And the timing’s no accident: Tenderloin Museum first opened its doors 11 years ago on July 16. Come celebrate with us. 🥳 INFO & TIX: www.tenderloinmuseum.org/public-progr... (📸 Photos: Milestone Films)

🎬 “West Is West” (1987) + Tenderloin Museum’s 11th Anniversary 📅 Thursday, July 16 | 6:30–8:30 PM 📍 NEW LOCATION: UC Law SF Auditorium, 198 McAllister St. (Lower Level) 🎟️ TICKETS: events.humanitix.com/west-is-west... ($10)

When Tenderloin Museum closed late last month due to unforeseen facility issues, we expected a short closure. Since then, the situation has proven more serious than initially anticipated, and the museum will remain closed through the end of July.

Your presence is requested at the San Francisco Commission on Sex — in the year 2126. FUTURE OF SEX gathers a speculative town hall set 100 years from now to conjure a portrait of sex imbued with the radical and utopian visions of today.

🎨 JUST ANNOUNCED | Adrian Arias: “Indigenous Forever” A new gallery show of paintings honoring the strength, wisdom, and continuity of Indigenous cultures opens at the Tenderloin Museum next week, and you're invited to celebrate early.

Tenderloin Museum is thrilled to return as a community partner for the @sfopera.bsky.social 2026 Pride Concert this Friday! Last year's inaugural event was an absolute blast, and we can't wait to do it all over again.

This Pride Weekend, look up. TRANSMARSH, a free outdoor vertical dance performance by trans people, for trans people, and all who love them, takes over the Tenderloin for two nights, co-presented by Tenderloin Museum and BODYSTORM.

The summer schedule for The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is here, and it is already making history.

Join us this Saturday for a walking tour of the Tenderloin's built environment with historian and emeritus city planning professor Linda Day.

🎶 Join us tomorrow for 2nd Thursdays at Dodge Alley! 🎶 Kick off summer with an evening of vibrant Afro-Cuban music in the heart of the Tenderloin. 📅 Thurs, June 11 ⏰ 5–8 PM 📍 Dodge Alley (Turk & Larkin) 🎟️ FREE admission | No registration required ℹ www.tenderloinmuseum.org/public-progr...

✨ Join us TOMORROW night! ✨ Kick off Pride month by celebrating Sheena Rose (Jacob Anthony Rose), beloved queen of Aunt Charlies Lounge, and her powerful debut memoir, Stillness and Survival: A Life Between Trauma, Glitter, and the Echo of My Own Voice.

🏨 Tomorrow night, come discover the untold story of how Indian immigrants from Gujarat built a hospitality empire right here in San Francisco!

The cast of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is absolutely thrilled to be part of something truly special. ✨🏳️‍🌈 @sfpride.org and Peaches Christ Productions present Built This City: An SF Pride Variety Spectacular, the official kickoff to Pride 2026 & a celebration of 50 Years of Queer San Francisco.

🎶 TONIGHT! Dodge Alley comes alive! The TL's favorite monthly block party is back for 2nd Thursdays. Sruti Sarathy, Bay Area-born Carnatic violin virtuoso, joins percussionist Gopal Ravindran on mridangam for a free, open-air evening of traditional raga, improvisation, and original songs.

A fresh batch of free and sliding-scale tickets has been released for this and next weekend's performances of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot! 🎟️ How to apply: 1. Visit comptonscafeteriariot.com/ctp 2. Click APPLY 3. Submit an application for up to two tickets for the May 8, 9, 15, and/or 16 shows

🎱 TONIGHT! Rob Nilsson returns to the Tenderloin Museum with CHALK! This 1996 pool-hustler classic follows a Korean prodigy pulled into a high-stakes match that could destroy his family. Shot in the Tenderloin with real community members from Nilsson's legendary acting workshop.

🎱 TOMORROW! Rob Nilsson returns to the Tenderloin Museum for a special screening of CHALK.

🎱 High-stakes pool. Family drama. Shot in the TL. Next Thursday, we’re screening CHALK (1996) — Rob Nilsson’s gritty billiards film cast from real Tenderloin residents — followed by a live discussion with the director, cast, and the professional pool player who designed the movie’s matches.

Set in 1966, but speaking directly to 2026 — that’s the power of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot. Donna Personna and Mary Vice joined Jeneé Darden on @kalwradio.bsky.social’s Sight + Sound to talk about the play & its timely message of fighting for trans rights. 🎧 LISTEN: www.kalw.org/show/sights-...

How well do YOU know the Tenderloin? 👀 This Saturday, come find out — on foot. Tenderloin Legends: A Historic Walking Tour takes you through one of San Francisco’s most complex, fascinating, and resilient neighborhoods.

Our permanent exhibit purposefully starts with the 1906 earthquake, which occurred exactly 120 years ago today. It's an event that still defines the city and it was because of it that the modern-day Tenderloin was born. Only one Tenderloin building survived the destruction: the Hibernia Bank.

The Liberate Compton's Tee. 👕 We made a limited run and won't be making more. $20+shipping. Pick up at the Tenderloin Museum & skip shipping fee. Every purchase supports the museum and The Compton's Cafeteria Riot production, now in its 2nd year. 👉 www.tenderloinmuseum.org/store/libera...

✨ TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE TENDERLOIN: Poetry, Jazz & Community Under the Open Sky. 🌆 Join us at Dodge Alley (Turk & Larkin) for 2nd Thursdays featuring POETS OF THE TL — a special evening celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth and the new Tenderloin Museum exhibit honoring TL poet Mary TallMountain.

Lights up on the Tenderloin's theatrical history! 🎬 Join us this Saturday for a walking tour of the neighborhood's legendary theaters — movie palaces, grindhouses, Broadway-inspired stages, and more — led by the wonderful Linda Day.

This production has paid 31 trans and LGBTQ+ cast and crew members across 100+ performances, generating over $222,000 in wages for queer artists in our community. That's the kind of theater worth showing up for.

Since opening at 835 Larkin Street in April 2025, more than 5,200 audience members have stepped inside our 1960s Tenderloin cafeteria and experienced the moment that changed LGBTQ+ history — right in the neighborhood where it happened.

One year. Nearly sold out. Every. Single. Performance. 💖 The Compton's Cafeteria Riot has done something almost unheard of in San Francisco theater — and we're not done yet. We're thrilled to announce that our run has been extended through June 30, 2026. 🥳🎉

The “Valley of the Queens” queer history walking tour returns on Saturday, March 14 from 2–4 PM. Join Unspeakable Vice for a deep dive into the Tenderloin and Polk Street neighborhoods — ground zero for decades of queer resistance, community-building, and cultural change.

Live music is back in Dodge Alley! Join us next Thursday, March 12 (5–8pm) for 2nd Thursdays at Dodge with Cascada de Flores. 👉 www.tenderloinmuseum.org/public-progr...

🌆 On the latest episode of Sidewalk Ballet, host Chip talks with Breonna McCree, Co-Director of The Transgender District, about claiming space, preserving history, and building community in the Tenderloin. 🎧 Listen now: www.sidewalkballet.com/episodes/bre...