aka “Brownie Mary,” sought to help them with brownies medicated with cannabis. For patients with painful neuropathy, nausea, and countless other symptoms, cannabis offered relief and dignity. For patients with wasting syndrome, cannabis restored their appetite – allowing many of them to stay alive long enough to benefit from life-saving medications. In those days, before dispensaries and effective HIV therapies, doctors had to tell patients to get this medicine on the street.

Like Lee before her, Brownie Mary was arrested, but undaunted. Ultimately she was honored and seen as a pioneer – inspiring a wave of cannabis healers and entrepreneurs that continues to this day. She died in 1999. Despite sharing the same place of origin, cannabis and acupuncture diverge in one important respect. While acupuncture today is widely accepted by Asian Pacific Americans, many in this community (my community) now reject marijuana. Some even deny the archeological record of marijuana’s long history in our ancestral homeland. But that is changing. My Asian Pacific patients, like other patients, are quietly and cautiously trying medical cannabis. They tend to gravitate toward CBD-rich products that allow patients to benefit from this plant’s healing properties, without the trademark “high.” Progress is slow. Chinese immigrants grew up with government propaganda that suggests marijuana (which carries no acute health risks) is as dangerous as highly addictive drugs like heroin. As cannabis continues its return to medical respectability, Chinese and Chinese-Americans should proudly reclaim this plant – both as medicine and part of our cultural heritage. If you are a patient with chronic pain, please, as the TV ads say, “Ask your doctor if marijuana is right for you.” If you are already a marijuana patient, come out of the “cannabis closet” and let your Chinese friends, family and neighbors know that marijuana is your medicine and part of their history.t Alex Feng, LAc, OMD, Ph.D., is founder of Zhi Dao Guan, the Taoist Center and Clinic for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Oakland. He is a licensed acupuncturist (one of the first 300 licensed in California) and a Traditional Chinese Medicine physician. This column originally appeared in Cantonese in Sing Tao Daily.

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Mandelman’s elbow grease at work The mayor’s appointee to serve out Scott Wiener’s term on the Board of Supervisors must not be getting out into the community very much, if he has only seen Rafael Mandelman at parties [“Race is on for SF District 8 supervisor seat,” June 22]. Mandelman has put tons of elbow grease into his support of our communities without a lot of photo ops or credit. He was a new member of the City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees during the accreditation crisis when that board was disempowered and told to go home and do nothing. Instead of standing down, Mandelman stood up with community and constituent groups, talked to folks around the state both publicly and in less formal settings, and pushed hard against the unfairly harsh treatment of our college. It is in no small part because of his efforts then, and his activity as a past president of the restored board, that City College is now fully accredited, supported by city property owners through a parcel tax, and starting in August, free to all residents of San Francisco. Karen Saginor San Francisco

Mandelman helped save City College A statement made by Supervisor Jeff Sheehy in the recent Bay Area Reporter article merits a factual and first-hand response. Sheehy claims that his opponent, City College Trustee Rafael Mandelman, “has never done anything for the community.” As the chair of the English as a Second Language Department at CCSF, I have direct experience of Mandelman’s service to the college community. When CCSF’s accreditation was under threat, Mandelman played a leading role in making sure the college remained open. He rallied students, faculty, and staff to push back against a rogue accreditation commission. His common sense leadership and willingness to make tough choices are key reasons why CCSF continues to serve 80,000 students. Mandelman has also demonstrated a commitment to keeping higher education accessible to all San Franciscans with free City College, putting both the college and our city at the forefront of a national movement for affordable higher education. Claiming Mandelman has done nothing for the community may be politics as usual, but clarifications are also sometimes necessary. Gregory Keech, Chair Department of English as a Second Language City College of San Francisco

Mandelman’s LGBT center efforts I currently serve with Rafael Mandelman on the board of directors of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center. So I was puzzled to read a recent B.A.R. article, in which Supervisor Jeff Sheehy claims that Mandelman, Sheehy’s opponent in the upcoming race for District 8 supervisor, “has never done anything for the community.” Mandelman has been a tireless advocate for the LGBT center, and for the wider LGBT community it serves. As co-chair of the board of directors for four and a half of his five and a half years (and counting) of service, Mandelman’s dedicated leadership has helped ensure the center’s long-term financial stability. In April, following a remodeling of the center, we reopened a space that now provides 15,000 square feet of affordable office space for nonprofits in our community. Its serves a pressing need for LGBT advocates and helps secure the center’s future. This is the kind of long-term vision that I’ve come to know from Mandelman – I respect the work that he does for, and alongside, our community, greatly appreciate how he digs into complex issues, and am proud to have worked with him. Sally Jesmonth, Co-Chair San Francisco LGBT Community Center Board

Body scanner news nothing to celebrate Contrary to statements in the article “Body scanners in SF to help trans inmates” [June 15], the decision to further delay offering transgender women housing in a women’s unit for another six months to a year is nothing to celebrate. At the core of this decision is the sexist idea – supported by leadership at the Deputy Sheriff’s Association – that female deputies are incapable of professionally searching transgender women. This idea stands in contrast to the hundreds of thousands of workers throughout California – nurses, paramedics, home health aides, etc. – who stand ready to serve transgender patients with dignity and compassion. Despite assurances from Sheriff Vicki Hennessy that this issue would be resolved within months of her taking office, it will now be 2018 before transgender women in her custody and care are provided the same safety and respect that San Francisco demands of every other county agency. Outrageous. Chris Daley Washington, D.C.

Pink triangle organizer thanks community Thank you to the 250-plus volunteers who helped install the 22nd annual pink triangle on Twin Peaks during thick fog and drizzle (the sun emerged later). Also, thank you to the 30-plus people who helped take it down after the parade. The display’s installation and de-installation couldn’t have happened without all of the volunteers. The Pink Triangle truly is a communitybuilding project. Thank you to the dignitaries who spoke during the commemoration ceremony, including state Senator Scott Wiener, Assemblymen Phil Ting and David Chiu, SF Treasurer Jose Cisneros, Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, SF City College Trustees

Rafael Mandelman and Tom Temprano, and former state Senator Mark Leno. Also, SF Pride grand marshals/honorees Chris Carnes, Alex U. Inn, and Brett Andrews all spoke. Actor Wilson Cruz addressed the attendees as well. The first pink triangle went up in the dark of night so we wouldn’t be arrested, now it is celebrated and christened by many, including elected officials. The pink triangle ceremony remembers the hatred of the past, and reminds people we aren’t out of the woods yet – as Chechnya, Indonesia, Iran, and so many other places clearly illustrate. The ceremony began with a very moving and informative “History of the Pink Triangle,” which was told in four parts by “When We Rise” personalities (real life persons and actors who portrayed them in the mini-series) Roma Guy, Emily Skeggs, Ivory Aquino, and Diane Jones. That was immediately followed by Melanie Nathan, executive director of African Human Rights Coalition and vice president of the SF Pride board, who gave a rousing speech on current challenges facing our community and why we have a critical “obligation to resist,” as she phrased it. One of the late Gilbert Baker’s last provocative art projects called “Untitled Series” was at the ceremony. He created Holocaust-themed uniforms with large pink triangles affixed. They were displayed courtesy of Tom Taylor. Baker answered critics when the exhibit first opened with: “They aren’t fashion, they are art, and a warning.” Nighttime illumination was planned by Obscura Digital (the noted firm which created the SF City Hall Centennial celebration as well as the Conservatory of Flowers light show in Golden Gate Park) to “show love instead of death” as a counterpoint to the pink triangle’s original Nazi intent. However, the thick evening fog put a damper on the show so Obscura instead reversed its projection equipment on Kite Hill and aimed the show toward the Castro district because the fog itself acted as a large screen. Then Obscura projected large rainbows over the district and ended the last few hours of the evening by creating a rainbowcolored Aura Borealis that gyrated over the area. A big thank you to our 2017 sponsors: Toad Hall and Badlands owner Les Natali (who has been the single largest individual donor over the decades), SF Pride, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Rick Stokes (owner of the Steamworks), Hodgkins Jewelers, Obscura Digital, and Starbucks for the coffee, tea, pastries and cookies and for many volunteers. For help inspiring volunteers with “media sponsorship:” the Bay Area Reporter, and Betty’s List/ SF Bay Times. Thanks also to the SF mayor’s office and Department of Real Estate for their ongoing support and help; SF Public Works for hiring Goats R Us to clear much of the site of poison oak and non-native thorny plants before the installation; Sargent Paget Williams and other members the San Francisco Police Department’s Park Station who watched over the ceremony and for giving 24-hour coverage; and Katie Hickox for keeping up the pink triangle website (www.thepinktriangle.com). This event could not have lasted all these decades without the ongoing dedication of Colleen Hodgkins and Hossein Carney, who have been the main helpers over the years. Thank you also to musical theater star Leanne Borghesi, who sang “San Francisco” and other spirited tunes, accompanied by the incredible SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band. The band has participated since 2000 and always adds a great deal to the ceremony. Thank you all!

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8 • Bay Area Reporter • July 6-12, 2017

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homeowner insurance and prosecutes those conducting insurance fraud. Issues Lara expects to tackle should he be elected include how to insure owners of driverless cars and drones who either hurt themselves or others. He also pledged to address the barriers transgender individuals and people of color face in accessing affordable insurance. “It really allows me to really continue the work I have been doing in terms of consumer protection and looking at health care policy,” said Lara, adding that the position would give him a platform to weigh in on the national debate around health insurance. This year Lara made national headlines for co-authoring, with lesbian state Senator Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), legislation that would have created a single-payer health care system in California. But Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) shelved the bill last month citing the senators’ lack of a plan to pay for it. He has encouraged the coauthors to bring it back in 2018 with a spending plan. Of the bill’s projected annual cost, Lara said, “Yes, the price tag is estimated at $400 billion, but we as a state already spend $368 billion a year on health care. We are not that far off.” Last week he introduced Senate Bill 396, the Transgender Work Opportunity Act, which would make California the first in the nation to require training about gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. The bill would amend the state’s existing two-hour sexual harassment training requirement in the Fair Housing and Employment Act to include training on gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation for supervisory employees at companies with more than 50 employees. “Transgender workers have so much to give to our businesses and economy yet too many struggle with high unemployment because of discrimination and lack of opportunity,” said Lara in announcing the legislation. “Education is the first step toward inclusion, and the Transgender Work Opportunity Act will help California businesses to open their doors to these valuable workers.” SB 396 would require businesses to post a poster developed by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing on transgender rights. Last Saturday, July 1, the state agency issued new rules requiring businesses to abide by their employees’ preferred names and pronouns. Employers also can’t restrict a person’s style of dress unless they prove it is necessary to do so for work purposes.t

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$2 million alleyway installation honoring San Francisco’s leather community has received preliminary approval weeks ahead of its planned dedication ceremony. The project encompasses Ringold Alley between Eighth and Ninth streets. The South of Market roadway was the site of the inaugural Up Your Alley Fair in 1985. It now includes bronze bootprints dedicated to deceased local leather figures, stone plinths bearing the names of leather businesses, and bulb-outs emblazoned with the colors of the leather flag. It is the first part of what is envisioned to be an LGBTQ cultural

heritage district in a portion of western SOMA. Last week the city’s public works department director signed off on the major encroachment permit for the project and recommended the Board of Supervisors formally approve it. The agency is finalizing a maintenance agreement for the art pieces with Folsom Street Events, the nonprofit that produces several fetish fairs held in the area. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the leather walk, as well as the L Seven mixed-use development built by developer 4Terra Investments, which paid for the Ringold project, is tentatively scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 just days head of this year’s Up Your Alley Fair Sunday, July 30.t

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10 • Bay Area Reporter • July 6-12, 2017

Jenner doesn’t speak for trans community by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

n a recent episode of “Chelsea,” an interview show on Netflix, host Chelsea Handler asked guest Janet Mock, an African-American trans woman, about another transgender celebrity, Caitlyn Jenner. Days before the show, Jenner had joked about the shooting of Representative Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) on a Virginia baseball field, to the College

Republican National Committee. “Liberals can’t even shoot straight,” said Jenner, referring to the shooter, seemingly disgruntled Democrat James Hodgkinson, who also injured two Capitol Police agents, one of them Crystal Griner, a married African-American lesbian. Hodgkinson was killed in a shootout with police. Handler asked Mock if she feels a responsibility to defend Jenner as a representative of the trans

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community, and Mock was very clear in her response. “I think my community has overwhelmingly said that we don’t want that [representation],” said Mock. “It’s Caitlyn Jenner, who’s a very specific person, with a specific set of experiences that are very moneyed, very white, and very privileged,” Mock continued. “She can say that on behalf of herself, but I don’t think on behalf of the community.” Jenner has made no secret that politically she’s conservative. This is one of the challenges, however, when it comes to the media. If they are looking for a transgender person, Jenner is – for now – one of the first people they will gravitate to. Further, they will seek her out for some of the very reasons Mock pointed out. She is a wealthy, white, privileged celebrity. For that matter, reporters may choose Jenner before someone like Mock, who is far more well spoken, or others simply because she is likely to say something controversial and – in the eyes of the media – attentiongetting. This is how outlets gain viewers, and how they sell everything from cars to laundry detergent to those same viewers. Yet Mock, a former editor at People magazine and a successful author, is

completely right when she noted the specifics around Jenner, and how her experience is vastly different from the majority of trans-identified people. I would even go so far as to state that Jenner’s lived experience is dramatically different from even this Caucasian trans woman, due in large part to her privilege. When Jenner is treated as a representative of the transgender community, she is only bringing her own understanding to the table. She is not speaking much of the experiences of non-binary trans folks, trans men, or trans people of color – or a wide variety of other identities or experiences. When the media treat her as a representative without considering her limitations, they are potentially harming any other trans person who isn’t Jenner. Yet, in pointing this out, I wonder if this sets up a larger issue. If Jenner does not – cannot – speak to the wider trans experience, then can any of us? Is my experience as a lowerto-middle class, Caucasian trans woman of any value outside of those who share a similar path and environment? Do the experiences of one specific trans person from any background help explain other specific experiences in the wider community outside of their own?

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For that matter, does Mock, in speaking about Jenner, run the risk of speaking for a wider community from within her own very specific world view? Think back to the start of this column. When Mock was asked about Jenner, she addressed this in a very specific fashion. She did not talk immediately of having to defend Jenner, but spoke of the community’s views: “I think my community has overwhelmingly said that we don’t want that [representation].” Mock is wise. She lets the community speak. It is a community she embraces, and a community of which she is a part. She acknowledged being a part of a greater whole. This is something Jenner has, thus far, been incapable of doing. What’s more, Mock has done an astounding job of speaking on behalf of the community over the last several See page 17 >>

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Senate ACA repeal bill on hold – for now by Liz Highleyman

he U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act before starting its holiday recess last week. On June 27, as the proposal fell short of the necessary support, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (RKentucky) postponed the vote, but opponents caution that the bill is not yet dead. The bill, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act, would slash federal Medicaid spending and leave 22 million more people without health coverage over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Advocates say the bill would hurt people with disabilities, seniors in nursing homes, and people living with HIV and other chronic health conditions. At the same time, wealthy individuals and the health insurance industry would see a tax cut. “The Senate health care bill will be catastrophic for our nation’s health care system,” said AIDS United president Jesse Milan. “If passed, not only will people living with or at risk of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases suffer, but our efforts to end the HIV and STD epidemics will be impeded.” Repealing and replacing the ACA, popularly known as Obamacare, has long been a top Republican priority. The House narrowly passed its version of the legislation, known as the American Health Care Act, on May 4. At the time Senate Republicans said they would not approve the same bill, but changes have been – and are still being – made to address the demands of reluctant lawmakers, ranging from less severe Medicaid cuts to more funding for

the opioid epidemic to those who want more cuts made to the bill. The BCRA would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $772 billion, with the phase-out starting in 2020. By 2026, an estimated 49 million people under the Senate bill and 51 million under the House bill would be without health coverage, compared to 28 million if the ACA remains in effect, according to the CBO. Nearly two-thirds of states have taken advantage of Medicaid expansion, and more than 40 percent of people living with HIV rely on Medicaid, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. The bill would stop Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood, which is a major provider of low-cost reproductive health care, HIV testing, and PrEP in many communities. “The Senate bill closely mirrors the House bill, which has been widely criticized as ‘mean’ and the worst bill for women’s health in a generation,” said Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards. “Each and every senator should listen to the American people and vote against this legislation.” President Donald Trump himself referred to the House bill as “mean.” Last Friday he suggested in a tweet that he was open to repealing Obamacare now and trying to come up with a replacement later. Like the House bill, the Senate proposal would revoke the mandate that individuals must carry health insurance or pay a penalty. The BCRA would cut federal tax credits to buy insurance and raise the income threshold to be eligible for a subsidy. While some healthy young people could see lower monthly premiums, costs would

likely skyrocket for many middleaged and older individuals. Senate Democrats are unanimously opposed to the BCRA. The proposal will require all but two Republican senators to vote in favor, but several have expressed hesitation – some because they think the proposal is too harsh, and others because it does not go far enough. Republican senators who have expressed opposition include Susan Collins (Maine), Dean Heller (Nevada), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Rand Paul (Kentucky). Paul is among those angling for full ACA repeal. Repeal of the ACA is expected to have a big impact in California, which could lose more than $12 billion annually in federal funding for Medi-Cal (the state’s Medicaid program). San Francisco Health Director Barbara Garcia, a lesbian, previously told the Bay Area Reporter that the ACA has extended health coverage to approximately 133,000 people in San Francisco, including 93,000 covered by Medi-Cal expansion.

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Local and national patient advocacy and health care provider organizations expressed opposition to the BCRA. “Like the version of this legislation approved by the House of Representatives, the Senate bill is a punishing and draconian proposal that prioritizes tax cuts for the rich over health care for the poor and sick,” said Project Inform Executive Director Dana Van Gorder, a gay man. “The Senate [bill] will result in the loss of health care for millions of Americans and make efforts to end the HIV and hepatitis C

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epidemics much more difficult,” he added. “Many other Americans, especially seniors, will pay more for their health care coverage while receiving less actual coverage.” Loss of health care coverage is expected to have a particularly detrimental effect on people living with and at risk for HIV. “The Medicaid program, and more recently the Medicaid expansion, have been pivotal to progress against the HIV epidemic in the U.S. because consistent access to care and treatment for people with HIV allows them to stay healthy, have near normal life expectancies, and prevents transmission of the virus,” said Dr. Wendy Armstrong, chair of the HIV Medicine Association. Advocates lauded the BCRA vote postponement, saying it

reflects widespread pressure on lawmakers. But the bill is not yet dead, as debate will resume when the Senate goes back into session July 10. “As a country, we must build upon, rather than abandon, the recent progress we have made to increase access to healt care coverage, thus improving the health of Americans and importantly, beginning to turn the tide of America’s HIV epidemic,” Armstrong continued. “We appeal to our senators to reject the BCRA and send a signal that health care for all Americans is a priority.”t

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IML founder Chuck Renslow dies by Tracy Baim

history,” the statement read. “As cofounder, longtime president, and, most recently, chairman of the board, Chuck has left his mark throughout our institution and touched each of us very deeply. He will be missed.”

huck Renslow, a longtime pillar of the LGBTQ community in Chicago and around the world, died June 29 after multiple long-term health issues. He was 87. Mr. Renslow reigned over a sevendecade empire, starting more than two-dozen businesses – bars, discos, photo studios, health clubs, bathhouses, gay magazines and newspapers, hotels, restaurants, and bookstores. He fostered organizations and dealt with Mafia and police payoffs, the Chicago Machine, anti-gay government policies, and controversy within the gay community. The founder of International Mr. Leather, owner of Man’s Country and the Gold Coast bars, publisher of the GayLife newspaper in the 1980s, and a political activist, Mr. Renslow was an out gay business owner since the 1950s. He was a critical contributor to a wide range of political, social, business, health, and other causes in the Windy City. IML, an annual conference and contest that attracts leathermen from around the world, typically draws upward of 50 contestants who vie for the prestigious title and other honors. “He was like a father to many of us,” longtime leatherman and former San Francisco resident Peter Fiske wrote in a Facebook post. “A very kind, savvy, and loving father.”

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Others commented that Mr. Renslow helped usher in a greater acceptance of gays. “His death marks the end of an era,” San Francisco resident Steve Gaynes wrote on Facebook. “He made Chicago a gay-friendly city.” The Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago, which Mr. Renslow cofounded, issued a statement shortly after his death was announced. “As LA&M’s co-founder, Chuck gave deeply and worked with great passion for over 26 years to save the names and faces of leather, kink, BDSM and fetish people, communities, and history, and he fought to ensure that leatherfolk were the ones who would ‘tell’ their own stories so that they might better understand and bring enhanced visibility to leather

In the early 1950s, Mr. Renslow founded Kris Studios, one of the earliest and most durable of the physique photography houses. He was an accomplished photographer, including of the ballet. His dance photography is in the Newberry Library dance collection in the Chuck Renslow Dance Photographs collection. He was the publisher of Triumph, Mars, and Rawhide Male magazines, publications that, in the decades before the internet, were mailed and shared across the country as the earliest ways gay men found each other. In 1965, he was a founder of Second City Motorcycle Club. He opened Gold Coast, believed to be the first leather bar in the U.S., in Chicago in 1958. He was the founder of many bars and sex clubs since the 1960s, including Man’s Country, which is still open in Andersonville. Mr. Renslow had many partners over the years, among them Dom “Etienne” Orejudos, who he was with for more than 40 years. He helped encourage Orejudos’ work as the artist Etienne. He was also involved with

Cliff Raven, Chuck Arnett, Sam “Phil Andros” Steward, David Grooms of Wisconsin, and Ron Ehemann, and encouraged them in their work, too. In 1979, he founded International Mr. Leather, which grew out of his Mr. Gold Coast contest and the experience he had managing Amateur Athletic Union physique competitions. When Orejudos died, Mr. Renslow combined his collection of Etienne’s art with his own archives from his business and his life; Mr. Renslow and Tony DeBlase co-founded the Leather Archives and Museum in 1991. Mr. Renslow was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 1991 and received dozens of awards from the gay and leather communities. He received the Leather Journal’s lifetime achievement award and a Centurion Award as Leatherman of the Century. He served on the board of directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, now known as the National LGBTQ Task Force, and was a U.S. representative to what was known then as the International Lesbian and Gay Association. Mr. Renslow also was involved in newspapers, purchasing GayLife from its founder, Grant Ford, and publishing it for several years, until it folded in 1986. Mr. Renslow was especially active in politics in the 1970s and 1980s, as the gay community gained clout. He was the founder of Prairie State

Madrid hosts huge WorldPride by Ed Walsh

ore than a million people flooded Madrid amid tight security last weekend for WorldPride 2017, which for the first time combined WorldPride and EuroPride, with Madrid Pride going along for the ride, effectively making it a Pride trifecta. The festivities lasted 10 days, ending Sunday July 2, with the passing of the baton to New York City, which will host WorldPride 2019, during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, widely considered the birth of the modern gay rights movement. The closing ceremony also included a memorial tribute to rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker, who died in March. The WorldPride parade began at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 1, and didn’t conclude until after midnight. Organizers had expected as many as 3 million people would attend at least some part of the celebration. Two TV stations broadcast the entire parade live. Local media reported that 1.5 million people turned out to watch or participate in the parade. Tourists from all over the world attended the celebration. The chance to capitalize on LGBT travel was not lost on tourism officials, who hoped WorldPride would encourage more visitors to regularly return to Madrid and other parts of Spain. Madrid more than lives up to its claim as being one of the world’s most gaywelcoming cities. “This is not just a gay-friendly city, we are a gay city and we are very proud of that,” said Miguel Sanz, a gay man who’s director of Madrid’s tourism bureau. Sanz spoke last week at a news conference with LGBT journalists from the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia, and other parts of Europe. He presented a promotional video showing male and female samesex couples enjoying the city. The tourism chief also reiterated the city’s slogan, “Whoever you love, Madrid loves you.” The press briefing was held in the tourism office in the historic Plaza Mayor, which was adorned with that slogan on a banner in English and Spanish. The plaza is celebrating its 400-year birthday this year. Sanz noted that the city’s gay

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Amnesty International’s contingent marched in the WorldPride parade July 1 in Madrid.

friendliness extended even to its traffic signals. Madrid has installed pedestrian walk/don’t walk signs that depict same-sex couples walking hand-inhand at 72 intersections around the city. Those signs went up in advance of Pride in early June and the city plans to keep them up. A 2013 Pew Research study backs Spain’s claim to gay-friendliness. It scored the highest among 39 countries surveyed on whether homosexuality should be accepted by society. The survey found 88 percent acceptance of gays in Spain. That is contrasted by the U.S., with 60 percent gay acceptance, and, at the bottom of the survey: Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, and Ghana, which all tied for last place at 3 percent. Spain experienced one of the most dramatic changes in LGBT tolerance in the years following the death of the country’s longtime dictator, Francisco Franco, in 1975. Franco’s regime routinely imprisoned gays. Spain’s first gay Pride march was held in Barcelona in 1977 and a year later in Madrid. But homosexuality wasn’t legalized until 1979. Spain eventually became the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2005. In time for WorldPride, the city’s landmark CentroCentro Palacio de Cibeles building includes a floor dedicated to the country’s LGBT history. Exhibits include photos of some of the early marches, as well as mug shots of people arrested for being gay, and even a shock-therapy machine designed to “cure” people of homosexuality. Many of WorldPride’s events were held in Madrid’s gay neighborhood, Chueca, which evolved along with Spain’s acceptance. In the late 1970s, it was a downtrodden area best known

as the place in the city to buy drugs. Gay entrepreneurs took advantage of the cheap real estate, opening the first gay businesses in 1980. Others soon followed and today it is one of the city’s most attractive neighborhoods. Chueca is also a favorite spot for tourists because of its wealth of restaurants and shops just north of the city’s old historic center. WorldPride’s nine venues were spread throughout the city. Three were in and around the Chueca gayborhood. Some of Madrid’s famed landmarks served as backdrops for the eclectic entertainment presented throughout the 10-day celebration. The WorldPride Park took over the park along the Madrid River, near the historic Spanish royal castle. The city’s tourist-popular square, Puerta del Sol, was another focal point for Pride entertainment. Chueca’s picturesque Pelayo Street was the scene of a Madrid Pride tradition; on Thursday, June 29, crowds lined two blocks of the narrow street for the famed highheel race. American entertainers included Ultra Nate, known for her LGBT anthem, “Free,” and the Weather Girls, who of course, delighted the crowd with “It’s Raining Men.” Austrian Eurovision gender-bending star Conchita Wurst was another crowd favorite.

security and cleanup costs. Madrid brought in extra police and sealed off the streets around entertainment venues as well as the parade. Patrol cars were set up in the roads around the Pride celebrations to prevent vehicles from being used by terrorists, as has been seen most

Democratic Club in 1980, and it hosted events with top politicians from Chicago and Cook County, and even presidential candidates coming through the area. He pushed for the gay and lesbian civil rights ordinance when it was first introduced in the Chicago City Council in the early 1970s, and the initial executive order banning discrimination in Chicago city government, as issued by thenMayor Jane Byrne. His other bars and businesses have included the Chicago Eagle, Triumph Health Studios, Sparrows Lounge, Bistro Too, Zolar, The Club Baths, Center Stage and Pyramid. Mr. Renslow was born August 26, 1929, raised in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. He graduated from Lane Technical High School. Mr. Renslow is survived by many friends and family. At press time, a memorial had not been announced. Mr. Renslow’s life is chronicled in “Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow,” by Tracy Baim and Owen Keehnen. A video interview is available at: http://chicagogayhistory.org/ biography.html?id=772.t This obituary is excerpted from Windy City Times. Used with permission. Cynthia Laird contributed reporting. For more on Mr. Renslow, see the Leather column in BARtab.

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defendants,” the report says. Much of the study is devoted to trying to find factors other than race that may explain the outcomes researchers found. “The black/white differences in booked charges cannot be explained by factors such as age, homelessness or poverty, or crime rates in the neighborhoods in which black citizens reside or routinely encounter police,” the report says. However, it says, “There may be unobserved, legally relevant factors other than bias (e.g., actual criminal conduct, or how particular individuals interact with officers) that are unaccounted for in the analysis and explain the observed disparities.” Researchers also said in the report that while raw data “shows a disparity in the number and severity of felonies charges against blacks versus whites,”

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She said the sentiment among activists at the hotel was, “We want the people in our hotel to get the same kind of treatment we see our friends getting in the Castro.” Over the next 14 years, Robb worked with the Ambassador and other hotels, and then she went to Lutheran Social Services. The agency got a five-year grant to offer care to homeless adults who were living with HIV and only had access to general assistance, “so they couldn’t even afford a hotel room,” she said. Around that time, people started paying attention to the role injection drug use was playing in driving the AIDS epidemic. Robb said one of the contributions she made was “to look at the

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marriage is between a man and a woman, according to media reports. However, Merkel supports LGBT couples being able to adopt, which the same-sex marriage bill legalized. Gay Star News reported that all of the Muslim members of Parliament voted in favor of same-sex marriage. The vote was a victory for veteran gay rights activist and Green Party politician Volker Beck, 56, who ended his 23year career that same day, reported Agence France-Presse. The bill is nearly certain to be passed by the Bundesrat, Germany’s upper house, next week. CNN reported that the upper house has previously approved legalizing samesex marriage. However, the potential for legal wrangling remains. Some Christian Democratic Union members believe the law is fundamentally flawed because it requires a change to the constitution, Martin Schulz, leader of the Social Democratic Party, cautioned as he spoke outside Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate Friday. For the moment, Germany is in line with other European nations that have legalized same-sex marriage. LGBT advocates told the New York Times that approval of same-sex marriage in Germany

Apothecarium

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Reporter at press time. PJI’s opposition to the Apothecarium’s application has been “extremely costly,” said dispensary co-founder Ryan Hudson in an interview at his office. According to Hudson, the

when they adjust for “various contextual factors, we see no statistically significant differences in the number or severity of charges added by prosecutors for either black or Latinx as compared to whites. This suggests that the discretion of the booking (police) officer is more impactful than that of the district attorney in terms of the disparities and seriousness of charges filed.” At last week’s news conference, though, Adachi said that prosecutors are supposed to investigate cases independently. “The district attorney is merely accepting what the police are saying,” said Adachi, who repeatedly pointed to race as a factor in what happens to defendants throughout the criminal justice process, since it has such an apparent weight on booking charges. Adachi predicted other officials would react to the report by saying, “Oh, we don’t consider race in deciding what happens,” but he said, “That’s

not a satisfactory answer to the study.” Asked in an email about the idea that race is a factor in charging decisions, San Francisco Police Department spokesman David Stevenson said, “Our officers charge individuals based on the elements of the crime(s) present. The standard for an arrest is based upon probable cause. Whether a case moves forward or not depends on the district attorney’s office ability to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.” Max Szabo, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, said in an email, “Nobody disputes that there is bias in the criminal justice system, but the public defender’s allegations suggest he failed to read his own report, wherein three individuals with doctorates found no statistically significant difference in the number or severity of charges added by prosecutors for black and Latino defendants compared to whites.” Szabo pointed to initiatives such as the Blue Ribbon Panel on

Transparency, Accountability and Fairness in Policing, which District Attorney George Gascón created in 2015 after local law enforcement scandals emerged, including police officers allegedly exchanging racist and homophobic text messages. Gascón’s initiatives show “the DA takes his role in ensuring bias does not affect the fair administration of justice incredibly seriously,” said Szabo.

concept of community-building among active users.” Access to drug treatment and other services was limited to people who were still using drugs. Around 1991, she said, “If you wanted to get housing, you had to go through a clearance process,” and then you’d be recommended to get three to six months of treatment. “Our guys were going to be dead in two months,” said Robb. “It was this ridiculously impossible situation.” But Robb and others supported and comforted patients who weren’t fit for hospice because they were still doing drugs.

“Of the 3,000 patients we had at Ward 86, probably 40 percent of them ... had HIV and chronic hepatitis C,” said Robb. She and others started working more to help people with hepatitis C, including a weekly support group, and they educated patients and providers about the disease. Now, said Robb, she and others are getting closer to “eradicating hepatitis C infections in our clinic.” The introduction of “miracle” medications has helped, too, she said. “We went from treating 20 patients a year with the old medication to 120 patients a year with the new medication,” said Robb. Robb said she wants to see an end to HIV and hepatitis C. “Where we’re still missing young people or mentally ill people or people that just can’t take a pill, I want us to solve that,” she said.

In a statement to the Bay Area Reporter, lesbian Health Director Barbara Garcia said Robb “has been engaged from the earliest years of the epidemic, caring for patients who might otherwise have been lost or forgotten. She has been a stalwart of Ward 86 for a long time, part of the team that provides outstanding care there. Years ago, she was a visiting nurse at the Ambassador Hotel when many said that residents there were hopeless. Valerie has been a true leader in the fight against HIV and Hepatitis C, a nursing leader and role model, tireless advocate, compassionate caregiver and a moral compass for many.”

based “not on gender but on love, commitment, and the promise to be there for each other in good times and in bad,” the statement continued. Ty Cobb, director of Human Rights Campaign Global, and Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, applauded the news. “We welcome the German people into the growing family of nations that ensure loving and committed same-sex couples have the right to marry,” Cobb said in a statement from the organization. “Love prevails once again as LGBTQ couples in Germany obtain the right to marry the person they love and build lasting, loving families in their communities,” Ellis stated. Cobb noted the challenges faced by the LGBT community around the world. “With the very serious challenges the LGBTQ community continues to face around the world, this is welcome news and an important victory in working to ensure LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society,” said Cobb. Merkel made the surprise announcement to open the same-sex marriage issue to a “vote of conscience” June 26, following urging from members of other political parties. The same-sex marriage bill was added to Parliament’s agenda at the last minute before lawmakers broke for the summer. USA Today reported that nearly every party in

the lower house backed the bill. The free vote on same-sex marriage came as a surprise to many political observers. They wondered about the sudden turnaround by Merkel or if it was a political ploy heading into campaign season leading up to Germany’s September 24 elections. While the decision to take up the vote was welcomed by liberal parties, political experts said it was a risky election ploy by Merkel. Anja Neundorf, associate professor at the University of Nottingham, viewed Merkel’s change of heart on marriage equality as an “appeal to the average German voter,” she told CNN. She said it could be a move that backfires among the votes she needs from her conservative supporters, particularly in Bavaria. Her actions angered and caused concern among conservative elected officials – queer and straight – in Merkel’s coalition government: her own Christian Democratic Union Party; the Alternative for Germany, which is co-led by lesbian Alice Weidel; and the Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union. The issue is so divisive that the politicians have openly expressed anger at her and are concerned over how their vote will affect their bids to keep their seats in office, reported the Hendelsblatt. Merkel and her coalition partners have successfully blocked a vote on legalizing same-sex marriage for years. The conservative parties ignored growing favor for marriage equality

open in the Castro in 2009, “there was not a single person in opposition” to the application, said Hudson. In the Castro, where medical marijuana has been used by people living with AIDS for decades, people are “keenly aware that cannabis has been a lifesaver to many people and certainly does not cause any societal harms,” said Hudson.

PJI’s opposition to cannabis comes on the heels of unsuccessful anti-LGBT campaigns, said Hudson, a straight ally. “PJI has their own agenda to raise funds so they’re creating a stink about cannabis,” hoping the Sunset residents will donate to their organization, Hudson said. “It has been very frustrating to

Fighting hepatitis C

In 2000, Robb went to Ward 86, the pioneering HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic at what’s now known as Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. could build momentum for similar legislation in other Germanspeaking countries, like Austria and Switzerland. Germany legalized civil partnerships for same-sex couples in 2001.

Historic day for LGBT Germans

Hundreds of LGBT Germans celebrated outside Merkel’s office near the Reichstag building last week, capping off Pride Month on a jubilant note. “We’ve been happily married for eight years, but we could never call it that,” said Shoshana Brandt, 38, who stood alongside her partner and their son, reported the Denver Post. “We are happy and proud that we are now equal and we can live our love.” Soeren Landmann of the Marriage for All initiative also celebrated. He told AFP that he had to go to Scotland to marry his husband last year because they couldn’t get married in Germany. “I am inconceivably happy that a couple that would like to get married won’t have to go abroad for it anymore, and that they can now get married here in a very normal way,” Landmann said. The Lesbian and Gay Association, which has pushed for samesex marriage since 1990, called the day historic for democracy. “Germany has voted for love,” association leaders said in a statement. Marriage would from now on be Apothecarium has donated over $350,000 to community organizations since it opened six years ago. Because of the costs of hiring attorneys and other professionals to prepare and defend the application, its rate of donation has had to be “whittled back,” said Hudson. When the Apothecarium applied to

Change of heart?

Mayhem case

At the news conference, Leslie Elliott, a 65-year-old black transgender woman, spoke about her case. Jurors recently acquitted Elliott of mayhem, assault with great bodily injury, and other charges, but convicted her of a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. Elliott said that she’d been leaving a coffee shop trying to get the victim’s dog to leave her alone. The victim, who’s white, shook her, and Elliott’s coffee spilled, she said. Deputy Public Defender Elizabeth

Activist plans

Robb, who’s married to Suzanne Hufft, a social worker at the Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic, has three grandchildren she’s looking

Camacho said, “An officer decided that a spilled cup of coffee was mayhem, and it was not. This was an accident.” Camacho said that when she first heard what the charges were, she’d expected to learn that the victim had lost an eye or been otherwise seriously injured. She also said prosecutors stuck with the mayhem charge even after a judge found there wasn’t enough evidence to hold Elliott for trial on it. Elliott, who spent almost four months in custody on $300,000 bail, could have been sentenced to 27 years if she’d been convicted on the charges. She was released just days before she spoke to reporters, telling them she still feels “fear and anxiety” because of what happened. San Francisco supervisors have approved funding $335,557 for the first fiscal year of the public defender’s Pretrial Release Unit, which is based on a similar effort by the Miami Dade Public Defender’s office in Florida.t forward to spending time with, and she’s also looking forward to sail boating and traveling. But there’s still plenty of activism for her to engage in. She said the administration of President Donald Trump “puts everything in danger,” including people living with HIV/ AIDS and immigrants. San Francisco has been “a leader” for the rest of the world and “an activist city, and we’ve demanded our people with AIDS get services,” said Robb. “I don’t think we’ll stop being leaders now, but it’s so sad that we have to do this,” she said, referring to dealing with the chaos Trump has brought. Like many, she expected Democrat Hilary Clinton to become president. “I was really looking forward to continuing a progressive agenda,” she said, instead of having to fight Trump.t among lawmakers and the public in Germany to the point where the liberal Greens took the issue to Germany’s highest court, which rejected the party’s appeal June 22. However, the vote suddenly happened last week. The Greens enjoy coalition support with center-left parties the Free Democrats and the Social Democratic Party.

Serbia elects gay, female prime minister

Serbia’s parliament voted 157-55 June 29 for Ana Brnabic to become the country’s prime minister. It was a victory for Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who nominated the political newcomer to take over from acting prime minister Ivica Dacic. Dacic, who formerly served as prime minister and is the current foreign minister, held the post through June following Vucci’s election as Serbia’s president. Brnabic, 41, is a gay woman with less than a year in political office as a public administration minister. She has already signaled her pro-Russia position despite claiming that joining the European Union is her top priority. Her list of proposed cabinet members includes pro-Russia and anti-Western ministers, including Dacic continuing as foreign minister and Aleksandar Vulin, a former labor minister, as the defense minister, reported ABC News. Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1994, however, LGBT Serbians often face harassment in the conservative Orthodox country.t witness their bigotry and homophobia,” he added. Those interested in attending the hearing in support of the Apothecarium can email ynez@apothecarium. com. Dobris said that timing is fluid and that people will be sent a text message about when to arrive at the meeting.t

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Bay Area Cannasseur

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“If I’m going out to the park, I can put it in my pocket and don’t have to stop and think about whether I need to grind and pack more flowers. And the fact that these pens don’t need to be cleaned is really a major selling point for me.” Other features they praised were the aromatherapy herbs added to the oils in the Alchemy pens, as well as their round mouthpieces, which made it easier to use; the custom variable temperature battery on the Level pen; the ease of use of the hmbldt and OMG Farms pens, which are preheated and ready to use; and the SPARC cartridges, which have a rotating selection of interesting strains available, such as Lavender, Grand Daddy Purple, and Sour Lime

BofA grants

From page 5

in the community,” Vigil said. “We really want our youth to be leaders in the community and they can’t do that without basic needs, work development, case management whatever it may be.” Vigil also spoke about the unique aspect of the nonprofit’s paid work opportunities for LGBTQ teens, including those who are undocumented. Out in the City is a program where youth ages 14-17 work 10 hours a week at $13 an hour in various jobs. The second

Hep C

From page 10

the virus. This is higher than the U.S. national estimate of 1.7 percent, according to the report. About one in five people will clear HCV naturally, and others do so with treatment, leaving an estimated 13,000 people – about 1.5 percent of the population – with active infection. This group is prone to progressive liver damage and can transmit the virus to others. This estimate is similar to the 16,000 people thought to be living with HIV in the city. The consortium estimates that more than 4,500 people have been treated for hepatitis C, based on reports from local medical facilities. The report says that “a few thousand” people have been cured, but this number is not easy to determine. While the newest combination regimens have cure rates above 95 percent, older therapies were less effective and many people stopped treatment early due to side effects. “Given recent medical advances, we now have the potential not just to reduce, but to eliminate, hepatitis C as a public health threat in San Francisco,” Luetkemeyer said.

Disparities across groups

There are large differences in hepatitis C rates across population groups, according to the report. Although people who inject drugs

Transmissions

From page 10

years, via two books and countless interviews and speeches. She has shown a maturity and wisdom that has earned her a place of respect community-wide. Again, Jenner has not done the same, in spite of her own book, her reality show, and her own public appearances. Jenner – even though nearly 70 years old – lacks the experience of transgender people a third of her age. She’s only publicly started her transition two years ago, and still has a lot of work to do to really understand life as a trans woman. One other thing, however: even if it is Jenner, do speak to a trans person.

Kush in June. As California’s adult recreational marijuana law use takes effect in 2018, the market for vape pens is expected to increase, said Savannah Hanks, a lesbian who is marketing manager at Oakland’s Dark Heart Industries, which produces the Alchemy pens. “We expect to see new users as well as those who haven’t used since high school or college interested in trying cannabis” once it is legal next year, said Hanks in a telephone interview. For those users, Alchemy offers a lower dose pen, with 30 percent THC. “We think that will be a good product to use to introduce our brand to those who are curious about cannabis,” she added. Rather than labeling their products by strain, as most companies do, Alchemy has chosen to market them by the experience they are

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expected to elicit, such as awaken, relax, and inspire. The company has also added botanicals to the cannabis oil, including chamomile and lavender. “We’re trying to create an approachable product,” Hanks explained. “We think that many of the new or returning users, particularly women, will relate more to this approach and be more likely to see what the new cannabis is all about. This has been a male dominated industry for a long time. We think there are a lot of people out there who will be interested, if approached in a way they feel comfortable with.”t Bay Area Cannasseur runs the first Thursday of the month. To send column ideas or tips, email Sari Staver at sari@bayareacannasseur.com.

work-based learning opportunity called LYRIC Fellows focuses more on hard skill development and pays youth ages $16 hourly. Many LYRIC fellows go on to become LYRIC staff members and even board members, Vigil noted. “It’s really powerful to be able to offer paid opportunities to queer youth,” Vigil said. “All of the funds are going to the immediate needs of transition age youth on up to adulthood.” Both the nonprofit representatives spoke about their appreciation for the bank’s donations, importance of corporate support within

the LGBTQ community, and the continued efforts of the organizations to provide vital services for their patrons. “We really appreciate our partnership with Bank of America, who has been a longtime supporter of the center,” Rolfe said. Other LGBTQ, LGBTQ-friendly, and HIV/AIDS organizations that received grants include Glide Memorial Church, for its various social service programs; Larkin Street Youth Services; Meals on Wheels; Project Open Hand; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; and Youth Radio.t

make up only 3 percent of the total city population, they account for 70 percent of active HCV infections. Studies have shown that HCV can be transmitted through syringes, other injection equipment, and water used to mix drugs. “We need to reach people who inject drugs with HCV testing and treatment that is accessible and meets them where they are, including sites like methadone clinics and needle exchanges,” Luetkemeyer told the B.A.R. Baby boomers born between 1945 and 1965 traditionally have the highest rate of hepatitis C in the U.S., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone in this age group should be screened for HCV at least once. In San Francisco this group makes up 21 percent of the population, but accounts for 38 percent of active HCV infections, according to the report. Gay and bisexual men, who make up 8 percent of the population, account for 13 percent of active HCV infections. Sexually transmitted acute HCV infection is mostly seen among HIV-positive men who have sex with men, and three quarters of gay men with HCV also have HIV. HCV transmission has been linked to a variety of sexual activities including condomless anal sex and fisting. It is not yet clear whether the virus can be transmitted through semen as well as blood. Transgender women in San

Francisco appear to have a particularly high rate of hepatitis C. Although this group makes up only 0.1 percent of the city’s population, the report estimates that as many as one in six may be living with HCV. “If you inject drugs or did so in the past, if you are a baby boomer, a transgender woman, or if you are a man who has sex with men – especially if you also are living with HIV – you should talk to your medical provider about testing for hepatitis C,” said lesbian San Francisco Health Director Barbara Garcia. “Now that treatment is better and widely available, we can save the lives of thousands of San Franciscans.” Health officials and advocates recently learned, however, that next year’s city budget does not include a requested increase in funding for hepatitis C, though it does maintain the current level. Additional funding allocated for harm reduction and behavioral health navigation would also contribute to HCV prevention. “San Francisco is the first and only U.S. city that has dedicated itself to the goal of hepatitis C elimination, and is first to have a prevalence estimate of how much and who has hepatitis C (though most are as yet unaware),” Robin Roth, co-chair of the SF Hepatitis C Task Force, told the B.A.R. “Hepatitis C can be cured. But without real resources, so many of our innovative strategies cannot be realized.”t

Do not assume that you have to speak to a non-trans person to understand us, or get “the straight truth.” You will find there are many non-transgender, self-identified experts who have their own agendas, some of which are very harmful to transgender people. This is doubly true right now, as we see attempts to roll back transgender rights, as our foes try to paint transgender people as sexual deviants seeking to target vulnerable individuals. Never assume that just because a person isn’t trans that they don’t have an underlying motive for how they may paint transgender people. No one person can truly speak for the whole of the transgender community. I, for one, can speak to a lot of the experiences of transgender people,

some more specifically than others, but it would be simply wrong for me to claim to be able to speak on the lived experiences of many within the community in more than general terms. All this said, I would hope that the media would opt to seek out the Mocks of the world. What’s more, if you are focusing on non-binary trans issues, seek out a non-binary trans person. Talk to trans men about trans men’s issues. Indeed, a media outlet that is simply going to Jenner about trans issues is a lazy one, and needs to seek out real representation. t Gwen Smith is not suggesting she speak in place of Caitlyn Jenner. You can find her at www.gwensmith.com.

Legal Notices>> DASTI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037630800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: L K HEALTHCARE, 551 FAXON AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed YANG LI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/08/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/08/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037627500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TOES N PAWS SITTERS, 101A CLAY ST #316, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PHILIP RODGER ARCA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/23/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/06/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037629900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JIN POT, 5158 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BAY FOODIE CORPORATION (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/01/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/07/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037620800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARC 55 SAN FRANCISCO A HILTON HOTEL, 55 CYRIL MAGNIN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PARC 55 LESSEE LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/04/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/31/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037620200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOTEL TRITON, 342 GRANT AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed DCP JL TRITON SF, LLC (DE). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/11/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/31/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037632000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PETER GOWLAND PHOTOGRAPHY LLC, 3171 25TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PETER GOWLAND PHOTOGRAPHY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/07/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/08/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037637100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE SEA SCAPE INN, 4340 JUDAH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed RASAN INVESTMENTS 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 06/13/17.

JUNE 15, 22, 29, JULY 06, 2017 SUMMONS LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: COOMBS PROPERTIES, ET AL.” YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: ANGIE BAGDASARYAN AND ZARUI ADJIAN CASE NO. LC104582 Notice: You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Los Angeles Superior Court 6230 Sylmar Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91401. The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is:

MARVIN LEVY, ESQ.; (SBN 101042) 12340 SANTA MONICA BLVD., STE. 234, LA, CA 90012 (310) 571-2320. Date: 09/01/2016; Clerk, by Sherri R. Carter, Executive Office Clerk.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-17-553111

In the matter of the application of: IN HWAN HO, 880 43RD AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner IN HWAN HO, is requesting that the name IN HWAN HO, be changed to IN HWAN HEO. 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 August 2017 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037639900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ACRI DDC, 759 20TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed DAVID ACRI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/14/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/14/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037645500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A-TRACK CLEANERS, 5442 GEARY BLVD, SAN FRANCISO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed LE HIEN THNG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/19/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/19/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037642200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KANNON GOODS, 1201 PACIFIC AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed HOVIN WANG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/16/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/16/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037631000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PEREZ CONSTRUCTION, 551 44TH ST, RICHMOND, CA 94805. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EVERSON PEREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/08/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/08/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037626400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO ATM NETWORK; SF ATM NETWORK, 3473 17TH ST #1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JACOB MALEKZADEH. 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 06/05/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037629100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PERFECT EDGE, 562 BANKS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALIREZA SABOURI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/07/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/07/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037639400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: UNIVERSAL FLOW MONITORS (CHINA), 2211 YORBA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DAPRO CORPORATION (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/14/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/14/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037639200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION, 1243 28TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CIVIC SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/04/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/14/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037634200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLACKWELL INC., 3173 24TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BLACKWELL INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/15/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/09/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037613800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA CORONA WELLNESS CENTER, 3326 MISSION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BCOK, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/25/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 05/26/17.

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Classifieds>> FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037639300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLASH DRAFT, 239 DUNCAN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DRAFT PARTY INC (DE). 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 06/14/17.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF OTTO E. HOFFMAN IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-17-300996

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037652700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MANAGE, 1203 UNION ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JU LEE KANG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/16/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/21/17.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SNOW, 2175 MARKET ST #K, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MICHAEL HO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/20/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/20/17.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Otto E. Hoffman. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Werner Heisserer in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that Mario Avila and Werner Heisserer be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: July 19, 2017, 9:00 am, Probate Dept. Rm. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioners: Mr. Aaron M. Palley (260544), 6200 Antioch St. #202, Oakland, CA 94611; Ph. (510) 339-0233.

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TREECRAFT DISTILLERY; TREECRAFT SPIRITS; TREECRAFT CRAFT DISTILLERY, 849 AVENUE D, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94130. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed TREEHOUSE CRAFT DISTILLERY, 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 06/23/17.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACIFIC UNION PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 1699 VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PACIFIC UNION INTERNATIONAL, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 11/05/16. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/13/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037639000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PERFECT PUFF, 1376 HAIGHT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed PERFECT PUFF, LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/08/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/14/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037641900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAXFIELD’S HOUSE OF CAFFEINE, 398 DOLORES ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed MAXFIELD CAFE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/15/17.

JUNE 22, 29, JULY 06, 13, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037650800

JUNE 29, JULY 06, 13, 20, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037646000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BUREAU, 498 WALLER ST #9, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PHILIP TRAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 04/01/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/19/17.

JUNE 29, JULY 06, 13, 20, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037644700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GROW YOUR FUNNEL, 44 TEHAMA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PETER CHENG WANG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/13/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/19/17.

JUNE 29, JULY 06, 13, 20, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037641300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BERRIES, 566 YALE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed SHAUN MITCHELL. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/15/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/15/17.

JUNE 29, JULY 06, 13, 20 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037655600

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The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: BUREAU, 498 WALLER ST #9, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business was conducted by an individual and signed by LAWRENCE LI. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/17/15.

JUNE 29, JULY 06, 13, 20, 2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-17-553143

In the matter of the application of: CINDY WONG DASTIDAR, 325 BERRY ST #616, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner CINDY WONG DASTIDAR, is requesting that the name CINDY WONG DASTIDAR, be changed to CINDY VAN WONG. 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 22nd of August 2017 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

JULY 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037662400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TIP TOP BEAUTY SALON, 1547 CHURCH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed NGA TU LAM. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/29/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/29/17.

JULY 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037634700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COGNIGENCIA, 2355 LEAVENWORTH ST #405, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed RYAN HANAU, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/05/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/12/17.

JULY 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037660400

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037661700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO INSIGHT AND INTEGRATION CENTER, 4257 18TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed GREGORY WELLS 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 06/29/17.

JULY 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037658300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE WORTHINGTON LAW CENTRE, 582 MARKET ST 17TH FLR, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by an unincorporated association other than a partnership, and is signed BRIAN M. WORTHINGTON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/08/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/27/17.

JULY 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037659800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NOE VALLEY FAMILY CHILDCARE, 309 30TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed NOE VALLEY FAMILY CHILDCARE 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 06/27/17.

JULY 06, 13, 20, 27, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-037660900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROCKSTAR CELLPHONE COMPUTER REPAIR, 2601 SAN BRUNO AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed CELLPHONE DEVICE REPAIR LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/27/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/28/17.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARTRIDGE, 575 10TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed CLARA ROSE, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/01/17. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 06/28/17.

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Broadway veteran John Treacy Egan, left, and Ryan Drummond rehearse a scene as Albin and Georges in San Francisco Playhouse’s upcoming “La Cage aux Folles.”

Hats off!

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here’s a lot to love in the Legion of Honor’s “Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade,” a light-hearted new summer show that connects stylish hats with hat-wearing subjects in paintings of the same era. A multitude of gorgeous artworks are mingled with specimens of high-fashion, 19th-century Parisian millinery festooned with plumes, moire ribbons – even an iridescent purple-and-blue-green Senegalese starling – and exhibited on perches like exotic birds. It’s an entrancing idea, but one can’t help wishing the exhibition went deeper, and that its tantalizing embarrassment of riches had been married more successfully. See page 28 >>

Installation view of “Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade” at the Legion of Honor.

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here’s the challenge of a role, and then there’s the challenge of where that role will be performed. “I have performed in dresses and makeup and heels before, but this is the first time I’ve played a fully formed character who transforms nightly into a drag performer,” John Treacy Egan said. “Let’s face it, I’m in San Francisco. I feel the pressure of actually being pretty good at it.” See page 28 >>

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20 • Bay Area Reporter • July 6-12, 2017

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Dancer Jose Gutierrez and backup crew performed at the 10th-year anniversary of Mark Rhoades’ Pride Kick-off Party at the Bentley Reserve last month.

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GBTQ Pride Month goes by in a big pink blur, and Out There never has enough time to catch you up with our multifarious activities. So this week, we offer a few brief reprises. First, some well-earned kudos to dancer Jose Gutierrez (of Madonna’s timeless “Vogue” video) for flying out from NYC to perform at the 10th-year anniversary of impresario Mark Rhoades’ Pride Kick-off Party at the Bentley Reserve, sponsored by PG&E. Rhoades commented, “Jose’s career spans so many significant moments in pop culture and dance history, and it was an honor to see him bring some of that history to San Francisco. I hope he’ll come back soon!” With his wings on! Then, the Frameline 41 Closing Night Film, Frameline Award presentation & wrap party brought LGBTQ Pride week to a dramatic close. Director Vincent Gagliostro’s first feature “After Louie” was given its West Coast Premiere at the Castro Theatre. Sam (Alan Cumming) is a survivor from the early days of the AIDS cataclysm, and he hasn’t got over his guilt and grief, decades later. A chance meeting with young knockout Braeden (Zachary Booth) shakes things up. It’s a rare film that deals with HIV/ AIDS, survivor guilt, and that subtle but certain generation gap between gay men who lived through the worst years of the plague and the young gay men who have no direct experience with it. “After Louie” star Cumming was deservedly honored with the 2017 Frameline Award, presented by SF filmie Marc Huestis before the screening. Cumming was gracious and charming in his acceptance remarks. Unfortunately, during the post-film Q&A, an individual from the audience took the stage and proceeded to make the whole occasion about himself. Afterwards, Frameline 41 celebrated another great year of films with a festive Closing Night Party held at Oasis nightclub. OT enjoyed making the scene on the club’s roof deck with celebrated friends and others. After San Francisco Opera’s June 27 performance of “Rigoletto,”

General Director Matthew Shilvock presented Head of Wardrobe Geoffry M. Craig with the Opera Medal, the highest honor awarded by SFO, in appreciation of his 36 years with the company. The brief ceremony garnered heartfelt ovations. Craig made a point of sharing the honor with his colleagues in the Theatrical Wardrobe Union. Yay for organized labor! Following San Francisco Symphony’s stunning June 28 performance of Berlioz’s “Romeo et Juliette,” a reception in the luxurious Wattis Room celebrated 15 years of SFS Media, the orchestra’s own record label, which captured the concert live for future release, probably within the year. We’re big fans of SFS Media, which has preserved some of the SFS’ best performances for posterity. The Berlioz, with full orchestra, the men and women of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and guest soloists, all led by music director Michael Tilson Thomas, was an impressive spectacle, one that the SFS hadn’t attempted since 2003. Audience favorites mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Nicholas Phan, and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni all turned in their solos with confidence and artistry, and the blend of vocal and instrumental melody was always in balance. A rare opportunity to hear one of the landmarks of 19th-century French art-music was not wasted on these thirsty ears. In

this and all preceding events, Out There was privileged to be in the room where it all went down.

Odd bird

Landmark Theatres & Strand Releasing will present the exclusive Bay Area engagement of “The Ornithologist,” opening Fri., July 7, at Landmark’s Clay Theatre in SF, and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley. Let’s go to the release. “Fernando (Paul Hamy), a handsome solitary ornithologist looking for endangered black storks along a remote river in northern Portugal, is swept away by the rapids. He is rescued by two Chinese pilgrim girls on their way to Santiago de Compostela, but they prove too possessive, so he must escape from them, venturing deeper into the wilderness. His journey turns into a Homeric spiritual quest, taking him on a path that comes to resemble the adventures of St. Anthony, driven to extreme, transformative actions. On his strange odyssey, Fernando encounters demonic animistic folk marauding at night, bare-breasted equestrian Amazons speaking Latin, and a handsome deaf-mute shepherd named Jesus. In the end Fernando becomes a different man: inspired, multifaceted, and finally enlightened. A mindblowing, mysterious, mesmerizing and surreal film, filled with beautiful visions, transgressive eroticism and unexpected humor. Directed and co-written by João Pedro Rodrigues (‘O Fantasma,’ ‘Two Drifters’). (Partially subtitled).” Save us a seat!t

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Alan Cumming stars as Sam in director Vincent Gagliostro’s first feature “After Louie,” given its West Coast Premiere at the Castro Theatre.

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A new, prehistoric exhibit | Now Open It’s amazing what a fossil can reveal. With massive, life-size models, an interactive flight simulator, real pterosaur fossils, and more—this new exhibit will leave a lasting impression. Fossilized forever, but only here for a limited time. Get tickets at calacademy.org Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (amnh.org)

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22 • Bay Area Reporter • July 6-12, 2017

Musical treats coming all summer by Philip Campbell

ummertime, and the weather is breezy. It’s the San Francisco pattern that keeps the locals cool. For music-lovers who plan on taking a staycation this year, there is an added plus. They won’t have to look far to find interesting musical diversions. The San Francisco Symphony isn’t going away. The hardy musicians celebrate the Summer of Love performing free concerts at Stern Grove Festival, July 9, and on the Waterfront at Pier 27, July 23. Dress in layers, and bring your out-oftown visitors along. Guest artists at Stern Grove include talented barihunk Hadleigh Adams and soprano Jana McIntyre. She returns this summer to rejoin the Merola Opera Program, singing Serpina in “La Serva Padrona.” The Waterfront concert features another Merolini. Lovely soprano Julie Adams is singing Dvorák’s haunting “Song to the Moon.” Meanwhile, back at Davies Symphony Hall, “Summer with the Symphony” concerts begin this week with “The Music of John Williams,” Thurs.-Fri., July 6-7. There won’t be film clips, but lovers of his cinematic sound can still thrill to the epic scores as conducted by Director of SFS Summer Concerts Edwin Outwater. There will be more than clips to watch when Williams’ evocative music is heard next in DSH. Joshua Gersen conducts “Jaws,” the entire feature Fflm with the SFS performing live, Thurs.-Fri., July 13-14. “Pixar in Concert with Live Orches-

tra,” Sat.-Sun., July 15-16, calls for more popcorn. Clips from the parade of Pixar hits, conducted by Christian Reif, can be enjoyed by adults and kids. The studio’s movies are bright as well as raucously funny. Other standout events include an intriguing visit with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, Sun., July 16, and “A Beethoven Celebration,” Thurs., July 27. The musicians from Mexico, conducted by Marco Parisotto, including percussion ensemble Tambuco, perform an eclectic bill that focuses most on the “colors and rhythms of Latin America.” Edwin Outwater conducts pianist Orion Weiss and the SFS in Carlin Ma Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor,” and the thrilling Composer Joseph M. Colombo’s “Hunter: A New Opera” is coming from Symphony No. 7. Opera Theater Unltd., a staging at Exit Theatre. “Ben Folds with the San Francisco Symphony,” Fri., July 21, “Exclusive Event Series: John Luther the cold for some hot events in July kind of sells itself (if it isn’t sold Adams Festival” begins Wed., July and August. The Schwabacher Sumout already), but “Gershwin & Ber26, 7:30 p.m. at SFJAZZ Center, mer Concert, this Thursday at San nstein with the San Francisco Symwith a “Listening Party w/ John Francisco Conservatory of Music, phony, featuring Rhiannon GidLuther Adams.” If you don’t know 7:30 p.m. (Stanford, Sun., 7/9, 2:30 dens,” Thurs., July 20, should also this radically innovative composer, p.m.), begins the fabulous Merola grab our notice. Delightful roots “summer camp” training. It kicks off this might be a good starting point. musician Giddens, best known with staged scenes from “Cavalleria Think the vast soundscapes of Edas the lead singer, violinist, banjo rusticana,” “Ballad of Baby Doe,” gard Varèse, the silences of John player and founding member of the “Thaïs,” and composers von Weber Cage, the intimate meditations of Grammy-winning Carolina Chocoand Donizetti, accompanied by full Morton Feldman, then take it all late Drops, is a big draw herself, and orchestra, with English supertitles. into the Alaskan wilderness. It is we look forward to the orchestra’s The Merolini will return for a triple music of profound thoughtfulness inclusion of a medley of Broadway bill: “La Serva Padrona” (Pergolesi), and great organic beauty. Fittingly, music from African-American “Sāvitri” (Holst), and “The Bear” at some of the events in the festival composer and violinist Will Marion SFCM, Thurs., July 20. will be performed outdoors (Sutro Cook (1869 -1944!). For more info Opera Theater Unltd. looks sort Baths) and inside resonant interior visit: sfsymphony.org/summer. of pop-up in nature, but is actually spaces (Grace Cathedral). For more More experimental and avantfar more ambitious. Their producinfo: sfjazz.org. garde music is also happening tion of “Hunter: A New Opera” runs Opera-lovers can come in from during this summer of love. An

July 14-22 at Exit Theatre in the Tenderloin. The synopsis for the work, music by Joseph M. Colombo and libretto by Caitlin Mullan, starts with, “A female soldier falls in love with the girlfriend of one of her fellow soldiers.” Okay, you’ve got my attention! Info: theexit.org/ hunter. Lamplighter’s Music Theatre gives another boost to grand traditional stagings with Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Yeoman of the Guard” lighting up Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Aug. 18-20. Merola presents a fully staged production of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” Thurs., Aug. 3, and Sat., Aug. 5, at the SFCM, and the Merola Grand Finale and reception at the War Memorial Opera House comes later in the month. “Hamlet” (Ambroise Thomas), Sat., Aug. 5; “The Chastity Tree” (Vicente Martín y Soler/Lorenzo da Ponte), Sun., Aug. 6; and “Frankenstein” (Libby Larsen), Sat., Aug. 12, are the operas in the West Edge Opera Festival, Aug. 5-20 at Pacific Pipe Oakland. That’s right: they have moved from the abandoned Oakland train station to an abandoned warehouse, Pacific Pipe at 1391 W. Grand Ave. in West Oakland. If you haven’t experienced West Edge Opera before, get in the groove now. The productions are always boldly and inventively staged, featuring young singers and top-notch musicians. The venue couldn’t be more original, and it adds tremendous atmosphere to the fun.t

Mystical ecstasies return

by Tim Pfaff

hen long-dormant operas are awakened, you can, if you listen carefully, still hear the sneer, “There’s a reason.” But before sniffing at the “exhumations,” it helps to remember that such revivals have been the biggest boost to the active repertoire in the history of the artform, today far more than the making of new operas. It’s easy to forget, in this bounty, that in our lifetimes, “Les Troyens” was a rarity, and that if Handel was known for anything but “Messiah,” it was for a version of “Julius Caesar” he would hardly have recognized.

If you had asked me – last year, say – to list the dozen operas by Camille Saint-Saens, the gayest French composer between Lully and Poulenc, I wouldn’t have gotten past “Samson et Dalila.” Now, to carry on without his last, “Proserpine,” which he thought his best, seems as unthinkable as life without the smartphone or gay marriage. Appearances to the contrary, Christophe Rousset can’t do everything, and a quick review of the terrain shows that when neglected French fare of any vintage has been brought up for a re-tasting, the sommelier has usually been out-landish. Latest up is Ulf Schirmer, leading the

Munich Festival Orchestra in a concert “Proserpine” that at least had the sense to go on to a deuxieme at Versailles. The new recording, the latest addition to the indispensible Editions Singulaires (which released Saint-Saens’ opera “Les Barbares” two years ago), is from the Munich premiere last October. Lest you think SaintSaens’ “Proserpine” is another French mythological confection, the only time the title character, a fastmoving “courtesan,” mentions her mythological forbear, it’s to rave, in a jealous fit, that she’s like Proserpina only in that they are two queens without the sun, Prosperina’s of the daylight, Proserpine’s of love. When it comes to resemblances, librettist Louis Gallet’s protagonist is more like Dalila – or Armide, or Carmen, or Violetta Valery – pretty much unalloyed femme fatale, having made the mistake, fatal to her, of actually falling in love. Veronique Gens, as fine a singer as performs today and an onstage alchemist with French texts, takes to the role like it was written for her and she’ll sing it for the rest of her career – neither of which is true, but she can make you think that nothing of consequence is happening outside the reach of her smoky if arrestingly true voice. Saint-Saens wrote the part for the rare French vocal type, the “Falcon” (named after Cornelie Falcon), the singular dramatic-coloraturamezzo of whom Pauline ViardotGarcia is the enduring historical exemplar and which gay novelist Alexander Chee brought back to life with both Viardot-Garcia and his own protagonist, Lillie Berne, in last year’s spectacular “The Queen of the Night.” After the 1887 premiere

in tonal allure by tenor Frederic Antoun as Sabatino, fated to be ensorcelled by both women. Andrew Foster-Williams is equally fine as Squarocca, the criminal and erstwhile henchman of Prosperine. But none of it would work if Schirmer had not drawn a liquid, fatally perfumed performance from the orchestra and chorus, which to deem merely idiomatic would be a slight. You’d have to be wholly ignorant of “Carmen” not to recall it in the atmospheric third act of “Prosperine,” which begins in a gypsy camp in the mountains, where dancing and actual sorcery are underway.

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of “Proserpine,” the Falcon became enough of an endangered species that Saint-Saens soprano-ized the part for an 1899 revival, and that’s the version, improved in other ways, that Gens sings with raptor intensity, the hood having newly been removed. Proserpine’s rival – a nun, of course, Angiola, snatched from the cloister – is the fine Marie-Adeline Henry, most recently of Rousset’s Lully “Armide,” and she’s matched

For her part, Gens, whose “Neere” was the most beautiful vocal CD of last year, has followed it up with “Visions” (Alpha), an album of arias written expressly for the Falcon voice, ideally accompanied by the Munich Radio Orchestra (what’s gotten into these Muenchners?) under her longtime colleague, Herve Niquet, whose fine feel for period style is the icing on this delectable gateau. The opera arias (and pieces from other genres) here are surely gone forever, but not to hear them now would be an aesthetic crime akin to Proserpine’s (murder in 1887, suicide in 1899). The “visions” are mystical and supernatural ecstasies, French embellishments on mere magic, if with more than a little carnality in all the fervor. There’s another delicious slice of Saint-Saens (from “Etienne Marcel”), but nothing you’re likely to have heard before. If LallaRoukh’s lilting song in the Felicien David opera of that name doesn’t melt you, you’re a hard heart. Gens is as piercing with the fine-grained music as with the grand sentiments, and while she and Niquet are at it, it’s this life, not the next one, you’re hankering for.t

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Boy battles overstimulation by Richard Dodds

role beyond its emotional look like for Christointensity, Landon is spelled pher when his synapses by Benjamin Wheelwright go into overdrive beat certain performances. fore a circuit breaker The other performers are is tripped and he must called upon to play multishut down. A math ple roles, and several go bewhiz, a computer geek, yond competent versatility. and an astronomy buff, As Christopher’s tutor in he exists in a stage-sized coping skills, Maria Elena cube marked like graph Ramirez creates a character paper where solutions of glowing empathy who to his challenges may knows when and how far find forms in points of Christopher can be pushed. lights on the floor and There is frazzled but deterwalls that can also turn mined warmth in Felicity into a cacophony of Jones Latta’s performance lights, sounds, projecas Christopher’s mother, tions, and careening acwhile Gene Gillette plays tors when his carefully his father with a physical programmed internal angularity that emphasizes GPS loses its way. At his awkward love for his other times, there is son. Playing something of a low-tech device for Joan Marcus a neighborhood busybody, communicating ChrisAmelia White creates a topher’s thoughts, by Gene Gillette and Adam Langdon, as father and son, attempt a moment of physical contact character with a genuine having other actors in “The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night-Time,” now at the Golden Gate Theatre. kindness that can put simply read from the Christopher briefly at his novel, which Haddon of the adaptation works, with the ing Christopher, and it’s the kind ease. wrote in the style of second act skirting tedium in the of role that might seem nearly unAnd that’s even though she must a first-person detective story that sensory jumble meant to duplicate imaginable with anyone but the persay “cookies” instead of “biscuits,” Christopher has written at the beChristopher’s experiences on his big former before you. The production’s an Americanization of the original hest of his special-ed teacher. adventure into London. But when other actors are more often than script, and an anomaly that ChrisBecause he’s not so good at these scenes do hit their mark, the not playing familiar types, but with topher would be the first to point conjuring fictional narratives, but results are often magical evocations Christopher, Adam Langdon must out.t likes solving puzzles, Christoof a mind not wired for anything create a singular personality withpher’s book is a keenly observed but for an unadorned, logical world out a set of shorthand touchstones. chronicle of his search for the killer “The Curious Incident of the in which touching is painful and Langdon does just that, creating his of a neighborhood dog, a quest of Dog in the Night-Time” will run metaphors are suspicious wordplay. specific vision of a teen who can be through July 23 at the Golden expanding ramifications that, to Gate Theatre. Tickets are $55The production has made its way supercilious in one moment and the squeals of the opening-night $275. Call (888) 746-1799 or go from London to New York and to devoid of all defenses in another. audience, ends with the appearance to shnsf.com. the road with different actors playPerhaps because it is such a physical of a scene-stealing puppy. Not all

e’re on the outside looking in on a story told from the inside by someone looking out. To make us feel that we’re on the inside too was the mighty challenge of turning Mark Haddon’s novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” into a play, a challenge met head-on through an ingenious combination of old-fashioned storytelling, high-tech enhancement, and a winning performance at its center in the touring production of the London and Broadway hit now at the Golden Gate Theatre. The challenges faced by playwright Simon Stephens and director Marianne Elliott, who adapted the novel for UK’s National Theatre, go beyond inside-outside matters because the point-of-view in question belongs to a 15-year-old lad who, even though the word is never mentioned, has classic symptoms of autism. The world he sees through his eyes can easily become an overwhelming assault of stimuli whenever Christopher is required to quickly process too much information, whether it’s a policeman’s fast-paced questions or the barrage of noise, unfamiliar sights, and impatient strangers as he makes his way through a busy train station. The production’s impressive design team – including Bunny Christie (sets), Paule Constable (lighting), Finn Ross (video) and Ian Dickinson (sound) – gives us an immersive sense of what it may

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he best way to describe the raunchy comedy “Rough Night” (Columbia) is to say it’s a cross between “Bridesmaids” and “The Hangover” series. In the midst of running for political office, Jess (Scarlett Johansson) takes a few days off from campaigning to go to Miami for her bachelorette party. Reuniting Jess with sorority sisters Alice (Jillian Bell), Frankie (Ilana Glazer) and Blair (Zoe Kravitz), as well as Aussie lass Pippa (Kate McKinnon) from her semester abroad, turns out to be a seriously bad idea for all concerned. When a hired male stripper dies, it’s only one of the reasons the night is rough. Out actor Colton Haynes, who plays stripper Officer Scotty in “Rough Night,” told me about making the movie when we spoke earlier this month. Gregg Shapiro: What was it about the character of Officer Scotty in “Rough Night” that appealed to you as an actor? Colton Haynes: Honestly, they called with an offer to work with Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Zoe Kravitz, Ilana Glazer and Kate McKinnon, and I was like, “Yes! Sweet! Awesome. I’m super-stoked.” The idea of working with those actresses, and also with [co-writer and actor] Paul W. Downs and [co-writer and director] Lucia Aniello, because I’m a massive Broad City fan, was amazing. I got to be onset with them and learn a lot. It was epic. What are the pros and cons of being the one in the blue G-string in the scene when everyone is bound together by the captors? It was awkward the first take because everyone was laughing! Then everyone started touching my butt and poking me and being funny. I also had this crazy orange spray tan. It became a funny bit. I was just there for everyone’s entertainment. But I didn’t get to dance. I kept

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Out gay actor Colton Haynes plays stripper Officer Scotty in “Rough Night.”

telling them, “I would love to dance for you, if I could.” They were like, “No!” It was really fun and not awkward after the first take. Even with that goose egg on your noggin – Oh, I hated that thing. – you’re still the prettiest one in the room. Were the girls jealous? You are the sweetest! I don’t agree with that, but I’ll take it. They’re all so stunning. It was funny to be tied up with them. Although it’s hard to be tied up with Kate McKinnon. They’re all so funny. I didn’t have a lot of dialogue in those scenes, and I was just trying not to laugh the whole time. Kate McKinnon and you brought the out gay representation to the set. What did you think of the depiction of Frankie and Blair, who were a couple while in college? I thought it was great. The fact that they had their coming together. You could tell with their bickering that they had a past. They did a good job with that, especially in that threesome scene with Demi Moore and Ty Burrell. That was hilarious! Scotty was stripping until he

The depictions of the straight men in “Rough Night” are not flattering: needy Peter’s “sad astronaut,” Peter’s nerdy, insulting pals, the jewel thieves. How did you feel about that as a man? I thought it was an incredible depiction of men. It’s so funny. It’s obviously a movie about females, friendship and kinship. Nowadays, men are still depicted as the most strongest in movies. That’s why I think this movie is so important. Women are the reason why any of us are here. It was amazing to watch Lucia direct a movie full of strong women. You don’t see that in a lot of films. Being a male, I thought it was awesome. Girls can have their fun, too. It’s not just guys going to strip clubs and making it rain on strippers. Girls can do what they want; they’re the strongest. Scotty reveals his foot fetish to Alice. Do you have any fetishes that you’d like to share? I don’t think I have any kinks. I think I’m pretty standard! Do you have any upcoming projects that you’d like to share? I’m working on something right now, and I can’t talk about it. It’s so frustrating because it’s the best thing I’ve ever done in my entire life. It’s going to be massive and major, but I’m not allowed to talk about it as of this moment. I won’t pressure you. All I can say is that’s why I have this white-blonde hair.t

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July heats up the Castro Theatre by David Lamble

his month the Castro Theatre’s repertory programming spotlights the work of Roman Polanski with “Repulsion,” “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby.” The films hint at what Hollywood lost due to a vindictive judge handling the filmmaker’s sexual misconduct case. Also on tap: a remarkable double bill featuring the prime of Jack Nicholson. “Modern Times” (1936) Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp gets a voice in this Depression-era drama. His character meets an attractive young woman (Paulette Goddard), and the two pursue happiness and gainful employment. “[The Complete] Metropolis” (Germany, 1927) Fritz Lang’s masterpiece, restored to its original length with lost footage that turned up in Argentina, is a dystopian fantasy on the horrors of an assemblyline society. (both 7/9) “Cherry Pop” (2017) This original drag comedy gets a one-night Castro debut featuring a post-screen Q&A with Bob the Drag Queen and Tempest Dujour. (7/11) “Rocky” (1976) The original Best Picture Oscar winner. A then-

unknown Sylvester Stallone plays a down-and-out slaughterhouse worker who turns to boxing and the impossible dream of beating the champ, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Director John Avildsen points his cameras at Philadelphia’s least-glamorous hoods, helped by Bill Conti’s infectious score and supporting performances from Burt Young and Burgess Meredith.

“Chuck” (2016) Liev Schreiber is sublime as a one-time liquor salesman who attempts to crawl up the lowest rungs of the pro boxing world. Schreiber’s Chuck Wepner was the model for Rocky, and this pugilistic double bill shows how life bleeds into commerce, if not art. (both 7/12) “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) Stanley Kubrick’s breakthrough space drama from the novel by Arthur C. Clarke runs 142 mins., plus an intermission, and is projected in 70mm widescreen. (7/1316) “Disney’s Moana SingAlong” (2016) This specialadmission event plays both days at 1 p.m. (7/15-16) “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968) Roman Polanski, in his American directorial debut, makes terrific use of a young Mia Farrow as a 20-something woman becoming uneasy about her first pregnancy. Ruth Gordon was an Oscar winner as Farrow’s older, gabby neighbor. With John Cassavetes and Ralph Bellamy in roles that defied their previous screen personas. “Get Out” (2017) Former comic/ first-time African American direc-

tor Jordan Peele draws comparisons to “The Stepford Wives” with a horror tale that finds a young black man (Daniel Kaluuya) invited to meet his white girlfriend’s parents. (both 7/17) “Repulsion” (1965) A young Polanski teams up with French beauty Catherine Deneuve to create a bigscreen portrait of mental disorientation. “Personal Shopper” (2016) Olivier Assayas directs Kristen Stewart as an errand-running personal assistant who is undergoing a spiritual crisis after the mysterious death of her twin brother. (both 7/18) “Chinatown” (1974) This latterday noir begins with the famous Paramount Pictures logo bathed in sepia tones as Jerry Goldsmith’s haunting theme washes over us. This is a story about that most precious of commodities, fresh water, and what ruthless men will do to secure an endless supply of it. Set in drought-plagued Southern California in the late 1930s, it’s the ultimate LA tale, featuring a battle to the death between a demonic land baron with a Biblical name, Noah Cross (a scary good John Huston) and a cynical private dick, J.J. Gittes (Bogart-worthy Jack Nicholson). Jake is handed a cheating-husband case that leads to City Hall, then to a dry LA River bed where tons of water are dumped at night. Seeking the culprit, Jake is attacked

by a knife-wielding enforcer (played by Polanski) who slashes the detective’s nose. “You’re a very nosey fellow, Kitty-cat. You know what happens to nosy fellows, huh? They lose their noses. Next time you lose the whole thing. I’ll cut it off and feed it to my goldfish. Understand?” Jake spends the rest of the picture wearing an array of smaller bandages as he attempts to follow the money, but as Noah Cross quips, “Mr. Gittes, you may think you know what you’re dealing with here, but believe me, you don’t.” Screenwriter Robert Towne’s script (Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) combines literate dialogue with sharply drawn, conflicted characters dealing with incest, murder and insatiable greed. When Jake asks Cross what he hopes to gain from his ruthless tactics, the monster replies, “The future, Mr. Gittes, the future!” “The Passenger” (1975) Nicholson, at the height of his hipness and screen fame, plays an American TV reporter who trades identities with a dead Englishman in Italian genius director Michelangelo Antonioni’s 126-minute African-set drama. (both 7/19) 37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (6/20-30). Coverage to come.t More info at castrotheatre.com.

Spiritual uplift & Nazi horrors by David Lamble

his week we examine two films, one a kind of whimsical biography of a sweet-natured but determined religious leader in exile from his land and people, and the other a deadly earnest melodrama about an ordinary man who sacrificed his life to eliminate a murderous tyrant. “The Last Dalai Lama?” Documentarian Mickey Lemle has made a career out of filming folks who can’t take the freedom to worship for granted. In 1991 Lemle made “Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama.” At that time this venerable religious leader had spent his adult years in painful separation from his native Tibet. While control over Tibet had been assigned to China by the British, early in the 20th century the Tibetan people asserted their independence. On Christmas Day, 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama fled his homeland and took up exile in India. In “The Last Dalai Lama?” this now-80-year-old man spoke with humor and philosophical resignation to Lemle about his hopes for a future free Tibet. Many political commentators have ascribed China’s brutal occupation of Tibet to a fierce hunger for land and precious water rights.

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The 14th Dalai Lama, as seen in director Mickey Lemle’s “The Last Dalai Lama?”

Lemle examines whether the question mark in his film’s title represents a temporary setback for a proud people, or if China will get its way and appoint its own Dalai Lama, a paradoxical move for a state that has long persecuted believers from all faiths. The film (in English, but with subtitles when the Dalai Lama

speaks with his heavy accent) has its share of surprises, including the guest appearance of former Pres. George W. Bush, who proudly displays his painting of the Dalai Lama. The film contains the scene when then-Pres. Bush joined Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi in giving the Dalai Lama the nation’s highest civilian medal. Although mostly pitched in a lighthearted tone, “TLDL?” does document the tragic suicides by self-immolation of many young Tibetan monks protesting the Chinese occupation of their land and suppression of religious liberty. Opens at SF’s Roxie Theater, the Rialto Cinemas in Berkeley and Sebastopol, and the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

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Scene from director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s “13 Minutes.”

In “13 Minutes,” director Oliver Hirschbiegel presents an arresting historical drama nominated for seven German film awards, in German with English subtitles. In November 1939, two months after Hitler’s brutal air attack on

and invasion of Poland, a private German citizen, Georg Elser, tried to kill Hitler by planting a bomb in the podium from which the German leader was scheduled to address a large Nazi Party rally. The attempt fails, and Elser is arrested and subjected to a torturous interrogation as Nazi agents try to discover if he had any accomplices. During his long imprisonment, Elser recalls the events leading up to his plot, and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action. The film joins a small but distinguished batch of German-produced dramas depicting attempts by native Germans to end Nazi-sponsored atrocities by killing their leader. The most notable was Michael Verhoeven’s “The White Rose,” a 1983 depiction of the small band of German college students who attempted to overthrow the Nazis in 1942. This new drama is remarkable for its flashbacks where Elser recalls how Nazism took over his hometown like a cancer. After his initial attempts to oppose the Nazis with a few close friends, he sets out

on a truly dangerous plan, insisting on acting strictly on his own. Early scenes show him carefully constructing the small explosive device. Later we witness the beatings he endures without cracking as his interrogators try to get him to implicate others in his plot. “13 Minutes” is a fine example of physical and moral courage from an unlikely source, a man who had wanted only to live his private life, drink with his friends, fall in love, and live out his appointed time without calling attention to himself. After his interrogation Elser spends the rest of his days in two concentration camps. Right before the end Hitler personally orders his execution on April 9, 1945, only days before the war in Europe ends and Hitler’s own suicide in the bunker. A powerful story is made even more effective by restrained performances and the effective use of flashbacks and present-tense storytelling. Opens Friday at Landmark’s Opera Plaza in SF, Shattuck in Berkeley, CineArts in Palo Alto, and the Osio Plaza Theatre in Monterey.t

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Transgender childhoods explored

by Terri Schlichenmeyer “Raising the Transgender Child” by Dr. Michele Angello & Alisa Bowman, Seal Press

our preschooler has always had an active imagination. Flights of fancy and dress-up fill his days. She’s rough-and-tumble, a scrapper in her mind. Make-believe has always been a big part in your child’s life, but now you’re hearing something you know in your heart is not pretend – and in the new book “Raising the Transgender Child” by Dr. Michele Angello & Alisa Bowman, you’ll find guidance for it. In retrospect, you might’ve seen it coming: your son told you once that he was really a girl. Or your daughter cried when you wouldn’t let her get

a buzz-cut. You’ve suddenly realized, or your child has told you, that zie is genderdiverse. Either way, Angello and Bowman point out that few parents are immediately 100% prepared for raising a child like yours. And so, you’re not alone: others have raised transgender children before you, and have “blazed trails” already. Your feelings are normal. So is worry, and confusion about whether gender dysphoria will “burn off.” Dysphoria. Now there’s a word you might have seen while doing research in print or online. There are, in fact, many terms you’ll want to know when raising a genderdiverse child, starting with the difference between “sex” and “gender.” And by the way, as for shaky “studies” and internet myths, set them aside. There are many theories on “what leads to gender diversity,” and a lot of unknowns. Again, put arguments away, and ignore negativity. All kids are different, and so are their gender experiences. Is it worth obsessing over? Probably not; you love your child regardless, so prepare yourself for a toe-dip into “social transition.” Talk with teachers, neighbors, and take steps to make relatives aware of new pronouns and appearance. Educate yourself on public bathrooms, team sports, and other legalities. Know when to ask for help – both financial and emotional. Remember that grief is common, and that your child may experience issues, too. Finally, dare to dream again. Zie

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“Raising the Transgender Child” authors (left to right:) Dr. Michele Angello & Alisa Bowman.

will grow up one day and, as the authors say, will eventually fall in love with “someone wonderful and amazing.” As a parent of a transgender child, you may think that all of this is common-sense stuff you’ve heard before – and that may be so, but there’s a certain calmness inside “Raising the Transgender Child” that can’t be beat.

The other thing that sets this book apart is its comprehensiveness. Authors Angello and Bowman seem to have thought of everything Mom, Dad, or caregiver could possibly need to know about present issues and what’s to come. It’s all easy to comprehend, too, and it covers children from small toddler to older teen. Particularly vexed parents will be happy to see that the authors

even tackle unpleasant situations, and emotions that may need to be heeded along this journey. Whether you need it now, or you sense that you might later, “Raising the Transgender Child” is a good book to have in your parenting bag of tricks. For questioning children and families with questions, it’s more helpful, perhaps, than you can imagine.t

a tense meeting with Barnswell in Spain, Girard obtains the admiral’s signed confession, which, on a whim, he puts into his cigarette case. He’s killed when his flight crashes. Will the cigarette case be found among the rubble of the crash? Will Sen. Casey get back to Washington? Under director John Frankenheimer’s sure hand, the suspense steadily mounts. Rod Serling’s screenplay, adapted from the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II, makes a logical case for Jiggs’ initial suspicions, his grow-

ing certainly, and the president’s response. It’s a model of its kind. The cast, relishing such juicy parts, is terrific. Lancaster is at his charismatic, messianic best. His imposing physique, athletic grace, and fierce intelligence are perfectly balanced. He makes Scott’s fanaticism chilling. March’s Pres. Lyman is a real person, conflicted, determined to do the right thing, but willing to consider blackmail if necessary. One of his best moments comes when he wrestles with letting Scott know about the

damning letters Jiggs got from Holbrook. Will he use them? In the key role, Douglas gives one of his finest screen performances. Jiggs carries out his painful duties without a whiff of sanctimony. His genuine admiration for Scott doesn’t blind him when it comes to what he’s plotting. Their last scene together, a verbal confrontation, is riveting. Gardner makes the most of her few scenes. Her shopworn beauty adds a poignant component to her performance. She’s been used and mistreated by men, yet is still standing. Scott was only the most recent of her unhappy affairs. With her looks beginning to fade, how many more opportunities will she have for romance? She tentatively pins her hopes on Jiggs, and her anger at his betrayal is both justified and touching. O’Brien, always good at playing slightly sleazy heavy drinkers, is splendid as the shrewd Sen. Clark. His performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, which he lost to Peter Ustinov in “Topkapi.” Balsam is excellent as the politically astute Girard, who’ll do what it takes to carry out his mission. The crisp, authoritative Macready is well-cast. Houseman is memorable in his all-too-brief scene. Hugh Marlow is perfect as a right-wing television newscaster. Jerry Goldsmith’s pulsing score ratchets up the suspense. The fine black-and-white cinematography is by Ellsworth Fredericks. Edward G. Boyle and Cary Odell received Academy Award nominations for Set Design and Art Decoration. The film did well at the box-office, although not quite as well as Stanley Kubrick’s satirical “Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb.”t

Politics unusual by Tavo Amador

rotestors march outside the White House. Some support the president’s negotiations with Russia/USSR, others oppose it. Violence ensues. The police establish order. Populist critics, abetted by key media personalities, denounce the administration. The president’s approval ratings plummet. “Seven Days in May” (1964) might seem eerily relevant today, but it’s about a right-wing, military coup d’etat to overthrow the legitimate government. Will it succeed? General James Mattoon Scott (Burt Lancaster) is telegenic, a rousing speaker, and appears to be a man of great personal integrity. He believes that a nuclear disarmament treaty with the USSR, a cornerstone of President Jordan Lyman’s (Fredric March) foreign policy, will be a disaster for America. Scott fears that once the treaty is signed and the United States complies with its provisions, the untrustworthy Soviets will drop nuclear bombs on America, turning the nation into a radioactive wasteland. He and other top military and naval commanders will do what it takes to prevent that from happening. He denounces the treaty in a fiery, highly-rated televised speech. Lyman is equally certain that the only hope of preventing a global nuclear war is the treaty. But much of the public and several key senators agree with General Scott. Scott’s Chief of Staff, Col. Martin “Jiggs” Casey (Kirk Douglas), is loyal to his commanding officer, but even more loyal to his country and the president. Scott’s rhetoric disturbs him. So do other things. Are the Joint Chiefs of Staff really betting on a horse race, or is it a code for something else? A military base

in Texas is so secret that no record of its being paid for via normal channels exists. No one except a select group of Scott’s closest confidants seems to know about it. Jiggs finds a piece of paper with a hitherto unknown acronym written by ViceAdmiral Farley C. Barnswell (John Houseman), a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Scott, however, says he never heard of it. He orders Jiggs to take three days off, returning to duty on the day a national security alert is planned. Pres. Lyman is scheduled to participate in that alert. Scott will be in charge of it. Putting his credibility and career at risk, Jiggs informs the president of what he knows and suspects. With the president are his old friend, Senator Raymond Clark (Edmond O’Brien), and his key aide, Paul Girard (Martin Balsam). They’re initially skeptical, but the more they listen to Jiggs, the more their anxiety grows. They don’t know anything about the acronym that Jiggs mentions. They’re ignorant about the base in Texas. Pres. Lyman sends Sen. Clark to Texas to find the base. Girard is dispatched to Spain to confront Admiral Barswell. He asks another, doubtful but trustworthy aide, Christopher Todd (George Macready), to coordinate the investigation. The White House seeks evidence that the married, upstanding Scott cheated on his wife with another woman, Eleanor Holbrook (Ava Gardner). Jiggs is tasked with getting any incriminating information she may have that would embarrass her former lover. He succeeds. But will the president use this distasteful material against Scott? In Texas, Sen. Clark finally finds the secret base, but is quickly locked up and held incommunicado. After

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e all remember that famous proverb about what paves the road to hell. The new DVD “3 Generations,” just released by Anchor Bay/The Weinstein Group, appears to be the perfect example of good intentions gone awry. Here is an earnest movie trying to handle a controversial subject with great sensitivity, yet it has little insight into its subject, lost in a fog of cliches before abandoning the main protagonist. The movie, originally titled “About Ray,” played the prestigious Toronto Film Festival in 2015, then was pulled before its year-end wide release. It has now been renamed, reedited, and regurgitated, all bad omens pointing to a mess, a prophecy regrettably fulfilled. Ray (Elle Fanning) is a transgender 16-year-old teenager in New York City who was born Ramona yet knew from an early age he was trapped in a girl’s body. He has gone through hip enlargement, breast removal, and having withdrawn from private school after being physically assaulted by bullies, wants to enter public school as a boy, and is desperate to begin hormone therapy. His single mother, Maggie (Naomi Watts), has been supportive, but now has doubts about taking this next step. “What if he turns around one day with a full beard and says, Mom, I made a mistake?” Ray and Maggie live with her mother Dolly (Susan Sarandon) and Dolly’s longtime female partner Honey (Linda Emond) in an only-in-Tinseltown fabulously hip brownstone apartment. One would think Dolly, as a lesbian, would be supportive of Ray’s change, but she really wants a granddaughter just to come out gay. “To me it’s mutilation. Why can’t she just be a lesbian?” She and her partner keep referring to Ray using female pronouns, to his chagrin. Ray is interested in women, though he is crushed when the female classmate he is attracted to refers to him as a girl. Because Ray is underage, he must obtain the consent of both parents, including his long-lost biological father Craig (Tate Donovan), whom he hasn’t seen in a decade. Craig had a nasty breakup with Maggie but now has a new wife and children.

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Maggie doesn’t want to unearth long-buried mistakes, and contemplates forging his signature rather than tracking him down to get his permission. So “3 Generations” now shifts to Maggie reconciling her past, including an absurd soap-opera twist with Craig’s brother Matthew (Sam Trammell). Craig resists signing the consent. Ironically, the only one who doesn’t have any doubts about Ray’s transitioning is Ray, and his primary angst (“I’m not having a shitty day, Mom. I’m having a shitty existence”) is that he won’t be able to obtain his hormones. So the film’s focus becomes whether Maggie and Craig will sign the papers, not exactly heart-stopping drama. The always-watchable Fanning attempts to soar above this second-rate material to deliver an assertive performance full of teen Sturm und Drang. But with two big names as cast members, why couldn’t a transgender actor have portrayed Ray, despite the small probability it might have enhanced the subpar narrative? There is very little attention given to Ray, and even the movie he is making about himself on his camera phone just shows him skateboarding. Nothing insightful about gender dysphoria is presented here. Sarandon provides a few sitcomlike laughs, breezing through the film with mostly boozy bantering, though she has one extraordinarily painful line that she delivers to Ray: “It’s about time we had a man in this family.” It’s indicative of the depths mature actresses must sink for gainful Hollywood employment. The usually wonderful Watts seems artistically stuck in the mud even though the movie could originally have been titled “About Maggie” rather than “About Ray.” You have three talented actresses, a woman director, and a female screenwriter, yet the results are so disheartening. Even the subtheme about females supporting each other, raising a teen in a nontraditional household, isn’t developed to its full potential. It’s the type of film Hollywood executives can point to and say trans movies don’t sell. A really great American transgender feature remains to be made, and one can only hope “3 Generations” won’t discourage it from happening soon.t

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La Cage

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The Broadway veteran was two weeks into rehearsals as he talked about his first encounter with the fabulous Zaza, the star at the Saint-Tropez nightclub that gives the musical its name. “La Cage aux Folles” is San Francisco Playhouse’s big summer attraction, with previews beginning next week before a July 19 opening. Although it meant uprooting himself from his home in New York with his new husband (but partner of 13 years), Egan didn’t hesitate when director Bill English offered him the Joan Marcus role after a casting session John Treacy Egan created the role of Chef Louis in Disney’s Broadway in New York. “This is a adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.” real treat for me,” Egan said, “to be able to spend which to model Albin, Zaza’s offin-law is insisting on meeting the the summer in San Franstage persona who shares his life groom’s family. He’s a high-profile cisco and play this fantastic part. with the more traditionally mascuconservative politician, and Albin I can’t imagine ever saying no to line Georges in an apartment above is asked to play straight during the this. I even got to ride in the Pride their nightclub, where they raised family dinner, which he does badly parade as part of the San Francisco Georges’ now-grown son conceived until he decides to emerge in drag Playhouse’s contingent. Amazing.” from a brief heterosexual lapse. “My as Jean-Michel’s absent mother for Egan’s Broadway credits include mother had a lot of poise and grace, further comic complications. “Jekyll & Hyde,” “Sister Act,” “The and I model Albin after her a little “I don’t want it to ever look like Little Mermaid,” and more than a bit. He’s also a little bit spoiled. He I’m making fun of someone,” Egan year as Nathan Lane’s final replacehas a wonderful man in his life who said. “I’m paying a lot of attention to ment in “The Producers.” But his treats him a little bit like a printhat because I want it to come from dresses-makeup-heels experiences cess. And in my own a real place. I’m not doing it for you are part of his early off-Broadlife with my husband, to laugh at me. I’m doing it so you way days, most notably I’m always referring to see how hard it is when you’re asked as part of the original myself as the princess, not to be yourself.” cast of “Howard Crabas in, ‘The princess Which, of course, is how “I Am tree’s When Pigs Fly,” would do this,’ or, ‘The What I Am,” the showstopper in in which one scene had princess would do that.’ Jerry Herman’s score for the 1983 him playing a plus-size So my Albin will be a musical, gets its context as Albin, showgirl who belts out little bit of a princess.” in his Zaza guise, belts out a defiant “Bigger Is Better.” When The comic comanthem to being true to yourself. he asked his mother plications that ensue “I’ve never sung that piece before, what she thought of her in Harvey Fierstein’s and never even thought about singfirst encounter with him libretto, itself based on the 1978 ing it, but I’m really enjoying it,” in a cross-dressing role, she said, French movie, come when JeanEgan said. “I think in this day and “You looked beautiful. You looked Michel, the boy that Albin and age it takes on a little bit of new just like me.” Georges raised together, has become meaning, when people almost have For “La Cage aux Folles,” Egan engaged, and his future fatherto hide who they are.” again looked to his mother on

Degas

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Admittedly, it’s hard to knock a show with walls of Impressionist paintings, including a half-dozen Renoirs of young French girls in Breton hats wreathed with silk flowers, and a raft of sensual paintings and pastels by Degas, who was attuned to the secret lives of women. There’s a sense of hushed ritual in Degas’ “Woman Trying on a Hat” (1884), where a client is seen from the back inside a curtained room, a ceremonial glow emanating from the scarlet carpeting. Among the radiant, free-handed works by Berthe Morisot is the sumptuous “Young Girl on the Grass: Mademoiselle Isabelle Lambert” (1885), an ineffably lovely portrait of her favorite model seated in a springtime garden effusive with blooms. Almost too beautiful for words, it’s a picture of girlish innocence incarnate, and as it turned out, fleeting – Isabelle died at 17. And as for Renoir: well, an early biographer declared him “an erotomaniac for women’s hats.” The lush woman surrounded by the blur of a vivacious gathering in the artist’s “At the Milliner’s” (1878) might be a customer making an impulsive purchase before joining “Luncheon of the Boating Party”(1880); the latter work, though not on view, would’ve been the perfect occasion. This was an age that saw the introduction of the department store, circa 1880, the rise of the modern woman, and a time when an extravagant accessory, tilted at the perfect angle, just so, was a necessity. Hats not only made the woman but men and children, who wouldn’t dream of leaving the house without one

poised on their heads. Men get their due in a separate gallery that includes top hats, bowlers and sporty straw boaters, an extremely popular style among men and outdoorsy women depicted in an array of posters showing them cycling and otherwise navigating a brave new world. In keeping with the style of the day, a woman would pile her hair high and pin her piece de resistance to her coiffure, sailing forth like a proud ship out to sea. Those chic creatures, strolling the wide boulevards of Paris with hat boxes from posh boutiques slung on their arms, like the sublimely elegant shopper in

Jean Beraud’s “Fashionable Woman on the Champs-Elysees” (1902), must have been a sight to behold. Visitors will be heartened to learn the hats have their own provenance (detailed in the catalogue), and that some of the women who created them became self-made millionaires. Madame Virot, for instance, started as a milliner’s assistant, but by 1860 had established her own house with elite clients such as Empress Eugenie, making her one of the “most sought-after modistes in Paris.” A stunning Virot affair of black silk and ostrich feathers (1905-10) is magnifique. The mil-

would go, oh, you’re so young withTwo weeks into the rehearsal proout that fat suit and makeup. And I cess, Egan was finding it more chalwould go, yeah, but no suit and no lenging getting a handle on Zaza makeup. Just a bad hair day.”t than Albin. “Not having worn any of the costumes yet, I don’t know what I’m going to look like,” he “La Cage aux Folles” will said. “Drag queens can be demure run through Sept. 16 at San Francisco Playhouse. Tickets and they can be brassy, and I’m not are available at (415) 677-9596 sure what kind of drag queen Zaza or go to sfplayhouse.org. is yet. But I’m certainly a performer. I know how to stand on a stage and belt out a tune.” However his character turns out, it will be a plus-size interpretation. “It’s something I’ve struggled with my whole life,” Egan said of his girth. “I’ve accepted it to a degree, and I work on it off and on. Right now, I’m trying to go to the gym, trying to lose a little bit of weight, and work on core strength, because I’ll be walking on high heels and going up and down stairs.” His size has been both a help and hindrance in getting roles, but it was youthful energy that actually was the hurdle in landing his biggest role yet in “The Producers.” Rather than waiting for his agent to line up an audition for the hit show, Egan just signed himself up for open-call chorus auditions for its touring company. But rather than putting him on the road, creator Mel Brooks and director Susan Stroman kept him in New York to stand by for, and eventually take over, the roles of “Springtime for Hitler” playwright Franz Liebkind, “Keep It Gay” director Roger De Bris, and Nathan Lane’s role as shady Broadway producer Max Bialystock. “Susan Stroman told me that I had the energy of a 15-yearold boy, and she said, ‘You have to keep your feet on the ground and don’t leap around.’ And she Billy Bustamente said, ‘We have to do something Ex-Nazi and Broadway wannabe about your hair,’ because I have red hair, so they would paint Franz Liebkind is one of three major my hair each night with tem- roles John Treacy Egan played during porary tattoo ink. I would walk the Broadway run of “The Producers.” out the stage door and people

linery industry spawned a mania for feathers from the French African colonies to Central America and Asia; ostrich were preferred because they could be plucked from live birds, but, as they’re a notoriously cantankerous species, one wonders how cooperative they were when it came to parting with their plumage. Inspired by 18th-century portraitist Thomas Gainsborough, spectacular picture hats were the rage for women wanting to be seen and swan around a grand soiree. A theatrical design by Madame Georgette (1910) features sheer black lace with antique rose and

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Melissa Buron (left), one of the curators of “Degas, Impressionism and the Paris Millinery Trade,” describes the interplay of Parisian painters and hatters in the exhibit currently at the Palace of the Legion of Honor.

beige cotton flowers on its broad brim, cresting with architectural grace in the front for maximum panache. They were also perfect for a pirate, flush after a lucrative raid, or the odd swashbuckler angling to make a dramatic entrance. Michniewicz Tuvee’s low-crowned, wide-brimmed, rich golden-brown rabbit felt number (ca. 1892) with matching satin ribbons, jet buckles and a double bed of pillowy ostrich feathers, screams Errol Flynn. Drenched in femininity, the plush, sensual kind, and the emerging contingent of independent working women for whom Degas had a special affinity, a number of the show’s works directly or indirectly address the class differences between lowpaid millinery industry employees and the affluent customers who could afford to purchase the goods. Shop girls sold the items, and knowingly or not, were part of the luxury package. The main figure in James Tissot’s “The Shop Girl” (1883-85) is as tall as the lavishly atmospheric large-scale canvas. Tissot sets the stage in an upscale haberdashery, its glass door open to a busy Paris street. Outside, a man stands beneath a striped awning, peering through the window at the willowy saleswoman in a dark fitted dress, who may have been inspired by Tissot’s muse and lover who died at 28. Her hair loosely pulled into a bun, she’s beside a counter strewn with colored ribbons, holding a box wrapped in peachcolored papers. Part of a projected series, “Women of Paris,” the work was one of only 15 he completed; each was to be accompanied by a short story. For this painting, Tissot had chosen Emile Zola, who would have gravitated toward its subtext: longing and the loss of love.t

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There are always two vegan flavors, such as peach-pluot and coconut maple pecan. Ice cream can be ordered in a cup “Everything –and I or in a house made waffle cone mean everything– is made or in a sandwich of homein-house,” said owner Juliet made cookies. Pries, a pastry chef-turned For fountain drinks, Pries entrepreneur who has lived concocted “Castro Street in the neighborhood for Cola” from her proprietary almost two decades. blend of 16 botanicals. The Located at 541 Castro, cola is the base for the L-Obetween 18th and 19th L-A float (named after the streets, where the French Kinks song), with tart cherry cosmetics firm L’occitane syrup, vanilla ice cream, acid was located, the old fashphosphate, and soda. ioned parlor has a 1930s Malts and milkshakes come Art Deco soda fountain in standard flavors, as well as where handmade sodas a few designed for the new are made to order. parlor, including The HarPries opened her first vey Milk(shake), with roasted ice cream parlor, The Ice pineapple and passion fruit Cream Bar in Cole Valley syrups, two eggs, cream and a in 2012, after being indash of tart cherry syrup. volved in the management There are also ten different of the Kezar Pub for sevsodas on the menu, including eral years. Russell’s Sassafras Root Beer, Once that business was made with 11 herbs and spicup and running (and feaes; chocolate phosphate made tured in dozens of publiSari Staver with house-made Valrhona cations, including the New Server Carlo Barrueto with a colorful rainbow chocolate syrup, phosphate York Times) Pries was ap- cake at The Castro Fountain. and soda; and old fashioned proached by the owner of egg creams, with a whole egg, 541 Castro, who thought able to hire everyone she needs. cream, vanilla extract, sarsaan ice cream shop would “And of course I’m here seven parilla tincture, and soda. do well in that location. days a week as well,” she added. While the Castro Fountain is the “I loved the neighborhood,” she Just before Pride, the Fountain’s only place in the neighborhood said. “I only needed a little bit of enpastry chefs created a rainbow layer where you’ll find homemade ice couragement to think about opencake, which has been a big seller, cream, Mitchell’s ice cream is availing here.” said Pries. About a dozen of the able in cones or dishes at two locaWith just a month under her whole cakes have been ordered for tions: Castro Ice Cream and Dessert belt, Pries said business is doing “retake out, she said. Whole custom ice at 451 Castro St., where you can also ally well. I have some regulars who cream cakes are coming soon, she find homemade Turkish pastries and come all the time,” she said. “The added. at Sweet Inspiration, at 2239 Market reception from the community has The ice cream menu changes seaSt., where you can also find baked been great.” sonally and “at whim,” according to goods, sandwiches, and coffee. Pries has already connected with the menu. In addition to standards Mitchell’s is known for its Mexican community groups, hosting an ice such as mint chip, rocky road, and (horchata, Mexican chocolate), Pecream social for the New Bear Restrawberry, the Castro Fountain also ruvian (yucuma) and Filipino (two public, in which the shop donated has brown sugar buttermilk, Boston types of coconut) options, although 25% of the proceeds to the AIDS cream pie, salted caramel pecan the Castro shops selling Mitchell’s Life Cycle. “I hope to do more of turtle, and roasted banana chocohave a limited selection of flavors.t these,” she said. late cookie. Recently, devil dog ice Hiring staff has become “much cream was featured, a vanilla malt The Castro Fountain, 554 Castro more challenging” since the Cole ice cream with devil’s food cake and Street; open Sun-Thu 12pm-10pm. Valley shop opened five years ago, Fri & Sat 12pm-11pm. marshmallow swirl, named after the she said. But through word of mouth www.thecastrofountain.com East Coast cookie. and advertisements, Pries has been

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Left: The Castro Fountain’s owner Juliet Pries adds syrup to a multi-layered ice cream float. Right: Patrons Derek Shockey and Zack Karlsson share a sundae at The Castro Fountain.

City sweets by Sari Staver

utside the Castro, more than a dozen new ice cream shops have opened in San Francisco in the past year. Here a few of the unusual spots.

Garden Creamery, 3566 20th St. Known for its “chimney cone,” which is basically a waffle cone where the waffle is a doughnut, this Mission shop serves Asian and Hawaiian-inspired flavors like butter mocha and several matcha varieties, as well as eight coconut-based vegan options daily. Gardencreamery.com Honey Crème, 839 Irving St. Soft serve ice cream made with organic milk and a variety

of toppings, such as honeycomb, cotton candy, and dark chocolate. Honeycremeusa.com. Little Giant Ice Cream, 214 Sutter Street. Known for its unique ice cream flavors, including a number with cocktail themes, such as the negroni or old fashioned. www.Littlegianticecream.com. Salt & Straw, 2201 Fillmore St. This Portland-founded shop is known for its unique flavors such as green apple sherbet and peach vinegar cobbler with toasted nutmeg. The owners try to add ingredients from local food producers such as Sightglass coffee. www.Saltandstraw.com.

Shakedown, 835 Geary St. Named for the Grateful Dead, Shakedown’s homemade flavors include favorites like PennsylTucky (bourbon ice cream with swirls of walnut chocolate chip cookie pie) and Jacker Crack (popcorninfused ice cream with swirls of dulce de leche and crushed peanut brittle). www.Shakedownsf.com. Smitten Ice Cream, 904 Valencia St. and three other locations in the city. At all locations, the ice cream is made in front of you in about 90 seconds, using liquid nitrogen for a smoother, denser cream. Flavors include Blue Bottle espresso, TCHO 60.5% chocolate, and seasonal options such as sweet corn with berries and rhubarb crisp.t

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Friday Nights at the Ho @ White Horse Bar, Oakland

Thu 6

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

Baloney @ Oasis

DTF Fridays @ Port Bar, Oakland

July 6-13

Various DJs play house music, and a few hotties gogo dance at the new gay bar’s weekly event. 9pm-2am. 2023 Broadway. (510) 823-2099. www.portbaroakland.com

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

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

Hard Fridays @ Qbar

Thu 6 After Dark @ Exploratorium The hands-on science museum’s adult cocktail parties include drinks, music, and a lovely Bay view. $10-$15. 6:30-9:30pm. Embarcadero at Pier 15. www.exploratorium.edu

Baloney @ Oasis The sexy witty male burlesque show is back, with new and favorite numbers by Rory Davis, with favorite and new handsome dancers, and MC Michael Phillis. $25-$50. 8pm. July 7 & 8 at 7pm .298 11th St. sfbaloney.com sfoasis.com

Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon Weekly beer bust and benefit for local charities. 9pm-11pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Commando, Lavender Country @ Rickshaw Stop Queer “nu metal” with Commando (Lynn Breedlove of Tribe 8, Juba Kalamka of DDC & Star Amerasu) and Patrick Haggerty’s Lavender Country (the first gay country band); Spray Tan opens. $12-$15. 8pm. 155 Fell st. www.rickshawstop.com

Fuego @ The Watergarden, San Jose Weekly DJed sex party with Latin videos and musics, free salsa bar, half-price lockers, at the famed South Bay bath house. 4pm-12am. 1010 The Alameda, San Jose. www.thewatergarden.com

Paula West @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

Desperate Living @ The Stud

The acclaimed local vocalist performs an extended concert residency at the intimate nightclub. $28-$60. Thu & Fri 8pm. Sat 7pm. Sun 5pm. Thru July 16. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com/

Latinx punk music night hosted by Dulce de Leche, with Suppositori Spelling, Persia, and record release party for Munecas. $5-$10. 10pm4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Picante @ The Cafe

Duran Duran @ Fox Theatre, Oakland

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

Puff @ The Stud Under the Golden Gate’s Maria Konner and DJ Dank’s herb-friendly night of fun, with Trixxie Carr and DJ Sergio Fedasz spinning 420 tunes. $5$10. 7pm-10pm; followed by the drag show Love. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

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

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge

Love @ The Stud Christmas Table-themed drag show. $5. 9pm-4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.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

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud The saucy women’s burlesque show hosted by Dottie Lux will titillate and tantalize. $10-$20. 8pm-9:30pm. 399 9th St. .144 Taylor St. www.redhotsburlesque.com

RorShok, Cigar Night @ SF Eagle Dance inside with DJ Sergio Fedasz, drag hosts Nikki Jizz and Grace Bones. Outside, puff away on the patio at the famed leather bar. 9pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. sf-eagle.com

Skate Night @ Church on 8 Wheels Groove on wheels at the former Sacred Heart Church-turned disco roller skate party space, hosted by John D. Miles, the “Godfather of Skate.” 7pm-11pm. Also Wed, Thu, 7pm-10pm. Sat afternoon sessions 1pm-2:30pm and 3pm-5:30pm. $10. Kids 12 and under $5. Skate rentals $5. 554 Fillmore St. at Fell. www.churchof8wheels.com

Thu 6

Rock Fag @ Hole in the Wall

Junk @ Powerhouse

The local jazz band performs weekly at the swanky hotel lounge bar. 7pm11pm, thru August. 999 California St. www.klipptones.com

Gus Presents’ weekly dance night, with DJ Deft, cute gogos and $2 beer (before 10pm). 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

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

Music night with local and touring bands. $8. 9:30pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

The Klipptones @ Top of the Mark

iCandy @ The Cafe

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

Rice Rockettes @ Lookout

Queer weekly night out at the popular Mission bar. 9pm-2am. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Get down on it at the very interactive play party, with Dylan James and Brandon Wilde performing a stage sex show at 10:30pm. $20. 9pm-1am. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

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

Midnight Show @ Divas

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

Gayface @ El Rio

Kingdom of Sodom @ Nob Hill Theatre

Hella Gay Comedy @ Club OMG

Gogo-tastic dance night starts off your weekend. $5. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Queer Karaoke @ Club OMG

Thursday Night Live @ SF Eagle

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 classic ‘80s band performs hits and new music. $89-$130. 8pm. 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. http://apeconcerts.com/

DH Haute Toddy’s weekly electro-pop night with hotty gogos. $3. 9pm-2am (happy hour 4pm-9pm). 456 Castro St. www.QbarSF.com

Manimal @ Beaux

Disco guru DJ Bus Station John spins grooves at the intimate retro music night. $5. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Fri 7 Ain’t Mama’s Drag @ Balancoire Weekly drag queen and drag king show hosted by Cruzin d’Loo. 8pm10pm. No cover. 2565 Mission St. www.balancoiresf.com

Commando, Lavender Country @ Rickshaw Stop

Dylan James, Brandon Wilde @ Nob Hill Theatre

Junk in the Trunk @ SF Eagle

The tattooed porn muscle stud performs solo shows (8pm) and sex shows (10pm with Wilde). $25. Also July 8. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 3976758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

Underwear party with hosts Bretchen Towers and Blevine, DJ Samuel Reynolds; Big Booty contest, too. 9pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Femme Social Hour @ The Stud

Latin Explosion/Club Papi @ Club 21, Oakland

Monthly focial time for femmes. $5. 5pm-8pm. 399 9th St. studsf.com

Stank @ Powerhouse Cruise in Smell-o-vision at the stinky armpit night, hosted by Leon Fox, with gogos, mrPam catching visuals; Spunk Lube giveaways. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

The Latin dance night also includes drag acts hosted by Lola and Dorys, with half a dozen gogo studs. $10$20. (July 7, no cover before 11pm; customer appreciation party, with food, and giveaways). 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St., Oakland. www.club21oakland.com

The Speakeasy @ Palace Theater The immersive theatrical Prohibitionera nightclub experience includes drinks, food, entertainment, 1920s costumes requested of patrons (rentals available in advance; $125 and up), and hours of bootleg fun. $95. Thu-Sat thru Sept. 9. Columbus at Broadway. https://www.thespeakeasysf.com

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

Video Gaymer Night @ SF Eagle Multiple screens around the bar for gaming; plus no cover, free coat check and drink specials. 8pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. sf-eagle.com

Bear Happy Hour @ Midnight Sun Hairy men and their pals enjoy 2-for-1 drinks and no cover. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Sat 8

Bear Trap @ Lone Star Saloon

Bootie SF @ DNA Lounge

The monthly beer, booze and tunes night. $5. 9pm-2am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Count Basie Orchestra @ Yoshi’s Oakland The veteran jazz band performs at the elegant restaurant-nightclub. $37. 8pm & 10pm. 510 Embarcadero West. www.yoshis.com

Fri 7

Bear Trap @ Lone Star Saloon

Resident DJs and guests spin at the mash-up DJ dance party, with four rooms of different sounds and eight DJs. The Monster Drag Show hosted by Sue Casa. $10-$15 and up. 9:30pm-3am. 375 11th St. www.bootiesf.com www.dnalounge.com

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A Hero leaves us Leather folk on the passing of Chuck Renslow I could extol Chuck’s virtues and accomplishments for pages, but due to the collective sorrow felt across the country and world, Chuck has been honored with beautiful obituary articles in many publications, including this one. Instead of repeating all those well-deserved accolades, I thought it would be best to ask a couple of people who have been close to Chuck for many years, including through his last days, and a couple of locals with longtime ties to this standout man. Jon Krongaard is on the International Mr. leather Executive Committee and is President of the Leather Archives and Museum. “Chuck leaves behind a legacy that few could hope to achieve,” he wrote. “So many things that are taken for granted in the LGBTQ community today were achievements and rights hard fought by Chuck. Not to diminish the contributions of othRich Stadtmiller ers, but so much started Chuck Renslow, a true leather icon, recently passed away, with him. Especially his leaving an entire community mourning. dedication and love of our huge leather family is inspiring and will A standout aspect of Chuck was by Race Bannon never, ever be forgotten; his character. He always stood for certainly not by me.” ne of the world’s most imporwhat he believed. He was an out gay Joey McDonald is the Executive tant leathermen left the planet leatherman in the 1950s. Imagine Director of the International Mr. this past week. Chuck Renslow, a what that must have been like. Yet, Leather organization. pivotal figure in our scene, died whether it was in local Chicago poli“Chuck had a way of drawing after struggling with longtime illtics, within the LGBT communities, people in,” he wrote. “You found ness. This sent shock waves through or the leather world, Chuck consisyourself in an orbit around him the leather world because tently took a stand for what with many like-minded folk, pickthis remarkable man he believed was best for his ing up bits and pieces of wisdom, touched our lives in so own communities and and being urged to go home, back many ways, directly or for mankind. He was a to our local communities, and do indirectly. truly good and prinsmall things. And we did. Many My own history with cipled man. kink events got started because he Chuck goes back to 1972 This column itself simply told us to be creative.” when I walked into his also has strong ties to Lenny Broberg is a local Bay Area Chicago bar, the Gold Chuck. This column’s leather notable who has been a stelCoast, the very first U.S. originator, Mr. Marcus lar emcee at the International Mr. leather bar to open. I met Hernandez, was a longLeather contest for the last few years. Chuck at the Gold Coast and our time friend of Chuck. Marcus He offered a lengthy history and repaths would cross for decades. In served as a judge many times at the memberance. 1977, he offered me a job as a bartendcontest Chuck started, International “It is difficult to find words to er at his newly opened Center Stage Mr. Leather, where there was a longdescribe Chuck and try to cover all Disco and Cabaret Nightclub. Chuck standing tradition of Marcus anthe things that he was to so many was always incredibly good to me. nouncing the top 20 contestants. people,” wrote Broberg. “I met him

for the first time 25 years ago. I knew he owned a bar, a bathhouse and IML. Over the years, I got to know so much more. He could be a stern taskmaster when he wanted things done. But he was also engaging, funny, smart, a visionary ahead of his time and always had a mischievous glint in his eye. “Chuck was also a man of conviction and dedicated to the welfare of the leather and greater LGTBQ communities. His opening address each year at IML challenged our community to do more and be better. But he did not stop at words: his actions were even louder. Chuck was the driving force behind the Leather Archives and Museum, because he recognized that so much of our history and legacy was being lost or destroyed. “I also remember a few years ago, prior to the advent of PrEP, he decided bareback videos could not be sold in the leather mart at IML. He got a lot of pushback, but he was convinced that it was for the good of the community because he was a strong proponent of safe sex. He didn’t cave in to the pressure. “A lot will be said about Chuck Renslow, but no words will truly address what he has done for so many for so long, much of which will never be known by many. It is said that a person’s character can be judged by their actions toward those that can do nothing in return for that person. Chuck Renslow was a man of immeasurable character. And I was lucky enough to call him a friend.” Gayle Rubin is a San Francisco resident, anthropologist and worldfamous leather history expert. “Chuck was one of the most consequential leathermen of the long 20th century; his impact was vast and spanned many decades,” Rubin commented. “He left indelible marks on so many areas of leather social life, among them: producing iconic gay male erotica, running one of the earliest

and longest lasting leather bars, and building the leather contest system from a big but mostly local party into a major international institution. “But to my mind, his most significant contribution was his role in establishing and maintaining the Leather Archives and Museum. Chuck gave the LA&M its legal corporate structure, but in addition he quietly made sure it had enough funds to operate for many years. He also made the LA&M the ongoing beneficiary of IML. Although many others, such as Tony DeBlase, made key contributions to the LA&M, Chuck did more than any other single individual to grow the LA&M and to secure its future. In doing so, he made it possible to secure a future for the leather past.” I could add more here because so many people loved and respected Chuck Renslow, but I think the many honorings of the man throughout the media this past week and what was said here will suffice. Chuck was an icon, an icon of monumental proportions who will go down in history as one of the most important people to move within the leather world. The next time you’re having amazing leathersex of any sort, think about Chuck. Smile to yourself. Realize that maybe, just maybe, you’re able to do what you’re doing at that moment because of the work this great man did as groundwork. Maybe silently say his name to yourself. Chuck would like that. Chuck, the leather world continues to love and remember you. Rest in peace.t

For Leather Event Listings, please visit www.ebar.com/bartab Race Bannon is a local author, blogger and activist. You can reach him through his website, www.bannon.com.

Top: Vern Stewart, Middle: BullMAX, Bottom: Rich Stadtmiller

All photos: Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago

Left: A young Chuck Renslow. Top Right: Chuck Renslow (second right) at the 1981 International Mr. Leather contest. Bottom Right: (left-right) Tom of Finland, Chuck Renslow and artist Etienne in the 1980s.

Top: Chuck Renslow and Marcus Hernandez at the 1993 Mr. Drummer contest, held in San Francisco. Middle: Joey McDonald, Executive Director of International Mr. Leather (left) with Chuck Renslow (right). Bottom: Lenny Broberg (left) with Chuck Renslow (right) at a past International Mr. Leather contest when Lenny was the emcee.

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Sat 8

Pound Puppy @ SF Eagle

Blessed @ Port Bar, Oakland

Jock @ The Lookout

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

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

Dir-T @ SF Eagle Enjoy retro grooves a la Pleasuredome with DJ Phil B. $10. 7pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

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

FBFE

Femme Brunch @ Balancoire

Soul Party @ Elbo Room

On the Tab

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DJs Lucky, Paul, and Phengren Osward spin 60s soul 45s. $5-$10 ($5 off in semi-formal attire). 10pm-2am. 647 Valencia St. 552-7788. www.elbo.com

Bounce @ Lookout Dance music with a view at the Castro bar. 9pm-2am. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Sugar @ The Cafe

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Club Rimshot @ Club BNB, Oakland

Dance, drink, cruise at the Castro club, with DJs Gay Marvine, Taco Tuesday and Matthew XO. 9pm-2am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

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

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Sun 9 Beer Bust @ Lone Star Beer, bears, beats at the weekly fundraiser. June 11 benefits Bears of San Francisco. $15. 4pm-8pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

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

Dancing @ Club OMG

Weekly live music shows with various acts, along with brunch buffet, bottomless Mimosas, champagne and more, at the stylish nightclub and restaurant, with live entertainment and DJ Shawn P. $15-$20. 11am-3pm. After that, Femme T-Dance drag shows at 7pm, 10pm and 11pm. 2565 Mission St. at 21st. 920-0577. www.balancoiresf.com

GlamaZone @ The Cafe Pollo del Mar’s weekly drag show takes on different themes with a comic edge. 8:30-11:30pm. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

Pole$exaul @ The Stud Variety show with pole dancing, drag, and singing, this month with a James Bond theme. $5-$8 (free in drag). 11pm show. 10pm-4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

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

Stoopid @ Powerhouse Jimmy Swear and Profundity’s game night, 5pm-9pm. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

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

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Enjoy dancing and cocktails at the intimate mid-Market club. $7. 9pm2am. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

Eric Roberson @ Yoshi’s Oakland The soul singer-songwriter performs at the elegant restaurant-nightclub. $29-$65. 7:30pm, 9:30pm. Also July 9, 6:30pm. 510 Embarcadero West. www.yoshis.com

House Party @ Powerhouse Groovy décor and grooves with DJ Mohammand. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Joshua Grodsky @ Hotel Rex The local gay crooner performs a new cabaret show, You’re Gonna Hear From Me. $30-$450. 8pm. 562 Sutter St. http://societycabaret.com/

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

Mother @ Oasis

Heklina hosts the fun drag show with weekly themes. MC2 spins dance grooves before and after the show. $15-$25. 10pm-3am (11:30pm show). 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

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Nitty Gritty @ Beaux Weekly dance night with nearly naked gogo guys & gals; DJs Chad Bays, Ms. Jackson, Becky Know and Jorge T. $4. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. beauxsf.com

One-Year Anniversary @ Port Bar, Oakland BeBe Sweetbriar, porn stud Arad Winwin, Amari and DJ Ms Jackson help celebrate the Oakland bar’s first year; midnight happy hour, too. 9pm-2am. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Pound Puppy @ SF Eagle The cruisy cubby canine groove night, with DJs Kevin O’Connor and Taco Tuesday. $10. 9:30pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. sf-eagle.com

Saturgay @ Qbar Stanley Frank spins house dance remixes at the intimate Castro dance bar. $3. 9pm-2am (weekly beer bust 2pm-9pm). 456 Castro St. QbarSF.com

Shake It Up @ Port Bar, Oakland DJ Lady Char spins dance grooves; gogo studs, and drink specials, too. 9pm-2am. 2023 Broadway. (510) 8232099. www.portbaroakland.com

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Count Basie Orchestra @ Yoshi’s Oakland

An Octoroon @ Berkeley Repertory

Joshua Grodsky @ Hotel Rex

The veteran jazz band performs at the elegant restaurant-nightclub. $37. 8pm & 10pm. 510 Embarcadero West. www.yoshis.com

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ acclaimed comic play combines 1800s melodrama with contemporary cultural politics. $29-$85. Thru July 23. 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. http://www.berkeleyrep.org

The local gay crooner performs a new cabaret show, You’re Gonna Hear From Me. $30-$450. 8pm. 562 Sutter St. http://societycabaret.com/

Crazy Famous @ The Marsh Berkeley Sharon Eberhart’s solo show about a young musician in search of a great song. $20-$100. Fridays, 8pm, thru July 14. 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. www.themarsh.org

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time @ Golden Gate Theatre

Sat 8

SF Ethnic Dance Festival @ War Memorial Opera House

lourishing summery arts events await. For nightlife events, see On the Tab listings on page 31.

Thu 6 Classic & New Films @ Castro Theatre July 6 & 7: Sing-Along The Sound of Music (7pm). July 8: Scary Cow Short Film Festival (2pm-10pm). July 9: silent classics Modern Times (2:30pm, 7pm) and The Complete Metropolis (4:15, 8:45). July 11: SF premiere of drag comedy Cherry Pop (7pm). July 12: Rocky (7pm) and Chuck (9:15). July 13-16: 70mm 2001: A Space Odyssey (8pm, Sat & Sun 5pm & 8pm). 429 Castro St. www.castrotheatre.com

SPF 10 @ Joe Goode Annex SafeHouse Arts’ tenth annual Summer Performance Festival, with dance theatre works by Linda Bouchard, Marika Brussel, Slick Babble Dance Project, Sienna Williams and Diana Kalaji, and V. Carly Lave. $10-$15. Thru July 16. 401 Alabama St. http://joegoode.org/

The Klipptones @ Top of the Mark The local jazz band performs weekly at the swanky hotel lounge bar. 7pm-11pm. thru August. 999 California St. www.klipptones.com

Midsummer of Love @ Golden Gate Park We Players presents another sitespecific environmental play, this time an arboreal adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. $40-$80. July 6-9, 27-30. Strawberry Hill, 6:30pm. Also shows in El Sobrante July 15, 16, 22 & 23 ($30-$60). www.weplayers.org

A Night With Janis Joplin @ Geary Theater American Conservatory Theatre presents the acclaimed musical about rock singer Janis Joplin, with classic hits from her era, and visits by Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone. $20-$120. Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm. Extended thru July 16. 415 Geary St. www.act-sf.org

Paula West @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The acclaimed local vocalist performs an extended concert residency at the intimate nightclub. $28-$60. Thu & Fri 8pm. sat 7pm. Sun 5pm. Thru July 16. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com/

Wayne Goodman, Richard May @ Laurel Bookstore, Oakland Goodman reads from his new novel Better Angels, May reads from the new paperback edition of his short story collection Inhuman Beings, plus poet Natasha Dennerstein and novelist Hilary Zaid, refreshments, door prizes, and party favors. 7pm. 1423 Broadway, Oakland. www.laurelbookstore.com

We Were Rebels @ GLBT History Museum Jae Whitaker Remembers Janis Joplin, the oft-forgotten lesbian lover of the rock icon, is interviewed by Joey Cain. $5. 7pm.-9pm. Also, Picturing Kinship: Portraits of Our Community, an exhibit of Lenore Chinn’s portraits in painting and photography. $5. (thru Sept 18). Also, Lavender-Tinted Glasses, a queer Summer of Love look curated by Joey Cain; Beartoonist of San Francisco, art works by Fran Frisch, and the overview main exhibit. 4127 18th St. www.glbthistory.org

Fri 7

National Theatre’s touring production of the award-winning drama about an autistic British teenager’s troubled journey of discovery; with a fascinating LED production design. $35-$185. WedSat 8pm. Wed, sAt Sun 2pm.Sun 7:30pm. Thru July 23. 1 Taylor St. www.shnsf.com

Duran Duran @ Fox Theatre, Oakland The classic ‘80s band performs hits and new music. $89-$130. 8pm. 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. http://apeconcerts.com/

Funeral Parade of Roses @ Roxie Theater Screenings of Toshio Matsumoto’s amazingly subversive 1960s Japanese drag film with an explosion of imagery. $8-$12. July 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 at 7pm. 3117 16th St. www. roxie.com

In the Heights @ Contra Costa Civic Theatre East Bay production of the 2-Tonywinning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ( Hamilton ) about three generations of a New York City Latino family. $17-$31. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru July 16. 951 Pomona Ave, El Cerrito. ccct.org/ in_the_heights/

The Legend of Georgia McBride @ Marin Theatre Company Matthew Lopez’ comic play about an Elvis Presley impersonator-turned drag queen star. $10-$37. Wed-Sat 7:30pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru July 9. 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. www.marintheatre.org

Mark I. Chester @ Strut Racial Portraits & Other Provocations, a new exhibit of photos by the veteran gay photographer of kink and alternative subcultures. Thru July. 470 Castro St. www.markichester.com www. strutsf.org

Monsoon Wedding @ Berkeley Repertory Mira Nair’s musical stage adaptation of her popular film about IndianAmerican and Indian fiancés and their families. $60-$120. Thru July 16. 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. www.berkeleyrep.org

Older and Out @ North Berkeley Senior Center Weekly group discussion about problems for elders in the LGBT community. 3:15pm. 1901 Hearst Ave., Berkeley. www.pacificcenter.org

Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs @ Contemporary Jewish Museum Exhibit of the wry cartoons by the award-winning artist and author; thru Sept. 3. Weekly poets lunch/ readings on Fridays, 12:30pm thru June. Also, exhibits about Jewish culture and by Jewish artists, including Carey Leibowitz: Museum Show (witty pop art with a queer edge, thru June 25). Lectures and gallery talks as well (Fridays 12:30pm). Free (members)-$12. Fri-Tue 11am-5pm, Thu 11am-8pm (closed Wed). 736 Mission St. 655-7800. thecjm.org

Sat 8 Arts Festival @ Yerba Buena Gardens The annual outdoor daytime array of music, dance and theatre performances; other shows various days (usually Thu, Fri & Sat) thru Oct. 29. www.ybgfestival.org/events

Celebrate Community @ Harvey Milk Photo Center Group exhibit of LGBT communitythemed prints by prominent local photographers (Rick Gerharter, Gareth Gooch, Mick Hicks, Sandra Hoover, Dan Nicoletta, Bill Wilson and more), curated by Dave Christensen and Nicola Bosco-Alvarez. Thru July 23. 50 Scott St. harveymilkphotocenter.org

Constructed Communication @ Museum of Craft and Design Dogpatch warehouse is now a museum store, gallery and program space. Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm. 2569 Third St. 773-0303. www.sfmcd.org

Eric Roberson @ Yoshi’s Oakland The soul singer-songwriter performs at the elegant restaurant-nightclub. $29-$65. 7:30pm, 9:30pm. Also July 9, 6:30pm. 510 Embarcadero West. www.yoshis.com

Flower Power @ Asian Art Museum Floral art and live plant installations celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, and show how Buddhist art was an inspiration. Thru Oct. 1. Also, Saints and Kings: Arts, Culture and Legacy of the Sikhs, thru June 25. Reg. free-$25. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 200 Larkin St. 581-3500. www.asianart.org

Live! in the Castro @ Jane Warner Plaza Enjoy outdoor music concerts, dancing and other events, usually Saturdays 1pm. Castro St. at Market. www.castrocbd.org

Other Cinema @ ATA Gallery Weekly screenings of unusual, rare and strange short films and videos. $9. 8:30pm. 992 Valencia St. 6480654. www.othercinema.com

Over the Top: Math Bass & the Imperial Court SF @ Oakland Museum Paired exhibit of works by the LA artist with archival items from the Bay Area Imperial Council royals; thru July 23. Also, Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing (thru Aug. 13), Of Dogs and Other People: The Art of Roy De Forest (thru Aug. 20), and Bees: Tiny Insect, Big Impact (thru June). Free/$15. Reg. hours Wed-Sat 11am-5pm (Fri til 9pm). 1000 Oak St., Oakland. (510) 318-8400. www.museumca.org

Queer Comics Expo @ SOMArts Cultural Center Meet artists and buy books from dozens of LGBT comic creators and publishers; sponsored by Prism Comics; partial proceeds benefit the Cartoon Art Museum. $10-$25. 11am-5pm. Also July 9. 934 Brannan St. www.somarts.org

San Francisco Mime Troupe @ Live Oak Park, Berkeley Walls, the outdoor theatre company’s 58th anniversary show, confronts current politics with music and satire. 2pm. Also July 9. Shattuck Ave. at Berryman, Berkeley. Other locales thru Sept. 10. www.sfmt.org

Seussical The Musical @ Alcazar Theatre Bay Area Musicals’ production of the wacky kid-friendly musical based on the popular children’s books. $35-$65. Thu 7:30pm. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sat 2pm. Thru Aug. 5. 650 Geary St. bamsf.org

SF Ethnic Dance Festival @ War Memorial Opera House The annual dance festival presents more than a dozen companies from diverse countries, including De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association (Afro-Peruvian); Fogo Na Roupa Performing Company (Brazilian Folkloric—Maracatu); John Santos Sextet & Alayo Dance Company (Cuban Contemporary Folkloric); LIKHA - Pilipino Folk Ensemble (Filipino Folkloric— Mandayan and Tboli); Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu (Hawaiian Hula); San Francisco Awakko Ren (Japanese Traditional—Awa Odori). $25-$45. 8pm. July 9, 2pm. July 15 & 16 with other companies. 301 Van Ness ave. www.sfethnicdancefestival.org

Anne-christine d’Adesky @ Alley Cat Books The author of The Pox Lover discusses her writing and AIDS activism with Juliana Delgado Lopera. 7pm. 3036 24th St. http://www.alleycatbookshop.com

Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi The musical comedy revue celebrates its 43th year with an ever-changing lineup of political and pop culture icons, all in gigantic wigs; new numbers include a Summer of Love anniversary tribute. $25-$160. Beer/wine served; cash only; 21+, except where noted. Wed-Fri 8pm. Sat 6pm & 9pm. Sun 2pm & 5pm. 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. (Green St.). 421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com

Thu 13

Flower Piano @ SF Botanical Garden

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Wed 12 Queerest Library Ever @ SF Public Libraries Hormel at 20: Celebrating Our Past/ Creating Our Future, a dual exhibit of archival materials celebrating two decades of the LGBTQ collections. Also, Council of Elders: Portraits of Older Gay Men (thru May 4). 100 Larkin St., 3rd floor, and at the Eureka Valley Branch, 1 Jose Sarria Court at 16th St. www.sfpl.org

Ugo Rondinone @ Berkeley Art Museum

Fri 7

Funeral Parade of Roses @ Roxie Theater

SF Hiking Club @ Alamere Falls, Bass Lake

Queer Tango @ Finnish Hall, Berkeley

Will Durst @ The Marsh

Join GLBT hikers for a ten-mile hike at Point Reyes National Seashore. Hike the Palomarin Trail to Alamere Falls for lunch; enjoy spectacular views of the coast and a short, steep descent down to the beach and the bottom of the falls where it flows into the sea. Double back to Bass Lake, nestled in a forest of Douglas fir. Bring: water, food, appropriate clothing and footwear to protect from sun, fog, wind, poison oak, etc. Carpool meets 8:15 at Safeway sign, Market & Dolores. 652-4496. sfhiking.com

Same-sex partner tango dancing, including lessons, food and drinks. $5-$10. 3:30pm-6:30pm. 1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley. finnishhall.org

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

Vignettes On Love @ Potrero Stage

Professor Awesome @ Pianofight

PlayGround and Noise Pop present the world premiere of a new multimedia play based on the writings of David Steele; mature audiences only. $25-$55. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 7pm. Thru July 30. 1695 18th St. www.playground-sf.org

Sun 9 The Art and Science of Pinball @ Chabot Space & Science Museum, Alameda New exhibit of 35 pinball machine, historic early versions, models, diagrams and demos. $5-$15. Thru Sept. 24. 10000 Skyline Blvd., Oakland. www.chabotspace.org

Carlos Paz @ Castro Country Club The local illustrator’s exhibit, at the LGBT sober space. 4058 18th St. www.castrocountryclub.org

Degas, Impressionism and the Paris Millinery Trade @ Legion of Honor New exhibit of works by Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, paired with period hats from french designers. Thru Sept. 24. Also, The Future of the Past : Mummies and Medicine, thru August 2018. Also, Urs Fischer: The Public & the Private, (thru July 2) and other exhibits. Free/$15. Tue-Sun 9:30am5:15pm. Lincoln Park, 100 34th Ave. 750-3600. www.famsf.org

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

LGBTQ Histories from the WWII Home Front @ Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center, Richmond Park indoor exhibit that showcases the lives of historic LGBT people. Open daily 10am-5pm. 1414 Harbour Way South, Suite 3000, Richmond. roseitheriveter.org

OutLook Video @ Channel 29 The weekly LGBT TV show, with updates on current events. 9:30pm. www.outlookvideo.org

Mon 10 Perfectly Queer @ Dog Eared Books Queer author open mic; five minute readings and talks. 7pm. 489 Castro St. www.dogearedbooks.com

Weekly End of the World Good Time Revue. $10. 7:30pm. 144 Taylor St. https://awesometheatre.org/

Unearthed @ California Academy of Sciences Exhibits and planetarium shows with various live, interactive and installed exhibits about animals, plants and the earth; new exhibit, From Stone Age to Space Age, showcases minerals through time. Special events each week, with adult nightlife parties many Thursday nights. $20-$35. MonSat 9:30am-5pm. Sun 11am-5pm. 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park. 379-8000. calacademy.org

William Blake in Color @ William Blake Gallery Exhibit of classic plates in the new gallery of historic art by the 18th- and 19th-century poet and illustrator. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Sat 11am-5pm. 49 Geary St. #205. www.williamblakegallery.com

Tue 11 The Book of Mormon @ San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez’ mega-hit nine-Tony-winning musical comedy offers a wacky take on the religion’s strange history. $48$350. Tue-Thu 7:30pm. Fri & Sat 8pm. Various matinees. Thru July 23. 255 South Almaden Blvd. http://sanjosetheaters.org

Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed @ SF Museum of Modern Art New exhibit of 44 works by the misunderstood painter, known most for “The Scream.” Also, exhibits of Pop, Abstract and classic Modern art at the renovated and visually amazing museum, with two extra floors, a new additional Howard Street entrance, cafe and outdoor gardens. Other exhibits include Paul Klee and Rex Ray (thru Oct. 9), Larry Sultan: Here and Home (thru July 23), Diane Arbus: In the Beginning, Japanese Photography from Post-War to Now, Double Header. Free-$25. 10am-8pm. 151 Third St. www.sfmoma.org

Wild Card @ Exploratorium New exhibit of cardboard model villages; thru Sept 4. $10-$30. TueSun 10am-5pm. Pier 15, Embarcadero at Green St. exploratoratorium.edu

Daniel Arzola @ Strut The gay Venezuelan artist and activist’s exhibit, whose bold visual works have been featured in installations and galleries around the world, including Madonna’s Art for Freedom project. 470 Castro St. www.strutsf.org

Dorian Katz @ Center for Sex & Culture The artist’s exhibit of multi-species erotic drawings. Thru Aug. 15. 1349 Mission St. www.sexandculture.org

Hysteria Comedy @ Martuni’s Open mic for women and queer comics, with host Irene Tu, Tess Barry, Dom Gelin and Wonder Dave. 6pm-8pm. 4 Valencia St.

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

Tiny Bubbles @ SFAC Gallery Group exhibition curated by Steven Wolf includes several works by the late Jerome Caja, and others with adult themes. Thru Aug. 19. SF Arts Commision Gallery, 401 Van Ness Ave. www.sfartscommission.org

Todd Grey @ Museum of the African Diaspora Todd Grey: My Life in the Bush With MJ & Iggy, an exhibit of art by Michael Jackson’s personal photographer through the 1980s, and his experience living and documenting the Los Angeles music industry. Also, The Ease of Fiction and Love or Confusion: Jimi Hendrix in 1967. Free/$10. Each thru Aug. 27. 685 Mission St. www.moadsf.org

Tours and Exhibits @ The Old Mint New Sunday program offers tours and exhibits about San Francisco’s history. Explore the fascinating building’s grand halls and vaults. $5-$10. Weekly, 1pm-4pm. 88 5th St. 537-1105. www.SFhistory.org

Various Artists @ NIAD Art Center, Richmond Exhibits of art made by developmentally disabled people. Mon-Fri 10am-4pm. 551 23rd St. Richmond. (510) 620-0290. www.niadart.org

The World Just Makes Me Laugh, an exhibit of wistfully interpreted various-media works featuring clowns and childhood toys. Thru Aug. 27. Also, Charles Howard: A Margin of Chaos, thru Aug. 27. 2155 Center St., Berkeley. bampfa.org

Various Exhibits @ The Beat Museum Enjoy exhibits, a bookstore and gift shop that celebrates the era of ‘beatnik’ literature (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, etc.), with frequent readings, walking tours and other events in North Beach. $5-$8. Daily 10am-7pm. 540 Broadway www.kerouac.com

Thu 13 Aimee Mann @ Uptown Theatre, Napa/ UC Theatre, Berkeley The former lead singer for Til Tuesday performs her original music. $35-$65. 8pm. 1350 3rd St., Napa. Also July 14, 8pm, at UC Theatre, 2036 University Ave., Berkeley. aimeemann.com

Bay Area Playwrights Festival @ Custom Made Theater Annual festival presents six new works by emerging playwrights. $17-$80. Thru July 23. 533 Sutter St. http://bayareaplaywrightsfestival.org/

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

Flower Piano @ SF Botanical Garden The annual amazingly pleasant installation and informal concert series of a dozen pianos placed in scenic spots throughtout the gardens. Enjoy prepared and “open-piano” performances through each day; special Night Garden Piano benefit of evening performances on July 22, 7:30pm $40. Thru July 24. Reg. free admission for SF residents. http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org

Looking Through the Lens @ Diane Wilsey Center for Opera The Glory of San Francisco Opera, Past and Present , an exhibit of historic productions photos from the San Francisco Opera’s many productions. Free. Mon-Fri 9am6pm. Veteran’s Building, 401 Van Ness Ave. www.sfopera.com To submit event listings, email events@ebar.com Deadline is each Thursday, a week before publication.

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

Karaoke Night @ The Stud

Sat 8

Eric Roberson @ Yoshi’s Oakland

Sing Till It Hurts with hostess Sister Flora; 2 for 1 happy hour, no cover. 8pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

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

Retro Night @ 440 Castro

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

Sunday Brunch @ Thee Parkside Bottomless Mimosas until 3pm at the fun rock-punk club. 1600 17th St. 2521330. www.theeparkside.com

Mon 10 Epic Karaoke @ White Horse, Oakland Mondays and Tuesdays popular weekly sing-along night. No cover. 8:30pm-1am. 6551 Telegraph Ave, (510) 652-3820. www.whitehorsebar.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. www.brewcadesf.com

Happy Hour @ The Cinch Happy hour at the historic neighborhood bar. 5pm-8pm. 1723 Polk St. www.cinchsf.com

Karaoke Night @ SF Eagle Sing along, with host Beth Bicoastal, prizes, local celeb judges, and $2 draft beer. 8pm-12am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Mister Sister @ Midnight Sun

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

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

Tue 11 Cocktail Time @ Ginger’s Trois Enjoy drinks in the intimate tribute to the original dive bar; Tue & Wed 5pm-12am. Thu-Sat 5pm-2am. 86 Hardie Place.

Cock Shot @ Beaux Shot specials and adult Bingo games, with DJs Chad Bays and Riley Patrick, at the new weekly night. No cover. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Game Night @ Midnight Sun Video game fun, Wheel O’ Cocktails, and board games. 9pm-2am. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Game Night @ SF Eagle Board games, card games and cheap beer. 4pm-2am. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Hella Saucy @ Q Bar

Jim Hopkins plays classic pop oldies, with vintage music videos. 9pm-2am. 44 Castro St. www.the440.com

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

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

Trivia Night @ Hi Tops Play the trivia game at the popular new sports bar. 9pm. 2247 Market St. 551-2500. www.HiTopsSF.com

Trivia Night @ Port Bar, Oakland Cranny hosts a big gay trivia night at the new East Bay bar; drinks specials and prizes. 7:30pm. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Una Noche @ Club BnB, Oakland Vicky Jimenez’ drag show and contest; Latin music all night. 9pm-2am. 2120 Broadway. (510) 759-7340. www.club-bnb.com

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

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

Wed 12

High Fantasy @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge

Bondage-a-Gogo @ The Cat Club

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

The weekly gay/straight/whatever fetish-themed kinky dance night. $7$10. 9:30pm-2:30am. 1190 Folsom St. www.bondage-a-go-go.com www.catclubsf.com

Enjoy frosty Moscow Mule cocktails in a brassy mug, specials before 8pm. 2023 Broadway, Oakland. www.portbaroakland.com

Enjoy whiskey shots from jockstrapped hotties and sexy sports videos at the popular sports bar. 10pm-2am. 2247 Market St. 551-2500. www.HiTopsSF.com

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. No cover. 8pm-2am. 2120 Broadway, Oakland. www.bench-and-bar.com

Kick It @ DNA Lounge

Castro Karaoke @ Midnight Sun

Mary Go-Round @ Lookout

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

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

Debbie Does Dallas @ Oasis Nancy French stars in the title role of Erica Schmidt and Andrew Sherman’s acclaimed campy musical adaptation loosely based on the classic ‘70s footballcheerleader straight porn flick. $25-$35. Wed-Sat 7pm. Thru Aug. 5. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Wed 12

Debbie Does Dallas @ Oasis

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

Juicy @ Club OMG New weekly women’s event at the intimate Mid-market nightclub, with DJ Micah Tron. 9pm-2am. 43 6th St. www.clubomgsf.com

LGBT Pub Crawl @ Castro Weekly guided tour of bars. $10-$18. Meet at Harvey Milk Plaza, 7:45pm. Also morning historic tours on Mon, Wed, & Sat. www.wildsftours.com

Miss Kitty’s Trivia Night @ Wild Side West The weekly fun night at the Bernal Heights bar includes prizes, hosted by Kitty Tapata. No cover. 7pm-10pm. 424 Cortland St. 647-3099. www.wildsidewest.com

Sat 8 Arad Winwin at the One-Year Anniversary @ Port Bar, Oakland

Movie Night @ SF Eagle Enjoy drinks and a flick, with trivia games and prizes. 8pm-2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Wrangler Wednesdays @ Rainbow Cattle Company, Guerneville Wear your jeans and meet new folks at the Russian River gay bar. 16220 Main St., Guerneville. www.queersteer.com

Aimee Mann @ Uptown Theatre, Napa/ UC Theatre, Berkeley Zac Wollons

Weekly dance night, with Jocques, DJs Tori, Twistmix and Andre. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Carnie Asada hosts a weekly ‘90s-themed video, dancin’, drinkin’ night, with VJs Jorge Terez. Get down with your funky bunch, and enjoy 90cent drinks. ‘90s-themed attire and costume contest. No cover. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

The weekly women’s happy hour and dance night with DJ Becky Knox. 6pm-10pm. 2023 Broadway. www.portbaroakland.com

Thu 13

Opulence @ Beaux

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

Girl Scout @ Port Bar, Oakland

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

Sing along at the popular musical theatre night; also Wednesdays. 7pm2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Kandi Love, Northcore Collective and Plus Alliance’s weekly EDM, flow arts dance night, with DJs; glow drag encouraged. $5-$10. 9pm-2am. 375 11th St. www.dnalounge.com

My So-Called Night @ Beaux

Comedy Showcase @ SF Eagle

Po Hoe @ Powerhouse

Musical Mondays @ The Edge

Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht. 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

Gym Class @ Hi Tops

Play board games and win offbeat prizes at the popular sports bar. 9pm. 2247 Market St. 551-2500. www.HiTopsSF.com

The hot weekly Latin dance night with sexy gogo guys, drag divas and more, returns to the Castro, with Club Papi’s Frisco Robbie and Fabian Torres. $5 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Mule Mondays @ Port Bar, Oakland

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s

Bottoms Up Bingo @ Hi Tops

Pan Dulce @ Beaux

Drag night with Honey Mahogany, Dulce de Leche and Carnie Asada. No cover. 10pm. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

The former lead singer for Til Tuesday performs her original music, with Ted Leo, including songs from her new album, Mental Illness. $35-$65. 8pm. 1350 3rd St., Napa. Also July 14, 8pm, at UC Theatre, 2036 University Ave., Berkeley. http://aimeemann.com/

Nap’s Karaoke @ Virgil’s Sea Room Sing out loud at the weekly least judgmental karaoke in town, hosted by the former owner of the bar. No cover. 9pm. 3152 Mission St. 8292233. www.virgilssf.com

Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences Enjoy stimulating festive and fun parties at the earth sciences museum return, with 21+ music, drinks, demos and exhibits. July 13: outdoor stage, psychedelic pop, music by Connan Mockasin with Morgan Delt; DJ set by Chulita Vinyl Club. $12-$15. Weekly 6pm-9pm. 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park. www.calacademy.org/nightlife

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.