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VIDEO: Queer Rebels revitalizes QPOC performance art

Kirstie Haruta Dec 11, 2012

Through an “unapologetically, riotously gay” performance, Queer Rebel Productions is shaking out the rugs under which the histories of queer people of color have been swept. Partners in work and...

Bears! Bears! Bears! packs flurry of emotions in first full-length album

Kirstie Haruta Dec 4, 2012

After an arduous recording process, the band Bears! Bears! Bears! is finally ready to deliver its new album full of danceable doom and gloom. Self-described as “the Bay Area’s most depressing party...

Graduate student Gina de Vries sparks queer activism through writing

Kirstie Haruta Nov 29, 2012

In a tiny bedroom full of books and trimmed with pink Christmas lights, writer and activist Gina de Vries’ experience melds with her talent for fiction. While much of de Vries’ work is confessional...

SOMArts Cultural Center creates interactive fun with 'Come Out & Play' exhibition

Kirstie Haruta Nov 19, 2012

From hopscotch to art gallery heists, the SOMArts Cultural Center has been transformed into a place for unique play experiences. With games inspired by everything from parkour to women of the Wild West,...

"Hot & Heavy" book launch spotlights fatphobia issue

Kirstie Haruta Nov 13, 2012

Bold, bubbly and unabashed, Virgie Tovar is on a mission to transform the meaning of the F-word most weighed down in negative societal assumptions — fat. A sexologist, activist, coach, writer and...

Poets share raw, unfettered material at New Sh!t Show

Kirstie Haruta Nov 7, 2012

Beyond old books and baubles in the depths of a basement performance space, New Sh!t is happening every second and fourth Thursday. The New Poetry Mission, also known fondly as The New Sh!t Show, has...

PHOTOS: Barbary Coast Burlesque bewitches boisterous bunch at The Depot

Kirstie Haruta Oct 25, 2012

Feathers and Spam and mimes, oh my! Students in The Depot on Wednesday night found themselves bouncing between the World Series broadcast and the silly, sexy stylings of the Barbary Coast Burlesque troupe. Returning...

Politics gets sexy at Perverts Put Out! spoken word series

Kirstie Haruta Oct 21, 2012

From locker room fantasies featuring Paul Ryan, to binders full of men, the Perverts Put Out! Election Erection Edition provided a unique take on sex, politics and the upcoming election at the Center...

VIDEO: nerd JERK creator crochets her way to love

Kirstie Haruta Oct 16, 2012

Fast-talking and fun-loving, Stephanie Cortes has made it her mission to make people smile through her passion for nerdy crafting. The 29-year-old San Francisco native is the “geek mastermind” behind...

Brooklyn Red Devils snatches win from SF Bay Bombers at roller derby championship

Kirstie Haruta Oct 14, 2012

With just seconds to go and a tied score of 48, the San Francisco Bay Bombers had one shot to keep their championship title. But for the first time since Jim Fitzpatrick headed the Bombers, the team...

SF Bay Bombers gears up for roller derby world championships against Brooklyn Red Devils Oct. 13

Kirstie Haruta Oct 11, 2012

When the SF Bay Bombers approached Jim Fitzpatrick in 2006 to be a part of the derby revival, his longtime passion for the sport made it impossible to say no. Two squads — one men's and one women's...

PHOTOS: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass invites artists, music lovers for 3-day fest

Kirstie Haruta Oct 3, 2012

As the saying goes for many experiences — you never forget your first. Three days, six stages, hundreds of thousands of fans and a wide variety of music for no cost make the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass...

Three cases of robbery reported at SF State

Kirstie Haruta Sep 27, 2012

Three separate incidents of robbery were reported today at SF State, according to University police. Robbery suspect Kode Alan Smith was last seen in the area near the Cesar Chavez Center and the...

Red Hots Burlesque makes steamy nights at El Rio

Kirstie Haruta Sep 25, 2012

In a flourish of feathers, sparkles, and sass, Dottie Lux invites voracious crowds to hoot and holler to their hearts’ content at Red Hots’ twice-weekly burlesque show. Red Hots Burlesque When:...

SF State students still waiting for ASI-proposed Queer Resource Center

Kirstie Haruta Sep 18, 2012

Amiable chatter between friends gave way to tension when a small portion of SF State’s queer community met with two Associated Students, Inc. representatives to discuss the status of the Queer Resource...

Bay Area Rainbow Symphony returns with season opening concert

Kirstie Haruta Sep 17, 2012

With tinkling percussion and sure strokes of their bows, the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony filled the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with the beginnings of its 2012-13 season. Reunions abounded at...

Comic book sales thrive despite digital age

Kirstie Haruta Sep 10, 2012

While they have no armor, weapons or gadgets, comic books possess super strength when it comes to persisting through a declining market. The digital age has acted like kryptonite for many forms of print...

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Ship-Shape! tattoo exhibit at SF State features One Shot Tattoo artists

Kirstie Haruta Sep 4, 2012

The neatly arranged collages of frames that fill the walls of the Cesar Chavez Student Center Art Gallery starkly contrast the bold, vivid designs that threaten to explode out of them. In styles perhaps...

PHOTOS: Comic Outpost hosts "Doctor Who" viewing parties

Kirstie Haruta Sep 2, 2012

Local Whovians flocked to Comic Outpost on Saturday evening to share giggles and gasps as they journeyed with Britain’s most beloved alien in an outrun from the Daleks for a seventh season. Though...

SF State's Got Talent engages incoming student community

Kirstie Haruta Aug 25, 2012

Welcome Days serve to get new SF State students acquainted with the campus, but only SF State’s Got Talent yields a fast track to on-campus fame. With everything from kung fu to beatboxing, the 2012...

VIDEO: Dustin Musser of K Theory finds his niche in dubstep music

Kirstie Haruta May 3, 2012

Riding the wave of dubstep’s rising popularity, K Theory has found its niche in the Bay Area electronic scene. They frequent small clubs such as EPR, but found their way to the Annex at SF State. Dustin...

CSU enrollment eligibility tightens for transfer students

Kirstie Haruta May 1, 2012

Transferring from a community college to a California State University once meant meeting the base requirement of 60 semester units. Now, applying with a specific associate degree will be the deciding...

Music lovers celebrate legacy of vinyl records on Record Store Day

Kirstie Haruta Apr 15, 2012

With a renewed appreciation for tangible tunes, music fans are dusting off their old turntables and boomboxes for another spin. It can be hard to believe that vinyl records and cassette tapes are surviving...

PHOTOS: Conductor helps preserve legacy of SFSU Wind Ensemble

Kirstie Haruta Apr 10, 2012

Fifty musicians wielding saxophones, clarinets and bassoons bustled around the stage of McKenna Theater finding their places. Within a few minutes of beginning the concert, they were in perfect harmony,...

San Francisco nonprofit theater group 42nd Steet Moon stays open with help of donations

Kirstie Haruta Apr 6, 2012

In a city filled to the brim with theatrical and musical talent, 42nd Street Moon stands alone in opening its curtains to the lesser-known but ever-lovable musicals of the 1920s to the 1970s. The nonprofit...

SF State's annual Vagina Monologues production aims to entertain and inform

Kirstie Haruta Apr 3, 2012

Fourteen women plan to get down to the dirty, dramatic and droll details of womanhood in SF State's third annual production of The Vagina Monologues, which begins April 4. Due to the sell-out success...

Sherlock fans make their presence known in bathroom stalls, hallways at SF State

Kirstie Haruta Mar 28, 2012

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the death of Sherlock Holmes in 1893, fans wore black armbands to mourn the loss of the famous fictional detective. This year, when the BBC’s modern-day Holmes plummeted...

Tre Burt and a Big Gust of Wind breaks into San Francisco music scene

Kirstie Haruta Mar 28, 2012

Deadlines and self-promotion may not be his strong suit, but acoustic crooner Tre Burt is networking his way to becoming a musical staple of San Francisco. Burt, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist,...

Local indie band Owl Paws signs record label deal, hopes to expand audience

Kirstie Haruta Mar 14, 2012

Fresh out of the recording studio, the local indie band Owl Paws is setting itself up for a summer breakthrough. The five musicians, who bonded over a love of the local indie scene, an appreciation...

Nonmonosexuality deserves recognition within LGBTQ communities

Kirstie Haruta Feb 29, 2012

The LGBTQ+ community may fly a rainbow flag, but if you don’t exactly fit into the L or G, things start to feel uncomfortably black and white. Without a niche to call their own, people with beyond gay,...

Local band capitalizes on viral YouTube video

Kirstie Haruta Feb 28, 2012

Before writing off that sixth installment of the latest YouTube video trend as an overdone joke, consider what might be accomplished from jumping on the bandwagon. James Guttman, a fourth-year marketing...

Recording industry has its eye on illegal downloads

Kirstie Haruta Feb 28, 2012

The time-consuming process of browsing the internet for cheaper alternatives to iTunes and Amazon might be worth it to the cash-strapped student, but only until the recording industry finds out. Internet...

Persistence pays off for indie band Rin Tin Tiger

Kirstie Haruta Feb 17, 2012

Through their own initiative, the organic, alternative-folk tunes of Rin Tin Tiger have reached listeners across the world. The band itself, however, has managed to keep its roots firmly planted in the...

Indie-pop group French Cassettes returns to San Francisco

Kirstie Haruta Feb 8, 2012

It is largely through trial and error that the French Cassettes have become the band they are today. The indie pop quartet, consisting of Scott Huerta on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Thomas Huerta...

Proposition 8 ruling spurs San Francisco LGBT community rally

Kirstie Haruta Feb 8, 2012

In celebration of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling of Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, the San Francisco LGBT Community Center hosted a community rally yesterday evening. As more than...

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