The original “American Bandstand” was in Philadelphia, and Gary Hempsey’s older sister took him along to listen to the music. Gary was 13 when Woodstock happened. He loved the music
While viewing a film is an experience that lends itself pretty well to social distancing, there s still something special about watching on the big screen.
They started living and working in the Red Vic in the summer of 2020, taking care of the building and putting on drag shows in the storefront windows as a COVID-safe way to raise money to convert the building into affordable housing for BIPOC queer and trans people, de Pinto said. Since then, they ve been fighting eviction by their landlords, and are still living in the hotel, although they have been locked out of the main room where they hosted the shows.
Drew de Pinto s Fishbowl (working title) chronicles San Francisco s Fishbowl Collective, a group of artists and housing advocates living in the historic Red Victorian Hotel on Haight Street. Courtesy Drew de Pinto.