 GothamList This Week: Mermaids, Bushwick Boys, And Duke
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 reading by E.L. Doctorow, the documentary about Hole drummer Patty Schemel, music from the Godfather of Goth and more. [ VIEW NOW ] |
![_Inside The 9/11 WTC Building 7 Truther Conference: [Insert Motive Here]](http://gothamist.com/assets_c/2011/03/032811wtc7-thumb-520xauto-610555.jpg) A poll conducted this earlier this month showed that 15% of people in the US believe that collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11 was caused by a controlled demolition. And that number gets even smaller when the missile and hologram theories are introduced. This makes the mission of groups like Remember Building 7—which is attempting to raise money and support for an independent investigation of 9/11—very difficult. To succeed, the group is trying to divorce itself from the more conspiracy-hungry "truthers," so on Saturday, they held a conference in Hartford with 9/11 family members, architects, engineers, attorneys, and journalists. We schlepped all the way there to bring you back the truther! [MORE]  | If you spot some bomb shelters and hear sirens in Washington Square Park tomorrow don't panic, but take a moment to immerse yourself in the new multi-media installation, titled The Bomb Shelter. It's meant to connect New Yorkers to what Israelis went through last week during the bombing of a Jerusalem bus stop and repeated rocket strikes. ... [ MORE ] |  | While Senator Schumer was doing his Sunday press thang and blasting the U.S. Census count for NYC, Mayor Bloomberg, fresh from his turn as Spider-Mike, announced that the City is going to formally contest the count. "We believe that errors have occurred in putting together the Census results for Brooklyn and Queens," he said in a release. "It seems evident to us that something incongruous happened in the Census count in these two boroughs."... [ MORE ] |  | Ever since the earthquake in Japan caused a crisis with one of their nuclear power plants, reminding New Yorkers that we too have a nuclear power plant about 25 miles from the city, the public has been told two things: that the plant is completely safe, and anyway, it's the "first and top priority" of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Except, uh, the former may not be true, and the latter may be too-little-too-late.... [ MORE ] |  | Emily Ruiz, the 4-year-old U.S. citizen who was de facto deported from the country earlier this month will be back in the States by the end of the week, according to her lawyer David Sperling. And what's more, she'll be flying back to the States in style. "Immigration treated her like a second-class citizen, but we're going to bring her here and she's going to come first class," Sperling quipped to reporters.... [ MORE ] |  | Homer Simpson's stupidity is now officially insulting. In Germany, Switzerland and Austria episodes of The Simpsons featuring the character's more disastrous power plant antics will be taken off the air in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis. Broadcasters there have been screening episodes to make sure one featuring a meltdown doesn't hit the air.... [ MORE ] | | |
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