This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column for the SF Examiner  (The short version: You can circumvent all the algorithms for my stuff right here.) Facebook announced earlier this year that it’s completely changing its algorithm — a move that will reduce the amount of actual news provided in

San Francisco is a thieving-ass city. It steals hearts. It takes away breath. It captures people’s imaginations after just a single visit. But it’s also larcenous in more concrete ways. Shattered car windows cover sidewalks all over town, sparkling like ill-begotten street diamonds.

Broke-Ass Stuart is a proud sponsor of the SF Docfest!  A wonderful festival full of great independent films and really fun events all over the SF! It’s festival season in the Bay Area.  And no, I’m not talking about some massive, $300 a ticket, porta-pottied, music festival.  Fuck no.  We’re

Come bowl or come hang with a whole new array of Celebrity Bowlers—Alice Waters, Cecilia Chiang, Rebecca Solnit, Michael Pollan, Judith Belzer, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Wendy MacNaughton, Armistead Maupin, Ayelet Waldman, John Vanderslice, Thao Nguyen, and more. All funds support The Kitchen Sisters new series, The Keepers — stories of activist archivists, rogue

There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress thinking he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a

NYC based comedian Emma Willmann has come far in just a few short years. From her beginnings at comedy clubs in New England to appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, she’s on a rocket ship to stardom. In August she’ll be part of Netflix’s new series of 15-minute

We’re kicking off the summer music festival season with a giveaway for the Enchanted Forest Gathering in Laytonville, California! Celebrated as NorCal’s premiere music, art movement and conscious living gathering, Enchanted Forest Gathering creates close-knit community experiences within a fairytale setting of majestic Oak trees at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville,

San Francisco went full wookie for the premiere screenings of Solo: A Star Wars Story last night. On hand to get pictures, we were, as the Alamo Drafthouse turned into den of scum, villainy, and scruffy-looking nerf herders. Princess Leia has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine since