Arts and Culture

07 Feb 2011

Big Books to Impress Strangers in Public

After it was announced recently that Kindle books are outselling hardback books on Amazon, I knew it was only a matter of time before kids would start asking, what are those weird “liebarys” things and when are robots going to start doing my homework? Yes, we live in a digital

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
05 Feb 2011

Skee Ball Yourself Happy at Ace Bar

Remember how much fun parties were back when you were a kid and didn’t have to pay for them? Ball pits! Ice skating! Scary singing mechanical animals at Chuck E. Cheese’s! Hanging out at game-friendly Ace Bar kind of reminds me of those carefree times, only with alcohol so it

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05 Feb 2011

Hot Pants and Lace-Ups at Down and Derby

I get the whole hipster embraced sports of the past thing: bowling, kickball, and of course roller-skating. Hell, I’m just waiting for shuffleboard to get its turn as activity of the moment. But for me, the appeal of skating around, knocking into people, and reenacting my “couple-skate” moves, has never

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
04 Feb 2011

Rub Elbows With The World Series Champs at Giants FanFest 2011

Most stalkworthy. Beard. EVER. Well, my credit card bills from October (read:  playoffs and World Series month) have finally been whittled down to respectable amounts, but what with the holidays and adjusting to 2011, I didn’t realize that baseball season, while obviously not officially beginning until April, is BACK for

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
03 Feb 2011

Young Farmers Mixer and Photo Exhibition @ 18 Reasons

My house during Harricane Iniki. No joke. Who doesn’t love farmers? I’d like to be one some day. I grew up on a Macadamia nut farm on Kauai. Or what was supposed to be a Macadamia nut farm. You see, Mac nuts trees take seven years to mature. But on

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0
03 Feb 2011

Tonight: A Night of Drinks and Debauchery with Broke-Ass Stuart

Aw shit. It’s come to this. I’m back in Brooklyn and because of that we have to party together. That’s just kinda what happens. So to celebrate Chinese New Year, Black History Month and Broke History Month, we’re throwing down tonight! There’s gonna be live music, DJs stand up comedy,

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
03 Feb 2011

FREE Movie Screening at Angelika

So, have you heard of this movie called Home? It’s a documentary from French photojournalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand who, with his crew, flew around in a helicopter taking aerial pictures of different regions in over fifty countries for eighteen months. Why, you ask? To very tangibly show the biological inter-dependency (there’s

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
31 Jan 2011

SAG Red Carpet

Yayyy Yayy it’s awards show season yayy!! We all care so much! Let’s get down to brass fucking tacks, shall we? Who looked good and who looked not good?  Begin! Natalie Portman Okay Natalie. I thought your Golden Globes dress sukked. Like, people I’m friends with liked it, but I

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