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Harvey Milk SFO terminal idea remains grounded Jane Philomen Cleland

Now, Voyager is being evicted from its Castro location.

Gay travel agency being evicted by Seth Hemmelgarn

travel agency founded by gay men that’s been in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood for almost 30 years is being evicted. The fate of Now, Voyager, at 4408 18th Street, comes just over a year after the apparent suicide of founder Jonathan Klein, 61, and the departure of co-founder Peter Greene, 59, who’s been running the business. Greene thinks the landlord, Chandra Maniedeo, wants him out so she can raise the rent. But Maniedeo said Greene had expressed doubts about the survival of his business, and she wants stability in the space. The 60-day eviction notice was given on April 15 to Klein’s estate. Klein left Now, Voyager to Greene in his will, but the probate process hasn’t ended, so Klein’s estate still owns the business. Greene said the eviction notice came after he asked Maniedeo “if we could stay after the probate was finished.” He said the notice came with a letter in which she wrote, “Over the past 1.5 years, I found it to be very worthwhile to subsidize the monthly rent, due to my personal belief that businesses such as Now, Voyager are rare, important, and valuable to any neighborhood. I am saddened that it is now unrealistic for me to continue as things have been.” “To me, that says, ‘I need to get more rent,’” said Greene. In her letter, Maniedeo also noted that the lease allows for either party to give “60-day notice in order to terminate” the tenancy, which is month to month. Greene said the business wasn’t behind on rent, which is $1,700 a month. “She’s operating within the law, there’s no doubt,” said Greene, who declined to share copies of the eviction notice or Maniedeo’s letter but read part of it to a reporter. Greene acknowledged the rent is “below market rate.” He doesn’t know how much he would have been willing to pay, “but I would have liked to have entertained an offer.” He and Klein met on a gay bike trip in China in the early 1980s and started Now, Voyager, which is named after a Bette Davis film, in 1984. Klein bought out Greene’s half of the business about 20 years ago. Greene lived upstairs from the agency but took a buyout after Klein’s death. The agency’s services have included booking gay cruises. Klein is believed to have jumped to his death from the Golden Gate Bridge. Last year, Lieutenant Keith Boyd, assistant chief deputy coroner for Marin County, said in an email to the Bay Area Reporter, “We are working a case involving Jonathan Klein ... who See page 12 >>

San Francisco International Airport was awash in rainbow lights for Pride last year; Mayor Ed Lee has yet to name people to a city panel tasked with choosing a terminal to name after slain supervisor Harvey Milk.

by Matthew S. Bajko

he plan to name a terminal at San Francisco International Airport in honor of the city’s first openly gay supervisor, Harvey Milk, remains grounded a year after initially being proposed. Last spring Mayor Ed Lee and gay District 9 Supervisor David Campos agreed to form an advisory committee that would recommend which of the airport’s four terminals should be named after Milk, who was killed

inside City Hall the morning of November 27, 1978 along with then-Mayor George Moscone by disgruntled former supervisor Dan White. The compromise came after Campos shocked the city in early 2013 with his proposal to rename the entire airport in recognition of Milk. The idea drew widespread criticism, including from within the local LGBT community, and Campos was unable to secure the six votes he needed on the Board of Supervisors to place an amendment to the city’s char-

ter, which refers to the San Francisco Airport, before voters for approval. Lee, who also publicly questioned the merits of designating SFO after Milk, worked with Campos to broker the deal establishing the Airport Facilities Naming Advisory Committee. The supervisors would select four members and the mayor would appoint five people to the advisory panel. It not only would be tasked with suggesting either the airport’s international terminal See page 5 >>

Lee backfills HIV funding by Seth Hemmelgarn

tive, previously served as AIDS policy adviser to former Mayor Gavin an Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has Newsom agreed to backfill an estimated Sheehy spoke of progress in the $2.7 million in HIV-related city’s efforts to cut the number of funding cuts that had been expected new HIV infections and said, “I nevfor next fiscal year. er thought we would be able to talk Representatives from Lee’s office about getting to zero.” announced the move at a recent At the regular meeting of the city’s hearing called for by gay Supervisor HIV Prevention Planning Council Rick Gerharter Scott Wiener. May 8, Dr. Susan Scheer, who’s with Mayor Ed Lee “I’m thrilled that Mayor Lee is actthe Applied Research, Community ing to ensure that our safety net for Health Epidemiology and Surveilthose living with HIV will be mainlance unit of the city’s Health Detained and that San Francisco will continue its in- partment, also noted the progress. novative work to reduce new infections,” Wiener, Scheer presented data showing that there were who had called the May 7 hearing to assess federal 332 new HIV diagnoses in the city in 2013. She budget cuts to HIV services, said in a news release. said she’s “very happy” the numbers are trending “Lives depend on this funding, and today we again have demonstrated San Francisco’s support for those living with and at risk for HIV.” Wiener added that the city has for years made up for gaps in federal funding. “We’ve consistently backfilled federal HIV Governor: Jerry Brown budget cuts in our local budget, and today, Lt. Governor: Gavin Newsom we’ve again shown our commitment as a city to Attorney General: Kamala Harris combat this disease.” Secretary of State: Alex Padilla The cuts for care services through the Ryan Treasurer: John Chiang White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Controller: Betty Yee Act, as well as prevention work through the Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Superintendent of Public Instruction: had been meant for the 2014-15 fiscal year. San Tom Torlakson Francisco officials are in the midst of preparing Board of Equalization (District 1): next year’s budget. Fiona Ma Since 2011, Lee and the Board of Supervisors “have backfilled more than $20 million in federal State Assembly (San Francisco) HIV cuts,” according to Wiener’s office. Dist. 17: David Chiu After the funding restoration was anDist. 19: Phil Ting nounced, people who had come to the hearing at the supervisors’ Budget and Finance ComState Assembly (Bay Area) mittee to plead for help expressed their gratiDist. 15: Elizabeth Echols tude and spoke of the funding’s importance. Dist. 18: Rob Bonta Michael Smithwick, executive director of Dist. 24: Rich Gordon Maitri hospice, said he was grateful but added, Dist. 28: Evan Low “AIDS is not a problem that’s over, especially for the poor.” Congress (Bay Area) Others at the hearing also spoke of the need Dist. 2: Jared Huffman for more assistance to Latinos in order to help Dist. 3: John Garamendi them overcome barriers when it comes to preDist. 5: Mike Thompson venting HIV. Dist. 10: Michael Eggman Jeff Sheehy, who’s openly gay and HIV-posi-

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down, adding, “We were a little worried in 2012,” when there were 428 new HIV diagnoses.

Governor’s budget

In his revised state budget for next year, which was released Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown put forward some proposals affecting people living with AIDS. Those proposals include $26.1 million in federal funds to add two new hepatitis C virus drugs to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program formulary. Many people living with AIDS are co-infected with hepatitis C. According to Brown’s office, the ADAP Medical Advisory Committee recommended the drugs “because they provide a significant improvement in treatment, have a better cure rate, and require a shorter treatment duration.”t

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Man found guilty in gay Mission murder by Seth Hemmelgarn

San Francisco jury has found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal 2012 strangling of a gay man in the Mission District. Roland Pouncy, 44, was convicted Friday, May 9 in the death of Richard Sprague, 47, whose body was found February 19, 2012 outside 125 Julian Avenue. The site is just blocks away from the home he had shared with his domestic partner, David Nielsen. Gayle Takashima, Sprague’s sister, let out a loud cry when the court clerk announced the jury’s verdict Friday. Pouncy was wide-eyed as he turned toward her but didn’t show

any obvious reaction to praying for this verdict to the verdict, which came come.” three days after closing She said her brother arguments. “lit up the room when he After court, Nielsen, walked into it” with his who’s 62 and now lives laughter. in Bodega Bay, CaliforDuring the trial, which nia, said, “Richard was included almost three the most gentle person days of testimony, AsI’ve ever known. There’s sistant District Attorney Courtesy SFPD no way he would have Convicted murderer John Rowland cited DNA caused any problem with Roland Pouncy that was linked to Pouncy anybody. He didn’t even and that had come from like me killing a fly.” Sprague’s neck as being Takashima, 53, said, “My family is among the key evidence in the case. extremely gratified at the outcome. In his testimony, Pouncy acRichard was so loved by our famknowledged having Sprague’s debit ily. Everybody in Seattle [where she card with him when he was arrested and Sprague were raised] has been hours after Sprague was killed, but

he said he’d seen Sprague’s body lying on the sidewalk and felt for his pulse before taking the card. In an email, Deputy Public Defender Stephen Rosen said, “The verdict was from a jury both sides chose and a jury that had all the evidence. While I disagree with the verdict and believe in my client, the jury has the last say – at this stage.” Rosen said he would file a notice of appeal in the case, a routine practice in which an attorney appointed by the appellate courts will examine the case for issues worth pursuing. “I would rather not comment on whether there are any good issues on appeal,” said Rosen. “I truly believe that a fresh look is in the best

interests of the client.” Outside the courtroom Friday, James Bermingham, 64, a friend of Sprague’s, recalled when Sprague had once flown to Tucson, Arizona, where Bermingham then lived, to support him after his lover had died. Bermingham, who now lives in Bodega Bay, said, “The world is a darker place” since Sprague is gone. Jurors, who weren’t available after the verdict was delivered, hung on a robbery charge. Pouncy, who was homeless at the time Sprague was killed, didn’t appear to have any family or friends in court. The sentencing is set for May 30.t

Planning panel OKs Oakland LGBT bar by Sean Piverger

lans for an LGBT bar in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood took a step forward when the Oakland Planning Commission unanimously approved a permit for the establishment. Called the Port Bar, its owners, business and domestic partners Sean Sullivan and Richard Fuentes, hope to begin renovations soon on the space at 2021 Broadway, right next to the Paramount Theatre. It’s less than a block away from the 19th Street BART station. The bar takes its name from the Port of Oakland’s cranes and the city’s industrial roots. As one enters the bar the design will have an “industrial elegance” to it, Sullivan and Fuentes noted. Sullivan, who has experience in mixology and nonprofit management, will serve as general director while Fuentes will serve as the bar’s vice president. Fuentes is also running for an open seat on the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees this fall. At the May 7 planning commission meeting in Oakland City Hall, 14 peo-

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Sean Sullivan, left, and Richard Fuentes stand outside the future home of the Port Bar, next to the Paramount Theatre in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood.

ple spoke to the commissioners in favor of the bar. No one was there to oppose it. If there is no appeal within 10 days, the conditional use permit will go to Sullivan and Fuentes. The next objective is to gain a liquor license, which is on review until May 15.

Construction on the bar will take four to five months to complete. In an e-mail, planning commission Chair Chris Pattillo said that she is behind the project. “I am all for it. I think it will be a tremendous success and it will inject more vitality into downtown,” Pattillo said. “The bar and other entertainment venues [that] the commission [recently approved] are all part of what our predecessors envisioned

when they designated the entertainment district. Our vote is helping to make that vision a reality.” Chaney Turner and Christine De La Rosa, who spoke on behalf of the bar, said that they were proud of the commission’s vote. “It seems that the city is being supportive,” Turner said. “I’m very excited that the vote went so well for [Sullivan and Fuentes] today,” said De La Rosa. Fuentes also said that he was happy with the vote. “I feel great,” he said. “The planning commission understands the need for an LGBT space to serve the entire community.” “We all believe in Oakland and we believe that this will be successful,” added Sullivan. The vision for the bar came into being when Sullivan and Fuentes’s team discovered that there was no existing full service, seven-days-aweek gay bars in the Uptown area. Although the neighborhood does have gay nightclubs such as the Bench and Bar and Club 21, they are dance clubs open four or five nights a week. The Port Bar’s Facebook page states that the “goal is to provide a unique destination for Oakland and the East Bay’s large, diverse, and growing LGBT community who are

seeking to fill their urban experience with a fun venue in a safe, well-trafficked neighborhood.” The San Francisco Business Times estimated that Oakland’s LGBT population is 40,000. Sullivan said that he and Fuentes wanted the bar to have a different style and space. “In really large spaces it’s hard to have intimacy and so we wanted to provide a space where people can get a good drink and have a great connection,” Sullivan said. Late last year Sullivan and Fuentes needed money to secure a lease. They turned to the crowdfunding web site Indiegogo.com. The goal was to raise $20,000 but it fell short at the deadline, although over $12,000 was raised. With some extra financial backing from investors, Sullivan and Fuentes were able to secure and sign the lease. “We want the LGBT community to feel at home here and invested in this as a community space, so doing a crowdfund was a way to do that,” Sullivan said in an email. “The crowdfund effort is a small part of the investments we need to make this bar happen. Richard and I have invested considerable personal savings as well as a handful of other investors,” said Sullivan via e-mail.t

Funding campaign under way for trans shelter by Elliot Owen

rianna “Breezy” Golden-Farr and Elizabeth Howard are spearheading an unprecedented project that addresses the absence of emergency shelter housing for transgender women in Oakland. Called Queens Cottage Shelter, or QCS, the housing initiative, while still in its beginning stages, is quickly establishing a foundation that the project’s team, supporters, and community are hopeful about. In partnership with Transitions House, a local transgender housing advocacy group, QCS created an Indiegogo campaign last month to raise start-up funds. Clair Farley, Transitions House co-founder and associate director of economic development at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, was able to leverage her social media aptitude for the project and within one week of going live, the campaign had surpassed the $5,000 goal. “The need for Queens Cottage has been demonstrated by the over 350 individual donors that have come together thus far to support this campaign,” Farley, 31, a longtime trans advocate, said. “By starting in Oakland, we’re starting with the folks most impacted by violence

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Queens Cottage Shelter CEO Elizabeth Howard, left, and founder Brianna “Breezy” Golden-Farr anticipate a successful crowdfunding effort for their project, which would provide shelter to transwomen.

and discrimination. Trans women of color are six times more likely to be unemployed or underemployed. Queens Cottage speaks to why housing our community is important, to get people out of the street economy and provide access to other employment and education.” At press time, the campaign had raised $9,475 with 22 days left to fundraise and there’s one thing Golden-Farr, Howard, and Farley

are sure about – QCS is going to need more. “We set the initial goal low to make sure we’d reach it,” GoldenFarr, 48, an African American transwoman and QCS founder, said. “We have an idea about what our startup and operating costs will be and our priority right now is to raise as much money as possible. Our next See page 10 >>

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Yee for state controller

ontroller may not sound like the most exciting job in the state, but for Betty Yee, who lives and breathes numbers and has the fiscal expertise, it would be a position from which she could continue her advocacy work in several policy areas that actually may make a difference for many Californians. Yee is our choice for controller in the June 3 primary. Yee is a familiar face to many in the LGBT community. A straight ally, Yee has been in the forefront of efforts to equalize the state tax system for same-sex couples before last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor, which prompted the Internal Revenue Service to finally recognize married gay and lesbian couples for tax purposes. But several years ago, when California was a leader in providing equal rights for same-sex couples – we were known as domestic partners at the time – Yee attended numerous Bay Area seminars talking about what effects those changes would have. As the elected northern California representative on the state Board of Equalization, where she represents 9 million Californians in 21 counties, including the Bay Area, Yee had a solid understanding of state taxes and the policies that needed to change to accommodate samesex couples. Her fellow board members twice elected her BOE chair. With Yee termed out on the Board of Equalization, she is seeking the next logical office, that of controller. Basically the chief financial officer of the state, the controller pays the bills and disperses funds, and monitors the money coming in to the state’s coffers. The controller also acts as the state’s independent financial watchdog. When the cities of Bell and Stockton had fiscal crises, the controller’s office, through its audit function, investigated the cases.

The controller also has several other responsibilities, including serving on the State Lands Commission. The controller chairs the Franchise Tax Board (Yee already serves on that panel due to her job on the BOE) and sits on a host of financing commissions. Yee said that if elected she would focus on tax policy, pensions, and broad policy areas. In our editorial board meeting, Yee said she would take the lead on what she called “the long overdue conversation on comprehensive tax reform,” and that includes Proposition 13. She noted that Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) is working on legislation that would close a loophole in commercial ownership of property and said that’s a good place to start. Yee is also interested in looking at local government taxing authorities, many of which gave up that power with the passage of Prop 13. Public pensions are also part of the controller’s job and Yee pledged to preserve retirement security for public employees, educational employees, and teachers by protecting defined benefit plans under the retirement systems while employing a more active management of asset allocation and increasing public and member transparency. Yee also advocates for a higher minimum wage – she told us it should be close to $15 per hour – and maintained that most workers “would plow that right back into the economy.” She is supportive of medical marijuana but wants to see it regulated, ideally through the Department of Consumer Affairs and is willing to give high speed rail more time to see if the California High Speed Rail Authority can get back on track. “For all those communities along the corridors there’s a tremendous potential for economic development,” she said, but if the authority can’t get the cost under

Betty Yee

control, “we can’t afford it.” Yee is running against two other major candidates, Ashley Swearengin, the Republican mayor of Fresno, and John A Perez, the Democratic gay state Assembly speaker from Los Angeles. We wanted to talk to Perez about his candidacy but his campaign didn’t get back to us. And while it would be exciting to have a statewide elected official who is openly gay, we’re not sure Perez is the best candidate for controller. For her part, Yee understands that some LGBT voters might be drawn to Perez. “Every community goes through this,” she said, referring to electing their own to various offices. “But I think the office demands deep finance experience.” So do we. Yee has over 29 years of public service experience with the BOE and, before that, serving as chief deputy director for budget with the California Department of Finance. She has been crunching numbers for a long time and has the skills needed to maintain the integrity and functionality of the controller’s office. Yee has been traveling up and down the state reaching out to as many communities as possible. Turnout will be key in the primary as the top two finishers, regardless of party, will face each other in November. She began running for controller early, before Perez jumped into the race, and is an expert in tax and fiscal policy. On June 3, vote for Yee for state controller.t

Flores for Superior Court judge

ttorney Daniel Flores is one of three candidates seeking an open seat on the San Francisco Superior Court bench. He stands out, in our opinion, for the diversity of his experience, which makes him uniquely qualified for the job. Flores has the backing of more than 20 judges, including LGBT judges Linda Colfax and Charles Haines and state appellate Judge James Humes. A straight ally, Flores is keenly aware of the discrimination LGBTs have experienced in the criminal justice system, much more so in previous decades than today. But what stood out to us is his experience on the civil and criminal sides of the legal profession. Oftentimes judicial candidates – and those appointed by the governor – specialize in one area of the law or another. Flores has done both criminal defense work as well as civil litigation. He has appeared before judges many, many times and has handled hundreds of legal matters over the last decade. He has volunteered with the public defender’s office, contributing pro bono work for clients.

“I enjoyed being in court,” he told us during our editorial board meeting. “I had the opportunity to see a lot of judges in action and really see the impact a good judge can make.” He said that he recognizes a lot of the struggles that bring people to court, and in his practice now, tries to see both sides of a conflict in order to attempt to find a resolution. That’s what good judges do: they examine the facts and try to find a solution according to the law. Most of the time judges try to settle civil matters. On the criminal side, prosecutors and defense attorneys often try to reach a plea deal. In those instances, the judge needs to be familiar with the facts of the case and have the ability to determine whether a deal is in the best interest of the perpetrator and the victim. Flores has that ability. His two opponents, career prosecutor Kimberly Williams and former Police Commissioner Carol Kingsley, are also qualified. But we felt that their ties to law enforcement were too close, and for the fact that the governor often appoints assistant district attorneys to the

Daniel Flores

bench when vacancies occur. For the first time in many years, there is no out LGBT candidate running. In this down-ballot race that isn’t getting a lot of attention, we think Flores is the best candidate.t

Helping LGBT businesses

t’s Small Business Week and therefore great timing for state legislators to consider a bill that could help more small businesses secure contracts that are issued by utility companies overseen by the California Public Utilities Commission. Assemblyman Rich Gordon’s AB 1678 would do just that and it’s expected to be voted on in the Assembly Thursday (May 15). Current law directs the CPUC to require utility companies under its oversight with annual gross revenues exceeding $25 million – and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates – to implement a program developed to encourage, recruit, and utilize minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises as adopted in General Order 156. AB 1678 would extend these provisions to LGBT business enterprises, thereby opening the door to potential contracts for LGBT-owned businesses. LGBT business enterprises are certified by

a strict process adopted by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (the Bay Area Reporter qualified last year). Now this legislation could help generate revenue for eligible small businesses in California. Locally, the Golden Gate Business Association helps LGBT businesses qualify. Gordon noted that GGBA and the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce’s support for the bill have been “outstanding.” Gordon, who is openly gay and represents several Peninsula cities, has long championed LGBT businesses. He told us this week that he expects his bill to pass, but doesn’t take anything for granted. (And who can blame him after the recent fiasco that state Senator Mark Leno experienced over the cellphone kill switch legislation?) The bill, Gordon explained, is a great opportunity for qualified LGBT businesses and gives them an opportunity to get a foot in the door to bid for

utility contracts. So far, Gordon added, many of the utility companies are on board. AT&T has testified before Assembly committees and PG&E had its own effort, he said. “There is great support and strong industry support,” Gordon said. Opening up the contracting process to LGBT-owned business enterprises is good for the long-term economic viability of the state. AB 1678 gives another minority group – LGBTs – the same opportunity afforded to other minority groups under existing law. At a time when the state is in the midst of recovering from the recession of several years ago, it makes sense to open up the contracting process. AB 1678 does not cost the state any money, Gordon, noted. At some point, we hope these contracting provisions can be extended to other state agencies. But you have to start somewhere, and utility companies have a range of contracting needs that minority-owned firms can provide. We urge the Assembly to pass AB 1678 so that it can move forward to the state Senate.t

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Dueling stamp events to mark Harvey Milk Day by Matthew S. Bajko

Representing the Harvey Milk Foundation will be Stuart Milk, Harvey’s gay nephew. Milk confidantes Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Daniel Nicoletta, whose photo of a wind tussled Milk inspired the stamp image, are also expected to attend.

he official unveiling of the Harvey Milk stamp will take place at the White House next week, but that hasn’t stopped local officials in California from holding their own stamp release events. San Francisco and Chico leaders will also be celebrating the debut of the Milk stamp, the first to be issued in honor of an American for their role in the fight for LGBT rights, with their own unveiling events Thursday, May 22. As the Bay Area Reporter first disclosed in March, the U.S. Postal Service and the Harvey Milk Foundation opted to hold the official first day of issuance ceremony for the 49-cent forever Milk stamp in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the annual Harvey Milk Champions of Change event where President Barack Obama honors LGBT Americans who have made significant societal contributions. The date also coincides with Milk’s birthday, which is observed in California as an unofficial state holiday. The postal agency and Milk foundation have also announced they will host a ceremony in San Francisco on May 28 to commemorate the Milk stamp release, which will take place at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall with Mayor Ed Lee. “We are kind of following the lead of the Milk family. They wanted to hold off until they could be in San Francisco for the event,” said postal service spokesman Mark Saunders. “The White House event is very important to them. It would be physically impossible for them to be in two places on the same day.” The decision not to hold the Milk stamp’s first day of issuance ceremony in San Francisco has infuriated local gay philatelist Branton Burke, who was unable to rally public support to force a change of venue for the event. “Washington, D.C. is the main focus. San Francisco is an afterthought,” said Burke this week. He contacted the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District about holding a first day of sale event for the Milk stamp. The CBD agreed and has invited gay District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener and Wayne Friday, the B.A.R.’s former political editor who was a close friend of Milk’s, to speak. “We are doing it on our own because we wanted to honor Harvey on his birthday,” said CBD Executive Director Andrea Aiello. Organizers plan to hand out 200 of the Milk stamps, which will be marked canceled, to attendees. The event will take place at 5 p.m. at Harvey Milk Plaza near the photo exhibit honoring Milk by the entrance to the Castro Muni station. Scott Gruendl, the gay mayor of

Milk SFO terminal

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or one of its three domestic terminals be named in Milk’s honor, it could also decide to recommend people to name the other three terminals after.

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Various groups to hold Milk Day events

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The Harvey Milk stamp will be formally unveiled in Washington, D.C. but local leaders will also have an event in the Castro.

Various groups around California are hosting events to mark this year’s Harvey Milk Day observance on what would have been his 84th birthday. California first declared the date a day of special significance in 2010. The California Legislative LGBT Caucus is hosting a ceremony on the state Capitol’s East Steps from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22. Cake and light refreshments will be served. In San Francisco that evening from 6 to 9 p.m. the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club is holding a dance party at Castro gay club Beaux (2344 Market Street). Although free to attend, it is a fundraiser for the club and will feature special Harvey Milk-shakes for sale and a 50/50 raffle prize. Set to attend are a number of LGBT leaders, including lesbian local Democratic Party official Carole Migden, a former state senator, assemblywoman and city supervisor; gay state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco); and gay District 9 Supervisor David Campos. In Los Angeles the statewide LGBT advocacy organization Equality California is holding its fifth annual Harvey Milk Day Celebration Sunday, May 18. Being honored this year is Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) for what the invite said is “her strong commitment to LGBT equality in the face of political backlash.” Expected to attend are two Bay Area gay Assembly candidates, Campbell City Councilman Evan Low, who is seeking the Assembly District 28 seat, and Campos, who is running for the Assembly District 17 seat to succeed Ammiano, who is termed out this December. Hosted at the Brentwood home of Tom Safran, the event runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets cost $100 per person and can be purchased online at http://www.eqca.org/hmd-la.t

Chico, is slated to attend a similar ceremony in his hometown sponsored by the Stonewall Alliance Center. According to the event’s Facebook page, Chico Postmaster Ann Glynn will unveil the Harvey Milk stamp at 6:30 p.m. at the city’s Trinity Methodist Church. Milk became the first openly gay person elected to public office in the state when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. A year later he was assassinated along with then-Mayor George Moscone by disgruntled former supervisor Dan White. Over the ensuing decades, Milk has become a gay icon and source of inspiration for LGBT people around the world. The idea of a Milk stamp first arose in the late 1980s, when San Francisco artist Jim Leff, a gay man who knew Milk, painted a mock-up of what such a stamp could look like. In 2005, San Francisco’s 11-member Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution calling on the U.S. postmaster general to issue one for the gay rights leader. But it wasn’t until 2009, when the B.A.R. began reporting about a Facebook campaign calling for the creation of a Milk stamp, that the idea began to gain momentum. The coverage spawned a nationwide campaign urging the postal service to issue the stamp. One of the organizers, gay San Diego resident Nicole MurrayRamirez, known as Empress Nicole the Great, The Queen Mother of the Americas within the Imperial Court System, has been invited to the White House stamp ceremony. International Court Council President Rob Surreal, from Kennewick, Washington, and Emperor Michael Gaffney of Phoenix will also attend.

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The supervisors and Lee, however, would have final approval as the board would first vote on naming the terminals and the mayor would sign the decisions into law. Last May, Campos told the Bay Area Reporter that he hoped the process would be finalized “in a short period of time.” Yet Campos’s office ran into problems recruiting a diverse applicant pool, and it took the supervisors nine months to approve its four people to the advisory panel. Meanwhile, Lee has yet to fill any of his five seats on the committee. “We are waiting for him to appoint his people,” Campos told the B.A.R. during a recent editorial board meet-

ing. “The Board of Supervisors can’t force him to do anything. The deal we struck was to create a committee; we did our part and we are waiting for him to do his part.” Tom Temprano, co-president of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, expressed disappointment that the decision on a Milk terminal had yet to be finalized ahead of this year’s Harvey Milk Day, annually observed in California on May 22, which is Milk’s birthday. “I think it is frustrating that a year out we are celebrating what would have been Milk’s 84th birthday and the mayor is continuing to drag his See page 12 >>

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t Training sessions look at faith, equitable economy 6 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 15-21, 2014

by Brian Bromberger

fter one talks with the enthusiastic Reverend Dr. Israel “Izzy” Alvaran, one might actually believe the world can be a fairer place for the disadvantaged and marginalized. Alvaran, 44, an openly gay United Methodist minister from the Philippines, is an immigrant who moved here 11 years ago. Through the auspices of the group Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice of California where he works, Alvaran will be offering a three-part series on faith-rooted economics that begins next week. The first session, covering jobs and inequality, takes place May 22. That’s followed with a session on poverty and the social safety net May 29, and the last training, June 5, covers housing and budget reform. CLUE CA is a federation of grassroots interfaith-based organizations located throughout California to “advance economic justice by developing new modes of community building that reflect the values and goals of the civil rights movement, farm worker’s union, and ancient faith traditions.” Alvaran’s personal passions are economic justice, immigrant rights,

and LGBT rights. In an inin San Francisco? terview with the Bay Area “Even if we don’t proReporter, he said that his fess any faith, we all degoal is to find the intersecserve respect and have tions of injustice common inherent dignity, as we to all these issues. are made in the image of “I see my own oppresGod, whatever that may sion in the oppression of mean to us individually,” others who are denied he added. “And I think the rights in this country due training will help people Brian Bromberger to the color of their skin, The Reverend see that ultimately we all their sexual orientation, Dr. Israel Alvaran share common values or just because they don’t when it comes to treating fit in,” Alvaran said. “My everyone equally.” duties as a Christian and a gay man The purpose of the training sesin a denomination not formally sions, he added, is “to increase the open to LGBTQ rights are to supcapacity of religious leaders, organiport programs that would eradicate zations, and laity to share the same inequality in all its forms.” language in economic justice and to Alvaran believes that the LGBTQ harvest the power of faith to speak community needs to do more for in the public square, not from the social justice than just marriage right-wing perspective, but the proequality. gressive religious left.” “How can I have a fabulous gay The training will be interactive, marriage if I don’t have a job, a deinclude a simulation of poverty, and cent place to live, or my work beneat its conclusion, participants will fits are constantly being cut,” he said. hopefully be able to promote work “In 30 states, LGBTQ people can be that changes community problems fired from their jobs just because of and not just put a Band-Aid on them. their sexual orientation. What about Alvaran noted, “Christianity is the plight of elderly sick LGBTQs, good in compassion, but needs or gay people living with HIV and to bridge the gap between mercy being evicted from their homes here and justice. Advocacy enables us

to change the political system, so everyone can benefit from it with equal access and avoid being poor.” Having done a similar training last year in Oakland, the goal is to connect the two groups so they can have access to the resources CLUE CA can provide, so if participants want to be involved with specific actions like progressive taxation or budget reforms, they will be joined into the larger campaigns, as well as being provided the faith component. “People who are advocating with us and for whom we are advocating are part of our faith communities, whether it be the unemployed or those who fall through the safety net cracks in the social welfare system,” Alvaran said. “Often it takes only one church member to say I am receiving County Adult Assistance Program to galvanize a congregation into action.” Alvaran said that a federal or state budget is a “moral document.” “If you see cuts in the social safety net, spending on the elderly, veterans, and the working poor reduced, then you are witnessing what our priorities are as a nation,” he said. “If we do not adequately provide for the needy, we cannot

call ourselves a civil society.” The training will inform people what various faith traditions say about economic justice issues, especially how they reflect the Golden Rule. “To do well to other people in the same way you want to be dealt with, to love your neighbor as yourself, common to all the major religions,” Alvaran said. Alvaran pointed out that often congregants in religious left-leaning denominations are “shy in speaking about their faith in the public square yet drawing from the well of hope, it is time for them to stand with those who can no longer stand alone.” The training is also designed for those who are outside institutional churches and identify as spiritual but not religious.t Faith-Rooted Economics training takes place from 5:30 (dinner) to 9 p.m. at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, 290 Dolores Street (at 16th). A donation of $10 for each session is requested to cover dinner, but no one turned away for lack of funds. For more information, contact Alvaran at ialvaran@ clueca.org or (510) 717-4894.

CBD board nixes White’s name in history walk by David-Elijah Nahmod

he name of Dan White, the disgruntled ex-supervisor who assassinated gay Supervisor Harvey Milk and then-Mayor George Moscone in 1978, won’t grace Castro sidewalks after all. The Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District board voted unanimously at its May 8 meeting not to include White’s name in a planned sidewalk etching about the killings that will be part of the Castro History Walk. The walk coincides with the sidewalk widening and improvement

project now under construction along Castro Street between 17th and 19th streets. The CBD is paying for the $10,000 etching project. After the murders, White’s “Twinkie defense” during his trial – his defense claimed he was mentally incapacitated at the time of the killings after eating too many highsugar foods – helped jurors reach a verdict of voluntary manslaughter rather than first-degree murder. The conviction, seen by many as too lenient, outraged the LGBT community. It sparked the White Night riots and a retaliatory police ransacking of

the Elephant Walk bar in the Castro. White served five years of his seven-year sentence and committed suicide in 1985. In 1984, White admitted to San Francisco Police Department homicide Inspector Frank Falzon that the murders were indeed premeditated, and that he had also intended to kill former Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver and future Mayor Willie Brown, according to his Wikipedia entry. The History Walk will include 20 panels embedded in the sidewalk that encompass the history of the neighborhood once known as Eureka Valley. “We want to capture the entire history of the Castro area, not just what we remember personally,” said Scott James, a member of the board. James said that Bill Lipsky of the LGBT Historical Society was an important resource for obtaining walk information. Board member Gustavo Serina explained the criteria that were used in deciding which historical events were included. “They must come from credible sources,” he said. “They must be Castro centric, and they must be events that had a local or national impact.” Arguments were made from both sides on whether to include White. Andrea Aiello, the CBD’s executive director, talked about how she might feel seeing White’s name permanently etched into the neighborhood’s main street.

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“It was revolting to think that we’d see his name as we went about our business,” she said. Others felt the importance of Milk’s death would be minimized without including White’s name. “The event will lose meaning if all the facts aren’t there,” said board member Dennis Ziebell. Some community members were also critical of omitting White’s name. “Not including White’s name gives him a pass,” said Alan BeachNelson, a member of the public who attended the meeting. Ultimately, the board decided to consider the feelings of residents

who might be offended by the mere sight of White’s name. As it now stands, item 14 of the History Walk reads “1978: Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated. As news of their deaths spreads, tens of thousands of mourners spontaneously gather on Castro Street and form a candlelight march to City Hall.” Item 13 notes Milk’s election the previous year. Nick Perry of the San Francisco Planning Department worked with the CBD board and its History Walk Working Group on completing the text for the project. “It’s been great to work with a community that cares so much about history,” said Perry. “The input received has really improved the project. As a Castro resident, I truly enjoyed learning about our neighborhood’s history and I’m very excited that we get to honor and share some of its milestones. Although we can’t fit everything into the concrete, our hope is that the history walk will spark people’s curiosity to learn more.” The History Walk commences with the colonization of the area by the native Yelamu people prior to 1776. It concludes in 2013, when thousands danced along Castro Street to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court rulings that threw out a key provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and reinstated marriage equality in California.t

Historians seek LGBT POC, bi, and trans persons

by Matthew S. Bajko

esearchers mapping San Francisco’s LGBT past are seeking help from people of color, bisexuals, and transgender members of the community so that their histories are recorded. Architectural historian Shayne Watson and Donna Graves, a public historian based in Berkeley, are creating an historic context statement for the city’s LGBT community in partnership with the GLBT Historical Society. The document is a preservation planning tool that federal, state, and local governments utilize

when considering requests for historic landmark status of places or buildings. As the Bay Area Reporter has previously noted, the pair of historians won a $76,000 grant from the San Francisco Historic Preservation Fund Committee to write the LGBT historic context statement. A draft version should be submitted to the city’s Planning Department this fall with final approval from the Planning Commission likely to occur in early 2015. After hosting a community meetSee page 10 >>

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t Takano stumps for cash in SF by Khaled Sayed

nce again demonstrating that San Francisco is fertile ground for campaign cash, gay Congressman Mark Takano (D-Riverside) came to the Bay Area for a recent reelection fundraiser. More than 50 people turned out for the event at Pisco Latin Lounge/ Destino on Market Street. Takano, 53, was a public school teacher for 23 years before he was elected to the House of Representatives from California’s 41st Congressional District in 2012. Although he is a member of the Democratic Party now, in college he was a member of the Republican Party. He is the first out gay person elected to Congress from California and the first gay person of color in Congress. There are six gay or bisexual people serving in the 113th Congress. Takano can’t predict the outcome of the November midterm elections, or whether the Democrats will be able to regain the control of the House, but he remains optimistic. “It could go either way; the Benghazi hearings could be a complete disaster for the Republicans or they could do a lot of damage,” he said, referring to the House Republicans’ recent decision to form a select committee on the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya that killed several people, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. “Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe there’s any substance to the Republicans’ efforts to stage these Benghazi hearings,” he added. “But I don’t underestimate their ability to muddy the waters. Even if we don’t take back the House, I think gaining a few seats, depending on which seats they are, changes the psychology of the House.” Dr. Grant Colfax, a former top

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San Francisco health department official who later joined the Obama administration as director of the White House Office of National AIDS policy, was one of those who attended the Takano campaign event. Currently Colfax works for PATH, an international nonprofit, leading its HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis program. “Historically, it is a big challenge to gain seats in the midterm election,” Colfax said. “It is more about holding onto seats instead of gaining seats in the midterm. But I believe that we have to fight every step of the way and support the party and the cause, and Mark is part of that effort. Mark is very progressive and he stands up for all that I believe in. He stands up for health care, he stands up for LGBT rights, and he stands up for veterans.” One of the LGBT rights that Takano supports is the long-stalled Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that prohibits employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The Senate passed ENDA last

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year with strong Democratic support. However, Takano believes that getting the House to pass this bill before this current session of Congress ends in December depends on whether Democrats gain or lose seats in the House. “It’s very important for people to get out and do fundraisers and encourage people to vote. John Boehner could decide to allow a number of things to come to the floor if it is his last session as speaker of the House before January,” Takano said, referring to the Republican Ohio congressman. Maurice Kelly, a marketing and sales professional, believes that both parties need to reach across the aisle and get things done in Congress. “Personally, I would like to see more civility and a lot more attempts to reach out,” Kelly said. “I’m biased. I really think most of the stonewalling comes from the Republican side. They are the ones who are most entrenched that they can’t be budged. I would hope that they would have a change of heart at some point. Nothing is getting done. The American people are seriously suffering from the political game [Republicans] are playing and it needs to stop.” Riverside County used to be solid Republican before it turned more Democratic, and Takano has no serious opponent in his district yet. “We live in an era when a Super PAC could materialize in an instant,” Takano said, referring to the independent expenditure groups that raise millions of dollars. “I have a district that could be put into play. Riverside County is a new district that Democrats have claimed, and it has been blue for more than 20 years, but those changes are somewhat blunted by the low turnout See page 10 >>

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The kiss heard around the world by Roger Brigham

ake notice, NBC: ESPN didn’t blink. NBC famously blinked in 2008 when it cut away from Matthew Mitcham as he kissed his boyfriend after winning the gold medal in Olympic diving. But ESPN kept its camera squarely focused on Michael Sam Saturday, May 10 when he was taken as the 249th pick in the NFL draft – and celebrated by planting a smooch on his boyfriend. When you’re a young man who has just become the first openly gay male to be drafted by any major pro sports team in the United States, that’s how you celebrate. It’s not a political statement, it’s not a calculated gesture – it’s pure, unadulterated joy and relief. Visually, this smooch is now immortalized right up there next to Magic Johnson’s lip-lock with Isiah Thomas at the start of the 1988 NBA playoffs, and the embrace a century earlier that Auguste Rodin sculpted into marble for all eternity to enjoy. And, just as there was a Victorian backlash by critics against Rodin’s sculpture and confused public outrage following Magic’s magic mo-

ment, so, too, Sam’s kiss with Vito Cammisano, a gay former swimmer for the University of Missouri, quickly drew comments from homophobic fans who seem fine with a player being gay as long as, well, you know, he acts like an emotionless eunuch. “Man U got little kids lookin’ at the draft. I can’t believe ESPN even allowed that to happen,” former NFL player Derrick Ward posted on Twitter. “I’m sorry but that Michael Sam is no bueno for doing that on national TV.” Don Jones, currently a safety for the Miami Dolphins (the same team that had to suspend Ritchie Incognito for calling teammate Jonathan Martin a faggot) and himself once a seventh-round draft pick, tweeted, “OMG” and “horrible” in reference to The Kiss. The Dolphins immediately fined him an undisclosed amount and ordered him to complete awareness training before being involved in any team activities. But voices also rallied in support of Sam and his televised embrace. “NFL guys get drafted,” ESPN anchor Stuart Scott tweeted, “kiss girlfriends. @MikeSamFootball kissed his boyfriend. Don’t like? ... that’s a ‘you’ problem. Congrats Mike!”

Of course, last Saturday’s the issue. This is why we can moment is just the beginning praise NFL Commissioner of a spotlight that will stay Roger Goodell – yes, Roger focused on Sam as he goes Goodell – for being out front through training camp tryin supporting and welcoming to land a job. Every pass ing to Sam when he came defended or tackle missed is out, but we also need to unlikely to be analyzed to death. derstand what happened and Already there is speculawhy this groupthink about tion about why Sam, who was Sam took root.” named Southeastern ConferMy gut tells me that when ence Player of the Year last NFL executives and scouts year for a 10-2 Missouri team looked at video of Sam playthat knew he was gay but kept ing, read through his statisthe secret the entire year, was tics and accomplishments, taken so low in the draft. As they just didn’t think he is USA Today noted online, no going to be tough enough to Courtesy ESPN other SEC Player of the Year handle the NFL. Not for anyin the past decade had been Michael Sam, left, kissed his boyfriend, Vito thing they saw, but for those drafted any lower than the Cammisano, after learning that he was picked dark demons they grew up second round; Sam lasted un- by the St. Louis Rams in the NFL draft. with, culturally ingrained til the seventh and last round even today. It’s the same before the St. Louis Rams backward thinking that kept being ‘controversial’ or ‘political,’ stepped up to the plate. blacks from being allowed to not realizing that this is their probWord is that Sam is a “tweener,” too play quarterback for decades. It’s a lem, not Michael Sam’s. This is the small to be a defensive lineman and distrust of the unfamiliar. league imbibing and regurgitating too slow to be a starting linebacker. My gut also tells me all of those the same backward logic that keeps Yeah, and Alex Smith’s hands are teams who passed on Sam are people in the closet, scared to tell too small. wrong. My gut says he showed an their family and friends who they ESPN commentator Howard Bryincredible capacity for team leadare and doing horrible damage to ant speculated the NFL felt threatership; he did not politicize or pothemselves and the people close to ened because Sam was trying to conlarize his Missouri locker room: he them. This is why we can talk until trol his own narrative and that level united it. He rose to the challenges the cows come home about whether of independence scared the owners. he faced and he conquered them. Michael Sam is a ‘tweener’ as a playBlogger Dave Zirin wrote, “The That’s what athletes do. And Mier, his poor combine and all the rest NFL’s homophobia is in an instichael Sam, gay African American of it but it doesn’t get at the root of tution that equates being gay with tweener, is an athlete. Go Rams!t

CCSF holds lavender graduation, awards T

he Queer Alliance at City College of San Francisco will hold its third annual lavender graduation and diversity awards Thursday, May 22 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the college’s Diego Rivera Theatre, 50 Phelan Avenue. Mark Piper, professor of LGBT and Latino studies at the school, said the event will honor City Attorney Dennis Herrera for the office’s work on samesex marriage litigation. Gay District 9 Supervisor David Campos will deliver the keynote address. The program will include entertainment and speakers. Donna Sachet, the Bay Area Reporter’s society columnist, will serve as emcee. The event is co-sponsored by the

college’s Gender Diversity Project, LGBT Studies Department, and the Associated Students. To RSVP, call Queer Resource Center at (415) 452-5723.

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The San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park at the Hyde Street Pier has several exhibits this month that celebrate the lives of Chinese laborers and maritime industries and of Pacific Islander influence on navigation. All of the programs take place from 2:15 to 3 p.m. aboard the Balclutha. “The Sea of Invisible Riches: Asian Americans and the Alaska Salmon Grounds, 1880-1929” will be featured Sunday, May 18 and 25 and Saturday, May 24. The exhibit recounts the role Asian Americans played in the struggle for immigration rights in the decades bordering 1900. “Navigation Old and New” is the exhibit for Saturday, May 17. It will compare and contrast navigation methods used by ancient Pacific Islanders and 19th century Western cultures. “On the Fringe” will be featured Saturday, May 31. During this ranger-guided tour people will hear stories about what it was like to be on the fringe of shipboard society and the difficult conditions that Chinese laborers endured in the salmon canning business in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Hyde Street Pier also has ongoing exhibits. Admission fees apply for shipboard programs. The cost is $5 for adults; children ages 15 and under are free. The programs are also free with national park passes. There is no cost for exhibits in the visitors center. For more information, visit www. nps.gov/safr.

PSR to host defrocked Methodist pastor

The Reverend Frank Schaefer, a United Methodist elder serving a small church in Pennsylvania, officiated at the wedding of his gay son, Tim. Six years later, charges were

filed and he was defrocked following a church trial. On Monday, May 19, Schaefer will share his story and his perspectives on the church’s struggle to become truly welcoming when he speaks at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. The program takes place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Bade Museum on the PSR campus, 1798 Scenic Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and the Ministry at PSR.

Forum on evolution of HIV statuses

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation will present another in its Real Talk series, “Is ‘Undetectable’ the New Negative” Tuesday, May 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center, 100 Collingwood Street. Recent advances in science and medicine are changing the game for gay sex, forum organizers said in a statement. New research suggests that poz guys with an “undetectable” viral load have very little risk of transmitting the virus to their negative partners, leading many people to ask, is undetectable the new negative? Meanwhile, pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is dramatically reducing risk for HIV-negative men. The forum is free and open to interested people. For more information, visit www.sfaf.org/realtalk.

CUAV open house marks 35th anniversary

Back before there were cellphones and the Internet to quickly spread the word about anti-gay incidents, there was Community United Against Violence, a grassroots organization that helped launch some of the early safety awareness campaigns in San Francisco. CUAV started in the aftermath of the White Night riots in 1979, which was a community response to what was perceived as a lenient verdict in the trial of Dan White, who murdered gay Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone in 1978.

The organization will mark its 35th anniversary with an open house Thursday, May 22 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at its offices, 427 South Van Ness Avenue. The reception will include small bites, and artwork and photos from the past 35 years. For more information, visit http://www.cuav.org/ upcoming-events/.

Alameda Co. health dept. holding LGBTQ discussion

The Alameda County Public Health Department is conducting a discussion group to understand the issues and societal conditions that affect LGBTQ health in the East Bay county. The meeting will take place Thursday, May 22 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Perfect Sidekick LGBTQ gym, 2706 Park Boulevard in Oakland. A meal will be provided and childcare will be available on-site. Organizers are seeking participants who identify as LGBTQ, are 14 years of age or older (if age 14-17 written parental consent is required), and a resident of Alameda County. To RSVP, contact Lisa Nieves by May 20 at (510) 208-1235 or lisa. nieves@acgov.org.

Sisters seek fashion designers

The sixth annual Project Nunway fashion show featuring members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is coming up in November and the Sisters are putting out the call for fashion designers willing to volunteer their time to the project. Each year, talented designers are paired up with members of the Sisters to create a runway look that denotes high fashion couture for the 21st century queer nun. This year’s theme is “Project Nunway Six-SixSix: Heretics of Fashion,” which, the Sisters said, evokes a playful and irreverent twist on beastly, demonic imagery as well as a rebellious attitude toward the hierarchy of fashion. “The challenge is not only to work within the theme, but we encourage designers to only use recycled materials and a budget of under $100,” Project Nunway producer Sister Zsa Zsa Glamour said in a statement. Designer submissions can be sent to zsa@thesisters.org.t

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Pride TV broadcast up for Emmy Award by David-Elijah Nahmod

an Francisco’s iconic Pride parade has been shown live on television for years. Now, Clear Channel, which broadcasts the parade, is being recognized for its efforts with a Northern California Emmy Award nomination. Initially, the parade was broadcast by KRON channel 4. But when it decided to discontinue its parade coverage several years ago, media company Clear Channel stepped in, finding a home for the Pride parade on KOFY TV. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Northern California chapter announced the local Emmy nominations last week. Val Klein, director of marketing and activation for Clear Channel

Media, said that this is the first time live coverage of the San Francisco Pride parade has received an Emmy nomination. “Since taking over the production, our goal has been to increase the production quality to rival other nationally televised parades,” Klein said in a news release. “And to ensure that it is produced almost entirely by members of the LGBT community. We have expanded the coverage through the webcast to include a worldwide audience of over a half-million people. The project is a labor of love for the Clear Channel staff and hosts Donna Sachet and Michelle Meow. Our efforts are wholly supported by the management of our corporations.” Sachet, who is also the Bay Area Reporter’s society columnist, has

been co-anchoring the live show for years. “I know of no other city in the United States that gives their Pride parade and therefore, the LGBT community, live television coverage or even prime time exposure,” said Sachet. “The Pride Committee has come to work closely and cooperatively with Clear Channel and the entire city benefits from this marvelous coverage.” Michelle Sinhbandith, better known as Michelle Meow, co-hosts the on-camera parade coverage with Sachet. She said she was elated and honored by the nomination. “Out of the seven years I hosted the parade, 2013 was the year I sat a bit taller and felt more confident sitting next to Donna Sachet as a lesbian woman because DOMA

and Prop 8 were dead,” Sinhbandith said, referring to a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s same-sex marriage ban that were tossed out by the U.S. Supreme Court. “The nomination means inclusion and is a sign that Americans do value LGBTQ people, their lives, and their legacy as part of this country’s history.” Founded in 1949, the Emmy Awards recognize excellence in television. The first ceremony honored programs produced in Los Angeles, but in 1950, the Emmys began to celebrate television productions from around the country. The 43rd annual Northern California Area Emmy Award ceremony will take place Saturday, June 14 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, 333 O’Farrell Street.t

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ongtime San Francisco portrait photographer Dave Martin died in San Francisco May 4. He was 91. The death was confirmed by the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s office, which did not provide a cause. Operating out of a Sacramento Street studio, which he ran by himself from 1952 through 1974, Mr. Martin was recognized as the first local cameraman to specialize in studies of the male nude physique. His work, originally published in muscle magazines of the time, was rediscovered by a new generation with the release of a retrospective book in 1996, the opening of a Canadian movie Beefcake in 1999, and a local showing in December 2006 of some of his art at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center. In a 2006 Bay Area Reporter article about the exhibit opening, the reclusive Mr. Martin, who was noncommittal about whether he was gay, was critical that the curators went ahead with the exhibit before his death as he had expressed (http://tinyurl.com/ ny946nw). According to information provided by his friend, Lawrence Chadbourne, Mr. Martin was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Haverford (near Bryn Mawr), where he attended high school. He was inspired by the 1940s lenser Lon Hanagan, but was otherwise self-taught. He shot in black and white (at the time color, associated with Mad Men-type advertising, was shunned by most serious photographers) doing his own processing and printing. He chose as subjects clean-cut looking young men: college students and athletes, military, police, and some African Americans. Among the models he posed was the future movie star Paul Mantee (Robinson Crusoe On Mars), Chadbourne said. At some point in the mid-1950s Mr. Martin’s photos came to the attention of the authorities in that repressive era and he ended up briefly serving in jail on obscenity charges. As with other artists at the time, some of his pictures and negatives were not only confiscated, but also destroyed. In 2003, Mr. Martin donated 20 boxes consisting of 2,600 prints to Stanford’s Green Library Special Collections, where they are available for study and courses. As a connoisseur of visual beauty

coming of age in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Mr. Martin was also a serious movie fan, and later did extended interviews with George O’Brien, Lyle Talbot, and Busby Berkeley. (His Berkeley interview

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buffs could meet to share rare VHS tapes (and later DVDs.) Chadbourne said that in his last years Mr. Martin was a victim of the Ellis Act and was evicted from his comfortable Inner Sunset

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ing last fall to gather public input for the project, Watson and Graves determined a second gathering was needed targeted specifically to LGBTQ communities whose histories are underrepresented or non-existent in local archives. “The workshop we had in November had a big crowd but it was predominately men. There were not a lot of men of color, very few women and very few bisexual and transgender people,” said Watson, an out lesbian whose graduate work focused on lesbian history in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood. “It is critical that we have these members

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steps depend on how much we’ve raised.” Howard, QCS chief executive officer, agreed, saying they’ve applied for tax-exempt status, started developing a board for the organization, and are looking into a business license for the shelter’s future residence. “It’s all very expensive just to open the doors and get people off the streets,” said Howard, 50, a mixed-race transgender woman. “You wouldn’t think it would be so hard but it is, so we’re really trying to broaden the campaign’s reach.”

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While QCS isn’t the be-all, endall solution to homelessness among transwomen in Oakland, it scratches the surface of a larger issue. To date, there are no trans-specific housing shelters in the Bay Area. While a few organizations in San Francisco work to be trans-inclusive, genderaffirming shelter spaces created exclusively for trans people in the Bay Area don’t exist. “Walden House has a program for folks in recovery and Larkin Street Youth Services has some accessibility for LGBTQ youth but those systems aren’t specifically tailored to the trans community,” Farley said. “There’s nothing else.” Golden-Farr can speak firsthand to the immediate need for transspecific housing. When, at the end of last year, she found herself homeless after an unsteady living situation collapsed, she went to Bay Area Community Services, an Oaklandbased vulnerable adult services agency, to seek transitional housing. “When I walked in,” Golden-Farr said, “they didn’t know what to do with me. Luckily, I had other options but if I didn’t, which many girls don’t, I would’ve been in a

of these communities tell their story so we can include them in the survey.” They are asking LGBTQ people of color, bi or trans age 60 and older to participate in a workshop Saturday, May 17 at San Francisco’s LGBT Community Center that is being cohosted by the historical society and Openhouse, a local LGBT seniors service provider. “We haven’t found a lot of info on their histories. This is a way to try to bring them out,” said Watson. “We will be doing informal oral history interviews. We are also asking people to bring materials to share with us and we will photograph and scan them on site.” San Francisco native Tamara Ch-

ing, 64, a transgender woman active in organizing the city’s gay Asian community in the late 1970s, plans to attend the workshop. “It is important for our voices to be heard before we are silenced by death or before our voices can be silenced by sickness or illness,” said Ching, who helped found the Gay Asian Support Group in 1977 and took part in protests of gay bars that discriminated against Asian patrons. “We need to get out there and speak while we can.” The workshop will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. in Room 306 at the center located at 1800 Market Street. For more information about the project, visit http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=3673.t

1453). Both are related to access to training and the renewal of the workstudy program for veterans, and they both passed unanimously. “We’re waiting to see if the Senate will act. There’s a chance that my bills will be signed into law. I am also authoring two other bills related to veterans issues,” he said. When it comes to sports Takano was one of many people to publicly

congratulate Michael Sam, the first openly gay NFL player who was drafted last weekend by the St. Louis Rams. “I congratulated Michael Sam on my official Facebook page for his accomplishment with the St. Louis Rams, and that post had more than 50,000 views within two hours, and so far about 250,000 have viewed it,” he said. “It’s another positive sign that our country is changing.”t

world of trouble. There would’ve been no place for me to feel safe and comfortable because they couldn’t figure out where to put me, on the men’s or women’s side.” But two months later, after “resorting to the oldest profession in the world” to pay her weekly rent at a downtown Oakland hotel, Golden-Farr approached BACS a second time. After explaining to the agency that she was experiencing panic attacks caused by anxiety around entering the shelter system, BACS moved her to a separated space away from other shelter residents. “If it wasn’t for that program,” Golden-Farr said, “I don’t know what would’ve happened to me. That moment, I vowed to do everything in my power to ensure that the next trans woman wouldn’t have to go through that because it’s not right. There’s no reason a girl like me shouldn’t have a safe and comfortable place to lay her head at night. “And,” she added, “if I was going through this I can’t imagine what other girls are going through, who may be strung out on drugs, HIVpositive, have no family, absolutely nothing.” BACS Executive Director Jamie Almanza agreed that trans-specific housing in both Alameda County and the broader San Francisco Bay Area is urgent. “I know Breezy well,” Almanza said, “and I fully support her mission both personally and professionally to create a transgendersafe environment for the homeless. There is a huge need amidst all social services to create safe, discrimination-free environments that are welcoming across genders. We’re supportive of Breezy and hope to collaborate with her organization to get it off the ground and do whatever we can to help her be successful in meeting the needs of that specific population.”

The QCS team intends for the shelter to be a starting point for transwomen to gain stability and access to skills, resources, and health care in a safe and affirming environment. Golden-Farr and Howard foresee space for 10 residents initially, each with case workers, and a van to provide transportation to the shelter. “The girls working out on MLK [Jr. Way in Oakland] are already talking about it,” Golden-Farr said. “Some are 13, 14 years old, others barely 20, 21. They’re saying, ‘QCS is coming and we’re going to have a place to go,’ which means no more sleeping in the doorway of a church.” When asked why something like QCS hasn’t existed before, GoldenFarr and Howard, friends for 31 years, explained that transwomen, especially transwomen of color, exist on society’s periphery. “It seems to me,” Howard said, “there are certain categories or subgroups that are in a queue waiting for their cause to be pushed forward. The homeless transgender is at the bottom of the list, if on the list at all.” The QCS team plans to continue increasing visibility around the project. Video vignettes of transwomen sharing their stories will be posted on the QCS Indiegogo page and Transitions: A Residence for the Trans Community Facebook page within the next week. Additionally, Golden-Farr and Howard will be featured on a KOFY TV20-Cable 713 segment (airing Sunday, May 25 at 9:30 p.m.) during which radio personality Michelle Meow interviews them about the importance of QCS.t To donate to Queens Cottage Shelter, visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/trans-housingnow-queens-cottage-shelter. The campaign ends June 5.

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<< Automotive News

12 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 15-21, 2014

Luxury sedans offer plenty of style, power by Philip Ruth

his time in Out Wheels, we’ll take a spin in some luxury sedans. In print, we’ll cover a Jaguar and a couple of Lexuses, and then continue online for a fancy Kia and Hyundai.

Jaguar

2014 Jaguar XJL Portfolio AWD, $101,545, 207-inch length, 19 mpg. If the Jaguar XJ were doing drag, it would be the performer with loose ends – maybe some sour pitches, and perhaps an inexact balance of antidepressants and Red Bulls. But the act is exciting enough that you look forward to the next one. That’s how a core audience is built, and it’s what Jaguar has done with its top sedan. The radical styling Jaguar debuted four years ago could have shaken that core; it was a massive risk to retire the XJ’s signature round headlights, chromed grille and formal profile. Anecdotally, one of my longtime Jaguar clients demanded a search for the most recent previous-generation XJ, because the new ones looked, as he put it, “too much like a Camry.” That’s how it goes with passionate followers; big changes are met with either love or hate. There was more of the former with this new XJ, as the new styling produced more sales. The XJ is also significant with its pioneering lightweight aluminum construction, which Jaguar is freely sharing with Audi, Mercedes, Ford and others to bring its fuel-saving benefits to more car buyers. Of course it’s in Jaguar’s interest to share it rather than patent it, as more of these vehicles on the road will normalize aluminum’s unique maintenance and repair issues. The “L” in the tested XJL’s name refers to a longer wheelbase with limo-like rear-seat legroom, and loaded Ls approach $130K. That’s in line

Milk SFO terminal

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heels on not only this honor for Harvey but potentially for a number of San Franciscans,” said Temprano. “I would love to be flying out of the Harvey Milk international terminal someday. Hopefully, by his 85th birthday, we will be able to take a flight in his honor.” Asked Tuesday about the status of his appointments to the advisory panel, Lee at first did not appear to realize that the committee had yet to meet. He responded, “I think the groups are still meeting and going through their discussions.”

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is a suspected suicide related to the Golden Gate Bridge.” Boyd didn’t respond to a phone message this week. San Francisco’s high tech boom has come with many renters in the city being evicted from their apartments. Greene, who now lives in Palm Springs, said he’s talking about the Now, Voyager eviction because “I would like the story not to happen again and again and again.” Planning Department records indicate Maniedeo has owned the building since at least 2012.

Landlord’s version

There’s more to the story than Greene shared, according to Maniedeo’s responses to emailed questions. During her pre-eviction notice meeting with Greene, she said, “I learned that he was not even sure if he was going to accept the inheritance of Now, Voyager; he said accepting the inheritance would also mean that the accompanying business debt would also be his,” along

with the premium Germans, but not all XJs are so rarefied; the series starts at $75K. Lease deals are common – currently it’s $5,000 down and $800 per month for a well-equipped XJ – and Old Man Depreciation is always there to turn an XJ with 30,000 or so miles into a $40K purchase. So if a lightly used Jaguar XJ could be bought for the price of a loaded Chevy Impala, should you consider it? I’d say yes, with a few caveats. Caveats first. The tested XJL felt a little small inside for a car spanning 207 inches. Rear legroom was epic, and the interior’s curving tightness enhanced the interior’s cockpit look, but I did catch myself wishing for the broader bearing of an Audi A8 or BMW 7 series. The cockpit effect is framed with lots of chrome detailing, which brought to mind the film This Is Spinal Tap, where the amplifier was dialed up to 11. Like that amplifier, the Jag’s accents go a step too far. Drive up Noe Street’s steep hill to 21st with the sunroof open, and the afternoon sun angles in and explodes onto the XJ’s shiny console with a starburst that’ll sear your retinas. I squeaked like I’d been stuck by a needle. Fancy trim is like love: it shouldn’t hurt. Also, the XJ’s sheer complexity makes a warranty or service contract a must-have. I would not go it alone with any pre-owned premium car, period. Now for the stuff that builds a core audience: the tested XJL had the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 engine, which sounds small but ruts with 340 eager horses. You could spend more for the 550-hp supercharged V8, but there’s no need – the V6’s flexible output is a superb complement to the XJ’s inherent lightness and fluidity. Those loose

ends mentioned earlier are not apparent in the driving experience, as pushing the Start button opens a world of bracing confidence and smooth gratification. Jaguar understands there will always be a market for that, no matter how they style it.

Lexus

2014 Lexus GS450h, $70,649, 191-inch length, 31 mpg. 2014 Lexus ES350, $46,089, 193inch length, 24 mpg. Jaguar joins Lexus in selling well this year; Jag is up 22 percent in the first four months compared to 2013, and Lexus is up 28 percent. These two brands are helping to fuel the car market’s gradual recovery. As with Jaguar, Lexus has a loyal audience, although Toyota’s flagship goes beyond a core following to achieve mass appeal. While a comparative few would see themselves in a Jag, there are many who aspire to a Lexus, for a variety of reasons. Those aspirations are clarified by these two mid-sized Lexus sedans, the ES (starting at $37K) and GS (starting at $48K); they stake out relative extremes of luxury and sportiness. While there’s some overlap between them in features and behavior, they each have their own flavor. The GS is a rear-wheel drive performance sedan that competes with the BMW 5 series and Cadillac CTS. This new GS almost didn’t make it into production; its rear-drive platform was deemed to be too low-volume to be worth the fuss. Thankfully, it came to be; the GS is a true driver’s car, and the loaded-up V6 hybrid tester rolled down the road with absolute authority. It had the $5,255 Luxury Package, which adds an S+ mode to the standard S sport mode. This extra mode firmed up the steering and suspension and gave an even sharper throttle response. My only wishes were for matching a firmer effort in the brakes and a height-adjustable lumbar support,

Philip Ruth

The new Jaguar XJL offers sleek styling.

Philip Ruth

The Lexus GS is a rear-drive performance sedan.

Philip Ruth

The Lexus ES is a mid-level luxury sedan.

so it wouldn’t press into my tailbone. Otherwise, the GS is a slam-dunk. The ES is a fancy Camry. It’s the Lexus car enthusiasts use to dismiss the brand as sweet candy for the nouveau riche. Point taken, but I couldn’t help driving the ES like I’d stolen it. The rumble from the powerful V6, the Cool Whip suspension and the unimpeachable quality throughout made

the ES a pleasing package, and it responded to the spurs. I had the same brake and lumbar support wishes with the ES as with the GS, but they didn’t stop me from liking both these Lexuses every time I drove them.t Philip Ruth is an automotive journalist and consultant at http://www.gaycarguy.com.

After the B.A.R. pointed out that he had not announced whom he had selected for the advisory committee, Lee explained that his office “had started putting our folks on it” and would announce the names of his appointees “very soon.” In the fall the supervisors named to the panel Jon Ballesteros, a gay Latino who is vice president of public policy at San Francisco Travel, the city’s tourism bureau, and Maggie Weiland, an analyst with the city’s film commission and volunteer with the Harvey Milk Foundation, cofounded by her mother, Anne Kronenberg, who was a campaign consultant and legislative aide for Milk.

Earlier this year the supervisors appointed gay KGO-TV ABC San Francisco reporter Nick Smith and Alex Walker, a gay man who is the Milk club’s vice president of political affairs, to the naming committee. Acknowledging that which terminal to name after Milk is not one of the city’s most pressing issues, Walker nonetheless told the B.A.R. he is eager to see the advisory panel get to work. “I understand there are a lot of issues we need to tackle in the city and this is not the most important thing,” said Walker. “But now that we are getting toward Harvey’s birthday next week, I think it is

something we should be revisiting and, at some point, to actually do the work that those of us who applied and were appointed by the board to do.” Meanwhile, the city’s airport commission last year formed its own advisory group to create a policy for deciding how it should name areas of the airport in honor of individuals. The recommendations, adopted in September, say that the naming or dedicating of airport locations “should be made sparingly and only upon careful, extensive consideration and the finding of compelling

reasons to commemorate” the person, according to the minutes of the commission’s September 4 meeting. This week Lee suggested that the city’s advisory panel should “be working with” the airport commission as it discusses naming ideas for SFO’s four terminals. Ballesteros, who served on the airport commission’s advisory body, told the B.A.R. that those discussions would be informative for the city’s terminal naming committee. “It will be helpful in the discussions,” said Ballesteros, who referred questions about the delay in the formation of the city panel to Campos’s office.t

with other costs. Greene told her the business was in “bad financial shape” and “he couldn’t even sign a one-year lease due to that financial situation,” said Maniedeo. She said he also told her “that if he decides to accept the inheritance, he would not be willing to sign a lease of even one-year, and would only be willing to be a month-tomonth renter.” Maniedeo said he also discussed the possibility of operating the agency as a home-based business but “seemed hopeful that the Castro renovation project would increase foot traffic and result in an increase of travel tickets sales as people walk by the storefront.” If he did take the inheritance, Greene told her “he would want to discuss the rent since he would need probably one year to get back on his feet,” she said. “He also stated that, as far as he knew, probate could ‘end any day’ or could end in a couple of months, he said he didn’t know anything besides his unwillingness to sign a lease,” she said.

Probate ending would mean the current Now, Voyager lease “would immediately be void, meaning that I could have a vacancy with no notice,” said Maniedeo, who added, “I’m not looking for sky-high rents or to displace businesses, but I am looking for stability.” Maniedeo shared her letter to Greene with the B.A.R. but asked for the contents not to be published. In the letter, she didn’t specifically say she was worried about stability, but she did allude to Greene’s business concerns. In an email exchange with the B.A.R., Greene said there are “many inaccuracies” among Maniedeo’s claims. “My discussion with Chandra was simply intended to get a feel for her plans for the storefront, so that I would be prepared to know what the expenses would be once the probate process ends,” he said. “We discussed future options, including a continued month-to-month lease or possibly a long-term lease.” Asked in a phone interview about how business had been after Klein’s

death, Greene was evasive and declined to share specific figures. However, he said people had come “from all over the world to get [Klein’s] advice and to book travel,” and his death “was a shock to the system.” “I did my best to oversee it and make sure we were carrying on a tradition of excellence” that clients had known, he said. Since Klein’s death, two contractors have been running the business under Greene’s direction. Greene seems conflicted about how to proceed. “I’m not going to just run from this without a bit of a fight,” Greene said of the eviction. However, he also said he doesn’t know how a commercial eviction can be stopped, and even if he did know where to file a response, “I don’t know what good that would do.” Greene isn’t sure what will become of the agency. Among other tasks, he said he has to determine whether moving Now, Voyager to another Castro space is possible. He said he’d still offer “boutique travel service,” and he indicated he wouldn’t move the operation to an

online-only format, since part of the business’s appeal is that it gives people a chance to interact in person. Asked about having a new tenant lined up for the site, Maniedeo said she’s “had conversations with several parties,” but she has “not yet made a final decision as to how best to move forward with the space. Whichever direction the space goes, the constant is that it’s not realistic for me to sign a new month-to-month rental agreement; at this time, my preference is nothing shorter than a five-year term.” Greene said he’s reached out to gay state Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). In an emailed statement to the B.A.R., Leno said, “As a longtime client, supporter and friend of Now, Voyager, I am deeply saddened to hear that it is being forced from its current location in the Castro where it has served the LGBT community for 30 years. It is heartbreaking to see such a revered business leave our community, and I sincerely hope they can stay in operation in San Francisco.” Greene is planning a party at the business on June 15, its last day.t

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by Sura Wood

aimie Warren, an emerging photographer and performance artist based in Kansas City and Brooklyn, is the winner of the 2014 Baum Award, whose prize includes this solo show at SF Camerawork. She’s also the co-founder of Whoop Dee Doo, a touring project that produces live variety shows. Not so coincidentally, the staged color photographs she recreates from Photoshopped images she finds on the Internet have a let’s-put-on-a-show, thrift-shop aesthetic that makes liberal use of props, garish makeup, prosthetics, bargain basement costumes, and a group of game co-conspirators. Warren, a mischievously campy pop-culture archivist of sorts, transforms herself into characters and celebrities she parodies, and doesn’t flinch from the cheesy or grotesque, like the picture of the pickled human head in a glass jar that would be right at home in Hannibal Lecter’s storage locker. See page 23 >>

“Self-portrait as Bon Bon Jovi,” from the series Celebrities as Food (2014) by Jaimie Warren, now showing at SF Camerawork.

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ome like it noir!

by Erin Blackwell

lliott Lavine, legendary programmer of Noir and near-Noir films at the Roxie Theater, has selected 30 beauts from the Warner Archives to project in glorious digital blackand-white, having temporarily abandoned the struggle to lug cans of celluloid up to the booth in the oldest continuously running cinema in the States. There’ll be no oohing and aahing over fresh-struck prints as we sit, night after night, huddled over our popcorn, scrutinizing these cherished artifacts for their historical, hysterical, mysterious, delirious value. A moment of silence for the absence of physical film during this year’s I Wake Up Dreaming festival, Friday, May 16, to Sunday, May 25. See page 22 >>

Ann Sheridan in Nora Prentiss, a retooling of The Blue Angel, part of I Wake Up Dreaming: Dark Treasures from the Warner Archive at the Roxie.

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14 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 15-21, 2014

Close encounters with arts & culture by Roberto Friedman

n the whirlwind of Out There’s very full life attending cultural events night after night, sometimes a few lines from a play or a movie will haunt us long after the show. One such line came from playwright Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, reviewed in this issue, a tight little play about the emotional violence that erupts in writers’ workshops, in which the lead female character, after enduring her male colleagues’ relentless narcissism for a good long spell, blurts out, “Boys, boys, boys! Do you ever get enough of yourselves?” Another memorable line came during a screening of filmmakers Dan Geller & Dayna Goldfine’s documentary The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, which explores the dastardly deeds that transpire when a small number of adventurous Europeans leave the “civilized world” behind in the 1930s to settle in a remote corner of the world. As any member of a small town or community – say, a gay commune – knows, gossip and conflict are hothouse flowers that bloom in close quarters. Still, one of the settlers is flummoxed: “I don’t understand why we can’t get along. After all, we’re all Germans!” The amused reactions from several audience members were pure gratification. But we’re here to recount some terrific cultural events we attended last week. The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival, presented with style and panache by the San Francisco Film Society, crossed the

finish line after two weeks of screening over 168 films. Out There was in the house last Wednesday night as SFFS announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Award and New Directors Prize competitions at a reception held at Rouge nightclub and its culinary neighbor Nick’s Crispy Tacos. This year the Festival awarded nearly $40,000 in prizes to emerging and established filmmakers from 13 countries around the world. These are honors that recognize films as works independent of any commercial concerns, a nice departure from the usual template. The awards dispensed that night included the New Directors Prize, given to Argentine director Benjamín Naishtat for his History of Fear; the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature to The Overnighters (director Jesse Moss); the Golden Gate Award for Bay Area Documentary Feature to The Last Season (director Sara Dosa); and more prizes given to filmmakers from the Bay Area and beyond for shorts, animation, and works by youth. Thursday night we attended the festive SFIFF57 closing night at the Castro Theatre as actor Chris Messina’s directing debut Alex of Venice screened, with the director and cast members in the house. The Venice of the film’s title turned out to be not the stately, waterlogged Italian city, but rather the ragged, bohemian Venice Beach on the Southern Californian shore. Messina’s film is a small-scale independent affair following the trials and travails of a young mother (the excellent Mary Elizabeth Winstead) whose hus-

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Chris Messina, director of and actor in Alex of Venice, closingnight film for the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival at the Castro Theatre.

Veteran star of stage and screen Don Johnson appeared at the closing night of the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival at the Castro Theatre.

band flies the coop, and whose life becomes a series of complications. Among the responsibilities that land on her shoulders is the care of her forgetful dad (Don Johnson), who shows early signs of Alzheimer’s as he prepares for his role in a community theatre production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. There’s quite a bit of willing suspension of disbelief involved (especially as environmentalist lawyer Alex falls for and pursues a sexual affair with the evil developer whom she’s battling in court), but the movie’s heart is in the right place. Its attractions include pot-smoking, ecstasy-popping, and a kick-ass, uncredited cameo from screen goddess Jennifer Jason Leigh. Johnson proves he’s more than the answer to a 1980s pop-culture trivia quiz. The audience roared when he appeared onstage with other cast members

and director for the post-screening Q&A. Drinks at the afterparty, held at The Chapel on Valencia, were as refreshing and revivifying as the unexpected late-night rain. The next night we were at our second home, the War Memorial Opera House, for San Francisco Ballet’s eighth and final program of the 2014 season. The bill of fare, reviewed in this week’s issue, was superb, going from strength to strength and climaxing in a grand finale. George Balanchine’s Agon (1957) is set to Stravinsky as a postmodern masterpiece for 12 dancers. Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet was also created for New York City Ballet (1966), set to the Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, by Johannes Brahms, and orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg in 1937. We chatted with a balletgoer who had seen these works at NYCB, and conveyed to us how truly avant-garde they were at their inception. For our part, OT loved the Agon score long before we even knew what 12-tone music was. The program concluded with the rhythms and energy of Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces, set to a pulsing score by Philip Glass. A small digression, with a word from a

dance-world maven: “Robbins understood royalties, he started getting them early, and he assigned a hefty amount to creating a dance collection at the New York Public Library, which is now one of the greatest resources for dance critics in the world and unparalleled in this hemisphere. Now you can see lots of these materials online, as the NYPL has digitized thousands of hours of its videos in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division Moving Image Archive. Not sure that they’ve got their best stuff up yet, but hopefully it’s a promising development!” Then last Sunday night we were back in house seats in premium orchestra as the SFB celebrated the dynamic careers of principal dancers Rubén Martín Cintas and Damian Smith in their final performance with the company. The program included excerpts from SFB artistic director Helgi Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Hans Van Manen’s Variations for Two Couples, “The Man I Love” from Balanchine’s Who Cares?, the pas de deux from Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain, two short film screenings honoring RMC and DS, and Robbins’ In the Night. An outstanding and memorable end to a helluva ballet season. Bravi!

All jazzed up

We dedicate this last item to the naysayers who don’t believe there is any gangle (LGBT angle) to the world of jazz music. Au contraire, mon frere. The William Way LGBT Community Center has announced the debut of OutBeat: America’s First Queer Jazz Festival, set to take place on the final days of summer (Sept. 18-21) in Philadelphia, the original City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. In this brandnew cultural festival, Philly will play host to critically acclaimed LGBT jazz artists across a broad musical spectrum, including vocalist Andy Bey, Grammy Award-winning pianist Fred Hersch, the Patricia Barber Quartet and drummer Bill Stewart. Additional headliners and further details will be announced throughout the spring. Our jazzloving heart rejoices.t

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San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Damian Smith, shown here in choreographer Margaret Jenkins’ Thread: hail & farewell!

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For divas who have earned the title by Richard Dodds

aren Mason knows all about being a diva. As Broadway standby for Glenn Close, Betty Buckley, and Elaine Paige, she got to play demented diva Norma Desmond more than 200 times in Sunset Boulevard. But the fictional Norma didn’t make the cut for Secrets of the Ancient Divas, Mason’s cabaret show that takes a musical journey through the careers of a half-dozen or so singers who have earned the “diva” sobriquet. Think Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Peggy Lee, and you begin to get the idea. Secrets of the Ancient Divas brings Mason back for another Bay Area Cabaret outing, with a May 18 appearance at the Fairmont Hotel’s Venetian Room. (Tickets at bayareacabaret.org.) “It’s fun and silly, with really great music that pays tribute to the singers I was influenced by while growing up,” said Mason, whose Broadway credits also include Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, and, most recently, the short-lived Wonderland. The Ancient Divas show was born a couple of years ago after Mason discovered herself with a lot of blank space on her calendar. She had signed a one-year contract to play

the sinister Mrs. Danvers, a sort of anti-diva, in a musical adaptation of the gothic novel Rebecca when the Broadway production notoriously collapsed in a sea of lawsuits, acrimonious emails, and phantom angels. “It took me a long time to get over that,” Mason said. “I gave myself a little bit of time to be an absolute pathetic human being, eating everything in sight, but there comes a point where you just have to get back in the saddle. I sent out a lot of emails that said, ‘Hey, I’m available, unexpectedly.’” One of the opportunities that came from that outreach was an invitation to recreate Judy Garland’s legendary 1961 Carnegie Hall concert with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. “Then I thought I’d really like to try ‘The Man That Got Away’ in a cabaret, because I had sort of stayed away from certain signature songs. Then I needed a title for this show, and I remembered a show a friend of mine had written named Secrets of the Ancient Divas, and I thought, I think I will steal that.” Director Barry Kleinbort, who would stage the show, threw a small wrench into the proceedings. “He said, ‘Well, that’s lovely, Karen, but if you’re really going to call it that

Cutting critiques by Richard Dodds

his is a piece of writing about a piece of writing that is about writing. And if you were a character in Seminar, you would have decided by the first punctuation mark if what you are reading is doggerel or genius. (I submit defensively and/or humbly that it is neither.) Certainly, when an imperious writing instructor in Theresa Rebeck’s play refuses to read beyond a semicolon in the first sentence of a student’s work, declaring he is already certain of the mediocrity that follows it, it is meant to secure a laugh. And it does so in San Francisco Playhouse’s production of the 2011 Broadway play. But these instantaneous appraisals continue into more serious scenes. “You’re not a plagiarist,” an astonished character declares after reading a few words of a manuscript by another character accused of just that, somehow deducing from two or three sentences that the accused could never have committed this ultimate writers’ sin. When we are asked to take these leaps, something begins to feel off about the whole affair, which of course is about more than just manuscripts and critiques. There are egos to crush and psyches to manipulate in the name of provoking literature, or perhaps just for the twisted amusement of

the big-name instructor to whom a quartet of students have paid top dollar. But the vessels that Rebeck has created for these psyches aren’t particularly deep, and their internecine conflicts when teacher is away are of middling interest and sometimes mild humor. These wannabe writers are variously defensive, pompous, seductive, and awkward, and are smoothly played by Lauren English, Patrick Russell, Natalie Mitchell, and James Wagner. Not surprisingly, the shiniest of roles is that of the self-congratulating seminar leader who boasts of his time at Yale with Robert Penn Warren or his adventures sharing cabbage with rebels in Moldova. Charles Shaw Robinson is mostly fine in this role that needs a little more flair than that to keep the play in the air. Director Amy Glazer’s production hits the necessary notes, abetted, as usual in an SF Playhouse production, by Bill English’s handsome scenery. But Seminar is unconvincing in its efforts at wisdom, and not humorous enough to claim that that is its trump card. But thank you for staying with this small writing assignment until the final punctuation mark.t

Courtesy Karen Mason

Broadway and cabaret veteran Karen Mason will tell Secrets of the Ancient Divas in a May 18 appearance with Bay Area Cabaret at the Venetian Room. Michal Daniel

then you better have some secrets you’re going to divulge.’ So I became what I call an ‘archeocabaretologist,’ and we used some bits of reality and also created new secrets that we felt important to share.” While Shirley Bassey’s “Goldfinger” is somehow turned into a Mayan chant, most of the arrangements that musical director Christopher Denny will play from the piano adhere more closely to popular expectations. “We try to give it a little bit of a personal spin without totally reconstructing something that is already beautifully constructed,” she said. Mason has a few more Secrets of the Ancient Divas dates lined up after San Francisco, but her heart is invested in getting a theatrical run for the story of her relationship with close friend and musical partner Brian Lasser, whom she met when she was auditioning to be a singing waiter in Chicago. For 16 years, they worked together, working their way

Karen Mason was most recently seen on Broadway as the Queen of Hearts in the short-lived Wonderland.

up the cabaret ladder, until his death in 1992 from AIDS-related complications. Mason recorded an album of his songs in tribute, but it’s a relationship she wants to continue to celebrate in a show titled Unfinished Business. “When Brian passed away, someone said to me that you had such a close relationship and so many things happened to you, good and bad, that you should write down these stories,” Mason said. “It’s such a lovely story of two young people coming of age and finding themselves through their relationship with each other and through music, and then what to do after one of them dies.” The new show uses many of Lasser’s songs, and also incorporates one by Mason’s songwriter-husband, Paul Rolnick. “It’s

titled ‘We Never Ran Out of Love, We Just Ran Out of Time,’ and it perfectly verbalizes what I was feeling at that time.” And always hovering, it seems, is the specter of Rebecca. Lead producer Ben Sprecher recently announced a new set of investors has been found for the dark pop musical, and he hopes to finally land the show on Broadway later this year. “If they ask, you bet I will be there,” Mason said. “You know, as you get older and you see time going by, a different pressure begins to build. Rebecca was going to be a lovely feather in my cap, but I am the eternal optimist. I’m always thinking that whatever happens always ends up opening more doors, though not necessarily the doors you expected to be walking through.”t

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Seminar will run at San Francisco Playhouse through June 14. Tickets are $30-$100. Call 677-9596 or go to sfplayhouse.org.

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An imperious writing instructor (Charles Shaw Robinson) critiques his students (James Wagner, Patrick Russell, Lauren English, and Natalie Mitchell) in Seminar at San Francisco Playhouse.

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16 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 15-21, 2014

Lesbian musicians in bloom by Gregg Shapiro

ow cool is queer indie goddess Mirah? Even after rising through the ranks of hipster hotness (her collaboration with indie folkie Thao Nguyen only increased the heat), she has remained on the roster of uber-hip Olympia, WA-based indie label K Records. Mirah continues her exploration of musical hybrids on her new album Changing Light (Absolute Magnitued/K Records). While the horn section on “No Direction Home” (which sounds like late-career Kate Bush) is enough of a reason to own this disc, also check out “Turned the Heat Off ” and “I Am the Garden.” Tina and the B-Side Movement was one of the bands that benefited from making music during the “gay 90s.” Led by out front-woman Tina Schlieske, the band scored a majorlabel record deal and released a couple of decent records on Sire/Elektra in the mid-to-late 90s. Schlieske’s soulful wail was the draw, but it wasn’t enough to earn them the attention they deserved. After releasing solo discs under her own name, Schlieske reconvened the troops, edited the name and released Barricade, cred-

ited to Tina and the B-Sides. “More Than That,” “I Hope I Pass Your Audition” and a tasty cover of Bob Marley’s “Guava Jelly” are all recommended. Everybody wants to put the winter of the polar vortex behind them. If only it had been an Acoustic Winter (SBS), as out singer/songwriter Michelle Malone has titled her latest disc. This strong collection of 10 original songs and a pair of covers has a warmth that belies its title. “Beyond the Mountain” may be the most beautiful song Malone has ever written. Other outstanding selections include the radiant “Burning Star,” the reflective “Mirror Ball,” the instrumental “A Walk in the Woods” and Malone’s reading of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses.”

Collaboration can be a tricky business, but when the stars align as they do on out Catie Curtis’ Flying Dream (catiecurtis.com), the payoff is considerable. Produced by queer singer/ songwriter Kristen Hall (an original member of Sugarland) and featuring six songs co-written by Hall and Curtis, the folk/pop songs remain true to Curtis’ trademark style. Highlights include the exhilarating “The Queen” and a sweet reading of the Bacharach/David classic “This Girl’s in Love with You.” Smith College alumnae Hannah & Maggie (Hickok and Kraus, respectively) are a queer folk duo who do Tegan and Sara and Indigo Girls proud on their third album, In the Company of Strangers (Pure-

bred). The pair’s folk sound is enhanced by country elements (Hickok plays mandolin, and there’s a fiddle and slide guitar on some tracks). The best numbers are the ones with an element of drama, as in “The Final Straw” and “The Other Half.” Heather Reid’s name will be familiar to fans of The Murmurs. Reid (then known as Heather Grody) was one-half of the popular queer 90s duo, along with singer-songwriteractress Leisha Hailey. Hailey has moved on to another duo (Uh Huh Her), while Reid has struck out on her own with solo disc Cross Words (Phyllis). Reid wrote the West End-bound musical Dear Bernard, and you can hear a musicaltheater influence here. Coming out stories can be found in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Due to be released in early June, Youth Revisited (youthrevisited.us) by Hers is the musical coming out of Melissa Amstutz. Not an easy listen, Youth Revisited is nevertheless a brave effort documenting the process of shedding one identity (marriage) for another that is your true self. Album closer “Hold It Together” beautifully sums up the experience. Queer Klezmer band Isle of Klezbos, led by Eve Sicular, returns with its second album, concert recording

Live from Brooklyn (Rhythm Media). The first nine tracks, recorded live at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in 2013, include traditionals “A Glezele Yash” and “Uncle Moses Wedding Dance,” and newer compositions “Noiresque” and “Mellow Manna.” But the high point may be “When Gomer Met Molly,” a tune that celebrates both Yiddish theater legend Molly Picon and recently out actor and singer Jim Nabors. Yes, you read that right. The double-disc The Complete Atlantic Sides Plus (Real Gone/Rhino/ SoulMusic) by Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles (queer singer-songwriter Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash and Cindy Birdsong) brings hours of listening joy. Touted as a potential Philly version of the Supremes (original Bluebelle Birdsong would later become a Supreme), LaBelle and the Bluebelles had a lot working in their favor, including the Atlantic Records/ Jerry Wexler machinery. They could also brag about writing their own material (LaBelle’s “Patti’s Prayer,” Hendryx’s “I Need Your Love,” Dash’s “Loving Rules”), and recorded Curtis Mayfield tunes and songs by The Beatles and Burt Bacharach. They also had LaBelle’s vocal bravado, which would later result in hard-won chart success in the 1970s. This is where Patti first perfected her dramatic rendition of “Over the Rainbow.”t

Pianism that glows in the dark by Tim Pfaff

didn’t even know we were waiting for it until it arrived, but Stephen Hough has delivered the finest new piece of music for solo piano in our young century. His Sonata No.2, “notturno luminoso,” is the centerpiece of the pianist’s new CD, In the Night (Hyperion), a canny collection of night-themed pieces that includes works by composer-colleagues Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann.

The openly – jubilantly, really – gay Hough’s “notturno luminoso” is just what you want: a piece conceived, imagined and created on the modern piano that richly rewards multiple listenings and, best of all, makes its impact the first time out. Let the prestidigitation begin. It flies in on the wings of Messiaen, and for the first five minutes or so you could be excused for thinking a flock of that mystic French Catholic composer’s songbirds

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had flown the coop and landed on Hough’s score paper, birds-on-awire-style. It’s a surprise in that there’s precious little Messiaen in Hough’s large discography – and not in that Hough too is a devout (if independently minded) Catholic who, like his predecessor, thinks as much with his fingertips as with his large, nimble brain. Hough just might be the smartest pianist among us – though the competition is really stiff there – but he wears it lightly, as anyone who follows his blog in the London Telegraph or his Twitter feed @houghhough knows. His considerable paws notwithstanding, you would not count him among the pianist animals on the circuit, but his probing intelligence enlivens everything he does. He’s an entertainer in the deepest sense of the word. The birdsong segues into a perpetual-motion figure that becomes one of the sonata’s main features and is never away from the soundscape for long. It makes a swashbuckling entrance and soon enough morphs into a more muffled, scurrying thread that periodically bursts into pairs of splashy, rising chords that, as a group, usually of five, trace a descending arc. It snags your ear on first hearing and then keeps recurring, always with further modifications yet unmistakably itself, throughout the piece. It’s repetition that’s learned its Bruckner, not settled for mere minimalism. Another long, frenzied, singlenote series takes to the top of the keyboard, where it slowly settles into a series of music-box tunes like the ones you find in the loftiest passages of Beethoven’s sonatas. The pealing is punctuated by large, crushing forearm chords in the bass that sound anything but staged, and startle you every time. Once the music box falls silent, those rising yet descending chords reappear in loose, sensuous, pendulous rhythms that sniff around jazz and flirt with melodies like “Around the World in 80 Days” (88 keys?) and gestures like those in Ravel’s La Valse without surrendering

Pianist Stephen Hough in his Twitter profile image.

their hard-won identity. That iridescent soundscape lingers exactly as long as you want it to, then dissolves into a lush, hushed chord in the deep bass. That’s an impressionistic, “literary” account of nearly 20 minutes of music that veils its underlying architectural grid but never sounds less than unified. It’s music you can’t imagine anywhere but on the piano, and it fully exploits the modern instrument’s slow sound decayrate on long-held chords played off against rapidly articulated singlenote patterns that glow in the dark. This piece has studied its piano literature but has the guts to sound distinctively itself. Hough’s more analytical comments on his sonata, focusing on its

A-B-A form using, respectively, all sharps, all flats, and all naturals, add another, visual as well as auditory, dimension to the work. We’ll know this sonata has really made it when other, probably younger pianists – with Hough’s chops – take it up. Igor Levit, with his lust for challenge and breadth of intellectual curiosity, comes to mind, as does Jan Lisiecki, with his giddy virtuosity and kaleidoscopic sense of color. Meanwhile we have this stunning performance by a man of Lisztian gifts. The sonata is wrapped in repertoire Hough toured with for a year – the reverse of the more common practice of touring a CD a musician has just recorded – and it’s all the deeper for it. Beethoven’s atypical Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 1 – yes, the Moonlight – gets a fresh, alert treatment that gives it back its invention, vitality and dignity. Resolutely unmoody if deeply felt, it’s oriented toward a blistering Presto agitato finale that burns the cobwebs out of any remaining misconceptions of the piece you may have had. No one since Miecyslaw Horszowki has played Chopin’s two Opus 27 nocturnes with finer gradations of touch and feeling than Hough, and he adds to that his penetrating insights into the structural integrity of these pieces and conviction about their forward-looking harmonies. I’m not sure why Hough ends the CD with Schumann’s Carnaval, other than the fact that the work’s individual “events” take place at a masked ball, but his agile mind and characterbreathing fingers are exactly what you want for this piece, and this could become a reference recording. (That’s a good thing.) The spooky-scary aspects of nighttime are best realized in the disc’s opening work, also by Schumann, one of the “fantasy pieces” of Op. 12, “In the Night.” Hough digs into the rippling phrases of the rising and falling waves, and the result is genuinely alarming, like waking from a bad dream. Don’t listen to this CD in daylight. It’s only half as fun. fun.t

Dance>>

May 15-21, 2014 • BAY AREA REPORTER • 17

Starring the corps de ballet

Erik Tomasson

San Francisco Ballet in Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces, one of the best things they’ve done all year.

by Paul Parish

an Francisco Ballet closed their run in the Opera House on a heroic note. They made it to the end of their season battered and tired, but gallant and flying the flag to the finish. Indeed, Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces, the last thing on the last show, is one of the best things they’ve done all year. It stars the corps de ballet, and SFB Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, brilliant manager that he is, may have considered when he planned the season many moons ago that whatever else happened, “that ballet will be a surefire finale, and will send them home happy.” And he was right. Many dancers were on the benches, injured; one principal dancer has been out since the gala opening night, when she tumbled as she ran onstage and hopped up to dance the rest of the piece on a broken foot. There was much shuffling in the last week, and Agon had to be cancelled for the Wednesday night show (replaced by Tomasson’s Fifth Season), though by Friday night’s show it was back on the boards, the undisputed masterpiece that anchored the evening. When it was new in 1957, Balanchine’s Agon was a blockbuster in every way. Sixty years later, it still peels your eyes, though it’s been copied so much by lesser choreographers that the overlay of its astringent, feeble-minded offspring have

made it seem if not patronizable, at least something you can decide you didn’t like. But really it’s like The Waste Land’s timeless “unreal city” – mid-century critics cried, “Fourmillante cite” (“city teeming like ants,”) a line from Baudelaire that Eliot cited in his notes. In 1957, its 12 dancers in their black-and-white tights, articulating all their joints in such arresting ways, and with its biracial principal couple (he black, she white), looked like the future when it packed the City Center whenever it was announced. Not just the intelligentsia – it was a popular sensation. Agon’s appeal is immediate but not simple. Despite the futuristic, desolating look of it – with no softening of the edges – the ballet is chock-a-block with Charleston, shag, popular social- and folkdance moves, and rhythms that keep the material familiar. Despite the Olympic-scale athleticism of the articulations, what that guy just did was put out a cigarette with the ball of his foot. The “castanet girl” is doing Suzy-Q’s. Then there are the dance metaphors. If a pas de deux is a dance of love, in this one, the boy falls to the floor onto his back, but he leaves his hand where it was and still manages to support his ballerina, who was standing on toe in a totally cantilevered arabesque with her back leg lifted straight to the ceiling – in effect, in the splits. That’s “I will be

Erik Tomasson

San Francisco Ballet dancers Maria Kochetkova and Vitor Luiz in George Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet.

there for you” translated into kinetic terms before the era of encountergroup “trust-building exercises.” Both ballerinas were off their game last Friday night, though Frances Chung seemed to be happy in her dancing despite everything. The corps and the men kept it alive, and delivered a wonderful performance. Gennadi Nedvigin hit his rhythms like a great jazz drummer in the Sarabande, and showed the inner structure of that wonderful dance cleaner than I have ever seen it before. All four demi-soloists danced wonderfully; they were Sasha da Sola, Dores Andre, Jaime Garcia Castillo, and Hansuke Yamamoto. Kimberley Braylock, Shannon Rugani, Kristina Lind, and Ami Yuki also danced wonderfully in this piece, and in everything else that night as well. The great strength of the San

Erik Tomasson

San Francisco Ballet in George Balanchine’s Agon.

Francisco Ballet lies in its versatile corps de ballet. All of these dancers are brilliant movers in their own right, and any of them could jump in to hold down the fort if something happened and a ballerina forgot to make her entrance – as happens sometimes, show business being what it is. After the rather drawn-out Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, which really only sizzled in the HungarianGypsy rondo of its finale, where Sarah van Patten and Davit Karapetyan seized their moments and tore up the stage with dancing of great wit and rhythmic flair, the evening belonged to the corps as they charged about the stage in Robbins’ brilliant answer to the postmodernists, his Glass Pieces. In the first section, dancers rush across the

stage like commuters in a subway station, walking at a furious clip in stylized patterns that nevertheless make you notice the John Cage-like way you’ve been reminded that any ordinary thing can be seen, in the right light, to be wonderful. The last uses a myriad of folk-dance steps to echo the pounding drums of Glass’ Akhneton in geometrically exhilarating patterns. This somehow has the effect of reminding you of the Charlestons and shag steps in Agon, the deep motor impulses that lie in the dances we don’t think about, we just do. Dance is an art we share with other species. Do birds think about their dances, or sea-horses? The art lies so deep inside us, it’s forever nourishing to see it done by those who can really reveal its wonders.t

<< Out&About

18 • BAY AREA REPORTER • May 15-21, 2014

Out &About

O&A

Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi The musical comedy revue celebrates its 40th year with an ever-changing lineup of political and pop culture icons, all in gigantic wigs. $25-$160. Beer/wine served; cash only; 21+, except where noted. 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd (Green St.). 421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com

Cassandra Wilson @ Yoshi’s The two-time Grammy winning jazz vocalist, producer and multi-talent performs live. $45-$83 (with dinner). 8pm & 10pm. Also May 17, 8pm & 10pm. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. www.yoshis.com

Fri 16 Fou Fou Ha!

Staging Areas

Neil Girling

by Jim Provenzano

ascinating dramas and comedies will be performed and discussed this week. From wild circus-like comedies to engaging serious reflections on our culture, break down your own fourth wall and get to the theatres of your choice.

Thu 15 Chasing Mehserle @ Intersection for the Arts Campo Santo and Living Word Project’s muisc-movement-poetry production of Chinaka Hodge’s about the aftermath of the Oscar Grant Oakland BART murder. $25. 8pm. Thu-Sun Thru May 24. 925 Mission St. www.chasingmehserle. brownpapertickets.com

Comedy Returns @ El Rio Karen Ripley headlines the LGBT and gay-friendly diverse comedy night’s fifth anniversary show, with Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Eloisa Bravo, Julia Jackson and host Lisa Geduldig. $7-$20. 8pm. 3158 Mission St. (800) 838-3006. www.elriosf.com

Des Voix; Found in Translation @ Various Theatres Month-long festival of contemporary French playwrights and films, in partnership with Cutting Ball Theater, the French International School and the French consulate. Thru May 25. www.desvoixfestival.com

Dina Martina @ Rebel The drag comedy East Coast sensation invades SF with her amply outrageous music and comedy show. $20-$25. 8pm & 10pm. Also May 17 & 18 (7pm & 9pm). 1760 Market St. brownpapertickets.com/event/587267

Dracula @ Shelton Theatre

New and Classic Films @ Castro Theatre May 15: Drugstore Cowboy (7pm) and Trainspotting (8:55). May 16: annual Epidemic Film Festival, 4pm-8pm. May 17: Raiders of the Lost Ark (2:30, 7pm) and Romancing the Stone (4:45, 9:15). May 18: A Streetcar Named Desire (2:15, 7pm) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (4:35, 9:15). May 20, Freakanomics lecture and book-signing with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. May 21: Milk (5:30, 8pm). $11. 429 Castro St. 621-6120. www.castrotheatre.com

Pearls Over Shanghai @ The Hypnodrome Thrillpeddlers’ hilarious Cockettes revival returns, with new choreography, costumes, performers, and some of the original cast members. $30-$35. Thu-Sat 8pm. Extended thru June 28! 575 10th St. (800) 838-3006. www.thrillpeddlers.com

Queer Past Becomes Present @ GLBT History Museum New exhibit of fascinating historical items and how their legacies are still with us; includes queer youth, Harvey Milk, José Sarria, AIDS and gay bar ephemera and the lesbians of The Ladder. Grand Opening May 15, 7pm-9pm/Free. Reg. hours MonSat 11am-7pm (closed Tue.) Sun 12pm5pm. ($5/free for members). 4127 18th St. 621-1107. www.glbthistory.org

Sleeping Cutie @ Thick House

Jennifer Keller and Lauren Davidson’s new adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel. $30. Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru May 31. 533 Sutter St. at Powell. (800) 838-3006. www.sfdracula.blogspot.com

Doug Katsaros and Diane Sampson’s musical about a narcolepic teenage girl and her jailed father’s pursuit to get her married. $30-$40. Thu-Sat 8pm. Extended thru May 21. 1695 18th St. at Arkansas. 992-6677. www.sleepingcutiemusical.org

Du Barry Was a Lady @ Eureka Theatre

Spencer Day @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

Gay comic Bruce Vilanch stars in 42nd Street Moon’s production of the saucy Cole Porter historical musical comedy about a nightclub washroom attendant who passes out and finds himself in 18th-century France as King Louis XV. $25-$75. Wed & Thu 7pm. Fri 8pm. Sat 6pm. Sun 3pm. Thru May 18. 215 Jackson St. 255-8207. www.42ndStMoon.org

The local singer-songwriter-pianist shares new and favorite jazz-infused music, including songs from his new CD, Daybreak. $40-$55. 8pm. Also May 16, 8pm and 17 at 7pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 663-1063. ticketweb.com

Mon 19

Unusual Shorts @ Oddball Films Enjoy wacky offbeat vintage short films. May 14, 8pm: Uncle Bob, the SF man who streaked the 1974 Oscars; the celebrityfilled feature documentary screens with host and original Cockette member Rumi Missabu. May 15, 8pm: A Global Childhood; The Cinema of Youth. Thu & Fri, each $10, 8pm. 275 Capp St. 558-8117. www.oddballfilms.blogspot.com

Fri 16 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ Center Repertory

B.D. Wong

East Bay production of the comic musical about stressed out spelling bee competitors. $37-$65. Wed 7:30pm. ThuSat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. Thru June 21. 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. (925) 943-7469. www.centerrep.org

Catch Me If You Can @ Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Rohnert Park Spreckels Theatre Company’s production of the Broadway musical) book by Terrance McNall, music by Marc Shaiman) based on the film about a teenage thief and pilot impersonator, with flashy Vegas-style dance numbers. $22-$26. Thu 7:30pm. Fri & Sat 8pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Thru May 25. Codding Theatre, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. (707) 588-3400. www.spreckelsonline.com

The Color Purple @ Hillbarn Theatre, Foster City Local production of the musical stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s hit novel about downtrodden African Americans in the South. $23-$38. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru June 1. 1285 East Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City. (650) 349-6411. www.hillbarntheatre.org

Communiqué No. 10 @ Exit on Taylor Cutting Ball Theatre company’s production of the American premiere of French playwright Samuel Gallet’s drama about tensions in the urban underclass, Muslim and French violence, revenge and riots; translated and directed by Rob Melrose. $10-$50. Thru May 25. 277 Taylor St. 5251205. www.cuttingball.com

Danity Kane @ The Fillmore The women’s pop band formed on the TV show perform music from their three albums. $50. 9pm. 1805 Geary Blvd. www.thefillmore.com

Erase Hate @ SFSU Annex Xavier Toscano, Jethro, Raquela, Amoray and Nicole Gabel perform at a music concert. 7pm-10pm. North State Drive. www.sfsu.edu

Fou Fou Ha! @ Inner Mission In Living Colors, a comedy dance theatre show with the stylish clown troupe. $25$30 ($10 for after-party only). 9pm show, after-party until 11:30pm. Fri, after-party until 1:30am Sat. 2035 Bryant St. www.foufouha.eventbrite.com

Oakland East Bay Symphony @ Paramount Theatre The monumental Berloiz Requiem is performed by the symphony, with the Oakland Youth Orchestra and tenor Thomas Glenn; conducted by Michael Morgan. $25-$75. 8pm. 2025 Broadway, Oakland. (510) 444-0801. www.oebs.org

The Speakeasy @ Private Location Boxcar Theatre’s popular Prohibition-era interactive bar, gaming and performance show extends its sold-out run before closing to find a bigger venue. $65-$100. Wed-Sat admissions times 7:30-9pm. Thru June 21. Address given after ticket purchase. www.thespeakeasysf.com

The Suit @ Geary Theatre American Conservatory Theatre presents Peter Brook, Marie-Helene Estienne and Franck Krawczyk’s adaptation of Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse and Barney Simon’s play about Apartheid South Africa and a suit that becomes treated like a person; with live African and jazz music. $20-$140. (Bring donations for Dress for Success and get up to 50% off tickets. See www.act-sf.org for details). Tue-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm & 7pm. Thru May 18. 415 Geary St. 749-2228. www.act-sf.org

Tipped & Tipsy @ The Marsh A “Best of Fringe” show, Jill Vice’s solo work portrays an array of characters from the bartending world. $15-$50. Sat 5pm, Sun 7pm. Extended thru May 17. 1062 Valencia St. 282-3055. www.themarsh.org

Tribes @ Berkeley Repertory Nina Raines’ acclaimed drama about a young deaf man who meets a woman with a non-assimilation perspective, which forces him to confront his parents, and the meaning of language. $29-$99. Tue, Thu-Sat 8pm. Wed 7pm. Sat & Sun 2pm. Sun 7pm. Thru May 18. Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

Waxing West @ Brava Theater Center Vidhu Singh directs the West Coast premiere of Savian Stanescu’s drama about a Romanian mail-order bride’s life in Bucharest and New York. $20. Thu-Sat 8pm; Sun 3pm. Thru May 18. 2781 24th St. www.brava.org

Mon 19 Stephen Stills

Mutt: Let’s All Talk About Race! @ La Val’s Subterranean, Berkeley Impact Theatre company premieres Christopher Chen’s satirical play about desperate racist GOP power brokers who select a token presidential candidate who’s half Asian. $10-$25. Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 7pm. Thru June 8. 1834 Euclid Ave., Berkeley. www.impacttheatre.com

Paula Poundstone @ Osher Marin Jewish Community Center The witty comedian returns with her new show, full of fresh comic cultural insights. $24-$60.50. 8pm. 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 785-8873. www.marinjcc.org

Yerba Buena Gardens Festival @ Esplanade The months-long free summer performance series has commenced, with weekend outdoor dance, music and theatre concerts, on various days and evenings thru Oct. Mission St. at 3rd. 543-1718. www.ybgfestival.org

Sun 18 Katya Presents @ Martuni’s Katya Smirnoff-Skyy welcomes Honey Mahogany for a night of drag and songs. $11. 7pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.russianoperadiva.com

Fri 16 Cassandra Wilson

The Homosexuals @ New Conservatory Theatre Center Bay Area debut of Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins’ comic drama about young men facing the new gay community. $25$45. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. thru June 28. 25 Van Ness Ave. lower level. www.nctcsf.org

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures @ Berkeley Repertory The West Coast premiere of multiple award-winner Tony Kushner’s new play takes on politics, sex, and power in his expansive and brilliant way, by focusing on a Brooklyn Italian family whose patriarch decides to die. $55-$89. Tue, Thu-Sat 7:30pm. Wed & Sun 7pm. Special free onstage conversation with Kushner and director Tony Taccone, Monday May 19, 7pm. Thru June 29. Roda Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

The Letters @ Aurora Theatre, Berkeley John W. Lowell’s suspenseful two-person psychological thriller about life under the Stalin regime. $28-$32. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm. Thru June 1. 2081 Addison St., Berkeley. (510) 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org

Not a Genuine Black Man @ Osher Studio, Berkeley Brian Copeland’s tenth anniversary run of his compelling autobiographical solo show gets restaged at Berkeley Repertory’s studio theatre. $14-$430. Wed 7pm. Thu-Sat 8pm. Thru May 31. Osher Studio, 2055 Center St., Berkeley. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org

Sat 17 Erin Crociani @ Glama-Rama Salon, Oakland Exhibit of paintings that blend Alice in Wonderland with Victorian pin-up girls. Thru June 5. 6399 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. (510) 655-4526. www.glamarama.com

Feisty Old Jew @ The Marsh Charlie Veron’s new solo show about a fictional elder man who hitches a ride with surfer-hipsters, and rants about what he hates about the 21st century. $25-$100. Sat & Sun 5pm. Extended thru July 13. 1062 Valencia St. 282-3055. www.themarsh.org

Marga Gomez @ The Marsh The lesbian comic’s hit solo show Lovebirds, with characters revolving around a nightlife photographer, returns before she takes it to New York City. $20$100. Fri 8pm, Sat 8:30pm. Thru May 31. 1062 Valencia St. 282-3055. www.themarsh.org

Much Ado About Nothing @ Buriel Clay Theatre African American Shakespeare Theatre company’s production of The Bard’s lighthearted comedy about love. $12.50$37.50. Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm. Thru May 25. 762 Fulton St. www.african-americanshakes.org

Georgia O’Keeffe @ de Young Museum Georgia O’Keeffe: Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George, a new exhibit of paintings focusing on the artist’s New York landscapes. $25. Thru May 11. Also, Lines on the Horizon: Native American Art from the Weisel Family Collection, thru Jan. 4, 2015. Tue-Sun 9:30am-5:15pm. Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive. www.deyoungmuseum.org

The World of Mary Blair @ Walt Disney Museum Magic, Color, Flair, an exhibit of original art work from the innovative production design artist for Disney’s Peter Pan, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and other films, and the Walt Disney World “It’s a Small World” ride; thru Sept. 7. Also, Leading Ladies and Femme Fatales: The Art of Marc Davis, including original drawings of Cruella DeVille, Tinkerbell and other iconic characters; thru Nov. 4. 104 Montgomery St. www.waltdisney.org

Mon 19 10 Percent @ ComCast 104 David Perry’s weekly talk show features local and visiting LGBT people. This weekm Perry talks to Joel Baum, senior director of Gender Spectrum, and Leslie Katz, president of the San Francisco Port Commission. Mon-Fri 11:30am & 10:30pm. Sat & Sun 10:30pm. www.davidperry.com

Out&About>>

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B.D. Wong @ Geary Theater

Spring at the Cliff House

The multiple award-winning actor shares a discussion with American Conservatory Theatre’s Artistic Director Carey Perloff about performing in A.C.T.’s upcoming production of James Fenton’s The Orphan of Zhao (June 4-29), the stage adaptation of a Chinese legend going back to the 4th century BC. $20. 7:30pm. 415 Geary St. 749-2228. www.act-sf.org/commonwealth

Join us for these Cliff House Weekly Favorites

Chicks with Shticks @ SF Public Library The Kinsey Sicks and 20 Years of Dragapella Activism, a new exhibit about the musical ensemble; thru July 10. Also, Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013, 4th floor. Thru June 5. Thru May 15. African American Center. 100 Larkin St. www.sfpl.org

Donald Rizzo @ Castro Country Club Rizzo’s exhibit of colorful portraits. Thru May 31. 4058 18th St. www.castrocountryclub.org

Gay Comics Threeway @ Magnet Exhibit of queer comic art by Ed Luce ( Wuvable Oaf ), Justin Hall ( Glamazonia ) and Jon Macy ( Fearful Hunter). Thru May 31. 4122 18th St. www.magnetsf.org

Some People Like Us @ SF Punch Line Casey Ley hosts the rather gay comedy variety show, with headliner Guy Branum, plus Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Brian Babylon. $15. 8pm. www.punchlinecomedyclub.com

Stephen Stills @ Yoshi’s

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Public Intimacy @ YBCA SF MOMA on the Go exhibit Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa, a collection of photography, with artists Kemang Wa Lehulere, AthiPatra Ruga, Sello Pesa, and Vaughn Sadie, among others. Thru June 29. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St. 3211307. www.sfmoma.org www.ybca.org

Tommy Igoe @ Yoshi’s The master percussionist welcomes jazz performers, this week guitarist Barry Finnerty. $22-$60. 8pm. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. www.yoshis.com

Wed 21 Daylighting @ Ashby Stage, Berkeley

SF Hiking Club @ Telegraph & Russian Hills Join GLBT hikers for a 4-mile, after-work hike from the Ferry Terminal to the top of Telegraph Hill and the top of Russian Hill and on to Lafayette Park. Hike ends on Fillmore Street, where those interested can get dinner. Bring water, snack, hat, wind protection, good walking shoes. Meet at 5:30 pm at the front entrance of the SF Ferry Terminal. (510) 910-8734. www.sfhiking.com

Sony Holland @ Level III The acclaimed jazz vocalist performs with guitarist Jerry Holland. Weekly 5pm-8pm. Also Thursdays & Fridays. JW Marriott, 515 Mason St. at Post. www.sonyholland.com

Woods to Wildflowers @ SF Botanical Gardens See blooming floral displays, trees and exhibits. Also, daily walking tours and more, at outdoor exhibits of hundreds of species of native wildflowers in a centuryold grove of towering Coast Redwoods. Thru May 15. Free-$15. Daily. Golden Gate Park. 6612-1316. www.SFBotanicalGarden.org

The legendary singer-songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) performs some of his classic folk-rock hits. $79. 8pm. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. Also Tue., May 20 at Yoshi’s Oakland ($79, 8pm, 510 Embarcadero West). www.yoshis.com

Shotgun Players’ production of The Berkeley Stories Project, Dan Wolf’s play about a young East Bay woman whose day-long walk includes real-life stories from Berkeley residents. Previews. Opens May 30. $20-$35. Wed-Sat 8pm. 1901 Ashby Ave., Berkeley. (510) 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org

Tue 20

Eating Cultures @ SOMArts Cultural Center

Chomp! @ Conservatory of Flowers

Group exhibit of the Asian American Women Artists Association features 30 artists’ works, including three lesbians (Kay Cuajunco, Sigi Arneho, Genevieve Erin O’Brien), who focus on food as a cultural lens. Special events thru the run. Thru May 30. 934 Brannan St. www.somarts.org

New exhibit of visual art representing the 2,500-year-old health practice. Other ongoing exhibits as well. Free (members)-$12. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 200 Larkin St. 581-3500. www.asianart.org

Jane Monheit @ Yoshi’s

Thu 22

They Came From the Swamp, a new floral exhibit of carnivorous plants includes exhibits, docent talks and a giant replica model so you can feel like a bug about to be eaten. Thru Oct. 19. Reg. hours, 10am4pm. Free-$7. Tue-Sun 10am-4:30pm. Thru Oct. 19. 100 JFK Drive, Golden Gate Park. 831-2090. www.conservatoryofflowers.org

Designing Homes @ Contemporary Jewish Museum Jews and Midcentury Modernism, an exhibit of architectural, furniture, dinnerware, photos, and interior design in post-WWII. Also, Arthur Szyk and the Art of the Haggadah, an exhibit of 48 fascinating and richly detailed illustrations of Hebrew stories by the early 20th-century artist (thru June 29). Also, To Build & Be Built: Kibbutz History (thru July 1). 2pm-5pm. Free (members)-$12. Thu-Tue 11am-5pm (Thu 1pm-8pm) 736 Mission St. 655-7800. thecjm.org

Iconiclasm @ The McLoughlin Gallery Duo exhibit of provocative pop culture imagery by Arnix and Max Papeschi. Thru May 31. Reg hours Tue-Sat 10:30am-6pm. 49 Geary St. #200. 986-4799. mgart.com

It’s Everything @ KOFY-TV Local nightlife host and singer BeBe Sweetbriar’s new streaming web talk show welcomes local celebrities. 7pm. Audience welcome at KOFY-TV, 2500 Marin St. www.BeBeSweetbriar.com

Meditation Group @ LGBT Center New weekly non-sectarian meditation group; part of the Let’s Kick ASS AIDS Survivor Syndrome support group. Tuesdays, 5pm, 1800 Market St. LetsKickASS.org www.sfcenter.org

The gifted Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and her four-piece band perform songs made famous by Judy Garland. $25$63 (with dinner). 8pm & 10pm. Also May 22. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. yoshis.com

Pen/Man/Ship @ Magic Theatre World premiere of playwright Christina Anderson’s drama about passengers on an 1890s ship bound for Africa. Previews. Opens May 28. $30-$55. Tue 7pm. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm. Thru June 15. Fort Mason Center, Bldg. D, 3rd floor. 4418822. www.magictheatre.org

Princess @ Regency Ballroom Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum return with their witty yet sincerely talented concert of Prince cover songs. DJ Omar Perez opens. $40-$52. 9pm. 1290 Sutter St. www.theregencyballroom.com

Smack Dab @ Magnet East Bay poet and author Kin Folks is the featured performer at the queer-friendly open mic, cohosted by Dana Hopkins and Jesus Fuentes. Sign-ups 7:30, show at 8pm. 4122 18th St. www.magnetsf.org

Yoga: The Art of Transformation @ Asian Art Museum

The Lands End Lookout Be sure to visit the Lookout Cafe at the Lands End visitor center. Operated by the Cliff House team, the cafe serves a delicious selection of locally sourced grab-and-go items including the famous It’s It originally for sale at Playland at the Beach. The center, under the direction of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, offers educational and interactive exhibits, a museum store, stunning views, and the amazing Lands End Trails. Open daily from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Located at Point Lobos and Merrie Way

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Avery Sunshine @ Yoshi’s Oakland Stellar soul-gospel vocalist performs. $23. 8pm. 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland. (510) 238-9200. www.yoshis.com

Geoff Hoyle @ The Marsh, Berkeley The veteran comic actor returns with his solo show, Geezer, a nostalgic meditation on his lengthy career and life. $25-$50. Thu 8pm. Sat. 5pm. Extended thru May 24. 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. 282-3055. www.themarsh.org

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Lavender Graduation @ Diego Rivera Theater City College of San Francisco’s Queer Alliance Diversity Awards, honoring City Attorney Dennis Herrera, with a keynote address by Supervisor David Campos, and MC Donna Sachet. 5pm-7pm. 50 Phelan Ave., City College campus. 452-5723. RSVP: queerccsf@gmail.com

Merima Ključo @ Contemporary Jewish Museum The acclaimed Bosnian accordionist/composer performs a musical adaptation of The Sarajevo Haggadah, the story of a sacred manuscript’s travels across centuries; with an accompanying animated film. $20. 6:30pm. 736 Mission St. at 4th. 655-7800. www.thecjm.org

Thu 15 Du Barry Was a Lady

Wrong’s What I Do Best @ SF Art Institute

Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Chapel

Group exhibition of works that push the boundaries of social, political and personal fault lines. Tue 11am-7pm. Wed-Sat 11am6pm. Thru July 26. Walter and McBean Galleries, 800 Chestnut St. www.sfai.edu

Folky soulful singer-guitarist performs his touching, sometimes heart-breaking, songs. Travis Hayes and Carly Ritter also perform. $12-$14. All ages. 8pm. 777 Valencia St. thechapelsf.com

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Welcome to her year in the pokey by David-Elijah Nahmod

t’s been said that the rise of the Internet might be contributing to the plummeting ratings the major broadcast networks are getting. The unprecedented success of Orange Is the New Black, produced by online TV/movie provider Netflix and first shown on their streaming service, indicates that the networks are indeed facing some stiff competition from Web-based competitors. Few shows on the Big 4 broadcasters are as insightful, as daring, or as envelope-pushing as Orange, a show which makes its viewers think about social issues even as they keel over with laughter. Once upon a time, when Norman Lear dared to produce shows like All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons and Good Times, this kind of programming could be found over the airwaves. Now the most intelligently produced shows come from alternative sources. Orange is based on the well-received memoir authored by Piper Kerman. Now a wealthy society matron, the former debutante was sentenced to a year in prison for bad choices she made while in a lesbian relationship in her early 20s. Kerman’s then-girlfriend was an international drug-runner, and Kerman briefly – very briefly – assisted in money laundering. Years later, Kerman was living a somewhat con-

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Laura Prepon (left) and Taylor Schilling (right) in Orange Is the New Black, a mesmerizing slice of real life.

servative, heterosexual life. Out of nowhere, her past bit her in the ass big-time. In her book, she recalls with good humor her year in the pokey. The freshman year of the TV series offers 13 60-minute episodes. Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon head the cast as Piper (renamed Chapman) and her ex-GF Alex, who end up in the same prison. Old resentments boil to the surface, as does their attraction to each other, which they each try to deny. Flashbacks reveal how deeply in love they once were, and how betrayed by the other they both feel. One of the series’ touches is that

flashback sequences are presented for many of the large ensemble cast, letting us know who each of these women are. We see the mistakes they made, mistakes many of them regret. Laverne Cox, a transgender actress, is brilliant as Sophia, a transwoman who works as the prison barber and who has to fight prison authorities for the hormone treatments she still needs. Cox has a riveting screen presence. In flashbacks we see her as a woman trying to build a relationship with the son who rejects her. We also meet a pretransitioned Sophia, played by Cox’s

real-life twin brother. In one heartbreaking scene, Sophia is visited in jail by her wife, who obviously still loves her and tells Sophia that she needs to be a father to their son. Through it all, Sophia tries to show everyone how tough she is, but her vulnerability breaks through every time. It’s a star-making turn from Cox. Scenes alternate between the serious and the comedic as the women try to forgive themselves for the mistakes they’ve made, and try to be a family to each other. Often they falter. Lesbian actress Lea DeLaria steals a number of scenes as a les-

bian inmate who lashes out at her about-to-be-released “prison wife.” As the other woman is about to leave a free woman, Boo rushes to her and wishes her well. In one of Orange’s most touching scenes, they embrace. Through it all, Piper serves as the audience’s observer and commentator as she struggles to hold onto her sanity while trying to maintain a relationship with her male fiance (Jason Biggs), even as she and Alex keep “looking” at each other. Schilling’s work in Orange is flawless. Other cast members give strong performances in their own right. Natasha Lyonne is quite good as a drug abuser trying to recover from her addictions while doing her time because of those additions. Star Trek’s Kate Mulgrew is nearly unrecognizable but brilliant as a Russian woman who took on the Russian mob. She runs the prison commissary. Like Norman Lear’s shows of four decades ago, Orange is a mesmerizing slice of real life made more palatable by sprinkling its storylines with thought-provoking humor.t Lion’s Gate Entertainment offers Season 1 in its entirety on three discs. Season 2 will begin on Netflix on June 6. Season 3 has already been announced.

His favorite year: 1939 by Tavo Amador

classics were released that year, Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. Both are assessed by Charles F. Adams in 1939: The Making of Six Great Films from Hollywood’s Greatest Year (Craven Street, $16.95). He

dmirers of Hollywood’s studio era (ca. 1920-60) often cite 1939 as the pinnacle of the system’s film production. Two undisputed

also includes a third landmark movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; a milestone Western, Stagecoach; and two surprising choices, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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For each, Adams discusses literary sources, casting, production issues, filming challenges, critical and box-office response, and the impact on careers. He also includes each movie’s script/treatment. For GWTW, he recounts how Paulette Goddard nearly played Scarlett. Her potentially scandalous living arrangements with Charlie Chaplin, however, compelled producer David O. Selznick to select Vivien Leigh, who proved perfect. But he’s silent on one reason the original director, openly gay George Cukor, may have been fired. Clark Gable didn’t want to be directed by a “fag” and may have feared that Cukor knew of incidents in his past when he may have been gay for pay. Adams’ scholarship is often sloppy. He mistakenly asserts that Olivia de Havilland accepted the role of Melanie after it had been offered to her sister, Joan Fontaine. Cukor may have considered Fontaine, but concluded she wasn’t right, which Fontaine confirms in her memoirs. He’s wrong in claiming that Bette Davis initially refused Scarlett. She was battling Warner Bros. for better parts and more money when Jack Warner said he was going to buy a new novel for her, without mentioning the title. She snapped, “I’ll bet it’s a pip!” When she read GWTW, she campaigned relentlessly for Scarlett and went to her grave insisting she should have played her. Adams dubiously claims that Selznick wanted Mae West for Belle Watling, but her insistence on writing her dialogue cost her the part. He erroneously states that Ann Rutherford played the eldest O’Hara sister – she played the youngest. Strangely, in discussing de Havilland’s post-GWTW career, he cites her Best Actress Oscar nomination for 1948’s The Snake Pit, but says nothing about her nomination for 1941’s Hold Back the Dawn, or more importantly, her

wins for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949). His section on Oz is better, if not groundbreaking. He writes how MGM’s failure to borrow Shirley Temple for Dorothy resulted in Judy Garland getting the role, and of how Cukor, temporarily assigned to the movie, removed the blonde wig and other trappings she was forced to don to resemble Temple, thereby probably saving the film. Cukor’s GWTW replacement, Victor Fleming, ultimately directed Oz. He mentions how Buddy Ebsen, the first Tin Man, nearly died from a reaction to the aluminum-based make-up. Ray Bolger was his initial replacement, with Jack Haley as the Scarecrow, but Bolger, determined to play the latter, succeeded in switching parts at the last minute. He adds that Ed Wynn was seriously considered for the Cowardly Lion before the selection of Broadway’s Bert Lahr. Adams’ case for the importance of Stagecoach is compelling. It made John Wayne a star after about a decade of appearing in minor movies. He chronicles Wayne’s complicated relationship with the often-abusive director John Ford, who was also his mentor. But he errs in stating that top-billed Claire Trevor would win “a second Academy Award in 1948 as Best Supporting Actress for Key Largo.” That was her only win. See page 22 >>

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Young & restless in Palo Alto by David Lamble

his week a film opens that captures the often elusive feel for life in a wealthy San Francisco suburb whose privileged denizens don’t regard themselves as anybody’s mall rats. Palo Alto is special not only for its intriguing perspective on being young and lost in Northern California in the mid-90s, but also for the pedigree of its talented collaborators. Coming into the film game with great assets but also high expectations, 27-year-old Gia Coppola (granddaughter to the creator of the Godfather trilogy, Francis Ford Coppola) aces her feature film debut with a seamless take on several stories from the pen of one of her stars, Palo Altoborn James Franco. Palo Alto the film embeds us inside the chaotic lives of several affluent teens. Franco’s stories and Coppola’s film place us uncomfortably close to kids whose lives are seldom more than a step or two from disaster, kids extremely uncomfortable in their own skins. Comparable in the scope of its ambitions to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but without the benefit of the latter film’s incendiary queer hero (Ezra Miller), Palo Alto’s strength lies in the power of its young ensemble and its intoxicating ability to give us the sense of being just one of the kids again, as illustrated in this excerpt from Franco’s story “Jack-O.”

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Jack Kilmer as Teddy in director Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto.

James Franco as Mr. B in director Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto.

“I sit in the driver’s seat of my grandfather’s old DeVille. It is night out and cool. Me and Joe, we just sit. We’re out in front of the Unified Palo Alto School District office, a dead one-story building where old people work. I think of all the boring English teachers I have ever had, and I think they were all born in this building. “We sit here because it’s dark, and there are no lights outside this building. We’re stopped for no reason except the night is still going and we’re drunk, and who wants to go home, ever, and this spot is as good as any to just sit in the shadows and let life slow.”

He was 17 and in his senior year in high school, so he was just naturally going through the things that his character was going through.

Doppelganger days

Dean Rodgers, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

Slyly stealing the show is Val Kilmer’s boy Jack, whose young character makes some quick course adjustments to avoid the cliff his best pal, Ted (Nat Wolf), is hurtling towards. As befits an encounter with Bay Area movie royalty, my chat with the 27-year-old Gia Coppola unfolds inside a luxury suite at the Fairmont. The first-time helmer confessed to the joys of working with such a talented young cast, the challenge of giving driving lessons to several of her young leads, the pleasure of dining with her boy stars following each day’s shoot, but also the anxieties attendant to undertaking such a big project, with the usual financial hiccups endemic to the indie-film world. I began by complimenting Coppola for casting newcomer Jack Kilmer. “Not only is he a fresh face, but he’s so good at playing a kid in trouble who manages not to be a troubled kid.” Gia Coppola: I’ve known Jack since he was four years old. He has this quality that is just captivating.

David Lamble: What led you to these stories? James [Franco] said, “Pick the stories that you like the most and write them in a screenplay format.” I showed it to him, and he said, “Now take one of the stories and shoot a test film with it. Just use your friends, and don’t worry about what it looks like. Just shoot it, so you can see what works and what doesn’t.” Nat Wolf ’s Ted is the one who’s heading over the cliff, and he drives the piece before we even know where the story is going. He was one of James’ characters that I really enjoyed, and I was really nervous about finding a young actor capable of doing that. Luckily, I met Nat Wolf. He understood the character. He’s nothing like that person in real life, but he knew how to take it there. Where had you seen these young actors?

They showed me Nat’s film Stuck in Love, and I saw a little spark of something I could use for Fred in there. I knew he was capable of doing this character. With Emma [Roberts], I knew her work from Scream and Celeste and Jesse Forever, and I would say everything was sort of cosmic, because she just kept coming up in the conversation. When did you know you were getting some great stuff as it was going through the camera? There is that Chris Messina/Jack Kilmer scene, a one-shot, awkward thing. Chris Messina’s a great actor, and he said, “I think I should just hit on him.” And I said, “Do it, but I’m not going to tell Jack.” So Chris Messina really steered that scene, and Jack’s really uncomfortable, and I was dying from laughter. How old were you when one of your relatives did something that just amazed you? I was 15 when Sofia made The Virgin Suicides, and I remember jumping up and crying, “This is the best movie ever!”t

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Jesse Eisenberg, as both Simon James and James Simon, in director Richard Ayoade’s The Double.

by David Lamble

he new British dark comedy The Double, adapted from an early novella by a Russian literary genius, offers a witty pop quiz on workplace one-upmanship. It’s also a quick way to test your own powers of empathy. Whom do you identify with: the honest if neurotic and self-loathing nerd Simon James, or his hyper-ambitious, ruthless twin, James Simon? They’re both a droll twin spin by the young comic actor Jesse Eisenberg. In the first act, we observe the selfnegating Simon in a humiliating onthe-fly chat with his brusque supervisor (a simultaneously bombastic and slyly funny Wallace Shawn). “How long have you been here, son? Just getting started?” “Yes, sir, it’s been seven years.” “You’re not thinking of killing yourself, are you?” “No.” “Put him down as a maybe.” It seems a lifetime ago when, new to town and barely scraping by, I fell into the bottomless pool of temp workers. As a single gay guy working outside my media comfort zone, I was overeducated and undervalued by the Big Utility Combine. My favorite dead-end job: sitting in a vacant office by one of those old-fashioned phones at $3.51 an hour. A week that felt like a year passed with

no calls. Maybe that’s why director Richard Ayoade’s quirky take on Russian gloomy-Gus Fyodor Dostoyevsky struck such a chord. Ayoade is known to the art-house crowd for Submarine, a 2011 Welsh comedy where a worrywart teen strives to save his parents’ marriage while jumpstarting his own dating life. Here he gives us a double scoop of Queens, NY everyman Jesse Eisenberg. He’s a timid office drone who one day meets his doppelganger, a super-confident, obnoxiously slick social charmer who quickly strips his milquetoast twin of his last shred of dignity, as well as the affections of the cute girl in the next office. Eisenberg, whose Oscar nomination as Facebook inventor Mark Zuckerberg (The Social Network) has led to a series of quirky heroes and memorable anti-heroes (see him later this year as the self-effacing eco-terrorist in Kelly Reichardt’s new environmental thriller Night Moves), gives a bravura, tartly funny double-turn as an earnest office schnook up-ended by his own back-stabbing double. Simon James finds himself not only upstaged at work by his insidious mirror-image rival James Simon, but also having to take advice from the presumptuous poser on how to be noticed See page 22 >>

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Wake Up Dreaming

From page 13

The fest’s flashy full-color brochure shows posters of each grisly, garish, grotesque double bill, and details the plot, cast, and run time, so I don’t have to. Sometimes just reading the description is enough to make you think twice before entering a darkened theater full of strangers. But you do anyway, because Lavine, if you’ve had the bad luck to fall under his spell, has taken over your cerebral cortex, and you’re now addicted to heavily art-directed depictions of the underside of the American Dream. Above all, don’t miss the flashback-within-a-flashback in The Locket (1946), Sunday, May 18. Each double bill has been care-

fully sculpted for your viewing angst, and really you can’t go wrong when you enter the Noir Zone, passing from one thrill-ride to another. You’ll savor the lives of losers, weirdos, and creeps who are vicious or simply spineless. You’re glad the plots don’t make sense. You just want bad things to happen while scary silhouettes dance to a symphony orchestra on overdrive. Watch Robert Mitchum play both a hapless suicide and a heartless killer (spoiler alert). See Chuck Connors get hopped-up on speed (Death in Small Doses, May 22). Cheer Onslow Stevens and Shirley Knight as the ultimate psychopath enablers (The Couch, May 25). The Ann Sheridan double bill (May 17) takes a classy swipe at extended moralizing about the

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Elisha Cook, Jr., in Stranger on the 3rd Floor, part of I Wake Up Dreaming: Dark Treasures from the Warner Archive at the Roxie.

“crime” of adultery. Both 1947 films were directed by Vincent Sherman, who wanted the Oomph Girl for Mrs. Skeffington, but had to settle for Bette Davis. These epic melodramas, Sherman’s tribute to the Texan redhead’s acting ability, also feature her comely contralto crooning. Nora Prentiss, a retooling of The Blue Angel, features Kent Smith’s greatest performance, as a respected doctor made goofy by the allure of a self-respecting chanteuse. Too chicken to face a divorce court, he stages his own murder. When his face melts in an accident, we gleefully enter the realm of Grand Guignol. The Unfaithful borrows from a Davis triumph, The Letter (1940), itself based on M. Somerset Maugham’s 1927 play. Although David Goodis gets an “original” screenplay credit, no one familiar with The Letter will escape the woozy feeling they’ve seen this con somewhere before. Goodis shifts the action from Malaysia to semi-tropical Southern California, makes the deceived rubber-plantation owner a real-estate developer, and swaps out the natives for artists. A bareshouldered bust of the cheating wife replaces the love letter as evidence to be suppressed in her trial for her Courtesy Roxie Theater lover’s murder. Scene from The Rise & Fall of Legs Diamond, part of I Wake Up Maugham wrote a classic about Dreaming: Dark Treasures from the Warner Archive at the Roxie. a bored businessman’s wife’s unbridled passion for another man; Goodis flips the genders, making the amount of truth inescapable sociopath, whose illicit fling with the sculptor a stalker whose murder under duress. She’s a thoroughly a bohemian threatens her social is, for the stalkee, merely a messy amoral, selfish, status-hungry opstanding. solution to a meaningless affair portunist for whom “Mr. Hunter” Is killing a guy really less probturned inconvenient when hubby is no match. Ah, Southern Califorlematic than her husband discoverreturns from war. There are shades, nian womanhood! The Unfaithing she cheated? In what way exactly too, of Joan Crawford’s iconic Milful registers as an accurate portrait is “Mrs. Hunter” ever to be trusted? dred Pierce (1945), the mother of of the sunbathed materialism that At any given moment, she tells only all Noirs, which Sheridan precluded passion among regretted having turned the cynical well-to-do in down: Zachary Scott and post-WWII Los Angeles. Eve Arden reprise their I feel like I’m seeing inside roles as husband and my grandmother’s three friend. Lew Ayres, in penmarriages, as the fur-clad cil mustache as the famcocktail-swilling kicks off ily lawyer, stands by the at lunch – although, as far murdering adulteress as as I know, she never killed staunchly as Jack Carson anyone.t stood by innocent-on-allcounts Mildred. Lacking I Wake Up Dreaming, May Courtesy Roxie Theater the tragic intensity of Da16-25, Roxie Theater, 16th vis or Crawford, Sheridan’s Jacques Bergerac in The Hypnotic Eye, part of I St., San Francisco. Info: an almost documentary Wake Up Dreaming: Dark Treasures from the Warner (415) 309-2929, www.roxie. com/i-wake-up-dreaming. choice for a middlebrow Archive at the Roxie.

1939

From page 20

Adams says that Frank Capra made Smith only because his studio, Columbia, rejected his proposed biography of Chopin, with Marlene Dietrich as Georges Sand. Capra, a Sicilian immigrant, believed in the populist democracy exemplified by Smith. Studio mogul Harry Cohn originally saw the picture as a sequel to Capra’s successful Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Capra rejected the idea. To make the break explicit, he cast James Stewart as the quixotic hero, with Arthur as the smart political staffer. His sections on the complexity of building a set that was an exact replica of the Senate chamber and the furious reaction to the movie from elected politicians are fascinating. The public’s response was enthusiastic. Oddly, in discussing Capra’s post-Smith career, Ad-

The Double

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by the office dreamboat (Mia Wasikowska). “Simon, how come you don’t have a girlfriend?” “There’s someone I’ve been thinking about. There are so many things I want to say to her. I know what it’s like to feel lost, lonely and invisible.” “You have to go after what you want.” “You really think she’s looking at me?”

ams says nothing about his State of the Union (1948), another cynical look at American politics. Adams writes that Basil Rathbone, a classically-trained English actor who had memorably portrayed Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), wanted to play Rhett Butler, and unsuccessfully pursued the role. (He reportedly was Margaret Mitchell’s choice.) Rathbone would instead find great popularity as Sherlock Holmes in Baskervilles. He was neither the first nor the last big-screen Holmes, but he was perfectly cast and became synonymous with the part, which he played 13 more times in movies and television. Disappointingly, Adams ignores the subconscious homoerotic relationship between Holmes and Dr. Watson in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories and implicit in the pictures, in which Nigel Bruce played the doctor as a bumbler, rather than the hero’s in-

telligent and able companion. The final selection is the weakest, a bowdlerized but popular version of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn starring Mickey Rooney and Rex Ingram as Jim. In his coda, Adams lists other significant 1939 releases, including The Women; Goodbye Mr. Chips, for which Robert Donat won the Best Actor Oscar over Gable and Stewart; and Beau Geste; but inexplicably omits William Wyler’s Wuthering Heights, named Best Picture of 1939 by the New York Film Critics. Adams provides a helpful bibliography for the six pictures analyzed, but omits Molly Haskell’s superb Frankly My Dear: Gone With the Wind Revisited (2010). Adams’ text would have benefitted from a factchecker. Others might have selected a different year, but Adams’ enthusiasm for 1939 makes for good reading, providing one remains skeptical about some assertions.t

“Okay, watch me. Lick your lips, show some tongue, but be careful not to look like a lizard.” Ayoade sets his sophomore feature in a Twilight Zone-style landscape where even young faces take on a haggard look in the unflattering, yellowish light. For Simon, there is no distinction between his cheerless office cubicle, an Orwellian lunchroom, the girl’s Xerox work-station, and the chilling, zombie-like apartment tower where he lives. The advantage of the young British director basing his second fea-

ture on a young Dostoyevsky’s second full-length work is that it allows him to spin a psychologically subtle tale with a young actor already identified with the suffocating horrors of our own age. Few viewers of The Double will miss the not-so-subtle irony of the young actor who pulled off the delicate task of portraying the inventor of Facebook as an insidious villain, here returning as a haunted loser warning about the ultimate identity theft. “This man is a fraud. He stole my face! Look at me, look at him, he stole my face!”t

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Cartoons without words by Murray Paskin

ou Don’t Say!, wordless cartoons from the Nat Schmulowitz collection of wit and humor, is currently on view on the 6th floor of the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. It examines the art of cartooning without words in full detail, and presents more of a scholarly approach than one would expect. For example, H.M. Bateman’s book of caricatures contains an introduction by the noted literary expert G.K. Chesterton. As you go through the exhibit, with its 13 cases of art, you begin to feel the sense of a tradition, that the outstanding cartoons didn’t just appear out of nowhere. They developed from earlier cartoonists. In England, for example, Matthew and Mary

Darly helped popularize the political caricature without narrative. Nat Schmulowitz – lawyer, library commissioner, and humanist – collects visual humor from around the world. His main focus, however, soon became cartooning without words. Although verbal cartooning plays a role in the exhibition, it is there principally to indicate the evolution of non-verbal work. Prior to the 18th century, cartooning tended toward moral and religious content. The cartoonists who came along after that blew everything away with their irreverence and riotous humor. One of the first important changes came with George Cruckshank’s and Henry Mayhew’s rascally farce, The Tooth Ache. It has all the delightful comic horrors that you could wish for. The

patient has an outrageously swollen cheek as he proceeds to the dentist’s chair. It’s as if he’s walking toward a gallows. Before he gets to the chair, he hears an outrageous scream from the dentist’s office. Enlarged drawings of some of the more popular cartoon characters look down from a portion of the wall: Henry, Little Lulu, Ferdinand, the Jester, the Little King, Spy vs. Spy, Frank, Sad Sack. While the drawings are placed on a small part of the wall, somehow they dominate the whole exhibition. When Antonio Prohias, editorial cartoonist and Cuban refugee, stumbled into the Mad magazine offices with his series Spy vs. Spy, he proceeded to turn the secretive world of spies into comic insanity. (Through May 31 at the SFPL Main Branch.)t

private man with a secret inner life who fades into the background. Stock once told a Florida newspaper that his art had “an undercurrent of love, jealousy, loneliness, murder,” which may be a clue to why, in the color lithograph “The Butler’s in Love” (2001), the subject’s forehead and hands are pressed against a wall, his eyes closed in nameless pain and suppressed yearning. Also included are romantic paintings: “The Lovers” (1989), where a couple is lost in sexual passion on a river bank in a Delacroix-like landscape; and “Sunset” (1989), in which a young man lays reading on the grass, a scene with a golden Technicolor backdrop that could have leapt off the set of Gone With the Wind. Stock’s atmospheric, illusionist work has been compared to William Harnett, George de La Tour and John Singer Sargent, and has been associated with film noir and Chaplin, of whom he was a great fan. But as an artist, he was his own man. (Through June 21.) If you were nurturing a desire to enter the dreamt-up world of a Courtesy Modernism movie a la Mia Farrow in Woody “Bellhop,” oil on canvas (1984) by Mark Stock, part of Mark Stock: Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo, Lives of the Butlers, now showing at Modernism. Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (1966) would seem like a heavy place to start, but artistic collaborators Anne a short film by David Arquette, and Galleries McGuire and Karla Milosevich have became legend. His butler alter ego From page 13 done just that. Raising issues of has appeared in dozens of paintgender, aging and female identity, ings, and in a new series of trompe Plus-sized nudies surround a gleethey inhabit the Swedish director’s l’oeil tableaux on view here, along ful Santa Claus, for whom Christmas fraught Nordic psychodrama in with works from the 1980s and 90s, came early, and Warren inserts prestheir conceptual, performance-vidsuch as “Bellhop” (1984), an alert felence into a version of Picasso’s “Les eo installation Sinne Spegel (Mind low in a smart crimson uniform and Demoiselles d’Avignon” – with some Mirror) at Steven Wolf Fine Arts. matching cap who could be on the adjustments, of course, such as the The middle-aged artists, who know staff at Wes Anderson’s The Grand hand-painted minotaur mask that something about dysfunctional Budapest Hotel. The show revisits the covers someone’s head. Then there’s relationships having grown up history of Stock’s fictional character, my personal favorite: Ivana Trump amidst family alcoholism and mena Chaplinesque fi gure subservient in as an artichoke on a bed of greenery, tal illness, insert themselves into the demeanor and devoted to – perhaps smiling like a flattened sun-kissed movie, superimposing their ghostly infatuated with – his mistress, always vegetable. The look of vapid deterimages over actresses who were formally attired in black coat and mination is just right, but that motin their late 20s when they played spotless white gloves, the serenely tled complexion needs some work; these parts. Liv Ullmann time for that facial. (Through is the neurotic, emotionJune 21.) ally damaged thespian who Although Mark Stock: can’t speak – now there’s a Lives of the Butlers at Modmetaphor – and the great ernism was not originally inBibi Andersson portrays her tended as a memorial exhigarrulous nurse. The threebition, the sudden death of channel video of the title is the Oakland artist in March shown in large-scale projechas sadly made it so; the ention, 25 feet wide by 16 feet tire gallery is dedicated to his high, and is accompanied by life and career. a 1970s-style reflection box An amateur magician, jazz with another video inside. musician and realist narrative (Through June 14.) painter, Stock creates a vivid Save the date June 19, besense of place in theatrical cause Marilyn Monroe is scenes so vibrant they tempt back in town, though she nevyou to break the fourth wall er really left the building and, and climb into his darkened by virtue of an early death and rooms, often illuminated by a a relentless hunger for her imsingle luminous source, and age that continues more than participate in the discreet 50 years after her suicide, she moments of an unfolding didn’t age. Approximately 30 Courtesy Modernism story. “The Butler’s in Love – rarely-seen photographs of Absinthe,” first displayed 25 “The Butler’s in Love – Erased Butler,” oil and Monroe, taken by a variety years ago over the piano at acrylic on panel (2013) by Mark Stock, part of of different photographers Bix restaurant, where Stock Mark Stock: Lives of the Butlers, now showing at and collected by the founder held court at the bar, was Modernism. of Limited Runs, Pierre Vufeatured in movies, inspired

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Sinne Spegel (Mind Mirror), three-channel video (installation detail, 2014) by Anne McGuire and Karla Milosevich, now showing at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

drag, are part of a traveling exhibition on view for one day only at the Sarah Stocking Gallery. The camera loved her, and was more faithful and true than the parade of men – and photographers – obsessed with the fantasy she embodied. MM vamps by the pool in a modest white two-piece;

fairly bursts out of tight sweaters and strapless tops; but what’s most touching is seeing vestiges of the young, sweet Norma Jean and the aspiring ingénue, so full of hope, before an abusive past, Hollywood fame, failure in love, and pills got their hooks into her. (sarahstocking.com.)t

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Veronica Klaus on her Peggy Lee tribute CD and concert by Michael Flanagan

he term ‘institution’ gets used a lot for musicians, often inappropriately. However, when we’re talking about Veronica Klaus, there are few terms which could be more appropriate. Ms. Klaus has been performing in San Francisco for more than two decades, has had a wildly successful one woman show Family Jewels at Theater Rhinoceros and has appeared in several independent films. See page 2 >>

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he sun found its way around the edge of the plywood that boarded-up the window in my playroom. I lit a cigarette and glanced at Terry. He was still sleeping. Naked. Terry Weekly, not yet thirty, had a dark mustache on his boyish face. He’d been featured as Tom White opposite Peter Fiske in Wakefield Poole’s film Moving. I was lucky. Terry had followed me home last night. See page 5 >>

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Veronica Klaus

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So when she celebrates her new album, the Peggy Lee songbook Lee à la V with her upcoming performance at Feinstein’s on May 18, it’s well worth taking notice, particularly as Peggy Lee was such an icon who performed from the forties to the nineties. Ms. Klaus and I got together at Hayes Valley’s 20th Century Café on Oak Street to discuss her upcoming performance, her interest in Peggy Lee, and her life as a musician in San Francisco today. We discussed what a role model Ms. Lee was and her status as a pop musician when jazz was pop music. Michael Flanagan: Could you tell our readers what it is that attracts you to Peggy Lee? Is it her vocal styling, the way her songs were arranged or her visual imagery? Veronica Klaus: All of the above, of course! Peggy Lee’s vocals are subtle and usually understated. They get deeper and more nuanced the more you listen to them. She definitely would not have made it in today’s competitive American Idol culture. She didn’t always go for the money note.

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As an actress who has appeared on stage and screen, are there any of Peggy Lee’s film roles that particularly appeal to you (and if so why)? There are a couple, her performance of “Lover” in The Jazz Singer is quite marvelous! It is as blatantly erotic as was allowed; the “Love To Love You Baby” of 1952. The other, of course, is her Academy Award-nominated performance in Pete Kelly’s Blues as an alcoholic singer. This movie gave us a moving performance of “He Needs Me” and “Sugar.” Her movie career pretty much ended after this because she played the alcoholic role so well that everyone thought she was one. Peggy Lee had a long and varied career, stylistically speaking. What are your favorite periods of her music and what will you be drawing from for your performance? Peggy recorded for more than 50 years, writing and recording, always keeping up with the times, soundwise, from Benny Goodman’s big band in the forties, straight ahead jazz in the 1950s to “soft rock” in the ‘70s. She worked with Paul McCartney in the ‘60s and Ray Davies of the Kinks wrote “I Go To Sleep” specifically for her. My favorite period is probably the ‘50s albums. But we draw from a wide range of Peggy’s material; some things that were written by Peggy and more obscure material. How long have you been working with the Tammy L. Hall Quartet? What is it that drew you to each other initially? Do you find that the musical interaction grows and changes as time goes by? Tammy and I have been working together for a long time (Thank you, Connie Champagne, for introducing us!), at least twelve years or more. A close friendship always informs the music. It’s a conversation. You have played at a number of San Francisco nightspots that are no longer with us, including Enrico’s, Café Du Nord and Club 181. Is it becoming more difficult for musicians to find places to perform in San Francisco? Is San Francisco still a good town for cabaret and torch performers? It’s true that there are a lot fewer real venues in the city. I grieve the loss of Enrico’s, Jazz at Pearl’s, The Rrazz Room and other fondly

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remembered venues. But we have to make new opportunities for performance. Anyone want to finance a club? What are your favorite performance spots now in San Francisco? (Laughing), Feinstein’s, of course! Are you trying to get me fired? Whose designs will you be wearing for your

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You have done material in the past by Jimmy Scott, Billy Holiday and Julie Christie. What do you listen for in a musical performance when you are looking for new material? It has to speak to me and my experience. Music has always been an inspiration, a joy and a solace to me. I just try to give to an audience what music at its best has given to me, to pass along that frisson.

You have several wonderful videos on YouTube, including a performance of Joni Mitchell’s “For Free,” “I Love Being Here With You” and “Somebody Touched Me.” Has YouTube worked well as a promotional device for you? I hope so! I’ve gotten some great feedback on them, and recording “I Love Being Here With You and “Somebody You” Me live in Touched Me” the studio was a dream come true. “Live at the Lodge” was recorded at a fundraiser for the Rainbow World Fund. As an artist who has given much to her community, what do you look for when you work with a non-profit? There are so many worthy causes out there, but I think that Rainbow World Fund is one of my favorites because it is one hundred percent hands-on. None of the money goes to extravagant salaries and bureaucracy. They reach out from the LGBT community to the world beyond. That’s really admirable in an increasingly segmented world. What is next for you? Will we be seeing you on stage or screen anytime soon? Are you planning a tour for the new release? Follow me on Facebook, I’ll let you know.t Veronica Klaus performs on May 18, 7pm at Feinstein’s in Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. $30-$45. www.ticketweb.com www.facebook.com/veronica.klaus

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Ample Laughs Ahead Dina Martina shares her ‘Ample Wattage’ by Ronn Vigh

ragic singer, horrible dancer and surreal raconteur are the first words that describe Dina Martini in her bio. Scroll to the next paragraph and you will see snippets from reviews, one describing her as “painfully funny and demented.” Then a picture of Martina appears, with Barnum & Bailey-approved make-up and lips that would make a Collagen addict jealous. It all seemed so mysterious and conflicting. Then we had our chat and it quickly made sense. Quirky, tacky and hilarious- Dina Martina, the brilliant alter-ego of Seattle-based Grady West, will be gracing San Francisco this weekend with her latest show, Ample Wattage. Ronn Vigh: I must admit that I was not very familiar with your work. However, when researching you, there was a common thread of people saying “Explaining Dina to people who have never seen her perform before is difficult!” So, how would you explain yourself to a Dina Martina newbie? Dina Martina: I was always taught that if you can’t say anything nice, you shouldn’t say anything at all; so I just describe the shows as “a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever.”

Johnson’s Thumbtacks Girl. When I was 18, I modeled for a while, for the Braille edition of Vogue. You’re doing three nights of Ample Wattage at Rebel. What’s the show all about? Well there’s no theme, if that’s what you mean. I avoid themes because themes tend to breed expectations, which I try to steer clear of. So, without giving too much away, I’ll drop a few hints; you may or may not see live fireworks displays, white carriages under the stars, shivering girls in short skirts and high heels, rusty Iceberg lettuce, live violin dubstep routines featuring Judith Light, a school bus with chickens, and an elevator that only goes down. Yelp is big these days. If you had to leave a short review of your show, what would your Yelp review be? “When money’s no object, it’s worth it!” Or maybe, “If you’ve got the time, it’s really not worth missing!” Do you have any pre-show rituals to get you ready for your performance? Every night, my pre-show meal is something my grandmother used to make: a simple mixture of raisins, butter and Crisco in a bowl; and then also I do 200 hot nude squat thrusts. How about any post-show rituals to help you wind down? I’m a cutter, so usually some bloodletting for about 15 minutes and I’m out like a light. Fun fact: A take out/delivery sushi restaurant recently opened in the kitchen of Rebel! I hope you don’t mind the smell of raw fish while you’re performing. Mind it? I LOVE it! That means I can leave my halibut cheek-scented Glade Plug-Ins at home! I love sushi because it doesn’t hurt my tender gums.

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You’re performing in San Francisco at Rebel on May 16, 17, and 18. What are the first three things that come to mind when you think of San Francisco? Well there’s the Alamo, obviously, and of course the cable cars make me think of macaroni & cheese, but also...didn’t chocolate start here? Your home base is Seattle.... not too far but not too close to the Bay. What makes Dina Martina a Seattle girl? I grew up in Las Vegas but I’ve lived in Seattle for a long time now. First off, it’s an attractive, moist region. Second off, I don’t know if it’s the weather or the salt air or what, but something in Seattle attracts peeps who are down to Earth. Not only are they not afraid to be too politically correct, but they’re also fashion-unconscious. And they’re real – they feel, they touch, they smell. How did you wind up feeling, touching and smelling your way to the stage? My mother entered me into the Young Miss Las Vegas Pageant when I was four, and I sang a lovely piece by Beethoven in the talent competition. I won, and things really took off from there. I did a lot of cereal commercials - mostly breakfast cereals - and shampoo commercials and I was the original

Mentioning your gums, that reminds me of your make-up! It always stands out. Can you give those in need any surefire Dina Martina make-up tips? First off, I always use light upward sweeps to protect the delicate crow’s feet. I actually prefer to call them “facial pleats,” but that’s a personal choice. I also use an eyelash curler on my mouth to create that “fuller lip” look. But my favorite beauty secret to looking your best is very simple: slow, consistent weight gain. I’m on that path for sure. Besides Ample Wattage, you have an annual Christmas show. Is that your favorite holiday? Sure! I love it because it’s a tiny window of time when people exhibit good manners and goodwill toward their fellow peeps, or at least pretend to. I also love it because they wear their nicest clothes and those adorable cross necklaces with a little man on it. When you come to San Francisco, your show is sandwiched between Mother’s Day weekend and Memorial Day Weekend. If you had the power to declare May 16-18 a National Holiday, what would you declare it? Mammarial Day.t Dina Martina performs At Rebel, 1760 Market St., San Francisco on May 16, 17, 18. 2 Shows on Friday and Saturday. $20-$25. One show Sunday. www.DinaMartina.com www.brownpapertickets.com

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Big Winners I

t’s difficult to report on every leather or kink event that takes place in the Bay Area, although I try to list entries for as many of them as possible in the calendar that accompanies this column. But some big events took place recently that deserve a significant mention. During the weekend of April 24-27, the International Ms. Leather (IMsL) Weekend was held in San Jose. The weekend serves to celebrate women in the leather and kink world by offering lots of cruising, flirting, playing, watching, hot fun, education, connecting, shopping and much more. The weekend started on Thursday with Seduction, a steamy show to get the attendees fired up. On Friday, the event hosted educational classes all day long, a vendor area and play space along with the start of the contest judging and the opening ceremonies. On Saturday there were more classes, a continuation of the vendor

area, a silent auction and the second half of the contest. Sunday concluded the weekend with a brunch, poker and Bawdy Storytelling. Throughout the weekend attendees were also treated to hospitality areas and parties hosted by various clubs and organizations. This year’s IMsL keynote speaker was S. Bear Bergman. The contest MC was Karen Ultra with Lamilani taking on MC duties for Seduction and Lolita Wolf as MC for the brunch. The IMsL contest judges Andy Cross (International Mr. Leather 2013), Jaco Lourens (Mr South Africa Leatherman 2009), Synn (International Ms. Leather 2012), Ashley Young (Activist and Writer), S. Bear Bergman (Author and Storyteller), Allison Moon (Author), and Carol Queen, PhD (Staff Sexologist and Company Historian at Good Vibrations) had their work cut out for them judging some great competitors. This year’s IMsL contestants were submissann (Los Angeles, CA), Mel

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(Sacramento, CA), Lydia Joie Divine (Sydney, Australia), Jenniffer Allen (Des Moines, IA), Lynn (Indianapolis, IN), Patty (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Flossie (Columbia, SC), Nerine (Oakland, CA). When the dust settled on the end of the IMsL competition, the judges selected Patty from Toronto as the new International Ms. Leather 2014. Judges for the International Ms. Bootblack competition this year were Tarna (International Ms. Bootblack 2012), Bootdog (International Mr. Bootblack 2008), and Laura Antoniou (award-winning author). The bootblack contestants were Dara (Portland, OR) and Tabitha (Phoenix, AZ). The judges selected Dara of Portland as the new International Ms. Bootblack 2014. Nick Elliott, International Mr. Bootblack 2012, was in attendance and was very impressed with this year’s event. “As a male, I felt very welcomed by both other attendees and staff,” he said. “In fact, despite this being an event somewhat marketed to women, it felt like one of the queerest events I’ve been to. There were some phenomenal speeches, the best I feel was delivered by Dara, and some strange fantasies and some epic ones too. Rock em sock em robots, and a rock star using human slaves as a drum kit were two of my favorites. And of course bootblacks were working every day for three days. Lots of people coming and going and feeling the love.”

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IMsL. I arrived Wednesday evening and my first impression was one of welcoming and a rekindling of friendships. I enjoyed the hospitality events and the event was a great opportunity for me to experience a predominately female energy, from solid butch to high femme. All of the contestants were amazing in their unique ways and it was great to hear their stories and journey that Rich Stadtmiller brought them to IMsL. I am looking forward to Toronto’s Patty onstage at the watching their journeys International Ms. Leather and Bootblack continue and I am already competition in San Jose. planning to attend IMsL 2015. I would encourage Evcimen (October), Al Saadia (Noother gay leathermen who have not vember) and Dane Whitaker (Deattended to come and support our cember). Finalists, who also raised leatherwomen and experience the funds include Steve Jirgl, Tiger awesome energy here.” Hoyle, Matt Welch, Paul Younadim, Michael Armado and Scott Gregory. Baring It One finals contest audience Another big event to take place member, Steve Kaye, was very imhere recently was the 2015 Bare pressed by the group of guys comChest Calendar Finals Contest on peting. “The organizers deserve a lot April 27 at the DNA Lounge. The of credit for recruiting using a wide finals competition benefits AIDS net to capture the diversity of the gay Emergency Fund (AEF) and Posicommunity,” he said. “Do you know tive Resource Center (PRC). that Dane Whitaker, who competed This year the finals contest fuland won, is the first transman to apfilled the vision of those who crepear on the calendar? At least as far ated this format nearly ten years as anyone knows, certainly the first ago. They envisioned the finals openly transman. It may not be a contest to reach a level where the true leather organization anymore, average amount raised per finalist but there were definitely several leather guys up on stage, so that was good.”

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Finalists of this year’s International Ms. Leather and Bootblack.

One of the IMsL contestants, Jenniffer Allen, had this to say about her experience. “From a contestant point of view, the entire weekend was well organized and in a wonderful space,” she said. “Each of the ten of us had something different to bring to the table. My opinion of sisterhood for IMsL contestants has changed, in that I was told not to expect helpfulness and kindness from everyone competing. That turned out to be completely wrong information. Our sisterhood is strong! We stand beside Dara and Patty as a team!” Readers might want to start making plans to attend next year’s IMsL Weekend. Sir Ernie Johnson sure is. He said, “IMsL 2014 was my first

would be over $3,000. This year’s team surpassed that by over $700, raising over $67,000 for AEF and PRC. Combined with the semifinal contests, their total raised to date is over $85,000. But as Will Victoria of AEF noted, “None of this is possible without all of the volunteers and contestants who have participated since January.” The Bare Chest Calendar was born from the leather community’s response to the devastation they saw in 1984. The calendar is now in its 31st edition. While the calendar has grown away from those roots, they still represent that history at events throughout the year. The Bare Chest Calendar is also celebrating Scott “BigRed” Farrell as the 13th calen-

On May 3, members of the local leather community gathered at the SF Eagle to vote to elect this year’s male and female Leather Marshals who will lead the San Francisco Leather Contingent in this year’s Pride Parade. Female candidates were Beth Bicoastal, Lou (Alchemy), Deborah Wade and Tracy Wolf. Male candidates were Brent Gannetta, Patrick Mulcahey, Scott Peterson and Graylin Thornton. After the votes were tallied this year’s 2014 Male Leather Marshal is Scott Peterson and 2014 Female Leather Marshal is Deborah Wade. That is a whole lot of awesome winners that the San Francisco Bay Area can be proud about. Congratulations to them all.t Race Bannon is a local author, blogger and activist. You can reach him through the contact page on his www.bannon.com site. Correction: In a previous column photo with Missy Bootlover flanked by Nick Elliott and Lance Holman, Missy was erroneously identified by the editor as a member of The Exiles.

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“Let’s go to the flea market?” he said. “Sir!” We finished our coffee in the front of my flat on Clementina Alley. The sun was streaming through the bay window. It was Saturday, May 14, 1977.

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Gate Bridge. The hitchhiking gorilla, in the back of my pickup, put on a great performance for the stalled motorists. “Alameda it is then,” I said. We crossed the Oakland Bay Bridge, turned south, and soon found a parking space for NellyBelle, my pickup, near the entrance to the market. The sun was out but

paired his flea market trophies together with butterfly wings and nature’s random ephemera in Lucite boxes that were featured at high-end galleries in the tonier parts of the City. I kept my Nikon busy shooting the skins. By the time we made our rounds I’d finished my film, found a roll of architectural blueprints, and a bag of blue ribbon awards from the 1941 Alameda County Fair. The blueprints made great gift wrapping paper, the blue ribbons splendid name tags. Terry discovered a treasure trove of used wrestling singlets and some well-worn jockstraps. By chance I spotted a doughboy safety razor in a folding khaki kit from the First World War. It would pair well with my horn-handled straight razor for shaving scenes. We were ready to leave. “Look at the guy by the carpets,” Terry said. Nudge, nudge. I glanced toward the rug display. A man with nice shoulders and

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Alameda Flea Market aloof cruiser.

back-muscles had his T-shirt tucked under his belt on the right side of his ass. We couldn’t see his face. He was headed for the exit. Knowing that some guys cruise best by walking away and feigning indifference, we followed him to the parking lot. We passed him. He followed us back to Nelly-Belle. “Need a ride?” I said. “My Honda’s by the entrance gate,” he said. He followed us back to Clementina Alley. The doughboy’s razor, used jockstraps, and wrestling singlets all came into play that Saturday afternoon. Yes, flea markets can be a hit or miss, but that Alameda flea market was definitely a hit.t

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Alameda Flea Market bear enjoys the sun.

“Marin or Alameda?” I said. “Alameda’s better,” Terry said. Both markets had good points. Flea markets can be hit or miss. Once at the Marin County flea market I’d bought a human foot skeleton, wired together for medical instruction; picked up a hitchhiker in a gorilla suit; and coming home got stuck in traffic on the Golden

it was cool. A shirts or skins sort of day. We saw lots of skins. You never know what you might find at a flea market. We found Michael Monroe and Ed Parente. Ed was gathering vintage doll parts for his sculptures. He’d pull off the heads, sometimes the limbs, put them in his rucksack, then toss the remains in a handy trash can. He

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Alameda Flea Market fan with a gladiatorial find.

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Fri 16 Bad Girl Cocktail Hour @ The Lexington Club Every Friday night, bad girls can get $1 dollar margaritas between 9pm and 10pm. 3464 19th St. between Mission and Valencia. 8632052. www.lexingtonclub.com

Cassandra Wilson @ Yoshi's The two-time Grammy winning jazz vocalist, producer and multi-talent performs live. $45-$83 (with dinner). 8pm & 10pm. Also May 17, 8pm & 10pm. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. www.yoshis.com

Dancing Ghosts @ Cat Club The monthly goth music party (third Fridays) welcomes black-clad mascaraladen guys and gals in celebration of World Goth Day, with fashion disaplays and sales; DJs Tomas Diablo, Unit 77, Xander and Death Boy. $5-$8. 9:30pm-2:30am. 1190 Folsom St. at 8th. www.SFcatclub.com

Danity Kane @ The Fillmore The women's pop band formed on the TV show perform music from their three albums. $50. 9pm. 1805 Geary Blvd. www.thefillmore.com

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usical brilliance, both whimsical and sincere, plus wild drag shows, will keep you entertained eight days a week.

Thu 15

Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences

Academy of Friends @ Westin St. Francis Hotel Check presentation for the beneficiary groups of the Oscar party nonprofit, and announcement of the car-winning raffle prize winner, plus door prize drawings, wines, cocktails and hors d'eouvres. RSVP required. 6:30pm-8:30pm. St. Francis Suite, 335 Powell St. www.academyoffriends.org

Comedy Returns @ El Rio Karen Ripley headlines the LGBT and gay-friendly diverse comedy night's fifth anniversary show, with Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Eloisa Bravo, Julia Jackson and host Lisa Geduldig. $7-$20. 8pm. 3158 Mission St. (800) 838-3006. www.elriosf.com

The museum's weekly cocktail parties continue with drinks, food live music and pop-up display exhibits and docent talks, plus creature, plant and science exhibits. $10-$12. 6pm-10pm. 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park. 379-8000. www.calacademy.org

Pan Dulce @ The Cafe Amazingly hot Papi gogo guys, cheap drinks and fun DJed dance music. Free before 10pm. $5 til 2am. 2369 Market St. www.clubpapi.com www.cafesf.com

Spencer Day @ Feinstein's at the Nikko

The Crib @ 715 Dance night for the younger guys and gals. 9:30pm-2am. 715 Harrison St. www.thecribsf.com

Dina Martina @ Rebel

Thursday Night Live @ SF Eagle The weekly live rock shows have returned. 9pm-ish. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

The drag comedy East Coast sensation invades SF with her amply outrageous music and comedy show. $20$25. 8pm & 10pm. Also May 17 & 18 (7pm & 9pm). 1760 Market St. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/587267

Bootie SF @ DNA Lounge The weekly mash-up dance night, with resident DJs Adrian & Mysterious D. No matter the theme, a mixed fun good time's assured. $8-$15. 9pm-3am. 21+. 375 11th St. at Harrison. www.BootieSF.com www.DNAlounge.com

La Bota Loca @ Club 21, Oakland DJed tunes, gogo hotties, drag shows, drink specials, all at Oakland's premiere Latin nightclub and weekly cowboy night. $10$15. Dancing 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St. (510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com

Tue 20

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Xavier Toscano, Jethro, Raquela, Amoray and Nicole Gabel perform at a music concert. 7pm-10pm. North State Drive, www.sfsu.edu

Fedorable @ El Rio Free weekly queer dance party, with gogos, prizes, old groovy tunes, cheap cocktails. 9pm-2am. 3158 Mission St. 2823325. www.elriosf.com

Happy Friday @ Midnight Sun The popular video bar ends each week with gogo guys (starting at 9pm) and drink specials. Check out the new expanded front lounge, with a window view. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Latin Explosion @ Club 21, Oakland Enjoy eight bars, more dance floors, and a smoking lounge at the largest gay Latin dance night in the Bay Area. Happy hour 4pm-8:30pm. Dancing 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St. (510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com

Napa Valley Wine Train @ Napa Wineries Choose from two themed traveling wine and food events: the 10th anniversary Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, or Moonlight Escape aboard the glass-domes luxury car, plus a fove-course gourmet dinner. $119-$170. Both trains depart 5:50pm. 1275 McKinstry Street, Napa. (800) 427-4124. www.wintetrain.com

Spring g has sprung!

Manimal @ Beaux

Some Thing Mica Sigourney and pals' weekly offbeat drag performance night. 10pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Ladies' happy hour at the Castro nightclub, with drink specials, no cover, and women gogos. 4pm9pm. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Themed Nights @ The Brig If you're looking for a new sexual adventure, check out this new space. Weekend events take place Fridays through Mondays, and the intimate venue with a jail theme offers slings, tables and various spaces for erotic play. Sat-Mon, above PopSex960 at 962 Folsom St. at 6th St. www.BrigSF.com

Fuego @ The Watergarden, San Jose

Gym Class @ Hi Tops

Haute Toddy and Lindsay Slowhands' twerky poppy fun night at the stylish Castro bar-nightclub. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

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

La Femme @ Beaux

Weekly event, with Latin music, half-off locker fees and Latin men, at the South Bay private men's bath house. $8-$39. Reg hours 24/7. 18+. 1010 The Alameda. (408) 275-1215. www.thewatergarden.com

Bleaux @ Beaux

Erase Hate @ SFSU Annex

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Enjoy cheap/free whiskey shots Dancing Ghosts from jock-strapped hotties and sexy sports videos at the popular sports bar. 10pm-2am. 2247 Market St. 551-2500. www.HiTopsSF.com

Jukebox @ Beatbox Veteran DJ Page Hodel (The Box, Q and many other events) presents a new weekly dance event, with soul, funk, hip-hop and house mixes. $10. 21+. 9pm-2am. 314 11th St. at Folsom. www.BeatboxSF.com

The Monster Show @ The Edge

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie's Lounge Retro disco tunes and a fun diverse crowd, each Thursday; now in its tenth year! $4. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Underwear Party @ Powerhouse

Cookie Dough's weekly drag show with gogo guys and hilarious fun. $5. 9pm-2am. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Strip down to your skivvies at the weekly cruisy SoMa bar night. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhouse-sf.com

Nap's Karaoke @ Virgil's Sea Room

Hip Hop, Top 40, and sexy Latin music; gogo dancers, appetizers, and special guest DJs. No cover before 11pm and just $5 after all night. Dancing 9pm-3am. Happy hour 4pm-8:30pm 2111 Franklin St. (510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com

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. 829-2233. www.virgilssf.com

VIP @ Club 21, Oakland

Sat 17 Bach & Brews @ Linden Street Brwery, Oakland Oakland East Bay Symphony's tasty fundraiser in the East Bay brewery includes beer, artisanal wines made by Symphony members, food/nobbly things, food trucks, and live music by Symphony members. $15-$25. 21+. 6pm-9pm. 95 Linden St., Oakland. www.oebs.org

Beatpig @ Powerhouse Juanita More!, Walter Gomez and Sidekick's monthly glam-sexy event at the cruisy bar. $5 benefits the Transgender Law Center. 9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhouse-sf.com

Chaos @ Beatbox DJ Tristan Jaxx and guest from Montreal Alain Jackinsky play the dance beats. $10$20. 10pm-4am. 314 11th St. www.beatboxsf.com

Dragula @ SF Eagle The hilarious horror night from LA returns, with Prince Poppycock, Heklina, leather daddy strippers, spooky horror-themed drag acts and a pageant with a $300 prize. $10. 10pm-2am. 389 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

NCLR Gala @ Marriott Marquis, City View

Beer only $8 until you bust. 4pm-8pm. 1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.hitws.com

The National Center for Lesbian Rights' 24th annual gala fundraiser includes host Kate Clinton, honored guest is actress Meredith Baxter, plus drink, food, auctions, performances and speeches. $90 and up. 5:30pm dinner (hotel), 8pm party (City View, Metreon, Mission St. at 4th). www.NCLRights.org

Beer Bust @ SF Eagle

Valley Squrrrl @ The Stud

Beer Bust @ Hole in the Wall Saloon

The classic leather bar's most popular Sunday daytime event now also takes place on Saturdays! 3pm-6pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Trevor Sigler, Joe Pickett and Jake Brower DJ retro fun totally awesome tunes. $5. 9pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.squrrrl.com www.studsf.com

Sun 18 A.C.T. Season Gala @ Regency American Conservatory Theatre's annual gala includes auctions for a Napa Valley weekend, or a supporting role in a new Bill Irwin comedy. $500 and up. 5pm-10pm. 1290 Sutter St. 439-2470. www.act-sf.org

The Art of Eating @ Bouverie Preserve, Glen Ellen Enjoy a delicious gourmet meal and beverages, art auctions and more, in a beautiful outdoor setting at a fundraiser for Audubon Canyon Ranch's youth nature education programs. $125 and up. 12:304:30pm. 13935 Sonoma Highway 12, Glen Ellen. www.egret.org/art_of_eating

Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon The ursine crowd converges for beer and fun. 4pm-8pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Beer Bust @ SF Eagle The classic leather bar's most popular Sunday daytime event in town draws the menfolk. 3pm-6pm. Now also on Saturdays! 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Daytime Realness @ El Rio DJ Carnita, Heklina, guest DJs Ambrosia Salad, and performers Laundra Tyme, Lol McFiercen, Sasha Stephane and Lindsay Slowhands turns the back patio of the Mission bar into a drag and R&B funfest and big gay prom. $6-$8. 3pm-8pm. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Disco Daddy @ SF Eagle The monthly post-beer bust disco eve features classic grooves spun by DJ Bus Station John. $5. 7pm-12am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Full of Grace @ Beaux Weekly night with hostess Grace Towers, different local and visiting DJs, and pop-up drag performances. No cover. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

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Sunday's a Drag @ Starlight Room

Mahogany Mondays @ Midnight Sun

Showdown @ Folsom Foundry

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

Honey Mahogany's weekly drag and musical talent show starts around 10pm, with a RuPaul's Drag Race viewing as well. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Veronica Klaus @ Feinstein's at the Nikko

Monday Musicals @ The Edge

Weekly game night for board and electronic gamers at the warehouse multi-purpose nightclub. 21+. 6pm-12am. 1425 Folsom St. www. showdownesports.com

The elegant award-winning local chanteuse performs a cabaret concert of Peggy Lee songs from her new CD, Lee a la V. $30-$45. ($30 food/beverage min.) 7pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. (866) 663-1063. www.ticketweb.com

Mon 19 Drag Mondays @ The Café Mahlae Balenciaga and DJ Kidd Sysko's weekly drag and dance night. 9pm-1am. 2369 Market St. www.cafesf.com

The casts of local and visiting musicals often pop in to perform at the popular Castro bar's musical theatre night. 7pm2am. 2 for 1 cocktail, 5pm-closing. 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni's Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht (aka Trauma Flintstone). 9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.dragatmartunis.com

Tommy Igoe @ Yoshi's The master percussionist welcomes jazz performers, this week guitarist Barry Finnerty. $22-$60. 8pm. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. www.yoshis.com

Shanté, You Stay @ Toad Hall

Wed 21

BeBe Sweetbriar hosts a weekly viewing party of RuPaul's Drag Race, with a live drag show challenge. 8:30-11:30pm. 4146 18th st. at Castro. www.toadhallbar.com

Bottoms Up Bingo @ Hi Tops

Some People Like Us @ SF Punch Line Casey Ley hosts the rather gay comedy variety show, with headliner Guy Branum, plus Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Brian Babylon. $15. 8pm. www.punchlinecomedyclub.com

Sports Night @ The Eagle The legendary leather bar gets jock-ular, with beer buckets, games (including beer pong and corn-hole!), prizes, sports on the TVs, and more fun. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Stephen Stills @ Yoshi's The legendary singer-songwriter (Crosby, stills, Nash & Young) performs some of his classic folk-rock hits. $79. 8pm. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. Also Tue., May 20 at Yoshi's Oakland ($79, 8pm, 510 Embarcadero West). www.yoshis.com

Wed 21 Princess

Trivia Night @ Harvey's

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

Jane Monheit @ Yoshi's

BeBe Sweetbriar hosts a weekly night of trivia quizzes and fun and prizes; no cover. 8pm-1pm. 500 Castro St. 431-4278. www.harveyssf.com

Way Back @ Midnight Sun

The gifted Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and her four-piece band perform songs made famous by Judy Garland. $25$63 (with dinner). 8pm & 10pm. Also May 22. 1330 Fillmore St. 655-5600. www.yoshis.com

Weekly screenings of vintage music videos and retro drink prices. Check out the new expanded front window lounge. 9pm-2am. 4067 18th St. 861-4186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Mad Manhattans @ Starlight Room

Thu 22

The new weekly event includes classic cocktails created by David Cruz, and inspired by the the show Mad Men, plus retro food classics like prawn cocktails and Oysters Rockefeller, all with a fantastic city view. 6pm-10pm. 21st, Sir Francis Drake Hotel. 450 Powell St. www.starlightroomsf.com

Avery Sunshine @ Yoshi's Oakland Stellar soul-gospel vocalist performs. $23. 8pm. 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square, Oakland. (510) 238-9200. www.yoshis.com

La Femme @ Beaux Ladies' happy hour at the Castro nightclub, with drink specials, no cover, and women gogos. 4pm9pm. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Sat 17

Gym Class @ Hi Tops

Dragula

Enjoy cheap/free whiskey shots from jock-strapped hotties and sexy sports videos at the popular new sports bar. 10pm-2am. 2247 Market St. 551-2500. www.HiTopsSF.com

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The Monster Show @ The Edge Cookie Dough's weekly drag show with gogo guys. 9pm-2am. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com courtesy Boulet Brothers

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Pan Dulce @ The Cafe Enjoy amazingly hot Papi gogo guys, cheap drinks and fun DJed dance music. Free before 10pm. $5 til 2am. 2369 Market St. www. clubpapi.com www.cafesf.com

Pansy Division @ SF Eagle

Tue 20 Block Party @ Midnight Sun Weekly screenings of music videos, concert footage, interviews and more, of popular pop stars. 9pm-2am. 4067 18th St. 8614186. www.midnightsunsf.com

Bombshell Betty & Her Burlesqueteers @ Elbo Room The weekly burlesque show of women dancers shaking their bonbons includes live music. $10. 9pm. 647 Valencia St. 5527788. www.elbo.com

Jock @ The Lookout The weekly jock-ular fun continues, with special sports team fundraisers. 3pm-7pm. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Funny Tuesdays @ Harvey's

Katya Presents @ Martuni's Katya Smirnoff-Skyy welcomes Honey Mahogany for a night of drag and songs. $11. 7pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.russianoperadiva.com

Liquid Brunch @ Beaux

Mon 19

Casey Ley MCs Some People Like Us

No cover, no food, just drinks (Mimosas, Bloody Marys, etc.) and music. 2pm-9pm. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Ink & Metal @ Powerhouse Show off your tattoos and piercings at the weekly cruisy SoMa bar night. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhouse-sf.com

Naked Night @ Nob Hill Theatre Strip down at the strip joint. $20 includes refreshments. 8pm. 729 Bush St. at Powell. 397-6758. www.thenobhilltheatre.com

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 The popular country western LGBT dance night; enjoy fun foot-stomping two-stepping and line-dancing. $5. 5pm10:30pm with lessons from 5:30-7:15 pm. Also Thursdays. 550 Barneveld Ave., and Tuesdays at Beatbox, $6. 6:30-11pm. 314 11th St. www.sundancesaloon.org

Ronn Vigh hosts the weekly LGBT and gay-friendly comedy night. One-drink or menu item minimum. 9pm. 500 Castro St. at 18th. 431-HARV. www.harveyssf.com

Irish Dance Night @ Starry Plough, Berkeley Weekly dance lessons and live music at the pub-restaurant, hosted by John Slaymaker. $5. 7pm. 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. www.thestarryplough.com

Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Chapel Folky soulful singer-guitarist performs his touching, sometimes heart-breaking, songs. Travis Hayes and Carly Ritter also perform. $12-$14. All ages. 8pm. 777 Valencia St. www.thechapelsf.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. 6473099. www.wildsidewest.com

The classic queercore band reunites in a rare live set; Zbornak, Munecas and Clutch the Pearls also play. $8. 9pm. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Tubesteak Connection @ Aunt Charlie's Lounge Tenth anniversary of the intimate groovy retro disco night with tunes spun by DJ Bus Station John. $4. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

Red Hots Burlesque @ El Rio Women's burlesque show performs each Wed & Fri. Karaoke follows. $5-$10. 7pm. 3158 Mission St. 282-3325. www.elriosf.com

So You Think You Can Gogo? @ Toad Hall The weekly dancing competition for gogo wannabes. 9pm. cash prizes, $2 well drinks (2 for 1 happy hour til 9pm). Show at 9pm. 4146 18th St. www.toadhallbar.com

Thu 22

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Sony Holland @ Level III The acclaimed jazz vocalist performs with guitarist Jerry Holland. Weekly 5pm-8pm. Also Thursdays & Fridays. JW Marriott, 515 Mason St. at Post. www.sonyholland.com

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2015’s Bare Chest Calendar men at DNA Lounge.

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Leather Marshals who will lead the San Francisco Leather Contingent in this year’s Pride Parade are Deborah Wade (upper) and Scott Peterson.

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Bare Chest Calendar man for December 2015 Dane Whitaker celebrates at the finals.

Leather Events May 15 – June 1, 2014 There’s always a lot going on in the San Francisco Bay Area for leather and other kinksters.

Thu 15

Wed 21

Wed 28

Handball Academy @ Center for Sex and Culture

Leathermen’s Discussion Group @ Mr. S Dungeon

“Living Real and Authentic Lives: The key to our Happiness,” a talk presented by Master Taino. 181 Eddy St., $20, 8pm. www.mastertaino.com

“The Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure,” presented by Charlie Glickman. Curious about prostate play? This event is for you. 1349 Mission St., free but donations encouraged. www.sexandculture.org

Fri 16

Red Hanky Nite @ Powerhouse

Master Taino @ SF Citadel

Sober Kink Together @ Castro Country Club Officially a CMA meeting, but open to all Anonymous 12-step Fellowship members, 4058 18th St., 9:30pm.

Men’s fisting social bar event. 1347 Folsom St., 9:30pm. www.hellholesf.com

Fri 23 Sober Kink Together @ Castro Country Club

“Through the Looking-Glass: 25 Years of Sex, Sweat, Tears and Resilience,” a talk with Frank Strona and Race Bannon. 385A 8th St., 7:30pm. www.sfldg.org

Leather/Gear Buddies @ Blow Buddies Erotic fun for leather and gear guys, $15, 933 Harrison St., 8pm. www.blowbuddies.com

Thu 29 – Sun 1 Wildwood’s Kinkfest @ Wildwood

Officially a CMA meeting, but open to all Anonymous 12-step Fellowship members, 4058 18th St., 9:30pm.

Weekend men’s leather/kink event. Click on “Register/store” under the top banner and scroll down to the KinkFest event. www.wildwoodretreat.com

The San Francisco Party @ International Mr. Leather

Fri 30

Sat 17

Not a local event, but there will be lots of San Francisco guys there. www.imrl.com

Sober Kink Together @ Castro Country Club

Novice Workshop @ Mr. S Playspace

Sat 24

Officially a CMA meeting, but open to all Anonymous 12-step Fellowship members, 4058 18th St., 9:30pm.

GearUp Men’s Play Party @ Mr. S Playspace

Sat 31

Fri 16 – Sat 17 Northwest Leather Celebration @ San Jose Weekend leather/kink celebration open to all. San Jose, CA. www.northwestleathercelebration.com

Fisting event presented by the Handball Academy, with a 90-minute Q&A followed by three hours of practice under the guidance of experienced coaches. Advance registration is required. Noon to 5pm. www.handballacademy.org

GearBox @ Mr. S Playspace Rubber Men of SF play party and social for men in gear. 385A 8th St., Free, 7pm. www.rmsf.org/free-play/

Hell Hole @ Alchemy Men’s fisting party. 1060 Folsom St., $25, 8pm. To get an invitation (you need to be on the email list) visit www.hellholesf.com

Friendly erotic space where kinky men can socialize with, learn from and play with other men. 385A 8th St., $20, 9pm. www.gearupweekend.com/ play-parties

Tue 27 GameGear @ Wicked Grounds Rubber Men of San Francisco’s game night, 289 8th St., 7:30pm. www.rmsf.org

The 15 Association Men’s Play Party @ SF Citadel A men’s BDSM play party. 181 Eddy St., 8pm. www.the15sf.org

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Packing Tapes by John F. Karr

hile waiting to see how the movies at the new Falcon brand, Edge, will develop their image and style, I’m certainly at no loss for other Raging Stallion/Falcon divertissement. At hand we’ve got Falcon’s Best Buddies, a lightlyplotted movie with a sunny disposition, and the RS release, San Francisco Meat Packers Part 1, which has a single, unifying setting instead of a plot, as it strives for a darker edge. Best Buddies has a swell cast, starting with Falcon Exclusive Ryan Rose and Billy Santoro. Seems they were buddies in college, where desire was brewing, but where they never hooked up. Some years later, Ryan becomes a roommate in the house Billy bought. It’s a hotbed of hookups, this house, and as Billy and Ryan retire to their individual assignations, that old college urge is rising to the surface. And guess what— in the movie’s finale, they finally make it! Ryan has a date with Brandon James. It’s a wow of a scene, with Brandon impaling himself on Ryan’s cock with great vigor. Especially notable here, and throughout the movie, is director and editor (with Andrew Rosen) Tony Dimarco’s attention to the continuity of his scenes, which aids and abets

a one-man show. He provided the movie’s art direction, directing, filming and, with Andrew Rosen, editing. I’m surprised he didn’t compose the film’s music— a job nicely dispatched by minor9. Without any dialogue, the loops of SFMP1 let the meat do the talking, as the plant’s butchers and staff members get all stiff with each other. The action takes place inside a refrigerated work room, where if anyone’s nuts get numb it’s because of constant sexual drainage, not the cold. Dimarco’s constructed an at-

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Thick-boned Billy Santoro thrills Shawn Wolfe, in San Francisco Meat Packers Part 1

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Fabio Stallone tops Tony Orion in the meat locker of San Francisco Meat Packers Part 1.

our arousal. And how neatly, in his star’s momentary glances, does he tell their story. We’re not told how swarthy Billy has come to be making out with Nordic Logan Vaughn in the next scene. Who cares, though, since they’re such a lush pair. Logan’s loaded with capitol qualities—like the pale peach fuzz blooming betwixt his ball sac and taint. With Billy blasting at his buns, Logan cums while being fucked, as opposed to during the less desirable post-fuck jack-off. Another roommate is the always likable Bobby Clark—even with his hair as unattractively shorn as it is here. He diverts delivery dude Nick Sterling from his duties. Nick’s a dark-haired, handsome man, with a great oral and anal appreciation for Bobby’s sleek fusillade of cock. Ryan and Billy finally break through their inhibitions, and engage in a smashing flip-fuck—Ryan getting his face smashed into a pillow as Billy plows him doggie style from behind, and then Billy riding atop shiny Ryan’s cock, getting his ass jack-hammered from below. Ah, it’s sweet how true love flourishes in both their ends. Tony Dimarco’s San Francisco Meat Packers Part 1 is pretty much

guys, whether first half or second, have a brand of butch sex that’s sorta universal—no fartin’ around, slam bam and sweaty. I’ll sound like a publicist when I say that the guys in SFMP1 are packin’ a lotta meat, but it’s the truth. It’s apparent right at the start, when Boomer Banks hauls out the goods. A big ol’ uncut dick, tattoos and a grim expression will take you far in the world of porn, and Boomer’s become a star. He brazens that star quality all over Angelo Marconi, who offers deep and sloppy kisses, before sucking down every inch of Boomer’s cocoa brown bludgeon. In preparation for the fuck he’s gonna throw, Boomer preps Angelo’s ass

mospheric set, complete with slabs of beef hanging around, although they do look like they were made by the same folks who make fake sushi for Japanese restaurants. The movie falls curiously into two halves. The first has uncut, darker skinned (dare I call them?) ethnic types, while the second has circumcised white boys. All the

every way he can, while Angelo tries (and succeeds) in getting a finger (or several) in edgewise. Job applicant Tony Orion—a sweet honey of a hot guy—doesn’t offer his qualifications to bruiser boss Fabio Stallone. He just falls to his knees and blows the dude. Highlights here are beards, hefty bods, and Tony’s fuzzy butt. And kink specialists who bemoan the rarity in porn of cigars chomped between ass lips will be momentarily appeased when it happens here. The movie’s second half launches in most tasty fashion, with Billy Santoro topping delectable Shawn Wolfe. It’s a yummy scene. Shawn’s spittle drips as the full girth of Billy’s bone is crammed severely into his mouth. A fine fuck erupts into a fine climax, with Billy dropping his load on Shawn’s quivering tongue. Last, a cunning cruise between Landon Conrad and the irresistible Adam Wirthmore leads to some novel foreplay and one of Landon’s more fierce fucks. To conclude, Landon sprays, positively spray his goods into Adam’s open maw. An exciting conclusion, I think.t www.RagingStallion.com www.FalconStudios.com

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Knockin‘ noggins—and a lot else—are Ryan Rose and Brandon Jones, in Best Buddies.

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