Arts and Culture

Yerba Buena Gardens: Beautiful And Entirely FREE!
San Francisco is not without its fair share of parks and open spaces. All of which are perfect for us broke asses and many of the things we love to do. One of my personal favorites is the Yerba Buena Gardens. Yerba Buena has it all – a bitchin’ view

FREE This Weekend: Pongtopia at The World Financial Center
Pongtopia, now this is an event so powerful it couldn’t be limited to just one day. From Thursday, November 3rd-Saturday, November 5th be prepared for an onslaught of table tennis at the World Financial Center. On Thursday we begin with the Expo & Open Play from 12-2pm. The Main Court

HULLS: The Art of Decay in San Francisco Bay
Now this is something that is truly special: Today San Francisco’s very first female tugboat captain debuts a collection of photographs taken from the unique angle, aboard the tugboat’s deck; Jan Tiura’s HULLS closely examines working vessels from around the world. Tiura unique angle allows the inspiration to focus on

Broke-Ass Band Interview: The Northern Key (Thurs @ Brick & Mortar)
Nothing better than a double album release party featuring two rad Bay Area bands, all for only $5. Indie folk trio The Northern Key and Oakland indie pop favorite Ash Reiter both celebrate their new records this Thursday, November 3rd, at Brick & Mortar Music Hall. Presented by Different Fur

FREE ‘Dragonslayer: The Movie’ Release Party Tonight at Public Assembly
To pretty much everyone’s horror, it snowed in NYC last Saturday. Snow. In October. Too soon. Can’t handle it. Every time the weather gets shitty around here, my mood gets shitty too, and I complain endlessly about how I want to move back to the West Coast (even though deep

Just shut up and write already! – National Novel Writing Month
By reading this site, you likely are always looking for awesome ways to live your life, so you have a story that needs to be told. But maybe you never imagined writing a book, or never thought you could. Listen, if Snooki can “write” a book, so can you. It

Win Tickets to Drink Me Magazine’s Mad Hatter Party and Grand Tasting
Drink Me Magazine is throwing a Mad Hatter Party and Grand Tasting this friday at 111 Minna (SF). It’s going to be a fantastic event with delicious booze tastings, circus performers and more surprises. Drink Me Magazine is a local magazine all about alcohol culture – be sure to come

Thunder Gulch Presents: MONSTER NIGHT LIVE! at UCB Theatre Tonight!
The thing with Halloween falling on a Monday is that you can tire yourself out before you even get to the big day itself. If, like me, you are loathe to put on your costume yet again, but don’t want to feel like a lame by staying in on Halloween