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TREE LIGHTING: Earlier this year, New Yorkers Fountains of Wayne transformed Demetri Martin into a lonely suit living in Brooklyn in this video. Tonight the band will be rockin' around the Stuy Town Christmas tree. A reader writes in:I just happened to see this flyer hanging up for the annual christmas tree lighting. And what the hell is this...7:30-8:00pm, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE. Seems like it's top secret, but there are flyers everywhere.Random! But if you're...

Robberies are down a little more than 8% from a year ago, but the New York Post reports that some spots around town have seen stunning jumps in the incidence rate of muggings. In 18 of 76 precincts in NYC, robberies are heading up rather than down, like in the rest of the city. Assaults, however, are static citywide--increasing from 15,025 to 15,097 which is statistically insignificant. The increase in robberies is anomalous mostly because...

Not making their way to the greenmarket this week are domestic matsutake, one of the most prized mushrooms in the world. Matsutake have a slight pine flavor and give off a wild, funky cinnamon aroma when cooked. This fragrance is said to do things to people, like instantly transport them to Xanadu or make choruses of ladybugs hail from the sky in intense, Busby Berkeley style formations. Hand foraged and scarce, matsutake are in fact like truffles, with whom they share a peak season and some frequent flyer miles: Just as a good number of Italian truffles are gussied up and shipped off the New York market each fall, most Pacific Northwest matsutake are flown overnight to Japan after collection, where the best ones are so expensive it’s not even funny. For the time being, and at least on the East Coast, matsutake are most likely to be found in restaurants.

This is probably an appropriate analogy with respect to this particular book: I was envious of the length of my fellow cartoonists’ narratives. I can remember reading things like , for example, and just feeling like, “I’ve gotta push myself to at least try something more ambitious than these little short stories I’ve been cranking out.” And I think that’s the way a lot of people make progress: they aim for like, a 10 on the scale of progress, and they probably end up falling way short of that, but it’s still better than nothing.

Almost all of the 17-year-olds' stories make for interesting reading.

EVENT: "Home Buying for Hipsters" would like to help out all of you "creative non-traditional wage earners" during your quest to own a home. Buying property is an art, after all, so creatives may even have a head start! They "aim to specifically address your concerns and break down the process into steps you can understand." Their classes are free and open to everyone ("hipsters, non-hipsters, art stars, rock stars, designers, freelancers, sculptors, poets, part-time geniuses, business moguls, cheapskates, high rollers, nerds, players, winners, losers=whoever is ready to own a home!") More info at their MySpace page, of course.

The Brooklyn Paper is reporting on a local B&B with themed rooms in an 1860s Victorian mansion in Bed-Stuy.

Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network."

It's time go over this weekend's NY Times Weddings Announcements!

Remember that smart-alecky retort, “It’s a free country”? That's the brazen spirit behind Radical Living Papers: A history of the free, alternative, counter-culture and underground press, 1965-75. Situated in the Passerby bar, it no doubt will inspire many fervent debates about freedom of the press.

A look at some noteworthy programs this week:

Maybe the new badge of infamy is how quickly your story gets co-opted by a Law & Order show. Apparently the antics of former Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro and trouble-making husband Al will be dramatized for an episode of Criminal Intent that will air next year. The Post has details:

In the episode, a very Pirro-like politician has her eyes on becoming the first female mayor of New York. But her husband, who's described as "very charming with a checkered past," throws a monkey wrench into her hopes when he's suspected of murdering his wife's mentor, a respected judge.

Continue reading "Jeanine Pirro Gets the Law & Order Treatment"

Recently, we passed by the flower kiosk outside our local Key Food at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street in Park Slope where we noticed a piece of art tacked to a brick wall alongside tied-up, broken-down boxes, milk crates, a hand truck and piles of trash.

Michelle Goldberg, Brooklyn resident and senior political reporter for Salon.com, recently published her first book, Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, a detailed examination of the rise of Christian Nationalism. Her research took her outside the largely secular NYC, and even further afield from the liberal ideology of which New Yorkers have grown so accustomed. In her book, Goldberg details the actions and intentions of the Christian right and presents a clear picture of politics under an evangelical president.

Well, the big day has come and gone, but not without leaving us with some impressive stats (feel free to help us out in the comments with better stats and info!):

There are few things in life at Mexican restaurants better than fresh guacamole prepared at your tableside, so when Gothamist spied a bowlful of avocados ready for smashin', we headed into Park Slope's inviting La Taqueria, a long, narrow joint smattered with paintings by local artist Jeramy Turner. Margaritas are a must-have, though nearly a dozen bottled beers appear on the menu including Tecate and Pacifico along with fresh fruit juices and the house sangria. Hot, crispy tortilla chips still dripping in oil arrived at the table for starters, accompanied by a mild, but smoky salsa. Soon afterwards, a cart quietly rolled up to the table where cilantro, lemon, and tomatoes were smashed into ripened avocados with a mortar and pestle and left to devour with another basket of chips.

Here are this weeks Weddings and Celebrations, by the numbers:

Mary Kate, we hardly knew you! Okay, so we knew you liked to dress like Mrs. Roper if she lived in Berkeley with $150 million start the trend of bohemian chic and drink coffee and party around town and not move into your deluxe apartment. But when we went to People.com to see if there were any new pictures of Brad and Angelina, we read this troubling, if not entirely unsurprising, news. We know you have lots of responsibilities, not just working at Dualstar but finding a new boyfriend. We wish you well and hope that you and your friend Nicole Richie will finally eat something.

Russell Moore, a chef at Chez Panisse Restaurant & Cafe in Berkeley, CA, is used to cooking delicious meals for demanding crowds. Gothamist once spent a summer interning in the pastry department at Chez Panisse and had the chance to remember our glory days while talking to Moore about the Thanksgiving meal he has planned for his own friends and family tomorrow evening. His menu left us drooling and wishing we were eating dinner at his house—tomorrow night, or actually, any night.

, and Gothamist heartily approves.

(1995) will be playing tonight at 8 pm at the Clearview Chelsea (260 W. 23rd Street between 7th and 8th Ave.) in its unedited NC-17 "director's cut" version. An "interactive" screening, drag diva Cashetta will offer her running commentary during the film and there will be special appearances by Lin Tucci and the girls of Scores, according to the promotional website for the newly released V.I.P. Edition DVD set.

Gothamist works in a cave... the flourescent lights are off (or covered with black fabric) and the windows, which wallpaper the entire office are covered with blinds. This is all fine and good, if we were bears hibernating for the winter. And we know all too many people who are trapped in a window-less office, cubicle, or just have a crappy view of the restaurant vent with leaking congealed grease sputtering out of it. So what is one to do if they are faced with such a dismal, Zoloft-addicting existance? Open the virtual window.

Tonight, Maddin will be at the 7:30PM screening for a Q&A. Maddin has also been contributing his shooting diary to the Village Voice over the past few weeks: "" Here are weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Young Jean Lee, Playwright/Director

Rachel Kramer Bussel, Smut Editor/Writer

But what we really want to know is what author Muriel Spark thinks. Read her Slate diaries from July 1996 and December 1996.