Arts and Culture

01 Dec 2022

The 19th Another Hole In The Head Film Festival Is Here!

Mundanes will wonder why the 19th Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (hereafter “AHITH”) is screening in December rather than, say, October.  The zombies, giant monsters, and serial killers populating AHITH’s offerings this year seem more appropriate around Halloween rather than its current scheduled dates of December 1-18, 2022. 

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01 Dec 2022

The World Renowned Bart Basel is Back!

San Francisco has a long tradition of strange, wonderful, DIY, street performance art.

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30 Nov 2022

Guess Which SF Institution is NOT Shutting Down!

Too many of our favorite Bay Area institutions have closed down in recent years. The good news is that BrokeAssStuart.com plans on always being here for you. But we need your help to do so. As you likely saw a couple weeks ago, I laid out just how expensive it is

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29 Nov 2022

Metallica Snubs The Bay Area On Newly Announced World Tour

Metallica is technically an LA band, but they made their lives and spent much of their early careers here. There are few musical acts that are as globally loved as Metallica, and the Bay Area takes pride in the fact that their journey on the road to success was so

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28 Nov 2022

Legendary Hyde Street Studios Launches New Music Showcase

This article was made possible by the fine folks at Hyde Street Studios. Get ready, San Francisco! This Friday, December 2nd, Bottom of The Hill will see the launch of the Studio Snapshot series – a sneak peek into the halls of the legendary Hyde Street Studios. Each show will

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21 Nov 2022

The Immersive Holiday Spectacular, The Great Dickens Fair, is Back!

Please note: It’s been brought to our attention that there’s a boycott going on. We did not know this when we visited. Here’s a link to more information on the boycott as well as information published by the producers of Dickens Fair, Red Barn Productions, so that you can make

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17 Nov 2022

Great Museums Not on the Stupid “Best Of” Lists

BY CURT HOPKINS I saw an article called something like “The 25 Best Museums Did You Visit Them or Are You Some Kind of Asshole?” Out of that fetishist, Instagrammy dick-list, I have visited four: the Pompidou, the Louvre, the Guggenheim, and the Prado. But the only conclusion I drew from

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16 Nov 2022

I Need To Get Real With You for A Minute

I get that this is the cost of doing business, but the flip side is that nearly all media, from music to writing to photography, is now expected to be free. The traditional business model has failed, and the only sustainable one going forward is for readers to support the publications they love and rely on.

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