Arts & Entertainment Don't Call It Pink Saturday (This Year) As hinted at earlier, the traditional organizers/gatekeepers of Pink Saturday on Pride Weekend in the Castro, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, are holding onto their rights to the name "Pink Saturday," even
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 Once Again, Pink Saturday Not Cancelled, Will End Early And Be Paid For By City Though the story that Pink Saturday was cancelled was widely, incorrectly reported a couple weeks back, the fact is that with or without the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence manning the gates, 10,000
Arts & Entertainment Artist Midori And Day-Glo Geishas Hold Court At Asian Art Museum The Asian Art Museum got its ‘M for Mature’ rating on Thursday night as celebrated local artist Midori brought a crew of day-glo geishas and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to turn the
SF News Castro Braces For Big Pink Saturday/Pride Weekend As Sisters Bow Out As Organizers This year's Pride Weekend in June is set to be one of the biggest ever as the Supreme Court is more than likely going to decide in favor of federal gay marriage once
Arts & Entertainment Pink Saturday Once Again On Chopping Block The annual pre-Pride celebration in the Castro known as Pink Saturday, much like Halloween in the Castro did several years ago, has outgrown its more innocently festive, neighborhood roots and is threatened with
SF News Pride's Shame: SFPD Investigating Pink Saturday Hate Attacks In SoMa, Castro In two separate incidents this Saturday, people coming from San Francisco's Pride celebrations were jumped by groups of people who made potentially-homophobic remarks before beating them, in attacks the San Francisco Police Department
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 Reminder: Hunky Jesus Pageant Moved To Golden Gate Park As a public service announcement, SFist would like to remind you, the semi-blasphemous drag fan, that recent construction in Dolores Park has moved this year's Hunky Jesus pageant to a temporary home in
Arts & Entertainment Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence Hosting Dog Blessing In Dolores Park On Sunday On Sunday, in Dolores Park (during the Super Bowl) there will be a first ever Blessing of the Bay Area's Dogs. Dog owners are encouraged to bring their pooches to the park where
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Next Month: Project Nunway For those not familiar, there's an annual fashion-show fundraiser for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence called Project Nunway, featuring the Sisters paired up with local designers, Project Runway-style. The fifth annual event is
Arts & Entertainment Hunky Jesus Contest to Be Rescheduled This Month For all those of you who were heartbroken about the annual Hunky Jesus Contest getting rained out yesterday in Dolores Park, fear not! As the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence announce today, there will
SF News Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence Respond To Pope Resignation In light of today's news that Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28, SFist asked the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a Catholic parody performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to
SF News Stop the Violence Campaign Marches Against Hate Crime Tomorrow The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, along with Castro Community on Patrol and the Triangle Martial Arts Association, have scheduled a march for tomorrow, Saturday August 13th, to speak out against recent hate crimes
SF News Sister of Perpetual Indulgence Attacked in the Castro On Sunday, July 31, a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence was assaulted and called a "faggot" during an early morning attack in the Castro district. The incident happened at around 2
SF News Andrew Sullivan Slams Hunky Jesus Contest as "Tired," Bigoted [UPDATED] Politically conservative gay columnist Andrew Sullivan recently decried San Francisco's Hunky Jesus Contest, an annual costume competition held every Easter Sunday in Dolores Park. The event, put on by Catholic satire/fundraising group
Arts & Entertainment Photos: A Rainy Easter's Hunky Jesus and Easter Bonnet Contests Yesterday's contests didn't quite draw the crowds that they would have had it been a lovely spring day in Dolores Park. But the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence moved the show over to the
Arts & Entertainment Cops Relent; Pink Saturday Is ON, Kids Good news for the gays: Negotiations between the police and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence moved forward last week and after agreeing to a reduction in the number of beer concessions (from 8
Arts & Entertainment Pics from Sonoma County Gay Pride in Guerneville The Sonoma County Pride Parade and fest happened for the first time ever in Guerneville yesterday. The event formerly happened in downtown Santa Rosa but has been on hiatus for the last four
SF News Cops Looking Also to Put Damper On Pink Saturday Much like the aforementioned heterosexual pride parade of Bay2Breakers, and the dirtier street fair known as Dore Alley, this year's Gay Pride Eve celebration in the Castro is facing some possible restriction from
SF News Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: San Francisco Bus Tour, 4/11 The Sisters of Perpetual (over 200 of them!) are all over town this weekend. Thank God. On Friday, the nuns had a 30th birthday party at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
