Arts & Entertainment

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FRAMELINE47, THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL Happens June 14-24; Passes Available Now

Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, returns for a 47th edition June 14-24, 2023. These dates include starting one day earlier than usual, on a Wednesday, and ending one day earlier, on Pride Saturday. The in-person festival is followed by a Streaming Encore, June 14–July 2, where the majority of the festival program will be available to view online from anywhere in the US.   Frameline is the world’s largest and longest running LGBTQ+ film festival, and is expected to be the highest attended film festival in the Bay Area in 2023.    Frameline47 will include 90 screenings across San […]

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Australia’s Barry Humphries/Dame Edna Dies At 89

The BBC reports: Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, best known for his comic character Dame Edna Everage, has died aged 89. The star had been in hospital in Sydney after suffering complications following hip surgery in March. He had a fall in February. Humphries’ most famous creation became a hit in the UK in the 1970s and landed her own TV chat show, the Dame Edna Everage Experience, in the late 1980s. Melbourne-born Humphries moved to London in 1959, appearing in West End shows such as Maggie May and Oliver! Inspired by the absurdist, avant-garde art movement dada, he became a leading figure of the British comedy […]

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“Pass Over” Antionette Nwandu’s poignant Drama Runs at Left Edge Theatre April 29 – May 7

Two black men stand on an American street corner, passing the time.  Woven into the familiar patterns of their small talk are their fears, dreams, and hopes for a future promised land. When their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers, everything they’ve discussed is suddenly thrown into question. With a deliberate nod to ‘Waiting for Godot,’ PASS OVER is both a joyful celebration and a powerful lament for the experience of the black man in America.Directed by Serena Elize-FloresWritten by Antoinette Nwandu BUY TICKETS

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Marley’s Ghost at Occidental Center for the Arts Sat. April 22

Saturday April 22 @ 8 pm. Marley’s Ghost at Occidental Center for the Arts. Join us for a fun evening of great music and lively energyI Composed of singer/multi-instrumentalists Wheetman, Jon Wilcox, Mike Phelan, Ed Littlefield Jr., Jerry Fletcher, and Bob Nichols, this iconic band can sing and play anything with spot-on feel, from roots to rock, blues to bluegrass, gospel to stone country, which is what they’ve been doing – to the ongoing delight of a fervent cult that includes many of their fellow musicians – for over 30 years.Tickets are $32 GA, $27 for OCA members at occidentalcenterforthearts.org; […]

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Unlikely Story of Lesbian Community in the Bible Belt in the 1980s Coming to Rialto April 23

Sonoma County Lesbian Reunion is presenting The Unlikely Story of the Lesbians of FirstFriday on Sunday, April 23, at the Rialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley Street, Sebastopol. There willbe showings of the one-hour film at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 and are available,along with the trailer for the film, on the Rialto website, at https://rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon/sonoma-county-lesbian-reunion/. Producer Kathryn L Beranich and co-producer Nancy Kelly will attend both showings forquestions and answers following the film. There will be facilitated small group discussionsfollowing the films for those who are interested in discussing the impact of the film and how itmight apply […]

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6th Street Playhouse Concert Series presents Big Brother & The Holding Company April 16

Big Brother & The Holding Company Big Brother & The Holding Company are considered, along with the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, the pioneers of the “San Francisco Sound”. They are also the band that launched the career of Janis Joplin. They are the band that recorded ‘Cheap Thrills’, which has been voted by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest classic rock albums of all time and which, along with their hit version of “Piece of My Heart” is in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the Library of Congress. Their energy, spirit and their story define a time when music […]

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SRJC Student Film Festival Happens March 31

Sonoma County student short films for the 15th annual student film festival to be held on Friday, March 31st, 2023, at 6:00 pm. Select films will be shown to the public and will be followed by a Q & A.  The Sonoma County Student Film Festival was initiated 15 years ago by the Student Government President, Amanda Swan, and launched at SRJC Petaluma. The Sonoma County Film Festival (SCSFF) encourages students to build academic and professional connections with their peers and community. The goal of the event is to connect and introduce student filmmakers within the community to our own […]

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Delightful Short Queer Film “Inside The Beauty Bubble” Shows in 2 shorts programs at Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival

Enter The Beauty Bubble Salon & Museum, a pastel dreamland of 3,000 vintage beauty artifacts in the desert community of Joshua Tree, California and meet its owner, proprietor, and “America’s hairstorian” Jeff Hafler. Inside The Beauty Bubble chronicles Hafler’s struggle to keep his roadside attraction afloat during a remarkable year that changed his life and those of his husband and son. In doing so, the film tells a story of family, fabulous-fness and folk art, and provides a reminder that sometimes strong people on the margins hold a community together. Awards Audience Award – Dances with Films ● Heart of […]

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‘Nelly & Nadine’ Which Uncovers Post-War Lesbian Romance Screens at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Saturday, March 18

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Positive trends in filmmaking are hard to come by these days, so a recent wealth of documentaries uncovering lost chapters of queer history is cause for celebration. This year saw “Casa Susanna” and “Loving Highsmith,” two excellent entries in a growing canon that can always use more. While those films discovered a queer community ahead of its time and celebrated one of our most influential lesbian writers, the poignant documentary “Nelly & Nadine” uncovers an inspiring love story between two unsung queer heroes. Bolstered by gorgeous archival Super 8 footage of queer life in the 1950s, “Nelly & Nadine” offers […]

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Chicago’s Most Popular Gay Bar’s Long Life Explored “Art & Pep” at Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Friday, March 17

Director Mercedes Kane’s touching and surprisingly expansive feature documentary Art and Pep, which received its world premiere at the 40th anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival, introduces us to two Chicagoans, Art Johnston and José Pepe Peña, who’ve been at the centre of the city’s queer community together for nearly fifty years. Partners in life and in business, they’ve owned and run the popular Boystown’s bar Sidetrack since April 1982. Signless and windowless, the bar first opened with homophobic spray-painted graffiti on the front door that read, ‘fag bar’. At least its patrons knew where to come. That first night was […]

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