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12 Jul 2012

The Skint’s Second Annual Bastille Day Bash

I had no clue what the Bastille Day was about until the good folks at The Skint provided me with the following info: Here’s what Bastille Day means to the French: civic pride, national celebrations, a commemoration of the storming of the Bastille and the rise of the modern French

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12 Jul 2012

George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic – FREE Show Tonight in Rockefeller Park

George Clinton & the P-Funk band are going to be in New York City tonight for the River-to-River Festival. That news is music to the ears for all of you funky brothers and sisters out there. Not only is the living legend in town to bang out that revolutionary music

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02 Dec 2024

The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

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10 Jul 2012

FREE Summer Meals for All Children In New York City

A Styrofoam tray has become an essential institution within the confines of the dirty and repulsive area of a public school we refer to as “the school cafeteria.” It is not a lunchroom as much as it is a passageway into unhealthy dieting and terrible eating habits. If memory serves

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10 Jul 2012

FREE Pilates Classes on the Hudson River

Wanna work on your beach bod, or at least get healthy and stuff?  Well, you’re in luck– every Tuesday evening between now and the end of August, there will be FREE pilates classes in Riverside Park.  Strengthen that core while taking in the beauty of the Hudson River, y’all. The

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06 Jul 2012

A Broke-Ass Writer’s Guide to Greenpoint Coffee Shops

As a starving, malcontent, narcissistic New York City writer, you have one of two options: writing in your apartment or writing in someplace that is decidedly not your apartment. The former is a simple premise. If you’re having trouble with it, you might consider giving up writing in favor of

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06 Jul 2012

Macy’s FREE Fishing Clinics at Prospect Park

Fishing. There’s something most New Yorkers might not know how to do. Although this is mainly an event for children, I think adults unfamiliar with the art of fishing will benefit from these FREE fishing clinics taking place in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Macy’s is sponsoring this FREE program, offering kids

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03 Jul 2012

Racontours Is Offering FREE New York City Walking Tours For Your Broke-Ass

I once pointed out that despite the fact that I’ve lived in New York all my life I had never been to the Empire State Building. That changed a few months ago, but it still didn’t shake this point—I barely know my own city. If I don’t know the details

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03 Jul 2012

Phone Home at a FREE Showing of E.T.– This Thursday Under the Brooklyn Bridge

Summer in New York City means many things to me:  rooftop BBQs, beach trips, pit-stained white tops.  It also means FREE movie screenings in DUMBO’s Brooklyn Bridge Park, which are pretty much the highlight of my summer.  Set against the gorgeous backdrop of the glittering Manhattan skyline, the park’s Movies

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