Arts and Culture

Celebrate Harvey Milk Day With “The Times of Harvey Milk” at the Castro Theatre with Rob Epstein & Tom Ammiano
This coming May 22nd will be what has come to be known as Harvey Milk Day in the Sate of California. It is, in fact, his birthday and if Harvey was still with us he would be 85 years old. In the The Times of Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein narrates,

SF’s Independent Art Fairs (in pictures)
There’s something magical about a hotel that’s been taken over by artists. Generally in hotels you walk past rooms in the night and wonder what strangers may be up to behind closed doors. At stARTup Art Fair at the Hotel Del Sol, you got to walk into any room you

Win Tickets: Like A Local Tours – NYC Flatiron Food & History
This tour has stops at Caffe Lavazza, Schnippers and Eataly, exploration of Madison Square Park, history and photo opportunities in front of the famous Flatiron Building, Obica Mozzarella Bar for delicious burrata and pizza, Beecher’s Cheese, Union Square Farmer’s Market and Breads Bakery! You will eat plenty. So, be thankful that you will also be walkin’ plenty. Saturday,

Win Tickets: Comedian Michael McDonald of MADtv @ Punch Line!
Michael McDonald is best known for starring in the sketch comedy show, MADtv. While on the show, he developed many memorable characters including Stuart Larkin, Marvin Tikkvah Rusty Miller, and The Depressed Persian Tow Truck Man. He was a contributing writer and director on MADtv. McDonald has also directed

Win Tickets: Shuggie Otis – The Original Strawberry Letter 23 @ The New Parish!
Shuggie Otis, who oddly looks really similar to my first boyfriend, can be connected to myriad of famous and solar musicians throughout the ages: his father, Johnny Otis, discovered Etta James and Jackie Wilson, Shuggie’s first son’s mother was in The GTOs, a group created by Frank Zappa and he

The City That Was: The Genius of Skid Row
In The City That Was, Bohemian Archivist P Segal tells a weekly story of what you all missed: the days when artists, writers, musicians, and unemployed visionaries were playing hard in the city’s streets and paying the rent working part time. For most of my life, while growing up in

An Artist You Should Know: Joshua Coffy
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights local artists before they exhibit their work somewhere awesome, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Meet artist Joshua Coffy, the ‘gifting king of San Francisco’ Sometimes a little inspiration is all we need.

THIS WEEK’S TOP EVENTS – SAN FRANCISCO + NEW YORK
We at Broke-Ass Stuart want to make sure you’re living your life to the fullest. That’s why we outfit our SF and NYC calendars with the best possible events we can find. Below are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the things we felt it was