Musical theater star and lounge singer extraordinaire Robert Goulet died yesterday of pulmonary fibrosis while awaiting a lung transplant in an L.A. hospital; he was 73. In the early 60s Goulet skyrocketed to fame through his performance as Lancelot in the smash Broadway hit Camelot. He soon became a seemingly timeless fixture on both the musical theater touring circuit and the Vegas strip – in 1982 he was proclaimed Vegas Entertainer of the Year –......

VALENTINE PICK: Let Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio) and Scary Mansion serenade you and your valentine tonight. Glasslands is advertising the night as a Valentine's Dinner. The venue was opened last year by artist Brooke Baxter and commercial real estate broker Rolyn Hu, who have created the perfect art-centric space/venue. 7pm // Glasslands [289 Kent Ave, Brooklyn] // Price TBD ANTI-VALENTINE PICK: It's not Valentine's Day without an "down with love"-esque sort of party.......

THEATER: Stephen Belber, whose Tape was made into a riveting film by Richard Linkater, unveils his latest opus, A Small, Melodramatic Story at The Public Theater. Previews start tonight so there are no reviews yet, but the synopsis is intriguing: “In Washington, D.C., a widow struggles to figure out whether life is worth re-engaging with. In her path are the 1968 riots, the first Gulf War, the Freedom of Information Act, and herself. There's also......

There have been a number of stories about teachers molesting students lately, but it's rare when there's a reference to the longest running comedy on TV. Apparently public school teacher, Dolph Timmerman, accused of touching young girls at PS 123 in Bushwick, was the name-inspiration for the Simpsons bully Dolph, the slouchy, almost stoned-seeming guy amongst Jimbo and Kearney. Matt Groening just borrowed the name from his high school classmate for the character, but the......

Well, it looks like the Board of Ed has taken all the fun out of school with the draft of the new discipline code. The Board of Ed is looking to banning several things in school including drugs, alcohol, or sexual conduct. Really, what's the point of an education anymore? Perhaps when they move on to college, city students can get their real learning on. Proposed changes: Possessing controlled substances without appropriate authorization, illegal drugs,......