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Week Around the -ists

Photograph of Michael Strahan, coach Tom Coughin (holding the Vince Lombardi trophy) and quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning by Tien Mao Gothamist was amazed after the Giants won the Super Bowl, the city went wild, and it witnessed a ticker-tape parade. Barack Obama …

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The Green Square Mile

Ken Livingstone has officially launched a program to help London become the greenest place to film in the world. Not *that* kind of green – we’re not going to see Regents Park stand in for the Amazon Basin anytime soon. We’re talking the other green. …

Week Around the -Ists

LAist listed a top ten list of sorts: things they hope not to see in Los Angeles in 2008. (one example, pictured above). Shanghaiist was surprised to learn that “godless,” “atheist,” and “commie” China is soon going to be the world’s largest supplier of Bibles! …

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Dance with Girl Talk in Stokey

Bored tonight? Well if you’re hanging round East London without much to do then we recommend a visit to Stoke Newington’s Bardens Boudoir. Constantly a source of exciting small bands and DIY events, tonight

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Week Around the -Ists

The cold weather – and holiday festivities – descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many …

Week Around the -Ists

In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed …

Week Around the -Ists

SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom mea culpa-ing over his Hawaiian getaway during the oil spill, and double-decker buses …

Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse

Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city’s attempt to …

Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse

As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts — okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles — now that’s a …

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Sporting Weekend: Anaheim Ducks v Los Angeles Kings

It’s entirely in the nature of ducks that they can fly under the radar, but only in fairy tales do kings arrive unannounced. Nevertheless, even those who would count themselves fans of ice hockey may be surprised to learn that the O2 Arena this weekend …

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Londonist Live: Brian Wilson at Southbank Centre, 11 September 2007

Arguably the best city in the world for a music fan to live, pop legends come to play in London all the time. Often not only do they come for just one gig, but they stay for a while when they could easily make haste …