San Francisco

We wanna send you and a friend to the StARTup Fair!
Now in its fourth year stARTup Art Fair returns to transform the Hotel Del Sol into an immersive, contemporary art experience through the exhibition of artwork by a diverse group of independent artists, local art nonprofits, artist performances, installations and panel discussions over the course of three days from April 27 – April 29,

We wanna send you and your bae to see Alvvays, The Drums and Frankie Rose!
Alvvays released their second full-length, Antisocialites, this last September. The album is followed-up to their critically acclaimed debut album which received accolades from Pitchfork, NPR, Rolling Stone and more. Across its 10 tracks and 33 minutes the Toronto-based group dive back into the deep-end of reckless romance and altered dates.

A Great City Program Replaces Vandalism with Street Art
You know what is a proven and effective graffiti deterrent? Street art. You can spend millions of dollars on anti-graffiti task forces and cleanup crews, but if you really want taggers to leave a wall alone, your best bet is to pay a local artist a few thousand bucks to paint

We wanna send you plus one to see Chrome Sparks and Machine Drum!
Chrome Sparks is the solo project of Jeremy Malvin, a Brooklyn transplant from Pittsburgh by way of Ann Arbor. In 2014, after having self released a small handful of singles and two EPs on Bandcamp, Malvin signed to the taste making Sydney based label Future Classic. Under the new label,

Guy Returns $15,000 In Lost Checks to Laundry Locker, Gets Nothing
It’s not every day you find $15,000 worth of other people’s checks randomly sitting in a recycling bin. It’s even more unusual when you happen to be living in a van. But that’s exactly what happened to BrokeAssStuart.com reader Jacob Young, who did promptly return the entire 15 grand of

Black Queer Protesters Call London Breed Anti-Black and Racist
There was a very ‘San Franciscan’ Mayoral debate on Monday night at the historic Castro Theater. By that we mean a queer candidate who was not invited to the debate stormed the stage and demanded to be heard (and she was subsequently given a microphone and allowed speak) and then a group

The Top Ten Patty Melts in San Francisco for Around $10
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY EMPEROR NORTON’S BOOZELAND THE TENDERLOIN’S NEWEST HISTORIC DIVE. HAPPY HOUR NOON – 7PM Patty melts have been a favorite sandwich of mine before I knew they had a name. Growing up in the hood, you had one type of bread for everything: sandwich bread. Sandwich bread for hamburgers,

San Francisco is Still Confused on How to Handle Homelessness
Guest Post by Kelley Cutler from the Coalition on Homelessness I went on outreach down at the encampments today. The Sweeps are relentless these days… folks getting hit after just a day or two… told to “move along”, but there is nowhere to go. My assessment of the situation is