latest

18 Nov 2010

Stonybrook 2010: The Future of the Babysitter’s Club

As much as I loathe logging on to Facebook and immediately discovering what Edie Falco character, French pastry or WWII general each of my friends are, The Facebook Quiz “Which Babysitter’s Club Character Are You?” has spawned a sort of creative juggernaut in my brain. The discussion of the quiz

BAS Writers 0
18 Nov 2010

FREE Judah Friedlander Book-Signing and Stand-Up

Have you ever wanted to beat up a ninja? Or maybe a ninja riding on top of a dinosaur that you encounter in a dark alley? Then be sure to pick up Judah Friedlander’s new book “How to Beat Up Anybody: An Instructional & Inspirational Karate Manual” or HTBAUAIIKM for

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
17 Nov 2010

FREE Concert Alert: See the Black Lips, Thee Oh Sees and Bare Wires

Look, I know this concert isn’t until December, but it’s one of those sponsored-by-a-liquor company deals where you have to RSVP ahead of time. Which you should do. Right here. Because if you don’t and you get turned away from a FREE concert that you had plenty of notice about

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
17 Nov 2010

FREE Craft Night at NYC Resistor

I’ve been saying since college that I’m going to have a weekly craft night for my friends. I keep failing for a multitude of reasons: people get busy, apartments are small, I have to work, I ran out of hot glue, I forgot to buy more googlely eyes, etc. Instead

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
17 Nov 2010

Party With Ashkon, The Giants “Don’t Stop Believing” Video Guy, at Manor West!

No one in San Francisco wants the Giants World Series excitement to be over — especially our livers.  Our poor organs are clearly going through withdrawals from not drinking heavily enough after the big win and this must be remedied.  Most of us are looking to Spring Training in March

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
17 Nov 2010

Cool, Crafty Things You Can Do With Your Old CD Cases

I have been waiting a long time to do this: After finally figuring out a way to salvage 56Gb of music off my dying laptop, I’m officially going digital. Those 900+ cds that have been taking up way too much space in the corner of the living room? Yeah, they’re

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0
17 Nov 2010

Soft Spot, Where Everybody Knows Your Name

New Yorkers go to a lot of bars. Mostly because there are more bars in NYC than people (maybe), and we don’t have to drive so we can get as drunk as we want any time we damn well please. But finding a bar you actually want to go back to

Jill S. 0

Gimme Your Stinkin' Email

So I can send you awesome freebies, weird events, incredible articles, and gold doubloons (note: one of these is not true).

Donate

Please Support Our Work - The only thing that keeps us going is support from readers like you. Every contribution makes a huge difference.

DONATE NOW