Brooklyn

27 Jun 2011

Help Sick Children with FREE Pizza at Carmine’s II

When Carmine’s II opened, they built every ninja turtle’s dream: a pizza garden. While it’s not quite as magical as pizza growing on trees,  eating Carmine’s already bangin’ pizza in a vine-covered garden is a close second. Tonight, they’re fufiling every Broke-ass ninja turtle or wanna be ninja turtle’s dream 

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
24 Jun 2011

Poor Man’s King Feast

My friend Matt showed me this restaurant a few years ago, back when I was really broke. That means, basically, living in a crawl space, surviving off food stamps and having little to no spending money. But the poor still need a few quality pastimes. For example: going to the

Bobby Rich - Affordable Aficionado 0
27 Dec 2024

I Need To Get Real With You for a Minute

I need your help to keep BrokeAssStuart.com going. In 2024, we wrote over 800 articles and published over 4,000 social media posts serving the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve covered striking workers, fine artists, corrupt politicians, fantastic drag performers, colorful weirdos, cherished small businesses, and the vital news that the

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
16 Jun 2011

Northside Open Studios this Weekend

If you haven’t heard of the Northside Music & Arts Festival already, or don’t ever go to Brooklyn (really?!) then you may have noticed plenty o’advertising for this massive weekend event. Along with tons of bands playing venues all over town (see full line-up HERE), local artists will also be

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
11 Jun 2011

Free Bowling Happy Hour at Brooklyn Bowl This Summer

The Bowl is bursting with other fun too, which I specifically enjoy in the form of their very delicious large margaritas and their “Rock and Roll Fries” made with Gravy, Cajun Spice, Provolone and Cheddar, as well as other fine offerings from the famous Blue Ribbon Restaurants. DJ Questlove brings

Jill S. 0
10 Jun 2011

The Folk Revival Takes Brooklyn for the Third Time

Are you tired of electronica, metal, hip-hop, free jazz, bebop, noise music, classic rock, indie-rock, and everything else that mankind has created after the end of prohibition? Are you so tired of society, technology and the future that you don’t have a cell phone? Do you write on a typewriter,

Bobby Rich - Affordable Aficionado 0
07 Jun 2011

Free Oldest-School from EPMD Today for FREE

Ah, summer. Specifically, ah, summer concerts. You’ve long recognized that to stage outdoors for money requires you to go in the red on security, so you just raised your hands and said “fuck it, everybody’s invited.” And bless you for it. Now these summer shows get to be venues for

Dan Cerruti - 99 Cent Store Cowboy 0
07 Jun 2011

Broke and Bored Activities: Reading NYC Signs

If you’re anything like my roommate and I, you derive pleasure from nonsensically mocking olds reading signs and/or just the existence of the particularly hilarious signs and graffitti tags abound in NYC. That’s right– reading signs.  It sounds way too simple to make any sense. But, the thing is you

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
02 Jun 2011

Frolick Freely at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

If you are a normal human being, from time to time you may find yourself in need of a break from the gum wad-laden concrete and non-stop honking of New York City’s streets. So. Much. Honking. Lucky for you, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is offering up free admission to its

Jill S. 0