Gary Shteyngart at Housing Works

The Writers Studio presents Gary Shteyngart Friday, February 23 @ 7:00 PM Housing Works presents a reading with Gary Shteyngart and members of the Writers Studio. Shteyngart’s most recent novel, Absurdistan, was a national bestseller, one of The New York Times Best Books of 2006, and named a best book of the year by Time…

Call A Vonage Customer For Free with V-Access

Vonage just rolled out a very cool new feature called V-Access which essentially lets anyone (even a non-Vonage customer) call any Vonage customer for free. Here’s how it works: 1. Call a Local access number (listed here). 2. Dial the Vonage phone number you want to call. 3. You’re connected without incurring long distance or…

Jonathan Ames, Moby, Nude Wrestling at Mo Pitkins Tonight

From jonathanames.com January 31st: Nude Wrestling tonight at Mo Pitkin’s! Come to my show, tonight Jan. 31, at Mo Pitkin’s, 34 Avenue A (between Second and Third), 11pm, $15. There will be nude wrestling, pillow-fights, paddling, great performances and a guest appearance by Moby. Also, I have an essay on nerve.com which can be found…

Sundance Award Winners

Cinematical has the lowdown on the all the award winners at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Some of the movies that looked interesting to me were: My Kid Could Paint That, The Savages, Grace is Gone (Audience Award Winner), Once (World Cinema Audience Award Winner), and Joshua (Cinematography Award Winner).

Jimmy “Wikipedia” Wales at NYU

Jimmy Wales Owner, Wikia, Inc.; Founder, Wikipedia; President, Wikimedia Foundation “Free culture, Transparency, and Search” Wednesday, January 31st @ 3:30pm – 4:45pm Courant Institute, 251 Mercer Street, Room 109