13 Jul 2011

DIY Inspiration: Renegade Craft Fair

If you didn’t go to the Renegade Craft Fair at Fort Mason this past weekend then you definitely missed out. Or you live outside the Bay Area (in which case, you’re still missing out – snap!). Either way, you know I was there taking in all the DIY crafty love

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10 Jun 2011

The Folk Revival Takes Brooklyn for the Third Time

Are you tired of electronica, metal, hip-hop, free jazz, bebop, noise music, classic rock, indie-rock, and everything else that mankind has created after the end of prohibition? Are you so tired of society, technology and the future that you don’t have a cell phone? Do you write on a typewriter,

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07 Jun 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: The Sandwitches (TONIGHT at the Independent, Kelly Malone Fundraiser)

Kelly Malone is a BrokeAssStuart.com VIP. A fearless entrepreneur and champion of the DIY movement, Kelly is the wizard behind SF’s premiere craft fair, Indie Mart, and SF’s favorite DIY hub, Workshop. Tonight the Independent hosts Kelly Malone vs. The “C” Word, a benefit show to help Kelly raise funds

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06 Jun 2011

Help Kelly Malone Kick Cancer’s Ass on Thursday!

SO by now you probably know about Kelly Malone, the DIY Queen of SF, and her mission to beat the shit out of the evil, crazy expensive cancer that’s come back around to creep on her like an ex who just doesn’t get the hint.  We told you how to

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04 May 2011

The Bayou’s in Brooklyn: Cajun Music Festival

The Redhook waterfront isn’t very bayou-like. The closet you’ll see to a catfish is a rat that fell in the water, and Ikea doesn’t stock itself with Cyprus trees. But this weekend, The Jalopy Music Theatre is going to be alive with the man made sounds of the bayou. The

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50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!

We wrote about the 6 rad reasons why shopping for glasses on GlassesUSA.com will change the way you buy glasses forever. You can read about that here. But here's the important part: YOU GET 50% OFF + free shipping on your first pair of frames. Click to find out more!

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04 May 2011

DIY Stencils

Image Courtesy Workshop.com If you’ve lived in San Francisco for any length of time you probably know Jeremy Novy’s Koi fish stencils – in fact, it’d be hard not to notice them since there are over 2,000 koi stencils spread throughout the city. I have a particular fondness for the

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21 Apr 2011

Dance Your Heart Out for FREE Starting Friday!

America’s largest dance week hits the Bay Area for 10 days of intense body movin’ starting tomorrow. From April 22 –May 1 there will be over 400 FREE dance events across the entire Bay Area. We’re talking all types of dance styles you can think of including:  Scottish dancing, salsa,

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30 Mar 2011

Help Japan, Dye Some Fabric

If there’s one thing that can make a 9.0 earthquake more terrifying, it’s meltdown at a nuclear power plant. While you probably don’t have a spare helicopter or nuclear physicist to lend to Japan, you can help the earthquake relief effort by taking a Shibori workshop. The Textile Arts Center

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