Don’t pay to play! 8 music venues you can book for free
Imagine that you're a musician in New York City, home of 8,000 bands trying to play the same venues, and…
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Ho-Ho-No: SantaCon won’t be welcomed in the East Village or LES
The war on SantaCon 2014 — and it's miscreant, candy cane colored soliders of holiday terrorism — rages on. We…
Your guide to the free shows at the 2014 CMJ Music Marathon
Between October 21 and October 25, over 1,300 artists will perform at more than 80 venues during CMJ 2014. You…
Babysitters: Bring your baby to ‘Nympohmaniac’ for free at the Sunshine Cinema!
Hey there babysitters of Brooklyn. Are you bored with taking the kid you're watching to the park? Trying to get…
Upstart ‘Lower East Side’ new cheap haven for local artisans priced out of Brooklyn
Pity the poor artisan dreamer who comes to Brooklyn with only their facial hair, neon leggings and old-timey luggage trunk…
Effort underway to co-name LES corner after the Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys already have one member of the group, with Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights. Of course, given…
Your guide to free shows at the 2013 CMJ Music Marathon
It's that time again! CMJ 2013 is just one week away and though last year was chock full of freebies,…
‘How I Learned’ moves from the LES to Union Hall
There's nothing worse (there are a lot of worse things) than when an awesome-looking show or event makes Manhattan its…
Free beer alert: Get free Brooklyn Brewery at the Bedford and Bowery Bazaar tomorrow
So summer is ending and we're all sad about it. If only there were some way we could drink our…
Couple pays $1 million for Bed-Stuy’s ‘LES-like grit’
"A Manhattan couple paid more than $1 million — a first — for an apartment in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant because the…