Earlier today, Vice President Joe Biden spoke at NYU Law School, to ramp up Obama/Biden 2012 and to attack Romeny/Someone 2012. Of course, all that anyone remembers is how Biden recalled the Theodore Roosevelt line, "speak softly, and carry a big stick... »
A woman employed by the Macmillan publishing house was strolling along Fifth Avenue with her co-worker Monday afternoon when a ring slipped off her finger and tumbled down into the impenetrable darkness beneath a sidewalk grate. And there it would have... »
Did you realize that Calvin Klein, 67, had been dating a man 46 years younger than him? If you didn't, then you'll need to look at this Google Image search (SFW, at least for the first few screens) before understanding why everyone is reporting about h... »
On May 1st—or May Day—Occupy Wall Street is hoping to make a big splash with a possibly massive General Strike, as well as a series of protests/marches that will come to a head that afternoon in Union Square, where a lot of OWS activity has ... »
It appears the beloved (some would say overrated) vegetarian diner Kate's Joint has reached the end of its rope. EV Grieve reports that the establishment, located on the corner of Avenue B and 5th Street, has been seized by the Marshal. The news does n... »
These signs have been spotted all over Gramercy Park, where a tipster tells us they're "taped on every flower bed along the southside" (this one was hanging at 20th and Irving). The letter writer has penned a threatening note to the offender, which rea... »
According to police, the two men who were arrested in front of the Sixth Street Community Center last night allegedly assaulted an NYPD sergeant with a metal pipe in front of the Starbucks on Astor Place. One of the men, 41-year-old Alexander Penley, i... »
Mars Bar: The Movie Proves That The Beloved Dive Lives On"/ Nine months after it closed, East Village ubër-dive Mars Bar is having a moment. The anarchic bar has a photo show dedicated to it at a fancy clothing shop and, this weekend, the Anthology Fil... »
In case you didn't know, Momofuku's David Chang and the Roots' Questlove have been in a bit of an online feud regarding their respective fried chicken recipes lately. So of course, last night they took the fight to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (where Q... »
Ever since Andre Balazs and The Standard Hotel empire bought up the Bowery monstrosity that was the Cooper Square Hotel we've been waiting for the inevitable changes it would bring. And here [PDF] they are! EVGrieve notes that the hotel is set to a... »
Spare the rat, spoil the hawk? New York's solution to our unending rodent problem turns out to not be a great thing for our city's returning raptor population. The problem is simple: rats eat rat poison, hawks eat rats, hawks die from rat poison. To th... »
Feel guilty about using an Airbnb rental to host a huge rager? Enter Eventup, which is like your new best friend whose parents go away a lot... except this "friend" charges you a bunch of money to hang. The service, which will be running out of New Yor... »
Pillows and pajamas took over Washington Square Park for the city’s seventh annual Pillow Fight Day yesterday. The event caused a lot of contention around the Gothamist office this week, with some advocating for the complete end of "prec... »
Mission to Mongo Was Avant-Garde Needle In Haystack"/ Back in 1979, former Village Voice film critic and filmmaker J. Hoberman made an avant-garde film called Mission to Mongo, but it was lost to the ages until a curator at the Anthology Film Archives ... »
Jesus Christ, NOW look who's blocking bike lanes—oh, it's Jesus Christ. EV Grieve snapped a few instant-classic photos of The Messiah marching down the Second Avenue bike lane in the East Village today, lugging a full cross (historically inaccurate!) a... »
