Arts and Culture

Beyond the Board: Insights from a Local Chess Grandmaster
Growing up in San Jose, Chess Grandmaster Vinay Bhat achieved the distinction of becoming the youngest National Master at the age of ten. He currently has the esteemed title of Grandmaster, the second highest rank in chess (the top being World Champion which is given to the top player). Recently,

Amazing Art Structures Being Built at Burning Man 2023
While most people arrive on the Playa after everything is already built, most of the artists have been hauling, digging, hammering, strapping, sawing, and polishing in the dust (and rain) for weeks now, moving thousands of pounds of steel, glass, timber, (and elbow grease) onto a prehistoric lake bed in

San Francisco Nonprofit Looks to Revive SoMa with Filipino Culture
The vacant storefronts along San Francisco’s South of Market Mission Street Corridor could soon be filled with more Filipino businesses, thanks to the nonprofit economic development and arts organization Kultivate Labs.

Best Bay Area Events for 8/22-8/28
By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor We’ve got a slew of dance parties, art shows, and so much more going down, and I’m not even talking about Burning Man! Sam Smith is in town, and I know I can’t be the only one JUICED to see them. I really hope to hear

Amazingly Bad Pet Portraits Offered by Oakland Animal Services
Every now and again something amazing happens in the world of bad, pet art. And when that happens, rest assured www.brokeassstuart.com is on the case! Oakland Animal Services announced the kickoff of its 4th annual Bad Art Fundraiser! Meaning you can donate to help sheltered animals in the Bay Area

Artists: SF is Holding “I Voted!” Sticker Design Contest
For you artists, doodlers, sketchers, painters, cartoonists, and democratic enthusiasts out there, you’ve got the opportunity to have every voter in San Francisco walk around with your work on their chests during the 2024 Presidential Primary and General Elections, The top three winners will receive a cash prize of $1,000

What That Drake Ticket Money Could’ve Got You in the Bay Area
I can’t stress enough that this is not a righteous, take-down article dunking on Drake. What would we do without Drake? He’s the Rupi Kaur of hip-hop, there for you when times get tough by never dealing with anything too complicated. (I did not come up with that comparison.) But

Looking Forward: 10 Years of Photography at Pier 24
We visited the much anticipated and much delayed second half of Looking Forward:10 Years of Photography at Pier 24 recently. The first half of this show launched in 2019. This visual odyssey took us on a view of photographs of urban life layered over decades as well as carefully composed