Arts and Culture
Free First Tuesdays = The Opportunity for a Cheap Date
For some reason, being smart and cultured is considered sexy. Whether you actually are these things doesn’t really matter as long as you pretend to be, or at least pretend to want to be. And that’s where museum free days come in. Pretty much all of the best museums in
FREE Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Hard-core collectors and curious amateurs like myself are flocking this weekend to the second installment of the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. Curation is key at this compact show, with organizers Gabriel Fowler (Desert Island), publisher (PictureBox), and scholar (Bill Kartalopoulos) handpicking every exhibitor. As someone who’s personally been to
Christmas Comes Early to SF with Saturday’s SantaCon 2010!
While it’s been pretty much confirmed that San Francisco’s Indian summer is over (which makes total sense because apparently now it’s December — where did 2010 go??), on the bright side, we’re SO CLOSE to Christmas! This also means SantaCon 2010 is almost here, that joyous day on which legions
Blasphemy Returns with Storybook Burlesque’s The Bible Show II
Oftentimes, the best ideas are born out of a simple question of “What if…?” In the case with Storybook Burlesque, the answer to that question tends to lead to a curious marriage of literature and, well, boobies. Storybook Burlesque this year brings back their successful 2009 production Bible Show, which answered the question of what happens
Lessons on How to (Civilly) Disobey Thoreau
It’s hard for most people to travel though life without knocking shoulders at least once with Henry David Thoreau. Somehow, and mostly via his oft-celebrated Walden, Thoreau has managed to dip his finger in every topic remotely related to A Well Lived Life. His advice on simplicity (“Simplify, simplify”), his
50% off Vintage Clothes at Room 4!!
Click here if you wanna skip the jive and get straight to the deal Ever since I started dressing myself, I’ve been wearing second hand clothes. Something about buying mass produced clothes that are supposed to be ‘œso fucking in right now’ never seemed appealing to me. But the problem
Spinagogue Smackdown at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
At this time last year, i.e. Hanukkah time, I was living in a house with Jewish roommates and freaking the freak out for eight days straight. This year, I’m in a teeny studio that barely fits my full-sized bed, let alone holiday decorations, namely a Christmas tree. The folks over
Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation
Middle school and early high school were the days before Adult Swim, high speed internet and Ren & Stimpy on DVD (well, DVDs in general), there were very few outlets to find new inappropriate cartoons. Sure, there was Duckman and Beavis and Butthead on the air, but they were hard