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Third Thursdays on Treat: Trick or Treat to the Beat
This month’s Halloween-themed night market features live taiko drumming, a pumpkin patch, and a photo op with an 8.5-foot boa! Gather your ghouls and join us October 15, 5–9 PM, at 957 Treat Ave in San Francisco. Costumes encouraged! Free and all ages, hosted by Monkeybrains + CLARO.
📝 Stuart’s Note
I went to Terror Vault last week, and honestly, it is fantastic! And I’m not just saying that because they are an advertiser (though you can get a deal through us). After doing SF’s craziest immersive haunted experience for a number of years now, I think Terror Vault has now settled into being a genuine Halloween tradition. I’m just so impressed by the quality of the costumes and stagecraft, and also the fact that Peaches Christ and crew hire like 150 local artists, and pay them well for months. If you haven’t gone yet, you absolutely should.
October 17th is The Best Free Day for Arts & Theater in SF!!!
Artists take over Clement, Circus takes over a Plaza, Ballerinas take over IKEA (lol), while Musicians and Performers take over everything else! Your guide to 10 hours of uninterrupted, art, music, and theater-filled fun is right here.
How to Pick Up Sailors at Fleet Week
Some of you hate Fleet Week with a passion. But others of you will passionately seek out “the D” at Fleet Week SF our annual celebration of loud planes, terrified house pets and attractive, buff sailors who claim to be unmarried. This article is for those of you who seek the D. Read it right here.
🗞️News From Around the Bay
Here’s our roundup of the biggest news from around the Bay this week:
The 52nd Annual Best of The Bay Awards Just Came Out!: Thousands voted in dozens of categories, now it's time to see who won the 52nd annual Readers' Poll. Hint: Broke-Ass Stuart got best website! [48Hills]
California's Once-Mighty Wine Industry is on the Ropes: California’s $84 billion-per-year wine business is struggling across the board and economists and experts agree that it’s been generations since the industry outlook has been this bleak. [SFGate]
Why is Your San Francisco Ballot Arriving in a Ripped Envelope?: Dept. of Elections is aware of reports of torn ballot envelopes, with the alleged culprit being Post Office machinery. [Mission Local]
Sheng Thao’s Trial is Next Week. Here’s Your Cheat Sheet: FBI raids and bribery allegations have sent political shockwaves through Oakland for more than two years. Now, a jury will decide the fates of Thao, Andre Jones, and the Duongs. [Oaklandside]
There's a Semi-Secret Way to Get In-N-Out Delivered: Since it’s not on the delivery apps, some enterprising folk have taken it upon themselves to offer door-to-door In-N-Out delivery on Facebook Marketplace, and the TaskRabbit knockoff site Airtasker — the latter even has its own dedicated page for In-N-Out delivery. [SFist]
San Francisco Halloween Pub Crawl
The San Francisco Halloween Pub Crawl, also known as Crawloween, is a massive multi-day Halloween event featuring dozens of bars across San Francisco, drink specials, DJs, party buses, costume contests, party favors, thousands of costumed attendees and more. The event will take place on 10/24, 10/30, 10/31 and 11/1.
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So Your No-Contact Parent is Dying
“I said my goodbyes eight years ago. This is just the past catching up with itself." Jake writes about how the long-awaited reckoning doesn't meet expectations, it rewrites them. Read the moving piece right here.
Done With Dating apps? Kindred is Bringing Back the Set-Up.
Grab your best wing-person and join us for a matchmaking mixer at Southern Pacific Brewing. Ditch swiping for an evening with SF's most eligible singles and the friends who know them best. Tickets are BOGO for $20: singles get to bring your amateur Cupid for free.
Kindred makes matchmaking easy with a free-to-join platform based on mutual connections and vetted matches. In friends we trust.
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🎥 Reel of the Week
Opinion: Why Fleet Week Can Suck It
“Fleet Week takes up room in everybody’s life. If you have important meetings on the horizon, you schedule them for the following week. Imagine taking a Zoom call during an airshow, coming off mute just to divebomb your cohort with revving jet noises.” Read the whole thing right here.
Stuff You’ve Been Missing
We know the algorithms of these tech giants don't show you all the awesome articles we write. Those bastards! It's OK though, we've got you covered with a list of the 8 best things you might have missed on the BAS site recently:
🏆️The 2nd Annual BAS Day is an Art Fair!: I'm teaming up with the Clement Street Art Fair for something really wonderful!
🏀The Valkyries’ Fight for Wins and Social Justice Beyond The Court: The Valks have developed their identity this year as a unified, ruthless defense. Beyond the court, Valkyries are using their platform to stand up for social justice, particularly trans rights, in the wake of recent comments from another WNBA player.
🥕California's $120-Per-Kid Grocery Benefit Is About to Expire: Nearly $106 million in SUN Bucks is still unspent, and each card expires 122 days after it arrives. Families who got theirs in June may have only a couple of weeks left.
🎨Indigenous Futures, Native American Artists at Haines Gallery: As the land known as the United States of America celebrates its 250th anniversary in its current iteration, Haines Gallery’s new show views this past through a different lens
🧚'Peter Pan Goes Wrong' at SF Playhouse: This play within a play skillfully draws out the laughter from the very first scene and just keeps getting better.
🎸We Asked Bands About Their Favorite Things from the Mid-2000s: We waxed nostalgic with Riot Fest artists who defined the era and those born during it!
🎤Win a Copy of Coldplay One Lens 25 Years of Photographs by Victoria Smith: We're giving away 3 copies!
🎃Best Bay Area Events 10/6-10/19: It seems Halloween starts this week in the Bay!
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