SKATE: Free skating at Bryant Park just got...more free! Now you can get free rental skates every Wednesday provided you are one of the first 100 people to get over to The Pond Exhibit Area. 6 to 7:30pm // Bryant Park // Free MOVIE: If you have 5+ hours to spare, catch the uncut version of Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander, which he called “the sum total of my life as a filmmaker.” The original......

Will Manhattan's clubs be moving to the 10013? With the group that opened Cain on 27th Street having opened Gold Bar at 389 Broome Street in February; and uber-promoter Danny A having opened the VIP-only Upstairs on Spring Street and Broadway, The Observer is reporting on a move of "clubland" to Chinatown. Following the flock is former model Emma Cleary who purchased Double Happiness at 173 Mott Street. The lounge will open as a "hip......

No, not the movie. The real Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen stopped by Manhattan Cable Network (whose studio was down the block from the Hotel Chelsea) on September 18th, 1978 for a live call-in show. Less than a month later Nancy was found dead, followed by Sid the following February. Watch Part One here, Part Two is below... The others in the video are Cynthia Ross (bassist for B-Girls) and Stiv Bators (of Dead Boys).......

On Sundays, Gothamist likes to publish opinion pieces by our readers and friends. The opinions expressed below are that of the author and are not necessarily that of Gothamist LLC or any of its editors Part One: POP QUIZ! Name as many of the seven dwarves as you can. Count with your fingers, or, even take a minute before reading on and scribble down on a scrap of paper as many of their names as......

- The woes of Global Dimming - Prepare for hurricane season over at the NOAA and the NYC Office of Emergency Management - It's been 24 years since the Mount St. Helen's eruption - Think you're too close to the lightning? Here's how to tell. - The Great Humidity vs. Dewpoint Debate, Part One - The Great Humidity vs. Dewpoint Debate, Part Two, in which Joe advises us to find 12-inch long hairs...for science......

When you date, unless you're lucky or foolish enough to spend your life with the first person you go out with, you will end up with exes. If you, like most of us here at Gothamist, date within your group of friends or industry or neighborhood, then you face the embarrassing likelihood of having to see or, even worse, contact them again. And again. And as you date more people, you wind up with more......