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FREE Shows and Ticket Giveaways to the Mission Creek Festival
The Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival officially kicked off with yesterday’s free happy hour at the Make Out Room, but there are still plenty of events coming up all over town this weekend between the musical acts at Amnesia, Eagle Tavern and the Knockout and the film screenings at

Broke-Ass of the Week – Tech Journalist Jolie O’Dell
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

Indie Mart is This Sunday!
The d.i.y., rock’n’roll circus is back and better than ever this month! July’s Indie Mart at Thee Parkside will be the best yet with tons of the stuff you know and love and more new stuff than ever! That dude Broke-Ass Stuart will there be doing Broke-Ass Crafts so you

Sweet Ups Bar in Williamsburg: As Sweet as it Used to Be?
The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this bar is: “Whoa man, you’ve changed”. So the bad news is, it’s not as cozy and secret-y as it once was in say, 2006. But, really, the whole faux speakeasy thing has really been over for quite a while.

Rules for Livin’: Do Not Buy Tupperware or Go to Ikea
I found myself in Ikea the other day, on the hunt for light bulbs and free air conditioning. That place is hellhole ‘“ despite temperatures that nearly qualify it as a blast freezer ‘“ because of its roving clusters of flustered parents with screaming children and its goddamn monopoly on

FREE We Are Scientists Show in Williamsburg
This Saturday, a very rare and magical thing will happen. Green grass will be seen at McCarren park, wait time at Turkey’s Nest will be less than 5 minutes, and the number of times you think “ZOMG, that’s Zach Galifianakis! Oh… wait, no, it’s not” will be significantly reduced. Siren

The State Might Owe You Money Called “Unclaimed Property”
This might sound like one of those late-night TV commercials where the guy in the question mark suit just yells at you about how the government owes you money, but it turns out there might actually be some cash floating around out there in the ether that actually belongs to