Arts and Culture

23 Nov 2009

FREE Craft Night at Etsy Labs

A few years ago, “crafting” was probably more widely associated with crazy women hand-painting wooden signs to say “Spoiled Rotten Akita Lives Here” or cross-stitching pillows with pictures of birds hugging crying kittens. But with the rise of DIY culture, crafting has turned into something hipper, with people making cross-stitches

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22 Nov 2009

The Hipster’s Dilemma

Hipsters have it rough.  They are cursed by the fashion gods.  For example, it takes a lot of time and effort to achieve that “I don’t give a fuck about any of this, and no I’m not posing so my ass looks just right in these skinny jeans” look. Furthermore,

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22 Nov 2009

Naked Lunch Redux — Tonight at Amnesia

If you’re fucked up like me, you’ve read Naked Lunch [several times.] It has a permanent place on my bookshelf and will always be near and dear to my…veins. Burroughs is a legend and conversations about his work, his involvement in the literary scene as well as just exactly how

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22 Nov 2009

The “New Polaroid”

The reaction to Polaroid’s discontinuation of its instant camera line was swift and charged.  (Polaroid has since modified its decision.)  People clamored and cried for the nostalgia of instant analog images of old, and the Impossible Project (with the help of Urban Outfitters) has started inventing a new film compatible

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22 Nov 2009

Make New Friends but Bring the Old

When I first walked by HiChristina, all I saw was a whirl of lights, projection screens, and people dancing like they were having the time of their life. I was intrigued to say the least. Having done a little digging, I found out that the space is run by Christina

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21 Nov 2009

The Weekly Roundup

I’m writing you this week from sunny San Diego, as I am on my Thanksgiving break. While I gorge myself on tacos and lounge by the pool, I’m sure you’re curled up with tea and trying to keep dry through the storm. Why don’t you check out what you missed

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21 Nov 2009

Slow and Steady Wins the Dance Contest

Are you slow? I’m not talking in terms of intelligence or wit (you know you’re the funniest, smartest, lady/dood in the Mississippi), but actual, physical speed. Were you always the slow one in gym class? Does the idea of running, jogging, or moving at a velocity much faster than that

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21 Nov 2009

You Sexy Beach!

Dear November,  Remember all those hot plans I had this summer to live it up (and get it on) under the balmy stars?  Well, guess what Dead Leaves?  It’s not too late!  Tonight, BangOn!NYC is commandeering a Williamsburg Thai restaurant to bring me a loud, raunchy beach party with DJs,

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