The merry crew of Hard French is pulling up anchor from the river and sailing to Potrero Hill this weekend, as the official arbiters of fun for the Out Loud Comedy Festival Wrap Party.  Usual dancing to the discos is at perennial garden spot, El Rio, but the port for

Screenprinting, fermenting, hot-gluing, oh my! This month is like a DIY lover’s entry to Oz, a land where everything is more colorful because of spraypaint, mosaic tiles, and vintage fabric. Did you read that NY Times article about how we can’t grow up and get “real” jobs? Well, I don’t

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

The d.i.y., rock’n’roll circus is back and better than ever this month! July’s Indie Mart at Thee Parkside will be the best yet with tons of the stuff you know and love and more new stuff than ever! That dude Broke-Ass Stuart will there be doing Broke-Ass Crafts so you

While I like to think of myself as this fly girl who regularly hob knobs with up and coming musicians, I think that sentence right there proves my terminally uncoolness, and the importance of having creative friends. I first heard about Hypernova, as I usually hear about these things, in

Okay, it’s been awhile since you heard, er, read my voice but I figured you missed me.  Didn’t you?  You keep thinking, “Where is Monica the Intern?”  Right?  I knew it. But I digress. The real reason I showed back up here on this little soapbox is to tell you

Sure, I spend a lot of time writing about food, my feelings and the dog from my favorite commercial ever, but buried deep in the recesses of my brain, there’s a bestseller brewing.  I can feel it.  A real page-turner about a sassy, twenty-something broke-ass who works in cafes all

It’s no secret that I’ve got mad love for the Indie Mart.  That’s my crew!  And while I won’t be there participating this time around, I still gotta rep it because it’s the shit! This Sunday, November 8th will be the last outdoor Indie Mart of the season.  If you’ve

It’s that time again kids. And I gotta say, our gorgeous lady of ceremonies has outdone herself again.  You think that the Indie Mart can’t get any better?  I mean, check it out.  It already has badass vendors selling amazing stuff, it has Stu and I talking shit in one