Arts and Culture

06 Sep 2009

Beats, BBQ and Broke-Ass Disco

Labor Day is upon us and as the summer comes to a close, here’s one last weekend to break out those beer coozies and hot pants. For us broke-asses without summer shares and well, cars, you can still live it up this three-day weekend and avoid the Jersey shore altogether.

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
05 Sep 2009

Theater on a Boat, 9/11 Memorial in Song, Political Subversities at The PIT

September is a month that marks new beginnings (cooler air, changing leaves) and some unfortunate ends (like the end of summer ‘“ and possibly your summer fling).  In this time of transition, take advantage of these unique, hilarious, and heart-felt FREE or cheap events. Woodshed Collective presents THE CONFIDENCE MAN

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04 Sep 2009

Allen Ginsburg and the HOWL Festival

So this is it kids, summertime is officially over and this weekend marks the death rattle! For NYC people its been a bit of a weird summer: no sun until July, an extreme and very smelly heat wave and the death of like a billion public figures which of course

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01 Sep 2009

Bookish Events This Week!

Some people are made for the club scene.  They enjoy the dressing up, taking shots at home, traveling with friends to an underground spot, and then dancing and sweating it out for the rest of the evening, letting go of all inhibitions while teasing and attracting other wild and sexy

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
31 Aug 2009

NYC Theatre: The Guilt of Not Caring

Having recently moved from New York where I spent the majority of  my life, I am used to the questions about it from elatives, or family friends based in other areas, who are interested in what they percieve to be the whirlwind of cultural activities that a young professional woman

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31 Aug 2009

FREE Books, FREE Reading, FREE Show

Tonight, you can enrich your broke-ass brain with some FREE literary events around the city. FREE Bushwick Book Club Bushwick Book Club is to traditional book clubs like sex toy parties are to Tupperware parties. Instead of people discussing a book they all read, the Bushwick Book Club has local

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
30 Aug 2009

FREE: Last Pool Party and Cinebrunch

At the risk of sounding like a jaded before my time geezer, I have not attended any of the free-for all ‘Pool Parties’ this summer. On paper they have everything I like, free music, watching people get killed execution style via dodgeball, beer, and scantily dressed youth. But since having

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0