Here are two of the many pets now available for adoption at Oakland Animal Services (OAS): Beatrix is one of the many adorable kittens waiting for their forever homes! Young kittens like Beatrix do better in pairs and she is looking for a home with her littermate Bethany. They are about 2 months old and […] The post Let’s Go Home: 7.25.24 appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

AIDS Walk San Francisco, which this year was held on Sunday, July 21, 2024, has raised over $1 million to support multiple beneficiaries. As the organizers share, “[T]he event emphasizes not one voice, but many voices; not just services in one city; but rather the Bay Area wide effort to bring this epidemic to an end.” […] The post AIDS Walk San Francisco 2024 appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

The international Festival del Sole, started in 2003 in Tuscany, Italy, and now held in the Napa Valley, will take place this year from August 1–4 at The Green Music Center at Sonoma State University. The festival has become a beacon for some of the world’s most legendary performers, such as Sophia Loren and, this […] The post Festival del Sole in Sonoma to Feature Robert Redford and Other Stars to Promote Environmental Awareness appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

Are you a country or city bear? It is a great time to be both. While Lazy Bear Week offers a more rural escape, the Bearrison Street Fair brings bears out into the open in San Francisco at Harrison and 11th Streets. The fourth annual Bearrison Street Fair will take place on October 19, 2024, […] The post Fourth Annual Bearrison Street Fair in San Francisco Set for October 19 appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

Singer/songwriter and activist Holly Near led a concert at La Peña in Berkeley on July 12, 2024, celebrating and empowering feminist and gender fluid musicians. Also appearing were Tammy Hall, Jan Martinelli, Djérae Lucas, Mia Pixley, and Diana Gameros. San Francisco Bay Times photographer Sandy Morris shared that it was a night of music, community […] The post Holly Near’s Celebration at La Peña of Feminist and Gender Fluid Musicians appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

Devil Is Fine: A Novel (fiction – hardcover) by John Vercher This is a story of a biracial American struggling to reconcile the past after inheriting a former plantation from the men on his white mother’s side of the family. It’s a moving, darkly humorous, and sometimes even scary read. The Poet and the Silk […] The post Top of Your Stack 7.25.24 appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

Lessons in Teenage Biology by Jim ProvenzanoSet in the 1970s, this pithy novella delightfully depicts the queer coming-of-age rollercoaster. How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality edited, translated, and introduced by Sarah NooterThis is a handy little volume of Queer Theory from the world of Ancient Greece. You Don’t Have a Shot by […] The post Lit Snax 7.25.24 appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

By Jan Wahl– Summer is a perfect time to cool off with a hot book. One I just finished has the best title ever: Sin in Soft Focus. It is subtitled Pre-Code Hollywood, by the fabulous Hollywood historian and photographer Mark Vieira. This is one of those gorgeous coffee-table-sized books, filled with photos and interesting […] The post Hot Reads in the Summertime appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

By Sister Dana Van Iquity, Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun– Sister Dana sez, “DORE ‘UP YOURALLEY’ STREET FAIR is rightaround the corner. You don’t HAVE tobe into leather or latex or BDSM—butit helps! Come dressed to express!” UP YOUR ALLEY is coming up on Sunday, July 28! This annual event has been around […] The post Sister Dana sez, “DORE ‘UP YOUR ALLEY’ STREET FAIR is right around the corner…” appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more

By Gary M. Kramer– The excellent character study Sebastian, opening August 2 at the Landmark Opera Plaza, has Max (Ruaridh Mollica), a writer, secretly working as Sebastian, an escort. He is performing sex work as research for a novel he hopes to publish. Of course, his side hustle (no pun intended) distracts from his freelance […] The post Sebastian Is an Intriguing Character Study of a Gay Writer appeared first on San Francisco Bay Times ..read more