In 2004, Mark Russell resigned from his position as Artistic Director of P.S. 122 after more than two decades spent developing the theater into a mecca for wildly adventurous performance art. And he hasn't looked back; in addition to serving as Artistic Director for Portland's Time Based Art Festival, Russell has remained a major force in New York with his Under the Radar Festival, now in its fourth year and headquartered at the Public Theater.......

Police officer Annmarie Marchiondo, the 17-year NYPD vet who was shot during a Friday night confrontation with convicted felon, has been recovering at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx. Marchiondo was shot three times (in the hip, ankle and foot), and her husband said, "I'm just happy she's OK...She was almost ready to retire." The Friday night shoot-out occurred at the 176th Street No. 4 station in Mount Hope. Marchiondo and two other cops, all......

Louis Barone, aka Lump Lump Barone, who shot another patron at Rao's restaurant right before Christmas will be pleaing that he was insane and angry. Ah, yes, the prosecutors love the insane and angry defense. The 67 year old Barone shot Albert Cicerelli at the Harlem Italian restuarant after Cicerelli first insulted a woman singing at Rao's and then insulted Barone: Cicerelli: "Oh God. Could someone shut this f–––ing broad up?" Barone: "Hey, watch your......

Rule number one of eating at an Italian restaurant with alleged mob ties (but there's evidence of that at Rao's): Keep your complaints to yourself. Rule number two: Shut up. More details are emerging about the shooting at Rao's Italian Restaurant in East Harlem which left Albert Cicerelli (photo) dead. The Daily News (and many other papers) reports that when Rena Strober began to sing "Don't Rain On My Parade," Cicerelli complained, "Oh God. Could......