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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 Museum. On top off all the art, you'll be able to enjoy 23 car-free blocks filled with music and other entertainment, as well as art-in-the street.

• 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 event) and we expected clarification as the day went on. So far: total media silence on any such event.
• Someone "splashed" the black Astor Pl. rotating cube with a variety of paints, but the culprit doesn't appear to be the "Splasher".
• Claudia Cohen, former Page Six Editor at the NY Post, legendary gossip reporter, and ex-wife of billionaire Ron Perelman, succumbed to ovarian cancer yesterday. Former NY Sen. Alfonse D'Amato once famously called a press conference to announce that he was in love with Cohen.
• The Gowanus Lounge reports on the phenomena of someone, or some people, taking poops on people's property on Brooklyn's Bergen St. We emphasize: not dog crap, human crap.
• A Staten Island man has been indicted for his habit of poking young girls with a sharp object, allegedly for sexual gratification purposes.
• Longtime Harlem mainstay The Record Shack on 125th St. is facing eviction by the store's landlord.
• Chelsea neighbors object to the construction of an incongruous addition to their block.

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.

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.

Our favorite part: "follow the mile with street muralist De La Vega – grab a piece of chalk and make your mark!"

And on an interesting note, 90th Street has Silly Billy the Very Funny Clown, one of the city's most sought-after clowns. He's also known as David Friedman, the brother whose videotapes of his family during the 80s make up a much of Capturing the Friedmans.