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- Alec Baldwin will be bringing his mediocre Trump impersonation back to Saturday Night Live this season.
- Phish co-founder Trey Anastasio has written a heartfelt essay about Hurricane Irma devastation in the Caribbean island of Tortola, and will be matching donations to relief efforts there.
- A Connecticut man is clinging to life after falling off a roof and getting impaled on a rotisserie-style BBQ pit.
- Here’s an interview with Sarah McNally of McNally Jackson, which is expanding to Williamsburg this fall.
- Whoa, the 1 train conforms to the random Matrix theory, whatever that is.
- A black man who said he was enraged at white people and attacked three of them in Union Square, killing one, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
- Here's a look inside the first Sri Lankan museum to open outside Sri Lanka, right here in Staten Island.
- Should you and your roommates make it official and sign a contract?
- Poor famous cranky Harrison Ford is contractually obligated to speak with journalists whenever his motion picture shows come out.
- By the way, did you know that "most people in New York have had sex with James Franco"?
In @tnyshouts: "Most people in New York have had sex with James Franco. I look for the very few who haven’t slept with him yet." pic.twitter.com/ymkjEtxKHU
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 13, 2017