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Each weekday, we’ll drop you a must-have recommendation, from the best of what’s new, to deeply under-the-radar goodness. We’re talking absinthe-only cocktail spots, eateries that dish up BBQ Rattlesnake Salad and Reindeer in Bourbon Sauce, and ATMs whose currency is marijuana — handy, although after making a withdrawal, you’ll feel even more paranoid about the […]

The founders of MetroGuide.com (formerly RealMetros.com, Inc.) identified the interactive local content business model as a strategic direction in early 1992. With no commercially available source for software to manage the complexities of local content publishing available at that time, however, the company opted to design the software for local content publishing in-house. The iterative process used […]

When it was founded by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher and Norman Mailer in October of 1955, the Village Voice introduced free-form, high-spirited and passionate journalism into the public discourse. As the nation’s first and largest alternative newsweekly, the Voice maintains the same tradition of no-holds-barred reporting and criticism it first embraced when it began publishing […]

GovEvents is the premiere online resource for government events worldwide. Created as a service to the government community, government and military personnel, contractors, vendors, and event organizers can go to one place on the web to find and post government-related events. With tens of thousands of users, the site provides in-depth information on hundreds of […]

Conference Alerts is a comprehensive listing of academic and professional conferences around the world. Individuals can subscribe to receive e-mailed alerts of events matching their interest profile and conference  organizers can post information about their event. In addition to these free services, conference organizers can also pay to have their event more prominently listed. Location:  […]

Craigslist is the brainchild of Craig Newmark, and has become one of the most popular sites on the Internet. Started in San Francisco in 1995, it is perhaps the ultimate site for classified listings. It offers job advertisements, personal ads, ads for cars, pets, home supplies and a plethora of other choices. Location: UK, USA Coverage: […]