Thursday lunchtime linkage
The Bowery Presents a 2000-capacity music hall headed to East Williamsburg [NY Daily News] American Apparel mannequins are over waxing [Gothamist]…
Author: Camille Lawhead
Writer proves you can use crowdfunding to pay your rent. Would you?
Early this month, an unemployed North Carolina writer proved crowdsourcing can work for people in need, and that it can…
You can already use Bitcoin in Brooklyn
Earlier this week we learned a Brooklyn native is planning to install New York's first bitcoin ATM machine in an East Village…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Don't bother browsing family planning sites at Au Bon Pain [sherights] Will plans for Beastie Boys Square be sabotaged? [Bedford + Bowery]…
Sneak away from the winter blues with these hikes
Fresh air, sunshine and exercise get rare quickly during the city's months of despair. We ourselves are so deprived off…
Go for the skiing, stay for the open bar with The Diamond
As hard as it is to bike up that stupid hill in Prospect Park, it's not quite high enough for…
Learn the history of partying and 17 other free things to do this week
1. Check out the comedians lined up for Apocalypse Wow: Winter Wasteland and laugh as you endlessly shiver. (Monday) 2. Franklin Park Reading…
Monday lunchtime linkage
Bed-Stuy honored as dirtiest neighborhood in the city [DNAInfo] Vintage clothing is apparently a thing in Brooklyn? [NY Times] New York's getting…
Cat needs saving, you need friendship
Update: The Craiglist poster says she found homes for both this cat and a second one that magically appeared where she…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Your parents won't listen to your rap demo, but the NYPD might [New York Times] Whole Foods' knife-sharpening station is…