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FREE Dan Savage Reading
What I didn’t learn about human sexuality in sex ed class, I learned from reading Savage Love. Dan Savage´s columns prepared me for any weird thing a guy might do, and taught me about warning signs in relationships. He´s been talking people through their problems with threesomes, masturbating parrots, sex
David Sedaris Reads About Animals for FREE
It’s Sedaris week in NYC! In case you missed Amy’s reading last Thursday, David Sedaris is reading at Barnes and Noble tonight. But his will involve less crafts and more anthropomorphism. His newest book, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, is short stories about animals where squirrels and chipmunks go on dates, owls
The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide
A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But
FREE Amy Sedaris Reading About Crafts
I never got into Strangers with Candy. In the first episode I watched, someone cooked Jerri’s pet chicken and it bugged me out. So I didn’t really start liking Amy Sedaris until I bought her book I like You, Hospitality Under the Influence with instructions and recipes for throwing parties
FREE Anthony Bourdain Book Signing
Anthony Bourdain is the kind of chef/TV show personality who will show you the Montana hotel room where a former director went on a coke and shooting binge, and then go downstairs to tell you about the buffalo meat something he’s eating. Then other nights he ends up in the
Unstill Life: FREE Theater! FREE John Hodgeman Reading!
Unstill Life, an Night of Original Plays “Theater” can mean a lot of things, ranging from something the creepiest guy on campus invites you to see to a group of talented local actors performing interesting and funny material. Thankfully, Unstill Life is a collection of plays by Craig McNulty that
FREE Nick Cave Gives Some Good Reads
At first, I thought there was a weird amount of Nick Cave albums on the jukebox at Holiday Cocktail Lounge (or anything released after 1980). I changed my mind as I watched the late owner (who was over 90) drink from one of the Burger King Lord of the Rings
FREE: Chuck Klosterman Reading at Union Square Barnes and Noble
If you’re like me no past-time is dearer to your heart than breaking down and analyzing pop culture minutiae from days of yore. One day Anna G. and I were reminiscing about the TV show The Hogan Family, (which nobody should remember in the first place). Up for discussion was