Arts and Culture

23 Jun 2010

Times Square to Become Bubble Battle Central This Saturday

Glinda arrived via bubbles. Bert and Ernie got groovy (when the cameras stopped rolling, of course) with a bath full of bubbles. And the late Michael Jackson used to wear Bubbles like a backpack. (Yeah, I know one of those is not like the others, but this isn’t the SATs.

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22 Jun 2010

The San Francisco Columbarium

Back before the turn of the 20th century most of the Richmond was taken up by cemeteries. A 1901 law made it illegal to bury the dead in city limits and in the 30’s all the graves were relocated to Colma, where they now remain.  The Columbarium, built in 1897,

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
22 Jun 2010

Vote for Broke-Ass!!

It’s time again for the SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Contest.  I really like winning stuff, so I’d appreciate your help in getting me voted best something.  “Best Local Website” would be awesome if you dig what me and Team Broke-Ass have been throwing down for you, or “Best Local

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22 Jun 2010

Free HAPA Show at Stern Grove

“Hapa” is a Hawaiian word that means half Hawaiian, half white, but it has been adopted by most Asian-American cultures to just mean “half white, half Asian.” I happen to look super hapa, which was extremely helpful while growing up on Kauai. No one messed with me on “Kill Haole

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
22 Jun 2010

Play Me I’m Yours: NYC Street Pianos Project

Writing for any New York based blog, you’re required to stay on top of all the cool events that are happening in the city. And while my list of bookmarks is the length of a phone book, sometimes you notice cool things just by walking by. Every day I walk

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
21 Jun 2010

Watch the USA vs Algeria Game for FREE at City Hall

Sure you could watch the World Cup from the comfort of your living room, or you could wake up even earlier, go downtown and watch the game from the comfort of a bunch of homeless peoples’ living room: Civic Center Plaza! So far the US has managed to neither win

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
20 Jun 2010

FREE Shakespeare in the Park

I always thought of Al Pacino as being middle-aged, like in his early retirement years. This was before I wiki’d him and discovered he is 70 YEARS OLD. One foot in the grave, basically. So it seems urgent to make it to Shakespeare in the Park this summer. Pacino stars

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
20 Jun 2010

SF Bike Coalition Happy Hour Monday + Register with Mikes on Bikes

To kick off  pride this week the SF Bike Coalition will be hosting a LGBTQ meet and greet happy hour at Duboce Café for all those queers that like to get from point A to point B on wheels and their own steam. Duboce Café will be donating 10% of

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0