Bay Area Reporter
Arts & Culture
- At a slight 53 pages, “The Castro: The Story of San Francisco’s Best-Known LGBTQ+ Neighborhood” punches far above its weight. The book reveals much that even amateur historians may not know.
- Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins, a Bay Area native and popular rock musician, will perform an acoustic number, perhaps the queer-inspired song, “Jumper,” at San Francisco Pride on June 28 at Civic Center. He shared some of his local musical inspirations.
- We continue our 55th anniversary celebrations by reprising some of our online discussion panels. The twelfth edition of the Bay Area Reporter’s monthly online chats about the newspaper’s history took place in April 2022.
- San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced hate crime charges based on sexual orientation for the second time in this penultimate week before Pride.
- The Castro Street cafe at the center of a lease controversy that ended just before the reopening of the eponymous theater moved last weekend.
- Monica Angela Lonigro, 55, of San Francisco, passed away peacefully at home on May 22, 2026, after a courageous fight with ovarian cancer, surrounded by loving family and friends who treasured her zest for life and her gift for bringing joy and laughter to everyone she knew.
- Read the Bay Area Reporter's original reporting from March 1, 1972 announcing the planning for the June 25, 1972 "Christopher Street West" pride parade and celebration. Republished from our archives.
- Get ready for some more low sparks of high-heeled shoes as Oasis, the glittering beacon of queer performance in San Francisco’s South of Market, returns with a full facelift. After undergoing a six-month renovation, the nightclub is preparing to re-open its doors on July 17 with a spectacular re-opening celebration, “The Grand Reveal.”
- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie weighed in on the San Francisco Giants’ Pride night imbroglio, exclusively telling the Bay Area Reporter on June 17 that he was “personally really upset, and disappointed.”
- Broadway Bares San Francisco made a triumphant debut at the newly renovated Castro Theatre on June 14, raising a record-breaking $177,787 in support of the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.