Arts and Culture

This just in: FREE Beer and Bites TODAY for Happy Hour!
Just got the tip-off for this cool event being sponsored by AGOGO, a music start up that “creates a personalized audio channel for you, bringing together your favorite programming, music, & more.” The food and beer will be provided by Bacon Bacon & Let’s Be Frank. Here’s what the Facebook

Win Tickets to See Brendan Canning from Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning has just released his second solo LP, You Gots 2 Chill, and will be playing select U.S. shows next month in support of the stunning, living room record. He’ll be making a stop in San Francisco on December 4th at The Chapel. Wanna win a

This Weekend in NYC: Late Night Basement and the Last Ride on the Orient Express
Late Night Basement returns with Ferguson (Jason Zimbler) from Nickelodeon’s classic show, Clarissa Explains it All! That’s not all. Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon writer, Mike Drucker, will be telling jokes alongside fellow stand-up comedian, Seaton Smith. After her recent appearance on NPR, Sari Botton, editor and contributor of

BA of the Week: Comedian David Heti
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.

Harajuku Heartbreak: Notes and Observations on Traveling Through Japan
This photos sums up Japan rather well My good friend Sato is a Japanese-American who now lives in Japan. A few years ago I had a dream that he was getting married. While he wasn’t at the time I decided that when he did get married I would attend the

DIY: Five Easy Bottle Cap Crafts
Rat Fink Bottle Cap Charm by VixenVendetta It makes sense that the DIY-ers and the Environmentalists get along, both are founded on a founding principle of reuse, recycle, renew. DIY is less about compost and sustainable food and more about finding a new uses for things, or repurposing items into

Five Things You Might Be Doing Wrong in San Francisco
1. Taking Van Ness Instead of Gough or Franklin Unless you are actually going to one of the commercial spaces on Van Ness Avenue, there is really no reason on God’s green earth for you to be taking what is consistently the most trafficked thoroughfare in SF. After all, it’s

Commune SF Featuring Buffalo Tooth, Commissure, Growwler and More THIS WEDs!
Commune SF is 11/13 at the Elbo Room starting at 9 PM! WTF is Commune? It’s a movement of artists, designers, musicians and people that take a stand against tobacco corporations, their practices and their presence in the scene. Commune takes this stance by being pro-local, so each month, a different local band,