Arts and Culture

The Black Rider: A Fairy Tale for Adults With Music by Tom Waits
By Emily Wilson Mark Jackson, the director of “The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets” at Shotgun Players, doesn’t believe in the devil or his power over us – he thinks we created the devil to provide excuses for our own weaknesses. So a deal with the devil-

Recreational Weed Will Be Legal in San Francisco Starting Jan. 5th!
GOOD NEWS! THERE’S NOW A BROKE-ASS STUART CANNABIS CLUB WHERE YOU CAN GET AWESOME DEALS ON ALL YOUR CANNABIS NEEDS AND HAVE THEM DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR. USE THE CODE “BROKEASS” TO GET $20 OFF YOUR FIRST ORDER. One of the few good things that came out of last year’s election was

We wanna send you and your bae to see Jamila Woods!
With a velvety sound primarily rooted in soul and hip hop, Chicago’s Jamila Woods made her first big impact on the music scene in 2015 with her fan adored vocal features on Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment’s Surf album (Sunday Candy and Questions). Prior to her 2015 solo breakout, Jamila was

We wanna send you to see the Dandy Warhols in Oakland!
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor’s cousin Brent DeBoer. The band’s name is a play on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol. The band gained

We wanna send you plus one to the annual Encuentro del Canto Popular with La Misa Negra!
It’s that time of the year again! Accion Latina’s annual concert series, Encuentro del Canto Popular, celebrates its 36th year of celebrating peoples’ movements by inviting La Misa Negra to fill The Chapel with some cumbia! La Misa Negra is a 7-piece band from Oakland, California, known for their unique blend

Looking for an Oakland Editor for BAS
Greetings to all you amazing, brilliant, and fantastic East Bay Broke-Ass Stuart readers! Considering how much of our readership is in the East Bay these days we figured it made sense to expand to having a lot more East Bay coverage. So, we’re looking for an editor to cover Oakland

San Francisco isn’t Neverland, it’s Laterland
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the San Francisco Examiner. I’m currently sitting in my parents’ kitchen. It’s hot in San Diego. Hell, it’s been hot all over the state this past week, and I’m so glad that places in SoCal have air conditioning. Visiting San

Screw Cyber Monday…It’s Broke-Sunday!
25% off the Entire BAS Store! Happy Broke-Ass Sunday! Fuck Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I just invented Broke-Ass Sunday (Shop Local Saturday…you’re still cool)! Everything in the BAS store is 25% off just for today! All you gotta do is use the code: BROKEASS-SUNDAY Our Resistance Line I give 1/3 of my profits from