Arts and Culture

FREE Opera at AT&T Park this Weekend
While it appears that our Giants will not be playing into October this season, you can enjoy that beautiful ballpark by the bay for FREE this weekend. I have attempted to get into Opera, and by attempted I mean I have fallen asleep at an Opera performance at least twice,

FREE Polk Street Blues Festival
Generally speaking Polk Street is a great location for food and drink. Today you can come out and enjoy just that, but with a little music as well. Today, upper Polk Street will be playing host to the 2nd Annual Polk Street Blues Festival. There will be two main stages

47th Annual Big Book Sale
At last year’s ABBS (Annual Big Book Sale, put on by the San Francisco Public Library), I was able snag a copy of Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer,” whose scarlet cover and infamously graphic sex scenes both warranted me countless raised eyebrows on the bus. It’s a great book. But

Get Lost in Queens County Farm’s Amazing Maize Maze
It’s that time of year again…I’m assuming since our Spendthrift Scribe, Laura, sent you here this time last year. But this is 2011 and I’m going to be the one to send you off to Queens County Farm’s newly designed “Take me out to the Corn Field” maze. You have

The “Broke as Hell” East Coast Book Tour
The “Broke as Hell” Book Tour is coming to an East Coast city near you! Broke-Ass Stuart (host of IFC’s “Young, Broke & Beautiful”) is bringing you something special; it’ll be one half book reading/signing and one half dance party. Therefore it’ll be good for both your brain and your

Celebrate 1 Year of SF Public Works this Saturday
Has it really already been a year? I remember last year I went to the opening block-party of SF Public Works– which happened to fall on a Sunday, the day before I started my first day of work at my current job. Let’s just say that my co-workers were probably

Nerd Out in Public at the FREE Lightsaber Battle this Saturday
We’re all nerds here, right? The kind of people who would enjoy playing with lightsabers in public on a Saturday night instead of going to a bar with friends or basically, NOT playing with lightsabers in public. Well well well, is Newmindspace putting on the event for us! Back by

2 Broke Girls: A Broke-Ass Review
Last night was the premiere of the much-hyped sitcom 2 Broke Girls. Centered around Max (Kate Dennings), a broke-ass and strong-willed waitress living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, her life is changed when former heiress Caroline (Beth Behrs) enters her life as a new waitress. Beth uses her business savvy to help