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SAN FRANCISCO – Michael Phillis and the other patrons at Oasis \u2013 located at 11th and Folsom for the last decade \u2013 were facing what seemed to be the last days<\/a> of the iconic venue, and were determined to go out with a bang.<\/p>\n “So many of us have thought for so long that this space was closing. We have emotionally prepared for it. We wrote a show about it. Now here we are with this beautiful positive news,” said Phillis, who has been at the nightclub and performance space since its very beginning.<\/p>\n That news is: Oasis will stay open in the new year thanks to a miracle holiday donation.<\/p>\n “We are thrilled, and we are also curious about what the next year holds for all of us,” said Phillis.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “I had mourned this space like so many people. To get it back right before Christmas. It feels like a Christmas miracle,” said D’Arcy Drollinger.<\/p>\n Drollinger is the owner. She said the establishment was hit hard by the pandemic and never really recovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, Drollinger said a long-time customer heard they were closing.<\/p>\n “I was approached by Sky Stevens. We had lunch. I talked about what we needed. Sky was a big fan of Oasis and wanted to try and help,” said Drollinger.<\/p>\n Drollinger said Sky’s family donated several million dollars to the venue, which is also the non-profit Oasis Arts.\u00a0<\/p>\n She now plans to buy the building.<\/p>\n “I think they saw what we do here and the importance of what we do and how important it is to San Francisco. Not just nightlife, but culturally,” she added.<\/p>\n Local perspective:<\/p>\n Customers agree, the space is much more than just a nightclub.<\/p>\n “To the angels who came through, thank you so much. To the owners, I am so glad you are still going to be with us. Being able to continue to support gay arts in the community,” said customer Larry Rivera.<\/p>\n They are planning a big event for New Year’s Eve and also want to set a world record, trying to get as many drag performers in one room.<\/p>\n “We were going to have a celebration on New Years. That was going to be our final show,” said Phillis.<\/p>\n But now that show, and many more, will go on.<\/p>\n “Now we are here to stay. Now it’s a year full of possibilities instead of remembering what has passed,” he added.<\/p>\n To donate to the organization, visit this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Source: Original reporting by Aaron Dickens of KTVU<\/p>\n News<\/a>San Francisco<\/a>Arts and Culture<\/a>LGBTQ+<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO – Michael Phillis and the other patrons at Oasis \u2013 located at 11th and Folsom for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1184,1811,21848,2434,100,101,103,102,425,104,106,105,1181],"class_list":{"0":"post-111664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-four","10":"tag-four-arts","11":"tag-lgbtq","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","15":"tag-san-francisco-news","16":"tag-series","17":"tag-sf","18":"tag-sf-headlines","19":"tag-sf-news","20":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}