Arts and Culture

Don’t Call it Frisco Parodies What it’s Like Moving to SF
There’s a new web series about San Francisco called Don’t Call it Frisco. The first episode was just released today, and it’s looking damn good. These cats really invested the time and money to do it right. And there are some pretty funny moments. When I asked Matt Barkin, the

Moby Talks San Francisco & the Photography of Rock Stars
Rockers are descending onto San Francisco to show their…photography; Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal), Chris Coleman (Kings of Leon), Moby, & 6 others musicians are showing their bizarre, beautiful or unexpected photography in San Francisco, oh and the show is curated by White Zombie’s Sean Yseult

We wanna send you to see Lucinda Williams!
Lucinda Williams has been maneuvering down a path all her own for more than three decades now, emerging from Lake Charles, Louisiana, where her iconoclastic upbringing helped her forge the stunning Lucinda Williams (aka, the Rough Trade album). Somehow, that milestone 1988 set eventually disappeared from shelves, but was reissued 25

Fog City Summer pt. 3 – Fiction
Fog City Summer Part 3 a San Francisco Romance Excerpt from a Novel by Genie Cartier Read Part 2 Last time: Djuna and Julian have an intimate evening. Julian comes over to Djuna’s house for dinner the next day, but their night is interrupted by Scott, who bursts in, clearly inebriated.

I Feel Bad for SF Tech Workers
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the SF Examiner. I feel bad for the tech workers. I’m not talking about the ones like Jack Halprin, the Google lawyer who tried to evict seven units, comprised mostly of teachers, so that he could have his own mansion. And I’m

Free Anti-TPP Show w/ Tom Morello, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez and More!
The lovely and brilliant Victoria Smith forwarded this on to me yesterday so I figured I’d send it on to you. I’m totally just copying and pasting it cuz I’m busy as fuck: The biggest challenge we’re facing in the fight to stop the anti-democratic Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement

Exclusive $10 SF Symphony Tix Just for BAS Readers!
This post is brought to you by the fine people at the San Francisco Symphony. Wanna support one of our posts? Holler at Alex@BrokeAssStuart.com The San Francisco Symphony is kicking off the 2016-17 season with this special offer just for Broke-Ass Stuart readers. Experience 20th century American works that influenced

Art for AIDS Auction Gala
As an established art consultant, curator and art director, please note, that I ask these questions for those artists who wish to know more about the world of donating, because in my many years in the art world, this has been a huge hurdle for many artists to overcome. Many donate,