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11 Jan 2019

Who is Gentrification Actually Helping?

What comes to mind when you hear the word gentrification? Your mind may immediately depart from a place of safety and security, only to find itself at a destination surrounded by ill-fated words such as displacement, eviction, and homelessness. With this air of negativity surrounding your mind as it floats

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21 Oct 2014

How to Buy Drugs in NYC WITHOUT a Connection

I recently attended the BAS party at Dardy’s Bar in Brooklyn. While there I attempted, unsuccessfully, to buy weed (if you are in California the BAS Cannabis Club will deliver it to your door and in NY you can learn how to get medical marijuana right here.). Certain attendees were

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08 Oct 2024

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

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10 Apr 2014

Searching for Sports in Hipster-Land: The East Village

Photo from thehorseboxnyc.com If you’re a sports fan like me, I’m sure it happens to you all the time: Your friends are dying to try that new lounge/bistro/dive in [insert newly gentrified NYC neighborhood here] but all you want to do is sit back with a cheap cold one and

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31 Mar 2014

The Saved by the Bell Parody: Bayside! The Musical! In New York!

  Photo from baysidethemusical.com As a fan of Saved By the Bell growing up, I can easily remember my mother rolling her eyes every time the audience “woooo-ed” at the palpable, albeit G-rated, sexual tension between characters, or when yet another of Zack’s harebrained schemes failed to come to fruition. My

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02 Jan 2014

NYC Weekend Round-Up: Male Beauty Pageant, Fun at Stonewall Inn and Tarot Card Readings in Brooklyn

Start off the first weekend of 2014 with these off-the-wall events!!! 15th Annual Mr. Lower East Side Beauty Pageant at the Cake Shop For the last 15 years the self-proclaimed Bob Barker of the Lower East Side, Rev Jen Miller, has hosted the Mr. Lower East Side Beauty Pageant. It’s

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15 Nov 2013

Vanessa’s Dumpling House: So Damn Cheap, So Damn Good!

Food is absolutely amazing! It can pick you up when you are feeling down, help celebrate life’s Hallmark moments, bridge the gaps between cultures and most of it fuels your body! With that being said, it is obvious we need food…right?! But what if you are strapped for cash? You

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29 Jul 2013

FREE Comedy Tonight: The BIG Pony Show at Leftfield

Mondays can sort of suck, but they don’t need to when there’s a pony involved. Tonight, you can experience laughter on the Lower East Side, with the BIG Pony Show at Leftfield. The show is FREE and it’s hosted by Harlem-based comedian Mike Brown. The showcase also features comedians Alyssa

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09 May 2013

FREE: Compulsion Opening Reception at Mark Miller Gallery

Compulsive decisions are fun. Wouldn’t you agree? Artists Dina Brodsky and Maria Kreyn would. That’s why they have come together to present New Yorkers with a month-long exhibit exploring compulsiveness at the Mark Miller Gallery on Orchard Street from May 8th-June7th. Compulsion explores exquisite pieces from artists who “focus obsessively

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