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EVENT: The spot of the future Poets House, at Two River Terrace in Battery Park City, hosts an outdoor evening extravaganza. Show up early for a walking tour of the area, featuring an introduction to some of its literary and artistic niches. After that, bunker down for readings from Cornelius Eady, Matthea Harvey, Hettie Jones, Li-Young Lee, and Kay Ryan, and a musical performances by Jill Sobule!

HEADS UP!: We love Daniel Kitson, it's been documented, so we wanted to give you a heads up that our favorite British comedian is coming back to the States! He has three shows in December at Union Hall (the 2nd, 3rd and 4th), and tickets are ON SALE NOW for two of those dates. It'll be the best $8+fees that you ever spent. ART: The Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel has taken over the...

EVENT: Want to get all of your holiday shows conveniently mashed up in to one night? Then join Mickey and Minnie Mouse tonight to help light the Holiday Tree at Lincoln Center. While there you will also see "performances from The Metropolitan Opera's new holiday production of Mozart's The Magic Flute, members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a selection from George Balanchine's The Nutcracker by the New York City Ballet and students from the School of American Ballet, a daring performance from the fire-juggling Gizmo Guys from the Big Apple Circus, and holiday favorites sung by the SRC All-City Gospel Chorale and special guest Alvin Slaughter." That's a lot of holiday cheer.

Perennial political candidate Christopher X. Brodeur was sentenced to 6 months in prison yesterday, after being convicted of aggravated harassment. The charge stemmed from a beef CXB had with his landlord. In a recent email, Christopher's girlfriend Jessica Delfino explained what happened:

Perennial outsider political candidate Christopher X. Brodeur has been arrested (for the 20th time). Here at Gothamist we're treated to a few of Chris' amusing emails every week. We've always enjoyed reading them, because he hates politicians from both political parties (this picture is from last year's 9/11 Commission hearings, right before he was dragged and thrown out), as well as most journalists (especially those at the New York Press, where he seems to work), and he uses a lot of exclamation points and CAPITAL LETTERS. Sure, they often rant a little bit, but if you love New York politics, they are always a fun read. Jessica Delfino, CXB's campaign manager, sent this morning's missive, because CXB was already in handcuffs (we're not sure, but we think the charge is related to the harassment charges that the Bloomberg administration brought against Brodeur a few months back.) But let's let Christopher speak for himself:

Jessica Delfino, Dirty Folk Singer/Stand-Up Comic