MUSIC: Merkin Concert Hall is reopening, and to help celebrate some of the piano greats will be on hand for a free, six hour concert. Philip Glass and John Medeski will be amongst those who will perform. Get more details here. 2 to 8pm // Merkin Concert Hall [129 W 67th St] // Free We had a chance to catch Marla Hansen (pictured) last year, and the Brooklynite silenced the room with her hushed compositions.......

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MOVIE: The 2006 Clark Kent hit the big screen in Superman Returns. Tonight catch the superhero do his thing all over again at the River Flicks outdoor film series. Free popcorn, free film and a nice cold summer breeze. Bring a blanket! Sunset // Hudson River Park, Pier 54 // Free MUSIC:The XYZ Affair has pretty much pounded their new song into our heads via a video starring old Nickelodeon "stars" we don't recognize. Tonight,......

Frank essentially calls Robert out on his Il Brigante review from a couple of weeks back. Looks like he is getting his pizza jones ramped up, expect a flurry of pizza output in the next few months. In a sad bit of news, Teresa's the the Polish stalwart on lower on First Avenue has ended its 22 year run in the East Village. They remain in business at a Brooklyn Heights location. In a sadder......

Can you recommend some fun, unique venues for a bachelorette party in NYC? Please help! I don't want to end up at the Donkey Show. -Amy Ask Gothamist has gotten pleas from a number of people saying "Help! I need to throw my friend a bachelorette party and we want to avoid strippers/cheesy musicals/Lucky Cheng's/half the people coming to the party are pregnant" etc. Obviously, if the party's not a surprise, you should ask your......

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Sometimes, justice can prevail: A judge threw out a lawsuit from East Village drag queen eatery Lucky Cheng's against restaurant guide Zagat. The 2004 Zagat guide gave Lucky Cheng's a single digit food rating for the past two years (most recently a 9 out of 30), prompting the management to sue Zagat for defamation. Supreme Court Justice Diane Lebedeff wrote in her ruling:While this restaurant owner believes it has `hit the sweet spot' with its......

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East Village drag themed restaurant Lucky Cheng's is suing Zagat's for a bad review. Apparently, Lucky Cheng feels that it was "libelously attacked" in the reviews in the $10 million lawsuit and wants a court order to stop Zagat from printing any more guides. In preview years, Lucky Cheng's had ranked higher, but starting with the 2003 guide, it received single digit food scores: 8 out of 30 for 2003 and 9/30 for 2004. Zagat......