Arts and Culture

North Beach Bacchanalia: A FREE Music & Poetry Festival w/ Cheap Booze & FREE Food
This sounds so fucking cool and like something SF really needs right now. With everything great about SF being so thoroughly washed and beaten into something palatable for rich fucks, we need more free festivals for artists and by artists. I’ve got a BBQ at my house that day but

BAS Pride 2014: Win Tix to the Special Pride Edition of Sunday Mass w/ Ladytron (DJ Set)
I’m busy as fuck so I’m just gonna cut and past this info in here. It does sound like a pretty awesome party. I’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway to it. Here at MASS, we believe in the sanctity of dance, giving you a reason to come out

Calder Tani’s Rad New Art Show has Paintings of the Drinks You Will Actually be Drinking
This art show sounds alluring in both tour eyes and your mouth. I’m tired so I’m just gonna copy and paste this shit: “REPEALED” art show – classic cocktail recipes on canvas by Calder Tani. Showcasing his mastery of color and typography, Calder Tani’s paintings will each, feature a different classic

Win a $100 Gift Card for therethere Clothing!
Remember that rad giveaway a little while ago where we gave out a $100 gift card for Oaklandish? Well we’re at it again with their other clothing line therethere. As they cheekily put it, not everyone is lucky enough to call Oakland home, so they’ve decided to print awesome shirts for SF,

A History of Sutro Tower: The Alex Mak Architecture Series
Good evening, and welcome to Alex Mak’s San Francisco Architecture Exposé Part 1 of 4. In this series I learn about interesting buildings in San Francisco and then graciously tell you about them. Its like Ricky Gervais’ show An Idiot Abroad, only I won’t be travelling anywhere and I steal most of my material from the internet.

Win a Signed Hardcover Copy of the New Thriller The Intern’s Handbook!
I’ve got 5 copies of Shane Kuhn’s new thriller The Intern’s Handbook to giveaway. They will be hardcover and signed! Also, in related news, the book has just been optioned to be turned into a film. The synopsis of the book is below and below that you can enter to

Get to Where You’re Going as Fast as Possible with the New FREE RideScout App
Ride Scout is donating $1 from each download so that I can do things like pay hosting fees and buy myself underwear that doesn’t have holes in it! While there’s currently a ton of options of ways to get around your town, it’s hard to know which one will get

All There is to Know about Soccer for Those Ladies (and Fellas) Who Love Balls, but Have No Clue About the World Cup
Guest post by Jaisette Herrera I love balls. They come in all sizes and shapes….and all are used to score. Balls are celebrated across the world and none are so adored then the ones that get to play in the World Cup. I am a girl who loves sports, but I’m