LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

A new outlet for creative kinksters is emerging, in the form of the SFEagle Players.  Andrew Calabrese has been inviting writers, actors, designers, and anyone with a love of theater, to come together to create some magic at the SF Eagle.

To get things moving, they are holding a series of six events on Wednesday evenings, called “Improv Dojo: The Zen Approach to Improvisational Theatre”, led by Ovan Chan.

If interested, just show up at the SF Eagle at 6:30 pm on Wednesdays, starting July 6, 2022.

You could also join their Facebook Group or sign up on the SF Eagle Web site.

To celebrate the recent repairs and maintenance to the Ringold Leather History Alley, the District and Soma West CBD held a block party, on Saturday, June 18, 2022 from 12 noon to 3 pm, on Ringold Street, which runs from 8th to 9th Street, between Folsom and Harrison Streets in  San Francisco.

• It featured:
  A history tours by noted historian, and District board member, Gayle S. Rubin
• Live painting with Josh Katz
• Rope bondage suspension with Two Knotty Boys
• Caricatures by Paul Gallo
• A blessing by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
• Bootblack boy zander

In honor of the Alley’s bronze bootprints, sixteen local artists turned a combat boot into an art piece. The boots were on display during the event and put up for auction. 

Click here to view Art Boots!

Garrett Sohnly, a local artist and member of the LCD’s Arts and Culture Committee, has been compiling a slideshow of the murals and street art of our neighborhood.

View our Mural Slideshow.

We are also developing a “Map ‘o Murals” using Google Map technology.  The map includes photographs of the murals, addresses, the artist’s name (where we know it), and where to learn more.   You can use the small embedded version below, but for best results:

Open the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Mural Map in Web Browser or Google Maps

You can help us maintain, improve, and expand this map:

If you have better information that the map offers (the mural title, artist’s name,  etc.), please share it with us.  

If you spot a mural in our District – or other example of Leather Culture in the general vicinity of South of Market – send us a picture, telling us where it is, and anything you know about the artwork or the artist(s) who created it.

The Arts and Culture Committee of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is very invested in the murals and public art visible throughout our special, South of Market neighborhood.   

Help us create a new mural!