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06/16/2026

We are close to our goal! Leadership is contagious, and if you've been thinking about making a gift, this is the moment we need you!

05/20/2026

Are you wlw (woman loving women)? If so, come on down to the Brava Theater! Scissor Cinema Presents: The Watermelon Woman and Saving Face!

Start off pride month with some iconic Sapphics in film!

Use these codes for 20% off!

June 5, 2026 - The Watermelon Woman: WATERMELON20
June 6, 2026 - Saving Face: SAVING FACE20

05/19/2026

Something powerful is happening. Hundreds of people are giving what they can to support artists, public space, and community storytelling. This isn't about a few big gifts. Its about everyone saying: Yes, these voices, these stories, matter.

05/15/2026

ANNOUNCING: A Theatrical Homecoming: Rhodessa Jones Returns to the Stage, “Just Outside of Babylon, There Is a Rude Paradise” 💛

Presented by Rhodessa Jones and Brava! For Women in the Arts
June 12&13, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Legendary San Francisco artist, activist, and storyteller Rhodessa Jones — creator and director of The MEDEA Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women — returns to the stage this summer with “Just Outside of Babylon, There Is a Rude Paradise: A Celebration of Love and a Love Letter to San Francisco.” 🌉

The intimate, two-night engagement will be performed Friday, June 12, and on Saturday, June 13, 2026, featuring Rhodessa’s award-winning Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women/HIV Circle. Both shows will be at 7:00 PM at BRAVA Theater Center, 2781 24th Street, in the heart of the Mission District. 🧡

Get your tickets now! Visit brava.org/events or click the link in our bio! 🎟️

05/12/2026

SF summer may be foggy, but we sure know how to party.

Join Brava! for a midweek night of sapphic celebration at El Rio on June 10!

✨ Wednesday night dancing with DJ La Femme Papi (Bay Area Hip Hop, R&B, Cumbia, Salsa, and oldies)

✨ Sapphic film clips projected on the wall (inspired by our film screening series: Scissor Cinema)

✨ Dress-up-as-your-favorite-le***an contest

✨ Scissor cinema prizes & giveaways

$5 cover at the door
doors at 8pm
party from: 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
21+

And don't miss our Scissor Cinema screening series June 5 & 6! https://www.brava.org/all-events/scissorcinema-wmdym

05/07/2026

Need more le****ns in your life? Look no further! Come join us for Scissor Cinema!

Catch a special screening of Alice Wu's, Saving Face on June 6, 2026 @7:30PM!

Saving Face (2004) Wil is a le***an, but she does not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan, or her very traditional grandparents. She's shocked, however, to find out she's not the only one in her family with romantic secrets when she learns that her 48-year-old mother is pregnant. Unwilling to reveal who the father is, Hwei-lan is kicked out of her parents' home and must move in with Wil, which puts a strain on Wil's budding relationship with openly gay Vivian.

Click the link in our bio for tickets, or visit brava.org.events!

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05/06/2026

Start Pride Month off with some sapphic media!

We're honored to get the chance to screen Cheryl Dunye's, The Watermelon Woman!

The Watermelon Woman (1996) is a 1996 American romantic drama-comedy film written, directed, and edited by Cheryl Dunye. The first feature film directed by a Black le***an, it stars Dunye as Cheryl, a young Black le***an working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about Fae Richards, a Black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy" roles to which Black actresses were relegated during the period.

Come Celebrate 30 years of The Watermelon Woman with us! Click the bio for tickets, or visit brava.org/events!

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05/05/2026

Because of our donors: Artists are not displaced. Our doors stay open. Community partnerships deepen. You didn't just fund art. You protected community possibility.

Thank you for your leadership & community contributions! Donate at link in our bio or at Brava.org/support

04/28/2026

Brava is building something deeper than a season lineup! We're building permanence.

-A cultural anchor at 24th and York
-Financial stability ahead of our 100-year anniversary
-Artists as cultural leaders.

The next century starts now! Donation link in bio!

04/23/2026

Brava Presents is proud to announce our very first edition of ‘Scissor Cinema: A Double Feature’! Please join us in celebrating the beginning of Pride Month on June 5th and come back June 6th where Brava will screen two iconic Sapphic films.

June 5th: The Watermelon Woman by Cheryl Dunye

The Watermelon Woman (1996) is a 1996 American romantic drama-comedy film written, directed, and edited by Cheryl Dunye. The first feature film directed by a Black le***an, it stars Dunye as Cheryl, a young Black le***an working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about Fae Richards, a Black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical “mammy" roles to which Black actresses were relegated during the period.

June 6th: Saving Face by Alice Wu

Saving Face (2004) Wil is a le***an, but she does not dare tell her widowed mother, Hwei-lan, or her very traditional grandparents. She's shocked, however, to find out she's not the only one in her family with romantic secrets when she learns that her 48-year-old mother is pregnant. Unwilling to reveal who the father is, Hwei-lan is kicked out of her parents' home and must move in with Wil, which puts a strain on Wil's budding relationship with openly gay Vivian.

This screening is in collaboration with Less Than Half Pictures, our in-house Production Team, where 2/4 of it’s founders are Le***an filmmakers.

Please join us for two nights of fun, themed drinks, laughter, and community. See you there!

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