 GothamList This Week: Twin Peeks
Hello, we have decided to give our readers events for the entire week—which means we're folding in our GothamList newsletter into the Gothamist Daily. From now on, events will be included in the Monday edition of the newsletter, and this week, the picks include a Twin Peaks burlesque night, a Cheese-Your-Own Adventure, the Great Manhattan Bridge Walk and more. [ VIEW NOW ] |
 The NYTimes reports today that there are more than 37,000 people licensed to have a handgun in the city. It's a small but substantial group which includes many prominent businessmen, city council members, celebrities, journalists, judges and lawyers. Among the most prominent names: Queens DA Richard Brown, actor Robert De Niro, radio host Don Imus, Donald Trump, actor Harvey Keitel, radio host Howard Stern, city council members Inez Dickens and Peter Koo, and Federal Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. As Johnson Jr noted soberly, "I was a special prosecutor. Sixteen years in narcotics. I didn't make a lot of people happy." [MORE]  | Several places are reporting that Chinatown Fair, the famed NYC arcade and one of the last of its kind still in the city, is shutting its doors for good very soon. Arturo Sanchez, a Chinatown Fair regular, spoke with arcade manager Henry Cen, who said that CF "lost it's lease after decades of being in business" and will be closing on the 23rd (there's some confusion as to whether that means February 23 or March 23). However, we spoke to CF manager Valentino, who told us the whole thing was a giant rumor: "people have been saying that we've been closing down for five or six years," he told us.... [ MORE ] |  | The Brooklyn resident accused of raping and imprisoning a 27-year-old woman in his apartment, in an attempt to make her his sex slave, has given a jailhouse interview to the Daily News. John Hopkins, who is at Rikers Island, insisted that they were in a consensual S&M relationship, "I didn't rape her. Everything we did was role-playing. In the game of role-play, the 'slave' actually has the power."... [ MORE ] |  | Last week, CBS News revealed that correspondent Lara Logan "suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" on February 11, while covering the reaction to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo. Now the Daily Mail reports on Logan's attack, "Sensitive parts of her body were covered in red marks that were originally thought to have been bite marks. After further examination they were revealed to be from aggressive pinching. It has also been revealed that she was stripped, punched and slapped by the crowd, which was labelling her a spy and chanting 'Israeli' and 'Jew' as they beat her."... [ MORE ] |  | On Friday night, Bushwick and Ridgewood's art scene took part in Beat Nite, where galleries in the area stay open late, most until 10 p.m. We checked out a couple ourselves, and spotted mild-mannered revelers sipping on cans of Bud indoors... and outdoors at one gallery, but behind a gate that separated the entrance from the sidewalk. While that may be frowned upon by the city's Finest, who knew that drinking indoors could get you a summons? A reader who was in attendance at the Arch Collective gallery that night sent along these photos and tells us: ... [ MORE ] |  | As you may recall, earlier this month LCD Soundsystem announced their final show, to be performed at MSG this April. When tickets went on sale, they sold out in seconds, and many landed on StubHub with shiny new inflated pricetags. There was outrage from both fans and James Murphy himself, and eventually four more shows were added, to be held at a smaller: Terminal 5 (tickets on sale tomorrow). But were those shows planned anyway? To the conspiracy board! Felix Salmon at Reuters investigates a theory that the MSG shows never, in fact, sold out.... [ MORE ] | | |
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