Come hang out with me as we celebrate The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart: 20 Years of Love, Death, and Dive Bars! This book is 21 years in the making! It’s gonna be an epic night with burlesque, drag, a circus performer, live music, a DJ, and a book reading + Q&A!

Honey Mahogany (Book Conversation + Q&A)
Per Sia (Drag)
Ashanti Altovese (Burlesque)
Landyn Endo (Circus)
Sofia & The Afterglow (Live Music)
Duserock (DJ)

This incredible event is being produced by the incomparable Stokes Live Entertainment.

(More about the performers below👇)

The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart: 20 Years of Love, Death & Dive Bars is exactly what it sounds like. Part memoir, part cultural archive, the book brings together twenty years of stories about scraping by, speaking up, and falling in and out of love with the most beautifully heartwarming and heartbreaking place in America. These 350 pages chronicle my many escapades, like running for Mayor of San Francisco, getting paid to travel the world, and hosting my own TV show, as well as my mediations on things like love, death, and of course, dive bars.

Honey Mahogany (she/they) is a performer, small business owner, and activist who grew up in San Francisco. Honey received her Masters in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley, and her work as an advocate, culture creator, and change maker has earned her recognition from the City of San Francisco; the State of California; Sainthood from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; and awards from numerous organizations including Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; The GLIDE Center for Social Justice; and the Women's Foundation of California. Honey is a co-founder and served as the inaugural Executive Director of San Francisco's Transgender District, is a founding queen of Drag Story Hour, a co-owner of the Stud Bar, and a singer with nu-metal group Commando. Currently, Honey works as the Director of the Office of Trans Initiatives in San Francisco, is Chair-Emerita of the San Francisco Democratic Party, and served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Committee in 2024.

With a pedigree from weekly performances at the late, iconic Esta Noche, Per Sia’s trajectory has gone on to include art curation, stand-up, television, and maybe a quinceañera or two, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and México. Currently she is a regular performer in the nationally acclaimed "Drag Story Hour" as well as an educator in residence at an after school arts program in the San Francisco Unified School District. She’s been profiled on KQED Arts, National Public Radio, and CNN.

Ashanti Altovese is a Playboy Bunny with the Ambrosia of Milk & Honey. She’s a published model and poet, and a creative artist that represents the “Light” as The Immortal Goddess of San Francisco, and the “Dark” as The Vampire Vixen. She wears the "crown" of the Nubian Queen, and this Gothic Griffin is here to entertain you with her flexible fitness skills in hot high heels.

Landyn (they/he) is a queer, transmasculine-of-center dancer and aerialist, specializing in lyra and silks. He graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a double major in Dance and Drama. Since graduating, he has enjoyed dancing professionally in LA and on tour with Multiplex Dance Company, helping to found the West Hollywood Dance Festival. He also had the opportunity to perform in Europe with DTM2 Improvisational Ensemble, Off-Broadway in NYC, and in Japan in “Dreaming Forward,” an artistic collaboration with choreographer Motoko Hirayama, as well as teaching dance for two years in Grenada. He has been an instructor of circus, dance, and gymnastics for 17 years, and since moving to the Bay Area can be found teaching at the San Francisco Circus Center and VRV3. He has most recently had the honor of performing in Dark Side of the Circus and Saturnalia with Bow and Arrow Circus, and premiering his aerial lamp duet in The Longest Night. Landyn has a deep passion for encouraging queer and trans youth to find their voice through movement and art.

Based in Oakland, Sofia & The Afterglow is a dream pop inspired electronic indie band. Vaporwave meets psych pop under a sunset and glitter dream. They weave lush synth textures with gorgeously emotive vocals, creating a unique sound that you don’t want to miss. 

Duserock has been bringing heat to dance floors for over two decades, opening for the likes of Katy Perry, Sting and Sheryl Crow. His ability to blend genre's and keep the crowd dancing have made him a popular DJ worldwide. He's shared bills with Doc Martin, A-Trak, Mark Farina, Marques Wyatt, Ron Trent, Eric Kupper, Sunshine Jones, Nickodemus, Miguel Migs and many more. Aside from DJing, Duserock has been spending more energy in the production realm. His roots stem from the dance act Drop Culture, a n electronic based group which received praise from dance stalwarts Pete Tong and Groove Armada. Realizing it was time to explore the depths of his personal creativity, Duserock has taken on the world of writing, remixing and is a founding member of electronic act ThrillHammer. He currently has releases on Hardkiss, Paper Recordings, Royal Soul Records, Distrito Records, Smoking' Beats and his new Imprint, Finely Tuned. The most recent tracks are making waves among luminaries in the electronic music scene and there is an air of excitement for the next few singles to drop.

This incredible event is being produced by the incomparable Stokes Live Entertainment.