Arts & Entertainment Reminder: This Weekend Is Your Last Chance to See a Movie at the Castro Theatre as We Know It The 16-month closure and overhaul of the Castro Theatre now looms, and this weekend will see the final film screenings at the Castro Theatre as we know it — with the 1932 horror masterpiece ‘Vampyr’ Friday, and a Sunday double-feature of 'Blade Runner’ and ‘Robocop.’
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theatre to Close For 16-Month Renovation Starting This Winter We now have some details on the timeline of the Castro Theatre's upcoming closure and renovation at the hands of Another Planet Entertainment — renovations that will include the controversial removal of seats.
Sponsored Kiki & Herb Deck the Halls With Cabaret Glitz In San Francisco Next Month The yuletide season in San Francisco is about to get a heavy dose of fabulousness and nostalgia combined, as the legendary punk cabaret duo, Kiki & Herb, waltz into the iconic Castro Theatre for an exhilarating holiday special on December 15th, 2023.
Arts & Entertainment Another Planet Can Serve Liquor Upstairs at the Castro Theatre After Board of Supervisors Approval What might have been the final battle over Another Planet Entertainment’s makeover of the Castro Theatre ended with a whimper, as the SF Board of Supervisors quickly approved their plan to serve liquor on the second floor of the storied theater.
SF News Another Planet Entertainment Gets Their Way On Castro Theatre Renovations In Decisive City Hall Vote Concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment got their wish on their proposed Castro Theatre renovations Thursday, though also agreed to a laundry list of compromises dictating their film and LGBTQ programming, and even what concessions they sell at the snack bar.
SF News SF Supervisors Vote Against Landmarking Castro Theatre Seats, In Major Win For Another Planet Entertainment Concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment got their biggest City Hall victory yet on Tuesday, as the SF Board of Supervisors shot down an attempt to landmark the theater’s seats that the promoter hopes to remove.
Arts & Entertainment Jane Fonda Helps Kick Off Pride Month With Event at Castro Theatre Highlighting Climate Initiative The great Jane Fonda was in San Francisco Thursday, appearing "in conversation" on stage at the Castro Theatre with Manny's owner and SFMTA Board Member Manny Yekutiel.
Arts & Entertainment Heklina Memorial Features Hours of Laughs, and a Few Tears, for a Beloved Queen and Mother The memorial and afterparty stretched well into the night at the Castro Theatre and later at Oasis, and the local community came out in droves to remember one of drag's greats.
Arts & Entertainment Reminder: Today Is Heklina Day In the Castro, With a Street Closure and Performances Beginning at 6 p.m. Today is the day for the big Heklina tribute/memorial/celebration of life that is more than likely to sound like a combo funeral, posthumous roast and big, chaotic drag revue. The Castro celebration will be kicking off outdoors at 6 p.m., and organizers are seeking more donations to cover costs.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: Castro Theater Owners Respond to Alternative Plan A driver "limped" away from a hit-and-run crash in the Mission last night; the Nasser family who own the Castro Theatre have rejected a proposal by a nonprofit group to keep it as more of a movie house; and May the Fourth be with you.
Arts & Entertainment Heklina Memorial Will Be a Block-wide Affair, With Outdoor Stage and Event Projected on a Closed Castro Street Now dubbed "Heklina: A Memorial (She Would Have Hated This)," the memorial affair for the beloved drag comedienne who died earlier this month has grown into a block-wide event that will shut down Castro Street starting at noon.
SF News City Hall Inches Forward to Landmark Castro Theatre Seats, Old Contract Comes Back To Haunt Another Planet An SF Board of Supervisors committee was in favor of saving the Castro Theatre seats at a Monday hearing, and while the vote is nowhere near final, they brought up a skeleton in Another Planet Entertainment’s closet regarding millions in unfinished renovations at Bill Graham Auditorium.
Arts & Entertainment Heklina Memorial Scheduled at the Castro Theatre; Heklina to Be Inducted on LGBTQ Wall of Honor In New York Nine days after the death of SF drag legend Heklina in London, we have word of a big memorial tribute set to happen at the Castro Theatre next month — but wouldn't you know it, the free tickets disappeared fast and it is sold out.
SF News Supervisors’ Committee Delays Castro Theatre ‘Save the Seats’ Recommendation Until April 17 Faced with an up-or-down vote on recommending that the Castro Theatre interior seats get landmark protection, the SF Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee punted that decision on Monday, and won’t consider it for another two weeks.
SF News Big Meeting Looms Monday On the Fate of the Castro Theatre's Seats If you care one way or the other over the controversy regarding the Castro Theatre's seats, you may want to carve out some time to speak up at a crucial hearing on the matter this Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Theatre Preservationists Launch Rival ‘Castro In Exile’ Movie Nights, With Sing-Along ‘Grease’ The old Castro Theatre sing-along shows have gone rogue while the theater sits unused, as the “Save the Seats” crowd is rebooting the traditional movie screenings in a “Castro In Exile” series starting with Sing-Along Grease on April 7.
Arts & Entertainment SFFILM Festival Announces 2023 Lineup, and They’re Reactivating the Shuttered 1000 Van Ness Theater The SF International Film Festival SFFILM just announced its 2023 lineup, and they’re bringing the recently closed 1000 Van Ness movie theater back to life for 10 days — though notably, they're not doing many screenings at The Castro.
SF News Castro Theatre Gets Landmark Recommendation from City Hall, in Big Setback for Another Planet Entertainment Trouble for Another Planet Entertainment, as the SF Historic Preservation Commission just recommended landmark designation protections for the Castro Theatre’s seats, at a six-hour meeting where both “Save the Seats” and “Change the Seats” factions turned out in force.
SF News Another Planet Submits New Castro Theatre Plans With ‘Motorized' Flooring, Opponents Not Moved The latest chapter in Another Planet Entertainment’s plans to overhaul the Castro Theatre involve a “motorized raked floor” to quell opponents’ outrage about removing the floor seats, yet opponents seem no less outraged.
Arts & Entertainment Surprise! Morrissey Announces Show at Castro Theatre OG emo crooner Morrissey is coming back to the Bay Area this fall, and he's the first semi-major musical act to be announced at the Castro Theatre amid its transformation into a live-performance venue at the hands of Another Planet Entertainment.
SF News Tempers Flare as Castro Theatre Hosts First Public Meeting With Another Planet Entertainment A packed Castro Theatre saw a slew of “Save the Seats” activists sound off at a raucous public meeting about the theater’s future Thursday night, and there were other concerns that Another Planet’s Entertainment’s rebooted Castro Theatre might also be a Ticketmaster-only venue.
Arts & Entertainment As First Public Meeting on Castro Theatre Looms This Week, Debate Over Removing Seats Still Rages There’s sure to be much gnashing of teeth at Thursday night’s first community meeting on the overhaul of the Castro Theatre, with the fate of its lower-floor seats, and whether the venue’s programming will still be LGBTQ-themed enough, still very unresolved issues.
Arts & Entertainment The Castro Theatre's New Organ Is Still on Track For Installation By Next Year, Organist Not Going Anywhere Amid all the hubbub and grousing about the future of the beloved Castro Theatre, one question has lingered that was surely a critical one for many fans of the old movie house: What will happen with the organ and the theater's resident organist of 44 years, David Hegarty?
Arts & Entertainment Frameline 2022 Features Vinsantos, Two Margaret Cho Flicks, and Disney’s First Same-Sex Kiss in ‘Lightyear' Disney-Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ will make Frameline history as the first Disney feature with a same-sex kiss, plus a Vinsantos documentary and two Margaret Cho features round out the just-announced LGBTQ+ film festival schedule.
Arts & Entertainment Castro Cultural District, Merchants Group Sound Less Than Pleased About Lack of Meetings With New Castro Theater Operators Many in the Castro LGBTQ community remain concerned about what's to come as the beloved Castro Theatre undergoes renovations and becomes a new live-entertainment venue managed by Another Planet Entertainment.
