Arts and Culture

You Can Now Buy Psychedelic Plants in San Francisco
A few months ago I was wandering around North Beach for the First Friday art crawl and bumbled into a new store called Professor Seagull’s Smartshop. As someone who really likes mind-altering substances, I was amazed to see a bunch of psychedelic plants for sale. I remember saying something to

10-year-old Award-winning Poet Shares Her Thoughts This Earth Day 2022
At Broke-Ass Stuart, we value the unique perspectives of everyone in The Bay Area. This Earth Day, we asked a local award-winning poet to write about their muse, Mother Earth. This poet is Rhiannon Hewitt(R), age 10. We asked her to talk about the impact she felt the last 2

I Spent Easter With John Waters at The Madonna Inn
A huge group of juvenile delinquents, drapes and drapettes gathered at the famous kitsch hotel Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo for the John Waters Easter. That is a real thing that happened.

Now Streaming: ‘The Batman’
The most stylish superhero film I’ve ever seen, Matt Reeves’ The Batman is a taut, enthrallingly sexy, pitch black thriller. This is franchise filmmaking taken to task and stripped bare.

Spiritualized at The Fillmore: Everything was beautiful
Spiritualized played two nights this week at the Fillmore and yes, Everything was beautiful like their most recent album title. I can’t imagine a better venue for them in SF than The Fillmore with those cool chandeliers and disco balls. My favorite sound system in the city, grand and powerful!

SF MoMA Art Bash Returns in a Big, Stylish Way
Last week in San Francisco the SF MoMa Art Bash made its triumphant return to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art after a two year long Covid hiatus. A few folks from Broke-Ass Stuart were there (including yours truly) to scope out all the cool contemporary art, local artists, avant-garde

Steph Curry Returns and Jordan Poole Goes Off
Steph Returns and Jordan Poole goes off. Jordan Poole dropped 30 in his playoff debut. It’s only one win in a best of seven series but damn it felt good. The only other Warrior to drop more points in a playoff debut was the legendary Wilt Chamberlain with 35. You

Yes, Hot Box Yoga is Exactly What it Sounds Like
“We just formalized what was happening anyway,” says founder and yoga teacher, Steve23. “People thought they were being sly by smoking on the street before coming to class, but you could tell they were high, so now we have a class where we partake together.”