Jill S.

16 Jun 2011

See Lou Reed, Todd Rundgren, Rosanne Cash and More Tonight FREE in Prospect Park

If you’ve never seen Lou Reed, then I’m sorry but you are not yet a New Yorker no matter how many years of high rent and sticky summers you’ve put in. Fortunately, tonight you can fix this. Reed and icons like Todd Rundgren, jazz legend Geri Allen, Rosanne Cash, Eric

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15 Jun 2011

FREE Fun at the Come Out and Play Festival June 19th-July 16th

Remember how when you were a kid, you couldn’t wait to grow up? And then you grew up, realized adulthood doesn’t involve naps, snacks, street games, someone who buys you food or more naps, and how much that effing sucks. Fortunately, the folks at Come Out and Play will let

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11 Jun 2011

Free Bowling Happy Hour at Brooklyn Bowl This Summer

FREE BOWLING AND SHOES! FREE BOWLING AND SHOES! FREE BOWLING AND SHOES! Phew. Sorry. Just a little excited that bowling has finally returned to the cheap-ass entertainment activity I grew up loving it to be thanks to the fine folks at Brooklyn Bowl. Starting now, mention “Summer Bowl” when checking

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09 Jun 2011

Eat Cheap for Charity with $1 Slices and More TONIGHT

GIMME PIZZAAAAA! P-I-Z-Z-A! Even the Olsen Twins can’t resist a good slice and tonight, just $1 will get you one from NYC’s most famous pizzerias at Slice Out Hunger. Lombardi’s, DiFara’s Artichoke, Grimaldi’s John’s of Bleeker, Joe’s, and more have joined together to raise money for City Harvest, New York’s

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08 Jun 2011

Roebling Tea Room, Actually a Tea Room

As I grow older and appreciate things like concert venues with seats and using a cold as an excuse to stay in on a Friday night, I find myself craving drinks beyond those that will get me black out drunk. Just kidding! But I understand that there are some folks

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04 Jun 2011

Peter McManus Cafe, Classic for Reason

After much thought during a recent long drive so boring that counting deer carcasses became an actual game,  I have made an important realization that I feel I must–must!–share with the world RIGHT NOW: Peter McManus Cafe is my favorite pub in New York City. If you haven’t been there

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02 Jun 2011

Creep for Free at Bushwick Open Studios

I am fascinated by other people’s homes.  It’s like looking in someone’s medicine cabinet on a grander, way more obvious scale that sometimes involves deciphering magnetic poetry or discovering a secret My Little Pony collection. And or once, and it’s nice not to have to feel like a creeper about

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