Photograph of Mayor Bloomberg proclaiming a counterfeit foods store closed in a raid of counterfeit good sellers by Bebeto Matthews/AP Nothing says press conference like raiding a 32 stores in what the city dubs "Counterfeit Triangle" and hauling away over a $1 million worth of brand-name products. The raid, taking down stores in the area bounded by Canal Street, Walker Street and Centre Street, occurred in the early morning, with cops using bolt-cutters to......

A schoolgirl that entered her apartment building was attacked by a man wearing a suit-and-tie yesterday afternoon. A man, described as a white or Hispanic man, around 6 feet tall and 170 pounds (sketch here), starting talking to the 12-year-old, asking her questions about the building super. Then he forced her in the elevator and made her touch him. Apparently the victim's mother had buzzed the man - he said he was a UPS deliveryman,......

THEATER: Katharsis Theater Company has been developing The Polish Play for the past two years; it’s a fusion of Macbeth and Ubu Roi, the play by Alfred Jarry that was partially inspired by Macbeth. This work of Grand Guignol fusion, which mixes puppetry with live acting, swerves between broad satire, tragedy and plenty of ultra-violence. (Although puppets are decapitated and disemboweled on-stage, rest assured that no puppets are permanently harmed for this production.) Jordan Gelber,......

THEATER: Beastie Boy Adrock (who turns 40 next month!) was but a wee homey when his father, Israel Horovitz, penned his hit play “Line” 32 years ago. That dark comedy is the longest-running play in off-off-Broadway history. It’s about five people stuck on line and their shameless machinations to get to the front. The theater’s website boasts that the play has been performed in 25 countries and split the sides of 100,000 theatergoers. Who will......

Gothamist was just thinking about the lack of secret societies in this city when we received a cryptic invite from a Beauregard H. Montgomery. Enter LVHRD, the uncommon common folks "secret" society. It's part private club, part flashmob, part creative salon, part social experiment. Their ultimate goal is to unite creatives and leaders in their respective fields to garner change and inspire creativity. The next event takes place tomorrow night, March 14th, and will match......

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