Shop, Drop & Drink is tomorrow, Saturday 4/7, a Williamsburg-wide shopping event and bargain hunt through local bars, shops, and galleries.

Participants will have access to discounts, performances, and special events at 50 businesses, including Bird, In God We Trust, Life:Curated, Jumelle, Shoe Market, Catbird, The Commodore, and Momofuku Milk Bar.

The event is centered around the Domino Smart Guide app, which lets participants view a map and target their favorite stores and bars. Taking a picture of a desired item and posting it to Facebook will unlock the special deal for that item. You can download the app from Domino here.

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If you’re interested in seeing how a holiday market could work without regular currency exchange, check out the OWS Holiday Bazaar this Sunday from 1-9pm at City Life Wellness (75 Frost St., L train to Lorimer). The event will feature a live barter market, skill workshops, musical performances and other fun activities to keep your mind off the problems with our country’s economy. Here’s the lowdown via Peel Back the Curtain:

This is a FREE event! Why? OWS Sustainability and Evolver are committed to building alternative economies out of the shell of the old. Instead of relying on currency to determine value, we believe in a system that allows individuals to work together and assess value for themselves. People are encouraged to bring items or skills of their own so that they may interact with the vendors. The Holiday Bazaar will be packed with workshops and a live barter market, donation based body work, dinner and live music. Everyone is encouraged to bring an item, art, skill, or service to come and barter with. Folks are also free to accept donations as well. (more…)

There will be shopping, food, with music by Fucked Up, The Hold Steady, Poolside, and many more.

Brooklyn Night Bazaar returns December 15 – 17th inside a gargantuan warehouse in central Williamsburg. The three night extravaganza will be comprised of independent vendors presenting a vast array of products ranging from artwork and prints to accessories and refurbished furniture. There will be live music showcasing the freshest bands and DJs, food vendors to satisfy the most insatiable appetites, and a beer & wine garden to mingle and share an intoxicatingly enchanted experience with the community. The vast open warehouse will be transformed into a night market with lights and projections lighting the spaces to create a cozy and warm environment for the visitors.

Normally it doesn’t feel right to endorse shopping “holidays” started by large corporations, but Small Business Saturday seems to hold more merit than the soulless shit-storm known as Black Friday. This nationwide initiative created by American Express is focused on a formidable goal to get Americans to avoid their Walmart dependencies for a day and shop at local mom and pop shops instead, thus empowering local business and fueling the economy as a whole.

The irony of promoting this event in NYC is that many people already believe in the “shop local” mindset all year round, but although we may pride ourselves on filling our kitchens with farmers market produce and beans from local coffee shops, many of us are still guilty of shopping at large chains for convenience and/or lower prices. Perhaps the greatest advantage of Small Business Saturday is to help us remember to consciously support independent business for at least one day and to see all of the benefits it can bring to the dozens of micro-communities that make up the great city of New York.

Here’s a list of places in the ‘Burg where you can score some good deals this Saturday for a good cause, or at least a cause that is better than waking up at 4am to get 15% off a new flatscreen TV:

1. The Future Perfect- 10 percent off all full-price, in-stock items excluding custom orders. 115 N. 6^th St. (718) 599-6278 thefutureperfect.com
2. Life:Curated- 15 percent off any purchase. 186 Grand St. (247) 689-9143 life-curated.com
3. Mable’s Smoke House- Two free draft beers with a purchase of a deluxe platter. 44 Berry St. (718) 218-6655 mablessmokehouse.com
4. Mini Mini Market- 15 percent off all non-sale merchandise. 218 Bedford Ave. (718) 218-7849 miniminimarket.com
5. Moon River Chattel- 10 percent off purchases of $50 or more. 62 Grand St. (718) 388-1121 moonriverchattel.com
6. Sound Fix- 10 percent off all purchases. 44 Berry St. (718) 388-8090 soundfixrecords.com
7. The West Beer, Wine, and Coffee Bar- All menu items are two for one. 379 Union Ave. (718) 599-1704 thewestbrooklyn.com

For a more complete list of participating business around NYC, download Paper Mag’s uber-helpful guide here: http://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday?sk=app_248105571911306

Terrific Magazine hosts Pool Supplies, a pop-up marketplace, this Sunday at Union Pool from 2PM to 7PM. Ease your shopping saunter and [insert standard Union Pool hookup joke here] with drinks from the new outdoor booze shack, the famous taco truck and live DJs.

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