Arts and Culture

31 Jul 2011

Be a Broke Ass…With Class!

Being broke does not mean you have to miss live performances, musical and otherwise. Today, in its 74th consecutive season, Stern Grove Festival presents the San Francisco Ballet. Today, the San Francisco Ballet will take the stage in the Concert Meadow at 2:00p.m. for what is sure to be an

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30 Jul 2011

Go Fly a Kite!.. in Berkeley!…This Weekend!

Do you have a friend running the SF marathon on Sunday? Is that friend making you feel lazy and question your current life philosophy of Playstation and Pawn Stars? Well screw them you should go fly a kite…literally. This weekend Highline Kites of Berkeley is sponsoring the 26th annual Berkeley

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28 Jul 2011

Volunteer for FREE Outside Lands Tickets!

Don’t happen to have an extra $200 to splurge on the three-day music festival, Outside Lands, next month in Golden Gate Park? Well, me neither. For those of you itching to see Phish, MGMT, Arcade Fire, Muse and the Black Keys (to name a few) – there is still hope

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28 Jul 2011

4-Star Theatre – An Outer Richmond Survivor

In the land of Netflix, the neighborhood theater is a dying breed. As can be seen by the recent passing of San Francisco’s iconic repertory theater The Red Vic it is becoming increasingly difficult for theaters to put butts in the seats. However The 4-Star Theater on Clement has outlasted

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25 Jul 2011

Young, Broke & Beautiful… now on IFC!

Come check out my new show on IFC, Fridays 11/10C!

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23 Jul 2011

Indie Mart Returns on Sunday, July 24th!

After a far too long hiatus Indie Mart is back with a vengeance this weekend at Thee Parkside in Portrero Hill. It appears that summer is finally upon us, and in San Francisco that means you have the wonderful dilemma of trying to decide which awesome outdoor events you will

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22 Jul 2011

Broke-Ass Giveaway: Tix to Advanced Screening of ‘The Devil’s Double’

Like FREE advanced movie screenings? So do we. And this one on Wednesday, July 27, for Lionsgate’s The Devil’s Double, opening in select theaters August 5, sounds like the Scarface of Arabia: check out the trailer on the movie’s Facebook page. Basically an Iraqi army lieutenant is commissioned to be

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