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14 Jan 2011

Exercise Your Imagination at this Year’s Air Sex World Championships

Of all the extremely compelling things about the east coast regionals of this year’s Air Sex World Championships, few are more humorous than the subtle irony in the event occurring on the same date as the first Nerd Nite of the year. The two events may not be mutually exclusive in terms of their fanbases, but

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13 Jan 2011

Broke-Ass of the Week – Photographer Alyssa Jones

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

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13 Jan 2011

FREE Enjoy the Lap of Luxury at Hotel Sunday Movie Nights

Since blizzard number two hit the city, New Yorkers have kicked into hibernation mode which usually includes more than your average amount of movie nights. Escape cabin fever and enjoy free screenings of under the radar films in a more pleasing environment than your shabby futon. Both the hipster hostel

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13 Jan 2011

Gruff Rhys and Eleanor Friedberger Tonight at Rockwood Music Hall

In case your morning began with this shudder-inducing  video of a rat crawling on a sleeping man in the subway like mine did, you better do something awesome tonight to justify living here to yourself once again. Fortunately, Super Furry Animals frontman/awesome documentary maker Gruff Rhys (pronounced Griff Rees) and

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12 Jan 2011

FREE Arrested Development TV Party

In New York, there is an outlet for you to be any type of nerd you want to be. Case and point: The Bell House‘s TV Parties. Extreme fandom is no longer just for Sci Fi shows, their party on Thursday night is celebrating the first season of Arrested Development,

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12 Jan 2011

Token up at Brooklyn Brewery

I find it way easier to spend things that represent money than actual money, even though it takes actual money to get the things that represent it. Which is a confusing way of saying I think it’s pretty awesome that Brooklyn Brewery uses wooden tokens as currency for beer, and

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11 Jan 2011

Get Lucky Enough to See Wyatt Cenac for FREE

You know all those stand-up specials you watch on TV? They’re the shows that comedians roll out their best material at after weeks/months/years of honing their funny. Whenever there’s a cut from the comedian to the audience they always seem to be in tears, getting the best of the best

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