Arts and Culture

21 Feb 2011

Tonight! Let’s Watch “Inside Job” and Then Riot

We weren’t born into the broke-ass caste; the wealthy jerk class forced us into lives of penny-pinching and PBR. But you don’t have to take my word for it: Go see Charles Ferguson‘s Inside Job tonight at the Red Vic Movie House. This two-hour documentary by the older Brian Boitano

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

FREE Screening of Godfather I and II

Topping the list of things I’d never like to find in my bed: Carrot Top, a fragile glass test tube containing plague bacteria and anything dead or decapitated. But old school beauty parlor chair would be my first choice of chair to sit in while watching someone else awake to

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
20 Feb 2011

FREE Fancy Pants Chocolate and Factory Tour

Alaskan Giant Chocolate Waterfall, only relevant because it’s a picture of chocolate. When I was a kid I was pretty stoked on watching how they made chocolate in the back of the Ghiradelli Soda Fountain. My sister and I would run to check it out while we counted down the

Jessica Longo - Two-Bit Reporter 0
20 Feb 2011

A League of Your Own — a Guide to SF Adult Sports

Remember this movie? Yeah, I don’t really either. Spring’s a-comin’ in just a few short weeks, and you know what that means — WINTER WEATHER FOR SIX MORE MONTHS!  Not really.  Well, maybe really, but spring also signals the beginning of many adult sport leagues in the city (because usually

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
19 Feb 2011

Off to the Lodge for Presidents Day!

The “rain, rain and more rain” forecast for the three-day-weekend kinda ruined my plans to go out of town. Dissatisfied with my assumed fate of having a mellow weekend at home watching black-and-white movies, trying out new recipes with the veggies I got in my Farm Fresh to You box

Heidi Smith - The Ultimate Scavenger 0
19 Feb 2011

Texas State Fair at the Bell House

As part of their monthly state fair series, The Bell House is celebrating the lone star state with a epic hootenanny any Texan would be proud of. Score discounted drinks with a Texas ID or spin the prize wheel to win free drinks and tickets to upcoming shows. Show off

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
19 Feb 2011

Broke-Ass Porn: Foreign Money

Once a week we present Broke-Ass Porn. It’s visually stimulating material for the financially impaired. If this shit doesn’t get you going, you’re not as broke as you thought.

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

The Party’s Still in LIC: PS1 Saturday Sessions

Among many things, PS1 is well-known for convincing Manhattanites to take the 7 train for over 10 years. You can tell something big is going on: the nervous energy on the subway platform is palpable and fingers trace the purple line on the map to count the stops. They descend

Jill S. 0