'in cheap we trust' book giveaway!lauren weber sings the praises of frugality in her new book 'in cheap we trust: the story of a misunderstood american virtue' -- and we couldn't agree more! we’ve got 5 copies of the book to give away.
to enter, send us an email here (subject line 'in cheap we trust') telling us something cheap you did last weekend (keep it clean, people). 5 random winners will be picked and notified by 3pm today... good luck!
around town today
various times: fslc’s ang lee retrospective ends tonight with ‘brokeback mountain’ + ‘crouching tiger...’ @ walter reade, $11 >>
various times: dolphin doc (+ sundance audience award winner) 'the cove' at angelika + the beekman >>
thru 9/6: shakespeare in the park features ‘the bacchae’ w. score by philip glass >>
4pm: designer cynthia rowley teaches sewing to kids of all ages @ nypl’s children’s ctr (42 st/5th ave) free >>
5pm: boogie down to city winery’s hudson square music/wine fest + farmer's market for budos band’s dirty funk, free >>
6pm: career camp for green jobs. hear experts, sip 2-4-1 cocktails (6-7pm), get free haircuts + more @ galapagos, $5 >>
6:30pm: 'automats, taxi dances, and vaudeville': david freeland uncovers nyc’s lost cultural artifacts. tenement museum, free >>
6:30pm: authors like maggie barbieri + deborah nolan on where sex meets crime in whodunits, nypl mid-manhattan, free >>
6:30pm: free pilates w. a view of the hudson. the plaza @ 66th st >>
6:50, 9:15pm: ‘topper’: cary grant, constance bennett wake up dead – ghoulish hilarity ensues! cary grant fest @ bam, $7-11 >>
7pm: harlem jazz museum’s ‘curious listeners’ series presents ‘wynton marsalis: big band,’ free >>
7pm: get lost in emotion w. lisa lisa, console yourself with a papusa @ red hook park, free >>
7pm: zach morris, tom pearson perform excerpts from their bessie-awarded 'vanishing point' @ gantry plaza park (lic), free >>
7pm: author jason kersten on ‘art of making money,’ about one of the world’s greatest counterfeiters. b+n park slope, free >>
7pm: marvel comics turns 70 (part i): artists/writers joe quesada, chris claremont, greg pak + more talk, party @ b+n 86th/lex, free >>
7pm (every tues thru summer): free pilates mat class @ empire-fulton ferry state park's boardwalk >>
7:30pm: jem cohen presents his ‘documentary musical hallucination’ ‘empires of tin’ w. help from jim jarmusch @ ifc center >>
7:30pm: suck it, bear grylls: botanical explorer susan pell is 100x more badass. she’s @ secret science club, bell house, free >>
8pm: marvel comics turns 70 (part ii): fête it up @ jim hanley's universe w. creator signings + free cake >>
coming up
last day to rsvp for 8/15’s yelp's a beach party: hula dancers, masseuses, burgers, kegs. free (but donations fight hunger) >>
8/12 5-9:30pm: virgil's fêtes woodstock's 40th w. ribstock, a night of 'cue/cocktails/music incl. free baby back ribs 5:30-7:30pm >>
8/13 7pm: marie claire presents lucinda rosenfeld + her frenemy novel ‘i’m so happy for you.’ free drinks, swag @ mcnally jax, free (rsvp) >>
8/15, 22, 29 2-6pm: kayaking + rowing @ the cove off brooklyn bridge park, free >>
8/20-9/7: get ready: the barneys warehouse sale descends. >>
sales, deals, freebies
50% off godiva chocolate! almost sweet enough to make us forget the ed hardy edible chocolate bikini >>
groupon alert: $8 for 6 cupcakes at the e.v's butter lane ($16 value) >>
brokelyn breaks down the best spots to swap or sell your clothes (including each shop’s policy) >>
slashfest @ ted baker: $20 tees, $40 skirts, $50 shirts, $60 trousers >>
get $10 tix to the 9/10 black crowes concert @ summerstage (reg. $57.50 each) when you buy 4 >>
free mp3 download: sufjan stevens' 'sister winter' >>
free mp3 download: el perro del mar's new 'change of heart' >>
free mp3 download: the missed connections' 'hold still, you say' >>
free mp3 download: frances baskerville (singing psychic!) - 'songs from the beyond' >>
use code 'portion' thru 8/13
