DOGPOET just made his first video. It was about his weekly haircut at Joe’s Barbershop. Check it out!

Joe’s Barbershop will be closed Sunday September 27th for the Folsom Street Fair. So make sure you come in for your GREAT HAIRCUT by Saturday. See you soon.

In honor of September’s annual Folsom Street Fair, “the granddaddy of all leather festivals,” and something of a High Holiday in San Francisco’s gay community, our theme of the night will be “Chains of Love!” This month’s Barbershop Quartet includes:

KATIE CROUCH whose debut novel, GIRLS IN TRUCKS, about Southern debs gone bad, was a New York Times Bestseller. is winsome.

KEMBLE SCOTT is the author of the bestselling novel SOMA, finalist for the national Lambda Literary Award for debut fiction. His new novel, THE SOWER is a twisted, page-turning thriller about a San Francisco bad boy who becomes the sole carrier of a manmade virus that appears to be the cure for all diseases. But the only way to pass the cure to others is through sex. Our unofficial house musician,

WOLF LARSEN, wowed everyone at our opening event this past June with her beautiful voice. Rumors of a newly released EP have spread, so bring a few extra bucks and you might get a copy.

And finally JANE JUSKA, whose ad in the New York Review of Books—“Before I turn 68, I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like”—brought her undreamed of success. She wrote two books about that search: A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN and UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN.

Details:

Joe’s Barbershop

2150 Market St (between Church and Sanchez)

Saturday, September 5th, at 8 pm.

SUGGESTED donation: $5 (everyone welcome)

That donation helps to cover our expenses and buys you highly addictive Kettle Salt and Pepper potato chips, baked goods, cold beer, and a Diet Coke or two.

We can always use volunteers to help set up and clean up afterward. Volunteers pay no cover and earn good karma. If interested, email Michael McAllister.

More information here.

The evening will feature readings by a couple members of the Barbershop Writing Group, a workshop running in conjunction with the Barbershop Reading Series and led by series host Michael McAllister. Click here for more info on the Barbershop Writing Group.

Pete Kushmeider gave up pursuing a fortune in high tech in order to write, blog, and dote on his husband and partner of 23 years. He writes about the diversity of people and experiences that are the beating heart of everyday San Francisco. His stories have been published in the SoMa Literary Review.

Chris Jensen is a marketer by day and a freelancer by night. A former contributor to Out Magazine, he currently writes for SF Weekly when he’s not struggling to write page 2 of his novel.

Our musical guest, Bay Area-based singer-songwriter Kate Isenberg, combines her intricate guitar style and soulful, clear voice to create a very San Francisco form of storytelling folk-pop. Her album THE TIME COMES ON HUMMING TRACKS has been featured on KFOG’s Acoustic Sunrise, and was named one of 2007’s top three female singer-songwriter albums by the Indie Acoustic Project, a nationwide contest whose past winners include Vienna Teng, Allison Krauss, and Greg Brown. Check out her MySpace page for music samples.

Our featured author will be K.M. Soehnlein, author of THE WORLD OF NORMAL BOYS, which won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men’s Fiction, and YOU CAN SAY YOU KNEW ME WHEN. He will be reading from his novel-in-progress, a sequal to THE WORLD OF NORMAL BOYS. He teaches in the MFA writing program at the University of San Francisco.

Details:

Joe’s Barbershop
2150 Market St (between Church and Sanchez)

Our debut event was standing-room only, so we suggest arriving early, especially if you want to kick back in one of the barber chairs.

Saturday, July 11th, at 8 pm
SUGGESTED donation: $5 (everyone welcome)

That donation helps to cover our expenses and buys you highly addictive Kettle Salt and Pepper potato chips, baked goods, cold beer, and a Diet Coke or two.

We can always use volunteers to help set up and clean up afterward. Volunteers pay no cover and earn good karma. If interested, email Michael McAllister.

And remember Joe’s Barbershop is a great place in the 94114 to GET CUT!

So come on down and GET CUT!

Also, check out this story. Mass. is now challenging DOMA ! Way to go!

http://ow.ly/gMW4

Friday 11-7:30

Saturday 9-5:30

and we will be closed Sunday and Monday June 28th and 29th for San Francisco Gay Pride. Come on down to the Civic Center.

And here is a good article by a reporter who covered the Stonewall Riots.

Also, remember we are open now 7 days a week.

Monday 11:00am to 7:30pm
Tuesday 11:00am to 7:30pm
Wednesday 11:00am to 7:30pm
Thursday 11:00am to 7:30pm
Friday 11:00am to 7:30pm
Saturday 9:00am to 5:30pm
Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00pm

Come on by for the “Best Barbershop in San Francisco”

Thanks to readers and staff of the SF Weekly for the honor of Choosing us as the “Best Barbershop in San Francisco 2009.”

Read this great essay by Leah McElrath Renna

Way to go. thoughtfulness is not dead.

Thanks Mr. Suozzi!

My partner Mike McAllister is starting a new literary series, which will be held in our shop after hours. The Barbershop Reading Series will usually take place the first Saturday of the month, and will host two or three writers who will read their work for the audience. Beer, soda, and snacks will be served. The first event takes place TODAY Saturday, June 6th at 8 pm and will feature Matthew Clark Davison, Randall Mann, and Lorelei Lee. Acoustic singer/songwriter Wolf Larsen will also perform. Come check it out. There will be a $5 SUGGESTED donation to cover expenses, but no one will be turned away. More Information