89th And Broke I'm a young professional living in Astoria (formerly of Williamsburg, the UES and Murray Hill - I move a lot!). I'm always looking for something fun to do or the best place to grab a drink and dinner at an affordable price around the city.
Have a suggestion? Email me at Laura AT 89thandbroke DOT com.
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By Laura, on May 17, 2013, 9:55 am
Want free tickets to a musical? We’re giving one lucky reader two tickets to see COUGAR THE MUSICAL which follows three fabulous-over-forty females in a mad-cap ride from Cougar bar to nail salon to boudoir and back, as they unleash their ‘inner cougar’ and in the process, learn to say YES to self-love, empowerment and the inner [...]
By Laura, on May 15, 2013, 9:48 am
Looking to day drink on Saturday? Join the Upper East Side Bar Charity Tour! Buy a ticket to the tour for $12, and enjoy $2 beers and $4 mixed drinks all day, plus food and shot specials. If you use the code 89TH, you’ll save 25% off tickets. Ticket prices will rise, but if [...]
By Laura, on May 1, 2013, 9:51 am
One new show out this spring that looks funny is Different Animals. The show is about Jessica Tarver, a woman who believes in romantic comedy and happily-ever-after. But by her late twenties, she finds herself languishing in Spartanburg, South Carolina – reeling from the sting of a failed business venture, disappointed by her May-December marriage [...]
By Laura, on April 24, 2013, 7:19 am
CONGRATS TO JOY!
The Memory Show is playing now through May 18 at the Duke Theater on 42nd Street between 7th and 8th. When a daughter comes home to care for her aging mother, memory is only one land mine in this contemporary new musical. Conflicting versions of the past collide in this honest [...]
By Laura, on April 17, 2013, 9:31 am
CONGRATS TO CORINNE AND AMANDA!
Feel like a spring bar crawl? Join the Greenwich Village Spring Bar Tour next Saturday, April 27 from 1-9pm. Participating bars include The Red Lion, Amity Hall, The Half Pint, Slane, Thunder Jackson’s, Wicked Willy’s, The Grisly Pear, Village Lantern, Back Fence and more.
How does it work? Buy [...]
By Laura, on April 11, 2013, 10:12 am
Who wants to go see a show? This spring, join Page 73 Productions for the World Premiere of Kara Manning’s Sleeping Rough. This contemporary new play follows a family as it comes to terms with loss, their evolving family dynamic and the ever changing world around them. From the rooftops of Brooklyn to the streets of London [...]
By Laura, on March 22, 2013, 7:06 am
CONGRATS TO KIMBERLEY, #12!
One musical I’m looking forward to seeing this spring is F#%KING UP EVERYTHING. This new show is a rock musical comedy with bongs, thongs and indie rock songs. It’s an old-fashioned boy-meets-girl love story. When these Brooklyn hipsters aren’t true to who they are, they ruin everything. Especially children’s puppeteer Christian Schwartzelberg [...]
By Laura, on March 14, 2013, 9:37 am
CONGRATS TO READER RIC! WE’LL EMAIL YOU SHORTLY.
Head to Openhouse Mulberry on March 23 and 24 for the Big Cheesy, a grilled cheese competition! Located on Mulberry between Spring and Delancey, you’ll enjoy grilled cheese from returning champ Melt Shop (midtown), 2011 champ Milk Truck (roving), last year’s bronzed Lucy’s Whey (Chelsea Market), empire-expanding Murray’s Cheese Bar (Bleecker St), a catering [...]
By Laura, on March 8, 2013, 10:25 am
CONGRATS TO WINNER JACKY!
It is snowy and gross out today, so let’s do a giveaway!
This spring, Alec Baldwin (Emmy® Award winner 30 Rock, Oscar® nominee The Cooler, Tony® nominee A Streetcar Named Desire) and Ben Foster (Emmy® and SAG Award winner, The Messenger, 3:10 to Yuma, 360, Contraband, Here and The Mechanic) are joined [...]
By Laura, on March 6, 2013, 10:24 am
CONGRATS TO ISAAC AND JESSICA!
What could be better to kick-off St. Paddy’s than bar-hopping throughout Downtown Manhattan at ton of Irish pubs?
This Saturday, March 9, join the South Street Irish Stroll from 1-9 pm. Purchase tickets for $10 here, and then you’ll be able to enjoy drink specials all day, like:
$2 [...]
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