Last night Pete Seeger, the legendary folk singer (born May 3rd, 1919 in Manhattan's French Hospital), was honored by the WhyHunger organization at their 35th anniversary dinner. The event, held at Gotham Hall, featured performances by Ashford & Simpson, Tom Chapin, and a host of others—all of whom joined the guest of honor on stage at the end of the night. The highlight of the night came when the 91-year-old smiling Seeger led the crowd in a sing-a-long of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," which brought even the grown men in the audience to tears. (Get some tissues, we're trying to get a hold of video.) more ›

Has the novelty of this show being filmed in New York, but not always realistically, worn off? Wethinks it has. Here is our last look at Gossip Girl and her urban explorations. more ›

Later, the boys will be having a record release party at Mr. Black (Broadway @ Bleeker). Open bar from 10 to 11, party goes til 4am, as any good party should. RSVP at therapture (a) urb.com more ›

Last night (or rather, yesterday at 4 in the afternoon) we headed over to the tiny spot that was given to us on the (way end of the) red carpet for MTV's Video Music Awards.The awards were back in NYC this year, and brought a whole lotta Hollywood with them. more ›

Not that you were asking, but we know you wanted it. The obligatory Best of '05 List. We chose to list off the Best NYC Shows in 2005. We compiled this list after closely surveying and consulting...ourselves. Here are our Top 11 NYC Shows of 2005. That's right, we said ELEVEN. more ›

Last week we told you about our stint as a dancing owl for the Flaming Lips, but we left out some serious details. We didn't want to sully our happy story with the harsh facts. The judging, the sidewalk politics, our inability to be fabulous. We gained entry from the band's people, but the doormen did everything they could prior to that moment to keep us and our $20 shoes out of Gotham Hall that night. We were lucky, others were not. And so it seems that a stern look at the underbelly of nightclub doormen is in order. The drummer of the Flaming Lips was himself subjected to the cruelty of this doorman, he stated: more ›

A couple of nights ago Gothamist was lucky enough to be inducted into the most prestigious of clubs. The Flaming Lips Furries Club. It's not a real club, but it exists none-the-less. If you are a Lips fan you know what we are talking about, if you aren't we'll give you a brief introduction. The furries are fans chosen prior to each show to dress up in various animal costumes and dance on stage during the show. So Thursday night there we were in our owl costume holding a high powered flashlight and dancing on stage, getting covered in confetti and smiling like crazy underneath our mask. more ›