Alex Mak - Managing Editor

03 Aug 2017

Anchor Steam Bought by Japanese Brewer

The brewery most identified with San Francisco is now in Japanese hands.  Anchor Brewing Company officially announced today that Sapporo Holdings Limited will be acquiring the company with “plans to continue Anchor’s traditions and legacy in San Francisco while growing the brand globally.” Sapporo is a global beer distributor founded in 1876

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27 Jul 2017

What would you do if you didn’t have to work?

We at Broke-Ass Stuart are always keeping our eyes open for weird and wonderful things in the Bay Area.  This city’s mystique was built and maintained by cultural outliers, by innovative artist and engineers, and by new and strange ideas.  The idea of a universal basic income isn’t new to the

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25 Jul 2017

Is this SF’s Hottest Summer Ever? We Asked a Meteorologist

July in San Francisco is famous for being full of fog, wind, and tourists from Wisconsin buying several ‘I Heart SF‘ windbreakers and huddling together for warmth in a Peet’s Coffee.  If you’ve lived in San Francisco long, you may have noticed that the last two summers have been surprisingly…not freezing cold.  I live

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25 Jul 2017

Heather Robinson : Artist You Should Know

The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights artists before they exhibit their work somewhere awesome, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Meet Heather Robinson at Secession Art & Design for its 10th Anniversary show & artist party

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18 Jul 2017

Mission Artist Studio Loses Lease, Art Sell-off to Follow

The artists at Workspace Limited Art Studios have been priced out after 13 years.  Yet another creative space for working artists has been sold to the highest bidder in the Mission.  In the words of the Cultural Space Coalition: “Sadly, this update announces that Sharon and Flora’s studio building is CLOSING! Unfortunately,

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13 Jul 2017

The Best Art Parties, Festivals, and Fairs in San Francisco Right Now

Oh boy! Oh boy!  There’s a bunch of fun, interesting, artsy extravaganzas happening all over San Francisco this July. The next couple weeks are garden parties, world class workshops, world records, opera auditions, and of course music, dancing & costumes all over the place.  It’s time to get out there and mix it up with

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11 Jul 2017

A Night to Help Rocket Dog Rescue

As you may have heard, Pali Boucher, founder of Rocket Dog Rescue, was violently mugged last month. Besides her personal belongings the thieves also got away with all the donations she’d collected at a Rocket Dog fundraiser earlier in the evening. For those unfamiliar, Rocket Dog Rescue is a “San Francisco Bay Area

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