Courtney Love may have been touring around with her band Hole recently, but her band was severely different from the original lineup. On Monday the original four will band together again, however, for a screening of Hit So Hard at MoMA—a documentary about former Hole drummer Patty Schemel (clip below). more ›

After going on Mike & Mike in the Morning to continue his denials of taking performance enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens decided to contact Houstonist (yes, part of the Gothamist family) and offered to take readers' questions: "The fans and the folks in Houston have always been great to Deb, the kids and me and we’re grateful for the support. I know a lot of baseball fans read the Houstonist and that they have asked questions about the false allegations against me. I welcome the chance to answer the questions of your readers." Yes, there are questions why Houstonist was picked as a follow-up to ESPN Radio, but Houstonist has confirmed the email's address with the Roger Clemens Foundation and until editor Jason Bargas gets to meet Clemens in person and see how he reacts to photos of Mike PIazza, we'll just assume it's legit. And Gothamist readers, you can pose your questions on the Houstonist post—your commenting usernames will work there, too. more ›

Last October, Almond, the unpretentious French bistro that's become a Bridgehampton hotspot, boldly expanded to Manhattan with an outpost in the Flatiron district. But even before the city's economy drifted into its current deep funk, chef/co-owner Jason Weiner faced a daunting task: finding a way to fill the massive East 22nd Street space that's been the ruin of many a restaurateur, including Rocco DiSpirito’s Rocco's, Jeffrey Chodorow’s Caviar & Bananas, and Borough Food & Drink. more ›

Recently we sent Katie Dickinson to an advanced screening of “The Kite Runner” hosted by the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Club. The screening was followed by a Q&A session featuring director Marc Forster, screenwriter David Benioff and author Khaled Hosseini. Here's what she reported back: Spanning two continents and three decades, the novel "The Kite Runner" tells the story of Amir, an immigrant from Afghanistan, and how a childhood friendship with his servant,... more ›