Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing child on 94th St. and Broadway in Manhattan, a disabled train in the Amtrak tunnel under the Hudson River, and a shooting on Mott St. and Central Ave. in Queens. Miss Subway: beautiful at any age. For environmentalism, blue may be the new green. Coal miners and New Yorkers will probably stick with black. The courts ruled again in favor of the city regarding the mandatory installation......

May 3: Cheezapolooza III: Naked vs Cooked Nolita House hosts cheese gurus Waldemar & Nadia as they feature six of spring's best artisanal cheese both unadulterated and then all hot and melty. Nibbles include Piave Vecchio and Pancetta Mini Grilled Cheese Sandwiches; Mini Valdeon Blue Cheese Burgers on Brioche and Four Year Aged Gouda Mini Mac & Cheese. You'll get drink tickets for a glass of wine or beer selected to pair with the each......

KARAOKE: Tonight is the MCFGHT, a LVHRD event. Michelle Collins is the master of ceremonies, presiding over a roomful of people cheering on those who take part in the nights karaoke showdown. If you've never seen Brian Battjer do karaoke, and we're guessing most of you haven't, you do not want to miss this. He'll be one of the contestants tonight. Check out the flyer here, and buy tickets here. They're $20 ($11 if you're......

We hear about a lot of events each week and we can't write one post about each of them, because then you'd be here all day. So we're going to sift through and pick out some gems for the weekdays, here are some of the highlights for this week... FILM SCREENINGS: IFC Films will hold two free screenings this week for CSA: The Confederate States of America. The new mockumentary that asks: What would have......

Gothamist's early memories of egg custard include eating them at dim sum or at a pastry stores like Maria's, but we recently experienced something totally different. After seeing David Yee's photo of the Egg Custard King Cafe on flickr we knew that we had to have at least one egg custard. What we didn't know and probably shouldn't have done was that we would end up eating four in a sitting. The things we......

Myriad sake bottles line the windowsills of Chibi's Sake Bar, a candle-lit Soho nook offering 18 varieties of sake served hot or cold. Named after the Dutch-Japanese husband-wife owners' bulldog, Chibi, the bar also serves edamame, mushroom dumplings, caviar, and grilled tofu to nibble on as the sake disappears and evening turns to night. Those with bigger appetites can stroll next door to the adjoining restaurant, The Kitchen Club, where a Japanese inspired menu......

Mixing a little art with life, actor Vincent Pastore, best known as "Big Pussy" on The Sopranos, allegedly beat up his girlfriend in downtown Manhattan (Mott Street) - and in public. The NY Post described the brawl:The brawny Pastore allegedly punched fiancée Lisa Regina — who formerly played a bit part on the gangland show — as they drove through SoHo during the start of a trip to see the woman's family in New Jersey,......

Gothamist is happy to see that organizations like IndieMusicForLife.org are out there bringing together independent singer-songwriters to help in the common cause of finding a cure for cancer. The money is raised through donations, live shows and from artists donating songs for compilation CD’s which are sold. Many have joined forces with this organization to help set up and perform at fund raising events all over the country, helping to raise awareness and money for......