Arts and Culture

Who Won the E-40 vs. Too $hort Verzuz Battle?
By JC Carlston I was minding my own business on a Monday morning, cycling through my typical covid routine of firing up the coffee and eating the rest of whatever food showed up at my door the night before. That’s when I saw it front and center, live on the

The Paintings of Karen Pence
Karen Pence, the wife of soon to be ex-vice president Mike Pence, is a painter. Back in 2016 she told the Indy Star, that she studied art at Butler, where she majored in teaching and minored in art. “I thought, gosh, ‘I’d like to learn more about art.’ I pulled it out

The 17th Another Hole In The Head Film Festival is Online This Year
People who’ve had a few film festivals under their belt will call holding a film festival in the weeks around Christmas and Hanukkah a mark of insanity. But given that Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (hereafter AHITH) comes from the crazy geniuses behind the S.F. Independent Film Festival,

Netflix Offerings to Keep You Sane During Shelter-in-Place
Netflix helps make the last few weeks of this general trash fire of a year more bearable with some highly anticipated titles. Shonda Rhimes’ first series for Netflix offers her spin on Regency England period romance…which means something far different than wall-to-wall white people. Ryan Murphy brings on the star

CJM Announces New, Paid, Artist in Residency Program
If you know a local artist who could use some dope studio space, a chunk of extra income, and the opportunity to display their work in a world class museum, send them this!

You Can’t Name 3 Shows with a Native American Woman in a Lead Role
On August 28th 2020, Fox released New Mutants with Blu Hunt, a member of the Lakota, as Danielle Moonstar to luke warm receptions and poor box office sales. Some of this can be accounted for due to COVID, but it’s largely due to extensive reshoots after the Disney/Fox merger. Whether

Broke-Ass Stuart’s 40th Birthday Roast!
Broke-Ass Stuart is turning 40, so the Bay Area’s funniest icons and cultural influencers are going to be roasting him online.

Top 50 Uniquely Covid-Safe in-the-flesh Things to Do in the Bay!
Businesses and artists have all had to get super creative in these trying times in order to stay afloat, so we at Broke-Ass Stuart have created this epic list : “Top 50 Uniquely Covid-Safe In-the-flesh Things to Do In the Bay” so we can stay sane & safe amidst “