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 San Francisco Pups
players at Toad Hall.

SPORTS; DRINKS!d

Steven Underhill
Gay Jocks Compete; Fundraise in Bars • by Ronn Vigh

O
n the heels of the San Francisco Giants’ While some work at sharpening their pitching
World Series victory, an overwhelming skills, others may prefer sitting on that aforementioned
feeling of baseball fever is beginning to balcony, presiding over a pitcher of beer. If you’re
flow back into the City by the Bay. As the Boys of the latter, you can still support local players at Jock
Summer go down to Arizona, getting into the swing Sundays, a weekly benefit party that raises money for
of things with Spring training games, in our own different LGBT sports teams and organizations.
backyards the boys (and girls) of SoMA, the Castro “In the first three seasons of Jock, we’ve raised over
and surrounding communities gear up for their own $100,000 for LGBT sports teams and organizations,”
opening day, March 13, when the first game of the San says Gregg Crosby, general manager of The Lookout.
Francisco Gay Softball League is scheduled. “Teams at Jock raise money by selling shots and
Even though Buster Posey and Aubrey Huff sound raffle tickets, and they also get a portion of the
like names you’re more likely to hear on RuPaul’s money from the door charge.” Jock Sundays returns
Drag Race than on World Series champs, modern to the lineup to kick off its fourth season, beginning
stereotypes would lead you to believe that gays and March 13, with softball team The Boomers as hosts.
sports don’t mix. But when the San Francisco Giants   
clinched the 2010 series on a Monday night, the streets Pool’s Out
of the Castro had to be closed down to make way for San Francisco often boasts something for everyone
revelers. That same dynamic spirit and love of sports here. It seems to be no different in the sports field,
is found in many who participate in local gay sports which includes gay rugby, synchronized swimming,
teams, ranging from softball to rugby to water polo. flag football, soccer and even a water polo team.
The trim balcony of The Lookout bar in the San Francisco Tsunami is an LGBT (but straight-
Castro surrounds the perimeter of the main room friendly) water polo team, founded in 2001. John
like bleachers around a baseball field. Lookout owner Kennedy, President of the Tsunami Polo team, notes
Chris Hastings, who plays in the local gay softball and that while the Tsunami are currently the only LGBT
basketball leagues, notes that the Lookout sponsors water polo team in the Bay Area, the United States is
four softball teams, an AIDS Life/Cycle team, and a home to many predominantly gay teams from areas
basketball league. such as New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Salt
“I love how supportive the gay leagues are, Lake City and West Hollywood.
especially to new members, and how they help to In 2010, the Tsunami placed sixth in the Gay
bring people together in a positive way,” says Hastings. Games in Cologne, and third at the Out Games in
“I realize that I own a bar, but I think it’s invaluable Copenhagen. Despite the competitive nature that
for our community to interact in a way that doesn’t comes with participating in tournaments, Kennedy
revolve around a party.” emphasizes that the league is welcoming to everyone,
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 courtesy Tsunami Polo
Tsunami Polo guys and guys strut their stuff at
2009’s Tsunami de Mayo at Bar on Church.

for practice, games and clinics at the Martin Luther

King Jr. Pool in the Bayview District. The Tsunami
is currently under the coaching of Spencer Dornin,
a former player on the U.S. National Water Polo
Matthew Moore of the San Francisco team. If you find yourself interested in playing with
Georg Lester
Pups softball team and Chris Jansen of the team, you can find more details on joining their
the Spikes soccer team at The Lookout.
organization on their website, tsunamipolo.org, or
by attending their Tsunami de Mayo tournament
from beginners to the most advanced players. and Splish fundraising events, scheduled for May 7
“Playing for Tsunami provides great physical exercise, and May 8 here in San Francisco. With Speedo-clad
teamwork, team camaraderie and a great social outlet,” players in fashion shows, and the occasional drag
says Kennedy. “We have players all the way from their show, these events are quite a hoot.
early twenties into their early fifties, which is an age The options of gay-friendly sports leagues, and
range that you typically wouldn’t have at a bar, as well meeting real LGBT jocks in bars, are abundant. Get
as many women players on our team, many who stay out there, put your game face on and make a splash,
simply because of the great team spirit.” on the field, on the courts, in the pool or by squeezing
The Tsunami Water Polo team meets regularly a lemon into your Vodka-Tonic at Jock Sundays. ✸

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BALLSYd
• Photos by Rich Stadtmiller

W
ho doesn’t love a sport where you can
drink beer at the same time? The annual
Boys With Balls benefit for Project Open
Hand took place back in January, with live music,
hot guys and three-fingered fun. But you can enjoy
the lanes at Serra Bowl (3301 Juniper Serra Blvd.,
Daly City) any day, host your own fundraiser, and
have a lot of fun too boot! www.openhand.org
www.boyswithballs.com www.serrabowl.com

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 Angie Bowie.

Angie Bowie with then-

husband, David Bowie.

GOLDEN YEARSd
Angie Bowie Rocks On • by Adam Sandel

S
he was the counter-culture “It Girl” of the glam Bowie Life
rock ‘70s. She helped craft the style and image – Bowie headed for the avant-garde scene in
and was married to – one of the greatest icons in London where she finally felt at home. She met and
rock music history. And now Angie Bowie is coming fell in love with fledgling rock star David Bowie in
to San Francisco for the Trannyshack David Bowie 1969 when she was 19 – and the rest is rock and roll
Tribute on Friday, March 18. history. She shared her uber-glam rock look with
Forty years after changing the face of pop culture, him, introduced him to talented eccentrics, and the
Angie Bowie is still going strong, as I discovered while two married in 1970.
chatting with her from her home in Tucson, Arizona. “I Although their split in 1976 was not amicable,
just got back from L.A. where I was recording my new they bore a son whom they famously named Zowie
album Una Ves Mas with Chico Rey,” she tells me. “It’s (now the film director Duncan Heywood Jones)
got a lot of dance, house, club and tango style music as and Bowie remains proud of what they achieved
well as spoken word and festival anthem type songs.” together. “We put together an amazing company to
But which performer does the envelope-pushing handle a fantastic artist. It was an exciting time. We
rock icon admire today? One guess. “I like Lady Gaga. built it, formed it, and made it happen. It was my
She’s an interesting performer who’s visually exciting first big marketing job.”
and the music’s fine. If I was in a club I’d dance to it.” Although she hasn’t seen her iconic ex-husband
She also appreciates Gaga’s carrying on the early ‘70s in 30 years, Bowie has been with her partner Michael
spirit of civil rights for gays. “Those chores are never Gassett for the past 18 years. In addition to her
finished. It’s nice when someone new comes along and writing and music projects, Bowie has been active
you can say ‘Great, now you do it.’” with AidsBeGone, the organization she founded to
Born in 1949 in Cyprus to American parents, help find an AIDS vaccine (www.aidsbegone.org).
Mary Angela Barnett (Bowie’s fullmaiden name) How does she feel about returning to San
attended boarding school in Switzerland and then Francisco for the first time in 13 years? “I’m looking
The Connecticut College for Women, where a pivotal forward to it!”
experience changed her life forever. (Read the expanded verion on www.BARtabSF.
The sexually precocious teen had a lesbian affair com) ✸
with a schoolmate that resulted in both of them being
imprisoned in the school infirmary. Bowie escaped by
jumping out the second story window. “I thought to Trannyshack’s David Bowie Tribute,
myself, ‘I think I’ll leave,’ but my girlfriend spent four hosted by Heklina, Friday, March 18.
years at the Yale Psychiatric Institute being told she DNA Lounge, 375 11th St. 9:30pm-3am.
was a weirdo. That experience affected everything that Show 11:30pm. $15. www.dnalounge.com
happened later.” www.trannyshack.com
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 GAL- IATORSd
Women Athletes Enjoy Pub Fun
• by Heather Cassell

Whimsy Media
The Bruisers relax at the
Lexington between seasons.

S
ports and beer have been partners since the team. Joerger looks forward to “building a
jousting days, but it wasn’t until recent decades relationship with the women’s team,” he said, sitting
that people discovered that sporty women in the bleachers after the Inferno team family’s first
are sexy, and in their time off the field, they enjoy practice early last month.
celebrating. The women are already getting to know each
Inferno is blazing a new path in the San Francisco other, but this season means more because the
Gay Softball League this year with its new sister men are backing up the women in a new way. Said
team: Inferno Blaze. This is the first time an all-male Dabadghav, a longtime softballer, “Hopefully it will
softball organization and leather bar is backing an inspire other boy’s organizations, not just boy bars,
all-women softball team in recent history, believes to have girl’s teams.”
team manager Geena “Super G” Dabadghav and
Sheryl Phipps, president of Inferno. Girls having fun
Inferno, a nonprofit organization supported by the Sports isn’t all about competition. For these
Performing Arts Social Society, Inc., lines up Lone Star women, it’s also about community and friendship.
Saloon’s three men’s C- and D-division softball teams – Just ask the newest softball team on the block,
and now the women’s’ C-division team. Stray Bar’s the Knockouts and the Lexington Club’s
“The Lone Star Saloon has been very good to us longtime flag football team, The Bruisers.
throughout the year,” said Phipps of the numerous “We just wanted to play some ball, hang out
beer busts hosted at the leather bar throughout the year. with some friends, and have some orange slices,”
A women’s team was a dream until more women said Rianna Berkowitz, the coach, referring to her
joined the Inferno’s D. team, its open division men’s girlfriend, Megan Wells’ self-designation as “team
team, recently, said Phipps. Last season Inferno D. mom” ready to make orange slices for the games.
made it to the World Series in Columbus, Ohio. Berkowitz joined forces with her friend and
Everyone had a blast playing and hanging out together softball buddy, Eileen Gulian, after the two left Fall
on the field, at the Lone Star and on the road. Ball, the fall softball season, feeling a bit unfulfilled.
After the World Series, the guys began saying, They desired more on and off the field. Scouting
“Wouldn’t it be fun to have a women’s team?” said fields and networks, they pulled a team together
Phipps. “It almost felt like it’s their sister team.” and found a sponsor.
Phipps tapped Dabadghav, who played on the Nearly a dozen friends and family members
Inferno D. team, to manage Inferno Blaze. Inferno turned out for the D-division team’s first practice
board member and player Blake Joerger coaches last month, said Gulian, the manager, about the
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 Whimsy Media
Stray Bar’s newest softball women, the Knockouts
celebrate a pre-season drink at Stray Bar.

fans, while hanging out at Stray Bar with some team

members recently.
Having fans isn’t going to the team’s head.
They’re more excited about planning a road trip to
the World Series in Philadelphia in August, getting
to know each other, and being out on the field.
 
Get a bruising
The Bruisers couldn’t agree more with the
Knockouts about the spirit of sports that is more
about “community and friendship” rather than
“playing and winning,” said Shannon Mitchell,
founder of the Lexington Club’s women’s flag
football team.
A decade of football and beer the Bruisers are
still going strong as a “fun and beer,” team, said
Mitchell, proud that the “team still has the essence
of why it started almost 10 years ago.”
“I never imagined that it would have this endearing
effect … and that other people would come in year
after year and keep it going,” continued Mitchell, as
a group of team members and cheerleaders cheered
drinking at the Lexington Club.
Inspired by an ex-girlfriend who played flag
football in the league, Mitchell wanted to hit the
field in the spirit of fun, not play to win, said
Mitchell, a former Lexington Club bartender,
snapping her fingers and laughing. “I’m going to
start a team. And we are all going to play. And we
are going to have fun.”
“We don’t play to win. We love winning, but we
don’t play to win,” agreed Kasey Cacace, captain of
the Bruisers. “I play for the community.”
The bar and team were a perfect match for Lila
Thirkield, owner of the Lexington Club, who said she
wanted a team that spoke to her vision of “having fun
and fostering sense of community; people to have a
good time around it, hoot and holler.”
“It is really, really fun,” said Mitchell. “It’s one day
a week where you get to go out there and just be
really silly.” ✸

Spring flag football season starts

March 2. Softball season starts March 13.
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courtesy SF Fog

Jim Provenzano
San Francisco Fog rugby teammates sell their Carl Stein, R. J., Heaney, and a friend at
popular T-shirts at the Lone Star Saloon a recent San Francisco Giants LGBT Night.

A SPORTING CHANCEd
• by Matt Baume

F
or many LGBTs, the mere mention of sports is out and get exercise and expand my social circle.”
enough to conjure up memories of locker room Looking for something a tad more European?
bullying. But guess what? One of the nice things Check out the San Francisco Fog Rugby Football
about being a grownup is that you don’t have to put Club, which has a position for just about everyone
up with rotten kids, and can instead team up with (sffog.org).
awesome folks to get out and play. “A lot of people expect that everyone has to have a
That’s the appeal of San Francisco’s fabulous gay linebacker look,” said Club President Kory Salisbury.
sports teams, which make it possible to meet new “But one of the great things about rugby is there’s 15
friends and test your physical skill, all in the company different positions on the field, and in each position a
of folks who think gay is great. different body type is ideal.”
For ease of entry, no sport beats running. But it’s The club holds periodic rugby 101 clinics before
a lot more fun when you do it with friends like San heading out to the pitch on Treasure Island. And
Francisco Frontrunners (sffr.org). At twice-weekly fun between rough-and-tumble matches, the team mixes
runs, Frontrunners circle up, introduce themselves, it up with fundraisers at the Lone Star Saloon.
and present a couple of different routes. Attendees Speaking of rough-and-tumble, the Golden Gate
choose the one that sounds the most fun and then set Wrestling Club celebrates its thirtieth birthday this
off, followed by an optional post-run meal. year. The group of men and women meet on Tuesday
Join SFFR every Tuesday at 6:30pm in front of the and Friday evenings and Saturdays at noon at the
Ferry Building, or Saturday mornings at Stowe Lake Eureka Valley Rec Center (ggwc.org). Giving back
in Golden Gate Park at 9am. Come June, they’ll host to the community is built into the club’s DNA, with
an annual Pride Run that attracts a thousand folks. their Alliance Wrestling program that offers coaching
And thanks to sponsors like Starbelly, Bats Improv, to kids from eight to eighteen.
and the Pilsner Inn, their Pride runs have raised “It’s exciting to be able to pass on your skill and
thousands of dollars for charities. technique, said GGWC President Gene Dermody,
By far, the highest-profile sports group in the city “and to see somebody else use them, and to win with
is the San Francisco Gay Softball League, with close them!”
to 1,000 members and 62 teams (sfgsl.org). That While their past demonstration matches at
means that it’s easy for newcomers to find a team that local bars may be a thing of the past, the club’s
matches their style, from the super-competitive to the yearly fundraising at the Folsom Street Fair brings
just-for-fun. in the bulk of their budget, with beer booths and
“It serves three purposes,” said Vice Commissioner demonstrations by club members gay and straight.
Gordon Mannings at a recent beer bust fundraiser “The straight guys love coming to the Folsom Street
at 440 Castro, sponsor of the SF Fury team. “It’s a Fair,” Dermody grinned.
social outlet, you learn a new skill, and there’s the The San Francisco Spikes Soccer Club competed
competition.” in the first Gay Games in San Francisco in 1982, and
“For gay people, it’s athletic acceptance,” said currently boasts 100 active members across 4 teams
newcomer Tony Michaels. “And I just needed to get within the club (sfspikes.com).

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 The San Francisco
Pool League plays
at several local
LGBT bars.

courtesy SFPA
“We do see a lot of newcomers who have never
played soccer,” said team manager Chris Swanson.
“To get players up to speed, we hold indoor and
outdoor practices that are both fun games and skill
development drills. Because we are a large club, we
can tailor practices to the different skill levels.”
The club’s frequent fundraisers are a good
opportunity to meet members: look for them at Jock
Sunday at the Lookout, or at booths during Pride
and Folsom Street Fair. And then there are the pub
crawls, movie nights, game nights at players’ homes,
and even the occasional camping trip, snowboarding
trip or bowling/karaoke night out. Oh, and they also
get together to play soccer.
If you don’t feel cut out to be an athlete, you can
still be an athletic supporter by attending the San
Francisco Giants’ LGBT night, which attracts several
hundred people every year.
It all started in 2003, when Carl Stein noticed that
singles night at the stadium was awfully straight. He
emailed the team and they jumped at the chance to
host LGBTs. Online ticket sales allow fans to all sit
together, and participants get a pre-game party.
“As far as I’m aware, it’s the longest-running LGBT
promotion that any major league baseball team has,”
Stein said proudly. Keep an eye on www.sfgiants.com/
specialevents for this year’s blowout.
For a physical challenge with a cerebral component,
head over to Esta Noche, Thieves Tavern, Marlena’s,
Lucky 13, or any of the two dozen other bars that host
the San Francisco Pool Association (SFPApool.org).
Since the 1970’s, the SFPA’s been welcoming players
of all skill levels.
“One of the things that’s great about the pool
league is that the people who are really good are happy
to help the people who aren’t,” said Travis Bernard,
SFPA President. “The heart of playing pool,” said
SFPA Vice President Leif Smith, “is the friendships
that you build.”
And connections like those are why pool – and
rugby, softball, baseball, wrestling, and running –
mean so much, no matter your orientation. ✸

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Eric Stumbaugh

Rey Cervantes
Michael McAllister Chris Munro, left, and Lon
at bat. Troyer, right warming up.

LIFE IN THE D- LEAGUEd

• by Michael McAllister

A
break-up is like a mid-life crisis. You come anxiety, downloading a podcast geared specifically to
out of it, look around, and take stock. You buy the softball player that was hosted by an old ex-wrestler
hair plugs or find yourself doing things you’ve who counseled the listener on self-confidence.
never done before – like joining a gay softball team. “Ladies,” he said, “You may be a natural alpha
Heartbroken, with a lot of time on my hands, I ran bitch…”
into a friend who told me he’d just joined a D- league I’d imagined that turning myself into an athlete
gay softball team. would earn me more respect. I’d get a sports cup and
“There’s a D league?” I asked. I never knew gay a baseball cap and life would change. Still, I hit every
softball had divisions below C. I’d never played a team practice with focus, if not finesse, and hit the batting
sport, having been one of those gay boys easily cowed cages on my own time. I listened to my coach and
by chest-thumping straight boys. But I bought cleats the other players. I improved at practice, hitting and
and a glove and showed up for the first practice of the fielding a little more reliably each time. But stepping
Lone Star Inferno team, fantasizing that a hidden talent into the batter’s box at games, I’d feel my chest tighten,
would emerge and I’d be hastily promoted, maybe up and I’d strike out every time.
to the B-league. Our coach would shake her head: “I I just wanted a single. One little base, and we’d go
hate to let him go, but I can’t in good conscience stunt from there.
his natural athleticism.” By this point in the season I’d been hanging out
Let’s just say I was lucky there was no F-league. Of all again with Joe, my ex, and we treaded around each
the sports I could have chosen to launch my newly single other cautiously, trying to figure out if there was
life, softball may have been the one for which I was least something left to salvage. He started showing up at my
suited. I dropped balls, tore hamstrings, and struck out. games to cheer me on.
I hated being bad at something, especially in front At the next game we were down by four runs in the
of so many people. Now, we’re talking D-league gay last inning, with two outs. If I struck out or popped up,
softball; the stakes couldn’t have been lower. But as a the game would be over. Mouth dry, I stepped into the
writer, I’d just received a string of career rejections, and box, where I quickly racked up two balls and one strike.
the failure of my relationship – of which I’d had great After each pitch I’d try to fill the bottom of my lungs.
hopes – only compounded my feelings of inadequacy. Then I’d exhale and repeat, “Eye on the ball, eye on the
But hot guys came to our Lone Star beer busts, I’d ball, all the way in, see the ball hit the bat…”
begun to understand the particular satisfaction of The ball hit the bat.
belonging to a team, and our second baseman said I With a nice solid grounder, I dropped the bat and
looked hot in a catcher’s mask, so I decided to stick took off running, all the way through first base. Safe.
around. The next batter got me to second, and the next batter
I spent the next few weeks researching sports got me home. I crossed that plate like a D-league god,
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 John Chen
w x
Blake Joreger (left) and
James Camacho (right) at the Lone Star Saloon.

and stood trembling in the dugout. All of that pressure

I’d put on myself. All of that worry. I’d merely hit a
single, in D-league gay softball.
But this was never just about D-league gay softball.
It was about courting risk: the risk of disappointing
others. The risk of looking stupid in public. The risk
of working your ass off towards a goal but still failing.
I felt a rush of embarrassing emotion, and turned
and faced away from the field, since there’s no crying in
softball. My ex, who’d climbed down from the bleachers,
gripped my fingers through the chain link fence as the
tears got the best of me. He already knew why.
I’d joined softball as a social outlet, but as the season
progressed I’d found a new confidence spreading into
other areas of my life. Compared to the gray zones of
love and writing, where successes and failures were
hard to quantify, softball offered solid data. Knowing
I’d hit four singles in one game filled me with solid
satisfaction as I limped away from the field on torn
ligaments. At the end of the season, my team awarded
me a prize of which I am deeply, unabashedly proud:
“Most Improved Player.” ✸

Steven Matulis (left)

John Chen

Michael McAllister (right)

at the Lone Star Saloon.

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One-year anniversary of the monthly fun drag show, with
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Electro pop dance night at the intimate Castro bar-club,
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Heavy Liquid @ SF Eagle
Local band with a solid rock sound and hunky front man Jock Straps @ Chaps II
Kent James performs at the popular leather bar; Psychol- Strip down to your jock strap on the jocular jock night.
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Enjoy two drag sensations in one act. New York legend
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Heklina, Trauma Flintstone, Scott stylings, teams up with the irreverent Vine, whose Lady
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David Hawkins (actually, his Cher audiences only! $27.50. 10:30pm. Also Mar. 5. 2-drink
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drag “beauty” pageant. Alexis (800) 380-3095. www.therrazzroom.com
Alexis Von Fierce Von Fierce MCs. 11pm-2am.
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Suzan Revah’s second anniversary filthy fun fundraiser,
Redlight @ Risque Lounge with prizes and bawdy fun. Proceeds benefit the AIDS
DJ Hawthorne, Gypsy Love and guests bring a new weekly Emergency Fund. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St.
retro classy lounge for music, fashion, art and cocktails. 552-8689. www.powerhouse-sf.com
45 Maiden Lane. 6pm-10pm. www.ghettodisco.com
Strangelove, Erasure-esque @ Café du Nord
Tubesteak Connection Depeche Mode and Erasure tribute bands perform. San-
@ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge ity Assasins, a Bauhaus tribute band, opens. $10. 21+.
Retro tunes and retro cruisy crowd, each Thursday. DJ Bus 8:30pm. 2170 Market St. 861-5016. www.cafedunord.com
Station John plays records. $4. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at
Taylor. www.auntcharlieslounge.com

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 Richmond-Ermet AIDS Foundation;
Sat 5➠ Grand Marshall Bruce Vilanch; cos-
Bangkok @ The Stud tumes gaily encouraged. A king and
DJs Shawn P and Lamb Chop spin queen will be crowned! VIP reception,
tunes; Stoli gogo guys tempt you 6pm-7pm ($50-$1500). Formal ball
at the monthly dance night (1st 7pm-10pm ($20-$25). 2344 Market St.
Saturdays). Free before 11pm. $8. www.reaf.org www.sfkinque.com
21+. 10pm-2am. 399 9th St. at
Harrison. www.studsf.com Men in Gear @ Chaps II
Serious leather, rubber and kink-wear
Cockfight night, chaps. 9pm-2am.
@ Underground SF 1225 Folsom St. at 8th. 255-2427.
Culture Whores’ big slutty dance www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com
party in a little club, with Pansy
the Drunken Panda and saucy
Le Perle Degli Squallor
gogo guys. Now 1st and 3rd Satur- @ Hot Spot
days. $7. 9pm-2am. 424 Haight St. DJ Bus Station John’s intimate monthly
Logan Scott (1st Saturdays) retro disco night re-
www.cockfightsf.com
@ Porn Star, Sat. 5 decorates the cozy dive bar into a cool
Get Down @ Maya zdance hangout and upstairs cruise space; popular with bear
Free monthly party for women, queers and pals. 1st Sat- cubs and friendly hipsters. No cell phones on the dance floor,
urdays, with DJs Olga T and Astro. Taco menu, cheap beer please. 2 for 1 drinks 9pm-11pm. Open til 2am. $5.
buckets, private room reservations. 9pm-2am. 303 2nd St 1414 Market St. at Polk.
at Harrison. www.mayasf.com
Poppers @ The Lookout
Krewe de Kinque Ball Masque @ Trigger Gus Presents hosts; DJs a busy crowd and cocktail specials.
Studio 69, A Night of Decadence and Dance, is a Mardi $5. 9pm-2am. 1600 Market St. at Noe. www.lookoutsf.com
Gras-themed gala event with proceeds benefitting the
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 eON THE TAB f
~ Mon 7➠
~from page 19
Q Comedy @ Martuni’s
H Kat Evasco, Dana Cory, Maggie Dolan, Nick Leonard, MC
Cookie Dough and more. Partial proceeds benefit the SF
Porn Star @ The Watergarden, San Jose Ducal Charity Fund. Piano bar sing-along afterward. $5-
Local, lusty and large, adult performer Logan Scott does
$16. 8pm. 4 Valencia St. at Market. www.Qcomedy.com
a live show at the spacious South Bay bath house; 2nd
edition of the monthly hot show (1st Sausage Party
Saturdays). $16-$39. 9pm. 18+. 1010
Kat Evasco @ Rosamunde Sausage Grill
The Alameda, San Jose. (408) 275-
@ Q Comedy, DJ Dandy Dixon spins vintage rock,
1215. www.TheWatergarden.com Mon. 7 R&B, disco and other genres while
you enjoy tasty happy hour beer and
Stallion @ Rebel
brats. Weekly, 6pm-9:30pm. 2832
Joshua J’s new sexy night at the new
Mission St. 970-9015.
bar (formerly Triple Crown). DJ David
www.rosamundesausagegrill.com
Harness and Joey Jinks spin tunes
while hot gogo guys shake it and offer
lap dances. $5-$8. 21+. 9pm-4am. Tue 8➠
1760 Market St. at Octavia.
Mardi Gras Madness
Sun 6➠ @ The Lookout
Louisiana native DJ Robbie Martin
Beer Bust @ SF Eagle spins Fat Tuesday favorites. Earn
The most popular daytime gay bar your beads! Food and drink specials.
event in Northern California, with 6pm-11pm. 3600 16th St. at Market.
benefits for local LGBT and AIDS chari- 431-0306. www.lookoutsf.com
ties and organizations. $10 (for beer bust). 3pm-6pm. 12th
St. at Harrison. www.sfeagle.com Meow Mix @ The Stud
Weekly drag and variety show. 9pm-2am. 399 9th St. at
Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon Harrison. www.studsf.com
Benefit for various local charities each week. 4pm-8pm.
1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsaloon.com Queer Night @ Easy Lounge, Oakland
Weekly LGBT electro space jam night with DJ Dr. Sleep,
Benefit for the Boob @ Wild Side west organic cocktails, patio, chill vibe. No cover. 8pm-close.
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host a fundraiser for the 3255 Lakeshore Ave. www.easy510.com
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund, with burlesque gals, drag
kings, faux queens, comedy fan-dancing, raffles, kinky sex Starfucker @ The Independent
ed and more. $5-$20. 4pm-10pm. 424 Cortland St. 647- Pop-synth quartet with a queer edge (known to don
3099. www.myspace.com/wildsidewest dresses onstage) performs live; Unknown Mortal Orchestra
opens. $15. 8pm. 628 Divisadero St. 771-1421. www.
Cabaret Showcase Showdown @ Martuni’s theindependentsf.com Also Mar. 9 at The Rickshaw Stop
Best Art Song is the theme of the third round of the 2nd (also with UMO). $15. 7:30pm. All ages. 155 Fell St. at
annual fab singing contest. Bring sheet music for two Van Ness. 861-2011. www.myspace.com/strfkrmusic
songs. Judges include Madame Jo and
Kitten on the Keys. Trauma Flintstone Starfucker
and Katya Smirnoff-Skyy cohost. $5. @ The Independent Wed 9➠
7pm.4 Valencia St. at Market.
www.dragatmartunis.com
Dream Queens Review
@ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
Jock @ The Lookout Drag show each 2nd and 4th
Afternoon schmooze and booze, with Wednesday at the classic Tenderloin
door and donations benefiting gay bar, hosted by Collette LeGrande-
sports teams. $2. 3pm-8pm. 3600 Ashton. No cover. 10pm.
16th St. at Market. 431-0306. 133 Turk St. 441-2922.
www.lookoutsf.com www.dreamqueensrevue.com

Sunday’s a Drag Fetish Nights @ Chaps II

@ Starlight Room Different kinks get their own nights
Donna Sachet and Harry Denton host once a month at the intimate leather
the weekly fabulous brunch and drag show. $45. 11am, bar. Draft beer as low as $2. 9pm-2am. 1225 Folsom St. at
show at noon; 1:30pm, show at 2:30pm. 450 Powell St. in 8th. 255-2427. www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com
Union Square. 395-8595. www.harrydenton.com

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Men’s Club @ SoMa Bars
Enjoy drink specials and other fun
Leo Forte
@ Nob Hill
Fri 11➠
stuff at themed nights at Chaps, The Theater, Fri. 11 Dope @ The Lookout
Eagle, The Powerhouse, Truck and Monthly music and pop culture party
Hole in the Wall. 21+. (1st Fridays), with DJs Papa Tony and
www.lonestarsaloon.com Crashfaster. 9pm-2am. 1600 Market
St. at Noe. www.lookoutsf.com
Thu 10➠ Fuzz @ Chaps II
Heartbeat @ Deco Lounge Hairy beary very hot night. 9pm-
Kelly Rivera Hart hosts a monthly 2am. 1225 Folsom St. at 8th. 255-
fundraiser for AIDS/Breast Cancer 2427. www.chapsbar
Emergency Fund, with live acts, sanfrancisco.com
open mic, guest DJs, raffles and fun
themes. 6pm-8pm. 510 Larkin St. Ghetto Disco @ The Endup
346-2025. www.decosf.com DJs Hawthorne and guests spin
dance grooves til dawn. $15-$20.
Teatro Zinzanni @ Pier 29 Free before 12am. 11pm-6am. 401
Theatre-tent-dinner extravaganza 6th St. at Harrison. 646-0999.
with a new show; Caliente, with www.theendup.com
Rebekah Del Rio, Ann Bernard,
aeuialist Ling Rui, Les Petits Freres, comedy, a five-course Leo Forte @ Nob Hill Theatre
dinner, and a lot of fun. $117-$145. Saturday 11:30am Open every day with a variety of stripper talents live on
“Breve” show $63--$78. Wed-Sat 6pm (Sun 5pm). Pier 29 stage, the historic burlesque joint presents the sexy Latin
at Embarcadero Ave. 438-2668. www.teatrozinzanni.com porn star. Also Mar. 12. $30. Check website for showtimes.
Reg. hours, Sun-Thu 11:30am-12am. Fri & Sat 11:30am-
Tubesteak Connection 1:30am. 729 Bush St. at Powell. www.thenobhilltheatre.com
@ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
Retro tunes and retro cruisy crowd, each Thursday. DJ Bus

a
Station John plays records. Tonight’s a special kick-off party
for SPKR (see March 12). $4. 10pm-2am. 133 Turk St. at
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 eON THE TAB f Hot Box @ Bench and Bar, Oakland
~
~from page 19
Weekly women’s night produced by Movement Produc-
tions, with DJs Astro, Olga T, Rapture and Val G. specialty
H drinks, cafe seating, special events each week, with
frequent live acts, including prizes, giveaways, and
Lick It @ Powerhouse holiday-themed special events. Text 368638 for discounts
Lance Holman hosts the sexy monthly fundraiser for the
on admission. $8-$15. 9pm to 3am.
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund; gogo guys, raffles, boot-
www.hotboxinthebay.com
blacks. $5. 10pm-2am. 1347 Folsom St. 552-8689.
www.powerhouse-sf.com Joan Rivers @ Castro Theatre
The irrascible comic, author, red carpet diva, talk-show
Player’s Club @ The Lookout host and reality show superstar
DJ Robbie Martin and Charisma
does her no-holds-barred stand-up
Glitterati bring you a new monthly
act. Yes, it’s pure live, uncensored
scenester night. 9pm-2am. 3600 16th
Joan. $35-$76. 8pm. 429 Castro St.
St. at Market. 431-0306.
392-4400.
www.lookoutsf.com
www.castrotheatre.com

Sat 12➠ Military Night @ Chaps II

Don (and then doff?) your camo,
Cockblock @ Rickshaw Stop dude. It’s armed sexy forces night.
Lesbo-rific queer homo dance night 9pm-2am. 1225 Folsom St.
each 2nd & 4th Saturday. $5-$7. 21+. at 8th. 255-2427.
10pm-2am. 155 Fell St. www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com
www.rickshawstop.com
Meshell Ndegeocello SPKR @ Public Works
@ The Independent, Sun. 13
Frolic @ The Stud Honey Soundsystem presents a
Monthly costume dance party for Fur- benefit for the GLBT Historical Society,
ries and friends. Dress up and dance, you animal. $7 w/o with veteran DJs Steve Fabus and Bobby Viteritti spinning
$3 with costume. 9pm-2am. 399 9th St. at Harrison. classic disco music, and exhibits about the golden gay days
www.neonbunny.com/frolic www.studsf.com of dance clubs and groovy grooves. $50 VIP catered recep-
tion, 8pm-10pm. $15 public gallery showing and dancing,
10pm-3am. 161 Erie St. at Mission. www.honeysoundsys-
tem.com

Sun 13➠
Honey Soundsystem @ Holy Cow
The coolest Sunday music mix crew has moved yet again,
but not too far, and to the original home of The Stud. Look
for the suspended cow. 10pm-2am. 1535 Folsom St. at
11th. www.honeysoundsystem.com

John Pizzarelli, & Jessica Molasky

@ The Venetian Room
Popular cabaret duo perform classics by Berlin, Gershwin,
Ellington, Sondheim , even Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits.
7:30pm (5pm show sold out). $40-$45. Fairmont Hotel,
950 Mason St. 927-4636. www.bayareacabaret.org

Linda Purl & Kevin Spirtas @ The Rrazz Room

The two accomplished TV and film actors show off their im-
pressive singing skills in Rhapsody in Two, a night of songs
by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins and more.
$35-$40. 3pm. Also Mar. 14, 8pm. 2-drink minimum. Hotel
Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095.
www.therrazzroom.com

Meshell Ndegeocello @ The Independent

Fantastic singer covers songs by Prince. Martun Luther
opens, covering Beatles songs. $25. 8pm. 628 Divisadero
St. 771-1421. www.theindependentsf.com Also Mar. 12 at
The New Parish, 579 18th St., Oakland.

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La Pachanga local drag talents in the film,
@ Blue Macaw and performing in a live show
Salsa bands play, with dancing before the screening, along
and lessons (lessons 5pm, band with score composers Ejector.
6pm) weekly at the mixed/gay- $30 special VIP party in the
friendly nightclub. $10. 21+. mezzanine, 6pm. $20 pre-show
2565 Mission St. at 22nd. and film, 7:30pm. $10 film only,
www.thebluemacawsf.com 10pm. 429 Castro St.
www.babyjane2010.com
Sundance Saloon www.castrotheatre.com
@ Space 550
Country-western dancing for
the LGBT community and its Blue Room
Club 93 Comedy @
friends two night a week, Baby Jane? David Hawkins hosts the night
@Castro Theater, Tue, 15 of big laughs at the tiny bar.
every Sunday and Thursday. $5.
21+. Sundays 5pm-10:30pm, Free. 10pm. 93 9th St.
lessons 5:30–7:15pm. Thursdays 6:30–10:30pm, lessons
7pm-8pm. 550 Barneveld Ave., Queer Night @ Easy Lounge, Oakland
near Bayshore and Industrial. Weekly LGBT electro space jam night with DJ Dr. Sleep,
www.sundancesaloon.org organic cocktails, patio, chill vibe. No cover. 8pm-close.
3255 Lakeshore Ave. www.easy510.com

Mon 14➠ Wed 16➠

Comedy Night @ El Rio Mexican Radio
Lisa Geduldig presents another edition @ Lone Star Saloon
of her laugh-filled night, with Carla Twice monthly (2nd and last Wed)
Clayy, Karen Ripley, Erin Souza, and fun night with gogo guys, cheap
Samson Koletkar. $7-$20. 8pm. 3158 drink specials ($2 Bud, Bud Light
Mission St. at Precita. www.elriosf.com and Rolling Rock draft), DJ Car-
sonova, and beartastic ambiance.
The Smiths Indeed 7pm-11pm. 1354 Harrison St.
@ Café du Nord www.lonestarsaloon.com
Smiths cover band perform hits by, well,
The Smiths. $10. 21+. 8pm. 2170 Market Whatcha Doin’ Wednesdays
St. 861-5016. www.cafedunord.com @ Castro Bars
Monthly promotional events (each
3rd Wed.) at Castro bars, and live
Tue 15➠ performances in Jane Warner Plaza.
Baby Jane? @ Castro Theatre 7pm-11pm. www.lookoutsf.com
Theatrical premiere of Billy Clift’s locally-
Samson Koletkar at
Comedy Night @ El Rio Thu 17 ➠
made, strangely hilarious comedic
parody of Whatever Happened to Baby
Jane?, starring Matthew Martin and Anniversary Celebration @
The Rrazz Room
Katya Smirnoff Sky, with Heklina, Ethel Merman and other
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 eON THE TAB f different charities, with raffles, $12 “bottomless draft beer
~ Kegger Cups,” and fun. This month, it’s the SF LGBT Com-
~from page 23 munity Center. $5. 9pm-2am. 3600 16th St. at Noe/Market.
H 431-0306. www.lookoutsf.com

The swellegant nightclub cabaret celebrates three years, Rope @ Chaps II

with a speical star-studded benefit for St. Jude Children’s Kinky rope demos by Sam La Belle and Jorge Vieto, Jr. Now
Research Hospital; Sarah Dash, Joyce DeWitt, Sally Keller- you can honestly say, “Sorry I’m late; I was all tied up.”
man, Florence LaRue, Melba Moore, Martha Reeves, Paula 9pm-2am. 1225 Folsom St. at 8th. 255-2427.
West and others perform. $TBA. 8pm. 2-drink minimum. www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com
Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095.
www.therrazzroom.com Salsa Club @ Cafe Cocomo
Same-sex dancing and lessons with a live band. 21+.
Dial Up 8:30pm-12am. 650 Indiana St. www.QueerBallroom.com
@ Public Works
Some Thing @ The Stud
New monthly dance
Wild weekly drag show with SF’s most unusual talents.
night with DJs RJ and Dr.
10pm-2am. 399 9th St.
Sleep. 161 Erie St.
Orchestral Manoeuveres www.studsf.com
www.publicsf.com in the Dark @ Fox Theatre,
Oakland, Sat. 26
St. Patrick’s Day Sat 19➠
Party @ The Lookout Big @ The Stud
Pollo del Mar hosts a Monthly dance party for big
greentastic Jell-O shots men and their friends (3rd
debauche; DJ Kidd sysko. Sundays). $5. 6pm-11am. 399
6pm-9pm. 3600 16th St. at 9th St. www.phattestevents.
Market. 431-0306. com www.studsf.com
www.lookoutsf.com
Cockfight
Fri 18➠ @ SF Underground
Culture Whores’ big slutty dance
Amanda McBroom
@ The Rrazz Room party in a little club. Now 1st and
Cabaret singer and story- 3rd Saturdays. $7. 9pm-2am. 424
teller performs songs by Haight St. www.cockfightsf.com
Jacques Brel, Cole Porter,
Astor Piazzola and others. Fauxgirls @ Kimo’s
$35. 7:30pm. 2-drink mini- Classic drag show with Victoria
mum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095. Secret, Alexandria, Chanel, Davida Ashton, Tiger Lily,
www.therrazzroom.com Maria Garza and more; each 3rd Saturday. No cover. 10pm.
1351 Polk St. 885-4535.
Bad Girl Cocktail Hour @ The Lexington Club www.fauxgirls.com
Every Friday night, bad girls can get $1 dollar margaritas
between 9pm and 10pm. All drinks being served up by the Laugh It Up @ The Cinch
fabulous bartending duo of Tanya and Amy. 3464 19th St. Comics Candy Churilla, Natasha Muse, Loren Kraut and
between Mission and Valencia. 863-2052. host Morgan bring on the giggles at a benefit for Lyon-
www.lexingtonclub.com Martin Health Services. $15. 7pm. 1723 Polk St.

Cece Peniston @ The Rrazz Room Sun 20➠

Soulful pop and swing singer performs with her band in
a rousing night of original music. $35-$45. 9:15pm. Also All-Male Amateur Strip Show @ Deco Lounge
Mar. 19. 2-drink minimum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ginger Snap hosts the wild and sexy night of newbies get-
Ellis. (800) 380-3095. www.therrazzroom.com tin’ nude. $100 cash prize! DJ Lambchop spins tunes.
510 Larkin St. at Turk. 346-2025. www.decosf.com
Latin Explosion @ Club 21, Oakland
Renovated gay Latin dance club (eight bars, more dance Beer Bust @ SF Eagle
floors, lounge) shows off their hottests gogo studs. Happy The most popular daytime gay bar event in Northern
hour 4pm-8:30pm. Dancing 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St. California, with benefits for local LGBT and AIDS charities
(510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com and organizations. $10 (for beer bust). 3pm-6pm. 12th St.
at Harrison. www.sfeagle.com

Beer Bust @ Lone Star Saloon

Pledge @ The Lookout
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 eON THE TAB f Local drag legend and star of Baby Jane? returns with All
~
~from page 24 Singing, All Dancing, All Dead!, a musical tribute to Hol-
lywood chantueses of yesteryear (Judy, Bette, Peggy and
H more). $30. 8pm. Also Mar. 23. 2-drink minimum. Hotel
Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095.
Benefit for various local charities each week. 4pm-8pm. www.therrazzroom.com
1354 Harrison St. www.lonestarsaloon.com

Louise Pitre Wed 23➠

@ The Rrazz Room Jay Nash A-List Martini Nights
Tony-nominated actress @ Café du Nord, @ Bar TBA
( Mamma Mia!) brings her Sun. 27 Ongoing popular weekly
musical tribute to Edith Piaf social and networking
to the intimate stylish night- event for gay men and
club. 2-drink minimum. their friends. Sign up to get
Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. invites to a different bar
at Ellis. (800) 380-3095. each week. 9pm-12am.
www.therrazzroom.com www.sfalist.com
Swing-out Sundays Dream Queens
@ Rock-it Room Review @ Aunt
Slim Jenkins and other bands
Charlie’s Lounge
play weekly for your same-
Drag show each 2nd and
and opposite-sex swing
4th Wednesday at the clas-
dancing pleasure. $5 in-
sic Tenderloin bar, hosted
cludes a lesson. 8pm-11pm.
by Collette LeGrande-
406 Clement St. www.
Ashton. No cover. 10pm.
SwingChampionships.com
133 Turk St. 441-2922.
www.dreamqueensrevue.com
Mon 21➠ Fetish Nights @ Chaps II
Marga’s Funny Mondays Different kinks get their own nights once a month at the
@ The Marsh, Berkeley intimate leather bar. Draft beer as low as $2. 9pm-2am. 1225
Marga Gomez (“the lesbian Lenny Bruce”: Robin Williams) Folsom St. at 8th. 255-2427. www.chapsbarsanfrancisco.com
brings her comic talents, and special guests, to a weekly
cabaret show. $10. 8pm. 2120 Allston Way. (800) 838- Thu 24➠
3006. www.margagomez.com www.themarsh.org
Beach Blanket Babylon @ Club Fugazi
Monday Night Smackdown @ Bloodhound Musical comedy revue, now in its 35th year, with an ever-
Football and food trucks blend each week in a beer and changing lineup of political and pop culture icons,
cocktail night at the stylishly rustic mixed/gay-friendly bar. all in gigantic wigs. $25-$80. Wed, Thu 8pm. Fri, Sat 6:30,
1145 Folsom St at 7th. www.bloodhoundsf.com 9:30pm. Sun 2pm, 5pm. (Beer/wine served; cash only).
678 Beach Blanket Babylon Blvd. 421-4222.
www.beachblanketbabylon.com
Tue 22➠
Butch Queen @ Delirium Juicy @ The White Horse, Oakland
Joshua J. and Robert Jeffery’s new weekly night for homos Hip Hop, R&B and soul. 9pm. (karaoke, drag king shows
and friends. No cover. 10pm-2am. 3139 16th St. at Guer- other nights, too). 6551 Telegraph Ave. (510) 652-3820.
erro. www.joshuajpresents.com www.whitehorsebar.com

Lady Gaga, Scissor Sisters Fri 25➠

@ Oracle Arena, Oakland
The most popular pop singer alive and the fabulous fun Latin Explosion @ Club 21, Oakland
band perform in what promises to be the gayest arena Renovated gay Latin dance club (eight bars, more dance
concert of the year. $49.50, $85, $175. 8pm. 7000 Coli- floors, lounge) shows off their hottests gogo studs. Happy
seum Way. Also Mar 23 at Arco Arena, Sacramento. (510) hour 4pm-8:30pm. Dancing 9pm-4am. 2111 Franklin St.
569-2121. www.scissorsisters.com/tour www.ladygaga. (510) 268-9425. www.club21oakland.com
com Join the pre-concert party bus from The Lookout;
5:30pm-7pm departure. $5 round-trip tickets. 3600 16th Snap-a-Licious @ Deco Lounge
St. at Market. 431-0306. www.lookoutsf.com Ginger Snap’s fun drag show features Holotta Tymes,
Mahlae Balenciaga, Synergy, Kylie Minono and more.
Matthew Martin @ The Rrazz Room 10pm-2am. 510 Larkin St. at Turk. www.decosf.com

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 Boylesque, Soiree 9 @ Design blowers in action, and get
Sat 26➠ Center Galleria, Sat. 26 a souvenir mug, presents
San Jose artist Vivian
Big Top “Viva” Paredes. $25.
@ Club Eight 6pm-10pm. 1750 Arm-
Joshua J’s monthly fun- strong Ave. 671-4916.
fest presents Raja from www.PublicGlass.org
this season’s RuPaul’s
Drag Race, performing Jonathan Poretz
live and meeting her @ The Rrazz Room
fans at her only Bay Area Local crooner brings
gig. Also performing; back the classic lounge
Heklina, Rotissary stylings of Sinatra and
Ethnicity Jackson-Hous- other great male singers.
ton Ross (winner of $25. 10:20pm. 2-drink
the Trannyshack Star minimum. Hotel Nikko,
Search pageant), and 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095.
from Seattle, DJ Nark and Lisa Dank. 3 Bars, 2 Floors, 2 www.therrazzroom.com
for 1 drinks 9pm-10pm. No cover before 10:30 in drag or
club kid attire. $5-$15. 9pm-3am. 1151 Folsom St. www. Orchestral Manoeuveres in the Dark
joshuajpresensts.com www.eightsf.com @ Fox Theatre, Oakland
Iconic British band is on tour again with their first album in
Go Bang @ Deco Lounge
18 years. $30. 9pm. 1807 Telegraph Ave. (19th St. BART).
Groove-alacious monthly disco dance night features DJs
www.omdbrightantenna.com www.ticketmaster.com
Steve Fabus, Tres Lingerie, Stanley Frank and Sergio, and
www.thefoxoakland.com
special guest DJ Tim Zawanda, who’ll share Chicago House
and Space Rock disco dubs. $5. 9pm-3am-ish. 510 Larkin Soiree 9 @ Design Center Galleria
St. www.gobangsf.com www.decosf.com Enjoy a fabulous La Dolce Vita (1960s Italy, paparazzi, and
glamour!) theme at the ninth annual fundraiser gala for the
Hot Glass, Cold Beer @ Public Glass
Center, with a hosted bar, gourmet morsels, a silent auction,
The glass art studio’s popular events, where patrons can
and live entertainment (Boylesque, Fauxnique, GAPA Chorus,
sip beer, wine or soft drinks, enjoy music, watch glass-
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 eON THE TAB f a queer bent at the divey small bar. 10pm.
~
~from page 27 93 9th St. at Mission.

H Uh Huh Her @ Great American Music Hall

Los Angeles duo, whose music has been featured on Show-
Glamamore, Honey Mahogany, Honey Soundsystem, Leigh time’s The L Word, perform new music. Diamonds Under
Crow, Miss Rahni, Monistat, SF Lesbian/Gay freedom Band, Fire opens. $21. (with dinner, $45.95). 8pm. 859 O’Farrell
Veronica Klaus and more). $95. 21+. 7pm-11pm. 101 Henry St. (888) 233-0449. www.uhhuhher.com www.gamh.com
Adams St. www.sfcenter.org
www.soiree9.wordpress.com
Wed 30➠
Sun 27➠ A-List Martini Nights
@ Bar TBA
Jay Nash Ongoing popular weekly
@ Café du Nord social and networking
Hunky rock-ballad singer event for gay men and
performs music from his their friends. Sign up to get
fifth album, Diamonds and invites to a different bar
Blood, and other songs. each week. 9pm-12am.
Josh Ryan and Kenneth www.sfalist.com
Pattengale open. $10. 21+.
8pm. 2170 Market St. 861- Ari Hest
5016. www.jaynash.com @ Café du Nord
www.cafedunord.com Gorgeous singer performs
his equally gorgeous music.
Jon Secada $15. 7pm. 21+. 2170 Market
Uh Huh Her
@ The Rrazz Room St. 861-5016. www.arihest.
The sexy Grammy-winning com www.cafedunord.com
singer performs intimate variations of his Latin music hits
with a backup trio. $45-$55. 8pm. Also Mar. 25 & 26. Men’s Club @ SoMa Bars
2-drink minimum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. Enjoy drink specials and other fun stuff at themed nights at
(800) 380-3095. www.therrazzroom.com Chaps, The Eagle, The Powerhouse, Truck and Hole in the
Wall. 21+. www.lonestarsaloon.com
Salsa Sunday @ El Rio
Dance lessons and hot music at Thu 31➠
the neighbhorhood bar where Redlight
everyone (over 21) is welcome.
@ Risque Lounge
Free BBQ 3pm. Show 4pm.
DJ Hawthorne, Gypsy Love and
$8. 3158 Mission St. at Cesar
guests bring a new weekly retro
Chavez. www.elriosf.com
classy lounge for music, fashion,
art and cocktails. 45 Maiden
Mon 28➠ Lane. 6pm-10pm.
www.ghettodisco.com
Piano Bar 101
@ Martuni’s
Sing-along night with talented Tubesteak Connection
locals, and charming accom- @ Aunt Charlie’s Lounge
panist Joe Wicht (aka Trauma Retro tunes and retro cruisy
Flintstone). 9pm. 4 Valencia St. crowd, each Thursday in the risky
at Market. part of town. DJ Bus Station John
www.dragatmartunis.com plays records. $4. 10pm-2am.
Ari Hest
133 Turk St. at Taylor.
Tue 29➠ www.auntcharlieslounge.com
Ashford & Simpson @ The Rrazz Room
R&B legends return to the intimate nightclub for three
nights of classic romantic songs. $47.50-$55. 8pm. Also
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April 2, 7pm & 9:30pm, and April 3, 7pm. 2-drink mini- For updated events, visit www.BARtabSF.com
mum. Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason St. at Ellis. (800) 380-3095. To submit your April events,
www.therrazzroom.com
send by April 15 to [email protected]
Blue Room Comedy @ Club 93
Weekly adults-only jokes with host David Hawkins giving it UUUUUUUUUU
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courtesy Sara Waddell-Lweinstein

Sara Lewinstein (left)

with the 1980 Artemis
Café softball team

Golden Gate A relaxing moment

Wrestling at a 1976 Gay
Club at the Softball League game.
SF Eagle in

courtesy GLBT Historical Society

1985.
courtesy Gene Dermody

HOMO BASEd
But the softball league at the time was men-only,
until Sara Lewinstein, owner of The Artemis Café,
rounded up some pals and started what became a
• by Jim Provenzano thriving women’s softball league. Along with Rikki
Streicher and her bar Maud’s (and 12 years later,

L
ike a yin-yang of stalwart athleticism and Amelia’s), women-owned bars and cafes supported
Bacchan celebration, gay bars and gay sports women’s sports, creating a thriving community.
have gone together for more than half a century. Meanwhile, Olympic decathlete Tom Waddell, when
Here in the Bay Area, the first gay sports event was not competing in bar-sponsored flag football, worked
actually organized by discreet lesbians in the 1950s, to raise funds for the first “Gay Olympics.” (changed to
as documented in the first issue of The Ladder, the the Gay Games).
historic women’s periodical. Lewinstein’s legacy with the Gay Games not only
By 1968, the Community Bowling League, sponsored includes the family she raised with and after her
by the Society for Individual Rights (SIR) held regular marriage to Waddell. A decades-long softball coach
competitions at Park Bowl (which was demolished in and bowler, she also now manages Serra Bowl in Daly
the ‘90s). By 1971, 22 teams competed locally. City, where gay leagues frequently take to the lanes.
Pool and billiards followed close behind in the Mark Brown, who also aided the Games movement,
late 1960s, as soon as gay bars began to establish later became the Gay Softball League’s commissioner,
themselves, with or without the then-needed police and an honored Hall of Famer. “There were so many
payoffs. As disco swept popular culture in the 1970s, good things that happened and went on during the
groovy recreational sports like the Bay Area’s Gay Skate ‘70s, which I must say, was a privilege for me to be a
Night drew hip crowds. part of, not only as a player,” said Brown, who turned
But it was softball that really became the giant of gay 77 this year. He still coaches the Hustlers team, which
sports, thanks to tireless organizers, coaches and fledgling enjoys sponsorship from the SF Powerhouse.
jocks. The support of local gay-owned taverns like Sutter’s Swimmers, wrestlers, runners, and tennis and
Mill, the Pendulum, and other byone bars, was pivotal, hockey teams have held countless fundraising events
and provided a perfect post-game social outlet. at bars like the Pilsner Inn, Daddy’s (now 440), The
As local gay newspapers, both the Bay Area SF Eagle, in a tradition which continues today. As we
Reporter and The Sentinel, documented the growing mourn those lost from AIDS in past years, many a bar
softball league in all its excitement and controversies, night will host a benefit for AIDS Life/Cycle riders. For
participants like the late Jack “Irene” McGowan fiercely many patrons, their local gay bar is the place where
penned expansive columns of victories and losses. everybody knows your name, and your game. ✸

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