nyc, blogs, websites, radio, events

July 13, 2009 8:17 AM

What websites/blogs/radio stations do you use to find things to do in NYC?

Besides word of mouth, how do you find out about the various happenings around NYC?

posted by bluelight to Society & Culture (14 answers total)

FreeNYC (newsletter and website) has free/cheap events. I met the man I eventually married at one of them.

Gothamist sometimes has events.
posted by bunnycup at 8:22 AM on July 13, 2009

My favorite one is Nonsense NYC. It's email newsletter format only, and you can't read the archives online, but do sign up - it has by far the most wacky, cool, and interesting events of all of the happenings-lists that I've found.
posted by jordanlewis at 8:36 AM on July 13, 2009

Flavorpill.
posted by foxy_hedgehog at 8:36 AM on July 13, 2009

...you can't read the archives online...

you can
posted by beukeboom at 8:57 AM on July 13, 2009 [1 favorite]

FINY (Free in New York) Yahoo! Group

Seconding NonsenseNYC too.
posted by JaredSeth at 9:07 AM on July 13, 2009

Brooklyn Vegan (a concert listing site), if you can stomach it.
posted by yesno at 9:10 AM on July 13, 2009

Updating bunnycup's suggestion - Gothamist's "Gothamlist" mails out suggestions for the evening every morning. They stopped putting them on the web site because people were frequently seeing things a half hour after they started.

http://gothamist.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1ff83f6bd9b5621949725cf98&id=b4f8dc6148

(If you don't mind being on a mailing list...)
posted by Citrus at 9:19 AM on July 13, 2009

Also, some of the better Twitter event feeds I follow:

NYC Arts

TweetUp NYC

LivenationNYC

MyOpenBar_NYC

5Star Events NYC

NY4Free

NYC_Events

NYC_Nightlife

FamilyEvents NY

NYC Listings

LiveNYC
posted by JaredSeth at 9:27 AM on July 13, 2009

New York Magazine
posted by Zambrano at 10:03 AM on July 13, 2009

Radio station: WNYC is on 93.9 FM and AM 820, online at wnyc.org.
posted by kensch at 10:53 AM on July 13, 2009

Besides word of mouth, how do you find out about the various happenings around NYC?

Time Out New York and New York magazine and the listings in the New York Times.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:42 PM on July 13, 2009

The skint rules. Also, sign up for the weekly email from nonsenseNYC.
posted by CunningLinguist at 5:37 PM on July 13, 2009

The NYC Parks Department has a really extensive listing of events (mostly free) taking place in parks, beaches, pools, etc.
posted by tommyill at 11:36 PM on July 13, 2009

Two not yet mentioned: Manhattan Users Guide and Thrillist.
posted by allkindsoftime at 4:46 AM on July 14, 2009