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3 days ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong |Peter Wong

Thanks to the mad campaign of the Orange Felon and his right-wing fellow travelers to wipe the existence of the LGBTQ+ community from the average American’s ken, Pride Month celebrations in June 2025 take on a greater political tinge than usual. Fortunately, Hulu’s highlights this month are more than willing to meet the challenge. There are films that take viewers into the worlds of queer rodeo and Georgian dance. Both ABBA jukebox musical movies will get an airing.

1 week ago | brokeassstuart.com | Alex Mak

In the Richmond District this May, two separate children’s playgrounds were deliberately set on fire and burned to the ground, along with an elementary school’s storage shed. Arson was clearly suspected, and neighborhood residents were on edge. But on Monday, San Francisco police arrested a man for arson and drug possession.

1 week ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

The documentaries being shown at this year’s San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (hereafter “SF DocFest”) come at a much-needed political time in America.   The majority of the Rethuglican Party and more than a few Vichy Democrats have been busily molding their public presentations of truth into whatever best serves to protect the powerful and/or promote prejudice.

1 week ago | brokeassstuart.com | Vanessa Gil

We Wanna Send you to see “Peaches Goes Bananas” on Opening Night of The San Francisco Documentary Festival at The Roxie Theater on May 29th!We want to send you to Opening Night of SF DocFest to see “Peaches Goes Bananas” at The Roxie Theater on May 29th. The 24th San Francisco Documentary Festival features 11 days of great new non-fiction films from around the world playing at the Roxie and Vogue theaters and also on demand.

2 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Vanessa Gil

Count Me In by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events EditorBottleRock is finally here! I am looking forward to a weekend rolling on my own schedule, good music (Remi Wolf, Cage the Elephant, Rebelution…just to name a few), tasty foods, the fashion, sunshine, and running into old friends & acquaintances. Of course, there’s plenty of other exciting events going on in the Bay Area, never a dull moment. Here’s what I’m looking forward to the week of 5/20 and beyond.