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22 Mar 2011

[Un]Observed Launch Party

Video may have killed the radio star, but the [Un]Observed is prying the nails out of the coffin with one amazing sound program at a time. Collaborating with the Guardian UK and gleaning its content from many renowned sources (i.e. the leading journalists, producers and audiophiles from around the world),

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22 Mar 2011

Bid A Fond Adieu to Merce Cunningham’s Legacy

Excuse my ignorance of the form, but I’ve never been much of one for modern dance. It’s an incredibly powerful art that can really illicit emotion through the display of the body contorting and acting in uncommon, graceful ways, but watching too many bad performances soured my taste for the

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22 Mar 2011

Tonight! The Vintage Event of the Season (Literally)

I know you’re already buying vintage. Why? Because it’s cheap, it’s good for the environment, and — most important — it’s hip. If you’re not buying vintage already, I’m giving you the chance to save some face: Vintage shopping gets even easier and more fun tonight at SUB-Mission, where DNA

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22 Mar 2011

FREE Art Show: Fawad Khan at Lu Magnus Art Lab & Salon

It’s nearly impossible to get to see and be up to date on all the best new art in this city, so consider this your major tip– if you only go to one art show this year, make it Fawad Khan’s solo show, FRACTURED REVERIE, at the Lu Magnus Art

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21 Mar 2011

Lunch and Comida at Madeline’s

Spring is coming, and after spring comes summer, and that means you will be starting to hit up parks in NYC. A whole list of posts could be devoted to the ongoing entertainment programs you can expect from each concrete and dirt patch we call “parks” in this city, but

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21 Mar 2011

FREE Dan Savage Reading

What I didn’t learn about human sexuality in sex ed class, I learned from reading Savage Love. Dan Savage´s columns prepared me for any weird thing a guy might do, and taught me about warning signs in relationships. He´s been talking people through their problems with threesomes, masturbating parrots, sex

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21 Mar 2011

FREE Lunchtime Viewing of “The Comedy of Errors”

If you’re like me, you had to read the complete works of William Shakespeare under the tutelage of an ancient, aviator glasses-wearing, chain-smoking high school English teacher. You also had to read The Canterbury Tales in Middle English. If you’re not like me but have decided that you could use

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20 Mar 2011

Sundays: Dollar Day at Golden Gate Fields

Golden Gate Fields: Where the Bay Comes to Play… Last weekend I was so broke, anxiously awaiting  payday on Monday. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to spend my money on this… Dollar Day at the horse races at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley. I

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