Arts and Culture

08 Sep 2011

The True Stories Lounge: Awesome Essayists at the Make-Out Room

So I’m broke and don’t have cable (cause you know, I can just watch it online if I really wanted to, I mean…what? [insert mischievous smirk here] ). So I’ve been reading a lot more lately. Well, not just because I don’t have cable, but because I’m actually a freelance

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06 Sep 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: You Are Plural (Tonight @ Bottom of the Hill)

You are Plural is comprised of Jen Grady (cello, vocals) and Ephriam Nagler (Wurlitzer, piano, vocals), two of the loveliest people and most creative musicians I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. I reviewed their debut album a few months ago on SFGate. Here’s what I said (and yes, I’m quoting

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
03 Sep 2011

Podcasts: Recommendations from a Broke-Ass

Podcasts were practically invented for Broke-Asses. Podcasts have motivated me to exercise, made a work commute less boring, being stuck in traffic slightly less rage-inspiring, kept me motivated during mind-numbing jobs, and kept me from depression during bouts of unemployment. Listening to a podcast when with a boyfriend/girlfriend can avoid

Robin Hardwick - Cost-Conscious Connoisseur 0
02 Sep 2011

Your Monthly Cycle: SF Bike Party Strikes Again

Struck by bike fever like the rest of this city? You’re in luck — a veritable horde of steel stallions is coming your way this Friday.  While most folks are currently bartering in the nude in Black Rock City, a dogged band of holdouts has stayed behind in San Francisco

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01 Sep 2011

Pan Theater: Cheap Improv Comedy

“Can I get a suggestion for an occupation? Dentist, thank you, I heard dentist.” and thus starts an improv show. However, Pan Theater doesn’t put on the typical improv show. Absent are the corny, Whose Line Is It Anyway? games. Pan Theater specializes in long -form improv; narrative stories that

Robin Hardwick - Cost-Conscious Connoisseur 0
29 Aug 2011

Tonight! SF Is Deserted; Celebrate with a Giants Game

In case you missed that memo, most of the rest of the free world is trekking out to the desert for Burning Man. This leaves the rest of us sane folks here in the city with little to do. But it also leaves tonight’s SF Giants game to attend without

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
28 Aug 2011

Your New, Replaceable Best Friends: Fishy, and Three Bucks

. Summer’s wrapping up. Pretty soon the call to begin hibernation will sound, and I, for one, plan on rewatching all my library movies and switching over to a steady diet of popcorn with nutritional yeast to make up for the mounting overdue fees. The only thing missing from this

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