Start off the first weekend of 2014 with these off-the-wall events!!! 15th Annual Mr. Lower East Side Beauty Pageant at the Cake Shop For the last 15 years the self-proclaimed Bob Barker of the Lower East Side, Rev Jen Miller, has hosted the Mr. Lower East Side Beauty Pageant. It’s

Did you know that nearly 100 hundred years ago most of New York’s transit system was developed through something known as the Dual Contracts? According to the New York Transit Museum, they were “agreements that dictated the construction, rehabilitation and operation of the rapid transit lines in New York City.”

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

Guess who’s back? It’s New York’s own Fortress of Attitude! Pat Stango, Clayton Gumbert and Gregg Zehentner are hosting another laugh-out-loud apartment comedy show tonight. And guess what? Your broke-ass is invited to laugh, get wasted, and make good used of their liquid soap. (I’m told they have buckets of

After a brief hiatus and a spectacular first season, Chris Rose and company are back at Brooklyn’s Pine Box Rock Shop on Friday, October 11th for another installment of Late Night Basement. As always, you can expect an entertaining monologue from Chris Rose and a great comedic lineup, however, this

  Once a year, as the day’s light develops its golden October hue, Castro Street takes on a look akin of yesteryear, when bronzed boys hung out of listing Victorians and a sea of the Eureka Valley’s villagers grooved amongst the beer gardens and cotton candy booths below. True, the

Are there any North Californians in New York? Of course you guys are here. Great news! Lagunitas Brewing Company is hosting NorCal Comedy Night at the best comedy club in New York City, The Stand. The show will feature some of the best comedians from Northern California including stand-up comedy

The Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society will be at Littlefield tonight performing Fleetwood Mac’s landmark 1979 album, Tusk.  This unique band blends members from The War on Drugs, Papas Fritas, Pernice Brothers, Buried Beds, Nightlands, and Danielson. Having first performed Tusk in its entirety in 2010 at Boston, Brooklyn, and Philly,

It was on a cold damp evening, 133 years ago that His Imperial Majesty, Joshua Abraham Norton I entered immortality on the steps of Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Chinatown. The city wept in great frenzy and many have kept his devotion in the many years since, one such devotee being