Arts and Culture

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

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
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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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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06 Nov 2009

Zine Making Party for FREE in the HAIGHT TONIGHT!

We all struggled through high school. While some of us managed to fuck the hottest girls and be present at every pep rally, some of us were really into Bikini Kill and not shaving.* Though I managed to finally look the female part, my love affair with zines never really

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06 Nov 2009

House of Diehl’s Style Wars

You probably have an umbrella that you’re keeping out of spite. It popped backwards the first time it was in a wind gust, and you keep using it because you can’t bring yourself to buy a new one. Stop using that shitty umbrella to protect you from the elements, and

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
06 Nov 2009

Indie Mart is This Sunday!

It’s no secret that I’ve got mad love for the Indie Mart.  That’s my crew!  And while I won’t be there participating this time around, I still gotta rep it because it’s the shit! This Sunday, November 8th will be the last outdoor Indie Mart of the season.  If you’ve

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