around town today
'star trek' opens. fans are costuming up at the ziegfeld. epic. >>
thru 5/10: affordable art fair @ w. 34st admission $10 w. coupon discount >>
10:30am-gone: free pizza + snapple to first 500 people @ my little pizza (bklyn) >>
6-8pm: robyn ‘crocheted water tower cozy’ love talks knit art @ lion brand yarn studio, free (rsvp) >>
6pm: philip gefter on ‘photography after frank,’ photos in post-‘the americans’ era, vis. arts gall., free >>
6-8pm: parsons fine art thesis exhibition @ the kitchen, free >>
6:30pm: cinema 16 = local bands compose score silent films @ smack mellon, $5 (sugg) >>
6:30pm: grapple with this q: 'does art answer the questions of our lives?' arf, soho, $10 >>
7pm: free cupcakes! cupcakes take the cake hosts cupcake social 2.0 @ delancey rooftop bar, free >>
7pm: ‘get felt up’: craft on draught = free beer as you diy (felt supplies provided) @ 3rd ward, $5-10 >>
7pm: musician/writer fred ho reads ‘wicked theory, naked practice’ + live jazz @ workshop, $5 (sugg) >>
7pm: nicole cooley, michael o’brien + other poets read from upstreet mag @ bookcourt, free >>
8pm: the quavers play ‘porch techno,’ are ‘a space-age carter family.’ barbès, $10 (sugg) >>
8pm: bryan scary + the shredding tears = queenesque glam rock. studio @ webster hall, $10-12 >>
9pm: pow wow! (lou reed + the monkees) + catchy, poppy darlings + others @ glasslands gallery, $7 >>
5/7, 9 8pm: ethel, gutbucket score as ’60 mexican sci-fi ‘la nave de los monstruos’ screens, bricstudio, $12 >>
9pm: wainy days live w. special guests paul rudd, michael showalter, michael ian black @ 92yt, $15 >>
9pm: 'girls night out' = go-go dancers, parlor games, public rants, adult piñata, more @ pyramid, $5 >>

coming up
thru 5/8: free pizza all week long from snapple (tomorrow: mezza luna pizza) >>
5/8 7am: new kids on the block + special guest (more special than nkotb?) @ rock plz, free >>
5/9-10: spring handmade cavalcade. 30+ vendors of etsyriffic goodness @ bell house >>

sales, deals, freebies
6pm: la perla sample sale + cocktail party; 10% goes to gilda’s club of ny >>
5/7-8: 40% off @ saks 'private night' secret sale >>
thru 5/21: tony gets you 15% off everything @ new swing boutique >>
30% off everything nine west @ friends + family sale >>
get 20% off all stila beauty products >>
50% off lunch specials @ new green café deli @ 44 st/mad ave >>
eater directs you to two late-night happy hours (some w free cocktails!) >>
u.s. comes to senses, drops import tariffs on roquefort, serrano ham (for now) >>
free downloads: website of cover songs done by indie bands. brilliant. >>

thank you to everyone who participated in the babycakes coookbook giveaway!

the winners are:
arielle k.
lapaz
julia l.

winners will be notified via email today with details for receiving your copy.
didn't win? better luck next time. you can still get it for only $14.40 at amazon (reg. $24).

around town today
10:30am-gone: free pizza + snapple to first 500 people @ silver spoon diner (qns) >>
6pm : b+n sponsors free cabaret concerts. tonight: steve ross @ lincoln triangle >>
6:30pm: socialite works at a fantasy comic book store in iceland’s cult hit ‘astrópía’ @ scand house, $9 >>
7pm: 1984’s soho art scene (incl. basquiat) on ‘graffiti post graffiti’ @ maysles cinema, $7 sugg >>
7pm: preview met ensemble’s balinese concert w. dwarma swara @ americas society, free (rsvp) >>
7pm: pratt senior showcase of film + animation @ bam. free (ltd tix, rsvp req’d) >>
7:30pm: ‘youth 68: everything’s changing…’ = 1968 doc special by jim henson @ 92yt, $12 >>
7:30pm: scratchy electropop from gliss @ union hall, $10 >>
9pm: tonight’s toxic assets = avant-blues with whoopee pie and marc ribot @ zebulon, free >>
9pm: alex battles + the whisky rebellion do old-fashioned country @ hill country, free >>
10pm: 'theater of fools' = night of free live music @ bowery poetry club >>
brown bag your lunch and donate to city harvest on skip lunch day >>
last day: free fitness classes + training sessions @ 92y >>

coming up
thru 5/8: free pizza all week long from snapple (tomorrow: my little pizza) >>
5/7-8: 40% off @ saks’ 'private night' >>
5/7: thursdays in may, free drum + dance lessons (afro-puerto rican, korean, etc.), sunset park, free >>
5/7: 'star trek' opens. fans will costume up at the ziegfeld. it will be epic. >>
5/16 1pm : 50 genres, 5,000 dancers: 3rd annual nyc dance parade shimmies down broadway, free >>
starting 7/9: free concerts (matt + kim, ted leo + the pharmacists, yeasayer) @ hudson riv park >>

sales, deals, freebies
a harlem teacher needs books for her students. your $5 or $10 can help. >>
today only: up to 95% off select items at nike.com >>
today only: bennoti espresso/cappuccino maker for $59.99 (reg. 169.99) (thx, gizmodo) >>
5/6-8: 20-40% off at bloomingdales >>
thru 5/8: betsey johnson sample sale, everything under $100 (frocks $50) @ millennium hotel, 6 fl >>
thru 5/9: 'thanks, mom' = pop-up of handmade gifts for yo mama @ 303grand (w’bg) >>
sundays thru 8/23 (almost weekly): free bbq + maker's mark milkshakes @ bushwick country club >>
save fashion port authority pop-up slashes prices by 30% >>
oprah buys you lunch @ kfc (?!!) >>
buy $20 of elf cosmetics, get a $25 restaurant.com gift card >>
limited time! ‘sex + the city’ complete series collector’s giftset is $110 (reg. $300) >>
kubrick directors series box set = 5 classics (shining, 2001, clockwork…) + doc + extras $36 (reg. $80) >>
free audio book: ‘the fairy ring’ (1910) = 63 fairy tales from around the globe >>
free 9-track sampler ‘be on the lookout’ incl the donnas, ted leo + the pharmacists >>

babycakes cookbook giveaway!

the babycakes cookbook comes out today! babycakes chef and owner erin mckenna’s book is filled with recipes from her bakery, including the chocolate cupcakes that won new york mag award for
best cupcake.

to celebrate, we've got three of these delicious tomes to give away, signed by erin herself. to enter our babycakes draw, head here to sign up for the skint daily email by midnight tonight. (already a subscriber? just drop us a line with your name, your subscriber email and the subject line "babycakes".) we’ll never share your email address with anyone, ever, period.

winners will be announced thurs 5/7... good luck!

around town today (happy cinco de mayo!)
10am: contest! pro eaters (incl crazy legs conti) attempt a 36-ft. taco @ zocalo (grand central) >>
10am-3pm: champers w. stella! mccartney hosts a trunk show @ barney’s w. simon doonan, bubbly >>
10:30am-gone: free slice + snapple to first 500 people @ famous joe's on carmine >>
11am: free pastrami burrito samples @ tequilaville (vanderbilt btw 42/43rd), free >>
12-7pm: get free spa treatments at vada spa +30% off future appointment (take mom here) >>
4-7pm: tacos/tanteo tequila shots 50 cents each, + $5 cocktails + piñata @ elizabeth >>
5-8pm: all the hurricanes or margaritas you can drink for $15 @ village pourhouse >>
free beer all night to anyone in a sombrero (verdad?) @ southern hospitality >>
5:30pm: free margs/snacks until 7 + hula hoop contest winner drinks free all night @ whistlin' dixie's >>
6:30pm: ‘art of curly hair’ seminar (yep, an actual seminar) @ christo 5th ave, free >>
6:30pm: israeli artist guy ben-ner on his high-concept home videos @ guggenheim, $0-5 >>
6:30pm: desire+ cell phones = ‘lovesick japan: stories of intimacy...’ @ japan society, $5-10 >>
7pm: otherworldly st. vincent plays in-store @ virgin mega union sq, free >>
7pm: dance conversations = in-progress performances @ the flea, free >>
7-9pm: guactacular invitational 2009. one local chef’s guac to rule them all. bell house, free >>
7:30pm: songwriters perform odes to ‘the unbearable lightness of being’ @ g’bye blue monday, free >>
7:30pm: get ready to twirl your men at the foosball tournament @ fat cat billiards, $5 >>
8pm: adult ed. presents ‘ambivalent parenting 101’ (in park slope, no less!) @ union hall, $5 >>
8pm: cinco @ southpaw w. one ring zero, gato loco, dj olivier conan (chicha libre), $10 >>
9pm: buffet of vaudeville + burlesque at wham slam bam variety hour @ identity (e.v.), $8 >>
9pm: cat power-esque holly miranda @ mercury lounge, $10 >>

coming up
the celebrate bklyn free concert summer lineup is now up! (music, movies, dance)>>
starting 5/13: downtown alliance will loan you a bike for free >>
5/6: brown bag your lunch and donate to city harvest on skip lunch day >>
5/6-8: 20-40% off at bloomingdales >>
5/6 7pm: pratt senior showcase of film + animation @ bam. free (ltd tix, rsvp req’d) >>
5/7, 9 8pm: ethel, gutbucket score as ’60 mexican sci-fi ‘la nave de los monstruos’ screens, bricstudio, $12 >>
thru 5/8: free pizza all week long from snapple (tomorrow: silver spoon diner) >>
5/16: gotham girls roller derby bout. $19.75 adv tix/$23 at door. hunter college >>

sales, deals, freebies
every tues + thurs (times vary) free yoga + tai chi from lululemon in bryant park >>
today: free mother's day cards at kate spade boutiques >>
win tix to see bands like sharon jones, the national, ben harper @ late night w. jimmy fallon show >>
mon-fri, 5:30-7:30pm: burger + bloody mary = $15 @ prune >>
5/5-6: free fitness classes + training sessions @ 92Y >>
thru 5/8: 20-60% off steven alan @ the website >>
20 busted tees (we like nosferatu + ‘hungry like a wolf’) @ $9.99 ea >>
today only: most lacoste shoes $39.95 – 350 styles, men’s and women’s -- via 6pm >>
dinner + a movie $8.99: order ‘bourne ultimatum’ etc., get a free domino’s pizza (thx, gizmodo) >>
for your travels: target sponsors free admission at these 46 museums across the usa >>
documentary junkies! buy one get one free (grey gardens, slam nation, american nightmare) >>
free mp3 download: yves klein blue ‘getting wise’ >>
free mp3 download: los straitjackets ‘fortune cookie’ >>

babycakes cookbook giveaway!

the babycakes cookbook comes out tomorrow! babycakes chef and owner erin mckenna’s book is filled with recipes from her bakery, including the chocolate cupcakes that won new york mag award for
best cupcake.

to celebrate, we've got three of these delicious tomes to give away, signed by erin herself. to enter our babycakes draw, head here to sign up for the skint daily email by midnight on wed. 5/6. (already a subscriber? just drop us a line with your name, your subscriber email and the subject line "babycakes".) we’ll never share your email address with anyone, ever, period.

winners will be announced thurs 5/7... good luck!

around town today
5:30-8:45pm: moma mondays: first 600 ticket buyers after 5:30 p.m. get free admission on next visit >>
6-8pm: $10 = 4-beer-and-cheese flight from cap’n larry brewing co. + murray’s cheese, bell house >>
6pm: ‘lyrical nitrate’: found footage from an amsterdam theater attic @ nypl jefferson mkt, free >>
6pm: stripper is found strangled by her own g-string in ‘lady of burlesque’ (1943) @ nypl tompkins sq, free >>
6:50pm: ‘waltz w. bashir’ screening, q+a w. art director david polonski @ bam, $7-11 >>
7pm: kamila shamsie + salman rushdie (anagrams of each other?) read at barnes + noble union sq >>
7pm: ‘quiet music to draw to w. kid koala’ = tunes, home-baked pastries, pencils @ house of yes, $5 >>
7pm: colson whitehead reads from his wry new summery novel ‘sag harbor’ @ bookcourt, cobble hill >>
7pm: ricki lake presents her book ‘your best birth’ @ borders columbus circle, free >>
7pm: ‘hell on wheels’ documents birth of the modern rollergirl revolution @ barbès, free >>
7pm: last week to catch puppet kafka (thru 5/10) $18 >>
7:30pm: e. guibert signs his book on war-torn afghanistan w. docs w/o borders, word bookstore, free >>
8:30pm: jason anderson does rocky springsteeny tunes each monday in may @ cake shop, free >>
8pm: ‘australian idol’ winner guy sebastian = john mayeresque. drom, $10 >>
8:15pm: dave markey’s documentary ‘1991: the year punk broke’ @ fslc, $7-11 >>

coming up
thru 5/8: free pizza all week long from snapple (tomorrow: famous joe's on carmine) >>
5/5 10am-3pm: champers w. stella! mccartney hosts a trunk show @ barney’s w. simon doonan, bubbly >>
5/5: metromix rounds up cheap/cheerful cinco de mayo events >>
5/5 12-7pm: get free spa treatments at vada spa +30% off future appointment (take mom here) >>
5/5-6: free fitness classes + training sessions @ 92Y >>
6/26 time tbd: blonde redhead @ prospect park bandshell, free >>
7/4: macy's fireworks moving to hudson river. hmm. >>

sales, deals, freebies
today only: 40% off barney's + co-op >>
meet groupon, daily deal from nyc restaurants, spas, events + more >>
give $1 (or more) to help nyc food guy’s roommate raise $$$ to fight leukemia/lymphoma >>
have you seen the cute alice + olivia designs for payless? >>
10:30am-gone: spinelli pizza is free (free pizza, snapple to first 500 people) 425 7th ave @ 33rd >>
5 mother's day items to diy from free to $5 @ re-nest >>
mother's day dining deals via wined and dined >>
retro mp3 bonanza: music from crime + spy movies (incl. 007!) @ crime lounge >>

around town today
today, tomorrow: network + learn unemployment survival tips @ laidoffcamp, free >>
opens today: ‘beyond swastika and jim crow’ exhibit @ mus. of jewish heritage. $12 or free weds 4-8pm >>
thru 8/2: pictures generation. = photos by c. sherman, e. bogosian, etc. ‘74-’84. met, sugg. don. >>
12pm: leah siegel performs in-store @ best buy 6th ave/23rd st, free >>
12-4pm: nyu strawberry fest. games, bands, nyc’s longest strawberry shortcake. washington sq s. >>
6pm-12am: money is over. come barter your goods @ grace space, w. bands, videos, etc. bushwick >>
9pm: heather christian: dramatic, eerie, crazy (good kind). rockwood, free >>
9:30pm: spoofy satanicide brings hair metal back (w. sex slaves) @ mercury lounge, $12 >>
11pm: smashed! blocked! party’s 7th b-day. djs spin garage, soul, etc. + go-go dancers. beauty bar, free >>

coming up
5/8-10: brooklyn designs, 40+ local exhibitors define brooklyn style @ st. ann ’s, dumbo, $12-$15 >>
5/14 7pm: $20 gets you a massage or facial, $50 gift bag of jurlique goods, wine, snacks... >>
5/17: mark your calendar for the 1-day-only fred flare sample sale. dresses $10, shades $5 >>

sales, deals, freebies
5/1-3: blowout sale: big-brand cosmetics, skincare + more start at $1 @ essential therapy spa >>
5/1-10: bring your old jeans to levi's (any brand) and get 25% off new ones >>
today only: score proenza schouler 80% off -- low as $50 – b’way @ broome >>
ends today: merch from diesel, list, others all under $35 @ precision photos >>
3 meze/$9 @ pera’s may meze madness (fried artichokes, grilled octopus) >>
men: free facials, hand massages from jack black. saks today, bloomie’s tomorrow. >>
thru 5/5: 25% off everything origins + free shipping + samples >>
30% off everything (even sale items) @ martin + osa friends/family sale >>
a dozen delightful label designs to download free @ design is mine >>

(skint weekend listings below)

skint weekend

friday
7pm: 'soylent green' + population control: discuss. nys for ethical culture, $5 sugg. don. >>
8pm: anti-lgbt (but closeted) pols indicted in doc ‘outrage.’ tff screening, discussion @ dga, $8-15 >>
9pm: private readings, free absinthe, dirty jazz = poetry brothel @ papa b studios, $15 >>
9pm : $25 is a lot, but at ‘night of 1,000 stevies’ that’s $0.02/stevie nicks. highline. epic. >>
10pm: 'all roads lead to gnome' party. gnome striptease! dandelion wine! glasslands, $10 >>
10pm: moonlight bike ride (safety in numbers, kids) @ central park, free >>

saturday
it's national free comic book day. stores all over the city giving ’em away. >>
9am-late pm: bklyn food conference. bklyn chefs (eg applewood) + food-biz folks do workshops, free >>
10am-6pm: tribeca film festival street fair, greenwich st bet hubert/chambers, free >>
10am-6pm: last day to see john waters’ ‘rear projection’ @ marianne boesky gallery >>
11am: free nyc dessert fest = fattening walking tour. meet at cupcake cafe, $5 sugg. don. >>
11am-9pm: penfest’s daylong, star-studded harold pinter tribute, incl. 7 screenings, cuny, free >>
12:45pm: tour grand masons lodge, oldest fraternity in the world. chelsea , $8 >>
1pm: growlers, free sausages, human petting zoo @ brouwerij lane’s may day block party >>
1pm: bell house kentucky derby party = free mint juleps/bbq + horsing around >>
2-7pm: free bbq, free maker's mark milkshakes (markshakes?) @ bushwick country club >>
2-7pm: derby party @ union hall = $3 maker’s juleps, burgers + dogs, corn hole toss >>
2:30: paul auster and enrique vila-matas dialogue (penfest) @ fiaf, $8-10 >>
3pm: derby hat pageant. 2-4-1 juleps + wear a hat, get free beer. >>
6-9pm: j. duffet's 'euphoric recall' art opening (w. kumquat cupcakes!) @ lumenhouse, bushwick, free >>
8pm: go-go dancers in elf ears at rev. jen’s ‘sexperiments’ book release party, bowery poetry club, free >>
9:30pm: wyatt cenac, john roberts and many more do free comedy night @ bam >>
10pm: but you are, blanche. ‘whatever happened to baby jane’ @ chelsea clearview, $10 >>
10-11pm: free bouncy rides, union square subway l platform, free >>

sunday
10:30am-4:30pm: spring fling flea market in astoria >>
11am-6pm: hoboken spring arts + music festival (w. the box tops), free >>
11am: rare vintage posters auction, chelsea, free >>
1-4pm: sample entries and judge the park slope pork-off, loki lounge, $10 >>
1:55pm: dance demo, asian/pacific-am. heritage fest, dag hammarskjöld plaza, free >>
2-8pm: 3rd ward b-day block party: free colt 45, bbq, performances + a free bike w. membership >>
3pm: $25 = unltd. hi-end franks, beer, prosecco (?) @ hot dog hootenanny, astor ctr. >>
6pm: total-stranger group hug + e.l.o. @ art + hijinks outfit hichristina, w’bg, $5 sugg. don. >>
7pm: roller derby fundraiser (spam contest, ukes, brooklyn babydoll) @ fontana's, $7 >>
2:45, 6, 9:15pm: kubrick’s ‘eyes wide shut.’ trash or treasure? hmm. bam rose, $11 >>
8pm: catalan days presents spanish pianist carles santos @ baryshnikov arts ctr, free (rsvp) >>
8pm: dad-daughter old-time fiddle/banjo outfit rafe + clelia stefanini @ jalopy, $10 >>

plus
starts fri: it’s nyc wildflower week! events, tours + workshops galore >>
fri-sun: try the metropolitan opera’s streaming audio/video library for free (200+ performances) >>
opens fri, thru 5/31: score rogan, acne + others up to 50% off at save fashion pop-up @ pt authority >>
sat-sun 10am-6pm: cherry blossom festival (music! anime! kimonos!) @ bklyn botanic garden, $8-12 >>
sat-sun 11am-6pm: spring craft market = 60+ local vendors, nada over $30 @ bklyn lyceum, free >>
sat-sun 11am-4pm: sheep and alpaca shearing in prospect park >>