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10 Nov 2009

End Poverty and be Unstandard

The End of Poverty? Documentary Preview Nelson Mandela said, ‘œLike slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.’ Global poverty began with military conquest, slavery, and colonization that resulted in the seizure of land,

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
09 Nov 2009

Strolling West Chelsea

Most everybody knows that 8th Avenue between 14th Street and the early 30s is a gay mecca, the center of the beating heart of Chelsea  filled with all the gay bars, porno magazines and rainbow flags one could wish for.  Most people also know that  further west lies the Chelsea

BAS Writers 0
09 Nov 2009

Dating Shit To Stop Worrying About Now

I feel like I’ve been having a very similar conversation with a lot of different friends, be they close girl friends who date around a lot, older guy friends who crave a steady relationship, or friends closer to my age with little to no dating/sexual experience.  A lot of these

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
09 Nov 2009

FREE Happy Hour Stand-up Today

Watching someone do stand-up can either be really funny or uncomfortably awkward.  And in some cases it can be both.  While I don’t know anything about the 10 comics performing at tonight’s Monday Happy Hour Comedy I’d wager that you’re gonna get see both funny stuff and total crash and

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
09 Nov 2009

Broke Ass Band Interview: Girls in Trouble

Living in New York, I’ve seen and heard my fair share of bands. And since the low-fi, garage sound has been dominating the Brooklyn music scene for so long now, it’s always refreshing to hear a classically trained musician who doesn’t shoe gaze through their whole set. Multi-instrumentalist, scholar, teacher,

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
09 Nov 2009

Samosa Crawl and FREE Chuck Klosterman Reading

Have you ever woken up and thought: “Damn, I really wish I understood what is was like to be a hunter-gatherer, but the closet thing I can do in New York is dumpster diving. Or foraging through a park, but I don’t feel like fighting pigeons and ferrel cats over

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
08 Nov 2009

Free Admission to the Jewish Contemporary Museum, TODAY!

I’m still wiping the makeup off my face as we speak to hopefully get ready for the Indie Mart and not look like a hot mess. If you’re not into super amazing parties on Sundays that include fantastic bloody marys to edge off of your hungover state, today is another

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