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Announcing Big New Chapter for BAS!
Broke-Ass Stuart’s Rad Event Texts One Text a Week: All the Best Bay Area Events I’m super excited to announce Broke-Ass Stuart’s Rad Event Texts! And the best part: it’s FREE! I don’t know about you, but my inbox is an overwhelming nightmare. And sometimes I just want the dope

Best Bay Area Events 10/24-10/30
By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor Halloween week has more tricks, treats, and creepy fun than you can shake a broomstick at, and is not for the faint of heart, but perfect for those with the spirit of adventure! So hold onto the seat of your pants, it’s gonna be

East Bay Man Tried To Crash SF-Bound Plane
UPDATE: The man has now claimed he was on mushrooms. Which is no excuse. When you think of the East Bay suburb of Pleasant Hill, what do you think? If you’re reading this, you probably live in San Francisco or something and have never heard of Pleasant Hill, which is

On Finding A New Life in San Francisco
It’s not a facetious question to ask at this point: How many articles taking San Francisco and the Bay Area to task will we, the people who live here, suffer in the year of our lord 2023? The New Yorker is the latest publication to enter the fray, citing billionaires and chefs

Bingo & Beers: A Night of FREE Fun at The New Parkway
WRITTEN BY: SANDWICH If you’re looking for free fun, as in the free-space-in-the-middle-of-the-bingo-card fun, enjoy Bingo and Beer every Tuesday at The New Parkway Theater in uptown Oakland, conveniently located a few blocks north of 19th Street BART. Do something different. Go on a fun date. Yell Bingo. It’s pretty

Oakland’s Golden Bull is Teetering on the Brink of Closure
Here we are, years after Covid started closing doors of favorite venues across The Bay Area and we’re still feeling the continued impact of the pandemic’s wrath. Today, we learned that a beloved Oakland venue, The Golden Bull, is on the brink of closure and are reaching out to us

WITCHFEST is Bringing Magic & Witches to Alameda This Saturday
This Saturday, a gathering of witches is happening in Alameda: the third annual WITCHFEST 2023. This magical event will bring together seven local Bay Area Witch shops, over 30 independent Magickal Vendors, and a multitude of Holistic and Mystical Practitioners in Alameda, California for one day only. This event will

Meet the Traveling Writer Penning Strangers’ Poems
BY LAUREN PARKER Ben Bernthal would like to write a poem for you. You just have to pick three words. “A lot of people don’t know they like poetry,” Bernthal says, now based in San Francisco and a regular presence near the Ferry Building and in the Mission. Set up