Maison Francaise New York University

Admit it: you’ve always wanted a reason to turn onto those cute little mews between University Place and 5^th Avenue. Well wait no more, mon ami.
If you can steel yourself for a little B.O. (it is the Maison Francaise after all) this place is a true NY steal!
For the low, low price of $ 0, you can catch lectures by an eminent historians like Ruth Harris — an Oxford University don who looks pleasantly like Elaine from Seinfeld — on cool subjects like the Dreyfus Affair. (Admit it! You’ve always wanted to learn what that whole «J’accuse» thing was about.)
After only an hour, I walked out feeling like I’d mainlined a half dozen Wikipedia entries (on subjects ranging from psychoanalysis and spiritualism to Durkheim and impressionism) straight into my brain — all without eye strain. C’est bon, n’est-ce pas?