As we get closer to the kick-off of the much anticipated High Line Festival, let's take a closer look at what's to come, and at the man who co-founded and curated the whole thing, David Bowie. The eleven days of music, film, art and comedy starts Wednesday at Radio City Music Hall. Who else to play the first event at the inaugural festival than Bowie-beloved Arcade Fire? Pair 'em up with Brooklyn's The National and you've got a lineup that already beats most out there. more ›

We've got a few pairs of passes to give away to the following Tribeca Film Festival events, and we want to give them to you... more ›

SCIENCE: Since we spent the weekend thinking about the Earth, spend tonight learning about Mars with NASA Solar System Ambassador Dr. Ken Kremer. He'll take you on a tour of the planet through 3-D orbital views. more ›

The movie releases list this week is determined to put the conception that summer is only about the blockbuster to the test. There are documentaries, foreign films and small indies about local hot button issues that are all worth a viewing. This weekend should be all about escaping the humidity with a quality flick. more ›

Shocking arborists everywhere, ecologist Jillian Gregg found that saplings in New York grew faster than their country cousins. According to her findings in Nature, the excess of ozone near the ground in rural areas is greater than in cities, and as ozone is harmful to flora and fauna...Newsday reveals that it's the nitric oxide in the city that erases some of the ozone. Yay, pollution has its perks. Too bad, as a Parks Department official says, that the trees in the city will live half as long. more ›

Jarvis Cocker, that wacky Pulp frontman, has been moonlighting as "Darren Spooner" in a group called "Relaxed Muscle." The Sun had picturea of Jarvis and Gothamist thinks he looks like one of those too-old-for-Halloween teens who really want candy, so they wear dimestore costumes and greasepaint. more ›

Sarah Jessica Parker carries her baby on the set of Sex and the City. Man, Gothamist remembers SJP and Helen Hunt in Girls Just Want to Have Fun like it was yesterday. more ›

I truly love Pulp, but the idea of Jarvis Cocker having a child and Jarvis carrying the child in a baby papoose and Jarvis looking like the pale, slightly mad musical maestro he is while transporting his baby...it's too much to think about. more ›