Bay Area Reporter
Arts & Culture
- As queer people, we all resonate with the need to find community.
- A reader urges people to vote for Connie Chan in the San Francisco congressional race.
- San Francisco Zoo and Gardens’ popular Boo at the Zoo will be held on Halloween, Saturday, October 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- “Slo Pitch” is the new 10-episode mockumentary on Canada’s Crave streaming service. Crave is emerging as television’s improbable champion of queer romance, with international hits like “Heated Rivalry,” its hockey melodrama about a secret affair between two players.
- The director and two actors in “Once Upon a One More Time,” the Britney Spears jukebox musical, compare their coming out stories related to her music. The Ray of Light Theatre production plays at Barbary Stage on Jackson Square.
- It was only after finding himself an unlikely object of national affection at age 52, thanks to “Somebody Somewhere,” that Murray Hill decided to share the actual challenges of his personal history, in a mmoir, and onstage.
- Instagram and Facebook pages of two Latino LGBTQ clubs in Oakland were taken down last month.
- Gay Sons and Mothers has released a short, 31-minute documentary called “Mom, I Have Something To Tell You.” It showcases parents and sons who've had uplifting and sometimes difficult conversations about coming out.
- Does a gay century-spanning tragic military romantic epic reminiscent of 1960s historical film sagas deserve the overwhelming recognition and praise? In a word, yes, because “La Bola Negra,” with its slant on selfhood, survival, and progress, is queer filmmaking at its pinnacle.
- Despite the welcome return of actor Chris Salvatore, Brendan Haley’s new queer apocalyptic horror film “Scorch Marks,” now streaming on Dekkoo, is very hard to follow.