Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live is not likely to get people talking nearly as much as last week's heavily hyped season premiere that opened with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. The McCain ticket was again the satirical target of the opening sketch with Darrell Hammond playing McCain as reluctant but desperate to go along with any and all untruthful claims about Barack Obama in his ads, including one that made Charles Barkley the......

The NY Times is hinting that Brooklyn may be so over, a theory that seems to be based around Heath Ledger leaving the borough.What if Brooklyn’s recent cachet as the locus for what’s next is little more than a thin and fragile crust of chic, hiding the insecurity of people who constantly measure the social currency of their ZIP code by Manhattan standards? The number of trendy boutiques, bistros and music clubs in Brooklyn may......

Saturday Night Live came through this weekend with some "New York City Stories", shorts of the city (a contiuous joke in all of them being how things used to be, ie: "We used to live in this mailbox for $2 a day!"). These were pretty much the only entertaining parts of the show, however. Our favorite was the CBGB short featuring "Lou Reed" and "Patti Smith", but since that isn't up on YouTube yet,......

Get ready to rumble: Tonight is the first of two public meetings to discuss the Atlantic Yards project - but this is the only public hearing, where comments will be recorded into the record (a public forum will be held on September 12 - Primary Day - and it's unclear whether testimony with be recorded). While the Empire State Development Corporation seems to support this project no matter what, it's important for residents to speak......

Yesterday, protesters gathered at a rally against the $3.5 billion Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn. Organized by Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, the rally had entertainment along with words from politicians and famous anti-Atlantic Yards types, including Park Slope resident Steve Busecmi, according to the NY Times, who "read a poem...which included the line" “I’ve played a lot of crazies, but this seems insane.” Rosie Perez said, the project was "an insult to the poor"......

As you wolf down your Boca Burgers, Tofu Pups, and PBR on this beautiful Memorial Day, take a moment to think about the soldiers lost over the centuries so you could do so without having to speak British English or German. And as you wearily head back to work this week, think about another fallen group – the 15 million that have died of AIDS since 2001. While world leaders gather at the UN this......

- Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn lines up an exceptional boardof Brooklyn stars and intellects for its efforts to fight the Atlantic Yards; does this mean Bruce Ratner will make Jay-Z line up his friends? Imagine Beyonce vs. Rosie Perez! - More proof the Moussaoui life sentence was good: Now he claims he lied about his Al Qaeda connection - It looks like there will only be one greenmarket on the Upper East Side as......

This week, the film festival that Bobby De Niro and Jane Rosenthal built after September 11th has taken over most of downtown New York and some of uptown with its eclectic programming line-up. But there's more to do in town, movie-watching wise than just at Tribeca. So get out your TFF schedules, some snacks and some comfortable shoes to walk between screening spaces, there's movies to be seen this weekend. United 93, the narrative retelling......

A couple weeks ago, LuLu's in Greenpoint brought our drinking together with carousel horsies, this week we guzzled under crazy clown paintings at Circus- next week we fully expect to be handed a frozen drink on a Ferris Wheel. Until Coney Island reopens, though, we'll happy go back- the popcorn may have been sitting on the bar for awhile, the peanuts may need to be shucked and hot dogs may not be kosher but......

New York magazine has a chest-thumpingly sweet ode to New York, listing 124 Reasons to Love New York City; it remind Gothamist of how we react when people ask us why we live here - our eyes go glassy, we focus on a point in the distance, we develop a lump in our throat, as we do not understand why people would even question our living here - and then you can't shut us up......

- Park Row bus routes have finally reopened, four years and two months after September 11 - The IFP's Gotham Awards will be giving a special award to Jim Jarmusch - Protesters galore for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards development - even Rosie Perez joined in -The Financial District has great-value-for-the-price condos; too bad it's dead there at night - An MTA employee driving home after an overnight shift hit a girl crossing the street to......

- The Village Voice has a profile on breeding deadly pit bulls; one reason why they are popular may be that owning them is easier than having a gun at times - There's a screening of 24 Hour Woman, which is part of BAM's Tribute for Rosie Perez - Insanity defense 101: Trying to abduct a child from his mother by strongarming your way into the apartment and escaping in your friend - the State......

If you’re like Gothamist and you enjoy new theatre in small venues (with small ticket prices), theater festivals are unbeatable. If you don’t go to shows much but want to get a taste for what’s out there, again, these gatherings of innovative voices and acting talents are the way to go. In the summer months, festivals arrive thick and fast; the first wave begins this week. In Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Marathon 2005, which started Wednesday,......

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Movies at Alice Tully Hall Alice Tully Hall is where many New York Film Festival films are screened, and for the first year, where New Directors/New Films is taking place. My fondness of Alice Tully Hall also stems from the fact that by now, I know the optimal seats for movie viewing as well as talk participation....