Brooklyn

Hate the Gym? Get Fit for Cheap Without It
I have an issue with the gym. Every time I walk into its dry, conditioned air, and see all the people running on their hamster tracks, all I can think is “THIS IS SO FUCKING UNNATURAL. Why are people doing this?” Well, except when I used to go to my

Why You Shouldn’t Date Someone For Free Food.
So close, yet so far. I’ve been in Brooklyn for 5 days now, and I have yet to eat a normal meal. Unless you count pizza, and my very English mother would disown me if I did. It’s not just that I’m broke, or culinarily challenged. There’s also a rabbit

Get Weird in Brooklyn with Matthew Silver’s Circus of Dreams
Imagine seeking refuge between two realities, where the waking life and the Sandman’s realm sit on each end, once every two weeks, in attempt to study each one’s logic. Enter the Circus of Dreams. This is entertainment mixed with art…and a little weirdness. It’s the penultimate gathering of the extreme,

FREE Comedy Night: Late Night Basement Season One Finale at Pine Box Rock Shop
Late Night Basement is back with their end of the Summer season one finale. Chris Rose and the Late Night Basement crew won’t be back until Fall, so if you haven’t had a chance to witness any of these intimately hilarious events, your last chance will be on Friday, August

Broke-Ass Confessions: I Like Williamsburg
I write about Williamsburg a lot and that’s because I live here. I’m coming up on my one-year anniversary, in fact. But I’ll admit it. I was kind of hatin’ on my own neighborhood for a while. When you’re not snobby about music and could care less about owning a

What You Should Really Expect From A Broke Musician
I’m a 20-something artist living in New York City, and, quite frankly, I’m tired of trying to make people believe that I have my shit together. It’s way too much work. I constantly find myself having to choose between taking a shower, brushing my teeth, shaving, dressing appropriately for whatever

FREE Friday Night Comedy: Late Night Basement w/ Chris Rose at the Pine Box Rock Shop
Once again, Late Night Basement hosted by Chris Rose, one of the most entertaining (and FREE) comedy shows in Brooklyn has returned! On Friday, July 19th, at the Pine Box Rock Shop, the show will feature NY1’s 16 year-veteran newscaster, Pat Kierman, who has made cameos in Iron Man 3

Broke-Ass Octophiles: Cheap and in Love with the ’80s
What exactly is the correlation between being broke and being obsessed with/nostalgic for/stuck in the ’80s? I know it’s not just me. Go to any hipster neighborhood (Williamsburg, etc.), try to picture everyone without their iPhones, and voila, you could very well be in 1984. Is it because hipsters are