EVENT: Housing works is opening their new store in Brooklyn today. With great events and thrifty finds and a way to support the HIV-positive homeless community, it's nice to see the store is expanding. 11am to 7pm // Housing Works Thrift Store [122 Montague St, Brooklyn Heights] ART: Photographer Haik Kocharian’s solo show at Robin Rice Gallery is “Isild Le Besco: the Early Years”. Fans of French cinema know Le Besco for her mercurial screen......

Ahmet Ertegun, the man who founded Atlantic Records, died yesterday at the age of 83. Ertegun, along with a partner, Herb Abramson, founded Atlantic Records in 1947. They started up in an office in a hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan. The initial investment of $10,000 was borrowed from his family dentist. 48 years later, in 1995, at the Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, it was announced that the museum's......

-- The Friends of the High Line gave cameras to kids and sent them out to photograph Chelsea-- the shots are surprisingly good. -- People think that 311 can tell them if Ray Charles was Stevie Wonder's uncle -- The NY Times story about police-civilian mediation was fascinating (though many people say it's not that great for either side), but it was especially good after reading the story about former deputy commissioner Garry McCarthy's......

PARTY: Neighborhoodies is having a dance party at Rififi this Saturday. Wear that clever t-shirt you made and get ready to dance, dance, dance. Click on the flyer to the right for more info. DANCE: The Nilas Martins Dance Company is continuing the celebration of the legacy of George Balanchine at SummerStage. Along with other performances, a ballet created by Peter Martins with the music of the late Ray Charles, will be performed in his......

The city is finally hit with almost freakishly cold weather, and because our winter had been so mild up to this point, it's been catching up off guard. With stories about people freezing to death, Gothamist would like to remind everyone what your building's temperatures should be: - When the temperature drops below 55 degrees between 6AM-10PM, inside temperature should be at least 68 degrees. - When the temperature drops below 40 degrees between 10PM-6AM,......

Ray Charles, the indescribably amazing musician who spanned jazz, rock, blues, country and more, died yesterday at 73, after a series of health problems. Gothamist was seriously saddened, because hearing his rich voice is always such a pleasure (we tear up when we hear the drawn-out versin of "Georgia On My Mind."). But, he lived a pretty full life considering all the problems he had, and we are luckier that his talent was recognized and......