Despite our astoundingly difficult times, fans and patrons of LGBTQ Bay Area bars and nightclubs were extraordinarily generous to multiple fundraising efforts in 2020, donating nearly $400,000. This is in addition to the SF Queer Nightlife Fund s more than $300,000 raised. You can still donate to help your favorite venues survive.
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The popular bar a frequent B.A.R. Bestie winner, is not just for bears, but welcome to all participated in the outdoor dining and drinks experience, with a terrific-hand-built parklet, before the second shutdown. They re currently offering artwork by Pete Doolittle as part if their fundraiser. It has been a difficult year to say the least and it fills us with gratitude that you ve been there for us these last few month, said the owners in their fundraiser statement. It has reminded us that 440 isn t just another bar but a staple in the LGBTQ community. It s shown how we can all come together and adapt to change.
Queer Nightlife Fund Raises $300K in 2020, Still Accepting Donations To Support Workers in 2021
2020 was a collective dumpster fire of year one trailed by the bitter ash from scorched COVID-19 hot spots. Though the Bay Area s nightlife venues continue to sit empty, the San Francisco Queer Nightlife Fund (QNF) raised over $300K last year to help the workers who once filled those spaces.
When the pandemic descended with an all-consuming, deafening thud, life as we once knew it came to an ominous standstill. Storefronts closed and quickly erected walls of plywood around them; traffic slowed and streets opened up to pedestrians (a notable silver lining of the past twelve months); Bay Area museums, zoos, and galleries like our region s schools shuttered en masse.
ARTS
Alice in Californiland
AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl s journey. https://www.axisdance.org/
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. https://www.broadwayworld.com/
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/
ARTS
Alice in Californiland
AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl s journey. https://www.axisdance.org/
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. https://www.broadwayworld.com/
A Christmas Carol: On Air
American Conservatory Theatre s annual staging of the Charles Dickens classic novella is this year a radio play with dozens of performers. (Free tickets for frontline, essential and arts workers) https://www.act-sf.org/
Some are viewable day or night.
What? Like you re going anywhere?
ARTS
Alice in Californiland
AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl s journey. https://www.axisdance.org/
Ballet22
In a blend of classical ballet, pointe work and contemporary styles, the new Oakland-based company Ballet22 will premiere new dances recorded at SF s ODC Theater, some with a modern holiday edge. The program, titled Breaking Ground, premieres December 11, will include a modern take on the Sugar Plum Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker; Juntos, a neo-classical work by Cincinnati Ballet Soloist Joshua Stayton; and a world premiere by Artistic Director of Boca Tuya, Omar Román de Jesús. Concerts stream Dec. 18-20 at 5pm & 8pm. Tickets range from $20-$250. (Read the article in last week s B.A.R.) www.ballet22.com