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SFO Milk terminal signage flies into font fight

Voices of dissent buffet Milk plaza project

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fight about font sizes is breaking out over the proposed signage for the San Francisco International Airport terminal named after the late gay Supervisor Harvey Milk.

Renderings released last week by the airport Bill Wilson showed the proposed David Campos sign for the facade of the Terminal 1: The Harvey B. Milk Terminal. Those arriving to the terminal would see a prominent sign for Terminal 1 with Milk’s name below it in a smaller font size.

The image, which ran on the front page of last week’s Bay Area Reporter as well as in other news outlets, prompted gay former supervisor David Campos to register a complaint. The proportions of the text should be flipped, he told the B.A.R. “I am really frustrated. It appears they are really trying to minimize Milk’s name on the terminal,” See page 10 >>

Critics contend that the proposed design for Harvey Milk Plaza would obscure an old Beaux-Arts bank building, left, and that the bleacher seating faces away from the gayborhood.

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he proposed remodel of Harvey Milk Plaza ran into headwinds of dissent this week as arts commissioners critiqued the project and a prominent local architecture critic pooh-poohed the design.

Survivors of the AIDS epidemic also voiced complaints about the desecration of what they

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consider to be hollow ground, while city officials revealed a review of the plaza’s historic relevance is being undertaken.

The group Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza is proposing a wholesale reimagining of the entrance into the Castro Muni Station to better honor its namesake. In 1985 city leaders dedicated the plaza as a memorial to Milk, the first gay person elected to the Board of Supervisors

who was assassinated on the morning of November 27, 1978.

Considered the front door into the city’s gay Castro district, the plaza has a small photo display and bronze plaque about Milk just outside the entryway into the Muni station’s fare gate level. But complaints about the sunken area have dogged it for decades, in particular it being See page 14 >>

Millions slated for homeless services if Prop C passes

by Alex Madison

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omelessness has been one of the most talked about issues leading up to the November 6 election in San Francisco, and one of the most contentious issues voters will determine is Proposition C, dubbed “Our City, Our Home” by supporters.

The proposition would raise an estimated $300 million annually to fund homeless services and prevention by taxing companies between 0.175 percent and 0.690 percent on gross revenues over $50 million. For businesses generating more than $1 billion in revenue and have 1,000 employees nationwide, the tax rate would be 1.4 percent of their payroll expenses.

The Board of Supervisors would determine how to distribute the money every year within these confines: dedicating at least half to permanent housing solutions, 25 percent for mental health services, up to 15 percent for services for people who have recently become or are at risk of becoming homeless, and up to 10 percent for short-term shelter and access to hygiene programs for homeless. An advisory committee would monitor the fund.

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Francisco), Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco), and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce have come out against the measure, primarily citing a lack of accountability for the funds, a possible negative impact on the local economy, and that the $300 million annually the city already allocates to homelessness needs to be audited for effectiveness before a large tax See page 10 >>

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motivation to murder his friend of 10 years. The San Francisco Supemotive, Kenney argued, rior Court jury began was Phillips’ desperate love deliberating Tuesday in the for a Filipino man, Archie Michael Phillips murder Arcaya Fuscablo, and Philtrial. lips’ need to funnel money During closing arguto Fuscablo to get him to ments Monday and the United States. As previTuesday, the prosecution ously reported by the Bay painted Phillips as a bru- Defendant Area Reporter, the two met tal killer while the defense Michael Phillips online and married at City shifted blame to a random Hall October 30, 2017, just burglar. weeks after Fuscablo arPhillips, a gay man, remains in cusrived in the U.S. and two months after tody on $3 million bail. He pleaded Sheahan’s death. not guilty in April to murder, robbery, Deputy Public Defender Kwixuan and other charges related to the death Maloof focused on the lack of forenof James Sheahan, a 75-year-old gay sic evidence connecting Philips to the man. Phillips, 65, was arrested in Nomurder and continued his argument vember 2017 in connection with the that someone else committed the killdeath of Sheahan, whose body was ing and other charges against Phillips. found August 14, 2017 in his Nob Hill Phillips is also charged with elder apartment. abuse and fraud, two counts of firstAssistant District Attorney O’Bryan degree residential burglary, possession Kenney emphasized the circumstanof fraudulent financial documents, tial evidence against Phillips in his theft of an access (ATM) card, and closing arguments, including Phillips’ felony possession of stolen property,

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Authorities allege Phillips brutally killed Sheahan with a sharp object, made it look like a suicide, and then stole thousands of dollars from him, including paintings, forged checks, and attempted cash withdrawals with Sheahan’s ATM card. Sheahan was suffering from Stage 4 lung cancer in the months leading up to his death.

During the trial witnesses testified that Sheahan died from multiple traumatic injuries to the head caused by blunt force trauma.

Kenney told the jury that Phillips killed Sheahan August 11, 2017, the first time Phillips was seen visiting Sheahan’s Bush Street apartment the weekend before the victim’s body was found by authorities. That was the day Phillips asked Sheahan for a loan and was denied, leading to the murder, Kenney said.

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ue to safety issues voiced by the city’s fire department, a less prodigious design for a leather-themed public parklet in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood is making its way through the approval process.

It falls within the boundaries of the LGBTQ cultural heritage district city officials created in western SOMA to celebrate its being the home of the city’s leather community. Backers of the Eagle Plaza, named after the gay bar it would front, see it serving as a focal point and main gathering spot for the LGBTQ district.

Local development firm Build Inc. agreed to pay for construction of the plaza as part of a $1.5 million in-kind agreement with the city related to the construction of a mixed-use development it is erecting across the street from the Eagle bar on what was a surface parking lot. Construction began this summer at 1532 Harrison Street on three seven-story buildings consisting of 136 rental homes.

For nearly two years proponents of the plaza project have been seeking final sign off from various city departments on its design, which the planning commission approved in February 2016. Access issues for fire trucks and other safety vehicles have proved to be a major sticking point and prompted tweaks in the layout of the parklet, which will be built on 12th Street between Harrison and Bernice streets.

Place Lab, which was started by Build and this summer merged with the nonprofit San Francisco Parks Alliance, is overseeing the plaza design. In presenting it Monday, October 15, for a fourth time to the Arts Commission’s Civic Design Review Committee, program manager Mark Bonsignore explained that the plaza’s greenspace had been reduced in order to accommodate the needs of the fire department.

Rather than reduce the width of the street to 14 feet, as had been proposed, the design now calls for a 28-foot-wide curved street allowing for two-way traffic through the plaza. The change was made in order to ensure fire trucks and other safety vehicles could easily navigate through the area. Bollards will be used to close off the street at both ends when special events are held on the plaza.

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A proposed rendering of Eagle Plaza will be reworked. The grasses will be swapped out for succulents and the number of trees planted will be reduced.

border for a gathering space in front of the Eagle bar dubbed the Eagle Porch so that fire trucks would be able to back into the area and be able to turn around inside the plaza. San Francisco Public Works axed having permanent seating in the plaza, said Bonsignore, preferring instead for removable chairs and tables.

The plans still call for relocating the bar’s flagpole sporting the leather flag into one of the plaza’s planting areas in front of it. Sidewalks at both entrances into the plaza would be painted the colors of the leather flag, which features a red heart and blue, black, and white stripes.

The ground surface of the gathering spaces fronting the Eagle bar and the roadway would be a darker hue than that of the gathering areas adjacent to the new housing and cafe proposed for the corner of 12th and Harrison streets. While the city is requiring that streetlights be used in the plaza, the design team is proposing that they be dimmer than normal.

The number of trees for the plaza has been curtailed and their location restricted due to the presence of numerous utility lines running under the roadway. And rather than using grasses, the landscape plan now calls for mostly succulents that bloom at different times of the year.

Arts Commissioner Kimberlee Stryker, who chairs the committee, noted that the earlier designs for the plaza were “initially very ambitious”, and what is now being proposed “is a very simple design.” She suggested it would have been helpful for the plaza design to first be reviewed by the city agencies before being presented to the arts oversight body.

Fellow Commissioner Lydia So thanked the design team “for your continual effort to bring this closer” to approval. She asked that the plaza proponents ensure the fire department had no issues with where they want to put the flagpole and an area for food trucks before coming back to the arts commission for a final vote.

While the committee signed off on the overall plan for the site, it asked that the design team return with a comprehensive planting plan, updated renderings, and images of the seating to be provided before it voted on Phase III of the project.

As the Bay Area Reporter noted in a story last month, it remains unclear when city officials will approve the plaza’s major encroachment permit, thus allowing construction to begin.

Bonsignore told the B.A.R. this week that, “We are currently receiving final feedback from city agencies as well as maintenance and resolution literature from the City Attorney’s office. Once we receive this, we should be in the clear to receive our MEP, which, hopefully, can be completed by the end of the month.”

The parklet’s estimated cost is $1.85 million. In addition to Build’s contribution, the city awarded $200,000 in grant money to the plaza. The Friends of Eagle Plaza is seeking donations to cover the remaining $150,000 in costs and netted $7,000 through outreach efforts at the Folsom Street Fair.

They hope to break ground in early 2019 and dedicate the plaza ahead of next year’s Folsom Street Fair at the end of September.

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Schaaf deserves second term O

akland Mayor Libby Schaaf made a courageous decision earlier this year that her nine challengers can’t touch: in late February, she tweeted that “credible sources” told her that an immigration sweep by federal authorities was imminent and said it was her “duty and moral obligation” to warn families. The raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement did happen, resulting in more than 150 people arrested in California; it’s likely many more were spared because of Schaaf’s action. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions called her out, and Sessions said back in March that the Justice Department was looking into obstruction of justice prosecution against her. Schaaf has stood her ground and told us during a recent editorial board meeting that she would do it again.

That took a lot of guts in the age of Trump.

And that’s just one of the reasons we endorse her for re-election.

Issues like homelessness and affordable housing are center stage in Oakland, which doesn’t have the resources of San Francisco for services like Navigation Centers. But Schaaf, to her credit, started a different kind of program, the Tuff Shed cabin communities. These are retrofitted sheds that are grouped together near where tent encampments used to be located. Staff are on-site, and people can bring their belongings and their pets. Contrary to some reports, Schaaf said that the majority of the city’s homeless population comes from Alameda County, and the city is working to get people housed. “We’ve not arrested people and we’re not criminalizing the homeless,” she said. “With the cabin communities, we are creating an invitation zone to bring the community to the Tuff Sheds and get them comfortable. Compared to traditional shelters, most residents are very happy.”

Public safety is another challenging issue in Oakland. Two years ago, the city cycled through three police chiefs in nine days, which started when Chief Sean Whent was forced out over the police department’s sexual misconduct scandal.

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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf spoke at the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club’s annual Pride Breakfast September 9.

For a time, the department was under civilian control until Schaaf hired Chief Anne Kirkpatrick in early 2017. So far, the mayor is “very pleased” with Kirkpatrick and said the number of academies has increased, though she said it will “take years” to recover from the effects of the sex scandal, which, she said “interrupted our training and recruitment process.”

“I support the chief in only [having] the best of the best,” Schaaf told us. “She has fired 14 sworn officers for misconduct and sent home 50 academy trainees.”

On LGBT issues, the mayor is a strong ally. She is happy that the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center opened last year and said she has privately helped raise money for it. Her ability to include city money for the center in the budget is somewhat limited due to the two-year budget cycle and her reluctance to line-item programs into it. But, she has nine months until the next budget cycle and said she would consider it. We urge her to do so. The leadership of the center has remained stable and its programs and offerings

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are robust, serving a large number of queer Oaklanders. It deserves some city funding.

The mayor also touted an improved score of 97 (out of 100) on the Human Rights Campaign’s just-released Municipal Equality Index. (The city’s score had been in the low 80s.) She attributed the improvement to better reporting; for example the city has an LGBTQ liaison in the police department, but the position wasn’t previously listed.

The horrific Ghost Ship fire in December 2016, in which three trans people were among the 36 killed, rocked the city and exposed shortcomings in the fire department’s safety inspections. Schaaf said the city is ramping up its fire prevention bureau and adjusted its fee schedule to support increased staffing. It just awarded a contract to a company to rewrite fire codes and is in the final stages of recruiting a new fire marshal. “Oakland has a lot of old building stock,” the mayor said.

“We’re looking to legalize these types of spaces.”

The building boom now underway in the city favors mainly market-rate housing units, although Schaaf said that impact fees are required for inclusionary housing and developers can pay into a housing fund or include the affordable units on site. She’s aware that not everyone is satisfied. “People will always be unhappy and that’s good,” she said. “I don’t take issue with that. Oakland is a city of protest.” She added that she’ll call out “Nimby wolves.” “If you put in policies that stop all development that’s not helping the housing crisis,” she explained. “We’ve got to figure out a way in this system and get as much affordable housing as the market will tolerate without stopping construction.”

What Schaaf would really like to see – and what she’s working toward – is a regional approach to homelessness and housing, like constructing affordable projects near transit. And she supports tenants having the right to counsel if facing eviction.

“Protest, preserve, and produce,” Schaaf said.

“I’m the only person in this race positioned to get something like this done.”

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hroughout the Bay Area there are gay, lesbian, and bi candidates running for city council seats (and one Board of Supervisors race). If you live in their cities or districts, consider voting for them, not just because they are out, but because they are qualified public servants, bring a variety of lived experiences to the table, and have good ideas for their communities.

an Oakland restaurant. Lesbian nurse Marlo Rodriguez is one of four candidates challenging Brooks this year. While this will be a tough race, we think it’s time for someone else to represent this East Oakland district, which has been traditionally underserved by City Hall.

Rodriquez would like to attract a full-service grocery store to the district and is seeking a professional women’s basketball team to replace the Golden State Warriors when they move to San Francisco. She has called for the city to streamline developments that include affordable units or senior housing.

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District 2 incumbent Abel Guillen, who identifies as two spirit, has a real race on his hands as he has a challenger from the left. Guillen is a progressive, and we’ve been impressed with his tenure on the City Council. He brings a deep understanding of finance and has worked to increase affordable housing, co-sponsoring legislation with lesbian Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan to require any developments built on public land be 100 percent affordable. His support for a controversial housing development near Lake Merritt is the major issue in the race. It will consist of a 90-unit affordable housing project and another building with 252 market-rate units and 18 units for moderate-income households.

The city owned the land, and many people felt it should be 100 percent affordable. But Guillen defended his decision, pointing out that the city was able to use its affordable housing trust fund on other projects and the project ended up with 30 percent affordable units on site.

Guillen is one of the hardest working council members, and the only one who has donated money to the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, which is in his district and offers programming for the city’s diverse queer community.

District 4 is an open race this year since the incumbent, Annie Campbell Washington, decided not to seek re-election. Pam Harris, a lesbian who also identifies as bisexual, caught

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a break this week when the leading candidate abruptly withdrew from the race, citing a “deeply personal matter.” On Monday, Harris received the sole endorsement of Campbell Washington. Mayor Libby Schaaf has now endorsed Harris as her number one choice.

Harris wants developers to set aside affordable units on-site when building market-rate projects. She’s a former board member of the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club and was elected a delegate to the state Democratic Party from her Assembly District.

She supports a values-based budget that invests in clean neighborhoods, infrastructure, and equitable public safety, and calls for a living wage, union jobs, and economic opportunities for all.

The District 6 seat is currently held by controversial Councilwoman Desley Brooks, who has weathered political and legal controversies, including a $1.2 million judgment against the city and $75,000 against her personally for elder abuse following a skirmish with former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown at

Incumbent Councilman Jim Oddie made news last month when he came out as gay in the pages of the Bay Area Reporter. We’ve known Oddie for years, and always found him to be supportive of the LGBT community, and now he’s part of it. It’s believed that Alameda has never had an out City Council member. In an interview with the B.A.R. for his coming out story, Oddie said he’s found that most people have been accepting and supportive. His priorities include expanding housing options for residents and focusing on constituency services. He’s done a good job on the council, and we recommend him for a second term.

Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council candidate Shawn Kumagai is a gay U.S. Navy veteran and is running on quality of life issues in the East Bay suburb. He wants to create a walkable city center that can serve as a downtown area with stores and restaurants connected to one of the city’s BART stations. He has good ideas that fit with the city.

El Cerrito City Council

Gabriel Quinto is a gay, HIV-positive incumbent who has done a lot in his first term.

This year he’s serving as mayor. Housing is a big issue in the East Bay city, and Quinto advocates for a regional approach.

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here are only five San Francisco propositions on the November ballot, but they could have lasting effects on city policy.

Proposition A: Embarcadero Seawall Earthquake Safety Bond. YES. The city will issue $425,000,000 in general obligation bonds to modernize, repair, and upgrade the Embarcadero seawall. The 100-year-old seawall is the foundation of about three miles of San Francisco waterfront. It supports Muni, BART, and power and water utilities. It no longer adequately protects the city from tides, floods, and rising sea levels, and is not protected from earthquake damage. This is a critical and necessary investment in infrastructure. Vote Yes on A. Proposition B: City Privacy Guidelines. NO. We understand that privacy is important to many residents, but this Privacy First Policy is deceptive. Hidden in it are provisions that elected officials could use to tamper with San Francisco’s voter-enacted Sunshine Ordinance, which governs city meetings. We oppose this because the city’s open government law should remain just that: open. If the Sunshine Ordinance, passed in 1999, is out of date, as Supervisor Aaron Peskin writes in the voter handbook, then the board should go back to the voters with a solution. Including a vague privacy agenda and weakening the existing ordinance doesn’t cut it.

Vote No on B. Proposition C: Additional Business Taxes to Fund Homeless Services: YES. This is the most contentious measure on the ballot. The city has tried before to raise tax money to fund homeless services and it was rejected. Prop C is a new plan that would tax the wealthiest businesses that pay a gross receipts tax an additional 0.175 percent to 0.690 percent. Only companies that have gross revenue of over $50 million would be taxed. Prop C would deposit this revenue into a dedicated Our City, Our Home fund serving homeless people and preventing homelessness. The Board of Supervisors would determine each year how to distribute the additional

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San Francisco Proposition A would allow the city to sell general obligation bonds to repair and upgrade the Embarcadero seawall.

funds, within these limits: • At least 50 percent to secure permanent housing for homeless people; • At least 25 percent for mental health services specifically designed for homeless people with severe behavioral health issues; • Up to 15 percent for services for people who have recently become homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless; • Up to 10 percent to secure shortterm shelter and access to hygiene programs for homeless people.

It is estimated that the tax will generate $250 million to $300 million annually beginning in 2019.

Prop C also creates the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee to monitor the administration of the special fund and to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors and mayor’s office.

Some opponents, notably Mayor London Breed, Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco), and gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) recently came out against Prop C, stating there wasn’t enough accountability, among other issues. We disagree. Homeless advocates and other political leaders know what the needs are; there hasn’t been the money to spend on more mental health beds, for example.

Brian Basinger, a gay HIV-positive man who runs the Q Foundation, has been working with homeless and marginally housed people living with AIDS for 15 years.

During an editorial board meeting, he told us that he and other advocates know from experience what works and crafted Prop C accordingly. The money

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John Stevens is a gay man who ran for the council two years ago, coming up short in that race. A former CEO of the Martinez Chamber of Commerce, Stevens is running on a platform of fiscal responsibility, public safety, infrastructure, and street repair. On his campaign website, he said his business experience gives him the perspective to help the city balance its budget while continuing to provide crucial services.

Jason Galisatus is just 25, but has been active in civic life for nearly a decade. He co-founded the Bay Area Youth Summit, which was one of the first conferences planned by LGBTQ and allied youth. He said that the city has changed in recent years and that the City Council should proactively address challenges. His priorities are ensuring homes for all, easing traffic congestion, and supporting small business.

Proposition D: Additional Tax on Cannabis Businesses; Expanding the Businesses Subject to Business Taxes. NO. There’s another business tax on the ballot that is not good, and that’s Prop D, which would harm the nascent cannabis industry. In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors crafted regulations in preparation for recreational adult use of marijuana when it became legal in January. Cannabis businesses already pay a business tax and they pay the required payroll taxes and income taxes. There is no need to add more taxation at this time.

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San Francisco spends on homelessness can be misleading, he said, because it includes costs of police writing tickets or trips to the emergency room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

“It’s not fair lumping in money spent by the Department of Public Health on ER visits and calling that special services,” he told us.

Basinger said that a huge impact could be made “right out of the gate” on street homelessness.

“We can end trans homelessness,” he added, explaining that there will be funds for rental subsidies.

Prop C is part of a new strategy that asks the most financially successful businesses to do more. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff earlier this month came out in support of Prop C and pledged about $2.5 million toward its passage. He indicated that his company was saving money from the Trump tax cuts, so it could give more to help the homeless. That’s the kind of corporate leadership San Francisco needs. Vote Yes on C.

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Laura Parmer-Lohan is married to a woman and prefers to be identified as part of a rainbow family. Nevertheless, she would be the first out female LGBT City Council member should she win next month. According to her website, she would carefully assess proposed development projects and encourage collaborative public-private partnerships. She’s also in favor of increasing workforce housing. To drive government efficiency, Parmer-Lohan encourages results-based budgeting.

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6 • BAY AREA REPORTER • October-18-24, 2018

50 years on, busting the myths of Stonewall

by Mark Segal

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ach of us who were at Stonewall has a different view of the event, which will turn 50 next year. They run the gamut from it being a rebellion, a riot, a revolution, or simply a night of the queens having fun and taking over their home, Christopher Street. There are many other versions espoused by people who were there, historical scholars, journalists, and people who like to make things up.

Let’s parse out the facts and inconsistences of all of these views.

First: who was there? It amazed me, as I was on my book tour, how many people came up to me and said “You remember me from Stonewall” and wanted me to confirm to their friends that they were indeed there. This has been a contentious issue to the point that now thousands of people claim to have been present. To each I said, “It was a riot. You can’t take attendance at a riot.”

But there are ways to at least make assumptions on who was there. The best accounts are from those who, out of the ashes of Stonewall, created Gay Liberation Front. Many of us GLF members are still around. Stonewall was not just one night. Those who were there know of the other three nights as well. Those nights helped form GLF. GLF and Stonewall are connected at the hip. Writings on Stonewall published by our own community during the time period are more accurate, since mainstream media largely ignored it or was biased. A good place to start is Donn Teal’s “The Gay Militants,” published by Stein and Day in 1971. Many of those at Stonewall contributed to Teal’s work.

Here’s my simple rule, anyone who propagates the myth that we were angry because of the funeral of Judy Garland wasn’t at Stonewall. That myth is an insult to all who did participate. And it should be obvious, since we were in the counterculture of the 1960s, not the 1940s. Garland might have been the music of some 40 and 50 year olds who might have been in the bar, but those people were privileged enough to run away. To those of us who stayed, Garland was not on our mind. It’s a stereotypical slur that was started by a straight white man writing about the event a week later in the Village Voice. None of those who have credible claim to being there think Garland was a factor. So, if you’re writing about Stonewall and continue the myth, check your delusion in the mirror. That includes Charles Kaiser who, while being interviewed by the Washington Post

One of the first Gay Liberation Front marches was held in 1970.

about his book “The Gay Metropolis,” was quoted as saying he thought “the prospect that a funeral service for Garland held on the first night of the riots on the city’s Upper East Side inspired a grieving gay fandom to stand up to police bullies.” No. Second: who threw the first rock?

Again, this was a riot, not an organized demonstration. People gathered in a semicircle around the front doors and across the street as police were letting people out. Something was said to the police, they said something back, and then people started hurling objects toward the bar. Stones, empty cans. The reality is no one actually knows who threw first, or even what they threw.

Those of us who were at Stonewall all have different accounts, based on our own memories of that night, about what we did. It wasn’t a precision march. Each person had a different experience. Some gathered at the door as people were let out, some ran up and down the streets letting others know what was happening, and others wrote on the walls and streets “tomorrow night Stonewall,” to help organize the rallies in the days after.

To me, all the accounts of my brothers and sisters of GLF are correct since each account is their own personal memory and their different views on what created the riot. Everyone in GLF has a different perspective, and I accept each person. Historians must take all of them in consideration in writing about that historic night, and thus far most of the work compiled has not done that well.

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The two best known accounts that come to mind are David Carter’s “Stonewall,” which is more detailed and researched than anything that came before but was written during a time of competing and conflicting views. Carter had to sift through the noise, he persevered, and his book can, and should, be used as a starting place to build on. I personally hope he continues to research and others continue to forward him material. For my part, I’ve recently sent him information on one of the bouncers/doormen who married a friend of mine and who still lives in New York City.

I trust his research and hope he’ll chat with others that he did not have time for in his first edition. The other wellknown Stonewall book, by Martin Duberman, focuses on just six people, overdramatizes the drama within the community, and is fueled by his personal, privileged agenda.

As to the recent Roland Emmerich film, “Stonewall,” that was a complete disappointment. There is no actual video footage from that first Stonewall night, and the photos you’ve seen are from the other nights. Cellphones were not invented as yet. Everything you’ve seen in the film is a (largely incorrect) re-creation built upon the director’s image, not ours. Several of us who were at Stonewall offered to help give the filmmakers detail and context, but none of us were asked to do so.

Moving on, exactly how many people were at Stonewall? It went on for many hours. Some people were there the entire time; others came later.

Even more were just passing by. Was it 50 or 200? We all have different views.

My personal thought is less than a hundred from noting the numbers of people on the street. The participants were scattered with the exception of those around the front door, which might make people think there were more people than there actually were.

Everything I’ve said thus far is from my own memory and from reading well-sourced materials. But here is what is absolutely known: from Stonewall came GLF. Without GLF, Stonewall would be as remembered as the Dewey’s sit-in in Philadelphia or the Compton’s riot in San Francisco, both of which happened before Stonewall, but which the general public knows little about. GLF, which had many of those who stood tall that first night at Stonewall and who helped organize the following three nights, made that first night historic by realizing that it was the catalyst for change that our community needed.

Some might say that GLF, born from the ashes of Stonewall, might be more important than Stonewall itself.

Many people in New York in June 1969 were fed up with the antiquated tactics of prior movements such as asking for “homosexual equality,” as members of the Mattachine Society called it. Before Stonewall, several of the early GLF founders, including Martha Shelley and Marty Robinson, were attempting to create a new movement.

Others like Sylvia Rivera also wanted a new movement, but few people at that time from those earlier organizations wanted to be associated with her.

GLF was created and Rivera was welcomed gladly, the first trans person to be a member of a gay organization, and GLF changed our community in other drastic ways. GLF helped us decide that we had the sole right to define ourselves rather than live by society’s definition. We were outloud, and in your face. Rather than beg for our rights, we demanded them. Then we did something even more revolutionary. We created a community where there was none before. Before GLF, the only place LGBT people met were small organizations in large cities, private parties, a few illegal gay bars, and cruising places.

One month after Stonewall, GLF had its first demonstration. We took over Christopher Street and told the police it was our home, our community, the very first gayborhood. We invited what today would be called the trans community, including Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, to join our ranks. They created Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, or STAR.

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Some of us created Gay Youth, the nation’s first organization for LGBT youth. We held public dances, public meetings. We went on TV and radio shows, we printed and distributed publications and medical and legal alerts. We even created the first LGBT community center. If all of that was not enough in that first year, many of us joined with Craig Rodwell and helped form the Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day March, which was the first gay Pride parade.

How dramatic was this? Before GLF, the nation had only around 100 openly gay people who would speak on behalf of our community or show up at a demonstration. In fact, there was only one demonstration a year.

One. That was in Philadelphia each July 4th in front of Independence Hall from 1965-69. That national demonstration never drew more than a hundred participants.

One year after the creation of GLF, there were anywhere between 5,000 and 15,000 people at that first gay Pride. The FBI report states 3,000, the New York Times states 5,000. Those of us who were there think it was more. But even going from the Times numbers, from one hundred to thousands in just one year is an incredible shift. GLF was a phenomenon with autonomous chapters sprouting up all over the nation and the world. GLF created the movement we have today.

More importantly, GLF created the LGBT community where there was no community before.

There are other lessons that could be learned from GLF. Today’s LGBT organizations struggle with what they assume to be the difficulties of the intersection of social justice movements working together. GLF joined with other movements and supported them regularly. Likewise, GLF welcomed diversity.

Here is one last point, one that is personal and stated with a sense of pride. GLF was by far the most dysfunctional LGBT organization that has ever existed to this day, and that was part of its magic. So much arguing, so much yelling, so much disagreement.

But how else could it have fought off the oppression of 2,000 years and produced the first real out, proud, and inyour-face generation? How else could it have inspired people to come out when it was illegal to be openly gay?

Stonewall created GLF, but it was GLF that changed the world.t Mark Segal is the publisher of Philadelphia Gay News and the author of “And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality.”

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mma Jones was one of the greatest LGBT allies in the 1960s in northern Florida. Too bad she didn’t actually exist.

When a reporter once went looking for the mysterious woman he was told, “Honey, the Emma Jones Society is you and me and every other faggot in this town, and nobody here gives a damn who Miss Emma Jones herself is.”

Emma Jones turned out to simply be a cover for a regular gay gathering on the beach in Pensacola, Florida, starting on the Fourth of July in 1964. The Advocate once described the celebrations as one of the “largest gay organized events in the country.”

That’s pretty remarkable considering how conservative the Florida Panhandle is – even now it’s still known as the “Redneck Riviera.”

While today the area has a handful of gay bars, back then, there was nowhere for the gays to go. The police would raid any place they would congregate. Parks and restrooms were the only place to meet.

That’s the way things were until Ray and Henry Hillyer decided to change the status quo.

The couple shared a last name, which was almost unheard of in those days. The radical pair moved to the area in the 1950s. Ray Hillyer was an artist for the St. Regis Paper Company and Henry Hillyer worked in the display department at Gayfers Department Store. Despite its name, it had no connection to the LGBT community.

In an effort to network more with local gay men who felt they had no social outlet, the couple set up a P.O. box under the name Emma Jones to receive LGBT-related media such as One magazine. They picked the name

A drag show at one of the Emma Jones Society gatherings.

because they felt it was average, boring, and wouldn’t draw much attention.

And for many years it didn’t.

Once a month a New Orleans lady friend would come to the area to check the P.O. box in the name of Emma Jones and deliver the material to the Hillyers’ house.

The Hillyers sought to share this experience with other gays in the area. At first it started off with close friends of the Hillyers but word traveled and it soon became a much larger group. In keeping with the idea of maintaining this safe social outlet for gays in the area, the Hillyers began keeping a social registry.

By the early 1960s the Hillyers decided it was time for something bigger than a social registry and a P.O. box, so they came up with the idea of throwing a beach bash.

They chose the Fourth of July, a pretty radical idea for that time period in an area that was so conservative. Initially, instead of hiding, they chose the most public and crowded place they could for

the holiday celebration.

And that’s how the first gathering of the Emma Jones Society came into being.

Continued to grow

Over the years these gatherings continued to grow and attract more attendees. While the actual numbers are difficult to determine, it is thought that the events drew the same amount of people, or perhaps even more, than the much more famous Christopher Street Liberation Day celebrations in June that started in 1970 following the Stonewall riots in 1969.

By 1970, over 1,000 people were attending. With those kinds of numbers they could no longer be as inconspicuous and decided to move the crowd indoors. The event moved to Pensacola’s historic Hotel San Carlos, affectionately known as the Gray Lady of Palafox. Built in 1910 as a grand jewel of the Gilded Age, the hotel in the 1970s was a shadow of its former self. As a result, the hotel welcomed the gay community,

especially since they had more expendable income than straight couples and families that once frequented the establishment. In fact, the hotel had already been noted in many gay guides as a popular place to stay in the Pensacola area. Tropic, the Miami Herald’s Sunday magazine, even took note, writing of its former glamor, “its bars and men’s rooms were all that remained popular.”

The hotel suggested the event be billed as a convention. With such a platform came the use of a giant ballroom and discounts on rooms. The hotel even opened an additional bar on its top floor to cater to guests.

For the next few years the gay men would start the day out at the beach and make their way back to the hotel’s ballroom where there would be music, dancing, drag shows, and contests. One such event was the Red, Hot, and Blue Revue where men would compete as female impersonators. Sometimes women would join in, leaving the audience to guess which entertainers were actually female.

Eventually, a reporter, 200 miles away in New Orleans, caught wind of Emma Jones and her annual celebrations. Benton Abbey was intrigued and wanted to meet this mysterious woman. At the time he worked for the Figaro, a New Orleans-based newspaper in the 1970s known for its reporting of unconventional news topics, such as homosexuality.

In 1971, he attended the annual gathering and found himself standing in the lobby of the Hotel San Carlos and amid the many gay men around him were signs noting the “Emma Jones Society Convention.” Not knowing what to do next, he stopped someone and asked, “Who is Emma Jones?”

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Abbey’s cheek and responded with the aforementioned quote about nobody giving a damn who Emma Jones was.

Abbey was concerned that without Emma his story would fall apart. But he didn’t leave. He stayed to see what else he could come up with. He described the hotel as “faded Floridiana,” referring to how you could once see the marvel of early 20th century architecture the hotel still possessed, mixed with bland second rate Art Deco, as well as furniture and objects he claimed could be obtained in a discount store. The one thing that stood out in Abbey’s mind as he interviewed attendees was that the men who were frolicking around in their underwear, or cross dressing, were bank tellers, writers, record store salesmen, etc.

They were people you saw every day.

Abbey even noted in his story that if it weren’t for seeing them in this context, these would be the kind of guys who would take your sister home. He noted that for this weekend every business around downtown Pensacola seemed gay: every bar, every restaurant, and every store. When he asked a cashier at one of these businesses what she thought of all this controversial activity, she just looked at him and said, “It’s money, honey.” And even though Abbey never did find out who Emma Jones was, he still published his rather brief story in the newspaper detailing the weekend’s events.

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Mayor London Breed swore in Faauuga Moliga as a commissioner for the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education Monday, October 15.

“As I got to know Charlie on the campaign trail, I came to appreciate his passion for Oakland,” she stated.

If elected, Harris would be the second out lesbian to serve on the Oakland council, alongside at-large councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, and the third out member should District 2 City Councilman Abel Guillén, who identifies as two spirit, win re-election next month.

(A second lesbian candidate, registered nurse Maria L. “Marlo” Rodriguez, is trying to unseat controversial District 6 Councilwoman Desley Brooks, whom Schaaf has blamed for the dysfunction at City Hall.)

Last Saturday, Harris also announced that she had teamed up with fellow candidates Nayeli Maxson, executive director of the Alliance for Community Development, and Kaplan’s chief of staff Sheng Thao to form the “Women’s Leadership Slate” and encouraged voters in the district to list the three as their ranked choices 9.75 in. in whatever order they preferred.

In an ad the trio released – it can be

seen at https://youtu.be/lqN6lHb4QcI – they note, “... for the past 16 years this seat has been held by dynamic women.

We are three well-qualified candidates for City Council. We are mothers, public servants, and community leaders.”

Harris told the Bay Area Reporter, which endorsed her in the race, that she agreed to run on the slate because “with the unfolding nightmare in Washington, I felt it was vitally important to come together with the other women candidates in this race to show what women’s leadership looks like when we work together to lift up one another.”

Also running for the District 4 seat are Joseph E. Simmons, senior pastor of Greater St. Paul Church; Joe Tanios, a city public works employee and union leader; and Francis “Matt” Hummel, who ran against Kaplan in 2016.

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SF mayor names Moliga to school board

San Francisco school board candidate Faauuga Moliga also received an unexpected boost for his bid this week when San Francisco Mayor London Breed appointed him to a vacant seat on the oversight body.

Breed had already endorsed Moliga in the race for three open seats on the panel that oversees the San Francisco Unified School District. Then Monday morning she administered the oath of office to Moliga after naming him to succeed Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell, who resigned after taking a job with the New York City school district.

A father of three children in public schools, Moliga lives in the Oceanview neighborhood. The nephew of American Samoa Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga, he is the first Pacific Islander to serve on the school board.

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hree weeks ahead of the November 6 election lesbian Oakland City Council candidate Pam Harris received a surprise boost to her candidacy when the incumbent unexpectedly endorsed her.

Councilwoman Annie Campbell Washington, who holds the District 4 seat, had announced in April that she wasn’t seeking re-election due to the “toxic” tone at City Hall. She then endorsed as her successor Oakland native Charlie Michelson, who was raised by his mom, a lesbian who came out after divorcing his father.

But on Sunday Michelson announced he was suspending his campaign. In a note he posted to his campaign website, he wrote “that in recent days, a deeply personal matter has come up, and unfortunately, I cannot continue the race for Oakland City Council.”

Adding that it was “an incredibly hard decision to make, and I am saddened to let my supporters down,” Michelson referred to “many” undisclosed reasons as for why “it is the right decision for me and my family.”

The shipping company executive has three children with his female partner.

Monday morning Harris announced that she was now Campbell Washington’s sole endorsed candidate and Mayor Libby Schaaf’s number one endorsement in the race. Like San Francisco, Oakland uses rankedchoice voting for its council and mayor races.

The news release quoted the councilwoman as being “proud” to endorse Harris, who “if elected, she’ll be able to rise above divisiveness in Oakland politics and build essential coalitions to make change happen. I can’t wait for her to represent me, my family, and my neighbors in City Hall.”

Harris stated that Michelson’s perspective would be missed.

The San Francisco native and SFUSD alumnus currently works for the San Francisco Department of Public Health Comprehensive Crisis Services. He, along with fellow parents Alison Collins and Li Miao Lovett, has the endorsement of the local Democratic Party.

“Faauuga has spent his entire life in service to our community,” stated Breed. “His direct, firsthand experience with our public schools, his deep community ties, and his expertise in developing holistic programs that support our youth, particularly those whose lives have been impacted by trauma, give him a unique perspective that I am confident will immediately benefit the Board of Education and our students.”

Moliga, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in justice studies and a Master of Social Work from San Jose State University, has worked in a number of jobs focused on helping educate students of the city’s public schools.

“Throughout my career, I have worked with our students and created policies that keep them in school to graduate,” stated Moliga, who was endorsed by the B.A.R. last week. “I’m excited to help our students access opportunities enjoyed in a community schools model that can reduce the opportunity gap throughout the San Francisco Unified School District.”

There are five out candidates in the school board race this year, including Mia Satya and Martin RawlingsFein, who would be the first elected transgender public officials in the city and were also endorsed by the B.A.R. Gay educator Connor Krone and lesbian firefighter Lenette Thompson are also on the ballot, as is Phil Kim, a gay man and charter school employee who in 2016 lost his first bid for a school board seat.

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said Campos, now a county deputy executive in Santa Clara County. “The law we passed was to make this the Harvey Milk Terminal. If you look at the proposed design, it is really still Terminal 1. It should be the Harvey Milk Terminal; I don’t know if Terminal 1 even needs to be there.”

In 2013, Campos proposed naming the entire airport after Milk, who in November 1977 became the first out elected leader in San Francisco and California. Due to lukewarm support for the idea, Campos worked out a deal with the late mayor Ed Lee to instead name one of the airport’s four terminals in honor of Milk, who was

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increase like Prop C is rolled out.

Brian Basinger, a gay man who’s executive director of the Q Foundation, which provides supportive housing for HIV-positive people, is a leader of the Yes on C campaign.

He explained at a Bay Area Reporter editorial board meeting that within eight years Prop C would provide 4,000 units of affordable housing, “That’s more than the city has built in 30 years,” he said.

According to the Yes on C website,

killed by an assassin’s bullet after less than a year in office.

An advisory panel last year selected the under renovation Terminal 1 as the best choice, leading to city leaders approving the selection earlier this year. The legislation called for the city’s arts commission to approve the designs of the various elements of the terminal renaming, which it did over the summer.

The proposed signage is to be submitted to City Hall for final approval

by December 1. District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who succeeded her former boss Campos on the board and carried the naming resolution this spring, is planning to hold a hearing on the Milk terminal elements the week of December 3. that would include 500 newly constructed units; 1,500 units of supportive housing, including some on land that the city currently owns for which 100 percent affordable housing is planned; 1,000 single-room-occupancy units; 340 short-term subsidy units; and 500 long-term subsidy units.

Additionally, $40 million annually will go toward prevention efforts, which the website states would, “greatly expand a successful existing model that allows providers to access assistance for their clients in real time via a specially designed computer application.”

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During a tour of the facility this summer with airport officials, including director Ivar C. Satero, Ronen said she expressed misgivings about having Milk’s name in smaller lettering than that of the terminal’s number.

“When I toured the terminal with the airport staff to find out everything about how they were going to implement the naming of the terminal, this was one of the things I mentioned to them. I felt the font should be switched, or at least more similar,” said Ronen. “I commented on the fact Terminal 1 was very large and the Harvey B. Milk Terminal was very small.”

District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the lone LGBT member of the board who holds the seat

She told the B.A.R. this week that she shares Campos’ concerns about the exterior signage for the terminal.

“I agree with David Campos; the

discrepancy between the two fonts is too big,” Ronen said. “They need to come back to us with something different.”

The more than 1,000 people currently on the single adult shelter waitlist would be immediately housed, Basinger said, if the proposition were to pass. Lastly, included in the proposition is mental health services like street-based care services and treatment and facility housing that would receive $3 million in the first year, $4.5 million in the second, and $8 million every preceding year.

“This would make such a huge impact right out of the gate,” Basinger said. “I know it will make a difference. I’ve been down in the trenches for 15 years, as are many involved in the campaign, and we know what works because we are the ones using the tools. It’s one of the reasons we came together because we know what we need to do to do the job right.”

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) supports Prop C, as do Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), gay former state senator Mark Leno, gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, and gay former supervisor David Campos, who chairs the San Francisco Democratic Party, which also endorsed it.

Unions such as the United Educators of San Francisco are on board, and the city’s two main gay political groups, the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club and the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, also back the proposition.

for the next 20 years, Breed stated in her news release.

“We cannot afford to lose even more jobs for middle class San Franciscans, the jobs in retail, manufacturing, and services that are most likely to flee the city under Proposition C,” Breed said in a news release announcing her opposition.

Breed added that the measure lacks accountability, stating in a news release, “Proposition C does not audit the money the city already spends. It does not include a detailed spending plan for the $300M in taxes it seeks to add, nor regular audits of that money, nor adequate public oversight over how it’s spent.”

The mayor also claimed the proposition would make the homeless problem worse because it, “could put us in the untenable and expensive position of funding services for residents from other counties,” due to not including neighboring counties in the measure.

Wiener’s opposition included criticism of the organizing group’s exclusion of stakeholder and public engagement.

“If Prop C were a smaller tax, I’d likely overlook these deficiencies and support the measure, given the importance of investment in homeless services and housing,” Wiener said in a separate news release. “However, in light of Prop C’s massive size and the lack of stakeholder engagement, I simply can’t overlook the irresponsible way in which it was crafted.”

Other opponents include District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang, District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani, the San Francisco Police Officers Association, the San Francisco Committee on Jobs, the City Democratic Club, the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and Henry Karnilowicz, president of the San Francisco Council of District Merchants Association.

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an image boost in the ‘tough on crime’ or family-friendly department, LGBTQ folks proved easy targets.”

And that’s just what happened.

“Emma Jones died in the streets of Pensacola on July 4, 1974. She was 17,” the Advocate reported.

Some attendees started receiving death threats, local ministers organized against the convention, and the city council started to work closely with law enforcement to find ways to curb the annual event by raiding popular bars catering to gays such as the Yum Yum Tree and the Red Garter. More than 30 people were arrested that final weekend alone and charged with “lewd and lascivious acts.”

Tropic magazine also covered the final Emma Jones Society Convention.

“We set out to laugh and be merry with our friends,” the Hillyers told the Tropic reporter. At this point even they remained anonymous out of fear of repercussions.

“It’s a shame people won’t accept that. You’d think in the 1970s, people would let you alone.”

Once the Emma Jones Society faded away came a new era of

LGBT visibility in the area with the opening of year-round gay bars.

The event certainly fostered long-lasting relationships, and it was those bonds that would eventually go on to create a similar event in 1981 during Memorial Day weekend – the Pensacola Memorial Day Beach Pride. Of course not everyone was happy.

In 1993, Pensacola City Councilman Doug Profitt said he felt Pensacola should not be known as a “gay-friendly destination.” Even so, enough local business owners came forward expressing their appreciation for the strong positive economic impact on the area. This turned out to be enough to hush the conservative opposition.

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Opposition

Those who oppose Prop C have voiced concern of a possible negative impact on the local economy.

The city economist’s report estimates that Prop C will cause up to a $240 million loss from the city’s gross domestic product every year

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for the $100 prize money but the winner, a young New Orleans man, refused to give his name to the paper.

But like most good things the Emma Jones Society Convention came to an end in 1974 when the last party was held. In a way the informal organization was a victim of its own success. As it became more popular, attendance grew, and as more media outlets wrote about the celebrations, the local backlash increased.

For a while, as mentioned above, some locals overlooked the “deviants” as long as they brought money to the city.

Jerry Watkins III, who has researched the convention in great detail, said of the event near its end, “The Emma Jones Society parties [the Hillyers] hosted were written about as a gay event on the front page of the paper by the 1970s. To be clear, repression was swift and severe when somebody stepped too far out of line. And one of my main arguments is that when a politician or city needed

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At a B.A.R. editorial board meeting, Mandelman voiced his support for Prop C, specifically citing the need for more resources for mental health assistance in the city. The supervisor said there is a need for more resources to assist in current models of care and the creation of new ones.

“Prop C is very important,” he said. “We have this drug addiction and mental health crisis on our streets. It’s bad. We have actually lost resources for housing for people who are sick, mentally ill, or need drug treatment. We have hundreds fewer board and care beds than we did 10 years ago, even than last year.”

He had recently visited Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the city’s public hospital, and said he feels that the city is in a similar position when it was facing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s.

He explained that just like a few decades ago, the city was facing a national health crisis with little financial help from the state or federal government. The city needs to come up with innovative models of care, like it did in the past, but it needs the resources, he said.

“There are folks at SF General who know what we need to do around mental health and drug addiction but don’t have the resources and are not getting the attention that they need to do something similar like around the HIV/ AIDS epidemic for mental health,” Mandelman said.

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For more, check out Jerry Watkins III’s new book “Queering the Redneck Riviera: Sexuality and the Rise of Florida Tourism.”

Graham Brunk writes for South Florida Gay News.

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‘She Wants It’ author Soloway appears in SF compiled by Cynthia Laird

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ill Soloway, the creator of Amazon’s “Transparent” TV show, will be in San Francisco next week to promote their new book, “She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy.”

Soloway will appear at the Jewish Community Center San Francisco, 3200 California Street, Wednesday, October 24, at 7 p.m. A reception precedes the program at 6.

Soloway, who now identifies as genderqueer and nonbinary, brings a timely perspective to current events, with insight from the frontlines of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, a news release stated. Earlier this year, “Transparent” actor Jeffrey Tambor was fired from the series in the wake of sexual harassment claims. Tambor denied the accusations.

“As we witness the polarizing and controversial Senate hearings around the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, including the powerful testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, we are painfully reminded of the abject marginalization of women and all victims of sexual violence – a systemic and cruel inequity that demonstrates how privilege and patriarchy dominate and control our judicial system and define our culture,” Soloway said in a news release announcing the book tour.

Tickets for the JCCSF conversation are $30-$40 and can be purchased at https://www.jccsf.org/arts-ideas/ jill-soloway/. A second San Francisco appearance on October 25 is sold out.

Oakland LGBTQ center to host candidate town hall

Several candidates in Oakland races have confirmed they will attend a town hall meeting at the LGBTQ Community Center Friday, October 19, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Mayoral candidates Pamela Price, Nancy Sidebotham, Ken Houston, Marchon Tatmon, and Cat Brooks will participate, Joe Hawkins, center co-founder and executive director, wrote in an email.

Additionally, District 2 City Councilman Abel Guillen, who identifies as two spirit, will be there, as will his challenger, Nikki Fortunato Bas. District 4 candidates Joseph Tanios and Nayeli Maxson are expected to attend, as will Maya Whitaker, who is running for the District 6 seat.

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Brenda Roberts, who is running for re-election as the city auditor, will attend.

The center is located at 3207 Lakeshore Avenue (enter on Rand Avenue).

For more information, visit oakllandlgbtqcenter.org.

Voter registration deadline is Monday

Local and state elections officials remind California residents that the deadline to register to vote in the November 6 election is Monday, October 22.

If people have moved since the last election they need to register.

Registration cards are generally available at libraries, post offices, and county elections departments. If filling out a form, it needs to be postmarked by October 22.

The California secretary of state’s office has easy online registration available at https://www.sos.ca.gov/ elections/voter-registration/. It must be electronically filed by the deadline.

LGBTQ Outdoor Summit

Pride Outside and Out There Adventures will hold their second annual LGBTQ Outdoor Summit October 19-21 at the NatureBridge at Golden Gate campus in Sausalito.

According to organizers, the summit draws a broad range of private sector, public sector, and nonprofit professionals in the outdoor recreation, public land management, and conservation communities. The event will feature panel discussions with outdoor recreation industry and

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youth representatives. Additionally, representatives from five federal land management agencies – National Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – will be on hand.

“This is an opportunity for the conservation community and outdoor industry to come together to boost LGBTQ representation and inclusion in the outdoors,” Hannah Malvin, founder of Pride Outside and a senior representative for partnerships at the Wilderness Society, said in a news release.

One of the speakers will be Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the first openly gay woman to climb the seven summits (tallest mountains on each continent).

The conference will include breakout sessions, caucuses, networking events, resource fair, and outdoor opportunities.

Registration is $225 for Bay Area residents or those who have a place to stay and includes lunch.

Registration that includes lodging and meals is $295. For more information, visit https://bit. ly/2A5RFnX. NatureBridge is located at 1033 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, CA 94965.

Halloween for pets and people in Oakland

Jack London Square will hold its popular “Boo! Bark, Brews, and Bites,” a fun-filled Halloween celebration for pets and their humans filled with tricks, treats, frights, and delights Saturday, October 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

At the same time, Jack London Square is partnering with Canine Companions for Independence to cohost Dogfest Walk and Roll Bay Area.

Both events are admission-free and open to the public. Food and beverages will be available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting Canine Companions for Independence.

Many of the restaurants and retailers will offer Halloween specials for guests and their four-legged friends.

Pets are welcome at all of the restaurants with outdoor dining year-round.

For more information, visit http:// www.jacklondonsquare.com.

Financial planning day

The San Francisco Public Library, in partnership with the Financial Planning Association of San Francisco and the San Francisco Treasurer’s office, will hold the ninth annual Financial Planning Day Saturday,

October 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the main library, 100 Larkin Street.

Organizers said the event is a great opportunity for a free, private consultation with an expert on a wide variety of personal finance issues, including debt management, retirement planning, investment strategies, income taxes, insurance, and estate planning. Programs will run throughout the day covering budgeting and credit counseling.

There will be sessions related to investing basics, planning for higher education without loans, and how the new tax law will impact consumers.

New for 2018 will be presentations about financial recovery after a disaster, property taxes, and San Francisco housing programs. Spanish and Chinese translation will be available.

There are no strings attached, organizers said. Participating certified financial planners are volunteering their time and will not pass out business cards, marketing materials, or sell products or services. They will be stationed at tables and will meet with one individual or a couple at a time.

Prior events have served 300-400 Bay Area residents each year.

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BMW SF Halloween bash

BMW of San Francisco will hold BooFest 2018 Thursday, October 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the dealership, 1675 Howard Street.

The evening will feature food and drink. Gay DJs Fernando and Greg from 99.7 NOW will emcee.

There will be a prize for best costume, free valet parking, and a raffle. One lucky guest could win a 2018 BWM X2 sDrive 28i FWD vehicle.

The event is free and limited to 500 people. To RSVP, visit https://www. bmwsf.com/2018-bmwsf-boofest/.

‘Scaregrove’ Halloween event

San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department officials have announced that “Scaregrove” will return to Stern Grove (19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard) Friday, October 26, from 3 to 9 p.m.

This year’s event will feature a costume contest and parade, haunted house, carnival rides, food for sale, and live entertainment.

Admission is $10 per person; children under 2 years old are free. For advance tickets, call (415) 831-6800.

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San Francisco continues to face complex challenges that require experienced and dedicated leadership. Now is not the time to gamble on inexperienced political opportunists seeking political office; we need to elect supervisors committed to the success of the residents, employees, and businesses in San Francisco. Please vote for Catherine Stefani, District 2; Gordon Mar, District 4; Matt Haney, District 6; Rafael Mandelman, District 8; and Shamann Wal- t o n , District 10. They are the best candidates for San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Reject Milk plaza proposal

Harvey Milk Plaza is a community asset that should be treasured, not demolished.

It has been a defining feature at Castro and Market streets for almost four decades. If a new Castro LGBTQ Cultural District is created, surely Harvey Milk Plaza would be near the top of the list of significant sites to be preserved. It has formed the backdrop for every protest march and memorial gathering since 1980.

What is the compelling reason to demolish the plaza and replace it with bleachers and paving at street level as shown in the new Perkins Eastman plans? The architects do not talk about the disruption and inconvenience demolition and replacement of the plaza would bring for the hundreds of Muni Metro patrons and adjacent neighbors. Imagine rush hour crowds trying to enter or exit the station from

the small north entrance, crowding the sidewalk waiting for traffic lights to cross Market Street.

The plaza is an extension of the Castro station design. (I was the architect for the station and the plaza.) The curves of the planters and the bridge connecting to Collingwood echo the curves of the station below and the arches of the old Bank of America building. The extensive landscaping adds richness to the built environment. Milk’s name in large letters on the bridge keep his legacy in our consciousness. This is the spot where Mayor Dianne Feinstein; Harry Britt, Milk’s replacement on the Board of Supervisors; and Supervisor John Molinari stood when they dedicated the plaza to Milk in 1985.

They had a vision of what that place would mean to future generations.

The Perkins Eastman proposal for bleachers to cover the plaza creates a barrier that obscures their new plaza and the view through to Collingwood Street. Benches originally installed at the plaza were removed to discourage the homeless from congregating, and yet the new bleacher plans will most likely become sleeping platforms without hired security.

There are imaginative ways to make the memorial more impressive and memorable without demolishing the plaza – all of the proposals to honor Milk shown in the architects’ graphics can be achieved within the present plaza. More ideas can be seen at https://www.saveharveymilkplaza.org/.

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Lesbian author brings a smile to her atheism

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erhaps the best way to characterize Camille Beredjick is atheism with a smile.

A writer, blogger, and nonprofit digital media strategist, she has been writing about LGBTQ issues for Hemant Mehta’s website Friendly Atheist for years.

Recently, she has written a selfpublished book, “Queer Disbelief: Why LGBTQ Equality Is an Atheist Issue,” available on Amazon.

In the book Beredjick acknowledges the unprecedented progress LGBTQ people have made in the past decade, but recognizes they have a ways to go before achieving true equality, especially politically.

Not surprisingly, she attributes the main roadblock as being conservative religious interests. She believes atheists could help LGBTQ people in their fight for equal rights. Beredjick, who identifies as a lesbian, was interviewed by the Bay Area Reporter via email.

She wrote in her email that she was inspired to write the book because she and Mehta “saw patterns emerging in the relationship between LGBTQ people and atheists, particularly around social and political activism and allyship.”

“Add to that the major political issues of the moment around LGBTQ rights and the attempted influence on our government by fundamentalist religion, and we decided the time was right to explore these issues in a book, especially because stories about active collaborations between these two groups were sparse,” she wrote.

Beredjick, 27, firmly believes that any abuse of religious freedom, particularly at the expense of a marginalized group, is an atheist issue. In her book, she examines the ways atheists and LGBTQ people are natural allies, “the ways these groups can learn from, and support, one another; the reasons atheists have a responsibility to support human rights issues like LGBTQ equality; and most importantly, why it’s crucial that we do so without delay or hesitation.”

Beredjick is adamant in spreading the news that atheists are every bit as friendly as religious folk.

“There’s a misconception that atheists are cold or uncaring compared to people of faith, and that’s wholly untrue,” she wrote. “Part of it is based on the assumption

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Author Camille Beredjick participated in the 2018 Women’s March in New York City.

that ‘good values’ stem only from religious belief, but atheists and agnostics have convictions and morals, too – morals they have considered and decided on for themselves, rather than abiding by a pre-determined religious code.”

She also dismissed the stereotype of the “militant atheist” who seeks to “convert” everyone around them to atheism.

“That may be a goal for some people from practically all religions (we’re all familiar with proselytizing Christians), but personally, I don’t care what higher power you believe in as long as you don’t use that belief as a vehicle for hatred and harm,” she wrote.

Beredjick said that she did not grow up in a Christian home.

“My mother is Catholic and my father is Jewish, but neither of my parents were very religious or pushed me to adopt their beliefs,” she wrote.

“Claiming my identity as an atheist did not change anything about my regular routine or my family relationships; it was merely a way to name how neither religious practice nor belief in a higher

power had ever been part of my life, and I did not see them as important moving forward.”

She doesn’t see atheism as a belief system, but the absence of one.

“The absence of belief isn’t the same as the absence of empathy, morality, community, or any of the other things people often get from their faith,” Beredjick wrote.

“In fact, for plenty of atheists, not believing in a god makes us more strongly connected to ideas of justice and morality. We’re not accountable to a higher power, but to ourselves and our surroundings.”

Beredjick noted in her book that according to a 2017 Public Religion Research Institute report on religious trends, LGBTQ people are less religious and more likely to be atheists than the general population, with 46 percent of LGBTQ people having no religious affiliation compared with 24 percent of the general U.S. population. The report was based on a sample of more than 101,000 Americans from all 50 states.

Another interesting statistic from that same report is that nearly one-third of people who left their childhood religion cited “negative religious teachings about or treatment of gay and lesbian people” as one of their reasons for doing so,

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For Beredjick, the common intersection between atheism and LGBTQ equality is “that both groups are frequently the targets of faith-based discrimination in this country, be it over the right to marry or have children or the privileging of some belief systems over others.”

“That said, I want to be careful not to create a false equivalence between the two; LGBTQ people have faced far more enshrined discrimination and bigotry than atheists,” she wrote.

Beredjick pointed out that laws targeting LGBTQ people – such as businesses being able to discriminate against LGBTQ customers due to their religious beliefs or religious schools being able arbitrarily to fire LGBTQ employees – can also be used against atheists.

“Yet, even if LGBTQ people and atheists don’t experience the world in the exact same way, we have comparable goals – as movements and as people – and face some of the same challenges,” Beredjick wrote. “We want to go to work knowing we won’t get fired for our beliefs. We want to feel safe walking down the street. We want to build families and friendships and relationships however we damn well please. And too often, we’re pushed down by people whose beliefs don’t match ours, people who think we’re broken and sick, and people who just don’t get us.”

Broad spectrum

Atheism can cover a broad spectrum, so just as there is no monolithic LGBTQ community, there is no one way to be atheist.

“There are atheists who were raised in strict religious homes and had experiences that caused them to separate from religion, whereas others never believed in a god at all,” she wrote.

Beredjick is not anti-religious per se.

“Religion (or the absence of it) is a deeply personal experience,” she wrote. “As long as they aren’t hurting anyone, I respect and support everyone’s right to believe however they choose. However, there are those who claim they’re OK with gay people existing, but who don’t want to give them any rights that might conflict with their own faith. You often hear this excuse from socially conservative politicians, who might proclaim their tolerance in the same breath as they announce sweeping antiLGBTQ legislation.

“No matter your beliefs (or nonbeliefs) it’s still not ‘moral’ to hate LGBTQ people quietly, condemning their existence internally while being considerate and respectful to their faces,” she added. “That’s sort of like when Christians say that it’s OK to be gay, as long as you don’t act on that gayness.

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Milk terminal

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considered to be Milk’s as it includes the gay Castro district, also expressed misgivings about the proportions of the proposed signage.

“I am concerned based on the rendering I saw,” Mandelman told the B.A.R. this week. “Milk’s name needs to be clear, bold, and prominent.”

count as acceptance.”

She said that Pope Francis’ famous comment about gays, “Who am I to judge?” falls into that category because he “still presumably accepts Catholic doctrine on matters of homosexuality. Similarly, I don’t feel strongly about the definition of atheism because I don’t find it central to the question at hand. I am more concerned with whether we can practice empathy, kindness, and respect toward others, regardless of our individual beliefs about what it means to be an atheist. Though by and large, atheists skew liberal on social issues.”

Beredjick is not opposed to partnering with religious progressives for advancing social issues.

“I write about this at length in the book – many of the religious progressives I interviewed said they had more in common with atheists than with fundamentalist Christians,” she wrote in her email.

She’s not opposed to LGBTQ religious people staying to work for change within their churches, synagogues, or mosques.

“It depends on the church and the community they’ve got surrounding them. Traditionally, people are more likely to be swayed by those they know and trust, like their fellow churchgoers, than by outsiders,” she wrote.

“It’s a worthwhile goal to try to change hearts and minds that way, and sometimes it works. That said, some religious institutions are so rooted in hateful traditions that it’s hard to imagine they’ll ever change.”

Beredjick said that in the current political climate the LGBTQ community risks losing rights.

“Those risks affect atheists too, particularly as they relate to the privileging of Christian values over all others,” she wrote. “This is also an important moment to honor the intersectionality of the LGBTQ rights movement. LGBTQ people are also people of color, immigrants, women, poor people, and others who are being targeted by this administration.”

Because of President Donald Trump’s embrace of his evangelical Christian base and targeting LGBTQ people, immigrants, and others, Beredjick wrote that communities should mobilize atheists (and others) to get angry and take action.

For Beredjick it all comes down to the power of stories to transform people and build empathy.

“Above all, I cannot say enough how important it is to listen to a person’s story before passing judgment on them,” she wrote. “Each of us comes to our beliefs after a wildly different set of experiences, relationships, and other forces that shape how we move through the world. Real change can happen when we recognize the value of embracing diverse perspectives and use it for good, as well as listen to authentic human stories about how religious beliefs can hurt people. ... Take the time to figure out how you can best make the world a little friendlier for the people around you, and all our communities will be better for it.”t

The reason Ronen was given for the different font sizes had to do with ensuring non-English speaking travelers could still easily navigate through the airport and not be confused.

“What Ivar told me is that wayfinding in airports, especially for people who don’t speak the same language, is a very particular exercise and craft that has a standard kind of methodology to it,” she said. “They had to have See page 14 >>

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On resistance and accommodation

by Christina A. DiEdoardo

The move not only caused unrest locally, but – for a time – placed Washington and Tokyo on a road to war, which was avoided only because the board backed down in exchange for a dramatic reduction in Japanese immigration under the so-called Gentleman’s Agreement of 1907. While this defused the situation temporarily, the racism that gave rise to it would remain unaddressed for decades to come and ultimately caused the deaths of millions of Japanese and hundreds of thousands of Americans once World War II broke out.

As in Foote and Collins’ time, so in our own – when there are fewer people with the courage to stand up to the system than there are to go along with it, death and suffering usually follow.

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ther than the act itself, perhaps the most disgraceful aspect of the internment of Japanese-Americans in the Bay Area and elsewhere by the federal government in 1942 was the fact that most who were not of Japanese ancestry did absolutely nothing to protest, much less stop, the roundups of their friends and neighbors.

Most, but not all. At a roundtable discussion Wednesday, October 10, at the Oakland Public Library, Karen Tei Yamashita, a professor of literature and creative writing at UC Santa Cruz, shared excerpts from her book “Letters to Memory.” While the book uses archival resources from the Yamashita Archives at UCSC – including letters from and to her aunt, Kiye Yamashita – it’s far more than a personal chronicle.

“Perhaps my family thought I would write a family history,” Yamashita said with a chuckle. “But I was more interested in Japanese internment and its relation to the struggle for civil rights in America.”

That story brought her aunt into contact with Caleb Foote, then a young member of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Ultimately, Yamashita said, her aunt was able to leave one of the internment camps and worked for the Quakers’ Nisei Education Project, which in turn enabled several thousand Nisei – the American-born children of Japanese immigrants – to be freed from custody to finish their education.

According to Yamashita, Foote wanted to do far more. He was a strong advocate of nonviolent

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Lucy Asako, left, Leilah Danielson (on screen), Charles Wollenberg, and Karen Tei Yamashita participated in a panel October 10 on “The Question of Resistance and Accommodation” at the Oakland Library.

direct action and lobbied the Quakers to assemble a group of young people to block the gates at what was then the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno (which was the first stop for many Nisei internees) and the Topaz internment camp in Utah. To Foote, it made little sense to ask more Nisei to follow the example of Fred Korematsu and others who fought internment in court if white people – who created the problem in the first place – weren’t willing to put themselves on the line as well.

“I wonder what might have happened if 25 young people had laid their bodies across the gates of Tanforan or Topaz,” Yamashita mused.

Even though his direct action plan was stymied, Foote went on to write a 1943 pamphlet “Outcasts!

The Story of America’s Treatment of Her Japanese American Minority,” which deemed internment the equivalent of the Nazi racial laws at Nuremberg the United States was supposedly fighting to destroy.

After doing six months in a federal prison for claiming conscientious objector status on humanist, rather than religious grounds, Foote went on to earn his law degree and become a law professor at both the University of Pennsylvania and at UC Berkeley until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2006.

Other participants on the panel included Leilah Danielson, a history professor at Northern Arizona University, and Charles Wollenberg, author of “Rebel Lawyer:

Former hoops coach Azzi to share stage with Kerr

by Roger Brigham

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are are the star athletes who go on to post-playing stints that are just as brilliant as their first careers. Rarer still are leaders who can effectively fight for causes and changes while flying under the radar, making the battles about the objects of their passions rather than focusing the spotlight on themselves. Count former Stanford basketball star Jennifer Azzi among those unique treasures.

Azzi and University of San Francisco professor Daniel Rascher will moderate a discussion by Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Tuesday, October 23, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. at USF as part of the school’s Silk Speaker Series.

Azzi led Stanford to a 101-23 overall record during her four years there, and capped her senior season with the NCAA championship, when she swept the Wade Trophy, the Honda Sports Award and the Naismith Award and was named MVP in the NCAA Final Four. She played professionally in Europe and then in the American Basketball League and the Women’s National Basketball Association and won gold medals with Team USA in the 1990 World Championships and the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In 2010, Azzi became head

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Former Stanford basketball star Jennifer Azzi, left, with her wife, Blair Hardiek, and their son, Macklin Robert.

coach of the USF women’s basketball team for five seasons, leading the Dons to an NCAA tournament appearance. In 2016, before announcing her coaching retirement and while introducing gay Warriors President and COO Rick Welts at an anti-defamation event, Azzi casually came out as lesbian. No big build-up, no news conference, no preplanned media blitz – just an impromptu announcement she said was inspired by Welts’ example.

“It’s not something I was keeping a secret,” Azzi, 50, told the Bay Area Reporter. “At that point, it was almost accidental.”

Azzi married USF assistant coach Blair Hardiek in 2015. Their son, Macklin Robert, was born last year.

“You don’t realize the impact you can have on people’s lives just by being open about who you are,” Azzi said of her decision to come out. “At first we got calls and messages from friends who were worried and excited and we were worried what the reaction might be, but then we got messages from people in their 60s and 70s, people we didn’t even know, thanking us.”

Azzi left college coaching, but she never really left basketball or USF. She holds an annual youth basketball camp in the North Bay, works in international development in the NBA, and after retiring from coaching she became USF’s director of special initiatives, which includes presenting the Silk Speaker Series – which now gives her the chance to present Kerr’s appearance.

“I think he’s one of the greatest coaches of all time,” Azzi said of Kerr. “He and his values are so in line with the University of San Francisco and vice versa. He uses his platform to make change and speak for others who might not have a voice. I met him a long time ago, but when we both played in San Antonio – that’s when we both got to know each other quite a bit more.”

Tickets for the Silk Series event are $25 and can be purchased at http://www.usfca.edu/calendar.

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Wayne Collins and the Defense of Japanese American Rights.” Collins helped found the Northern Californian chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and ironically, given the refusal of the ACLU’s national board to challenge internment, went on to represent prominent Japanese-Americans from Korematsu to detainees at the Tule Lake camp.

The roundtable, which was sponsored by the History Room at the Oakland Library and California Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, was timely for another reason, as October 11 marked the 112th anniversary of a decision by the San Francisco Board of Education to segregate Japanese-American children in the city’s schools.

Zionist Lawfare & the Boycott Movement seminar

At 3 p.m. Sunday, October 21, at 518 Valencia Street in San Francisco, Palestine Legal, the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Center for Political Education, the San Francisco chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and the Arab Resource and Organizing Center will host a seminar on “Zionist Lawfare & the Boycott Movement: Solidarity & Resistance.” Lawfare is best known locally for its litigation against San Francisco State University, which accuses SFSU officials and staff of tolerating anti-Semitism on campus after students disrupted a speech by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in 2016. Palestinian activists and others contend Lawfare’s real purpose is to silence critics of Israeli policy through threatened and actual litigation. t Got a tip? Email me at christina@diedoardolaw.com.

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a magnet for homeless individuals.

Earlier this year the global design firm Perkins Eastman, which has an office in San Francisco, won a competition to reimagine the plaza. It has proposed covering the belowground parklet with a new roof to bring it flush with Market and Castro streets.

The stairs into the transit station and a new tilted canopy above them would be pushed back to allow for a larger plaza fronting Castro Street.

The structure would conceal a gate to close off the entrance into the Muni station at night and double as bleacher seating sporting historical markers about Milk’s life and the fight for LGBT rights.

Behind it would be an open plaza adjacent to a new elevator into the Muni station and a triangular grove of 11 ginkgo trees representing each month that Milk served in office.

Known for changing the color of their leaves to yellow in November, the trees would also commemorate Milk’s death. Lights scattered among the trees would replicate the candlelight vigil that was held the night Milk was killed along with then-mayor George Moscone by disgruntled former supervisor Dan White.

As the Bay Area Reporter noted in a story last week, the exact cost for the plaza redesign is unknown. The design firm has estimated a construction price tag of $17,182,422, while others have said it could total as much as $30 million. A proposed park bond set to go before voters in the fall of 2019 is being eyed as a potential funding source, while the friends group has pledged to raise upward of $11 million.

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David Goldman and Michael Koehn of the Brownie Mary Democratic Club met with us and pointed out that Prop D would affect medical patients because, while the tax exempts medical cannabis, it does not exempt edible distributors. Medical patients, like recreational users, already pay taxes on the products.

Cannabis is a new industry, and it needs time to create stability. Right now, the industry in California is struggling, as sales in many parts of the state are below projections.

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Jock Talk

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USA Gymnastics’ struggles continue

Sometime in a galaxy far, far away, USA Gymnastics may eventually get out of its own way and do something right.

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Milk terminal

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Terminal 1 very prominent because that way is the standard methodology for airport wayfinding. I said, ‘OK, I get that. I would still like to see the font be more similar to one another.’ We left it at that and moved on to other aspects of how they were going to depict Harvey’s legacy at the terminal.”

No change planned

SFO spokesman Doug Yakel told the B.A.R. this week the airport does not intend to change the look of the terminal facade signage.

“While we respect that there are a variety of viewpoints on how best to honor Harvey Milk at SFO, we believe the designs unveiled last week capture the intent of the Board of Supervisors’ legislation,” stated Yakel in an emailed response to questions. “These designs acknowledge that our airport serves a global customer base of 57 million annual passengers, inviting visitors and travelers alike to successfully

Art historian Paul V. Turner, a former Stanford professor who was friends with Milk and his lover Scott Smith, also argued the plaza redesign is “unnecessary” when the existing site could easily be improved to address the complaints with it. He also warned the seating structure would impair views of the 1922 Beaux-Arts building at 400 Castro Street designed

by Edward Foulkes.

“The present plaza respects it completely and you are able to see it in all directions,” said Turner of the commercial space now home to a SoulCycle. “In contrast, the proposed new bleacher seating would compete with the building and obscure it.”

Howard Grant, the gay man who designed the existing plaza and transit station and has been a vocal opponent of the redesign, also implored the arts commissioners not to allow the proposal to move forward. While this week’s hearing was only informational, the committee will be asked at some point to vote on the plaza project.

“It is a community asset that should be treasured, not demolished,” said Grant, noting that it could be a key component in establishing an LGBT cultural heritage district in the Castro.

“Harvey Milk Plaza is at the top of the list of specific sites to be preserved.

What is the compelling reason to demolish the plaza?”

Another vocal critic of the project has been John Goldsmith, who has been circulating a petition in support of rehabbing the existing plaza space and turning its planters into two gardens, one in honor of Milk and the other the nation’s first LGBTQ Veterans Grove, where the plaza connects with Collingwood Street. Gay veteran John Caldera had proposed such a

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grove at the site years ago but the plan never gained traction with city officials responsible for the plaza.

“Please help us save Harvey Milk Plaza,” he implored the arts commissioners.

The idea for redesigning the plaza emerged from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency setting aside $9 million to add a new elevator there to improve access into the transit station. The agency expects to install it in 2021 and is working with the friends group to mesh its design with that for the new plaza.

San Francisco Public Works is the lead agency for the plaza redesign project, which it considers to be Phase II of the overall work at the station.

At this week’s hearing before the arts commission panel, Public Works architect and project manager Douglas Ullman said the city will undertake a California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA for short, review of the project that would include an assessment of the plaza’s historic importance.

He also stressed to the public that they would have many more opportunities to weigh in on the redesign for the plaza as it moves through the various city agencies that need to sign off on the proposal before it can be built.

“No thumbs are being put on the scales here. We are doing this in a transparent and public way,” said Ullman. “We do want to get consensus on the design so the fundraising can start in earnest.”

CBD Executive Director Andrea Aiello, who is president of the friends of the plaza group, acknowledged that the plans presented to the committee this week would likely change.

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It is expected that the final design for the plaza will evolve as the proposal wends its way through the city’s lengthy review process. That expectation became stronger following the arts commission’s civic design review committee’s meeting Monday, October 15.

Several members of the body echoed the sentiments of San Francisco Chronicle design critic John King, who came out against the plaza design in the paper that morning. He particularly zeroed in on the seating area facing toward Twin Peaks and away from Castro Street, noting that it would not protect users of the space from the elements. The area is buffeted by strong winds that blow down from Twin Peaks.

Arts Commissioner Kimberlee Stryker, who chairs the committee, agreed with King that the amphitheater seating as proposed “throws things off” by not only impeding the views of the surrounding hillsides but also blocks the historic former bank building that fronts the plaza.

“It is a serious design issue that needs to be looked at again,” she said.

Arts Commissioner Dorka Keehn also questioned the proposed siting of the amphitheater and urged the plaza proponents to “think about the wind and how people are really going to use that space.”

Erich Burkhart, the managing architect for the project with Perkins Eastman, explained the idea for the bleacher-like seating came from the design of a transit station in Boston and from Milk himself.

“For us Harvey Milk was all about public discourse and taking a position in public,” he said, stressing that “this is a conceptual design. It looks ready to build but not really.”

Daniel Bergerac, a gay man who is

president of the Castro Merchants business association, spoke in favor of the plaza project. He argued it would assist area merchants by boosting the number of tourists who visit the Castro.

“San Francisco is not a tech town, it is a tourist town,” he said. “The Castro doesn’t get its share of tourists.”

Because of the higher taxes, customers are attracted to the black market, where prices are lower.

Let’s give the cannabis industry an opportunity to shake out. Vote No on D. Proposition E: Partial Allocation of Hotel Tax for Arts and Cultural Purposes. YES. This measure reallocates revenue from the hotel tax and would redistribute up to 1.5 percent of the current 8 percent base hotel tax (there’s another 6 percent tax surcharge for hotel rooms that is not part of the ballot measure) for specified arts and cultural programs. The city receives about $370

million annually from the hotel tax, according to the controller’s office.

The hotel tax fund dates to 1961 and was promoted by Mayor George Christopher as the primary funding mechanism to promote tourism through art and culture.

Specific percentage allocations were enacted in 1982 but over the years, mayors and boards of supervisors have eaten away at this vital support.

This measure restores that support.

(A homeless services component that was in 2016’s unsuccessful Prop S is not included this time.)

Under Prop E, revenue would go to nonprofit cultural organizations ($16.3 million), the cultural equity

endowment ($6.4 million), cityowned community cultural centers ($3.8 million), groups working to maintain cultural heritage in city neighborhoods ($3 million), and addressing needs in the arts community, as determined by a cultural services allocation plan ($2.5 million).

This is not a new tax. It’s a 1.5 percent reallocation of the 8 percent hotel base tax.

We need to support arts and culture to keep the city vibrant with diverse exhibits, performances, and cultural districts. Vote Yes on E. t

In the aftermath of the sexual predator scandal involving former team doctor Larry Nassar’s decadeslong abuse of female athletes enabled by fellow gymnastics officials, the federation fired its former head and named Republican former Congresswoman May Bono as its interim CEO. Bono was with a law firm when

it was advising USA Gymnastics on how to cover up investigations into Nassar and shortly before being appointed by the gymnastics federation she posted a tweet showing her blacking out the Nike logo on her golf shoes – an obvious signal of displeasure against the sports apparel manufacturer for using Colin

Kaepernick in its ad campaign. Critics have called for gymnastics and other Olympic federations to be more receptive to athletes’ voices, and now gymnastics is hiring a person opposing one of the most effectively outspoken athletes on the planet.

This is a PR disaster in progress.

“Mouth drop,” tweeted star

gymnast Simone Biles, referring to Bono’s Nike tweet. “Don’t worry, it’s not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything.”

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navigate through our airport, while providing the opportunity to learn about and celebrate the life and legacy of Harvey Milk.”

As the B.A.R. first noted in a story in September, in addition to the terminal signage there will be an interior photographic display honoring Milk’s legacy and the fight for LGBT rights. It will be in an area the airport is calling the Central Inglenook and utilize photos the airport has asked the public to submit.

It has consulted with the GLBT Historical Society on the project. But Executive Director Terry Beswick told the B.A.R. last week that the nonprofit archival group was not asked for its input on the exterior signage.

“It did strike me when I saw that,” Beswick said about the differing proportions for the terminal name. “I thought it must be the airport trying to make sure people don’t get lost. My guess is it probably is a practical thing.

I hope they make an effort to get people and the community to refer to it as the Harvey B. Milk Terminal.”

The permanent exhibit, signage,

and several art pieces honoring Milk are to be unveiled in February 2020, according to the airport’s current timeline. A temporary exhibit is set to debut next July, when passengers return to the terminal due to the re-opening of the first nine gates in Boarding Area B, and remain up through May of 2021.

The cost for the overall architectural components is $1.5 million, according to the airport. A lighted art piece to be mounted curbside at the Milk terminal is budgeted at $850,000 and another artwork to be installed in the terminal’s three-story atrium is budgeted at $1.1 million.

“Designs include both interior and exterior treatments, threshold areas, and exhibits honoring Harvey Milk,” stated Yakel. “We are especially proud to partner with our communities, through a crowdsourcing campaign, to develop the image content that will go into a central exhibit telling the story of Harvey Milk and his impact on the Bay Area and beyond.”

Ronen said this week that she had

also pushed the airport and the city’s arts commission, which signs off on the art pieces to be installed in the terminal, to ensure they instructed artists that the works needed to be inspired by Milk. A number of artworks have already been approved for Terminal 1 that do not have anything to do with Milk as part of the facility’s $2.4 billion remodel set to be completed in late 2022.

“I was impressed with the artistic sort of areas in which they are going to place the photographic remembrance and history around Harvey and the struggle he led. But we are fighting tooth and nail to make sure every piece of space and art that has not already been contracted out before the completion of the terminal in some way pays tribute to Harvey Milk,” said Ronen. “That has been a struggle, and I made clear in no uncertain terms that is what I expect. I am starting to see a change in tone from the arts commission and airport in making sure that happens. For example, there is one more major art piece and lighting contract to go out.”

Airport officials said last week that a call for artist submissions for both pieces should be announced in December. An earlier request for proposals for the lighted artwork that was sent out in June by the arts commission stated that “artists may also be inspired to see this project as an opportunity to respond to the legacy of Harvey Milk, by bringing light, both physically and metaphorically, into this space that is one of the first welcoming experiences to residents and visitors alike as they arrive in San Francisco.”

Ronen stressed she is not trying to prescribe what the artists do but wants to ensure their work is influenced by Milk and pays tribute to the global LGBT icon.

“I am not saying you have to have rainbow lighting, for example,” she said.

“But as you are thinking about whatever art piece you are going to apply or present that it has to be with the theme and thought in mind that this terminal is the Harvey Milk terminal and is meant to pay tribute to this incredible historic leader in San Francisco.” t

Against proposal

A number of speakers, however, spoke out against the proposal, arguing that it would not only exacerbate the homeless problem at the plaza but also unnecessarily destroy a historic site used by thousands of men felled by the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s.

One detractor of the design is Harry Breaux, a gay man who moved to the city in 1971 and for six years has volunteered as a Castro ambassador with the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District. He questioned if anyone would use the seating since “most of the time there it’s cold, windy, and people don’t hang out there.”

And, Breaux argued, the existing entrance into the Muni station “are sacred steps” because of the people lost to AIDS who walked over them everyday as they headed to and from work.

“It should be treated as a sacred honor and space and not just be ripped out,” said Breaux. “I feel it is totally unnecessary.”

Joseph Chase also spoke out against tearing up the existing plaza and “obliterating” a historic site used for countless protests and community events over the years. He said Milk “would be ashamed and shocked at spending so much money on something that doesn’t need to be done in my opinion.”

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Phillips trial

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said. “He had a desperate need to get money to bring a man here he wanted to be with and would stop at nothing to do that.”

He continued, “[Sheahan] wasn’t going to give him the money. That refusal cost him his life.”

The prosecutor also talked about the money the defendant owed to the IRS, Visa, and friends.

Maloof started his closing arguments by repeating what he said at opening statements and described Phillips as being a close, intimate friend who Sheahan trusted and confided in.

“I started off this trial saying [Sheahan] said, ‘Mike turned out to be a very

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Campos rules out SF DA bid

Gay former San Francisco supervisor David Campos has ruled out running to be the city’s district attorney next year. The November 2019 race became wide open in early October following the surprise decision by District Attorney George Gascón not to seek re-election due to the failing

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good friend, god bless him,’ and nothing has changed,” Maloof said.

Arguing just the opposite, Kenney showed surveillance video that captured Philips entering and exiting Sheahan’s apartment multiple times the weekend before his body was found.

Kenney pointed out that Phillips was wearing gloves every time he entered the apartment, even putting them on as he went up the stairs, after his initial visit on Friday, August 11, which Kenney said was when he brutally killed Sheahan.

The jury saw surveillance video from a Wells Fargo ATM that showed Phillips went to two ATMs and attempted to withdraw cash with Sheahan’s ATM card that same Friday.

A recorded phone conversation was played between the San Francisco

police Sergeant Domenico Discenza and Phillips. It revealed that Philips lied to the investigator about when he last visited Sheahan, Kenney said.

“This phone call reveals so much,” Kenney said in court. “He tries to put on a show, he’s acting. [Phillips] doesn’t ask about what happened to [Sheahan].”

When Discenza, during an in-person interview, accused Philips of the murder three months after Sheahan was killed, Phillips didn’t deny it, according to Kenney.

“When Discenza accused the defendant of murder he doesn’t protest,” Kenney said. “His reaction is looking at photos, documents, and the evidence and says he didn’t remember. He doesn’t offer any explanation for the damning evidence against him.”

Maloof concentrated on the lack

of scientific evidence against Phillips.

The victim’s blood was not found anywhere in Philips’ car, home, storage units, or person, Maloof said.

“Nothing Mike had had a nanogram of blood on it,” he said, adding it was a very bloody murder.

Blood that did test positively as Sheahan’s was found on a red and black Trader Joe’s grocery bag owned

by Phillips, which he was seen taking with him during his multiple visits to Sheahan’s apartment. This blood, Maloof said, could not be dated, according to medical examiner’s testimony.

Additionally, Phillips’ DNA was not found in the apartment or on Sheahan’s belongings. There were instances of DNA from an undetermined source found on particular items in question, including yellow

rubber gloves and a lighter, a medical examiner previously testified.

“Did Mike delete only his DNA, and leave other people’s,” Maloof said.

“We know someone entered James’ apartment on August 14 and used the fire escape and committed a brutal crime.”

Kenney said that Phillips had a bloodstain on his pants, which was shown in the surveillance video, and it appeared after Philips first entered the apartment. Another stain that resembled blood was also seen on Phillip’s pants after a few visits to the Bush Street apartment the weekend before Sheahan was found. Investigators never found the pants, Kenney said, while Maloof said a blood spatter expert formerly testified that the stain could have been consistent with any dark liquid. t

health of his mother.

Campos was termed out of his board seat in 2016 and lost a bid for a state Assembly seat in 2014. Last year, he went to work for Santa Clara County as a deputy county executive and, as part of his portfolio, has oversight of its LGBTQ affairs office.

“I decided it was not really the right decision for me and my family right now,” Campos told the B.A.R. this week. “I am very happy with the work

I am doing for Santa Clara County.”

One project the county is working on is building affordable housing for LGBT seniors. It is also planning to open this winter an LGBT-specific homeless shelter, which the county supervisors voted to approve Tuesday.

On Monday, Campos took part in a news conference urging the county and San Jose officials to finalize the lease for the shelter so it can open by December.

As for the D.A. race, it is expected

that a progressive candidate will emerge, with outgoing District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim oft-mentioned as one possibility. Former Police Commission members Suzy Loftus and Joe Alioto Veronese, as well as Deputy Attorney General Leif Dautch and Alameda County prosecutor Nancy Tung have all pulled papers for the race. t

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Legal Notices>> ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554250

In the matter of the application of: MEGAN ELIZABETH PANZER, 111 CARL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner MEGAN ELIZABETH PANZER, is requesting that the name MEGAN ELIZABETH PANZER, be changed to MEGAN PANZER KAGELEIRY. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 6th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038323700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLUEBABE, 545 O’FARRELL ST #108, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed EVA MADRILLEJOS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/25/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/25/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038322200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IRIS ADVISORS, 57 IRIS AVE SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ANDREW SALZMAN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/24/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/24/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038299800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MORENO’S JANITORIAL, 363 SILVER AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ALBINO MORENO DIRCIO. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/06/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/06/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038319800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WINSEN DRIVING SCHOOL, 2409 19TH AVE #A4, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed WAI WAH LAW. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/21/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/21/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038306600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAW PATCH PASTRIES & PET BOUTIQUE, 701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CARLA OCFEMIA. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/12/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/12/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038314300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JACKIE’S HOUSE CLEANING, 326 ALEMANY BLVD #2B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MIRNA JACQUELINE MENCHAA ROQUE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/18/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/18/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEOPATRA TRADING COMPANY, 41 EXETER ST #2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94124. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed 09/17/18. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/17/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038291800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LATTICE, 22 BATTERY ST, FLOOR 11, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111.This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DEGREE INC. (DE).The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/22/15.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 08/30/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11,18, 2018

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE SPACE SF, 1426 FILLMORE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by a married couple, and is signed ALISON ESCOBAR & HEBERTO ESCOBAR. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/27/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as:TEA 4 YOU, 646 IRVING ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122.This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed KJY BROTHERS, LLC (CA).The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/08/18.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038312700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 101 CALIFORNIA, 101 CALIFORNIA ST, #1050, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed ELM PROPERTY VENTURE LLC (DE).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 12/10/12.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/18/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROSA ISABEL VALLE IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO: FILE PES-17-300714

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROSA ISABEL VALLE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by DIANA BONILLA & CESAR BONILLA III in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. The Petition for Probate requests that DIANA BONILLA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Nov 13, 2018, 9:00 am, Dept. 204, Superior Court of California, 400 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the latter of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined by section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Philip E. Carey; SBN 155185, 555 University Ave, Suite 116, Sacramento, CA 95825; Ph. (916) 564-0706.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038328900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHOICE INSIGHTS, 2007 FULTON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117.This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed CHRISTINE NOWICKI.The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/27/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-038018500

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: RISK SALON, 548 MARKET ST, STE. 72588, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business was conducted by a general partnership and signed

by NATHAN KUGLAND, SUPRANAMAYA RANJAN & HOI LAM CHERYL KWAN. The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 02/22/18.

SEPT 27, OCT 04, 11, 18, 2018

In the matter of the application of: MARK MATTHEW WOJCIK, 1710 38TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner MARK MATTHEW WOJCIK, is requesting that the name MARK MATTHEW WOJCIK, be changed to ALEXANDER MATTHEW WOJCIK. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept.

514, Room 514 on the 15th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038333400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JUICE E JUICE, 741 ANDERSON ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110.

This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed ELIZABETH PATRICIA ARIAS. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/28/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038330400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE ROCK LAW FIRM, 101 MONTGOMERY ST #1800, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed JAN A. KOPCZYNSKI. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/19/18.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/28/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038325100

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MUGUBOKA RESTAURANT, 401 BALBOA ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KYE SOON LEE. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/25/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038329000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DASMAR CO., 508 SAWYER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed DINA MACHA & ALESANDRO CASEREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 07/08/03. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/27/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038320200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHRADER CLEANER, 701 SHRADER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117.

This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed S&Y CLEANERS INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/19/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/24/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038321200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IMPACT, 870 MARKET ST #315, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102.This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed IMPACT COMMERCIAL INC. (CA).The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA.The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/24/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038326900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GROUPGREETING, 1963 30TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed STERGERON LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 02/25/13. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/26/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038329800

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAIGHT STREET TOBACCO, 1827 HAIGHT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed HAIGHT & ASHBURY LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/27/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLUB PILATES SOMA, 635 8TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed RIVA PILATES LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/11/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/11/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038335200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLOWER MARKET, 714 ARGUELLO BLVD, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed FLOWER MARKET SHOP LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/18/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/01/18.

OCT 04, 11, 18, 25, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554283

In the matter of the application of: ELISHA-JOHN GANAL MCINTYRE, 1938 POWELL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ELISHA-JOHN GANAL MCINTYRE, is requesting that the name ELISHA-JOHN GANAL MCINTYRE, be changed to ELISHA JOHN MCGANAL. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 20th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554282 In the matter of the application of: PATRICK-JOSEPH GANAL MCINTYRE, 1938 POWELL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94133, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner PATRICK-JOSEPH GANAL MCINTYRE, is requesting that the name PATRICK-JOSEPH GANAL MCINTYRE, be changed to PATRICK JOSEPH MCGANAL. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 20th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038341500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEVIN FRANCIS RAFFERTY ELECTRIC, 18A HALE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KEVIN RAFFERTY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/04/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/04/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038345600

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BARBEROLOGY, 380 SANCHEZ ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MICHAEL S. MCGINTY. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/03/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/05/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038342900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KAIA ANDERSON-BUCKLEY; INTERACTIVE HYPNOTHERAPY, 863 24TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94121. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed S. HEIDI ANDERSON. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/04/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311700

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANTISTATIC, ANTISTATIC US, 747 WEBSTER ST #B, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed KELLY PENDERGRAST. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/13/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038309000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AQUARIUS VINTAGE SF, 3600 SACRAMENTO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed MARA LUNDBERG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/13/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/13/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038339900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VK SOUND, 1215 DIVISADERO ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed IAN LABELLE VAN KEUREN. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/19/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/03/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038335300

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HONG KONG PRODUCTS COMPANY, 701 DARIEN WAY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed PETER P. WONG. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 01/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/01/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038331400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ON THE MOVE, 198 ROUSSEAU ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94112. This business is conducted by an individual, and is signed OLIVER MANNION. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/28/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038335900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AMAPOLA, 632 CAMBRIDGE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94134. This business is conducted by a general partnership, and is signed ARLETTE PEREZ & MARICELA PEREZ. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/01/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038344200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KABARI, 1788 19TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed APRIL FINANCIAL, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/05/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/05/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038336900

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BAKER PLACES; FERGUSON PLACE, 1249 SCOTT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115 . This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed BAKER PLACES, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 06/14/93. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038337400

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FILLMORE LAUNDRY, 1426 B FILLMORE ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115.

This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed PRK VENTURES, INC. (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038341000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN FRANCISCO OPERA; SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER; SAN FRANCISCO OPERA BRAVO! CLUB, 301 VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 05/26/32. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/04/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018

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Legal Notices>> FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038338200

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YORKLAND PRODUCTION, 150 HOOPER ST #310, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed YORKLAND CORP (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 08/31/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038311500

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLDEN GATE BEVERAGE CATERING, 3139 16TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed DELIRIUM COCKTAILS, INC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/14/18.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/17/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038338000 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FOUR FABULOUS ANIMALS, 124 ELLIS ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94102. This business is conducted by a corporation, and is signed C&L ASSOCIATES, INC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on NA. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038337000

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Z TOUCH SALON, 1930 OCEAN AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed Z UNIVERSE LLC (CA). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 10/01/18. The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/02/18.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE A-038328500

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE A-036105200

The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name known as: KABARI, 1788 19th AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94122. This business was conducted by a corporation and signed by CALIFORNIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL INC (CA). The fictitious name was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 10/22/14.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554325

In the matter of the application of: ELIZABETH GROTON KERSHNER, 3244 TARAVAL ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ELIZABETH GROTON KERSHNER, is requesting that the name ELIZABETH GROTON KERSHNER, be changed to KERSH BRANZ. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 4th of December 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 18, 25, NOV 01, 08, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554306 In the matter of the application of: MICHAEL LEE GARDNER, 1200 GOUGH ST #12A, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner MICHAEL LEE GARDNER, is requesting that the name MICHAEL LEE GARDNER, be changed to MICHAEL L. BURDENSKI. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept. 514, Room 514 on the 27th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 18, 25, NOV 01, 08, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554319

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: UNGRAFTED, 2419 3RD ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company, and is signed UNGRAFTED LLC (CA).

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the above listed fictitious business name or names on 09/19/18.

The statement was filed with the City and County of San Francisco, CA on 09/27/18.

In the matter of the application of: ELIZABETH CHRISTINE WILLIAM, 1050 N. POINT ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109, for change of name having been filed in Superior Court, and it appearing from said application that petitioner ELIZABETH CHRISTINE WILLIAM, is requesting that the name ELIZABETH CHRISTINE WILLIAM, be changed to ELIZABETH CHANG WILSON. Now therefore, it is hereby ordered, that all persons interested in said matter do appear before this Court in Dept.

514, Room 514 on the 29th of November 2018 at 9:00am of said day to show cause why the application for change of name should not be granted.

OCT 11, 18, 25, NOV 01, 2018

OCT 18, 25, NOV 01, 08, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO FILE CNC-18-554326

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Andy Warhol

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Keith Haring and Juan Dubose, as captured by Andy Warhol (pictured in drag in the background, left), included in “Contact Warhol: Photography Without End” at the Cantor Arts Center.

The awesome twosome of ‘Be More Chill’ Joe Iconis and George Salazar of “Be More Chill” are coming to San Francisco.

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ontact Warhol: Photography Without End,” a new exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center showcasing the museum’s 2014 acquisition of the world’s largest archive of photographic images from the Warhol Foundation, includes selections from a cache of 3,600 contact sheets and related negatives that reflect the entire range of Warhol’s photography and attest to his astute eye.

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hen Saoirse Ronan as Lady Bird in Greta Gerwig’s film of that name calls her hometown Sacramento “the Midwest of California,” it’s a good line but maybe a little bit unfair to our state capital. Last month Out There caught the train from Emeryville into the Valley, and disembarked in Sacramento before it hurtled on toward Chicago. The 1926 Renaissance Revival-style Sacramento Valley Station we arrived in looks great in its restoration. The city itself is picturesque and leafy, with many downtown streets canopied by great oaks and other shade trees.

Our first stop was the Crocker Art Museum, tripled in size since its 2010 expansion. The Crocker has impressive holdings in Californian, American, Asian, European, African & Oceanic Art, and we were happy to make the acquaintance of works we hadn’t previously known by artists Joan Brown, Kehinde Wiley and Pieter Brueghel II. The spectacular Luis Jimenez sculpture “Progress II” (1974) is a kinetic vision in fiberglass.

“Duane Michals – The Portraitist” is a treasure trove of the great gay photographer’s portraits of an amazing panoply of important 20th-century figures, including the exhibit’s signature portrait, that of Sacramento native Joan Didion. Through Jan. 6, 2019.

Outside the 1869 State Capitol Building, the 40-acre Capitol Park offers strolls, native plants, a cactus garden, and many aromatic blooms to sniff and savor, found in the International World Peace Rose Garden. Many of the state buildings that line the Capitol Mall are Art Deco beauties from the 1930s, most a bit worse for the wear. The California Museum in the State Archives building houses the California Hall of Fame, with its tributes to, among others, Michael Tilson Thomas (his National Medal of Arts is here) and Jack LaLanne, a hero to one of our traveling party. We made our own “RF” pennant in the “California at Bat – America’s Pastime in the Golden State” exhibit, so we could root for the home team: us.

Old Sacramento State Historical Park is largely given over to souvenir shops and tourist traps, but the restored Gold Rush-era buildings, Old West boardwalks and cobblestone blocks do have architectural character. The California State Railroad Museum offers more than 20 restored locomotives and railroad cars to ogle, some you can even walk through, and terrific model train sets. From there you can mosey along the Sacramento River to the all-gold Tower Bridge, gleaming in the Valley sunlight.

The Jan Shrem and Mara Manetti Shrem Museum of Art on the UC Davis campus is only a short drive from Sacto. “Bruce Nauman, Blue and Yellow Corridor” is a small exhibit mostly given over to the large-scale participatory environment of the title (1970-71), but it also includes other documentary evidence of the great conceptualist artist’s career. Nauman is currently the subject of a major retrospective at NYC’s MoMa, and this is the merest ancillary nod. Through Dec. 17.

Lady Bird might have been dying to get out of Sacramento.

But for Bay Area arts-lovers, it’s worth the easy day trip.

Crocker Art Museum

Luis Jimenez, “Progress II” (1974).

Duane Michals, Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York

Duane Michals, “Joan Didion” (c. 1990s), gelatin silver print with hand-applied text.

Two special events

We can’t improve on the promo copy for “Hi, Are You Single?,” the new theater work by performer Ryan J. Haddad coming to the Bing Studio at Stanford University on Oct. 18-19 as part of the “Stanford Live” series.

“Do you have a high sex drive? Ryan does.

He also has cerebral palsy. No, those things are not mutually exclusive. Join writer-performer Ryan J. Haddad on a roller coaster through New York’s gay dating scene, where the highs are high and the lows are lonely.

Directed by Laura Savia, ‘Hi, Are You Single?’ is an examination of intimacy, rejection, and judgment.

But also Grindr, fabulous drag queens, and go-go dancers. Please bring an attractive male friend with you.” Oct. 18-19 at 8 p.m. live.stanford.edu.

Jess Curtis/Gravity announces “Beyond Gravity,” Thurs., Oct. 25, 8 p.m. at CounterPulse in San Francisco, It’s an evening of intersectional performances and body-based performance works by jose e. abad, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Abby Crain, Gabriel Christian, Rachael Dichter and Mira Kautto, current artists of Gravity’s new Artist Services Program.

The evening will feature three world premieres: “From the room beside me,” performed and created by Rachael Dichter and Mira Kautto; “Lindenau (rifle club) party for the other siblings,” performed and created by Abby Crain; and “aleph is for annals,”

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Bruce Nauman in his studio mock-up for “Green Light Corridor” (1970), Pasadena, CA

performed and created by jose e. abad and Gabriel Christian, featuring Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. “Two live carnate performers and one projected performer will interact around their collective historical mythos of a queer militant uprising, as mounted by their alter egos Faluda Islam (Bhutto) and Black Bussy (Christian).”

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20 • BAY AREA REPORTER • October 18-24, 2018

Guest conductor gets dynamic response

by Philip Campbell

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uest conductors are keeping the podium covered at Davies Symphony Hall this month as Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas works with his other family at the New World Symphony in Miami.

Conductor Manfred Honeck kept the home fires blazing last week with a concert featuring the long-awaited San Francisco Symphony debut of cellist Truls Mork.

Current Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra music director Manfred Honeck returned to DSH after his own impressive local debut in 2017, when he partnered with baritone Matthias Goerne for Shostakovich’s dark Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, and rounded the weighty concert off with Tchaikovsky’s stirring Fifth Symphony.

Pittsburgh has extended Honeck’s contract through the 2021-22 season, so he has most likely fallen out of the running to replace MTT (last season 2019-20), but one doesn’t sense a need for auditioning skills in him anyway.

He stands out in the competition with years of varied experience: playing in the Vienna Philharmonic as a musi-

cian himself, working as an to Mork and his astonishing assistant to the great Claucollaboration with Honeck dio Abbado and the Gustav and the SFS on Prokofiev’s Mahler Youth Orchestra, problematic Sinfonia concerand maintaining years of tante. Originally a Cello Consuccessful guest conducting certo, the work was revised by assignments with musical the composer for the legendinstitutions ranging from ary Mstislav Rostropovich, the Czech Philharmonic but it proved a mixed upOrchestra to the Chicago grading – stronger showcase, Symphony Orchestra. weaker composition.

He certainly gets a dyThe final edition is full of namic response from our trademark Prokofiev tang, own musicians. Using witty melodies, yearning introa seating plan (divided spection, and heart-stopping strings upfront and bass challenges for the cellist, but it balance to the rear) that seldom gels in performance. works brilliantly with the It takes a strong interpretive quirky acoustics of Davies, stance from both conductor and which highlights the and soloist to make a satisfacstrengths of each section torily coherent statement. of the orchestra, Honeck Norwegian virtuoso Truls recently fashioned a perMork comes to San Francisco Felix Broede fect supporting backdrop after already establishing an for cellist Mork’s bravura Conductor Manfred Honeck appeared with the San internationally acclaimed career turn in Prokofiev’s difficult Francisco Symphony. and making a protracted comeSinfonia concertante, and back from a serious illness that CEO Mark Hanson to the rescue with a thrilling ambience for left him unable to play. Thanka diplomatic appeal from his own Dvorak’s invigorating Symphony fully there were no visible signs of wear seat) couldn’t stop Honeck’s energetic No. 8. Even an interruption between and tear as he powered through the course of action. movements of the Dvorak caused grueling requirements of Prokofiev’s The first half of the bill was devoted by feedback from a hearing aid (SFS Sinfonia concertante (1950).

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Honeck and the intelligently placed orchestral musicians backed him with a warmth and concentration that sympathetically enforced the clarity of his intensely focused playing.

It was a revelatory experience. Sergei and “Slava” would have joined in the sincere standing ovation.

Hearing aid glitches surmounted, Honeck turned the second half of the bill into another tour de force with a roof-raising romp through Dvorak’s Bohemian dance-inspired Symphony No. 8 in G Major.

Trumpeter Mark Inouye set the seal on the dazzling rendition as he started the final movement with a diamondsharp fanfare. The entire orchestra had a chance to shine, too. The positioning of the players augmented the bloom and sweetness of the ensemble, and Honeck’s control still allowed them plenty of room to move.

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Reconsidering Bernstein’s symphonies

by Tim Pfaff

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mong Leonard Bernstein’s many personal identifications with Gustav Mahler was his fervent desire to be remembered as much – or more – as a composer than as a conductor.

The score to “West Side Story” alone has accomplished that, but Bernstein hoped there was a place for us serious composers, too.

It’s fair to say, if not fair to the compositions themselves, that Bernstein’s three symphonies have gotten a much-needed boost from the composer’s centennial, if largely by way of recordings. The obvious candidate for live performances during the Bernstein Centennial, now drawing to a close, was the Second, subtitled “The Age of Anxiety” (after the Auden poem that so moved the composer).

All three symphonies feature major solo contributions, but the Second is such a crackling dialogue between solo piano and orchestra that it has the vitality of a concerto.

Credit Bernstein student, colleague and proponent MTT for keeping faith with the piece, having performed it with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in both this and previous SF Symphony seasons. But even in the most savvy performances, the booze-fueled, mid-WWII angst in this symphonic “tone poem” leaves a less enduring impression than does its heavily jazzinflected central section.

A new all-star recording with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle with Krystian Zimerman (DG), a Bernstein colleague who has grown into one of the world’s most illustrious pianists, somehow dulls the work’s momentum by substituting monumentality. Perhaps the problem lies in a telling quote by Zimerman on DG’s own website: “I always liked the

piece. Bernstein knew that this is exactly the advantage an interpreter has: the ability to give a piece a life that the composer is sometimes too ashamed, too modest or too uncomfortable to present in the work himself.”

This lingering, amorphous sense of shame still fouling the reception of Bernstein’s symphonies is unceremoniously shown the door by Antonio Pappano’s new recording of all three with his Roman Orchestra dell’Accademia Nationale di Santa Cecilia (Warner Classics), an orchestra with which the composer himself enjoyed a warm association.

Tossing in “Prelude, Fugue and Riffs” in the bargain, Pappano gives the most electrifying, detailed, convincing – and, to the point, moving – performances of the works to date, improving on the composer’s own without somehow implying more shame. Pappano’s “The Age of Anxiety” is everything DG’s is not, snappy without being self-indulgent, playing the orchestra off against a hair-on-fire Beatrice Rana at the keyboard.

The key to bringing Bernstein’s large symphonic works off is, pace Zimerman and legions of others before him, not backing off from their soul- and heart-on-the-sleeve fervor.

But even with advocacy as trenchant as Pappano’s for the First Symphony, “Jeremiah,” its chances of sneaking back into the active repertory are slim.

Completed in 1942, it shows Bernstein already pushing at the edges of the form, one could argue prematurely. The prophet’s lament about the damnation man brings on himself, sung here with conviction but barely controlled vibrato by the estimable mezzo Marie-Nicole Lemieux, is ultimately brought down by its own weight.

If no less declamatory, the Third

Symphony, “Kaddish,” intoning the Jewish prayer for the dead, deploys enormous musical forces – full orchestra, chorus, soprano soloist and narrator – with vastly greater skill to significantly greater impact. Completed and first performed in 1963, it has “West Side Story” breathing down its neck in all the right ways, finger-snapping rhythms consorting with dazzling instrumentation encapsulating a big tune you can’t miss – or fail to be carried away by – even on the first go.

A performance under Leonard Slatkin capped the New York Philharmonic’s “Bernstein’s Philharmonic” series in 2017, arguing for its ongoing stage worthiness and its place at the peak of the composer’s canon. Nowhere is Bernstein’s personal struggle with the Almighty, faith and doubt, in a to-the-death rumble, more brassknuckled than here.

Its success in performance has always relied on the Speaker who declaims Bernstein’s text, conceived for performance by his wife, Felicia Montealgre, who herself knew a thing or two about rage at the creator. If you find their first recording of the “Kaddish,” until now the finest, over the top, none of Bernstein’s modifications since are likely to change your estimation. It’s Bernstein at his most Godbothered – “Tin God, your bargain with man is tin, and crumples in my hand” – and all but sure to fall unhappily on the ringing ears of listeners spared that conflict.

Pappano has sagely paired the original score with the revised narration, and, critically, found himself the perfect Narrator in Josephine Barstow, the veteran British soprano who here proves she can carry the drama with words alone. The choral singing is as incisive and exquisite in every detail as the playing, and Nadine Sierra’s sopra-

no floats over it all like a benediction.

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It was a dark and stormy night

by David-Elijah Nahmod

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n 1931 director James Whale (1889-1957) terrified the world when he directed “Frankenstein,” an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 19th-century novel about a mad scientist who created a monster.

In Whale’s version of the story, the monster was seen as a confused, lost and lonely creature who didn’t understand why people were repulsed by him. The monster just wanted to be loved.

Whale was a gay man who lived during a time when coming out was not an option, and when many LGBT people were forced Cohen Film to live lives of isolated loneliness. Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in director James Whale’s “The Old It is now believed that the mon- Dark House.” ster, as presented by Whale, was a reflection of his own isolation, looking character, who’s played by her long white dress billowing with living as he did in a world that would Boris Karloff, who was so memorable the curtains as the winds howl not accept him, though it’s been said as the monster in “Frankenstein.” But through the open windows of the that he refused to remain in the closet.

Morgan is only the beginning. cavernous dark hallway.

Besides “Frankenstein,” Whale is “My name is Femm,” says the efThings get stranger and stranger, best remembered for three other horfeminate man who comes down yet the travelers just won’t leave the ror films of the period: “The Invisible the winding staircase to greet them. house. Morgan gets drunk and begins Man” (1933), “Bride of Frankenstein” “Horace Femm.” attacking people. Sir Roderick Femm, (1935) and “The Old Dark House” Femm, a bit queenie and terrified Horace and Rebecca’s bedridden (1932). The last of these has recently of the storm, is played by gay actor 102-year-old father, tells Margaret been released on BluRay in a newly Ernest Thesiger (1879-1961). They’re and her husband Philip (Raymond restored and remastered print. soon joined by Horace’s sister ReMassey) about his son Saul, who’s The plot of “The Old Dark House” becca (Eva Moore), a religious fanatic kept in a locked room because he likes is simple. Five travelers along the who all but attacks traveler Margaret to set fire to the house – and they still Welsh countryside seek refuge in a Waverton (Gloria Stuart). don’t leave! large, spooky old mansion during a “You’re wicked,” Rebecca tells Sir Roderick is played by an actor raging storm when the roads become Margaret. “Young and handsome, silly billed as John Dudgeon. In actuality flooded. There they meet the bizarre and wicked. You think of nothing but the character was played by a woman, family that inhabits this house of seyour long, straight legs and your white actress Elspeth Dudgeon, who was crets. They’re admitted to the house body and how to please your man. made up to look like an old man. This

by Morgan, the scarred, mute and You revel in the joys of fleshly love, sort of gender-bending casting was very creepy butler. Most people might don’t you?” unheard of in 1932, but Whale was have preferred to brave the storm As the thunder rages outside, Marnot your average director. upon first glance of this horrificgaret runs shrieking from the room, Also in the cast was gay actor

Charles Laughton in his American film debut. Laughton was for many years married to the actress Elsa Lanchester, who accepted his homosexuality. The couple were more like best friends than husband and wife.

For many years “The Old Dark House” was considered a lost film.

By the 1960s there were no prints left, but film director Curtis Harrington, a friend of Whale’s, made it his personal mission to find and save this film. After a search of the vaults of Universal Studios, the film’s negative was found. But Universal had no interest in paying to restore a film that they felt no longer had commercial value. Harrington convinced Eastman House to restore the film.

Were it not for Harrington’s efforts, the film would not be available today.

It’s a film worth seeing.

Whale’s camera glides in and out of beautifully expressionistic settings, at times creating an almost dreamlike atmosphere.

The film is also filled with macabre, dark humor, which makes it great fun to watch. The performances are magnificent, with Thesiger and Moore stealing every scene they’re in. Both offer wonderfully over-the-top performances. Thesiger’s Horace Femm was particularly daring, appearing at a time when gay characters were nonexistent on the screen. But from his very first appearance it’s obvious that Femm is a gay man, though of course the G word could never be uttered in 1932.

Current prints of the film are clear and sharp, making this 86-year-old chestnut look as though it were just being released to theaters for the first time. The film’s BluRay features a wealth of extras. There’s an interview with Sara Karloff, Boris Karloff’s daughter, who talks about her dad’s career. Curtis Harrington is seen in another interview in which he recalls his efforts to save the film.

There are also two commentary tracks, one from Gloria Stuart, which was recorded soon after she played Old Rose in “Titanic” (1997), and another from James Whale biographer James Curtis.

If you’re a fan of classic horror, you’ve no doubt seen Whale’s “Frankenstein” films. While certainly a different type of film from those masterpieces, “The Old Dark House” is a great film in its own right, and is well worth seeing. Happy Halloween!t

Partnership supreme: Dietrich & von Sternberg

by Tavo Amador

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lthough movies are often called a director’s medium, they’re a collaborative art, requiring cameramen, editors, writers, cinematographers, lighting technicians, set and costume designers, composers, and performers.

Among the most celebrated collaborations are between directors and actors.

Among them are George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn; Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant; John Ford and John Wayne. The most distinctive was between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich. Their six pictures remain visually stunning, erotic, romantic, and atmospheric. They indelibly shaped Dietrich’s image. Criterion has issued those films in a definitive Blu-Ray collection.

The Viennese von Sternberg (nee Josef Stern) (1895-1969) spent much of his youth in New York. He was a well-established director when, in 1929, Germany’s UFA Studios invited him to Berlin to make a movie from Heinrich Mann’s (Thomas’ brother) novel “Professor Unrat” (“Professor Garbage”). Emil Jannings, the first Best Actor Oscar winner, would star as the respectable professor who debases himself for love of Lola Lola, a cabaret entertainer. Several actresses, including Leni Riefenstahl, were tested. None seemed right.

Then von Sternberg saw the Berlinborn Dietrich (1901-92) in “Two Bow Ties,” a musical in which she sang suggestively and showed her sensational legs. She was his Lola Lola. She had been in about 17 movies since 1923, and had appeared in cabaret, revues, and plays without attaining stardom.

In her celebrated nightclub and concert acts of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, however, Dietrich insisted she had been “a student in a theatre school” when von Sternberg “discovered” her.

Her version prevailed until admiring researchers unearthed the truth.

Filmed in German and English, the

movie was Germany’s first talking picture. Von Sternberg toned down Jannings’ overacting while encouraging Dietrich’s underplaying. Her indifferent sexual wantonness was new. Realizing she was stealing the movie, he renamed it “The Blue Angel.” Jannings, however, was billed solo above the title.

The film and Dietrich were a sensation.

At von Sternberg’s urging, Paramount signed Dietrich to a long-term contract. The pair then traveled to “Morocco” (1930). Dietrich played Amy Jolly, a cabaret singer living by her wits who is smitten with legionnaire Tom Brown (an Apollo-like Gary Cooper). In a famous scene, a tuxedo-wearing Amy kisses a woman on the lips, then tosses a rose to Tom. Later, she sings, “What am I bid for my apples?” before accepting Tom’s offer.

Their romance is complicated. Only Dietrich could make the ending believable. Von Sternberg’s evocation of Morocco is extraordinary. This film hinted at Dietrich’s bisexuality and established her androgynous allure. Released in America before “The Blue Angel,” it made her a star, earning her a Best Actress Oscar nomination, her only one.

Von Sternberg photographed her better than in “The Blue Angel.” He would perfect lighting her in their subsequent

pictures, in which she is slimmer and more beautiful.

“Morocco” and “The Blue Angel” were hits. Paramount publicized Dietrich as a rival to MGM’s Greta Garbo.

Although they claimed never to have met, in “The Girls” Diana McLellan convincingly argues that they had appeared together in 1926’s “The Joyless Street” and may have had an affair. In any case, Garbo’s screen image was that of a romantic fatalist, while Dietrich’s was detached and ironic. Garbo was “Mata Hari” (1931), so Paramount cast Dietrich as a fictional Austrian WWI spy who is “Dishonored.” She betrays her country for love of a Russian. As the firing squad prepares to shoot, she coolly applies her lipstick.

They next rode the “Shanghai Express” (1932). Again, von Sternberg’s visual re-creation of China dazzles.

Dietrich is the notorious Shanghai Lily, traveling to Beijing during a period of civil unrest. She casually explains to old flame and fellow passenger Clive Brook that “It took more than one man to change my name to ‘Shanghai Lily.’” With Anna May Wong in a pivotal role and Warner Oland, who later played Charlie Chan in films. This was their biggest financial success and is

regarded as their best movie.

Dietrich next was a “Blonde Venus” (1932), a dedicated wife and mother forced to use her cabaret talents to pay for her husband’s (Herbert Marshall’s) expensive, life-saving medical treatments. Wealthy Cary Grant supplements her income. When her husband learns of her infidelity, he demands custody of their son (Dickie Moore).

Dietrich flees with the boy. Eventually the truth of her noble sacrifice is revealed. In a gorilla outfit that she later removes, Dietrich sings “Hot Voodoo.”

She also appears in white tie and tails to sing suggestively. The film failed at the box-office.

Dietrich starred in Rueben Mamoulian’s “Song of Songs,” (1933) before reuniting with von Sternberg to play Catharine the Great in 1934’s “The Scarlet Empress.” She looks sensational. The film is visually stunning, with lavish sets and exquisite costumes.

Handsome John Lodge is Count Alexis, Catharine’s lover who helps her seize the throne. Dietrich hints at being a dominatrix in their sado-masochist relationship. Her real-life daughter Maria

plays Catharine as a child. Despite the outstanding production values and von Sternberg’s expert direction, the film failed commercially. Paramount was worried.

The studio tried again, sending the pair to Spain to prove “The Devil Is a Woman” (1935). It was Dietrich’s favorite because she felt she never looked more beautiful. Set in 1890s Seville, Dietrich is an unlikely Concha Perez, a temptress who fascinates handsome Antonio (Cesar Romero) and nearly destroys his friend, Don Pascual’s (Lionel Atwill). The pacing is slow and the ending absurd, but the film looks glorious, and if Dietrich is not convincing as a Spaniard, she’s very entertaining. The Spanish government objected to the portrayal of the characters and asked Paramount to withdraw the film from circulation. Despite that free, titillating publicity, it flopped. This was the last collaboration between Von Sternberg and Dietrich. He made only a few more movies. She, however, continued starring in films until the 1960s.

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Rachel Bay Jones catches the zeitgeist

by Jim Gladstone

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achel Bay Jones’ reputation precedes her. Well, sort of.

The Tony-winning actress arrives in San Francisco later this month on the coattails of more than four years playing the title character’s loving, struggling single mother in “Dear Evan Hansen.” After originating the role in the musical’s first production at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Jones continued to New York with the show, playing Heidi Hansen at Second Stage and then on Broadway, in an award-winning 21-month run that just ended this past August.

A seasoned actress, Jones, now 48, made her Broadway debut in 1989’s “Meet Me in St. Louis.” But she’s quick to acknowledge that it’s the zeitgeist-catching success of “Dear Evan Hansen” that serves as her calling card as she takes her cabaret show on the road. Following performances in Indiana and Detroit, San Francisco will be the most theatersavvy market Jones has played her solo act thus far.

“I’m still figuring it out,” admits Jones, who is by no means a household name, even in musical-loving households. “People come to these concerts having seen ‘Evan Hansen’ or listened to the album or because their kid loves it. But they need an

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Rachel Bay Jones: “Members of the audience and I begin with something in common,” a love of “Dear Evan Hansen.”

introduction to me.” Her evolving set list includes songs from “Hansen” and other musicals she’s performed in, but also songs that are close to her heart by Lyle Lovett, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell.

“What’s wonderful, though,” she says, “is that the members of the audience and I begin with something in common. We share a deep appreciation of that incredible show.”

Along with legions of “Fansens,” Jones feels strong personal resonance with “Dear Evan Hansen.” As the single mother of a 15-year-old daughter, she understands the characters’ fraught relationship with social media.

“Look, I have a social media presence. And I love the feeling it

provides of having a family that extends beyond the people who are physically near. That ties into a way I really feel about this world,” says Jones. “But then my daughter and I just had an argument about Snapchat this morning. My greatest sorrow is when we’re not really present for each other.”

Also, like the musical’s title character, Jones has struggled with nearcrippling degrees of social discomfort.

“I’m a really shy person,” she explains. “I’m fine once I’m up on the stage performing, but after my first Broadway part I developed a lot of panic and anxiety around the search for jobs, the parties and the social aspects of the business. For many years

it kind of made me crumble. I ran away from New York despite the satisfaction I got from the work itself.”

Jones describes herself as having been “constantly in and out of theater over the two decades between 1989 and 2009.” She spent time living in South Florida, Austin, Asheville and Maui. “I did a little bit of everything,” she recalls. “I worked in health food stores, vet clinics. I thought I might want to be a veterinarian, but the blood-and-guts part was too painful. I had fantasies about being a marine biologist. But everywhere I went, I found myself drawn back toward theater.”

Jones took an international acting gig in a German-language Berlin production of “Rent,” and did a U.S. tour of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

“I wanted to keep ramming my head against that wall of anxiety until I broke through. But I also had to keep stepping away to nurse my wounds.”

Since 2009, when Jones was cast in the Broadway revival of “Hair,” she’s found herself able to stay in the acting game, moving on to the musical adaptation of “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” then a national tour of “A Christmas Story,” then Broadway’s “Pippin” revival, and finally, the development and success of “Dear Evan Hansen.”

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my career are obvious. It presents you to the world in a beautiful light, and people are more open to talking to you,” says Jones, who not only won a Best Featured Actress Tony, but also shared company Grammy and Emmy wins for the cast album and a performance on “The Today Show.”

“But even more immeasurably huge,” she says, “is what it’s done for me as a person and an artist. It’s given me a chance to think philosophically about why I do this. To really ruminate on what it means to spend eight shows a week for years, living with this person who is not me.

“I’ve learned so much about the relationships and energy between myself and other people in a room.

There are opportunities for honesty and clarity and connection, between actors and between actor and audience. I’ve learned to appreciate those opportunities and come to realize that they exist on Broadway, at the grocery store, and at home with my family.

“I never was quite convinced that I wanted to be an actor when I grew up,” says Jones. “But I think I’ve made that decision.”t Rachel Bay Jones, Fri. & Sat., Oct. 26 & 27, 8 p.m. Feinstein’s at the Nikko, 222 Mason St., SF. Tickets ($48.75-$85): www. feinsteinsatthenikko.com.

Pledging allegiance

by David Lamble

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od that I don’t believe in, give me the strength to get through the next three days.”

It’s to the credit of first-time writer-director Ike Barinholtz that his just-released, hyper-confrontational, extremely dark, Thanksgiving Daythemed comedy “The Oath” will strike some as hopelessly over-thetop, while others, such as your movie critic, can’t wait for a second helping.

The premise is simple. In the very near future, Americans are required to sign “The Patriot’s Oath,” pledging allegiance to the occupant of the Oval Office by Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

The filmmakers astutely plant their ticking time-bomb plot in a Southern California suburban enclave where a mixed-race couple is planning a T-Day

feast at which arguments about the Oath turn violent.

Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish are Chris and Kai, the couple whose quarrels quickly descend into levels of profanity that earn “The Oath” its “R” for pervasive language throughout, plus scenes of violence and drug use. “The Oath” bears scant resemblance to such traditional Turkey Day fare as Jodie Foster’s 1995 family favorite “Home for the Holidays.” Instead of pretty megawatt actors, the Courtesy of Topic Studios and Roadside Attractions cast of “The Oath” – Nora Dunn, Chris Ellis, Jon Barinholtz, Mer- Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz in “The Oath.” edith Hagner, Carrie Brownstein – are plain-looking if comically guests from signing the oath. ges or a Billy Wilder, “The Oath” adept performers. Billy Magnussen The violence in “The Oath” reaches is a comic oasis for partisans for and John Cho inject some sobering a fever pitch just as the audacity of its whom midterm elections still paranoia into their roles as Federal satire starts to wear a bit thin. Still, in appear a distant mirage.

Homeland Security agents who grill a cinematic age lacking a Stanley Ku“The Oath” opens Friday, Chris about his efforts to dissuade his brick, to say nothing of a Preston Sturwith a soundtrack that includes “Just

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have burned out on attempts

by Hollywood to deliver the truth behind drug and alcohol addiction stories. Even the best of them – Billy Wilder’s 1944 “The Lost Weekend,” with Ray Milland dragging his typewriter up Third Ave. to hock it for the price of a drink, or Otto Preminger directing Sinatra as 1955’s “The Man with the Golden Arm” – come off as less than the whole story to this survivor of a household ruled by a mean drunk of a British father. The fall film season has two fresh boyson-drugs dramas: “Ben is Back” (out in early December) and the subject of this review, “Beautiful Boy” (opens Friday).

The heart of this moving Bay Area-set drama is a determined dad’s fight to save an addicted son who seemingly has strayed beyond all hope. As father David Sheff cries, “My son is out there somewhere, and I don’t know what he’s doing! I don’t know how to help him!” Filmed in San Francisco and Marin, “Beautiful Boy” is based on

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Timothee Chalamet as Nic Sheff in director Felix van Groeningen’s “Beautiful Boy.”

dueling father and son memoirs by father David Sheff, and by son Nicolas Sheff.

The film depicts the painful journey taken by Nic Sheff (a gutwrenching performance by Timothee Chalamet) and a dad worried to death (Steve Carell) as they struggle over Nic’s dangerous drug habit.

Early in the drama, Dad warns his increasingly hyper son that the road to kicking his multiple drug habits is rockier than he imagines.

David: “You think you have this under control, and I understand how scared you are.”

Nic: “I understand why I do things, and it’s not going to be any different. I’m attracted to craziness.

You’re just embarrassed because I was like this amazing thing, like your special creation or something, and you don’t like who I am now!”

“Yeah, who are you, Nic?” “This me, this is who I am!”

“Beautiful Boy” was a challenging story to tell on screen because it required the filmmakers to reflect the emotional and practical gulf between the Sheffs, and to devise a credible way to combine them, in a roller coaster of a tale where the pair are often at complete loggerheads. If you wonder why this highly topical drama took a decade to reach movie screens, consider that an earlier version was planned with veteran Rolling Stone magazine writer Cameron Crowe (“Almost Famous”) at the helm

and Mark Wahlberg in the cast, but creative differences arose.

The film’s ultimate director, Felix van Groeningen, is best known to North American audiences for his powerful Belgiumset 2012 opposites-attract drama “The Broken Circle Breakdown.”

The director’s intense, fragmented style has the effect here of rendering Bay Area landmarks like Haight Street and the Golden Gate Bridge slightly foreign.

Practically speaking, Chalamet has this year’s Best Actor Oscar in the bag. He hits all the right notes for a kid who is headstrong, defiant and exasperating beyond belief.

It takes a special kind of love to survive the burdens his addiction places on his dad. The story, as told here, is mostly a male tale, with Amy Ryan as the divorced mom kept mostly on the sidelines.

I highly recommend reading the Sheff memoirs: “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction” by father David (Mariner Books), and “Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines” by son Nic (Antheneum). t

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Mexican marriage equality

by Brian Bromberger

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n August 2015, Rowan County, Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, defying the Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S., refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

She would eventually be jailed for contempt of court, yet her defiance pales in comparison to the stifling bureaucrats depicted in the new DVD “No Dress Code Required,” recently released by Strand. This documentary was a crowdpleaser when it played at Frameline last year. Its charm lies in focusing not so much on the politics of an ever-controversial issue, but rather on a gay Mexican couple’s personal struggle to get married in their local city, an endeavor that becomes a David vs. Goliath-like battle against civil functionaries who would have made any Soviet apparatchik proud.

Fernando and Victor are beauticians, owners of Trucco’s Salon in the city of Mexicali, located in Baja California. They have been a couple for a decade. Because they have prepared so many brides for their weddings, they begin to wonder why they shouldn’t have one themselves. Hearing that the famous actor Felipe Najera

had married his male partner, Fernando sends him a Facebook message. Najera recommends that they marry locally, to become the first same-sex couple in that region. The Mexican Supreme Court had approved same-sex marriages, but many of the provinces balked, often on religious grounds. Most gay couples travel to Mexico City, where it is easier to get married, but, having the support of family and friends, Fernando and Victor want to marry in Mexicali.

They hire Jose Marquez, a straight Mexicali lawyer, to represent them as they move through the various bureaucratic obstacles to obtain a marriage license, with both the provincial Governor and the mayor of Mexicali opposing them. One hurdle is the required premarital talk, which, comically, could have taken place in the 1950s. Its discussion, comparing sex to lettuce and tomatoes in a salad, would be laugh-out-loud outrageous if it wasn’t based on fact.

The couple presumably having overcome every barrier, the city registry gives them a date. Fernando and Victor make elaborate plans, dressing in matching, stylish white tuxedos, only to arrive at their appointed time to be told

they can’t marry due to discrepancies on their documents, such as signatures of witnesses not matching exactly.

Devastated, we see them dancing with tears running down their faces at what would have been their wedding reception.

It will take almost two years of additional, bizarre delay tactics before their fate is decided. These bureaucratic nitpicking schemes have a surrealist ring. They include questioning the authenticity of their birth certificates because they had been issued by a previous Mexican government, faking a bomb hoax to evacuate City Hall, and then forcing the couple to undergo mental testing to determine if they have dementia. Petty, archaic restric-

tions and legal clauses are used to support pre judice, with the goal of delaying cooperation long enough so the couple will give up the struggle.

What director Cristina Herrera Borquez has done so brilliantly is show the transformation of the couple from ordinary citizens just wanting to get married to mature, stubborn activists, determined not only to fight for their legal rights but also to set a precedent so that future couples won’t have to endure the humiliation they suffered.

They never lose their composure, despite provocation. Borquez clev-

erly intersperses this long battle with flashbacks on Victor and Fernando’s childhoods, as well as with their courtship, to both amusing and poignant effect, so we hear about Fernando wanting at age 7 to wear his sister’s confirmation dress, and years later eyeing Victor in a bar, sending him a beer only to have it refused and returned. More seriously, both of them, knowing they were gay from an early age, were bullied, with Victor distancing himself from others, afraid they would discover his secret.

Both men observe how difficult it is to be openly gay in Mexico. Yet it is their incredible bond of love that will sustain them through their nightmare: they never give up on each other. Their adorable, gracious warmth and courage both individually and together in interviews can’t help but win over audiences, whatever their personal opinions on marriage equality.

Viewers will cheer on Victor and Fernando, but in this triumphant documentary they will also see that cultural change can be very challenging despite civil rights decisions. But one should never underestimate the power of love. t

Romanian ruminations

by Brian Bromberger

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omanian New Wave writerdirector Cristian Mungiu has been called the contemporary Ingmar Bergman or Carl Theodor Dreyer, and with each passing film, this praise is increasingly well-earned. Mungiu received international raves for his 2007 breakthrough movie “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” in which a woman is seeking an illegal abortion with the help of her friend during the final days of the Ceausescu Communist-era regime. In his follow-up to that masterpiece, Mungiu is looking again at a relationship between two very different women in “Beyond the Hills,” released by Criterion on Blu-ray DVD. It’s based on BBC Bucharest bureau chief Tatiana Niculscu Bran’s report and later nonfiction novel about a 2005 exorcism in a remote Moldavian monastery.

Mungiu has refashioned these notorious events into a dark folktale enveloped in documentary realism, with a searing critique of Romanian social institutions.

Voichita (Cosmina Stratan) comes to the train station to greet

her arriving friend Alina (Cristina Flutur). They grew up together in a local orphanage, with Alina being the protector. It’s clear there was a physical component to their relationship, but upon their reunion Voichita is embarrassed

by Alina’s open and passionate affection. After a prolonged stay in Germany, Alina is returning to take Voichita back there to work as a waitress on a cruise ship. But Voichita has joined a poor Orthodox farm-like convent (with no electricity, and water from a well) run by an ascetic moralistic priest called Papa (Valeriu Andriuta), who rants and raves about the spiritual bankruptcy of the West: “Nothing sacred, everything is allowed [including same-sex marriage].” She still loves Alina, but differently, not like before, as “it can’t compare to the love of God,” which she now puts first. The convent has become the family she’s been seeking, and she will never be alone again.

Hoping to reactivate their relationship, Alina stays at the convent. She is encouraged by both Voichita and Papa to go to confession after being read from a book listing 464 possible sins (Mungiu’s satire here). Alina suspects Voichita is having a sexual relationship with Papa, and becomes increasingly emotionally unstable.

She will unsuccessfully attempt suicide by jumping down a well.

She’s taken to a hospital where the doctor suspects she may be a paranoid s ch i zop h re n i c , but due to overcrowding and bureaucratic paperwork, sends her back to the convent to recover in a “stress-

free” environment. Alina worsens over time, becoming increasingly disruptive with violent outbursts.

Fearing for her safety and theirs, the other nuns and Papa suspect Alina might be possessed by the Devil and need an exorcism. What transpires after this decision to “save her soul” concludes the film.

The film is a depiction of differing visions of love. An agnostic, Mungiu isn’t attacking religion or being anti-clerical, nor does he depict any of the characters as fanatics, villains, or dumb. He sees some of these people’s actions as misguided.

Their beliefs may obscure the reality around them and prevent them from feeling more compassionate. He questions why the nuns feel so cornered that living in a cloistered world seems their best option. Mungiu is more critical of other Romanian institutions, including hospitals that neglect their patients, orphanages that betray children, and a foster family system most interested in money.

Both Stratan and Flutur were voted Best Actress at the Cannes Festival for their bravura performances, a delicate dance between the butch and the femme, each trying to defeat the other’s rivals and revealing their volatile inner lives. Enormous credit must also go to cinematographer Oleg Mutu, who provides a stark contrast between the brilliant wintry light and the bleak quarters of the convent, emphasizing both the confinement and the calm order of monastic existence. At. 2.5 hours this is a long film, not always easy to watch. Mungiu uses a handheld camera, long takes and no soundtrack music, so the audience becomes almost a participant in the story. We witness every detail and event unfolding in real time, making the film both demanding and entrancing. The DVD extras, especially the interview with Mungiu and making-of-the-film feature, are excellent. Mungiu takes his place as one of the great film auteurs of this century. t

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Though not the primary medium for which this prolific Pop artist is known, he of the Campbell soup cans and redundant Liz Taylors and Marilyns immortalized in acrylic silkscreens, photography allowed Warhol to generate multiple works in different media from a single image. He purchased his first camera in 1976, and during the last decade of his life, until his untimely death in 1987, he carried a pocket-size Minolta wherever he went, shooting street life and friends, paramours, socialites, celebrities and business contacts, all of whom were fair game. One can easily imagine his both unnerving and flattering members of his famous, publicity-seeking crowd with an unexpected snap of the shutter. He once confessed, “The artificial fascinates me,” and it’s not hard to believe.

Befitting its subject, the installation in a darkened gallery is stagey and theatrical. A party animal who loved going out on the town every night, he was perpetually on, performing and trying on personas, a mutable mask in search of a self. “I always thought I’d like my tombstone to be blank,” reads one of the quotes sprinkled throughout the show. “Actually, I’d like it to say ‘Figment,’” a goal the elusive Warhol may have achieved. A telling 1981 color video from Warhol’s Factory finds the impresario applying makeup in a blond wig, along with several Polaroid self-portraits in drag documenting the transformation.

The show’s intriguing contents, primarily contact sheets from celebrity photo shoots and hired-gun studio portrait gigs, represent the intersection of Warhol’s professional and personal orbits. There are plenty of candid shots of the likes of Bianca Jagger and designer du jour Halston in the backseat of a limo; the wedding of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria

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“Be More Chill,” an upbeat, offbeat sci-fi high school musical, with songs by Iconis and a fan-fave featured performance by Salazar, is a viral sensation. The cast recording of its 2015 premiere production at a modest regional theater in New Jersey has been streamed over 150 million times, and prompted a sold-out Off-Broadway run this summer. This in turn prompted a Broadway transfer, set to open in February.

Between the Jersey and OffBroadway runs, Salazar, a rising star after notable New York turns in “Godspell” and “The Lightning Thief,” was invited to create and perform a cabaret act at 54 Below, Feinstein’s sister club in Manhattan. Rather than go solo, Salazar turned to Iconis, a cabaret veteran who frequently performs concerts of his witty original tunes with a group of Broadway singers under the moniker “Joe Iconis and Family.” The pair’s duo act “Two-Player Game” has only been performed seven times prior to this weekend’s engagement, but has already been released as an album.

Salazar, 32, an Orlando native who has never been to San Francisco before, is thrilled to make his local debut with this selection of Iconis originals, including “Michael in the Bathroom,” his signature number from “Be More Chill.”

“I wish I had a show like ‘Be More Chill’ growing up,” said Salazar, addressing the musical’s outlandishly delivered message of selfacceptance. The script features oral ingestion of popularity-boosting microchips, and a sexy, anthropomorphized supercomputer.

Describing himself as “an out and proud soldier for good in the queer community, and for all communities that feel they don’t

Shriver, with a random Kennedy or two straying into the frame; Pee-wee Herman in spats; Keith Haring handpainting Grace Jones’ body in 1984; Carly Simon in a black teddy; Warhol in Raybans and a fright wig in a selfportrait taken shortly before death; and yes, that’s really him posing with Nancy Reagan. You’d need a magnifier to view many of the images properly, so the large touchscreen at the center of the room, allowing visitors to enlarge and rotate the minuscule images, is a definite plus.

“Gay Gay Gay,” as in the Warhol line, “Now it’s gay gay gay as far as the eye can see,” is the none-too-subtle title of a section concentrating on his obsession with 1970s and 80s queer culture. It has a generous share of buff male models splayed on rumpled bed sheets, and various odes to sculpted, Apollo-like pulchritude. One naked specimen stands on his head, his shapely buttocks and well-toned thighs the focus of the silkscreen “Torso from Behind” (1977). Also on view are pictures of Warhol’s last partner, Jon Gould, an executive at Paramount who died in 1986 from complications from AIDS. Though Warhol asserted he was asexual, Gould’s documented presence in his life is among the many reasons to doubt his veracity.

Effectively illustrating the artist’s voyage from single tiny image to fullblown artworks, designated areas of the exhibition are structured with a set of common elements. Glass cases containing contact sheets, artifice-free Polaroids of a subject or subjects, and a suite of black & white snapshots sit above walls papered with cinematic blow-ups of contact sheet images.

Lording over it all are the monumental acrylic silkscreen portraits that blossomed from his investigations.

The exhibition gives several stars in Warhol’s firmament the shrine treatment. Of Liza Minnelli, he once remarked, “When Liza walks into a room, everything stops and people have a voice,” Salazar explained that, in addition to being gay, “I’m half-Filipino and half-Ecuadorian.

I struggled with my identity as a teenager. Every time I had to take a standardized test and they asked about ethnic background, there was no mixed-race bubble. I had to pick either my dad’s side or my mom’s. You’re already in this stressful situation where you’re taking a test, and the first thing you have to do is choose which parent matters more.”

There’s a note of discomfort in Salazar’s voice when he admits that as a high school theater-geek himself, “There was nobody to look up to in the entertainment world who I could see myself in. I kept trying to see myself in white actors. I would sit and write my name over and over, trying to figure out what I would change my last name to if I got a break in the business.”

Iconis, 37, suggests that while the adolescent protagonists of “Be More Chill” and other recent Broadway hits “Mean Girls” and “Dear Evan Hansen” may help attract younger audiences to theater, they also have an inherent appeal to adult audiences.

“Everyone has shared the experience of feeling alone, and like they aren’t part of something larger,” he said. “But high school kids are able to more openly express anxieties and fears that we can be less comfortable displaying when we get older. Sitting in the audience as an adult, you can share in the pain of youth, but the very fact that you’re sitting there watching it means you made it through. So there’s a sort of built-in optimism.”

For the queer kids within “Be More Chill”’s fervent teen fandom, there’s also plenty of optimism that they’ve built onto the show. Since the cast album began streaming three years ago, an ever-growing volume of online fan art and fiction

wait for the act to begin.” She’s seen in a video and a photo shoot-in-progress, as well as in the aforementioned silkscreens. Grace Jones, an Amazon among divas, receives a similar altar of devotion with pictures of a costumefitting and clips from an article on Her Majesty that appeared in Interview magazine. The Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz,” Margaret Hamilton, smiling sweetly in a pointy black hat in Warhol’s photos, looks a whole lot less terrifying than the green-faced gorgon cackling up a storm in a 1981 silkscreen. Keith Haring snuggles, circa 1983, with his longtime boyfriend, Juan Dubose, in a series of multiple enlarged contactsheet images plastered across a standalone wall; two silkscreen versions of the intimate couple, one splashed in nightclub backroom red, are superimposed on the surface. The unlikely pairing of Haring and Dolly Parton, seen in a quartet of shots (1985-86) that are either under- or over-exposed, is interesting, but apparently it was assumed they don’t merit explanation.

The same appears to have applied to graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom Warhol captured in 1982 working in his studio and in a soulful bronzed silkscreen splattered with green paint and urine. Excerpts from a series on China also could have used some elucidation – what was Warhol doing there? – as have the curious clinical shots of a nude Pat Hearn.

These are examples of a larger problem with a show that will leave you out in the cold if you aren’t already knowledgeable about Warhol’s importance in the art world and his contributions to popular culture, or familiar with the glamorous social milieu and fast crowd he ran with.

How to explain the omission of background information and absence of context at an institution that packs even the smallest single-room exhibition with meticulously researched, fulsome text? Visitors can fill in the

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Andy Warhol, detail from contact sheet (“Two male models posing,” used as the poster image for Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film “Querelle”), 1982. Gelatin silver print.

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Andy Warhol, detail from contact sheet (Jean-Michel Basquiat photo shoot for Polaroid portrait; Andy Warhol, Bruno Bischofberger), 1982. Gelatin silver print.

blanks themselves – if they can’t, they’re out of luck – but the exhibition would have been so much better and more alive if that weren’t necessary. It’s as if the curators stopped midway through the installation and

left it incomplete, an unfinished project, much like the man himself.t Through Jan. 6, 2019. museum. stanford.edu.

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George Salazar in “Be More Chill.”

has appeared on the internet. Much of it features Salazar’s character, Michael, getting it on with the lead character, Jeremy, his onstage platonic BFF. “The fan-base of ‘Be More Chill’ has taken on this idea that all of the characters are gay or transgender,” said Iconis, who is neither. “I love the idea of everyone having whatever interpretation they want. I love to leave things open.”

“Full disclosure,” said Salazar.

“When we were rehearsing the show, I said, ‘Let’s see what it would be like playing Michael as gay,’ but ultimately we decided against it.

“Michael is 16. I didn’t start exploring my own sexuality until I was 17. We didn’t assign a sexuality to him; I wanted him to exist before the inner turmoil and self discovery.”

Also, said Iconis, “We didn’t want to create a stereotypical situation where there was a gay boy pin-

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Joe Iconis joins George Salazar for “Two-Player Game.”

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Joe Iconis and George Salazar: Two-Player Game, Fri. & Sat., Oct. 19 & 20, 8 p.m. $31.50-$65 ($20 food/ drink min.). Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St., SF. www. feinsteinsatthenikko.com

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Oslo @ Marin Theatre Comp.

J.T. Rogers’ Tony-winning political thriller details the story of how Norwegian diplomat Mona Juul, and her husband, social scientist Terje Rød-Larsen, brokered top-secret negotiations between Israel and Palestine. $22-$60. Tue-Sun 7:30pm.

Additional matinees. Thru Oct. 21. 397 Miller St., Mill Valley. marintheatre.org

Red Scare on Sunset @ NCTC

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Thu 18 Mr David gowns at HairToStay on the Runway @ JCCSF

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Classic and New Films @ Castro Theatre

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas @ Gateway Theatre

The Moth StorySlam (8pm, www. themoth.org). Oct. 19: Alien (7:15) and Heavy Metal (9:25) Oct 20 & 21: Disney’s Moana sing-along (12:30).

Oct 20: The Maltese Falcon (3:15, 7pm) and The Thin Man (5:10, 8:55).

Oct 21: I Am Cuba (3:30pm, 8pm) and Black Orpheus (6pm). Oct 23: Roma (7pm). Oct 24: The Best little Whorehouse in Texas (7pm) and Boogie Nights (9:05). Oct 25: The Last Movie (7:20) and Easy Rider (5:30, 9:20). $11-$16. 429 Castro St. http://www.castrotheatre.com/

42nd Street Moon’s new production of the rollicking football-prostitutionscandal musical comedy. $30-$75.

Wed/Thu 7pm, Fri 8pm, Sat 6pm, Sun 3pm. Thru Oct. 21. 215 Jackson St. 42ndstmoon.org

Bravo 25 @ The Marsh Bravo 25: You’re A.I. Therapist Will See You Now, Eliza Gibson’s solo show about her work as a social worker and therapist. $20-$100. Thu 8pm, Sat 5pm, thru Oct. 27. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

Dracula @ La Val’s Subterranean Theater, Berkeley

A Doll’s House: Part 2 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Theatre Lunatico’s production of Steven Dietz’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire tale. $15-$25.

Thu 7:30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm, thru Nov 18. 1834 Euclid Ave., Berkeley. theatrelunatico.org

Lucas Hnath’s innovative funny ‘sequel’ to the Henrik Ibsen theatre classic about a 19th-century housewife who returns to the husband she abandoned. $23-$75. Thru Oct. 21. 2025 Addison St. berkeleyrep.org

Fashion show fundraiser for the cancer patient organization, with food, desserts, drinks, silent auction, fashion show of Mr David gowns, and singer Carlos Reyes. $125 and up. 6pm-9pm.

Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St. hairtostay.org/runway

The Happy Prince @ Landmark Theatres Rupert Everett stars in his selfproduced, written and directed biographical film about Oscar Wilde. Oct 21 Q&A with the star at 4:40pm & 7:25pm. Thru Oct. 25. landmarktheatres.com

The Homophobes: a Clown Show @ CounterPulse West Coast premiere of Dino Dinco’s performance work about a pastor caught in a scandal amid a conservative congregation. $20-$35.

Thu-Sat thru Oct. 20. 80 Turk St. www.counterpulse.org

Men on Boats @ Strand Theater

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

Spookfest @ Roxie Cinema Haunted house décor in the theatre, costume contest and screenings of a dozen+ short horror films! $12-$16.

7pm, 9:15pm. 3117 16th St. roxie.com

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

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Local production of the hit musical about a Motown music trio. $20-$40.

Thru Oct. 21. Julia Morgan Theatre, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley. www.berkeleyplayhouse.org

Fairview @ Berkeley Rep World premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s eccentric funny play about a family gathering, race and voyeuristic neighbors. $27-$80. Thru Nov. 4.

2025 Addison St., Berkeley. www.berkeleyrep.org

The Resting Place @ Magic Theatre

Korde Arrington Tuttle’s new drama about a couple facing racism in Texas. $30. Thru Nov. 3. 221 4th St. www.sfplayhouse.org

World premiere of Ashlin Halfnight’s drama about a family in crisis. $15-$75.

Tue 7pm, Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 2:30pm.

Thru Nov 4. Fort Mason, 2 Marina Blvd, 3rd floor. MagicTheatre.org

Sweat @ Geary Theater American Conservatory Theater’s production of Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama set in Reading PA’s dying steel industry. $15-$110.

Tue-Sat 8pm. Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm.

Thru Oct. 21. 415 Geary St. act-sf.org

Waitress, The Musical @ Golden Gate Theatre Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s new hit musical about a woman’s aspirations for more than restaurant work. $80-$256. Thru Nov. 11. 1 Taylor St. https://www.shnsf.com

Zaccho Dance Theatre @ Bayview Opera House The innovative energetic aerial dance company performs a series of free concerts. Oct. 11-14, 18-21. 8pm.

4705 3rd St. www.zaccho.org

Graveyard Shift @ Creativity Theater, YBCA

Liss Fain Dance @ Z Space The local company performs a revised version of Fain’s I Don’t Know and Never Will: A Recomposition. $25$35. Fri & Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm. Thru Oct. 21. 450 Florida St. zspace.org

Marga Gomez @ The Marsh, Berkeley Return engagement of the comic’s hit show, Latin Standards. $25-$100. Fri 8pm, Sat 8:30pm. Thru Nov. 17. 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley. margagomez.com themarsh.org

Miss Saigon @ Orpheum Theatre New touring production of Cameron Mackintosh’s Broadway revival of the 1989 hit musical about lovers torn apart amid the Vietnam War. $56$256. Thru Nov. 4. 1192 Market St. miss-saigon.com shnsf.com

Olympians Festival @ Exit Stage Left Annual festival of short plays (27 plays, 28 writers) exploring themes of Roman gods and goddesses. $10-$12.

Thru Oct. 20. 156 Eddy St. www.sfolympians.com

Queer Yoga @ Love Story Yoga All-level weekly classes in an LGBT space. $11. 6:30pm-7:30pm. 473 Valencia St. at 16th. lovestoryyoga.com

Fri 19 Ed Wolf’s It’s Hard to Explain @ Exit Theatre

It’s Hard to Explain @ Exit Theatre Local gay activist and storyteller Ed Wolf reprises his solo show. $20-$30.

8pm. Also Oct. 20, 26 & 27. 156 Eddy St. http://www.theexit.org/its-hard/

Washed Up on the Potomac @ Custom Made Theatre

FRI 19 Acid Test @ The Marsh Acid Test: the Many Incarnations of Ram Dass, Lynne Kaufman’s spiritual exploration solo show, returns. $20$100. Fri 8pm, Sat 8:30pm. Thru Nov. 4. 1062 Valencia St. themarsh.org

Day of the Dead @ Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Opening party for Flight of the Ancestors, the annual exhibit of altars and art celebrating the dead, with cash bar, appetizers, desserts and a performance by Cascada de Flores. $30-$50. 6pm-9pm.

World premiere of José Zayas’ play about D.C. proofreaders caught up in a possibly murderous scandal. $30.

Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm. Sat 3pm. 533 Sutter St. 2nd floor. sfplayhouse.org

You Mean To Do Me Harm @ SF Playhouse Award-winning playwright Christopher Chen’s drama about two interracial couples, and an insult that starts an escalation of anger and paranoia. $35-$100. Thru Nov. 3. 420 Post St. www.sfplayhouse.org

SAT 20 Alexander Hernandez @ Strut The artist’s exhibit of portraits questioning gender. Thru Oct. 470 Castro St. www.strutsf.org

San Francisco Opera’s new production of Puccini’s classic tragedy, sung in Italian with English supertitles. $26$400. Oct. 20, 23, 26 & 30. 301 Van Ness Ave. www.sfopera.com

Red Scare on Sunset @ New Conservatory Theatre

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Dreamgirls @ Berkeley Playhouse

Tosca @ War Memorial Opera House

Thu 18 479 Castro Street

Thru Nov. 17. 2868 Mission St. missionculturalcenter.org

Charles Busch’s campy satire of 1950s McCarthy-era red-baiting is performed by the acclaimed local company, with J. Conrad Frank (Katya Smirnoff-Skky), Nancy French and others. $20-$55. Wed-Sat 8pm. Sun 3pm. Thru Oct. 21. 25 Van Ness Ave, lower level. www.nctcsf.org

Litquake @ Multiple Venues Last weekend of the annual multivenue celebration of literature, with 100s of local and visiting authors reading from and discussing books; thru Oct. 20, where the annual Lit Crawl converges on venues along Valencia Street and nearby. Most events free. www.litquake.org

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Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi The musical comedy revue celebrates its 45th 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

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noted. Wed-Fri 8pm. Sat 6pm & 9pm.

Sun 2pm & 5pm. 678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. (Green St.). 421-4222. beachblanketbabylon.com

of printmaking to create vivid and abstracted works. Thru Dec. 16.

Free/$15. 685 Mission St. www.moadsf.org

Contact Warhol: Photography Without End @ Cantor Arts Center, Palo Alto

Traumboy @ CounterPulse

Exhibit of contact sheets and previously unseen images by Andy Warhol.

Thru Jan 6, 2019. Stanford University campus, Palm Drive at Museum Way. museum.stanford.edu/visit

Dia de los Muertos @ SOMArts Annual exhibit of dozens of lavish and intimate altars honoring the dead. Thru Nov. 9. 934 Brannan St. somarts.org

Fun Home @ Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Lisa Kron and Jeanine Resori’s Tony-winning adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s acclaimed graphic novel about her family tragedies is performed by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. $40-$100. Tue/Wed 7:30pm,.

Thu-Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm & 7pm. Thru Oct. 28. 500 Castro St., Mountain View. www.theatreworks.org

Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu @ Palace of Fine Arts The award-winning Bay Area hula company performs I Mua: Hula in Unusual Places, a new concert of live dance and music, contemporary hula styles, with multimedia projections. $35-$90. Oct 20, 8pm opening night gala ($90). Oct 21, 3pm; 27 at 8pm ($200 tickets include a Lu’au party), & 28 at 12pm (kid-focused show) & 3pm. 3301 Lyon St. naleihulu.org

Our Town Expo @ Eureka Valley Rec Center Check out dozens of local LGBT nonprofits, enjoy food and entertainment. 12:30pm-4:30pm. 100 Collingwood St. at 18th. ourtownsf.org

Through-LINES: The Art of Ballet @ 836M Exhibit of stunning dance photos by prolific photographer RJ Muna, with design and sound installations by Christopher Haas, Bernie Krause and Jim Campbell; presented by Alonzo King LINES Ballet as part of its 35th anniversary season. Thru Jan 7, 2019.

836 Montgomery St. linesballet.org www.836m.org

SUN 21 Días de los Muertos @ Oakland Museum 24th annual celebration of art and altars honoring the dead, with music kid and adults activities, nearby food trucks and ASL interpretation.

12pm-4:30pm. 1000 Oak St. www.museumca.org

Oaxacan Day of the Dead @ Gregangelo Museum Exhibit of 13 earthly and cosmic altars to the dead, with food and live music

by Liliana Herrera. $95. 12pm-3pm.

225 San Leandro Way. www.velocityartssf.com

Painting is My Everything @ Asian Art Museum Art From India’s Mithila Region, thru Dec 30. Also, Traces of the Past and Future, Fu Shen’s painting and calligraphy, thru Sept., plus exhibits of sculpture and antiquities. Sunday café specialties from $7-$16. Free-$20.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 200 Larkin St. www.asianart.org

Queer Tango @ Finnish Hall, Berkeley Same-sex partner tango dancing, including lessons for newbies, food and drinks. $5-$10. 3:30pm-6:30pm.

1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley. www.finnishhall.org

Second Look, Twice @ MOAD Exhibition of the work of 15 criticallyacclaimed contemporary artists of African descent, including Glenn Ligon, Martin Puryear, and Kara Walker, who have used the medium

Daniel Hellman’s self-body solo show examinations on his work as a prostitute. $20-$35. 8pm. 80 Turk St. www.counterpulse.org

Weapons of Mass Seduction @ de Young Museum The Art of Propaganda, an exhibit of historic international posters and war-era graphics; thru Oct. 7. Also, modern and historic art, including embroidery, Maori portraits and installations. Free/$15. 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park. www.famsf.org

MON 22 Ben Iliili @ McClaren Lodge Exhibit of the photographer’s diverse subjects (boxers, portraits); reception Oct. 11; thru Nov 2. Mon-Fri 9am4:30pm. 501 Stanyan St. www.harveymilkphotocenter.org

Connecting Threads @ JCCSF Quilts From the Social Justice Sewing Academy, an exhibit of textile art by local youth, with political themes.

Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sun 8am-8pm, thru Nov. SF Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St. jccsf.org

Veiled Meanings @ Contemp. Jewish Museum Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress, from the Collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, an exhibit of detailed clothing from dozens of countries; thru Jan 6, 2019. Also, In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art— Oxossi Ayofemi and Risa Wechsler, thru July 2019. Lew the Jew and His Circle: Origins of American Tattoo, thru June 9.

2019. 736 Mission St. www.thecjm.org

TUE 23 Community Meetings @ Strut Meetings for harm reduction, cycling, book club and more, most weekdays.

470 Castro St. www.strutsf.org

David Shrobe @ Jenkins Johnson Gallery The artist’s exhibit of symbolic painting/collage portraits.

Thru Oct. 27. 464 Sutter St. www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com

Peter Hujar: Speed of Life @ BAM/PFA, Berkeley Exhibit of photos by the New York 1970s-’80s art/celebrity scene gay photographer who died of AIDS in 1987; thru Nov. 18. Cecelia Vicuna: About to Happen, thru Nov. 18.

Ongoing film series at the Pacific Film Archive. Berkeley Art Museum, Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center St. Berkeley. www.bampfa.org

René Magritte: The Fifth Season @ SF MOMA New exhibit of 70 artworks by the master Surrealist painter; thru Oct. 28. Sublime Seas: John Akomfrah and J.M.W. Turner, a captivating video

Sun 21 Traumboy @ CounterPulse Sun 21

installation (thru Sept. 16). Also, Free/$25. Fri-Tue 10am-6pm.

151 3rd St. www.sfmoma.org

Various Events @ Oakland LGBTQ Center Social events and meetings at the new LGBTQ center include film screenings and workshops, including Bruthas Rising, trans men of color meetings, 4th Tuesdays, 6:30pm. Film screenings, 4th Saturdays, 7:30pm.

Game nights, Fridays 7:30pm-11pm.

Vogue sessions, first Saturdays. 3207 Lakeshore Ave. Oakland. https:// www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/

Will Durst @ The Marsh The erudite political comic returns with yet another updated version of his show, Durst Case Scenario: Midterm Madness. $20-$100.

Tuesdays, 8pm Thru Oct. 30. 1062 Valencia St. www.themarsh.org

WED 24 Deirdre Weinberg: Living Memory in the TL @ Tenderloin Museum Exhibit of mini-portraits showing “beauty where it might be overlooked.” 398 Eddy St. www.tenderloinmuseum.org

Expedition Reef @ California Academy of Sciences Exhibits and planetarium shows with various live, interactive and installed exhibits about animals, plants and the earth; Deep Reefs, Giants of Land and Sea, Gems and Minerals, and more. $20-$35. Mon-Sat 9:30am-5pm. Sun 11am-5pm. 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park. 379-8000. www.calacademy.org

Fighting Back: Health and Wellness for LGBTQ People @ GLBT History Museum Historians and health professionals and community organizers discuss the history of LGBT access to healthcare. $5. 7pm. 4127 18th St. glbthistory.org

THU 25 Amanda Curreri @ Romer Young Gallery Country House, an exhibit of the artist’s fabric-tapestry “queer feminist response” to the current political morass. Thu-Sat 11am-5pm, and by appointment. Thru Oct. 27. 1240 22nd St. www.romeryounggallery.com

Wed 24 Fighting Back: Health and Wellness for LGBTQ People @ GLBT History Museum

Beyond Gravity @ CounterPulse Queer and universal themes are explored by several artists (jose e. abad, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Gabriel Christian, Abby Crain, Rachael Dichter, and Mira Kautto) at the unusual performance event. $15-$30. 8pm.

Thru Oct. 27. 80 Turk St. www.counterpulse.org

Henry Rollins @ Herbst Theatre The outspoken storyteller and former Black Flag singer shares a multimedia presentation of favorite photos from his world travels. $40. 8pm. 401 Van Ness Ave. www.henryrollins.com/ http://apeconcerts.com

The Posters of Rex Ray @ GLBT History Museum New exhibit, A Picture Is a Word: The Posters of Rex Ray, survey of the graphic works of internationally renowned San Francisco queer artist and designer (1956 - 2015). $5. 7pm9pm. 4127 18th St. glbthistory.org

The Rocky Horror Show @ Victoria Theatre D’Arcy Drollinger returns as Frank N. Furter in Ray of Light’s glamorously hilarious production of the Richard O’Brien camp horror holiday classic. $30-$40. Most nights 8pm (Oct 27 at 7pm & 11pm). Thru Nov. 3. 2961 16th St. www.rayoflighttheatre.com

Thu 25 Henry Rollins @ Herbst Theatre

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Nightlife Events

October 18-25, 2018

Karaoke Dokey @ Flore

Cocktails and science exhibits. $15$20. 6pm-10pm. Pier 13, Embarcadero at Green St. www.exploratorium.edu

Queer weekly night out with DJed and live music, at the popular Mission bar. Oct. 11, Munecas, Lower Self and Music for the Apocalypse perform.

10pm-2am. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Monty Quilla hosts the new weekly amateur singing night. 9pm-12am.

2298 Market St. www.flore415.com

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Live! @ Oasis

HairToStay on the Runway @ JCCSF

Opening night of the popular drag parody of the vampire-hunting TV show, starring Michael Phillis and a cast of comic locals, including Kim Burly, Melanie Marshall, Flynn DeMarco and others. $27-$50.

8pm. Fri & Sat 7pm. Thru Nov 3.

298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Carole Luckenbach @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The cabaret jazz veteran vocalist makes her debut at the stylish nightclub, with a six-piece band. $19$45 ($20 food/drink min.). 8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Peaches Christ’s new haunted house event’s set in the classic old building, with multiple rooms and floors of creepy interactive fun; 45-minute tours of groups of 12. $60. 6:30pm10pm. Cash bar. Thru Nov. 3. 88 5th St. www.intothedarksf.com

DTF Fridays @ Port Bar, Oakland

Gayface @ El Rio

After Dark @ Exploratorium

Terror Vault @ The Old Mint

Enjoy autumnal giggles with Clara Bijl, Victor Pacheco, Bridget Schwartz, Jon Alcabes, and host Lisa Geduldig. $10$20. 3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Enjoy burgers and a drag show. $5 show. 10pm. Also Saturdays. 531 Castro St. hamburgermarys.com

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Live! @ Oasis

THU 18

Comedy Returns @ El Rio

Drag & Dinner @ Hamburger Mary’s

Thu 18

Fashion show fundraiser for the cancer patient organization, with food, desserts, drinks, silent auction, fashion show of Mr David gowns, and singer Carlos Reyes. $125 and up. 6pm-9pm.

Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St. hairtostay.org/runway

A Real Horror Show @ Eagles Club, Alameda Glam Skanks’ burlesque-style variety show takes on Halloween themes, hosted by Jamie DeWolf; craft cocktails, artisan booths, and more. $12. 7pm-11pm. 2305 Alameda Ave., Alameda. brownpapertickets.com

The Monster Show @ The Edge

Various DJs play house music, and a few hotties gogo dance at the new gay bar’s weekly event. 9pm-2am.

2023 Broadway. (510) 823-2099. www.portbaroakland.com

Friday Night Live @ El Rio Enjoy the weekly queer and LGBTfriendly live acoustic concerts. $5pm.

3158 Mission St. www.elriosf.com

Hard Fridays @ Qbar

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

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

Picante @ The Cafe

Hiroshima @ Yoshi’s Oakland

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

Rock Fag @ Hole in the Wall Enjoy hard rock and punk music from DJ Don Baird at the wonderfully divey SoMa bar. Also Fridays. 7pm-2am.

1369 Folsom St. 431-4695. www.hitws.com

Royal Variety Show @ Moby Dick Queen Dilly Dally’s weekly fun variety show of drag, music and even puppets. 9pm-11pm. 4049 18th St. www.mobydicksf.com

Sundance Saloon @ Space 550 The Country-Western line-dancing two-stepping dance event celebrates 20 years. Free thru April 29; $5 after.

5pm-10:30pm. Also Sundays.

550 Barneveld Ave. www.sundancesaloon.org

This Old Bag @ Clift Hotel The Power of the Purse, the 14th annual fundraiser for Breast Cancer Emergency Fund includes celebrity’s purses and designer hanbags. $150 and up. 6:30pm-9:30pm.

495 Geary St. www.bcef.org

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

FRI 19 Access Happy Hour @ Oasis Drag show and cocktails in the Fez Room, with donations benefitting AccessSFUSD. 5pm-9pm. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

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The acclaimed jazz-pop ensemble performs their uniquely styled music, with guest percussionists. $29-$69.

8pm & 10pm., Also Oct 20 (7:30, 9:30) and 21 (7pm). 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. www.yoshis.com

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

Lick It @ Powerhouse Leather, kink, manly men, host Lance Holman and DJ Blackstone. $5. 10pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Madame @ Oasis Drag night deluxe with ‘80s, ‘90s and disco grooves, with Lady Hyde, D’Arcy Drollinger and Piranha, plus guesthost Raja. 10pm-2am. 298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Make Out Party @ SF Eagle Nark Magazine’s monthly smoochfest, with shots and Shot in the City’s photo booth. $5. 8pm-2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

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

Prism @ Qube Bar & Grill, San Mateo

Toxic Waste Face @ The Stud Teens With Fever, a night of “sickening” drag acts. $5-$10. 10pm4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Two-Player Game @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko George Salazar and Joe Iconis; the composer and costar perform music from Be More Chill. $31-$65. 8pm.

Also Oct. 20. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

You Betta Work Comedy Fiesta @ San Mateo County Pride Center Jesús U. Betta Work hosts the comedy party. $5. 7:30pm.

1021 S. El Camino Real, San Mateo. www.jesusubettawork.com

WUHff @ Powerhouse Pedal Pups’ AIDS Life Cycle fundraiser includes gogo dogs, shot pups and DJ Fawks. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

SAT 20 Beatpig @ Powerhouse Juanita MORE! and crew’s monthly party at the cruisy SoMa bar. $5. 9pm2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

La Bota Loca @ Club 21, Oakland Banda Los Shakas performs live at the LGBT Latinx night. $10. 9pm-4am.

2111 Franklin St. club21oakland.com

Decompression @ Potrero Power Station The biggest post-Burning Man party of the year, with 1000s of revelers enjoying a warehouse-chic outdoor venue, including gay camps Comfort & Joy and Glamcocks; art, art cars, DJed grooves, performances, fire dancers; costumes and “Burner drag” encouraged. $25-$50. All ages. 2pm2am. 420 23rd St. www.ticketfly.com

Green Eggs and Bam! @ Flore Drag shows and brunch at the central restaurant-café, with hostess Camille Tow. Shows at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm. 2298 Market St. www.flore415.com

House Party @ Powerhouse

New weekly LGBT night at the Peninsula restaurant and bar. 8pm11:30pm. 4000 South El Camino Real, San Mateo. https://qubelyfe.com/

Groovy retro couches and rugs, deep house from DJ Russ Rich, and cruisy fun. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Red Hots Burlesque @ The Stud

Lips and Lashes Brunch @ Lookout

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

Weekly show with soul, funk and Motown grooves hosted by Carnie Asada, with DJs Becky Knox and Pumpkin Spice. 3600 16th St. www.lookoutsf.com

Macho Macho @ SF Eagle Monthly Latinx night with Latin hits, rock en Espanol and more. $5. 9pm2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Mixed Forms @ The Stud Eclectic DJ night with guest Patrick Russell. $5. 9pm-4am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Mother @ Oasis Heklina’s popular drag show, with special guests and great music themes. Oct 19: special guest Valentina. DJ Omar plays grooves. $20-$30. 10pm-3am (11:30pm show).

298 11th St. www.sfoasis.com

Mr SF Rubber @ SF Eagle

Fri 19 Terror Vault @ The Old Mint

Third annual latex and rubber kink competition, with stretchy fashion on display. 5pm-7:30pm. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

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

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American Gongfu: two for tea Oakland tea house’s savory sips

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akland couple James Erb and Jason Young would love to spill the tea with you.

The pair share fascinating tidbits about the cultivation, processing and preparation of camellia sinensis –the tea plant– at the small educational gatherings that are the keystone of their passion-driven business, American Gongfu.

“Gongfu” often anglicized as “kung fu,” refers to a blend of skill, patience and focus applicable to the mastery of both martial and tea-making arts.

“We’re experience guys, not ‘things’ guys,” explains Erb, 53.

While the partners would be happy to have you shop for loose tea and brewing implements at their online store, they’re most excited about “spreading the dharma of tea” in person.

In custom-tailored sessions for four to six participants, the couple lead groups through the brewing and tasting of three to five different teas from their personal collection of more than 80 varieties. This is not your granny’s tea party.

Neophytes will be fascinated to learn how water temperatures and steeping times can be varied to get the best out of different teas, how teapots made from different materials effect flavor, and how white, green and black tea can all be made from the exact same plant.

Already knowledgeable tea drinkers can request more specific in-depth discussions focused on the science, history or cultural rituals of tea.

“There’s such a social and intellectual aspect to brewing and tasting tea,” says Erb, contrasting it to most Americans’ on-the-fly paper cup coffee-drinking habits.

In fact, while the two caffeinated beverages are frequently discussed in tandem, Erb and Young believe that the Bay Area’s discerning gastronauts are wellprimed to consider tea in another light.

“In California,” says Erb, “tea is now where wine was in the early 1970s.”

That’s not only in regard to consumer education, they point out, but cultivation as well. American Gongfu recently organized a small group trip to Jade Valley, near Nevada City, where several tea farms have begun to take root.

“I don’t know that we’re ever going to have a Mondavi of tea in California,” comments Erb. “But that’s not the sort of mass consumption product that’s most interesting anyway. There’s some really exquisite tea being grown by small growers in the Sierra Foothills.”

Eventually, Erb and Young hope to consult with sophisticated restaurateurs interested in offering tea service on par with their wine service.

An avid researcher with an academic background in linguistics, Erb worked in tech before trading IT for tea three years ago. “I wanted to do something that would allow me to travel and develop my language skills.”

Young, 49, a landscape architect, was raised in Taiwan, where much of his family still lives.

“Growing up, my generation actually was more into coffee culture than tea,” he recalls. “We thought of tea as something a bit old-fashioned.”

But over the past decade, tea has seen a resurgence in popularity among younger Taiwanese.

During trips to spend time with Young’s family, both Young and Erb steeped themselves ever more deeply in the culture of tea and teahouses.

The Taiwanese tea they select on two annual buying trips comes strictly from small growers and finishers with whom they have personal relationships.

“There are no brokers or wholesale middlemen or packaged teas involved,” explains Erb. “The only tea we sell is loose tea we’ve sourced on our own and brew for ourselves at home.”

While American Gongfu is a business, the couple don’t primarily conceive of themselves as retailers. “This is,” Erb says. “A venture in culture building.”

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hile American Gongfu is dedicated to sharing the longstanding Asian tea traditions, a newfangled approach to English tea is on offer in the lobby lounge at San Francisco’s St. Regis Hotel. Their unique “G&Tea” program –in conjunction with the local ginsmiths from Distillery 209– is ideal for San Francisco autumn afternoons, when it’s tough to anticipate whether you’ll want a hot drink or a cold one. Might as well do both.

The knowledgeable service staff can help you select teas and herbal infusions that pair particularly well with the botanicals in 209 Gin. The Moroccan Mint green tea and

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Reddroxx @ Lone Star Saloon DJ Brd, bears and beers. $5. 9pm2am. 1354 Harrison St. lonestarsf.com

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

Shake It Up @ Port Bar, Oakland DJ Lady Char spins dance grooves; gogo studs. 9pm-2am. 2023 Broadway. (510) 823-2099. www. portbaroakland.com

Licorice Spice herbal brew provide nuanced counterpoints to the spirit’s citrus-forward flavor, while the Flowery Earl Grey brings out 209’s unusual cinnamon finish.

Stop by after a visit to SF MOMA next door for a cup and a cocktail. Or splurge on full high G&Tea service ($80) with small meal’s worth of well-paired sweet and savory nibbles, including a Gin Soaked Cucumber Tartine and a Juniper Spiced Pavlova with Elderflower Curd and mint.

The St. Regis San Francisco, 125 3rd St. (415) 284-4000. www.stregissanfrancisco.com

SUN 21 Art Beyond the Glass @ Hello Stranger, Oakland Cocktail and music event, and fundraiser art exhibit of works by local bartender/artists; partial proceeds benefit Creative Growth Art Center. $40-$50. 3pm-7pm. 1724 Broadway, Oakland. www.eventbrite.com

Big Top @ Beaux Enjoy an extra weekend night at the fun Castro nightclub, plus hot local DJs and sexy gogo guys and gals. $8. 9pm2am. 2344 Market St. Beauxsf.com

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

Hoodslam @ Oasis Oakland’s rowdy pro wrestling crew’s ‘Sexy Good Time Horror Babylon.’ $20.

2:30pm-6pm. 298 11th St. sfoasis.com

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

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Hex in the City @ SF Eagle

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

Monthly women’s burlesque show.

8:30pm-11pm. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

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

Yoke Lore @ Café Du Nord Neo-folk alt-pop fun with the New York band; Bay Ledges opens. $15-$30. 7:30pm. 2170 Market St. yokelore.com swedishamericanhall.com

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Disco Daddy @ SF Eagle DJ Bus station John’s monthly T-dance features Patti LaBelle and The Pointer sisters. $5. 7pm-2am. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Drag Brunch @ Hamburger Mary’s Food, bottomless mimosas and drag shows with Kylie Minono, Patty McGroin and other talents., Seating 11am, show 12pm Also Saturdays. 531 Castro St. hamburgermarys.com

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

Musical Mondays @ The Edge Sing along to shows tunes on video, lip-synched, and live, at the Castro bar. 4149 18th St. at Collingwood. www.edgesf.com

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

Molly Ryan @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko

Mon 22

Munro’s at Midnight @ Midnight Sun

Piano Bar 101 @ Martuni’s Sing-along night with talented locals, and charming accompanist Joe Wicht.

9pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market.

The California/New York vocalist performs a classic jazz standards cabaret concert with the Anderson Brothers. $30-$60. 5pm.

Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. www.feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Underwear Night @ 440

Queer Tango @ Finnish Hall, Berkeley

TUE 23

Same-sex partner tango dancing, including lessons for newbies, food and drinks. $5-$10. 3:30pm-6:30pm.

1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley. www.finnishhall.org

Renegade @ Atlas The SoMa super-cruisy “secret” club expands its schedule to late afternoon weekend fun, $10. 5pm8pm. Clothes check available, 415 19th St. https://www.facebook.com/ groups/2094886877491354/

Shag @ Powerhouse Nic Candito’s sleazy music night, with DJs Spencer Adam and Valence.

9pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www. powerhousebar.com

Thot Topic @ The Stud

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

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

Movie Night @ SF Eagle Enjoy drinks and a flick, with trivia games and prizes. American Horror Story: Apocalypse at 10pm. 398 12th St. www.sf-eagle.com

Pan Dulce @ Beaux Drag divas, gogo studs, DJed Latin grooves and drinks. 9pm-2am (free before 10:30pm). 2344 Market St. www.clubpapi.com beauxsf.com

Queeraoke @ El Rio Enjoy Dulce de Leche, Rahni NothingMore and other talents, and karaoke for queens. 9pm. 3158 Mission St. http://www.elriosf.com/

THU 25 Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon Weekly beer bust and benefit for local charities. 9pm-11pm. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Thursdays Rock @ Lone Star Saloon

Midweek drag rave. $5.

10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. www.powerhousebar.com

Grooves with DJ BRD. 8pm-12am. 1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsf.com

Dick at Nite @ Moby Dick Grace Towers’ weekly drag show at the fun local bar. 9pm-12am. 4049 18th St. www.mobydicksf.com

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

Gigante @ Port Bar, Oakland

Literary Speakeasy @ Martuni’s

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

Gaymer Night @ Midnight Sun Weekly fun night of games (video, board and other) and cocktails.

8pm-12am. 4067 18th St. www.midnightsunsf.com

Hysteria Comedy @ Martuni’s

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The new basement tribute to the old Ginger’s Trois hosts a weekly singing fun. 8pm-12am. 86 Hardie Place. https://www.gingers.bar/

Karaoke Cocktails @ Ginger’s

Stag @ Powerhouse Single, or a couple looking for an extra? Cruise it up. $5. 5pm-2am.

1347 Folsom St. powerhousebar.com

Trivia Night

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

My So-Called Night @ Beaux Carnie Asada hosts a weekly ‘90s-themed video, dancin’, drinkin’ night, with VJs Jorge Terez. Get down with your funky bunch, and enjoy 90cent drinks. ‘90s-themed attire and costume contest. No cover. 9pm-2am.

2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

Nancy Zoppi @ Feinstein’s at the Nikko The acclaimed local musical theatre actress performs her new cabaret show. $20-$45 ($20 food/drink min.).

8pm. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. feinsteinsatthenikko.com

Thursday Night Live @ SF Eagle Rock bands play at the famed leather bar. Oct. 25: BBQT, Manback, and Tallboys. $8. 398 12th St. at Harrison. www.sf-eagle.com

Thump @ White Horse, Oakland Weekly electro music night with DJ Matthew Baker and guests. 9pm-2am.

6551 Telegraph Ave, (510) 652-3820. www.whitehorsebar.com

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

Gym Class @ Hi Tops

The monthly authors & cocktails night hosted by James J. Siegel takes on a ‘Ghosts & Spirits” theme, with Laura Blackwell, Christopher Calix, Elizabeth Creely, Nick Mamatas, and Cliff Winnig. 7pm-8:30pm. 4 Valencia St.

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The weeknight party gets sexy, with DJ Chad Bays spins sexy grooves. No cover. 9pm-2am. 2344 Market St. www.beauxsf.com

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

The weekly LGBT video game enthusiast night includes big-screen games and signature beers, with a remodeled layout, including an outdoor patio. No cover. 7pm-11pm.

2200 Market St. www.brewcadesf.com

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Witchy goth night with DJs Siobhan Aluvalot, Shaul Hamawi and Stephen Quinones. $5-$10. 8pm-2am. 399 9th St. www.studsf.com

Gaymer Meetup @ Brewcade

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

Club Shevil @ Powerhouse

Weekly Latin night with drag shows hosted by Vicky Jimenez and DJ Carlitos. (Comedy Open Mic 5:30pm).

7pm-2am. 43 6th St. clubomgsf.com

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

Castro Karaoke @ Midnight Sun

New weekly piano bar sing-along night with alternating hosts Maria Konner, Kitten on the Keys and Alan Choy. 9pm-12am. 2298 Market St. www.flore415.com

Domingo De Escandal @ Club OMG

Juanita’s Drag Brunch @ MORE/Jones

Olga T and Shugga Shay’s weekly queer women and men’s R&B hip hop and soul night, at the club’s new location. 8pm-2am. 2120 Broadway, Oakland. www.bench-and-bar.com

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Business style and leather swank mixed well at the annual Positive Resource Center gala, held October 12 at the Four Seasons Hotel (757 Market St.). Co-MCs Reggie Aqui and Michelle Meow kept the event rolling, and patrons enjoyed the hotel’s panoramic views.

Along with a silent auction, cocktails, hors d’eouvres and dinner, the event included a display of historic AIDS Quilt panels, two for disco singing icon Sylvester. Tireless fundraisers were honored, including Craig Miller, Kaiser Permanente, Donna Sachet and Gary Virginia. Entertainment included talented singer Jason Brock, and an after-party with DJ Lamont Young. https://prcsf.org/ See more nightlife photos on BARtab’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/lgbtsf.nightlife.

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