You remember the film Mad Max Fury Road, the mad chase through a post-apocalyptic desert that broke all sorts of cinematic rules and won a half a dozen Oscars?  Well, producer & dance filmmaker Kate Duhamel has produced a live action version of it to be performed in the round, chalk full

SF Opera Baritone talks upcoming Opera season and sings a bit of ACDC for us

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

I’m the managin’ editor here at Broke-Ass Stuart. When we’re not writing, editing, or publishing articles on art, culture, nightlife & progressive politics, Stuart and I are helping promote the good things in SF & NYC.  If you’re a writer, artist, or performer who would like to get your work

Oakland resident Brittney Sundquist (27 yrs) escaped what she describes as an attempted abduction by a Lyft Driver on August 23rd, 2018.  She filled a police report the next morning and posted a screenshot of the driver along with her story on a facebook post.  Britney explained that the Lyft Driver going

A fascinating new art project and Bay Area adventure is in the works, being lead by Richie Rhombus & WildKind Productions, known for creating “socially conscious art experiences for the curious, delicate, dangerous, and wild kind.”  This time they’re creating a floating, sailing experience that focuses on immigrants, immigration, food, compassion, connection

If you don’t already know about this place, you’ll never guess where it is.  Go ahead, guess.  Nope, that’s not it.  It’s not what you’re thinking, my hoa (‘hoa’ is ‘friend’ Hawaiian…I googled it).  This isn’t some new ‘secret’ tiki bar that just opened or an old classic way out in

A Uhaul truck full Burning Man supplies and fursuits was stolen this Sunday and has the furry community asking, “what kind of an animal would do such a thing?”  On August 24th Zarafa Giraffe was packing a Uhaul with fellow furries and getting ready to drive to Camp Fur in Black Rock City

The Westin St. Francis is up for sale, and its current owner is none other than the Chinese government.  Why?  Because its previous owner was Chinese insurance magnate We Xiaohui, and he was recently sentenced to 18 years in Chinese prison for fraud and embezzlement.  His Westin purchase was part