Arts and Culture

26 Sep 2009

Festival Fuckery — SF’s 9 Best Fests of The Year

If there is anytime to ever have fun without spending all the skrilla in your pocket, its definitely during a festival. There is always some way to hawk free food, booze and someone who always wants to get taken home. Here are our favorite SF blowouts that consider a serious

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26 Sep 2009

Grease it Up in the Woods Tonight: GREASE Sing-Along

Nothing warms my shriveled black heart like a classic film that brings to life the innocence of the old days. Singing, dancing, teens dropping out of high school and aborting their bastard children.. The 50’s were truly the golden years. Back when a group of guys could wear tight jeans

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26 Sep 2009

13th Annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under The Bridge Festival

Many moons ago, when I first wandered through DUMBO, I recall being struck by the strange space arrangement and the unique energy of this neighborhood.  Pancaked between, around, and underneath the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and situated on the water with a stunning view of lower Manhattan, today’s DUMBO has

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25 Sep 2009

Nerd Alert: Free Brew and the Bay Area Derby Girls at Isotope Tonight 7pm

Thanks to Riley at the Guardian for this last minute info! Join this little mixer at Isotope to meet your favourite ladies of the rink who put their blood, sweat and tears into every derby.  Throw a few back and sign up for an advance screening of the new Ellen

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25 Sep 2009

Frank Lloyd Wright Building (aka VC Morris Gift Shop)

Frank Lloyd Wright is probably the most famous and inventive American architect.  Real architecture folks might not agree, but I don’t really care about their opinions.  His work is known for blending into its surroundings to make the structure look like it occurred naturally.  Although he designed many buildings and

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25 Sep 2009

I Heart New York and Stuff

Few things are more iconic than the I “HEART” NY logo that has been emblazoned on shopping bags, T-shirts and virtually everything else imaginable and has spawned a billion imitators.  The designer,  seminal creative icon Milton Glaser has been honored at an SVA exhibition devoted to his work and this

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25 Sep 2009

Penny Beer and Quarter Bourbon at Ellis Bar!

Normally, bartenders get pissed when people pay for drinks with fists full of change. Sure, you can buy booze with the change festering at the bottom of your bag. It just usually involves plunking down a stack of nickels and dimes in the Plexiglas window at a bodega. Sitting on

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24 Sep 2009

WTF! People Still Read Books?

Here is a FREE event for all of you Literati Gangsters out there. And it happens monthly. So feel free to sport your Literati colors and do this, well, every month. Babble-On Thursday marks the monthly Babble-On literary reading at Dog Eared Books in San Francisco, where you might hear

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