FOOD: Drinking With the Professor: a Look at Jerry Thomas and His Liquid Legacy: Join cocktail maestro Dave Wondrich as he shares recipes from his latest book, Imbibe! plus a few that were cut in the editing process. Wondrich has an in-depth knowledge of nineteenth-century classic cocktails, so step up and taste the benefits. - Laren Spirer Friday // 6:30pm // Astor Culinary Center [399 Lafayette St] // $75, tickets available online THEATER: As you......

Panic gripped a sizable number of New York night crawlers last fall when both the holiday-timed Motherf*cker freakfest and popular posture party Misshapes were derailed within months of each other. Today the Times checks in on distraught survivors like one Melissa Maino, partygoer: “It’s been rough. Going [to Motherf*cker] was what I depended on for New Year’s Eve. [Its end] was definitely heartbreaking.” But what’s so inspiring is the courage summoned by other partiers who......

We checked in with some folks recently for a little end of '07 "exit interview" before we enter a new year. Thomas Onorato was the subject of a tell-all titled Confessions From the Velvet Rope last year -- but what has the self-proclaimed "door bitch" been doing in 2007? What did you do last New Years Eve? What will you do this year? Last year I did the door for 8 hours to the MOTHERF*CKER......

EVENT: The NY Horror Film Festival kicks off with a party at Don Hill's tonight. Terrifying short films and some creepy classics are promised throughout the fest, as bands M-16, Kaos From Order and more set the sonic tone tonight. Free Wychwood Brewery beer from 8 to 9pm. More details here. 7pm // Don Hill's [511 Greenwich St] // $10 FILM: Karl Lagerfeld's personal style sort of freaks us out (see photo), so this may......

MOVIE: By now you've probably seen Grizzly Man. The Werner Herzog directed documentary depicts one (slightly off kilter) man's relationship with nature. Over the course of 13 summers, Timothy Treadwell lived amongst the animals - most notably the bears, in the Alaskan wild. You know this doesn't end well. 5:30pm and 9:20pm // Film Forum [209 W Houston St] // $10.50 SIGNING: Kanye West will be helping his mom, Donda, sell her book today at......

The New York Times reports on The Misshapes once again (according to Gawker, the 10th time in under a year). Love them or hate them, and we're sure you hate them, our limited first hand encounters with these three have been fairly pleasant. We've been to their party a few times over the past couple of years, despite the fact we weren't sporting asymmetrical bangs or...whatever the kids are wearing these days (we did have......

-- Can you believe they're going to destroy the grand staircase at the Plaza Hotel? Outrageous. -- Garth is posting 1980s NYC clips to Vimeo-- marvel at how dirty the East Village looks! -- Babies: they're whats for dinner in Park Slope. -- From the not-surprising file: "bonecrusher" brand heroin is producing overdoses around the city. -- Today's clubland crime: A 17-year old Queens girl went out drinking at Don Hill's in Soho on......

The two women who were shot outside of Crobar last month are now suing the club for $20 million each, claiming there was inadequate security. Antoinette Bryan and Angelita Dunkley, who still haven't returned to their jobs due to their injuries, told the Daily News there should have been metal detectors at the club. And as the City Council introduced a plan to require clubs to have more stringent security to cut down on underage......

An argument outside of Soho club Don Hill's led to a 20 year old Brooklyn man getting stabbed in the back. The Post says it's "unclear what started the dispute" except that a man "pulled a knife" on Jason Greene around 2AM. Greene is at St. Vincent's Hospital and his grandmother says that he had a collapsed lung and was put into ICU. And Don Hill himself says, "Everybody seems to have a fun time......

We hope you like change, because there's sure a lot of it when it comes to who's writing the music picks. Now, on to the picks...while we'll be down in Austin for SXSW this week, we aren't taking every band with us. There will be plenty to rock out to in the city, and as an added bonus, it's St. Patrick's Day this weekend...so your rock will be mixed with green beer. Tonight the Presets......

It's that time of year again. The time of year we spend entirely too much money on going to a bar or party or club that any other night would cost nothing to enter. But we go, we pay and we fight the Bridge & Tunnel crowd for a spot at the bar. Why? We don't know. It's just part of NYE in NYC. This year we're fleeing the country, but for those of you......

We're sure you're all busy with office parties and hiding from the cold, cold weather. But it's one of the last weekends of 2005, so try to get out there (besides, who knows if we'll have subways after the weekend is over!) THEATER: When a beleaguered last-minute shopper is desperately trying to find the hottest toy of the season at All-Mart - a good 'ol fashioned holiday shopping brawl knocks her unconscious and catapults her......

The festival returns for a fourth year to Tribeca with over 50 films & shorts (to save NYC's horror-lovers the unnecessary anguish of actually paying to see a movie like The Fog). Tonight's opening kicks off with a party at Don Hill's, featuring live music, open bar hour, and 7 shorts for $10. Though relatively young, the festival has garnered great support from the film community and boasts a solid selection of new films......

Gothamist likes the the Siberian outer reaches of Soho- we like the dancing to Britpop at the Tiswas party at Don Hill's, we like getting our name chosen at name night at Antartica (where when we're not drinking for free, their mixed drinks in pint glasses are a great deal) and we've gone to some great parties at Sway lately. After visitng the new bar Sly, we're adding it to the list, as a pre-dancing......

I totally lied yesterday when I said I would be back today with six days worth of show listings. I don't know what I was thinking. Between my day job, a pre-Shins happy hour, and then the Shins show, I had no time once again. So here are tonight's shows, and expect me back tomorrow. As usual, there's lots of exciting things going on tonight. Hippies, Hipsters, and Hip-Hoppers all have something to cheer......

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......