Arts and Culture

06 Sep 2009

Beats, BBQ and Broke-Ass Disco

Labor Day is upon us and as the summer comes to a close, here’s one last weekend to break out those beer coozies and hot pants. For us broke-asses without summer shares and well, cars, you can still live it up this three-day weekend and avoid the Jersey shore altogether.

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06 Sep 2009

The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse: “Every Teacher’s First Stop and Every Artist’s Second Home”

Maybe you’re a preschool teacher who needs 75 toilet paper rolls for a class project.  Maybe your pants ripped and you need a new button, zipper, or fabric for patching.  Maybe you’re a crafter or artist and need some art supplies.  Maybe you just got an apartment and need some

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06 Sep 2009

Broke-Ass Contest: Win a Pair of Broadway Tickets and a $100 gift certificate to an Italian Dinner!

Broke-asses, do I have your attention? Season of Savings will give two of you lucky bastards each a pair of tickets to Superior Donuts, the new Broadway play from the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County.  Described by the playwright Tracy Letts as “a love letter to

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05 Sep 2009

Buy Your Soul Back Tonight at Elbo Room

It’s that time again! Tonight is Soul Night at the Elbo Room. I happened to stumble upon soul night once and it was one of the greatest mistakes I’ve ever made. The music is classic and the large dance floor makes for an old fashioned ass slapping good time. There’s

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05 Sep 2009

Poetry and Sausage and Incest, oh my!

You’re going to die. This, my friends and enemies, is a motherfucking fact. So you might as well be there when it happens. Or so say Ned and Andrew, who together manage the FREE and monthly You’re Going to Die poetry and prose reading currently held at Café du Soleil

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05 Sep 2009

Theater on a Boat, 9/11 Memorial in Song, Political Subversities at The PIT

September is a month that marks new beginnings (cooler air, changing leaves) and some unfortunate ends (like the end of summer ‘“ and possibly your summer fling).  In this time of transition, take advantage of these unique, hilarious, and heart-felt FREE or cheap events. Woodshed Collective presents THE CONFIDENCE MAN

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04 Sep 2009

FREE Labor Day Weekend BBQ with the Triple Threat DJs

Armed with a 6 foot grill, lots of meaty and veggie goodness, a huge sounds system, and a jumpy castle (for the kids), a collection of some of the Bay’s best DJs are throwing this weekend’s dopest FREE party. Anyone in the Bay who listens to hip-hop will recognize a

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04 Sep 2009

Allen Ginsburg and the HOWL Festival

So this is it kids, summertime is officially over and this weekend marks the death rattle! For NYC people its been a bit of a weird summer: no sun until July, an extreme and very smelly heat wave and the death of like a billion public figures which of course

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