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09 Nov 2009

Broke Ass Band Interview: Girls in Trouble

Living in New York, I’ve seen and heard my fair share of bands. And since the low-fi, garage sound has been dominating the Brooklyn music scene for so long now, it’s always refreshing to hear a classically trained musician who doesn’t shoe gaze through their whole set. Multi-instrumentalist, scholar, teacher,

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09 Nov 2009

Samosa Crawl and FREE Chuck Klosterman Reading

Have you ever woken up and thought: “Damn, I really wish I understood what is was like to be a hunter-gatherer, but the closet thing I can do in New York is dumpster diving. Or foraging through a park, but I don’t feel like fighting pigeons and ferrel cats over

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08 Nov 2009

Free Admission to the Jewish Contemporary Museum, TODAY!

I’m still wiping the makeup off my face as we speak to hopefully get ready for the Indie Mart and not look like a hot mess. If you’re not into super amazing parties on Sundays that include fantastic bloody marys to edge off of your hungover state, today is another

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08 Nov 2009

A Chili Cook-Off with Ms.Pac Man

At first glance, it may seem I’m using this website purely as a vehicle for posting delicious food photos, and on one hand that may be true. On the other, I tend to get worked up over free food events in my area.  Nothing quite tops off a brisk weekend

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
08 Nov 2009

Sick of the Flu?

The Flu.  Influenza.  Seasonal Flu.  Swine Flu.  Avian Flu.  Asiatic Flu.  H1N1. Gastroenteritis.  Flu Pandemic.  I know’ You are sick of hearing about the flu.  You’ve been oversaturated beyond belief and don’t even want to hear another fear-based scare tactic report on the virus.  However, let’s face it.  When you’re

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07 Nov 2009

Broke-Ass Bulletin for the Week of November 7th!

Welcome to the Broke-Ass Bulletin, a post designed to keep you up on cool shit you may have missed in the last week. Since we’ve all finally recovered from Halloween, here is some news to finally wipe off that clown mask once and for all. [No, really, do it. You’re

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07 Nov 2009

KingCon: A Brooklyn Comic and Animation Convention

Like Comics?  Like Animation?  Live in Brooklyn?  KingCon is where you need to be this weekend!   Today and Sunday, head down to Kings County to the Brooklyn Lyceum, a century-old NYC Public Bath house turned event and performance space, and soak in the creative juices of Brooklyn’s finest.  There will

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