EVENT: Earlier this year Holly Hunter encountered an interesting situation with an interviewer for a news station (we highly recommend watching the YouTube video of this). She discussed her tv series Saving Grace at the time, and she'll be doing the same tonight at the Paley Center (old Museum of TV and Radio). There will be a Q&A as well as a screening of one of the episodes. 6pm // The Paley Center for Media......

Six years ago musician Gail Silverman, tired of watching her fellow female rockers sitting on the sidelines, started her own record label, Revolutionary Records and a concert series called Girls Rock and Girls Rule (GRGR). What started out as just a one gig event has grown into a sort of small-scale hard rock Lilith Fair, with a rotating line-up of local musicians joining a roster of headliners whose tour this year has taken them through......

THEATER: The Summer Play Festival is at full blaze over at the Theater Row complex on 42nd Street. At $10 a ticket it’s your cheapest way to catch new work by playwrights whose heat index is rising. Tonight you have your pick of four plays; insider theater blogger Surplus recommends Cipher, which concerns two clerks stuck in a secret location monitoring the thoughts of suspected terrorists. “When their assignment gets tough, they begin to ask......

That first sip of wine after six painful hours of meetings is as liberating as loosening up your tie or slipping off your heels. After all, it’s not called happy hour for nothing. Throw in a good deal on top of it, whether it’s a buy one get one free or 50% off, and you may have one of the great pleasures of the work week. With so many deals all over the city, it’s......

Since opening day, Joe Ng's dumplings have been proclaimed by critics to be the highlight of the Chinatown Brasserie menu. Since opening, the original Chef, Tyson Wong Ophaso, has left, elevating Joe's position in the kitchen. Thankfully, the quality of the dumplings has remained intact through the change. Although you can't expect Chinatown prices (each order of dim sum ranges from $6 to $15 at lunchtime, a buck or two more at dinner), the......

March 10: Cantina-Style: One Pot Meals Cooking Demonstration and Luncheon It's cantina time at Rosa Mexicano. Learn the ropes from Culinary Director Roberto Santibañez, as he teaches you to make cantina-style dishes including Zarzuela de Mariscos (cantina seafood stew: jumbo shrimp, clams, mussels and white fish braised with chorizo, baby artichokes and olives and served in a tomato-serrano chile broth) and Salsa en Molcajete (freshly ground roasted tomato (red) or tomatillo (green) salsa). 10:00 a.m.......

Or at least you can get your fat on. You can start by hitting up the newly opened Popeye's Fried Chicken at 40th Street between 7th and 8th. And of course you'll need to follow it up with some pancakes. Lucky for you, IHOP is giving them away free until 10 p.m. today! Here's a list of nearby IHOPs, for your convenience. For other pancake options, the New York post rounds up a wide variety,......

December 24: Feasts of the Seven Fishes Join in the Italian tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes -- a seafood meal in observance of the La Viglia Di Natale, or the wait for the birth of Christ. - Jovia: Chef Eben Copple and Pastry Chef Jennifer Domanski serve up a four-course menu including Seafood Salad with diver scallops, mussels, calamari, shrimp, clams, arugula, olives and radicchio, Linguine Nere with baby sepia and spicy......

ART: Local artist Jen Dunlap is having an art show tonight. It's called Yeep! Yeep!, so it's sure to be fun. Check out her work here, then head over there to see it all up close, while enjoying some free drinks! 7 to 10pm // Riverfawn [11 Harrison St #1] // Free THEATER: Anne Washburn’s The Internationalist begins previews tonight. Originally presented in 2004, it’s about a young American businessman assigned to an unspecified foreign......

Are new parents a little too worried about their $800 Bugaboos? Some Tribeca residents are petitioning to have cobblestone streets paved over to make them more pedestrian friendly. The Post reports that people who live at 44 Laight Street wanted to "rip up the [cobblestones] directly in front of the building and create a level sidewalk," while leaving others in tact. The community board rejected the proposal - and apparently didn't treat the idea with......

READING: READINGS: Looks like literary talent might just be genetic - 26-year-old Owen King, son of best-selling spookmaster Stephen King, has a collection of a novella and short stories out and is reading tonight at the Astor Place Barnes & Noble. We're All in This Together has been called "compelling" and "imaginative", and having a famous father can't hurt, right? - Krissa Corbett Cavouras 7pm // Barnes & Noble [4 Astor Place] // Free THEATER:......

Marion's Continental, a longtime Bowery presence is revamping its annex -- where once shimmied the go-go boys (Avenue Q writer Jeff Whitty among them at one point) an old favorite bar and dining room is now reborn. When Michael Howett and Richard Bach first opened the place on Elizabeth Street, it was the first bar and dining room there and those who knew it remember the nude paintings, eccentricities, ancient wine bottles and tchotchkes well.......

ACME Bar & Grill advertises the slogan, "an okay place to eat," and for a frigid, wintry day when your body craves comfort food in no serving size anyone would dare call small, ACME is a more than okay place to be. The Cajun and Southern inspired menu starts off with "appeteasers" like flame-roasted cajun corn, Maryland crabcakes, shucked oysters, and catfish fingers that only help warm-up to mouthwatering po-boy sandwiches, burgers, and hearty......

For such a long and storied crosstown street, it is odd that Bleecker Street on has only one subway stop. That stop on the 6 train will drop you square into NoHo, providing easy access to that neighborhood as well as the East Village and NoLita. Regardless of the time of day or scope of your agenda, there is a great place for food within striking distance. - Maybe you need some food before......

It's January, and cold, and you're looking for a cozy warm place to savor some wine and savory snacks with a few friends. With low light, abundant space, and a jeweled downstairs lounge to boot, the rustic menu at Sala is sure to please. Diners choose from racciones (appetizers) and platos (entrees); paella is also offered per person for $17. Gothamist favorites included the fried goat cheese with honey and caramelized onion -- overwhelmingly......

Founded during the 1950's by Marion Nagy, a Hungarian emigrant of the Stalinist era, who, after a short-lived modeling career in Paris found herself opening a restaurant on the Bowery, Marion's Continental is a kitchy, yet glitzy downtown staple and home to some of the best martinis in all of New York. Now run by her son Richard Bach, Marion's was historically a haven for literati, drag queens, and late night bar crawlers. The......

Most of the time, Gothamist is happy to watch TV and our Netflix and be ok with not reading stuff. But when we got our mitts on a book written by a TV writer, it seemed like a decent compromise. Six Feet Under writer and producer Jill Soloway's book Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants is pretty hilarious and she will be doing a couple of book signings and shows this week that Gothamist is very......

The maroon awning outside Five Points Restaurant hides one of downtown's hidden gems -- an American-Mediterranean gastro-haven whose menu changes seasonally, according to what chef-owner Marc Meyer can find is freshest at the market. The fall menu offers fire-roasted Maine razor clams, wood oven roasted Montauk squid, and Hudson Valley Duck Breast, a testament to why it's good to eat local food. At brunch, Five Points features sweet treats of lemon-ricotta pancakes, dulce de......

If the electic orange exterior of Great Jones Cafe doesn't reel you in, their reputed cajun-inspired menu featuring seafood jambalaya, shrimp po-boys, and cajun-fried oysters -- ought to. Rumored to be a former hangout of street-kid and graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, these days Great Jones Cafe caters less to starving artists and more to local East and West Villagers in search of a stellar juke box and one of the best burgers in town.......

Last night's Movable Hype was a great time, thanks to everyone who came out and to Nick Catchdubs for deejaying. And a special thanks to all of the bands. Really amazing night! Oh, and David Bowie even showed up(!) He sat upstairs in the balcony with a baseball hat on and clapped for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stay tuned for the next Hype which will hopefully be taking place in August/September. In the meantime,......

Have you heard of PSNBC? We hadn't until a few weeks ago. PSNBC is network television's only performance and development lab. They are dedicated to picking out the best untapped talent, and they've been doing it in New York since 2000. We know it's funny, just check out the line-up for tonight - they'll all be joining host Mike Birbiglia: Guests: Chris Himes (filmmaker) Nick Kroll (VH1, Host, "Welcome to Our Week", our comedy show......

After getting yourselves a coffee or some brunch this morning, which we currently need...desperately, you may ponder what to do with the rest of your Saturday. Look no further, Gothamist is here to point you in the right direction. If you aren't into anything on this list, the city has more to offer. Really! For those of you who like awesome music, for free, we suggest heading over to Sound Fix in Brooklyn. They'll be......

...but it might be set at "Hudson University," or another fictional city school. Reader Nicola gave us the scoop and these great pictures from yesterday's downtown filming: L&O was filming around NYU for what I can only assume was their 'Ripped from the Headlines: NYU student take the plunge' episode. Jesse L. Martin was there and Dennis Farina too. (Trailers also read 'Assistant ME', and a Sergeant who's name I couldn't place) First, they......

Beer, wine or cocktails? Cocktails. What could I order that will get me laughed right out of the bar? That's a tough one. Pause. Got it -- a white wine spritzer. Who has been your favorite celebrity patron? There have been so many. Someone I personally served? Yes. Ray Davies from the Kinks. Great Jones Cafe, 54 Great Jones Street, between Bowery and Lafayette, East Village, (212) 674-9304.......

This Bastille Day we suggest you check out the Loser's Lounge tribute to that deceased French crooner Serge Gainsbourg. A traditional Loser's send up includes a medley of guest vocalists accompanying Joe McGinty and his band on the theme of the moment, tonight, Friday and Saturday, the spotlight is on Gainsbourg. An enormous influence on French music, Gainsbourg is known for such classics as "Je t'aime...moi non plus" and the duet he did with......

Yes, it's June 16, which means it's time for James Joyce enthusiasts to celebrate Ulysses, one of the most heralded books of the English language very few actually manage to read. Bloomsday on Broadway at Symphony Space started at noon today, but the readings of Joyce's work and reaction to it go on until midnight (Stephen Colbert, Jefferson Mays, the McCourt brothers - and Malachy will be in drag- and Fionnula Flanagan are a few......

The Village Voice ponders the mysterious marker actions last week that occurred on a stretch of iPod advertisements on Lafayette Street between Bond and Great Jones Streets. Written on the popular music listening device's colorful silhouette posters were statements like "The I stands for Isolation" and "The I stands for Income," and then other passer-bys responded. Gothamist loves the idea of this kind of outdoor interactive advertising (better than those LCD screens!). But, sadly, the......