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10 Jun 2009

FREE Jerk Chicken @ Wednesday Reggae Nights with A Real Jamaican

  At the last reggae night at M Lounge we listened to the latest music from the island courtesy a recently returned couple who asked a local to make them a disc.  Nevermind that they were two whitefolk from Jersey, the music was straight Jamaican, which would disappoint fans of

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09 Jun 2009

Comedy and Secret Science Club : Both FREE and AWESOME

  Today is one of those days where you wake up and curse science for slacking on cloning technology.  Three choices for Grade A Shite.  There are actually infinitie choices for Grade A Shite on almost any night here, but to make my job easier I’ll only catalogue three.  I

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08 Jun 2009

Free Comedy Shows at Legion!

As Homer Simpson once asked, are you ready to laugh?  For FREE?  And with beer, no less??   Well, look no further than The Ground Williams show, a twice-monthly FREE comedy series at the awesome Legion Bar, one block past the Graham L stop in Williamsburg.  It’s hosted by two

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07 Jun 2009

FREE David Byrne Concert in Prospect Park

This show demands a day’s notice because you probably already have brunch plans followed by remote control cars in the park for today.  Plus, it’s friggin David Byrne for free.  Somehow this concert for the Celebrate Brooklyn concert series isn’t a fundraiser and isn’t some no name band.  Oh, what’s

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06 Jun 2009

FREE Floating Kabarette at Galapagos

  What is the difference between a stripper and a cabaret dancer?  About 30 lbs.  At least, so goes the stand-up joke.  Annnyway, there is so much free stuff going on today and tomorrow it seemed difficult to choose based on pure merit, so I took into consideration a little

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05 Jun 2009

National Doughnut Day = FREE Krispy Kreme Donuts

The best doughnut related thing that comes to mind right now is a line from Vonnegut’s “Slapstick“, which he uses when someone not related to him in a newly devised artificial family structure for society asks him for help:  “Why don’t you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut!” 

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04 Jun 2009

Pay What You Wish Thursday @ Museum of Arts and Design

              Thursday, with its alliterative potential, sometimes acts like a time machine transporting us back to those college years where you were celebrating the arduous task of nearly completing a hard week; 4 days of getting up late for the 10 o’clock History of Racial Thought and eating at the cafeteria’s late-night

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