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27 Oct 2009

New York, Free Ticket Giveaway! (Comment here to win!)

2 WOMEN, 4 SHOWS, 1 STAGE: STAND-UP FAVORITES CROSS OVER TO THEATER in FLY, GIRL AND SO-LOW SHOW Two infectious female comedians are debuting a brand new show in the West Village.   Tickets for the double bill cost only $10 and you get a FREE glass of wine with the

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26 Oct 2009

Hanco and Baoguette-Banh Mi in 2 Boroughs

You know those days, (or, sometimes weeks or months..) where you just have absolutely NO money? Yeah, me too.  Whether you just paid off massive credit card debt, splurged on something earlier in the month and are paying the price now, or simply have no income, we all know how

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26 Oct 2009

WHIPLASH: FREE Comedy Every Monday Night

In New York, there are two options for going to comedy clubs: There are the kind that charge a pint of plasma for a cover, have drink minimums on their $9 drinks made with well liquor that should be used to polish silverware and the comedians who base their routines

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25 Oct 2009

P.S 1's Fall Opening Celebration

Now that the sanity-testing, bullshit Fall weather from yesterday is over, it’s time to take a little walk over to Long Island City and embrace something good about this season, P.S. 1‘s annual Fall Opening Celebration. Since everyone these days is all about reducing, reusing, and recycling, their newest exhibit

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24 Oct 2009

Punked-Up Barbies and Stripped-Down Kens

I remember the first Barbie I decapitated.  It was much more difficult to re-capitate her than I expected, but the whole experience made me feel delightfully bad.  My sister and I gave our Barbies jagged haircuts, tattoos, and designed outfits for them out of Spider-Man Band-Aids.  I’m sure we weren’t

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23 Oct 2009

Before the Bodega: See if Your Food is Still Tasty

New York is a weird city for grocery shopping. Most stores don’t have aisles wide enough to fit two carts, if they fit any carts at all. Most people shop every few days for specific meals, because hauling one bag through the subway is easier than seven. The smaller shopping

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23 Oct 2009

NYU MEISA and CMJ Present the NYU College Showcase 2009

This Saturday, October 24th CMJ is partnering with NYU to offer the New York City community the chance to see the four bands that won the NYU MEISA Battle of the Bands Championship perform for FREE. . It all goes down at Crash Mansion: Hip-Hop Artist NYLE, Headbanging, stagediving Shinobi

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