Arts and Culture

Win Tickets to Jackie Greene + Nicki Bluhm at Fox Theater!
Broke-Ass Stuart has a pair of tickets for Jackie Greene + Nicki Bluhm at Fox Theater in Oakland! Enter below for your chance to win! With Loved Wild Lost, Little Sur recording group Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers fully affirm a current place in the long winding continuum of the California

Stunning Altars from San Francisco’s Dia de los Muertos
Our Spanish photographer Hanna Quevedo shows you the serene, handmade, shrines dedicated to those who have left us in the Mission District’s Garfield Park. Dia de los Muertos, November 2nd, 2015 San Francisco.

Facebook Robots Suggest The Rich Get The Guillotine
This morning while looking at Facebook on my phone, I landed on this article on Salon about how SF sold out to the monied classes in the last election. After reading the article and going back to my FB feed, a carrousel of suggested articles came up. They included the

Artists You Shouldn’t Miss At Open Studios Wknd 4
The final weekend of ArtSpan’s 2015 Open Studios is upon us, and it’s a doozie. Mission, Castro, Bernal, Noe, Upper Market & Glen Park all reporting for duty. There are lots of studios within walking distance, many that contain some of our favorite artists. This weekend of Open Studios is

Costumes, Punks, Die Antwoord. Beach Goth IV (PHOTOS)
The line up? Un-fucking-real. At any given time there were three to four stages showing live music, live performances of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Selena impersonation contests, so it was impossible to take it all in. Big name acts such as Die Antwoord, Juicy J, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Subhumans, Wanda Jackson, Eagles of Death Metal, George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Mummies, and The Growlers, just to name a few

Art Gallery You Should Know : Johansson Projects
Beautiful Show kicking off this Friday with Anna Fidler and Katy Stone, Coastal Coven at Johannsson Projects. Both artists tackle alchemy and the transmutation of the natural

Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and Laurie Anderson Documentaries On Tap This Weekend at Doc Stories Festival
It’s Christmas for documentary nerds this weekend as the Doc Stories festival starts tonight and plays all weekend at the Vogue Theater. You’ve got a Nina Simone documentary, a Janis Joplin documentary, a ‘vigilantes vs. drug cartel’ documentary and Laurie Anderson’s documentary about her dead dog. I swear to god

Win Tickets to Yo La Tengo At The Masonic!
Yo La Tengo at The Masonic – YLT is fresh off celebrating their 30th anniversary as one of the most beloved and adventurous bands in rock history. The trio of Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew now return as a quartet, reuniting with former member Dave Schramm on