Persia

The Moonlighting Variety Show is Happening in Person on April Fool’s Day!
Moonlighting has been one of the best variety shows in San Francisco for long time and I’m super excited to share that they are finally back and happening live at the Midway on April Fool’s Day! There will be burlesque, drag, clowning, music, live painting and more! Plus it’s all

BAS PRIDE 2017: PRIDE IN PICTURES!
Well, queerest Broke-Ass Stuart readership, by now we hope that you have fully recovered form what was likely one of the memorable Pride’s to date. Though there was no overturning of homophobic laws set against the backdrop of sweeter days, our current era of darkness has ignited flames of hope

The 2023 SF Wine Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the 2023 SF Wine Passport! There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. You get 2-for-1 glasses of wine at 23 of SF’s finest locally owned bars and restaurants for only $39.95! It honestly doesn’t get much better than that. And after the

Anticipating Pride Safety Concerns and Much More
Vibrant polychromatic greetings, queerly beloved BAS readership!! We now find ourselves on Pride Wednesday, and although there has been many a kick-off party and Frameline reel unspooled thus far, now things begin to ratchet toward the fever pitch that will be this weekend. We here at BAS, however, would like

black_glitter_high_school_re_union at virgil’s sea room!! (12/5)
As we’ve often surmised before, a quick glance at San Francisco on any given day is essentially an inventory of things we’ve lost. Sure, the legacy business closures and demolitions are reams long, but even longer and more crushing is the list of citizens expunged by either economic or even lethal force.

City Not For Sale: Drag & DJ Beer Bust for CASA Saturday @ 5:00 p.m. (10/17)
In the current citywide catastrophe, the Franciscans most at peril are most often the little ones. From SFUSD to CCSF, educators struggle to keep kids from falling through the cracks every day. SF’s Rooftop School is a haven for our town’s burgeoning creatives and when class is out the tutelage

¡Miercoles Gigante!- Snapshots From Galería de la Raza Fundraiser
Few nights have been as warm, gorgeous and amazing as the fundraiser that Hard French threw for the Galería de la Raza this past August 19th, ¡Miercoles Gigante! Persia slayed as emcee and Executive Director Ani Rivera brought on a few teardrops with her heartfelt thanks and impassioned words on

Mission United Por Vida: Hard French’s ¡Miercoles Gigante! @ El Río (8/19)
The power of one image has defined this entire summer on 24th Street and likely will for many to come, temporal as it may be. When Manuel Paul’s Por Vida was unveiled on June 13th, not only did it provide the perfect bookend to Amy Martínez, Vero Majano and Kari

BAS Pride in Pictures 2015
Sf Pride 2015 was one roller coaster of a ride! History was made when the Supreme Court finally handed down its much-belated decision that marriage was a right for all and that love reigned even more supreme than itself. Yet the struggle at home was just as real as it