Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a burn victim on East 3rd St. and Beverly Rd. in Brooklyn, a shooting on Francis Lewis Blvd. in Queens, and a burn victim on 103rd St. and Park Ave. in Manhattan. Reps for the New York Philharmonic are investigating a planned appearance of the symphony in North Korea. Those excited by news of a George Clooney sighting in Brooklyn Heights yesterday can just go ahead and get giddy......

A memorial to thousands of people buried in downtown Manhattan will open to the public Friday at 1 p.m., and there will be a candlelight procession at 8 p.m. from Battery Park to the monument at Duane and Elk Sts. The African Burial Ground National Monument is set to open 16 years after construction workers discovered human remains while doing foundation work on a downtown federal building. What they discovered were the remains of early......

- Governor Pataki leaves the hospital and will try to "do some work" or whatever he calls what he's doing to our state - A look at the African Burial Ground's location - Mayor Bloomberg and State Senator Bruno meet so the press can get off their backs - but they probably still hate each other - You're warned: The film adaptation of Ethan Hawke's book, The Hottest State, is shooting in town -......

Gothamist has been sucked in to the History Channel's documentaries about the gangs of New York recently. Being history buffs, we want to learn more, but how do we do that without having to watch the Scorsese film again (which omitted a lot of facts)? With the Big Onion Walking Tours! The "Official" Gangs of New York Tour A tour exploring the legends and lore of Five Points and Herbert Asbury’s 1928 classic The Gangs......

While federal officials finally selected a memorial design for the African Burial Ground, a Duane Street site where thousands of African-American skeletal remainds were found, many people were unhappy with the decision. Some heckled officials, complaining that the selected design by Rodney Leon of AARRIS Architects (rendering above) is too large and overwhelms the 5-acre plot. A preferred design is one by Cheryl McKissack of McKissack & McKissack, which leaves more of the ground......

Gothamist keeps seeing these flyers around our neighborhood, so we wanted to pass on the information to you. This photo was taken for you, the reader, at around 2am this morning... What better way to prepare yourself for the onslaught of Republicans than to go see Fahrenheit 9/11. Educate yourself, re-educate yourself, get pissed off, inform others. So if you've seen it, if you haven't seen it...go see it tonight at the M'Finda Kalunga Community......