Arts and Culture

27 Aug 2010

Music, Drinks and Happiness at Hayes Valley Farm Tonight

Seriously, when is Hayes Valley Farm NOT having something cool going on?!  First it’s FREE produce, now it’s an end-of-summer (months, obviously.  Nothing to do with the weather) celebration.  Legally, I’m not able to use the term “celebration” unless the event I’m mentioning is employing someone who’s doing portraiture —

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
27 Aug 2010

A Broke-Ass Guide to Contraband

To save some of you the disappointment, first off, this guide is not intended for things like explosives or human kidneys. Far be it for me to favor one type of smuggling over another, but if you’re looking for help with either of those things, um, maybe you should instead

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
26 Aug 2010

Free Kayaking in Brooklyn Bridge Park

There aren’t many appealing activities that revolve around the phrase “It’s fun! But just make sure to keep your mouth shut the whole time” but kayaking is one of them and you can do it for free this weekend and next at the very spiffy Brooklyn Bridge Park. Just show

Jill S. 0
26 Aug 2010

Tomorrow Night: FREE Camp-in Movie Night with Alite and Sports Basement

For those of you who aren’t so keen on getting all dusty at Burning Man next week, but are looking for an easy way to scratch that itch to go camping, our friends at Alite Designs have something for you. Tomorrow night (that’s Friday), the Potrero Hill-based camping goods company

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
25 Aug 2010

Smell the Glove at St. Jerome’s

If you’re anything like me, you bought an iPod or MP3 player because you were sick of carrying CDs everywhere. Also, you probably decided that some albums weren’t worth converting to a digital format, and abandoned the albums you kept around for theme parties, guilty pleasure and attacks of nostalgia

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
25 Aug 2010

Roadtrippin to the Renaissance Faire

It was this past fateful rainy Sunday that I decided to make a pilgrimage to the Renaissance Faire or as I started to call it “ren faire bro”.  I was invited by some friends who decided to brave the weather and split a zip car, so I figured it certainly

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
24 Aug 2010

Music, Live Painting, and an Open Mic at Space Gallery Tonight

Truthfully, I have no idea what this party is gonna be like, but it sounds like it has the possibility to be cool.  The flyer above and this is pretty much all that was sent to me: Featured Writers: Tracy Jones April Wolfe Steven Gray Charlie Getter Glynn Washington host

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
24 Aug 2010

Tweet Your Way Into the Emmy Awards

Jimmy Fallon is hosting the boring Emmy Awards on Sunday and he’s letting folks with too much time on their hands write some of his introductions. Tomorrow (Wednesday), NBC will announce a partial list of presenters. Then it’s up to you to concoct witty intros and tweet them to Jimmy

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0