“The Last Dream of Frida and Diego” in S.F.

Alongside fresh takes on classics, SF Opera continues to program exciting new work, and fans of Mexican art should not miss “El último sueño de Frida y Diego,” a new opera inspired by the lives of the artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. In the fictional story, three years have passed since the death of Frida, and Diego still grieves for his wife. On Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead), he prays for her return, and La Catrina, keeper of the underworld, grants his wish, allowing Frida and Diego to rekindle their passionate relationship one more time.

“El ultimó sueño de Frida y Diego” (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), which performs June 13-30, 2023, at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, is the first opera by Grammy-Award winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank, and its libretto was written by the Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz. For tickets and more information, please visit https://www.sfopera.com

“Broadway Bares” Strips Down in San Francisco

Aboriginal-owned Gali Swimwear Celebrates Pride

“Broadway Bares” brings NYC’s sexiest charity strip show back to the Bay Area this June, with “SF Strips VI: ChampionSTRIPS,” the West Coast version of the hottest BCEFA (Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS) event of the year. San Francisco’s DNA Lounge will host this year’s steamy strip show, featuring some of the hottest men and women around, taking it off for a good cause on Saturday, June 17. For tickets, go to: www.dnalounge.com

The Australian First Nations fashion label GALI Swimwear is releasing a special limited-edition swim brief for Pride. Their “Gathering Pipis” men’s swim brief was designed in collaboration with Jake Simon, an out Aboriginal artist from the Worimi-Biripi clan. The suit draws inspiration from Simon’s childhood spent gathering small, edible saltwater clams called pipis. “My family and I would collect pipis on the shoreline of the Myall Lakes, part of the country of the Worimi Aboriginal people in Australia,” Simon recalls. The overlapping semi-circles in the swim brief depict the clams while the vibrant colors are representative of his identity as an LGBTQIA+ person, and of the pipis and their environment. “The light pinks and purples are reminiscent of the insides of the shell, while the yellows and greens represent the beach and surrounding wildlife areas where the pips would grow,” he explains. GALI Swimwear’s “Gathering Pipis” men’s brief is available now at GALIswimwear.com.au.