While we were at the symphony last night, our partner in crime mentioned an interesting event coming up tomorrow that we'd thought we'd pass along. The SF Public Library, in conjunction with its James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, is sponsoring a free event tomorrow (Sunday Jan. 21) from 2-4 p.m., to promote an anthology called "Return to the Caffe Cino," which is a collection of essays, plays, and reminiscences from a group of......

Tired of Christmas Carols, Nutcrackers and even alternative holiday shows? Get back to some good ol' new plays by the city's best new-play companies....

Good literature often attempts to challenge our beliefs. It forces us to look inside ourselves, to evaluate our boundaries, to ask ourselves why we feel the way we do. It pokes and prods the edges of our comfort zones, stretching them in new ways. But you have to sympathize with modern writers, faced with an increasingly open-minded audience. Fifty years ago, interracial relationships were the stuff of discord. Twenty years ago, it was homosexuality.......