In the wake of the horrific tiger escape resulting in one death and two injuries at the San Francisco Zoo, zoos around the country are examining their tiger exhibit set-ups. Tiger Mountain at the Bronx Zoo has the following set-up, per the Post:Tiger Mountain is surrounded by a moat about 10 feet wide and is enclosed by a fence that is 15 feet high and has a five-foot overhang. That means that the last......

Finally, an update to the story from last year about the tiger that escaped from the Cole Bros. Circus in Queens and tried to run away. When the tiger bounded across the Jackie Robinson Expressway, one car stopped in order not to hit the white Bengal tiger, but that caused a three car pile-up. The drivers of the first car and third cars each filed a $10 million lawsuit against the circus and the city's......

There's a lot going on this weekend, as per usual. While we didn't celebrate Cinco de Mayo last night, nor were we at the New Order show...we are finding ourselves a little bit tired today. We blame the weather and lack of caffeine in our system, so we're hoping the sun will come out and we'll be able to motivate to some of these events: FILM: The Arlene's Grocery Picture Show is returning this Saturday.......

Our good friends, the band Tiger Mountain, are playing at Tis Was, which is at Don Hill's, this Saturday night, 9:30PM. Some of their press has compared their sound as being like the Kinks, Yardbirds, The Replacements, The Flamin’ Groovies, pre-sucking Soul Asylum, and the Stones. Gothamist would simply say that Tiger Mountain brings it and rocks out. You can listen to some of their songs here. And another Tiger Mountain Gothamist loves: Tiger Mountain......

Gothamist field trip: The Bronz Zoo's Tiger Mountain exhibit opens on Thursday. How to get to the Bronx Zoo.......