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Prepare Yourself for a Party at Jack’s World 99 Cent Store!
If you ever need a dozen eggs, thirteen rolls of party streams, a mop, and some paper reinforcers, then you can head over to Jack’s World 99cent Store for some one-stop broke-ass shopping. Jack’s World, on 32nd between 6th & 7th Ave’s, can be overlooked because of its midtown location.

Thunder Gulch Presents: MONSTER NIGHT LIVE! at UCB Theatre Tonight!
The thing with Halloween falling on a Monday is that you can tire yourself out before you even get to the big day itself. If, like me, you are loathe to put on your costume yet again, but don’t want to feel like a lame by staying in on Halloween

Marni Kotak at Microscope Gallery
In the age of oversharing, who’s to say where the line is? I mean no one cares that you are going to bed or that you really want a sandwich, but you tell us on Facebook and Twitter anyway. So rather than sharing the mundane parts of life, why not

Broke-Ass Pop Culture: Tom’s Restaurant
Nope this isn’t the Tom’s Restaurant from Kiley E’s article a year or so back. I’m talking about Tom’s Restaurant on Broadway in Morningside Heights. If you haven’t figured out by now, the façade of the restaurant is, indeed, that of Monk’s from that famous show about nothing, “Seinfeld.” The

FREE Haunted Halloween Carnival in Park Slope Saturday
Just like O.D.B said about Wu-Tang’s music, Halloween is for the children. With that said, Haunted Halloween Carnival in Park Slope!!! So here go the details: The carnival will be taking place on Saturday, October 29th, 2011 from 11am-4pm. Admission to this cool event will be absolutely FREE and it

Get your Broadway and Off-Broadway Fix for FREE at the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Your FREE ticket to participating in those pretentious party conversations. Cheap-Asses should drag their broke asses to the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive on the third floor The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center where you can watch video recordings of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and

Broke-Ass Sandwiches: Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich Deli
There are goddamn sandwiches everywhere in NYC. Each bodega has their own interpretation of what a sandwich is. My bodega seems to think a sandwich is slimy meat with shredded lettuce that dissolves into rusty water, and I’m pretty sure the bodega across the street uses the deli cabinet to hide drugs.

Jamaican-style Veggie and Vegan Eats at Strictly Roots in Harlem
NYC is the city of a thousand and one restaurants – if you’re in the mood for a certain dish, there’s probably someplace that’ll make it for you. Yet, sometimes, you need something so specific that you’re left scratching your head and wondering, “Where the hell can I get that?!”