Knitting goes in and out with being the “it” hipster crafting activity, but Polish artist Olek isn’t the kind of knitter who works on scarves on the train. She’s more likely to knit a cocoon around the train itself. Her knitting sculptures are giant, we’re talking camouflage covers for convertibles,

Past How-To Nights at Bazaar Cafe have taught us how to get a book published, how to grow veggies, and how to make a telescope, among other things — all for FREE.  This month, Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks, will be at the cafe to teach all you

Nerd alert!!! I freakin’ love classical music. I hear a lot of “I just don’t really get iiiit” or “but there’s no siiiinging” when talking about it with friends who prefer to listen to bands in ratty clothes who learned to play three chords on a guitar last year and

So it doesn’t take a cultural-critic genius, or  a Marc Zuckerberg coding type to tell you that Mad Men has been kicking serious ass this season.  Yes, part of it is because Don Draper has become more human, more layered and complex, part of it is because we’ve delved deeper

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with a FREE event for each of the 5 senses! SEE: There’s nothing like a Charlie Kaufman/Spike Jonze collaborative mindfuck to topple you into an existential crisis. Catch a FREE screening of Adaptation this

In case you’ve been living under a VERY LARGE ROCK, your San Francisco Giants* are currently leading the NLDS against the Atlanta Braves after that torturous series against the Padres to win the NL West. Naturally, the best way to support your team in a postseason like this is to

If there is one thing I hate more than romantic comedies, it’s action movies. Why pay to go see Michael Bay blow shit up like a 10 year old when you can just as easily do the same thing, and for cheaper, in your backyard? Movie prices have gotten out

Recently, I figured out that it’s been a while since I picked up an entirely new hobby. Most of my favorite things to d0–write, bike, read, glue, sew, etc.–are the same activities that I loved in elementary school. But if I was ready to add a new hobby to my repertoire,