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Jim Provenzano’s Biography

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Jim Provenzano, Arts & Nightlife Editor for the Bay Area Reporter, is also the author of seven novels, including Finding Tulsa and the Lambda Literary Award winner, Every Time I Think of You, short stories, plays and 100s of news and arts articles since 1989. www.jimprovenzano.com

Jim Provenzano’s Journalist Portfolio

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Gail Ann Dorsey: Singer-songwriter & bass player in the David Bowie ‘Blackstar’ Symphony

Gail Ann Dorsey: Singer-songwriter & bass player in the David Bowie ‘Blackstar’ Symphony

An accomplished singer/songwriter and bass player, Gail Ann Dorsey, who toured with David Bowie for years, pe…

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Reeve Carney: Musician, stage & screen star celebrates the music of Queen

Reeve Carney: Musician, stage & screen star celebrates the music of Queen

He’s played Spider-Man on Broadway, Dorian Gray in “Penny Dreadful,” time-warped as Riff Raff in “Rocky Horro…

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Justin Vivian Bond – Celebrated chanteuse honors lesbian songwriters in a new Feinstein’s show

Justin Vivian Bond – Celebrated chanteuse honors lesbian songwriters in a new Feinstein’s show

The former local sensation and now global performing star, Justin Vivian Bond returns again to San Francisco …

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Madonna's 'Celebration' tour rocks the Chase Center

Madonna's 'Celebration' tour rocks the Chase Center

"The most controversial thing I've done is to stick around," says Madonna in a recorded segment from the dizz…

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'Make Me Famous' — Painter Edward Brezinski and the'80s East Village art scene in a new documentary

'Make Me Famous' — Painter Edward Brezinski and the'80s East Village art scene in a new documentary

Life in New York City's East Village in the 1980s was a combination of fabulosity and terror. One could turn …

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Vincent Paterson: choreographer on making iconic moves for Madonna, Michael Jackson and many others

Vincent Paterson: choreographer on making iconic moves for Madonna, Michael Jackson and many others

While you may not recognize his name, you definitely know his work. That's because Vincent Paterson has chore…

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Articles

The Fab Four in photos: Paul McCartney's personal collection documents the Beatles' rise to fame

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Complementing recent film documentaries about The Beatles and even a recent AI-assisted hit single, 'Paul McCartney Photographs 1963—64: Eyes of the Storm,' the touring exhibit of the early years of The Beatles' leap to pop music stardom, are presented in an entertaining layout. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery, London, in collaboration with McCartney, this is the premiere West Coast installation of the array of 280 photos.
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'Black Box: A Photographic Memoir' Donna Ann McAdams' intimate collection of stories and images

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By Jim Provenzano Verified
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From urban protests to plaintive animal farm imagery, Donna Ann McAdams collection of photos and brief autobiographical essays in "Black Box: A Photographic Memoir" (Saint Lucy Books) offer a view into the artist's life and work, their parallels, as well as her expansive and precise artistry.
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Cyndi Lauper’s Farewell Tour bops at The Chase Center

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It was a concert for the ages, particularly for fans of a certain age who've been following Cyndi Lauper since the early 1980s. But there were also gaggles of young women dancing along as the veteran singer-songwriter performed her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour on November 26 at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

arts freelancer for OutWeek

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson Ben Hecht's 'The Front Page'

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Be objective yet empathetic about your subjects.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award

2012 - Gay Romance
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