Classes

20 Jul 2017

City Secrets : Free Horticulture & Floristry Classes for City Residents

I just took a class this summer called Introduction to Environmental Horticulture which was taught by Malcolm Hillan and it was so engaging, interesting and fun. The course consisted of lecture time, hands-on learning in the department’s gardens and greenhouses, and included some field trips too.

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29 Jun 2017

The Basic First Aid Moves You Should Know

You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again: it’s better to be safe than sorry. In a time in our country’s history, where the future of our health care is on such shaky ground, we need to take care of each other. We need to look out for one

Kit Friday -Mild in the Streets 0
10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
13 Oct 2014

The Community Music Center: A Hidden Gem with Sliding Scale Music Classes

Full Disclosure: I let the folks at CMC write this one up because I really believe in what they do and I’m too slammed to write this up myself. Just when you thought everything in SF was changing (read: getting more expensive), there is a music school based in the

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
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25 Apr 2013

FREE Fitness in NYC: Now Shameless!

Quick quiz for my ladies: Your idea of working out most resembles: A) Fergie in – what else – her “Fergalicious” music video B) Hannah jogging – er, attempting to jog – in Girls C) Kristin Wiig and Maya Rudolph’s characters in “Bridesmaids” You probably answered “C” because you’re reading

Rene Beight - Femme Frugale 0
28 Sep 2012

Leave Your Damn Apartment!

Unemployment is hard. Job hunting is a job in itself without the pay and the benefits. However like having a regular job it takes entirely too much of your time and you kind of hate your boss sometimes. Currently, I am looking for work and I spend a majority of

May S. - Couch-Change Spelunker 0
15 Jun 2012

FREE College in NYC: A Ghosting Guide

Sam is 25. He graduated in 2009 and now works as a freelance production assistant. When he is not working, he is reading socialist literature with his friend Carl, in the smallest two-person apartment in the Lower East Side. He also goes the New School for free as a ghost

Jules Owen - Wandering Wastrel 0
14 Jun 2011

Breaking: Sports and Alcohol DO Mix

Do you like sports? Did you enjoy watching the Miami Heat lose? Do you have no idea what I’m talking about but enjoy FREE food and drinks? Then San Francisco Professional Career Network‘s social tonight at the Potrero Hill Sports Basement is for you! Sports Basement is offering FREE beer,

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
10 Mar 2011

March Wellness Week: March 21-27

As someone who will go to the shadiest nail places in town just to get a good discount, I’m not exactly a spa savvy person. It’s hard to fit massages and manicures into a tight budget. After all, it is the ultimate indulgence. But what better way to beat down

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0