READING: Never got around to reading that Burt Reynolds autobiography? Tonight the stars are out read it to you at Celebrity Autobiography ("the long running L.A. comedy sensation, as seen on Bravo TV, finally comes to New York"). Cheyenne Jackson, Kristin Johnston, Richard Kind, Jackie Hoffman will read from autobiographies the aforementioned Mr. Renyolds, Loni Anderson, Kenny Loggins and Liz Taylor. 7:30pm // The Triad [158 W 72nd St] // $35-45 THEATER: Phoenix Theatre......

Donning blue UN "peace keeper" hats and protest signs, an estimated 20,000 people gathered in Central Park yesterday to demand the end to the genocide in Darfur. A large percentage of those present were college students who traveled in bus loads to attend. Timed to coincide with this week's opening of the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations. the rally was a part of the Global Day for Darfur, a day of assemblies......

The big news of the weekend, and probably the rest of the week, are the Washington > U.S. Warns of Terror Threat Against Financial Buildings" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/politics/01CND-THRE.html?ex=1249099200&en=368023856cb1084e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland">terror threats against financial buildings in NY, NJ, and DC - the Citigroup building and NY Stock Exchange in Manhattan, the Prudential building in Newark, and the World Bank and IMF buildings in DC. Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly have emphasized that the city has stepped up police presence in......

- What a Midtown scupture looks like on the Solstice - Is lightning really deadly? Timely thoughts surrounding Lightning Safety Awarness Week - Broccoli, a cool-weather crop, gets rebred for the heat - Sidewalk pic inspires thoughts on the water cycle - Our relatively uneventful weather week leads to exploration what the weather's doing elsewhere ...not to mention a week's worth of Daily Forecasts, including a World Bank-inspired rant, Tempest Tours, the Conference on Broadcast......

Another pretty freakin' nice day. Mostly sunny, high of 80, with 49% "maximum" humidity. Ah. So the NYTimes says the U.N. now wants to focus on helping developing countries improve their weather forecasting technology in order to prevent future disasters--Typhoon Winnie in China in 1997, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras in 1998, the 1999 Venezuelan mudslides. Sounds good, right? They've even established a relatively unknown department called the World Meteorological Association to head up this charge.......