Arts and Culture

It’s a Rubber Chicken Delivery Service, Yeah That’s What I Said
Here at brokeassstuart.com we get a lot of press requests for things like events, music, political candidates, products, sex, fights, sex-fights, protests, tattoos, guides, art, dates with Stuart, ‘SEO do-follow link additions’ from Bangalore, and the list goes on and on. We certainly don’t have time to cover all of

The 1957 Movie that Predicted the Rise of Trump
Just as bold upon its release as it is today, director Elia Kazan and writer Budd Schulberg‘s masterpiece A Face In The Crowd – about the charming rogue Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes (Andy Griffith) who parlays his local TV fame into a national bully pulpit – remains a darkly comic satire

Folktales Retold at the Contemporary Jewish Museum Will Blow Your Mind
Classic Jewish folk tales are now on display at Contemporary Jewish Museum are new works created by 16 artists. In Jewish Folktales Retold: Artist as Maggid (storyteller), the artists perused the 2009 book Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales by Howard Schwartz and chose a tale from which to create a piece, or multiple pieces.

Watching Ta-Nehisi Coates Shadowbox With White Nonsense In San Francisco
Guest Post by Sayre Piotrkowski For most of the past month I have been reading We Were Eight Years In Power by my favorite author, Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book is something like a greatest hits collection culled from Coates’ work in the pages of the Atlantic magazine. Nine essays, eight

The Art of Finding a Roommate in San Francisco
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the San Francisco Examiner. It’s that time again. The call goes out on Facebook, comments are made, friends are tagged, emails come tumbling in. There’s even a post on Craigslist … My roommates and I are searching for a new person

This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Rad Upcoming SF Events GOOD VIBES FEAT. NEF THE PHARAOH THU. 11/9 | 6:00PM @ THE DEPOT SFSU Tonee Hayes, better known by his stage name Nef the Pharaoh, is a 22-year-old rapper from Vallejo, California. Nef has cited Vallejo rappers like Mac Dre and E-40 as significant influences on

Cool, Cutty, Art Parties in SF this Weekend
There are dozens of studios, galleries, and art collectives all open and humming within walking distance of each other this weekend. Checkout the map here. There also happen to be a lot of art parties this Friday…all happening at once. It’s what you call one of those ‘good problems’. Check

The Eva Trilogy at a Magic Theatre
By Emily Wilson “Moist. Breath. Even when it’s cold and dry. Plenty of water in there. Plenty of moisture. Every gasp a little spot of wet in the world,” begins Eden, the first play in The Eva Trilogy, which premiered at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre on October 28, and will