Arts and Culture

19 Dec 2011

Last Minute Xmas Shopping Ideas in SF

Oh, here comes Santa Claus,  a-gain. How is that every year I always seem to wait until the very last minute to go Christmas shopping? I have literally one week to get all of my gifts in order…and there is no way in hell that I’m going to any mall

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19 Dec 2011

Make Some Noise at Make Music Winter on Wednesday

The organizers of Make Music NYC have been known for fete-ing the first day of summer with a smorgasborg of live music in public places for the past six years, but they’re adding to their repetoire this year with Make Music Winter on Wednesday, December 21st. With 12 different musical

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19 Dec 2011

Broke-Ass Nostalgia: Mallrats

One can’t mention the film Mallrats (1995) without giving a nod to Clerks (1994). Clerks was writer/director Kevin Smith’s low-budget, indie masterpiece. It isn’t necessarily a novel idea these days, but in the early nineties, a movies about hourly-wage employees based mostly on snappy dialogue and not much action was

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16 Dec 2011

FREE Portrait Day

Long-gone, unfortunately, are the days when unwedded royals swapped portraits and sized each other up for marriage. Ringlets were ogled and dentures examined before anyone decided anything. And then, only then, were locks of hair exchanged. Now we have Facebook (yep, there was no middle ground there at all) and

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16 Dec 2011

Levy’s Presents: A Vintage Tea and Swing Dancing Party for FREE

Picture an afternoon filled with swing dancing, tea, finger sandwiches and jazz music on vintage New York City subway trains. This Saturday, December 17th, Levy’s Unique New York will make this offbeat combination a reality. Beginning at 12pm, folks will gather at the F line’s 2nd Avenue Station on the

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14 Dec 2011

Benefit for Julie Michelle of ILiveHereSF.com

I got this from a friend of Julie Michelle. Not only is Julie is an amazing and incredibly talented photographer (we did this shoot together), she’s also one of the sweetest women I know. Plus she’s shot like 10 different Broke-Asses of the Week. Any help that could be sent here way would be incredible. Read below for the details:

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14 Dec 2011

Cabaret Cinema, Fridays at the Rubin Museum of Art

New York City is full of big name art institutions – the Met, MoMA, the Guggenheim – but, it pays (or saves) to check out smaller gems like the Rubin Museum. Dedicated to historical and contemporary Himalayan and Buddhist art, the Rubin is a nice little retreat from the fast

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14 Dec 2011

“Go the F**k to Sleep” FREE Reading and Book Signing

Do you have someone on your Christmas gift list who has just had a baby? Head down to the Tribeca Barnes & Noble and buy a copy (around $9) of Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortes’ hilariously accurate children’s book, “Go the F**k to Sleep” and stick around for a FREE

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