Arts and Culture

Meet Tenor, Teacher & Opera Star Michael Fabiano
he has been compared to Luciano Pavarotti, performed at leading opera houses around the world (including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Real, Opéra National de Paris, and La Scala), and in 2014, he was the first person to win both the Richard Tucker and the Beverly Sills Artist awards in the same year.

Slumber Party to End Homelessness
Ok, the name of this is actually “Sleep Out to End Homelessness” but i used some poetic license. The fine folks at the Coalition on Homelessness are throwing a Sleep Out to End Homelessness at the Powell Street Cablecar Turnaround during Homelessness Awareness Week. As you know, we have an

12 Reasons You Should NOT Support Broke-Ass Stuart Ever
This post is made possible by Citizens Against Broke-Ass Stuart. Apparently Broke-Ass Stuart has started a Patreon page so that the website can be sustainable, and so he pay his writers better, keep supporting progressive causes, and continue creating what he calls “dope shit”. We hear he’s even giving out

This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Rad Upcoming SF Events DAY OF THE DEAD SAN FRANCISCO THU. 11/2 | 4:00PM @ THE MISSION Day of the Dead San Francisco is a community event that has been happening for over 30 years. There are many organizations and people that contribute to the richness of this event, The Mission really

SFist and Entire Gothamist Network have Shut Down
Learn how to keep BrokeAssStuart.com from disappearing right here. Oh wow. This is a really sad day for the world of local journalism. I just heard the news that SFist and the entire Gothamist network have shut down. Started in 2009, the Gothamist network was a collection of websites that

Gravestones in Dolores Park Pay Homage to Crappy Startups
On Halloween, a startup employee put up an art installation in Dolores Park to honor crappy companies that had gone out of business this year. The faux gravestones had painfully shitty startups like ‘Juciero’ and ‘Yik Yak’ painted on them, I suppose to remind people how short sighted and useless

Fraud, Identity Theft & the Dark Side of the Sharing Economy
Fraud, Identity Theft & the Dark Side of the Sharing Economy or How I invited a thief into my home with an app Guest post by Jonathan Crawford We put a lot of trust into the services & apps we use. When you think about it, we let strangers into our homes

The San Fransgiving Beer Bust w/ Bottomless Beer!
Celebrate Thanksgiving with people you actually like…before your actual thanksgiving with people you barely tolerate! I’m teaming up with the fine folks at Laughing Monk Brewery to bring you an amazing day party with bottomless Laughing Monk Beer! It’s called the San Fransgiving beer bust! Get your tickets here. Your