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People tend to complain about how expensive New York City is to live in, but the truth is there is a lot of fun to be had for free here. From Urban Camping to free movies and open bars to some of the world's best museums there is no shortage of really fun stuff to do for free in New  York City. I collect links to great free stuff, and I'm always on the look-out for more. Click here for a  Sqworl page with nearly 40 links to great free stuff to see and do in New York City. Some of the stuff isn't available during the winter but bookmark it and you're wallet will thank you.

Presentation Party Night

Feel passionate about something? Would you like to be part of a lecture series that combines a love of community, education, and drinking? Sounds like fun to me. A few of the key details:

We offer the chance for individuals to share a short presentation on any topic. The evening will consist of 6 10-minute presentations, and free food and beer while it lasts. Come join us for a night of peer learning and a drink on us. We meet the third Sunday of every month.

This awesomeness all happens at 382 Jefferson Street in Brooklyn (Bushwick). Take the L train to Jefferson Street; You can find out more by clicking here.

Winter's Children

Burton Snowboards and Vice Magazine have teamed up for the Opening Reception of the gallery show for the snowboarder/photographer Jim Mangan's newly released photo-book Winter's Children. Complimentary cocktails provided by KRU Vodka. But you'll need to click here to RSVP!

About Winter Children the book: 

In 2010, Mangan left an 11-year in the business side of snowboarding and lit out for the remote backcountry of Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains to recharge and redirect. He was accompanied by seven accomplished snowboarders: his college friend, Peter Sutherland, now a renowned photographer and artist, and rising stars from the sport's next generation, including Laura Hadar and Alex Andrews. The perfectly manicured terrain parks and half pipes, and the ever-present audience, the riders literally stripped away all artifice — along with their clothing — in a powerful artistic statement that honors the original roots of the sport.

The seven riders soared naked and uninhibited down empty slopes on vintage snowboards from the 1980s, clad only in vibrant Native American blankets that contrast with the stark winter landscape. Mangan captured the action and the emotional intensity on an intentionally grainy 35 mm film reflective of the ethos of snowboarding's early years. "As I exited the snowboarding business, I wanted to recreate the feelings that originally drew me to the sport," explains Mangan. "This project is an exaggerated overstatement of those feelings."

Ultimately, for the photographer, the riders, and the viewers, Winter's Children becomes a baptism, with the cold snow washing away the neon filth of consumerism and serving as a bracing reminder of snowboarding's pure origins.

Moving Pictures by Kaves

Booze, awesome music, and a movie screening all for free? All you have to do is RSVP here and show up! Open bar from 8:30 to 9:30; Music by ADM, and a screening of The Shoemaker at 9:30. Not a bad Wednesday night.

Deadstock Kicks Sneaker Fundraiser!

Deadstock Ric has set up a "sneaker fundraiser." I'm not sure what this is either, but what you need to know is there is a three hour open bar courtesy of Pool Vodka!