Arts & Entertainment Photos: ‘Jesus Ken’ Wins Hunky Jesus Contest as Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Celebrate Their 45th Anniversary ‘Barbie’-mania had one more hurrah at Easter Sunday’s Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park, with a perfectly Mattel-produced Jesus Ken winning the title and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence honoring their 45th anniversary.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ahead of Easter, a California Lawmaker Wants to Ban Peeps, Skittles (or a Certain Chemical Dye In Them) Everyone's favorite nanny state is back at it making international headlines, as there's a bill before the California legislature that would ban products containing Red No. 3, a.k.a erythrosine, which is used in making everything from marshmallow Peeps to cocktail cherries.
Arts & Entertainment O Sweet Jesus Crowned 2021's Hunky Jesus Winner; ‘Sister Honey Bear’ Prints Raise Over $24K for Charity For the second year in a row, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence hosted their annual Hunky Jesus and Foxy Mary contests online, and crowned winners on Twitch. But the group’s second iteration of its streaming Easter Sunday tradition was arguably much grander than the 2020 event.
Arts & Entertainment SF Street Artist Fnnch Paints 'Sister Honey Bear' Mural on SoMa's Powerhouse A new honey bear mural, this one with a nun's habit and white face paint, went up this week on the side of SoMa queer bar Powerhouse at the corner of Dore and Folsom, and it's a tribute to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — with prints being sold to help raise money for them.
Arts & Entertainment Hunky Jesus Contest Will Be Online-Only Once More This Year It's nearly Easter, and once again the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be putting up a blasphemous display of thirst traps dressed up as Our Holy Savior for people to vote on.
Arts & Entertainment Watch a Virtual Easter Sunday Service at Glide Memorial Church This Weekend For those who have attended an Easter service at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco and were feeling sad they couldn't go this year, and for those who have always been curious but never really wanted to sit in a real church, you can take in this Sunday's service from the comfort of your home.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Hunky Jesus Contest Returns to Dolores Park for Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s 40th Anniversary Forrest Gump Jesus ran away with the competition, as the Sisters’ annual Easter Sunday hoppening drew thousands for pastel-colored blasphemy.
Arts & Entertainment Hunky Jesus 2017 Title Goes to 'Wet T-Shirt Jesus' Amid Scattered Showers The heavens opened up over Sunday’s annual Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Easter parade of whimsical sacrilege that culminates in the Hunky Jesus Contest. Rainstorms of biblical proportions crucified the turnout yesterday in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where To Grab Easter Brunch Where It Won't Be Insanely Crowded Sunday is Easter, and though most of you probably won't be observing the day with a visit to church, it is very commonly a traditional day to brunch. Whether you're headed to Golden
Arts & Entertainment Photos From Hunky Jesus 2016, The Sinfully Funny Jesus Look-Alike Pageant Jesus may have died for our sins, but that didn't stop the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, our local order of queer activist anti-nuns founded on Easter in 1979, from keeping up their sinful
Arts & Entertainment Video: Man Attempts To Break Peep-Eating Record, For Easter This guy, who does not introduce himself, recently stuffed 200 marshmallow Peeps in his mouth in 14 minutes and 12 seconds, which he believes is a world record. Via a quick internet search,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Aphrodisiac 'Bunny' Lollipops: A New Sacrilegious Tradition For SF Easter Add another transgression to San Francisco’s litany of irreverent Easter observances. In addition to our cherished Hunky Jesus Contest, 2014’s Zombie Christ Haunted House, and Friday’s Sing-Along Jesus Christ Superstar
SF News Forget About Parking Near The Golden Gate Bridge This Weekend If you want to enjoy the views from the Golden Gate Bridge this weekend, you'd better hop on the bus, as officials say that no private vehicles will be allowed to park in
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Hunky Jesus 2015, The 36th Annual Second Coming In his 36th annual second coming, Jesus — or a variety of men bearing his likeness — rose in Golden Gate Park's Hellman Hollow. Dolores Park's construction has prevented the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The 2014 'Hunky Jesus' Contest Bares Holy Man Flesh By all accounts, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence managed to get at least a thousand people over to Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park for their annual Hunky Jesus Contest an event which
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Chloe Sevigny's 'Easter' All around funny man Drew Droege (and director Jim Hansen) are back with a brand new installment in their Chloe Sevigny drag series. “I have whagonloads of childhood mammaries of E-asters past," says
Arts & Entertainment Hop To It: TaskRabbit Offering Bunny Cuddle Time Today In honor of Easter, TaskRabbit is offering a half hour of bunny time with a real rabbit. One rabbit visit for a maximum of 30 minutes will run you $15. This is a
Arts & Entertainment Zombie Christ Haunted House Is The Only Easter Zombie Party You'll Need The dearth of creativity and art in San Francisco is apparent and nothing short of horrifying. That is, until now. The fine folks behind Pride-season's GayGlo (remember that?) are back again (finally) and
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Crashing & Burning At 'Bring Your Own Big Wheel 2012' Judging by the carnage that showed up in the SFist Flickr Pool after yesterday's Bring Your Own Big Wheel event, San Francisco's other yearly Easter tradition was a sight to behold, full of
Arts & Entertainment From San Francisco To Andrew Sullivan: Hunky Jesus 2012 Photos! Hey there, Andrew Sullivan! How was your Easter? Festive? Good. Anyway, we understand that you have some issues with San Francisco's annual Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park. Rightfully so. It can be
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Jesus Spotted Bearing Cross At Sixth And Mission In New York, the good lord might be blocking bike lanes, but here in San Francisco local photographer Austin Kamps snapped this photo of the Man apparently on a mission to clean up
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Easter Terror Who ever thought that a giant rabbit costume was something cute, and not horrifically frightening? For god's sake, actual rabbits are kind of scary, but these vintage Easter bunnies are truly a scary
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Hunky Jesus, BYOBW 12, And More! Easter in Dolores Park: We imagine Dolores Park will be stuffed to the gills on Sunday as the beloved Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host their annual Hunky Jesus / Easter Bonnet contests and much
Arts & Entertainment Spring Eggstravaganza Wants Children To Trip Out In The Park This Saturday Easter, a popular holiday with both religious and secular types, is this Sunday, April 8th — in case you, like the rest of us who don't call their mothers often enough, were wondering when
Arts & Entertainment Sing-Along 'Jesus Christ Superstar' To Be Greatest Sing-Along Ever! Once upon a time way back in the late nineties, a light-smearing outfit called the Cubby Creatures would perform the entire score to Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Weber's second best rock opera.
