With top-heavy hearts we remember trailblazing SF stripper Carol Doda in the wake of her passing, as San Francisco’s striptease stars of today share their stories, anecdotes and foul mouthed run-ins with the enigmatic Ms. Doda

Rad Upcoming SF Events   PUNKS GIT CUT: JAY HOWELL ZINE SIGNING THU. 11/12 | 6:00PM @ 111 MINNA GALLERY ‘Punks Git Cut ‘ gathers all of Howell’s highly sought-after mini comics, zines, rare one-offs, and select paintings into one glorious 420-page collection. Jay Howell’s decidedly west coast aesthetic focuses

  Add one part being born in Cuba, two parts raised in Jersey by a series of non-related families (Diaz’s mother passed away when he was fifteen) and a few parts run-ins with the law, stir and garnish with the tastiest strain of Purple Kush and you’ll finally get a taste

We were lucky enough to ask the MTT some questions about his life, San Francisco, & the current and future state of classical music. Meet Michael Tilson Thomas, the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony for more than 20 years, the longest-tenured music director at any major American orchestra.

There is a wave of tea houses in San Francisco with popularity surging. They aren’t exactly new—what with places like Samovar being household names for years—but they are growing in scope, scale and (metaphorical) buzz.

Enter the Broke-Ass Stuart Gogol Bordello at The Warfield San Francisco Giveaway and you could win a pair of free tickets!     Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, formed in 1999 by Ukranian Eugene Hütz and known for theatrical stage shows

Enter to win the Willow Alite Backpack below!   Our friends over at Alite Designs do awesome stuff, including this ALITE BACKPACK we’re giving away. They’ve basically taken the idea of creating gear for the outdoors and made it more simple and stylish. I mean just take a look at the Hot Tamale Sleeping Bag.

We here at BrokeAssStuart.com like to show love to the people who make cities like San Francisco and New York special. That’s why we’re doing a series called Local Legends. This is our chance to hip you to some of the strange, brilliant, and unique folks who populate these towns and