Arts and Culture

28 Sep 2010

Netflix Brooklyn Favorites

I don’t know about you, but every time I browse through the “Local Favorites for Brooklyn, NY” sections of Netflix, I’ve maybe seen 4 movies out of like 20 (especially with the Instantly Viewable ones, eeek!!). I consider myself to be a fairly knowledgeable/avid movie watcher, but I’m just wondering

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
27 Sep 2010

OCD Lecture: Flesh Lights and Other Toys from Japan

There comes a time in everyday when your mind wanders into the gutter and you start thinking things like, “Gee, I wish I knew more about the history and current trends of Japanese masturbatory aid technology.” Pete’s Candy Store can answer all your questions. Tonight, they’re starting back up the

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
26 Sep 2010

An Allegory for Life on the Dirty Paws of A Cat

Animal Control doesn’t handle cats. This is what I learned first as I stood, phone to ear, staring the orange mass of grime and fur moaning under a white Cadillac. “Pontiac,” I corrected myself to the man on the phone. Further: Rescuing an animal and bringing it to a shelter

A Color Green - Wesley Snipe's Accountant 0
25 Sep 2010

Exquisite Corpse Makes You Unbored To Death

Have your cheap nights-in gotten a little stale? Perhaps you have resigned yourself to playing half-hearted games of Scrabble, secretly (or not so secretly) seething that your tiles are always so goddamn awful, or flipping through the channels terrifying yourselves with Discovery channel fare, such as “The Terrible Thing That

Jessica Longo - Two-Bit Reporter 0
25 Sep 2010

Your Saturday: Beer, Brats, Art Festivals, and Sordid Secrets

With New York still enjoying its Indian Summer, it seems like everyone is trying to pack every possible event into one weekend before the chill of fall sets in. Normally we just pick one event, but there is just too much good stuff to choose. So whether you want to

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
24 Sep 2010

How to Have a Broke-Ass Autumn

In case some jerk in your office didn’t take a moment to point it out, this Wednesday marked the beginning of Autumn with that magical time when the Earth is tilted at just the perfect angle to make all the leaves turn orange and create blooming pumpkin patches throughout the

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
24 Sep 2010

FREE Booze and Cool Furniture at Dusty Modern Grand Opening Party Tonight!

Looking for something to do this weekend involving FREE booze, cool art, furniture and the Mission, but don’t want to stoop to showing up at the front door of your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend and risking an outbreak of those pesky genital warts?  I’ve got you covered. Tonight at 5pm, Dusty

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
24 Sep 2010

Do Ho Suh’s “The Bridge Project”

The strict and non-metric distance between Soeul, South Korea and New York City is 6885 miles. But that says nothing. Where distance is strict, language and culture and climate are fluid, and a traveler from South Korea to New York (or vice-versa) bears witness to that. Artist Do Ho Suh, a South Korea

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