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Out There :: Coming Symphonic Attractions

Out There :: Coming Symphonic Attractions

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Mar 8, 2014

There are a lot of intriguing offerings coming up next season, including a multimedia Missa Solemnis and a concert staging of Fidelio with opera luminaries Nina Stemme and Brandon Jovanovich.

Out There :: Egads, It’s an EGOT in the House!

Out There :: Egads, It’s an EGOT in the House!

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Mar 1, 2014

OMG, we were floored when EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner Rita Moreno rocked the house in her acceptance of the Lifetime Achievement Honor at the recent SAG Awards.

Off to See the Wizard

Off to See the Wizard

  • by Adam Sandel
  • Feb 28, 2014

Movie buffs have more than the usual reasons to attend the Academy of Friends’ Oscar Night Gala on Sunday, March 2: The theme of this year’s gala is Return to the Emerald City.

Out There :: Short, Sweet, But Not Insignificant

Out There :: Short, Sweet, But Not Insignificant

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Feb 22, 2014

Every year, Out There sees all three Oscar Nominated Shorts programs that arrive in movie theatres in the weeks before the big award show: animated, live-action and documentary.

Baseball Fan, 78, Comes Out

Baseball Fan, 78, Comes Out

  • by Roger Brigham
  • Feb 21, 2014

When lifelong baseball fan Norm Coleman, who recently turned 78, read about football star Michael Sam’s coming out, he decided to be part of the sea change slowly coming over sports.

Out There :: LGBTQ Characters Meet Pen & Ink

Out There :: LGBTQ Characters Meet Pen & Ink

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Feb 8, 2014

Comic books are visually stimulating and verbally engaging, a two-for-one that’s hard to resist. Last week Out There had our nose buried in two delectable collections of transgressive comics.

Little Snow, But Lots of GLBT Fun at Reno and Tahoe

Little Snow, But Lots of GLBT Fun at Reno and Tahoe

  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 2, 2014

Lake Tahoe’s slopes are in need of fresh powder, but that isn’t stopping diehard skiers or LGBT partiers from heading up to the Sierra and to nearby Reno for a winter getaway.

Out There :: Literary Adventures in the White City

Out There :: Literary Adventures in the White City

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Feb 1, 2014

Author Edmund White is the preeminent gay man of letters of our time. He also has an insatiable social appetite, as evidenced in his latest memoir, "Inside a Pearl - My Years In Paris."

Out There :: To Be Young, Gifted, and Gay

Out There :: To Be Young, Gifted, and Gay

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jan 25, 2014

The new HBO series ’"Looking" premiered at the Castro Theatre before its first broadcast last week, and Out There was in the house.

Out There :: Reno, Nevada, Mon Amour

Out There :: Reno, Nevada, Mon Amour

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jan 18, 2014

Everybody had an opinion when we told them we were spending Christmas in Reno, Nevada.

Out There :: Purple is the New Blue

Out There :: Purple is the New Blue

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jan 11, 2014

Blue might have been the warmest color of 2013, but in 2014 it’s all about "The Color Purple," at least for Valentine’s Day. Also: Horror movie paperback; comic Marga Gomez; and someone awfully good at the organ.

Out There :: Celebrating A Benefactor

Out There :: Celebrating A Benefactor

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Jan 4, 2014

Brand-new year, brand-new opportunities for adventures in the arts!

Out & About :: Brain Matters

Out & About :: Brain Matters

  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Jan 2, 2014

With historical oppression often matching contemporary problems, start of your new year with more than a bit of thought-provoking controversy.

Out There :: Lesbian Love Affair in Rio

Out There :: Lesbian Love Affair in Rio

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Dec 28, 2013

Roberto Friedman casts an appreciative eye over film, books, and music, and tells you what’s what and why.