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Local Writers Honor the Life of SF Chronicle Cartoonist Don Asmussen
If you’ve cracked a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle in the last 20 years, you’ve probably been graced by the sharp wit of Don Asmussen. Asmussen’s comics were featured in Time and The New Yorker before he was hired by the San Francisco Examiner editor Phil Bronstein in 1995.
The Best Art Parties, Street Fests & Shows in San Francisco
There is an explosion of fun, artsy events happening in San Francisco this time of year. 5 weekends of art fairs, artist hosted parties, as well as music and literary themed festivals. It’s October in SF, so it’s time to get out there and mix it up with thousands of artists, makers, movers and
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
The Noise Pop Smorgasbord has Nearly Everything You’ve Ever Wanted
Well it’s that time of year again. The Noise Pop Festival is celebrating its 25th year (holy smokes!) and because of that they’ve added one last really cool FREE event to the lineup, the Sunday Smorgasbord. And even to my cranky jaded self it sounds pretty fucking cool. Here’s the rundown
We wanna give you a free copy of a book about Bruce Lee in San Francisco!
‘Striking Distance: Bruce Lee and the Dawn of Martial Arts in America.‘ This book chronicles the formative days of a young Bruce Lee amid the heated atmosphere of the trailblazing martial arts scene on San Francisco Bay. Charles Russo is an award-winning journalist based in San Francisco. He is
This Week’s Events | San Francisco + New York
Rad Upcoming SF Events ArtSpan THU. 10/15 | 7:00PM @ SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER Join us for a taste of art, games, wine, and stimulating discussion at the SF Open Studios Exhibition, featuring over 400 artworks from SF Open Studios Artists in diverse mediums. Please your palette with wine
Local Legend of the Week: Author Michelle Tea
We here at BrokeAssStuart.com like to show love to the people who make cities like San Francisco and New York special. That’s why we’re doing a series called Local Legend of the Week. This is our chance to hip you to some of the strange, brilliant, and unique folks who populate
Get LitUp for Litcrawl Saturday October 15th
If you haven’t had a chance to checkout one of Litquake’s amazing events you are running out of time. In fact this weekend happens to be your last chance. As a completely unbiased and objective observer I’m going to have to recommend the readings taking place this Saturday at Revolution
Litquake 2011 Brings the Awesome (and FREE) Literary Events
October means the beginning of Fall, Halloween, harvests, unaturally hot weather in the Bay, and most importantly, the Litquake Literary Festival. Literature fiends can go full geek and see a crapload of literary events around the city, culminating in the ultimate event: Litcrawl. Think of a bar crawl, except