ART: The Museum Mile Festival is taking place this evening, meaning you can lay your eyes on the masterpieces without paying a dime. Amongst the establishments that will open their doors free of charge are The Met, The Guggenheim and the Museum of the City of New York. This is the 30th year of the fest, and they'll be kicking things off with an opening ceremony on the steps of the Cooper Hewitt National Design......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on Beekman Ave. in the Bronx, a double shooting on Throop Ave. in Brooklyn, and a dead body in the water just south of the Bayonne Bridge off Staten Island. There was a breaking news story on a cop being shot and killed this morning at or near a Hilton Hotel on 31st St. in Manhattan. Details were conflicting and confusing (not unusual in a breaking news......

READING: Today NY Mag asks, "What does Tina Brown have to do to get some attention?" Well tonight she's signing copies of her new book (a tell-all on Princess Di) called The Diana Chronicles. 7pm // Barnes & Noble [33 E 17th St] // Free MUSIC: That band in the bubble, Cartel, that you've undoubtedly already forgotten about, is playing a free show tonight. Go visit the bubble boys, help them re-enter the real world......

The 29th Annual Museum Mile Festival is tomorrow, with more creativity than you can imagine concentrated in a festival on 5th Avenue (from 82nd Street to 105th Street). From the Met to El Museo del Barrio you'll be able to find waived museum admissions. Museo del Barrio director Julian Zugazagoitia tells NY1, “It's the greatest day because all of Fifth Avenue is closed, so that all of the museums can be visited free of charge,......

Today marks the 28th annual Museum Mile Festival, aka: the world's largest block party. Just show up, here's what you'll get: Free access to all the museums along the mile (9 of them! See the list here) 23 car-free blocks (5th Avenue between 82nd & 105th) Live bands and entertainment Art-in-the street activities for kids Our favorite part: "follow the mile with street muralist De La Vega – grab a piece of chalk and......

If waiting until 9 for the Drive-In movie, Garden State, at Rockefeller Center, to begin isn't your bag, Gothamist suggests you check out Museum Mile Festival on Fifth Avenue. Between 82nd and 105th Streets, Fifth Avenue is closed for people to visit any of the nine museums along that strip, as well as partake in learning how to make art ("learn how to figure paint with a live model at the National Academy of Design,......