December 24: Feasts of the Seven Fishes Join in the Italian tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes -- a seafood meal in observance of the La Viglia Di Natale, or the wait for the birth of Christ. - Jovia: Chef Eben Copple and Pastry Chef Jennifer Domanski serve up a four-course menu including Seafood Salad with diver scallops, mussels, calamari, shrimp, clams, arugula, olives and radicchio, Linguine Nere with baby sepia and spicy......

July 29: Cheese and Wine at Telepan Fromagers Waldemar & Nadia team up with Telepan Restaurant for the third in a series of Saturday afternoon cheese and wine tastings. This time around they have paired summertime artisanal cheeses with wines from Telepan's list. You'll learn all about each pairing while you sip and taste. $65 per person, reservations are required. Call 212-580-4300 for reservations. 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., 72 West 69 Street, between Columbus......

COMEDY: If you missed Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Aziz Ansari at Summerstage last night - you can catch them all together tonight as Human Giant takes over UCB tonight. What to expect?: "Each week they present a collection of sketches, short films, and presentations that have all been pre-approved by the other "human giant" - Michael Clarke Duncan. In addition, if anyone leaves the show unsatisfied, Mr. Duncan has agreed to go to......

- Enter the Phat Index: How do the values of New York politicos compare with the median home values in their district. Interesting... - Bitch about your hotel experiences on your blog... get a refund? - Explaining why so many venues have such lousy acoustics. - The NY Culinary Food Festival, a disaster? - The 92nd Street Y says goodbye to the Steinhardt Building. Sigh. - Finally, Curbed points out the crazy Ikea trimmed......

- Weird: HotelChatter notices that the Hotel Gansevoort does not appear on Google's satellite maps, but it does on Ask's - Restaurants will do somewhat worse business tonight - the Dow dropped 200 - While we've seen "The Omen" spraypainted on the "6+6+06" posters (which are for The Omen, anyway), someone else takes it a step further - Room 8 looks at the values of value of NY Congress-people's homes compared to their district......

Whether you are overdosing on matzos, chocolate bunnies or just the stunning spring weather, taking in a weekend movie can be a great break from it all. Okay, maybe you don't want a break from the 70 degree weather but still. A movie could be good too. Trends in fetish wear get two unlikely airings on the big screen this week with Mary Harron's biopic on the infamous calendar girl in The Notorious Bettie Page......

March 17: Luck o' the Irish Whiskey Tasting Free Jameson Irish Whiskey. Need we say more? 5-7 pm, Acker, Merrall & Condit, 160 W. 72nd Street. March 21: Shake Shack Re-OpensLess than a week to wait for Shackburgers, Chicago Dogs, and Concretes. Opens at 11am. March 21: Great Cooking in Small Kitchens In this city, is there really any other kind of kitchen (for the common folk, that is)? Join Justin Spring, author of The......

We hear about a lot of events each week and we can't write one post about each of them, because then you'd be here all day. So we're going to sift through and pick out some gems for the weekdays, here are some of the highlights for this week... FILM SCREENINGS: IFC Films will hold two free screenings this week for CSA: The Confederate States of America. The new mockumentary that asks: What would have......

Didn't we once say that readings were boring? Well, if you forced us to go to a reading we'd totally pick this one tonight run by Heeb Magazine! It's part of their Storytelling series at Joe's Pub. The readers tonight include AJ Jacobs (Esquire editor and author of The Know It All ), novelist Molly Jong Fast, David Israel (musician and author of Behind Everyman),  Jelvis, (the world's greatest Jewish Elvis impersonator), Todd Levin (standup comic), Jessica......

Remember when Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy first met on that eurotrain back in 1995? No? Well they probably don't remember all the details either, but they attempt to recall the memories of their brief time together just 9 years after the fact. Catch their first encounter and their last(?) as Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, which was nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar this year, play back to back at the Steinhardt Building [35......

The enigmatic Charlie Kaufman could be one of our most exciting American screenwriters working today, especially in regards to his collaborations with directors Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry. His nebbish charm and wit to spare surely must impress in person, as they do on screen and in interviews. Though knowing Charlie as Gothamist feels we do from his mocking self-portrayals, he'd probably hate to have that much attention and expectation honed in on him by......