Homing's In Oct. 22-31 - arts, nightlife, community events

Baruch Porras-Hernandez
the local poet, writer and performer revamps his popular show, Love in the Time of Pi�atas, with new jokes, videos, songs and donuts! $5/sliding scale. Oct. 24, 7:30pm. https://www.pcs.org/love-in-the-time-of-pinatas-staged-reading

Benjamin
Quirky, anxiety-fueled gay rom-com directed by Simon (Nevermind the Buzzcocks) Amstell and starring Colin Morgan (Merlin, The Happy Prince), is now available on DVD and digital platforms including Kino Now.

Bloodsisters: Leather, Dykes And Sadomasochism
25th anniversary online screenings of the historic documentary, with Michelle Handelman
Featuring Tala Brandeis, Patrick Califia, J.C. Collins, Queen Cougar, Amy Marie Meek, Skeeter, Wickie Stamps, Peggy Sue, Ann Soucy-West & others. https://newfest.org/event/bloodsisters/

The Breath Project Festival
Producers include Marin Theater Company, ACT, Palo Alto Children's Theatre. Video live-stream; Sat 10/24, 2 pm, 5 pm; Sun 10/25, 2pm, 5pm. Free. Founded by Palo Alto-based Gamal Abdel Chasten and Marieke Gabourey, this nationwide production features 24 short works (eight will be shown in each time slot) spotlighting racial injustice against Black people, worldwide. Each of the pieces, from monologues, to poetry, to puppetry has a run time of 8 minutes and 46 seconds—the length of time Derek Chauvin, then a Minneapolis police officer, held his knee to the neck of George Floyd, leading to to Floyd's death. http://bit.ly/BreathfestBAR

Broadway on AirBnB
Promotional-sponsored performances by a variety of talents: Tittus Burgess, cast members from Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more, plus dance, yoga, tarot and circus classes. $10-$50. www.airbnb.com

Broadway Performers
For Broadway fans, Tony-winning performers perform new concerts, and classic shows are streamed as well. Oct. 23, 5pm PT: Shoshana Bean. Oct. 23, 6pm PT: Ruby Lewis. https://www.broadwayworld.com/

Cal Performances at Home
Watch videos of classical and modern music concerts, and artist conversations courtesy of the Berkeley-based performing arts organization. $5-$60 and up. Full new season schedule at www.calperformances.org

Champion; an Opera in Jazz
Opera Parallele's broadcast of Terence Blanchard's innovative modern opera featuring baritone Arthur Woodley and bass-baritone Kenneth Kellogg, tells the real-life story of world champion boxer Emile Griffith, who killed rival Benny Paret in their 1962 title match after being mocked as a homosexual. On-demand thru Oct. 25. www.sfjazz.org

Chasten Buttigieg
The husband of former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg discusses his memoir, I Have Something to Tell You, with the SF Chronicle's Tony Bravo. Oct. 29, 5:30pm PT. In coordination with the SF Gay Men's Chorus and Dog Eared Books. https://www.sfgmc.org/chasten

Contemporary Jewish Museum Events & Exhibits
View virtual exhibits (like Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years) and online events, plus in-person visits. https://thecjm.org/

Dancing Together Apart
Women's dance-film project with 20 Dancers over 40 days from all up and down the West Coast of the United States, from Portland to L.A., who participated in the work focusing on our current struggles with the COVID pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and police violence. https://www.dancingtogetherapart.org/

David Leavitt
The acclaimed gay author reads from and discusses his new comic novel, Shelter in Place. Oct. 28, 5pm PT. Hosted by Books Inc. (Free/book purchase $32)

Dedalus
Jonah Greenstein's feature debut about inter-related straight and gay people in a disturbed rural Iowa town; premieres October 20 on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, OVID.tv & Kanopy. http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/intheaters.html

Different Stars
Musical show with a current theme: How do these emotions collide during time spent alone in quarantine? When James opens a box of artifacts from his first breakup, after months of self-isolation during COVID-19, he reckons with memories that haunt him of a first queer love gone awry; starring James Jackson, Jr., Victoria Huston-Elem, Danielle Buonaiuto, and Karl Saint Lucy. https://www.differentstars.live/

Equal
New HBO Max series of docudrama about prominent figures in LGBT history, with Billy Porter, Cheyenne Jackson, Anthony Rapp, Sara Gilbert, Anne Ramsay and others. https://www.hbomax.com

Four Poets
The poets read from and discuss their works; Evan Kennedy (who has a new book launched), Brian Blanchfield, Bruno Dario (Spanish and English) and Kit Schluter. Oct. 27, 6pm PT. Register on Zoom. Also, Oct. 29, 7pm: Bob Kaufman's Collected Poems, a celebration of poetry and jazz. Sponsored by The Green Arcade Books: https://thegreenarcade.com/

Exhibits at Asian Art Museum
The museum reopened Oct. 3, with limited admission, safety protocols in use. See classic, ancient and modern art exhibits.: Lost at Sea: Art Recovered From Shipwrecks, Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment, Jean Shin's Pause installation, works by Chang Dai-chien, Liu Jianhua, Zheng Chongjin and others. https://asianart.org/

Fifty Years of Pride
Presented by the GLBT Historical Society and the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Galleries, with the support of San Francisco Pride, 50 Years of Pride features 100 photographs to celebrate five decades of San Francisco Pride, one of the city's most beloved public festivals. View an online version of the exhibition on the GLBT Historical Society's website with the physical exhibition opening later in the year after the city's shelter-in-place order has been relaxed. Thru April 2021 at City Hall. www.glbthistory.org

Films and Art at BAM/PFA
The Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive show online exhibits (Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter, Folk and Modern Art in Postcolonial India) and art films, including Spaceship Earth, The Cordillera of Dreams and more. www.bampfa.org

Films at The Roxie
Watch independent and classic films online at the Roxie's virtual cinema. New: Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, RGB (the Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary), The Artist's Wife, African Violet and more. 'I Wake up Streaming' noir film master class with Elliot Lavine, Oct 13-Nov 24.
https://www.roxie.com

Flamingos Forever
"A radio play in poor taste," a new script inspired by the John Waters classic camp film Pink Flamingos, where The Queen of Filth and her family return to Baltimore for the first time since 1972. $10 gets a full download plus other goodies. https://www.queerpowers.com/homodaze-2

The Flats, produced by the Aurora Theatre Company; audio serial on-demand. $20.The three episodes of this highly anticipated collaboration between top Bay Area playwrights Lauren Gunderson, Cleavon Smith and Jonathan Spector will be released on three consecutive Fridays, then each will remain available for an open-ended streaming run. A single ticket covers all three segments, which focus on the diverse residents of a Berkeley triplex who find themselves sheltering-in-place due to a mysterious threat. www.auroratheatre.org

Frameline Fangs Fall Showcase
Enjoy LGBT fab and frightening films: The Office is mine, the Carnivores, Switch and Spiral. Oct., 24 & 25. https://frameline.org/

From Broadway to Hollywood
42nd Street Moon's online streams of pianist and storyteller Richard Glazier's musical tour of Broadway and Hollywood. Broadway Flipped! and Michael Patrick Gaffney's The Oldest Living Cater Waiter, both Oct., 15-25. $20-$129. https://42ndstmoon.org/

The Garden Left Behind
Winner of SXSW's Audience Award and named one of the best LGBTQ films of all time by Rotten Tomatoes,
Flavio Alves's moving drama of an undocumented Mexican trans woman in New York City can be viewed online. https://www.cinematropical.com/

Garrin Benfield
Enjoy live and recorded home sets performed by the gay singer-composer. Garrin's YouTube channel

GayBingeTV
Streaming channel for independent LGBT short, feature and documentary films.
https://www.gaybingetv.com/

Gay Men's Sketch/Hot Draw
Mark I. Chester hosts three gay men's sketch events a week, with sexy male models posing and works shared via Zoom. Ongoing events - Tue, 6:30pm: Gay Men's Sketch in exile. Fri, 6:30pm: Hot Draw! in exile. Sun, 2pm: Gay Men's Sketch in exile. instagram.com/gaymenssketch instagram.com/hotdrawsf

The Golden Girls, a Puppet Parody
The favorite sitcom is performed by puppets, directed by Jonathan Rockefeller; 16 episodes. https://thatgoldengirlsshow.com/

Gregangelo Museum
Take online and in-person tours (using all safety protocols with 'The Riddle of the Sphinx,' a new outdoor show) at the 27-room mansion filled with eccentric unusual interactive artworks and performances. https://www.gregangelomuseum.com/

Holy Trinity
Named to Indiewire's "Fabulous LGBTQ Films Not To Miss," Holy Trinity is the story of a sex-positive dominatrix in Chicago who discovers a newfound (and drug-induced) talent for speaking to the dead. Molly Hewitt wrote, directed and stars in this wild ride of queer spirituality and alternative sexuality. https://www.fullspectrumfeatures.com/trinity

Homo Say What
Acclaimed documentary explores the origins of homophobia against men that became institutionalized in the 1950s and how that continues to negatively affect all genders and sexualities to this day. https://homosaywhatfilm.com/

House of Cardin
The acclaimed documentary about fashion designer Pierre Cardin's online. http://houseofcardin.com/

In Good Company
New Conservatory Theatre Center's new podcast drama-comedy, with playwrights and producers dealing with COVID in a realistic story. https://www.nctcsf.org/In-Good-Company-Podcast

It Can't Happen Here
Produced by the Berkeley Rep; audio on demand. Free. Four years ago, the Berkeley Rep mounted its stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' satirical 1935 novel about a fascist demagogue, Buzz Windrip, who becomes president of the United States. A week after the production closed, it was proven prescient. In a re-adaptation of their play, writers Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen have configured the drama into an episodic audio play in four installments of approximately 30 minutes each. David Straithairn, of ubiquitous gravitas in television and film, plays Windrip's liberal foe. Recorded live on October 13, the four episodes are now posted for streaming at http://bit.ly/CantHappenHereBAR

Josh Kornbluth's Citizen Brain
Produced by Shotgun Players. Video livestreaming. Thursdays-Saturdays, 7pm. Sundays, 5pm. From $8. Acclaimed Bay Area-based comic monologuist Kornbluth draws on his 2016 artist's residency at UCSF's Global Brain Health Institute to creatively delve into connections he sees between dementia and the current American political system. Merging his trademark insightful humor with fascinating forays into fact-based neuroscience, Kornbluth's semi-improvised show demonstrates the same plasticity as the human brain, changing a bit from day to day as he performs live on Zoom at 7pm. Thursdays through Saturdays and 5pm on Sundays. http://bit.ly/CitizenBrainBAR

The Klipptones
Local jazz-pop band performs weekly streaming concerts; Fridays, Sundays and Mondays. https://www.facebook.com/klipptones/live

The Law of Attraction
New Conservatory Theatre Center's world premiere of Patricia Milton's adapted radio comedy about bad manners. Thru Nov. 18. Free/$40. https://www.nctcsf.org/

LGBTQ Films on Revry
The global queer streaming network screens free and subscription-paid feature films, documentaries, short films and episodic series. https://revry.tv/

LGBTQ Films on Tubi
The free streaming service showcases several queer films, including God's Own Country (2017) - won directing award at Sundance; Hearthstone (2016) — won directing award at TIFF; Jeffrey (1995) — starring Patrick Stewart; Latter Days (2003); Lip Service (2012, series); Love is All You Need? (2016) — starring Emily Osment; Poison (1991) - directed by Todd Haynes, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner; Saved! (2004) — starring Mandy Moore and Macaulay Culkin, and others. https://tubitv.com/

Litquake 2020
Festival of dozens of online author readings and discussions; 60 events, 150 authors, and a 12-hour Lit Crawl, including many LGBTQ authors and themes; thru Oct. 24. https://www.litquake.org/

Live at The Lortel
Season 2 of the podcast series is online, with musical theatre talents discussing their art and lives. Archived podcasts include BD Wong. https://liveatthelortel.com/

Living Legacies: Die de Los Muertos 2020
SOMArts Cultural Center's 21st annual Day of the Dead exhibit includes a large group exhibit curated by Rio Ya�ez and Carolina Quintanilla. Open to the public, timed ticketed entry. $10. Thru Nov. 6. Oct. 22 (7pm) digital drag show with Juanita MORE!, PerSia, Horrorchata, Dulce de Leche, Jota Mercury, San Cha. https://somarts.org/event/livinglegacies/

In Love and Warcraft
American Conservatory Theater streams Madhuri Shekar's play about a college gamer who also writes love letters for others. Will her gamer warrior make an IRL appearance? $15-$20. Thru Oct. 16. https://www.act-sf.org/

Manual Cinema's 'Frankenstein'
the innovative theatre company reinterprets Mary Shelley's classic gothic horror tale with music, shadow puppets and actors. $15-$60. Oct. 29, 7pm. https://calperformances.org/

The Marsh Stream
The theatre producer known for acclaimed solo shows presents a variety of programming at 7:30pm nightly on MarshStream, its newly launched Broadcast Platform, even interactive Bingo game nights. http://themarsh.org/marshstream/

MOAD Film Club
Museum of the African Diaspora screens award-winning film, with multiple talks and music performances online as well. https://www.moadsf.org/

Monster Drawing Rally
Southern Exposure's popular annual draw-fest fundraiser's online this year, with multiple artists creating works on-demand to raise funds for the nonprofit. Free/$25. Oct. 29, 7pm PT. https://hopin.to/events/monster-drawing-rally

Mr. Soul
New documentary about Ellis Haizlip, the 1970s Black TV host who brought Black actors, activists, musicians, and community leaders to TV screens. https://www.mrsoulmovie.com/

Museum Collections
Many local museums and galleries host expanded online exhibits of classic and modern art, plus short films and 'Artist at Home' interviews. Some museums are reopening to the public.
Oakland Museum museumca.org
SF MOMA www.sfmoma.org
de Young and Legion of Honor www.famsf.org
Asian Art Museum https://asianart.org

Never the Sinner
Exit Cafe's online discussion of the play about Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the 1920s 'spree killer' murderers. https://www.facebook.com/exittheatresf/live/

New Conservatory Theater Company: Offstage But Online
Temporarily shuttered, queer theater company NCTC is now building a digital playground for your viewing pleasure that will feature the new podcast drama, actor monologues, messages from playwrights, exercises to practice mindfulness and original material from Conservatory students. Quarantine is a Drag Trivia Night, with J. Conrad Frank (Katya Smirnoff-Skyy).
https://www.nctcsf.org/onstage-to-online
www.facebook.com/nctcsf
https://www.youtube.com/user/NCTCSF

NIAD Exhibits
The art studio for developmentally disabled adults shares online exhibits and sells beautiful works of art.
www.niadartstore.org

Night of the Living Dead
San Jose Stage Company's innovative virtual restaging of the George Romero classic zombie movie. $40. Oct. 28-31. https://www.thestage.org/

Noe Music
Online concerts in many genres (classical, folk, early music). https://www.noemusic.org/

Oakland International Film Festival
Rent VOD feature, documentary and short films. https://theoaklandinternationalfilmfestival.vhx.tv/products

ODC Theater Presents
This is Also the Art with inkBoat and Ann Carlson, inkBoat dancers Shinichi Iova-Koga and Dana Iova-Koga. Thursday, October 29, 12pm PT. https://odc.dance/thisisalsotheart/inkBoat

Old First Concerts
Enjoy live streaming and archived music concerts of classic, and contemporary music. https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org

Old Show Queens
Amusing insightful interview series with gay couple Gary Gunas and Billy Rosenfield, super and and producers of Broadway shows. https://www.oldshowqueens.com/

Opera online
San Francisco Opera streams productions of several new and classic works. Oct. 17-18: Verdi's Attila. https://sfopera.com/ Also, New York's Metropolitan Opera shares their amazing productions online. www.metopera.org

OutFest 2020
View LGBT films and artist discussion panels online. https://outfest.org/alwayson/

OutShine Film Festival
Florida's LGBT film festival goes online (with local drive-in features, too). Thru Aug 30, with some archived events. https://www.outshinefilm.com/

Patti Lupone, Laura Beneanti, Vanessa Williams
Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa presents three online concerts for $75; Lupone (Oct. 24, 5pm) Benanti (Nov. 14, 5pm) and Williams (Dec. 5, 5pm). https://scfta.org/

Play at Home
Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents a bunch of short play scripts you can download and perform at home, featuring works by Julia Cho, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Miranda Rose Hall, Ricardo P�rez Gonz�lez and several others. www.playathome.org

Prideland
New interview series; Out, Proud & Southern: Dyll�n Burnside's Story; recounts his own experience coming out in the South and travels to the heart of Alabama to meet Carmarion D. Anderson, a barrier-breaking transgender woman of color and the Alabama State Director of the Human Rights Campaign. www.pbs.org

Promo Homo TV
Veteran journalist Nicholas Snow hosts an online series of video interviews with LGBT actors, directors, authors and community activists. https://promohomo.tv

Proud
Philippe Faucon's three-part dramatic film about French gay lives in 1981, 1999 and 2013. https://kinomarquee.com/

The Public Theater
Live and recorded solo and group plays and performances from the acclaimed New York City theater company; Under the Greenwood Tree, a new documentary about the 2017 production of As You Like It. https://publictheater.org/

PUSHfest
Online streaming international collection of dances, Choreographer, activist and community organizer Raissa Simpson's PUSH Dance Company continues its 15th anniversary year by increasing its programming by presenting PUSHFest Global, an online streaming festival of current and contemporary dance, with 18 Bay Area dancemakers and companies, and a few from beyond the Bay, in seven live, online presentations every Wednesday through Nov. 18. https://www.pushdance.org/festival

Putting On
Season 2 of the gay reality show airs (starring Israeli-born underwear model On Mekahel); Sundays at 4pm & 7pm. https://revry.tv/

Queen of the Capital
Josh Davidsburg's vivacious and inspiring documentary follows Muffy Blake Stephyns, a drag performer with high aspirations. Muffy and her everyday persona, Daniel, navigate the drag and bureaucratic worlds of Washington, D.C., while following her dream to lead a colorful group of philanthropic drag performers. $10. https://ondemand.drafthouse.com/film/queen-of-the-capital/

Queer East Film Festival
Mini-festival of LGBT Asian films. https://queereast.org.uk/

Queer Powers
Indie channel of chats radio shows, vintage zine archives and drag shows. https://www.queerpowers.com/

A Queer Serial
New series of LGBT-themed podcasts with voice actors such as Sam Pancake (Transparent, Gilmore Girls), @lgbt_history's Matthew Reimer, Radical Faeries' Will Roscoe and Joey Cain, and Chicago performers Salvio Gado and Jon Martinez, along with real recordings of pioneers including transgender entertainer Christine Jorgensen, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, and lesbian journalist Edythe Eyde. https://www.mattachinepod.com/seasontwo

QueerWords Podcast
Wayne Goodman's online audio discussions with many notable LGBTQ fiction, poetry authors, essayists and journalists. https://queerwords.org/

Queer X Festival
Revry, the first queer global streaming TV network, honors National LGBT History Month in October with the premiere of the fifth annual QueerX festival, celebrating LGBTQ+ music, film, politics, and culture, movie screenings, enter conferences on activism, film industry pitchouts, comedy acts and more; thru Oct. 31. https://revry.tv/

Rodney Ewing, Tahiti Pehrson at Nancy Toomey Fine Art
What Kind of Cool (Will We Think of Next), an exhibit of collaborative works by the two multimedia artists. Oct. 14-Nov 30. By appointment only. 1275 Minnesota St. https://nancytoomeyfineart.com/

San Francisco Dance Film Festival
The 11th annual festival features a dozen programs in focused themes, and two live-streaming events, With 75 dance films from around the world broadcast on Marquee TV, multiple Bay Area and international companies make for a full-on binge-worthy collection. Thru Oct. 25. https://www.sfdancefilmfest.org/https://www.sfdancefilmfest.org/

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Enjoy concerts and films, plus guest performers joining their Behind the Curtain series and Summer Reruns (Britney Coleman, Lisa Vroman, Billy Porter, Wilson Cruz, Adam Rippon, Britney Coleman, Laura Benanti, Andrew Lippa); plus Chasten and Pete Buttigieg, Wanda Sykes, Sharon Stone, Martha Wash and other performers. https://www.sfgmc.org/sfgmctv

San Francisco Performances Presents Front Row CD Archive Online Series
After several programs in celebration of their 40th anniversary were cancelled, instead, SFP offers memorable classical concerts from the past, all recorded at the Herbst Theater between 2004-2008. Concerts are audio only. http://sfperformances.org/

Seth Concert Series
Broadway, film and TV actor-singers perform intimate concerts online with pianist and music genius Seth Rudetsky. $20-$25. Oct. 25 & 26: LaChanze. Nov. 15 & 16: Lillias White. https://thesethconcertseries.com/

SF BATCO
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company streams weekly new plays, readings, arts talks, improv and more. https://www.twitch.tv/sfbatco

SF Jazz Fridays at Five
Cool jazz will bring you good vibes. The acclaimed venue brings their concert series online with talented musicians. https://www.sfjazz.org

SF Mime Troupe
Enjoy the theatre company's new radio serial-style production of Tales of the resistance, thru Oct. 24. Each series will have two episodes, which cycle through the Summer 2020, culminating in a finale where all four storylines converge. https://www.sfmt.org/talesoftheresistance

SF Opera
Stream recording of the company's performance of Mozart's funny romantic comic opera, The Marriage of Figaro. Oct. 24 & 25. And, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor Oct. 31 & Nov 1.
https://sfopera.com

SF Playhouse Zoomlets
the acclaimed SF theatre company adapts, with short online plays. Also, weekly playwright chats. Ticketed videos on-demand include Brian Copeland's The Jewelry Box, From Blues the Broadway (collaborative music play), and Art by Yasmina Reza. Free/donations. https://www.sfplayhouse.org

Sideways Smile
New comedy web series about a young queer Asian American woman's urban journey of sexual self-discovery. https://sidewayssmileseries.com/

Sins Invalid
Annual dance and theatre concert of works by disabled and LGBTQ artists, with this year's theme, 'We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos.' Oct 23, 24, 25. https://www.sinsinvalid.org/

Smothered
Jason Stuart and Mitch Hara's two-man comedy film, now on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Revry. https://www.smotheredtv.com/

Smuin Contemporary Ballet
The local dance company streams notable works, including Helen Pickett's Oasis, Brennan Wall's Nocturne, Rex Wheeler's Sinfonietta and an ongoing Hump Day Ballets series. https://www.smuinballet.org/

Snowflake
Indie film dramatizes modern day political divides in the LGBTQ Community, made by writer, director and star, Jack Tracy. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/snowflakefilm

The Sons of Tennessee Williams
Fascinating documentary film about gay-run Mardi Gras crews, from their early years to today. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sonsoftennesseewilliams

Stars in the House
Musical genius and affable host Seth Rudetsky —with his husband, producer James Wesley— hosts Zoom chats with Broadway, film and TV stars galore. One of the first online fundraisers (for The Actor's Fund), your donations help artists of all kinds, from actors to lighting crew members. Broadway may be closed, but you can enjoy living room concerts and chats with favorite stars. www.starsinthehouse.com

Stay Fresh at Home
Fresh Meat Productions' new online weekly series of talks and classes to support your wellness, embodiment, breath and connection, with singing, dance and lessons in various topics. http://freshmeatproductions.org/

Susan Werner
The accomplished singer-songwriter (Bull Durham, The Musical) performs acoustic songs with friends online, including music from her new album, 'Flyover Country' series in support of the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris campaign. http://susanwerner.com/

Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life
Screening of the American Masters documentary about the the late gay playwright. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters

Theatre Rhino
The local gay theatre company presents online performances of solo and other plays, including works (mostly) written and performed by John Fisher. Oct. 22, 8pm: Marie's Crisis. All plays archived online. www.therhino.org

Virtual Streaming Room With Cinema SF
Cinema SF, owners of the historic Balboa and Vogue Theaters, are keeping the spirit of movie-going alive with a series of virtual movie screenings and online chats. Proceeds from the screenings will go towards keeping the theaters alive so they can reopen after the shutdown ends. https://www.cinemasf.com/

We Players' Audio Dramas
the innovative site-specific theatre company presents podcast-style audio re-interpretations of their recent productions, including Wonder Storytime with Alice and Friends, and The Odyssey. www.weplayers.org

Where the Bears Are
New online comedy show with two mature gay men. https://youtu.be/5TQnRDc15i0

Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Animals worldwide have reclaimed urban spaces, as you may have seen in the news. But we need to face how our damage to the environment and abuse of wild animals may have aided the spread of disease. While we contemplate that, enjoy films of animals in the wild. Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) hosts an ongoing series of nature films and talks. openspacetrust.org

WQUR: Queer Quarantine Radio
BenDeLaCreme, Jinkx Monsoon, Peaches Christ and Major Scales perform old-time radio-style thriller detective programs. https://anchor.fm/wqur

NIGHTLIFE
Bootie Mashup
Adriana A and guest DJs blend pop hits to danceable grooves in livestreams, Tuesdays-Saturdays. https://www.twitch.tv/BOOTIEMASHUP with special October mixes and Halloween 'Monster Mashup' sets Oct. 30 & 31. Also, DNA Lounge weekly webcasts (and DNA Pizza's open for take-out). https://www.dnalounge.com/

Boy Division
DJ Xander hosts the Twitch online edition of the New Wave retro-fun dance party. www.twitch.tv/deejayxander

Brunch with Poppy
Enjoy outdoor patio brunch and a drag show hosted by Poppy; $16 bottomless mimosas. Sundays, 11am-3:30pm. Jones, 620 Jones St. https://www.eventbrite.com

Chanticleer Virtual Gala
the choral group's fundraiser includes dining and wine gift cards, champagne toast, luxury auction items and travel packages. Oct. 23, 5pm PT. https://www.chanticleer.org/

Digital Pride Fest
Enjoy drag and cabaret performances with Tom Goss, Bright Light, Bright Light, Divina De Campo, Trinity the Tuck, Pearl & Precious Brady-Davis, Deven Greeen & Handsome Ned, Miz Cracker, Desmond is Amazing, Manila Luzon and many more. www.digitialpridefest.com

Drag Alive from The Stud
Every Saturday night The Stud, San Francisco's oldest queer bar, will host Drag Alive. Vivvyanne Forevermore and Jillian Gnarling bring you a virtual Stud to help support the staff, performers and the goals for a future venue. Party with the crew of The Stud at Twitch TV: https://www.twitch.tv/dragalive

Drag Queen Mukbang
Online episodic mini-series of drag performers in a show sponsored by Jack Daniel's new brand, Tennessee Fire, with Patrick Starr, Gia Gunn, Eugene Lee Yang and Laganja Estranja. Saturdays. www.jackdaniels.com

Frolic Quarantine
The fun pursuit party goes virtual. Don your animal gear and enjoy a variety of DJ mixes. Monthly, first Saturdays. http://frolicparty.com/

GRGRF Check Presentation
Real Bad's nightlife nonprofit holds an online celebration of its donations. Oct. 29, 7pm PT. But raffle tickets for prizes, to raise more funds. https://www.realbad.org/

The Haunted Clubhouse
The Academy hosts a fundraiser for the SF AIDS Foundation with a 'haunted house tour;' costumes encouraged. Oct. 29-Nov 1, 5pm-7pm or 8pm-10pm. $15. 2166 Market St. https://academy-sf.com/

Hocum Pokem
Streaming recorded production of Peaches Christ's hilarious drag parody of the Bette Midler film, Hocus Pocus, performed at the Castro Theatre with Jinkx Monsoon and BendelaCreme, with a live Q&A. Oct. 29 (6pm PT) & 30 (1pm PT). $10 min/pay what you can. https://peacheschrist.live/

Katya Smirnoff-Skyy
The drag chanteuse performs her popular 'Bittersweet '90s Symphony' cabaret show. https://www.sfoasis.com/calendar

The Monster Show
One of the longest running drag shows in the Castro, The Monster Show has made The Edge bar a Thursday night destination. The Monster show now comes to Twitch TV, where the performers will entertain you while they raise money for bar employees. https://www.twitch.tv/monstershowsf

Oasis TV
The SoMa nightclub's events include in-person rooftop and outdoor/parklet street events (Thursday-Saturday), online new and archival footage from the venue's best shows. Oct. 31, see a special in-person table-seating -themed drag show, with D'Arcy Drollinger as Frank N. Furter! $25. Also; The Golden Girls Live. Cyberotica: the Rock Musical, Sex and the City Live, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Live, AbFab Live, Star Trek Live, Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls, Debbie Does Dallas, Bitch Slap and 'The Plunge; a digital drag show. Also, Meals on Heels, the hit drag dinner delivery service. sfoasis.com/

Pillows
Glamamore's long-running Monday night party at Powerhouse can also be found at Twitch TV. The party is called Pillows and has been a staple of the bar for years and is currently being hosted by Mary Vice. It's better than Monday Night Football! Check it out every Monday at 9pm. https://www.twitch.tv/cashmonetdrag

Pink Martini Live
The super-fun jazz-pop band performs live at Burlingame's Bayshore Drive-In. $60-$250 per car. Oct. 25, 4:30pm. 250 Anza Blvd, Burlingame. https://nightout.com/events/pink-martini-drive-in/tickets

Quarant-Tea
One of the first local nightlife fundraisers, the SF Queer Nightlife Fund presents DJs spinning hours of music for your now possibly obsessive housecleaning activities. https://www.twitch.tv/sfqueernightlifefund

Quarantinis with Katya
Katya Smirnoff-Skyy sings and hosts weekly Thursday online cocktail parties. www.facebook.com/katya.smirnoffskyy

Queerpowers.com
A new LGBTQ+ platform developed by two San Franciscans on the first day of the Covid-19 quarantine. enjoy live drag shows, queer house parties, political broadcasts and other LGBTQ content from all over the world, uploaded hourly. Founded and curated by former Google employee Katie Bush and former Apple employee Anders Howerton. https://www.queerpowers.com/

Red Hots Burlesque
enjoy drag and strip shows, music acts and more in online performances.
http://redhotsburlesque.com/

Russell Deason's Happy Hour in Exile
The Bestie-winning pianist and cabaret singer brings his martini bar ambiance into your home; Mondays 5:30pm-7pm. www.facebook.com

SF Eagle
The famed leather bar now features wacky karaoke, DJs and other entertainments. https://www.twitch.tv/sfeaglebar

Sampson McCormick
The acclaimed comic shares insightful witty perspectives of a Black gay man in short clips and "Church Boy," a new 40-minute recorded show. http://www.sampsoncomedy.com Sampson's YouTube channel

Stevie Nicks
Online screenings of the Fleetwood Mac singer's '24 Karat Gold' solo concerts. https://www.stevienicksfilm.com/

Sundance Saloon Online Live
Sundance Saloon offers online dance lessons and dancing every Sunday night. Beginning classes are aimed at novices. Learn how to dance while you shelter in place from 6-9pm. 6pm: beginning line dance for complete novices; 7pm: intermediate line dance; 8:15pm: line dance mini-marathon. http://www.sundancesaloon.org/

Sunday Funday, Events at Port Bar Oakland
Yes, the bars with tasty cocktails and limited to-go and dine-out dishes is open. Sunday Sunday 12pm-8pm. Fri & Sat 3pm-12am. Tue Big Gay Trivia with guest Oakland Council member John Bauters (Oct. 13, 8pm) Drag Queen Bingo, outside, hosted by Vicodonia Nightingale. Wed. night outdoor drag shows, at 7pm, 9pm11pm. Sunday Drag Brunch starts Sept. 27, with BeBe Sweetbriar, Delilah BeFierce. 2023 Broadway, Oakland. https://www.portbaroakland.com/

Sunny Side Up Drag Brunch
Oakland Pride presents a new weekly dine and drag brunch starting Oct. 4, with host Ming Munro. $10-$100, Sundays 11am-2pm. 2044 Franklin St. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunny-side-up-brunch-with-oakland-pride-tickets-122904473589

Who's Your Mami Comedy
Guest-host Jes�s U. BettaWork welcomes headliner Cristela Alonzo, plus comics Francesca Fiorentini, Jes Tom, Madison Shepard, and event creator Marga Gomez. $10. Oct. 15, 7pm PST. https://brava.secure.force.com/ticket/#/


COMMUNITY
AXIS Dance Classes
'If you have a body, you can dance' is the acclaimed Oakland disability-inclusive award-winning company. Take a Zoom class with company members JanpiStar, Bradford Chin, movement improvisation with Artistic Director Mark Brew, or a ballet with guest teacher Robert Dekkers, contemporary style with Bianca Cabrera. www.axisdance.org

Being Seen
GLAAD's new podcast focuses on the Black gay and queer male experience, hosted by Darnell Moore, producer of Being Seen and singer, actor and activist, Lawrence "Miss Lawrence" Washington. https://www.beingseenpodcast.com/

Castro Country Club's Virtual Gratitude Meetings and Check-in
Castro Country Club, the safe space for queers in recovery, will be holding virtual meetings on Sundays at 1 pm until they are able to reopen. The Zoom meeting room will open at 12:30 and the meeting room will remain open for at least 30 minutes thereafter for hanging out and fellowship. Oct. 14: Resilience 2020, a virtual gala benefiting the Club. https://www.facebook.com/pg/CastroCountryClub/events/

Conservatory of Flowers
Online Zoom classes, and outside floral exhibits. https://conservatoryofflowers.org/exhibits-events

Corn Mazes of northern California
Celebrate autumnal one or more of Northern California's multiple corn mazes. https://sf.funcheap.com/city-guide/craziest-corn-mazes-bay/

Daily Services at Grace Cathedral
Grace Cathedral, the welcoming and affirming Episcopalian congregation atop Nob Hill, will be holding online services weekday mornings at 9am and Sunday mornings at 11am. Grace is also hosting online Bible study and other events. www.gracecathedral.org

Events at Cal Academy
Science talks, lectures, demos and exhibits go online. https://www.calacademy.org/

Exploratorium Events
Talks, and demos with a science theme, including comet-cam and more. www.exploratorium.edu

Fighting Racism
Join fundraising support and civil rights activism through various groups: The George Floyd Memorial Fund
(https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd, The Minnesota Freedom Fund (https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/), Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatter.com/), Campaign Zero (https://www.joincampaignzero.org).

GLBT Historical Society events & exhibits
Fighting Back, a series which brings together community leaders, experts, historians and activists to explore lessons from the past that might be useful in formulating resistance efforts today. Film Screenings (Oct. 22, 29, 6pm-9pm) Reel in the Closet, the 2015 documentary of rare home movies dating back to the 1930s; with film director Stu Maddox and producer Joseph Applebaum. $5 donation. The 4127 18th St. museum opened Oct. 1, with advance reservations required. Online exhibits include Reigning Queens: the Lost Photos of Roz Joseph, curated by Joseph Plaster; Angela Davis: OUTspoken, Labor of Love about the first ten years of Pride events in San Francisco; Performance, Protest & Politics: The Art of Gilbert Baker, Pioneering Periodicals, 1940s-1950s, Picturing Kinship: Portraits of our Community by Lenore Chinn and 50 Years of Pride. https://www.glbthistory.org/fighting-back

GLIDE Services
Online services with the spiritual center of healing, faith, justice and community for everyone. https://www.glide.org/church/

Hispanic Heritage Month
Revry's array of online films, activist chats and more, including Latinx LGBTQ personalities on the show The Q Agenda. https://revry.tv/

Job Services at LGBT Center
Learn new job search skills, work on your resume and more in online workshops. Oct. 9, 11am: Resume Workshop. https://www.sfcenter.org/program/employment_services/

Keshet
The Jewish LGBTQ organization's online events include discussions, author talks and celebrations. https://www.keshetonline.org

Lesbians & Friends Dance
23rd annual LGBTQ+ dance goes online in a fundraiser for Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition, with special honored guest Lily Tomlin. Oct. 23, 4pm PT.
http://mbcc.org/breast-cancer-prevention/events/2020-party-for-prevention/

LGBT Asylum Project Podcast
Creator and host of the LGBTQ Asylum podcast is 28-year-old Sayid Abdul, a queer Uighur refugee who was granted political asylum in 2018. Sayid speaks authentically and truthfully to the US asylum process, and he and his guests engage listeners in gripping, critical stories that bring urgency to a crisis affecting millions; available on Spotify and Apple's Podcast. https://www.lgbtasylumproject.org/

LGBTQ Connection
Online and in-person events for Napa and Sonoma community, including a voter registration party, candidate forums, Big Gay Trivia night, counseling and more. https://www.lgbtqconnection.org

LGBTQ&A
Jeffrey Masters hosts a series of weekly podcasts with community notables; sponsored by The Advocate and GLAAD. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lgbtq-a/id1151561226

Manny's Live
Community leaders, authors, activists and politicians join online discussions, voter registration campaigns and more. www.welcometomannys.com

National AIDS Memorial
The National AIDS Memorial launches a new web platform that features the entire AIDS Quilt's 48,000 panels online, with a new initiative to share stories from 40 years of the pandemic from then to now. July-ongoing. Opening is coordinated with the annual International AIDS Conference. https://aidsmemorial.org/

Out in the Bay
The long-running LGBT radio show, offline for a few years, has returned with new podcast episodes, and an extensive archive. Host Eric Jansen welcomes artists, community leaders and celebrities. https://www.outinthebay.org/

Outdoor Dance Classes
Stretch, spin, sing your body electric in outdoor, distanced playground-set SF/mission and West Oakland dance class fin Hip Hop, Salsa, Cuban and other styles. Also online classes. https://dancemissiontheater.org/

Queercore Podcast
The QueerCore Podcast, hosted by August Bernadicou, elucidates radical, LGBTQ activists' dark histories; a spotlight on the catalysts who fought in the front-lines, in the back-lines and in the trenches of civil rights. The QueerCore Podcast is an opportunity for them to tell their stories in their own words, including Phyllis Lyon, Don Kilhefner, Jack Fritscher, drag rocker Jayne County and Vanguard Editor Keith St Clare. https://www.queercorepod.com/

Queer Nightlife Talks
Blog and links to talks among Bay Area nightlife organizers and producers, with community input and opinions. Tune in, offer assistance or thoughts. sfqueernightlifefund.org

Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
An online talk with the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world's largest LGBT synagogue. Oct. 22, 4pm PST. https://www.keshetonline.org

Resisterhood
Website, documentary film and toolkit for women to restore their power, encourage voting and resistance. https://www.resisterhooddoc.com/

Roryography
For dance class fun right off the stage of some Oasis and Peaches Christ productions, Roryography is also now online. Sign up for classes at https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/1672375 or https://www.facebook.com/rory.davis.94.

SAGE and Equality Ohio LGBTQ Town Hall
LGBTQ equality activist Jim Obergefell will moderate a town hall discussion Thursday on the challenges faced by LGBTQ elders in Ohio. Elders face higher rates of social isolation and poverty on top of the difficulty getting aging services because of discrimination and/or the fear of discrimination. Whether it's a home delivered meal or chore assistance, no one should be denied access to the services and support they need because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; organized by Equality Ohio, SAGE, Freedom for All Americans, and Rainbow Elder Care of Greater Dayton. Oct. 22, 2pm PT. https://equalityohio.org/

Sexitude
D'Arcy Drollinger's fun retro-aerobic dance class returns, now in-person and outdoors at Dolores Park. http://www.sexitude.com/

Shabbat Services With Congregation Shaar Zahav
During the Covid-19 shutdown Congregation Shaar Zahav, San Francisco's synagogue for LGBTQ Jews and friends, will stream their Shabbat (Sabbath) services via Zoom. Friday nights at 7:30 pm and Saturday mornings at 10 A.M. https://shaarzahav.org/services/

Smuin Contemporary Ballet Classes
The local dance company streams notable works, and offers online dance classes in all levels of ballet, plus tap, hip hop, contemporary and dance for fitness, and Broadway Jazz classes with hunky Weston Krukow; through Oct. 31. $6-$20 each. www.smuinballet.org

Sound On
MTV News brings together leading voices for "Sound On," a roundtable series igniting essential conversations through a BIPOC lens. Panelists dive into the topics of gender identity, white supremacy, allyship & more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPc5wy-iROM

Spark 2020
The Transgender Law Center's annual gala fundraiser goes online. $1000 and up. Oct. 16. https://transgenderlawcenter.org/events/spark-sponsors

Taimi Talks
LGBTQ personalities (Jason Wimberly, Chris Mosier, Monique Heart and others) share guest-talks on various topics, with/on the Taimi app. (Apple Store or Google Play). https://taimi.com/

Worship With Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer
Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer of Grace Lutheran Church, the first openly transgender pastor to be ordained in the Lutheran church, will be offering a variety of online services and events during the Covid-19 shutdown. For kids stuck at home there will be Kids Dance Parties on Zoom until May 1. Pastor Rohrer will also hold their Sunday services online via Facebook live at their Facebook page.
www.facebook.com

Zoom Baking Classes
Join a variety of notable chefs for fun tutorials on baking. Fridays 10am PT/1pm ET.
www.24sixlife.com/baking-zoom-room

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(Jim Gladstone contributed to theatre listings.)