4/7 7pm: 'dance conversations' performance series @ the flea, free >>
4/7 2:30: stanley kubrick’s genius ‘the killing,’ about a heist gone wrong, nyplpa, free >>
4/7 7:30pm: of rainbows + crayons: union hall’s adult ed presents ‘color schemes’ $5 >>
4/7 8pm: award-winning doc ‘fallen champ: the untold story of mike tyson’ @ ifc, $12 >>
4/7 6:30pm: poets + pints: ‘hellfire calvinist’ sharon olds @ fraunces tavern, free >>
4/7 8pm: bring craft supplies, imagination + thirst: diorama lodge @ freddy’s, free >>
4/7 7pm : $25 is a lot, but art hub the tank is in trouble, raising $ w/ a speakeasy >>
4/7 7pm: mary tyler moore reads from her new book @ b&n union sq. free >>
4/7 6-8pm: ‘home + garden renovation for hipsters’ (eco-friendly!) @ bell house, free >>
4/7 6:30pm: ‘new york review of science fiction’ readings, south st. seaport museum, $5 >>
reminder! mon + tues: smith’s $35 dinner for 2: herby chicken, hearty sides, choc mousse >>
thru tax day: a buck off red mango >>
spring = canvas shoes. all new gravis styles $9.95 today (that’s 80% off) >>
free download: 8-song bar/none sampler w. luka bloom, oppenheimer >>

your friend subscribes to manhattan user's guide, you could both win $250 >>
nycfoodguy's unstoppable cheap eats crawl in sunny p. (mmm, chorizo tortas) >>
4/6 6pm: arthur laurents talks b’way (he directed 'gypsy,' ‘west side story’), nypl, free >>
au revoir simone's 'knight of wands' free download >>
thunderheist's 'sweet 16' = electrofilthpop. must download >>
4/6 7pm: snap real live vargas girls at ny pin-up photog meetup, lucky jack’s free >>
4/6 9pm: foreign affairs cabaret: amber ray (tassels) + joey arias (drag) night hotel, $15 >>
4/6 10pm: ‘fast times at ridgemont high’ free @ huckleberry (calvados, charcuterie) >>
4/6 6:30pm: talk: ‘w.h. auden in new york ’ the poet’s passion for nyc. new school, $5 >>
4/6 8:30pm: ‘big night’ screens free @ (le) poisson rouge’s cinema of cuisine series >>
4/6 6pm: ‘dr. strangelove’ @ tompkins square nypl. free. >>
4/7 7:30pm: $3 cape ann pints, ‘jesus camp,’ peeps galore. bb @ bell house, free >>
thru 4/19: buy one disney broadway ticket, get a second for $15 >>
still hungry! brooklyn restaurant week extended thru 4/30 >>
gavin degraw’s growly ‘young love,’ free download >>

4/6 10am-4pm: hyde yoga apparel sample sale, 20-70% off. 195 Chrystie Street, 908B >>
4/4 7pm: passover in pasties kosher burlesque w/ minnie tonka. slipper room, $5 >>
just in! sign up here for free tickets to tonight's main squeeze orchestra @ highline >>
ends at 12pm today: 40% off everything at tavalon tea. code ‘48hours’ >>
subpop sampler: 11 new songs from flight of the conchords, fleet foxes, etc., free >>
4/3 5pm: deep relaxation class @ integral yoga, every fri, free >>
4/3 6pm: free eats from russo’s, veselka, more; e.v. visitor ctr. @ bowery p.c. >>
4/3 7:30pm: ‘black gold’ doc on underbelly of the coffee biz. park slope umc, free >>
4/4 1pm: $10 = all you can eat chili @ brooklyn chili smackdown, sheephead's bay >>
4/4 2pm: pillows for pints. bring a pillow (for the fight), get a free beer @ sidebar >>
4/4 8pm: 10 live musicians, 30 visual artists, naked art. brooklyn artists gym. $10 >>
4/5 7pm: accordions! main squeeze orchestra. 'girls gone weill' @ highline, $12 >>
every mon + fri: 50% off your dinner (booze included) @ ammos estiatorio >>
up to 80% off @ steven alan (gear from rachel comey, rag + bone), uws >>
save 40% on orchestra tix to jane fonda’s ‘33 variations.’ code ‘33dm315’ >>
get neko case’s moody 'fox confessor brings the flood' for $3 >>

skint weekend

friday
6:30: ‘what would jesus buy?’ screening hosted by reverend billy @ pratt, free >>
7pm: opera on tap, on demand, with beer: barbès, $10 suggested donation >>
10pm: get funked by the brooklyn boogaloo blowout w/ leah siegel @ 55 bar, $10 >>

saturday
3pm: world pillow fight day! bring pillow to wall street, start whacking. free >>
7pm: wfmu freemusicarchive.org launch party w/ thee oh sees, bell house, $10 >>
7:30pm: juggle this! fest’s juggling spectacular @ pratt, $10 >>
8pm: conspiracy of beards = 30 men singing leonard cohen a capella. bowery poetry $10 >>
gustave caillebotte’s impressionism, nicole renaud’s vox + accordion (7pm) bma, $8 >>

sunday
12pm: cyclone opening day! marty markowitz presides, 1st 100 ride free >>
12-4:30pm: hand-cranked organs, piano rolls: coney island rally @ sideshows, free >>
gotham girls roller derby derbytaunt ball heads to the future. public assembly, $10 >>

+ all weekend
gowanus yacht club grand opening: free beer, weiners! >>

(thursday listings continue below)

4/2, 6pm: 1923 film of oscar wilde's 'salomé': panned then, genius now. mobia, free >>
4/2 9pm: praise jesus! free maker’s mark ice cream milkshakes. bell house >>
it’s breakfast! it’s soap! $5 for the cutest thing in your shower: egg + bacon bar >>
4/2 11am on: omg omg topshop opens! pinkberry on scene, dishing free fro-yo >>
4/2 9pm: jimmy fallon buys you a drink @ town tavern >>
4/2 10-11am: swap empty containers for a free perfect world body treatment @ origins >>
4/2: art for change: $5 = open bar 7-8pm, 2-4-1 drinks 'til 10. whistlin' dixie's >>
4/2 5:30-8:30pm : 1st thursday dumbo gallery walk, free (+ drink specials) >>
thru 4/3: hayden-harnett sample sale continues: up to 80% off ($30 dresses!) >>
thru 4/5: scoop sale extended, new markdowns: 25% off 70% off =…95%?! >>
4/2 8pm : electro-harmonious asobi seksu does bowery ballroom, $15 >>
4/2 7pm: ‘city weekends’ book launch party, book court cobble hill, free >>
4/2 8pm: ariel pink (acid trippy!) + vivian girls (lo-fi!) @ music hall of wmsbg, $15 >>

friends + family of ralph lauren (that's you) get 30% off >>
bluefly's april fool's treat: 10% off everything, sitewide >>
4/1 6pm: taste kelso microbrews, get beery swag, all free @ d.b.a. brooklyn >>
4/1 12-4pm: sample exotic teas @ oren's 9 locations, free >>
4/1 3pm: the original gossip girl: whit stillman’s ‘metropolitan’ @ linc. ctr. $7-11 >>
4/1 7:30pm: pepi ginsberg’s got a rickie lee jones thing going on. union hall, $12 >>
4/1 10pm: drunken washboard alert! jug addicts play rodeo bar, $10 >>
4/1 2-3pm: greening your (art) portfolio talk, part of green week’s free events @ pratt >>
4/2 8pm: bob ross tribute. dancers! art! wafros! gallery bar, free (+ free pbr 8-9) >>
thru 4/2: hairy dime-museum oddity 'a slight headache' @ seaport melville museum, $15 >>
4/1 1pm: gloria steinem talks future of the women’s movement @ baruch, free >>
4/1 5:30pm: louis armstrong centennial band. at birdland, no less. $10. >>
4/1 9pm: 25¢ bourbon, $2 tequila + bluegrass (mud brothers) @ ellis, park slope >>
4/1 7pm: toxie! ‘the toxic avenger’ director lloyd kaufman talks maverick filmmaking >>
4/1 8pm: secret science club goes to mars w/ ex-nasa-ite james head. bell house, free >>
4/2 9pm: original sin hard cider pin-up contest @ double down saloon, free >>