Only in New York City can you pay $14 for a single grilled cheese sandwich, but then at the same establishment hear an intimate concert with Talib Kweli for FREE. Such contradictions make up Tillman’s, where expensive comfort food is balanced out by the pricelessness of your experience. A hidden

Hear the sometimes polarizing, but always daring performance artist/filmmaker/writer, Miranda July, read from her new book,  It Chooses You, on Tuesday at Bookcourt in Brooklyn. It Chooses You was born while July procrastinated on writing her latest feature film, The Future, by reading the PennySaver classifieds booklet. Chock full of

Many great local and outside bluegrass and jazz acts grace Amnesia’s sacred stage from week to week. They are all incredibly talented. What about us average Joes, though? Every second and fourth Monday of each month Amnesia plays host to The Pick!, which is an open jam session for anyone

At the end of that bustling Irving Street strip sits Sakura, a tiny little Japanese discount store run by a husband-wife duo. San Francisco has made a snob of me, I realized while initially walking past the store. I’m so over ramen (now I just make a whole can of

Come to Franklin Park this Monday at 8pm for High Voltage, a FREE reading put on by Electric Literature.  If this is the first you’re hearing of Electric Literature, here’s their beautifully simple mission statement: Electric Literature’s mission is to use new media and innovative distribution to return the short story to

Paul Madonna could be called San Francisco’s sketchiest man, but it would only apply in the utmost literal of senses. Known for his pen and ink depictions of SF streetscapes and architectural details, the artist was Mad Magazine’s first-ever art intern before snagging a weekly comic strip in the Chronicle.

Tickets to the de Young are by no means cheap. There is another option, though, for us broke asses. The de Young tower! While we may not be able to afford entry to the museum itself, we can definitely check out the tower. Cruise up to the top of the

“My Adidas walk through concert doors and roam all over coliseum floors I stepped on stage, at Live Aid All the people gave an applause that paid – My Adidas by Run-DMC” Remember back when Rev. Run wasn’t on Twitter giving out advice about life? You know, back when he was