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Most Recently: New York City Media Has Pretty Much Given Up On Events Listings
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Let's Talk About Books, Baby, Let's Talk About You And Me
Things to do include: Eileen Myles, Lynne Tillman, Katha Pollitt on Muriel Rukeyser at McNally Jackson, and Gary Greenberg with Gideon Lewis-Kraus on the DSM at BookCourt.
You Know What Era Can't End A Moment Too Soon? The Bloomberg Era
.@mikebloomberg says, because it can't be automated, becoming a plumber is a better deal economically than going to Harvard. READ MORE
And How Is America's Human Rights Violation Nightmare Doing Today?
While you're planning your outfits for this weekend, let's check in with what's going on at Guantanamo! There'll be a live-chat at 2 p.m. today, but, spoiler! "The current hunger strike at Guantanamo has entered its fourth month, with resistance growing to involve 100 detainees. More medics have been flown in to assist with force-feeding 29 inmates, and five are currently hospitalized."
Woe, Woe, Your TumblrCities Lies In Dust
Mark Ghuneim and David Peris dug up this delicious chestnut from January, 1999: "Internet search engine Yahoo! Inc. confirmed Thursday it will buy GeoCities, a fast-growing Web site community, in a $3.6 billion deal that will further solidify Yahoo!'s position as a frontrunner in the online popularity contest." RIMSHOT. READ MORE
11 Great Things To Do In NYC This Weekend And 1 Thing To Maybe Avoid
Can't even tell you how good this weekend is, just look and indulge. READ MORE
Get Paid To Be Funny, Ask Them How
Tonight Julie Klausner and Chris Gethard talk about pathways to Lucrative Careers In Comedy. LOL, IT'S EASY. (JK it's not.) Oh there are other things to do too.
Enjoy Your Extra Perfluorocarbon, Straphangers
"Now the study is being done in public, using what the researchers say is a harmless chemical, already present in the city’s bouquet of gases." READ MORE
Faun Fables Really Is The Best Band Ever
Dave Bry (at noon on Leonard Lopate and tonight at the Park Slope Community Bookstore), Faun Fables at the Knitting Factory, Har Mar Superstar at Le Poisson Rouge, plus James Salter and more! Tonight, so amazing.
