EVENT: Angels and Kings is hosting a Nerd Nite, described as: "the Discovery Channel with beer." This evening brings zombies to life, sort of, with a presentation on the undead titled "Zombies Are Real: Actual Zombies of the Natural World And Why You Might Be One." Drink, learn, be nerdy. 7pm // Angels & Kings [500 E 11th St] // Free LECTURE: Come get schooled on "green architecture" tonight at the kick-off event for The......

The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, also known as the shark in a tank by British artist Damien Hirst, will be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Labor Day, according to the NY Times. The artwork, bought by hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen for $8 million, isn't the exact same one that was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art's Sensation show in 1999 - the shark has......

A look at some noteworthy television this week: The Simpsons (Sunday, 8:00 p.m., WNYW 5) America’s favorite cartoon family celebrates its 400th episode tonight. Not bad for something that started as an animated short on The Tracey Ullman Show twenty years ago. Deal or No Deal (Monday, 8:00 p.m., WNBC 4) Subway hero Wesley Autrey tries his hand at winning a suitcase full of money. We do hope we wins and we guess being trapped......

In its profile of Josh Bernstein, the New York Times description of the televised adventurer's visit to the Explorers Club in Manhattan lacks only female members swooning onto fainting couches as he relates tales of danger to his audience. Indeed, the paper reports that Bernstein's visit to the club occasioned the largest attendance by women in the organization's history. And while he is best known for trekking to far-flung locales, the former host of he......

While we thoroughly enjoyed both The Tipping Point and Blink, we never quite thought of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling books as "movie material." Though interesting and filled with all kinds of fun facts about snap judgments, speed-dating, and the origins of the Hush Puppy madness, they lacked traditional plots or story outlines that could easily be adapted for the screen; they seemed more Discovery Channel material. But thanks to a skinny modelizer with big adaptation......

Gothamist noticed that on the Discovery Channel there's a program called Life of Grime, and tonight's episode follows a NYC restaurant inspector. Gothamist is a little afraid of what the episode might bring, especially since the description notes the inspector "finds evidence of rats in the kitchen and liquor bottles full of flies" but we're going to watch. And dream up Law & Order: Restaurant Violations. There's little information on the show, but it looks......

The Chocolate Show is coming! The Chocolate Show is coming! We know where we'll be camped out this weekend . . . The Chocolate Fashion Show combines chocolate and couture, in original and delicious designs by top designers such as Nicole Miller, Patricia Field, Sylvia Heisel, Ann Taylor and Suss Cousins. The fashion show will be hosted by tastemaker and style authority Robert Verdi, co-host of the Discovery Channel’s Surprise by Design and host of......

Have there ever actually been alligators in the New York City sewer system or is that just an urban legend? Maria, Williamsburg As much as we might want to see an update of 1980's Alligator or a sequel to 1999's Lake Placid (Lake Placid 2: Alligator Boogaloo, anyone?) we're glad that those movies aren't documentaries. We have enough problems with the plumbing in our apartment to worry about predatory reptiles snaking their way through......

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