Artist you should know

02 Mar 2023

San Francisco’s ‘Bucket Man’ has Died at Age 64

Whether you recognize the name “Bucket Man’ or not, you’ll definitely recognize what he sounded like.  For decades Larry “The Bucket Man” Hunt played drums, buckets, pots, and frying pans downtown San Francisco, usually near the Powell Street Bart entrances, you know, where the Westfield Centre, Bart station, and the

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20 Feb 2023

Time traveling through The Compass Rose at Fort Mason

There is an incredible display of historic resonance in Gallery 308 at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) these days, an exhibition of meticulously crafted sculpture along with video and sound works, by the self-described time traveler, Sunny A. Smith. 

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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16 Feb 2023

New 2121 Art Space is a Thoughtful Collaboration

A new art space has opened its doors in the Mission District. 2121 Art Space is a thoughtful collaboration by Lori Grissom and Charles Cunningham, founders of Art Collector’s Forum.

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03 Feb 2023

This House in SF is a Massive Immersive Art Experience

This article is made possible by our supporters on Patreon. You too can help keep BrokeAssStuart.com alive by joining right here. On a tree-lined street of San Francisco, there is a surprisingly delightful wonder-filled house. The Gregangelo Museum is a home which has been transformed into a living museum and

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02 Feb 2023

Meet Marcel Pardo Ariza: Curator, Educator, & Trans Visual Artist You Should Know

The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place.  Marcel Pardo Ariza is quite a hard artist to miss these days in the best possible way. They

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29 Dec 2022

2022 Broke-Ass Stuart Team Adventures Captured by One Photographer

Scrolling through the endless array of images on Instagram was one of my favorite past times several years ago. Things have morphed into a world of 7-second videos that are much too easily to consume in one-hour mindless increments. However, still imagery is irreplaceable. It is a moment in time

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13 Dec 2022

The Philosophy of Underground Legend Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman is a superstar, he doesn’t act like a superstar, but he definitely shines like one. He’s low-key and cool, he doesn’t have social media and isn’t connected to the internet all the time like the rest of us. He is present, making art and music. Living in the

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08 Dec 2022

The Mother Daughter Duo Handing out Socks to the Unhoused

For the last 3 Christmases, a mother-daughter duo has hopped on their sleigh and rode around Christmas Eve, handing out new socks to the folks living on the streets of San Francisco. Darnel Tasker and her daughter Zoe started the tradition during the quarantined Christmas of 2020, as a way

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