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Behind on summer movies? Spend your money wisely with our movie-value guide

We're in the thick of summer movie season and if you've fallen behind, you've got to start spending your dollars…

Katy Hartnett

The trippiest event of the summer is coming to Prospect Park: A free VR concert in space

We've all searched for a few "trippy" experiences in our lifetimes, and they all usually seem to involve space and…

Tim Donnelly

Brooklyn 2.0? An expat realtor is trying to lure you to Philly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRwXj---SyA It feels like every day somebody is campaigning for us to leave New York and move somewhere that's actually…

Kate Mooney

The 15 new proposed improvements to the NYC subway, ranked

Yesterday the MTA unveiled the ~~subway cars of the future~~ and no, they don't have cool future tech like "hover…

Tim Donnelly

Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, glam burlesque edition

1. Have a lovely literary time at the kick-off to this year's Books Beneath the Bridge, where a different bookstore…

Oriana Leckert

Couple beats the system, throws free wedding on Staten Island Ferry and subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G97DxzEvmtk From all reports, planning a wedding in NYC sounds like a similar experience to setting a pile of $100 bills on…

Tim Donnelly

It’s easy to escape from the city, even if you don’t know anything about camping, with Tentrr

The approach to the campsite was hidden in the woods of a remote Catskills neighborhood — we passed it at…

Conal Darcy

Volunteer to pick up trash and you can go to all three days of Panorama for (almost) free

In other volunteer-for-free-stuff news, here's a chance to see Panorama for (almost) free. On Friday, the first-ever Panorama festival kicks…

Tim Donnelly

Friendship savers you can savor: BK restaurants both vegans and stubborn carnivores will enjoy

A vegan, a vegetarian, a pescatarian and an omnivore walk into a restaurant. Just kidding, they'd never agree to eat anywhere together.…

Katy Hartnett

The week in Broketown, 6/11-6/15

Like us in website form? You’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and don’t forget to sign up for our mailing list! Pokemon Go bar…

Tim Donnelly