Arts and Culture

25 Feb 2011

Karaoke and Dudes with Weird Muppets at Winnie’s in Chinatown

This originally appeared in Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in New York. Out of my 3 books, it is without a doubt the best. With $5 Budweisers, this place goes against one of the basic tenets of Broke-Assdom, that the cheapest beer in a place should cost no more

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
24 Feb 2011

The Future of Local Publishing at the Bay Area Book Expo!

As you are reading this post from your computer, your iPhone or another digital device, it seems like we have always had the help of our friend, the internet, to get all of our reads. Even as many of you are familiar with this website and Stuart, many of you

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23 Feb 2011

Unleash the Stop-Motion Love in Your Heart at a FREE Animation Class

Probably not a beginner’s flipbook, but whatevs. I don’t usually post about events happening in Oakland because I don’t like to think about places that are not San Francisco.  It’s almost like if I don’t think about them, they don’t exist, so if there’s ever some kind huge disaster, like

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
23 Feb 2011

Get Your Glam On – with FREE Drinks!

I will bang anything in tight pants and a wig. Yes! Finally, a reason to bust out your gold platforms and that wonderfully ugly, skin-tight polyester dress that’s been hidden in the back of your closet forever. Or maybe that mohair cat-suit you always knew would come in handy? Whatever

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22 Feb 2011

Catch Michael Showalter and Neko Case This Thursday for FREE

Depending on your generation, Michael Showalter can mean different things. For those of us old enough to remember anti-establishment MTV, you may remember him bringing youthful, Monty-Python-style frenetic sketch comedy in The State. Then there are those who will best remember him as the sincere Coop from Wet Hot American

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22 Feb 2011

Tonight! Refuse the Truffle Shuffle

You’re probably already sick of reading about Noise Pop, so let’s talk instead about chocolate: currency, status symbol, and obesity propellent. But even milk chocolate has a dark side, which tonight’s FREE Kitchen Table Talks at Viracocha will spotlight. It’s hard to maintain one’s dignity while scarfing down Dove Promises,

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
22 Feb 2011

Noise Pop Ticket Giveaway: “Family Jams” Film Screening

I know I posted about a Noise Pop movie last week, but here’s another one for Thursday, February 24, at VIZ Cinema. And this time, you can win two FREE tickets! The Family Jams is a documentary about a 2004 music tour of three of freak-folk’s freakiest folks: SF’s own

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21 Feb 2011

FREE Party Tonite at Bender’s for Industry Workers Only – The 6th Annual SF Mid-Winter Barworkers Ball!

Well, my fellow colleagues of the city’s gin bins, it’s happened again.  Another holiday season has come and gone and now we find ourselves in the always-pleasant slump that follows.  What to do?  Why drink, of course! Tonight come congratulate yourself on a job well done and one more year under your belt serving

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