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Features: Queer to the Core
Is America ready for gay rock stars? Pansy Division is definitely ready for America.

Scene That: Millie's in the trenches with the folks at Paintball Jungle.

Tara's Advice: Tara gives advice to an emotionally disturbed teenager.

Job Interview: Life as ringmaster of would-be rock stars at The Mint Karaoke Lounge.

Border Patrol: Interview with a transplant to SF.

Wonderfully Warm Movies: Some words on fall's big-screen re-releases.

Grand Showcase: North Beach's best-kept secret is a showcase for local designers.

What's in Store: Deciphering fall beauty trends.

Miss Pinkie Shears: The debonair miss gives her fashion advice.

Concrete Runway: 22 Fillmore Bus Stop @ Safeway.

Pussy Power: Eve Ensler talks about her Vagina Monologues.

Book Picks: Reviews of Floating, Generation Ecstasy and Staying Under.

Melody Lane: Tin Hat Trio's instrumental blend creates its own musical genre.

Future Perfect: Ecstatic, futuristic overstimulation at Projexpo 98.

Music Picks: Reviews of the latest CDs by DJ Chip McClure, pc muñoz and Rialto.

Club Guide: A week's worth of DJs, tranny chasers, jazz heads, hip-hop connoisseurs and more.

Avant Opera: Where to eat before the show.

Hungry at the Opera: Where to eat after the show.

Brooding Billiards: Richard von Busack on SF filmmaker Rob Nilsson's murky pulp fiction in Chalk.

Film Picks: Reviews of The Lady From Shanghai and the Universal Horrors retrospective.

Orchestra and Balcony: San Francisco Opera reaches out to the young and affluent with Bravo! Club.

A Three-Penny Opera?: Budget your culture and save the money for pâté.

Dancing Queen: Dancer, producer, activist and organizer Krissy Keefer launches a new theatrical venue at Dance Mission.

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