ART: This past Friday The NY Times dubbed the new MoMA exhibit Design and the Elastic Mind "exhilarating". Now opened, as of yesterday, we highly recommend stepping inside and delving into the world of flying cars, future software and 200 examples of "successful translation of disruptive innovation, examples based on ongoing research, as well as reflections on the future responsibilities of design." You can also check it all out online. 10:30am to 5:30pm //......

MOVIE: In To Sir, With Love, an engineer who is unable to find a job as such lands a position teaching at an East End London high school. It's faculty vs students until the new teach (Sidney Poitier) breaks through all the teen angst. Lessons are learned, etc etc. 5pm lawn opens, Dusk movie starts // Bryant Park // Free MUSIC: Union Hall is coming off their week-long one year anniversary celebration. If you didn't......

PARTY: The L Magazine celebrates their fourth year and 100th issue tonight at their Fourth-Annual Centennial Party. There will be complimentary tequila and goodies from Brooklyn Industries and Crumpler. Come, drink, celebrate and don't think about the hangover you'll have tomorrow. 8pm // M1-5 [52 Walker St] // Free THEATER: This weekend concludes Stone Soup Theater Arts’ double bill of Edward Bond’s 1976 short play Stone and The Maguffin, an original farce that imagines a......

THEATER: You’ve got just three more weekends to experience one of the wildest and most entertaining late-night theater extravaganzas to hit New York this century. The Curse of the Mystic Renaldo The defies description – what begins as a fake silent movie (ostensibly unearthed during the construction of 3 Legged Dog’s sleek new theater center) quickly dashes off in countless delirious directions at once: There’s live rock, hilarious vaudevillian slapstick, both high and low art,......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: bank robbery on 1st and Houston, train tunnel fire under the East River, and a pedestrian struck in Park Slope. Roccer Mom, the 47-year old Myspace-using woman who was convicted of killing her daughter's friend in a drunk driving accident on the way home from clubbing, was sentenced to 16 months in prison today. Donut war on 14th Street: "A Dunkin’ Donuts will soon open several doors down from......

We mentioned the Billyburg Short Film Festival last week as something worth checking out. However, it ended up being cancelled due to the insane amounts of rain that poured down. So we wanted to draw extra special attention to it now, since it's back on...tonight! Michael Showalter is still the MC, Japanther is still the band, there will still be short films. This part might be new though: there's an afterparty at Supreme Trading once......

READING: The wonderful Paragraph, a downtown writers' haven, is hosting a roof deck reading, which is a pretty sweet way to get a good view and some good stories at the same time. The reading, which features Mohammed Naseeu Ali (The Prophet of Zongo Street) and poet Wyn Cooper (Stories From the Interior), will actually be held on the roof deck at Clay, the spa next door to Paragraph on 14th street. Wine and cheese......

Japanther is: Ian Vanek, Matt Reily One of the most well respected and truly underground bands in New York, Japanther rarely play traditional venues. You find them in warehouses, lofts, restaurants, basements, bedrooms, bathrooms...anywhere you can squeeze two guys, a bit of equipment, and a mass of sweaty fans. The Bass and Drum Art/Noise/Punk duo are one of the most revered live acts in New York, and this weekend we have two chances to......

YUM: If you're unable to jet off to a remote beach and sip on drinks in coconut cups, then do the next best thing. Okay, maybe the next next best thing, head over to The Carribean Fair. It's an all day festival giving you a taste of indigenous foods (prepared by celebrity chefs!). You can also check out some dancers, models, singers and bands - all celebrating the sites, sounds, and tastes of the islands.......

Eugene Mirman has a new cd and dvd coming out on Tuesday, and to celebrate he's...protesting himself! You can buy the cd/dvd, called En Garde, Society! here. It features live standup, in-studio recordings, seven films and Michael Showalter's parody/tribute to Eugene. According to him, "If you pre-order my new album you may be one of the 20 customers I call to thank/sweet-talk/bother." In the meantime, help him protest himself tonight. Along with The Onion, Mirman......

Jewcy (a politics and culture webzine featuring "fierce and funny writing and artwork" with commentary in the Jewish world and beyond) will be relaunching this summer. Tonight, however, is the launch of their variety show-style reading series (you see, Jewcy produces offline too!) Hosted by comedian Chelsea Peretti and featuring author Hal Niedzviecki and his new book, Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity - the night will be filled with writers, divas,......

EVENT: It's the first Friday in April, which means one thing (to us at least): the Guggenheim! The Flavorpill curated event has Rjd2 and MC Beans bringing their style to the turntables tonight. Drink and dance the night away, but don't touch the art please. Friday // 9pm to 1am // Guggenheim Museum [1071 5th Ave] // $20 ART: This city is full of poster art and tonight at The Brooklyn Poster Show there will......

Didn't get tickets to the sold out Flaming Lips show at Webster Hall tonight? We have good news. Wayne and the boys will be playing a free show at Prospect Park tomorrow afternoon...in celebration of this great weather we're having. Psych. We're just getting in to our April Fool's Day mindset. Here are some things that are really happening this weekend: COMEDY: What could be better than starting off April Fool's weekend with Michael Showalter,......

Michael Showalter has joined the faculty of the Peoples Improv Theater. The PIT is home of the most prestigious professional comedy writing program in the country and has added him as one of the four new teachers to their faculty. Showalter, who we all know from “The Baxter" (which we loved) and “Stella” (which we just weren't that into), will offer a 6-week course on “Writing a Comedy Screenplay” starting on March 20. The course......

So far we've found nothing funny about the month of January, hopefully things will change starting this week. Check out our comedy picks: When something is called Bar Mitzvah Disco (the Variety Show) you just have to go. The BMD is brought to you by the one and only Movable Hype 6.0 host Nick Kroll, who may or may not be going by the name of Enrique Goldfarb - Northern New Jersey's #3 name in......

New York comedians have shown benevolence all year, participating in relief efforts for just about everything. Add one more show with a purpose to the list as the Gotham Comedy Club [208 W. 23rd St.] hosts the Stand Up for Peace 2nd Annual Comedy Benefit this week in support of Seeds of Peace. Since it’s founding in 1993, Seeds of Peace has devoted itself to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership......

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Tonight, Comedy Central presents a special pre-premiere screening of a full episode of Stella, featuring a live Q&A with Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain (you’ve probably seen them plastered all over town), followed by the hilariously absurd summer-camp classic Wet Hot American Summer. Not only is this event free and provide complimentary Grolsch Premium swing-tops, but you'll also be able to finally scream "I want you inside me" at Showalter. Screening......

IFP’s Drive-In Movies Series at Rockefeller Center returns to showcase some of the best new films before their theatrical release. Each night this week at 9:00 PM, you can catch the free movies on the 40-foot screen above the ice rink (between 49th and 50th Streets, off 5th Avenue). Remember when your friends went to see Garden State at Rockefeller last year? They kept yapping about Zach Braff and the trailer’s Frou Frou song was......

Michael Showalter, comedian & filmmaker...

Comedy shows in New York this weekend are going to be just like Debra Messing’s hair– all over the place but still really good. Here’s the rundown of what not to miss: Saturday April 30 This Saturday night will be a one night only affair with Holiness, Sri Swami The Guru Pitka, who may or may not be Mike Myers. “A Dharma-Talk and Sutra: The Four Laws of Happiness" features Guru Pitka, an altar ego......

Last night Gothamist waited an hour in the rain at Tribeca Film Festival, as only a few volunteers handled the long lines for ticket pick up. Although we were drenched and missed our movie, we did get to see Kermit the Frog dressed in a suit (hugging Robert Deniro) as well as Stella's Michael Showalter (we held back from screaming Wet Hot American Summer lines) before presenting his romantic comedy The Baxter, which you can......

Gen Art is well underway with its decadent parties and premieres. The good news is there are still five more nights of revelry. What makes Gen Art unique is that it only screens seven features and seven shorts, while other fests screen tens of hundreds of films. And each night’s film is followed by an afterparty at some hot spot with 2-hour open bar. Also unlike other festivals, this one is more audience-driven and......

Brooklyn's Southpaw hosted a great evening of comedy on behalf of Concerts For Change Weds. night. Gothamist is crazy about Stella, the comedy trio comprised of Michael Ian Black (yeah, from Ed and I Love The Eighties),and the creators of Wet Hot American Summer, Michael Showalter and David Wain. It used to be that you could see these guys play tiny rooms like The Fez on an ongoing basis. Now their busy schedules don't have......

Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale serve up the laughs tonight at their weekly series, Invite Them Up. We always love Eugene (check out his website for more from this baby), and tonight he has a stellar cast of characters joining him. On the bill are Patrick Borelli (another Gothamist fave), Eric Slovin (SNL writer, and half of comedy team Slovin and Allen), James Patterson, Arj Barker and former Slate-ist and star of Wet Hot......

Okay, just one more post today: There are midnight showings of Wet Hot American Summer at the AMC Empire on West 42nd Street. Filmmakers David Wain and Michael Showalter will be appearing, along with cast members, and there will be prizes for costumes and musical guests... woo hoo! For more information: Wet Hot American Summer's official site.......