Arts and Culture

30 Mar 2010

Higher Learning at Happy Endings

Most people have the same reaction when the hear the words, live theater, improv, performance art, and readings. There are hundreds of these types of events happening all over the city, the problem is, there are often hit or miss. And when they miss, they make you never want to

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
30 Mar 2010

Meet Your Maker: Judgement Day at Union Pool

The band’s name is Judgement Day.  String Metal is their sound.  Be prepared.  This guitarless, percussive, high-energy violin, cello, and drums trio is, as our very own Stuart says, ‘œon some other shit!’ Judgement Day is in a realm of their own.  Brothers Anton and Lewis Patzner combine their innovative

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
30 Mar 2010

FREE Food and Music for a Good Cause at the Riptide

Jeff over at The Riptide has been doing some pretty awesome events lately that involve you eating and dancing for FREE.  Remember this one and this one?  Yeah, dude is not fucking around. This time for Wet Wednesday a professional chef ,who is one of the Riptide regulars, will be

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
29 Mar 2010

FREE Hugh Raffles Reads about Bugs

The first time I went to the Natural History Museum at the Smithsonian, I spent about thirty seconds looking at the Hope Diamond. Then I went and spent at least a half an hour staring at bugs in glass tanks. Don’t get me wrong, I love shiny things. But I

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
28 Mar 2010

Your Sunday: Charms, Cyclones and Retractions

Ah, March, you can be such a tease. You totally put out last weekend with your 70 degrees and above weather, then totally turn all frigid on us this weekend and say stuff like “I’m not ready for this”, ugh typical.  For the real hardcore  Coney enthusiasts,  be one of

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
28 Mar 2010

The Increasingly Unjustifiable Enterprise of Going To the Moo-vies

Movie prices rose this weekend, making going to the movies just embarrassing at this point. On average, to see movies in 2D in New York costs $11, in non-Imax 3D up to $18, while getting the full Imax effect can cost you close to $20 for a ticket, and therefore

Rebecca E. - The Centimentalist 0
28 Mar 2010

Narwhals – The Unicorn of the Sea

My senior year of high school I took a class called Astronomy/Oceanography. It changed my life. One semester was dedicated to the study of the sky, and yeah, it was pretty cool, but stars are so five million light years ago. The second glorious half of the year we focused

Alison Lambert - Half Price Headliner 0
27 Mar 2010

New York City Subway Etiquette

We all understand in New York that cold weather makes people angry.  It is especially jarring after a warm, balmy tease of a weekend such as we had a week ago.  I myself have developed distinct frown lines from this current cold snap alone.  But, I understand, dropping temperatures are

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0