New York

FREE: Femi Kuti at Prospect Park
When I first learned of this event the listing said “Free Femi Kuti!” and I became immediately alarmed that Femi Kuti had, for some reason, been recently incarcerated and needed my help. Thankfully (for him, mostly) that won’t be necessary as the alarm was caused by a lack of grammatical

FREE: Yoga for the Unemployed at Integral Yoga
Being broke can be rough but being unemployed in this city is one of the most stressful and defeating experience a New Yorker can face. There’s a constant needling sense of failure, desperation and fear. Every minute you spend not looking for a job is a guilt-filled one and losing

FREE: Dancing and Brooklyn Summer Ale
There’s nothing particularly monumental about today’s event except that with the recent weather it’s hard to remind yourself that summer just started and that you should be out enjoying it when everyday is grey, muggy and rainy. BUT…JDub Records and NYPress are offering you the chance to dance tonight, to

FREE: Get WET at The 2009 INKubator Summer Series
WET Productions was founded in 1999 by Sasha Eden and Victoria Pettibone. WET is dedicated to developing new material for the theater, film and TV written by women, producing premiere theatrical productions written by female playwrights, producing live events that promote celebrated female artists; and the creation & production of

FREE: Chuck Klosterman Reading at Union Square Barnes and Noble
If you’re like me no past-time is dearer to your heart than breaking down and analyzing pop culture minutiae from days of yore. One day Anna G. and I were reminiscing about the TV show The Hogan Family, (which nobody should remember in the first place). Up for discussion was

FREE: Kelso Beer Tasting at Bowery Whole Foods
Once upon a time, not long ago , a group of avaricious sales directors over at Colt 45 heard tell of a place called Williamsburg. After snatching a skinny-jean-ed young man from the L train platform they forced him to reveal his secrets about the land beyond The River. Delightedly

FREE: Juice and Wellness Retreat.
So I found out that there’s a free screening of the hilarious, awesome Grandma’s Boy tonight in NYC. My plan was to enlighten each and everyone one of you with the time and location but guess what? The site that I learned about it from CHARGES MONEY to give you

FREE:Bicycle Film Festival Kickoff Party !
Bikers piss me off. Not all bikers of course, but the smug, self-satisfied bikers that seem to take over the city streets, going against traffic when they feel like it, sneering at drivers and pedestrians alike and wearing their “One Less Car” T-shirts with an air of pomposity usually reserved