MUSIC: Come enjoy the Whitney after dark tonight as the museum's live showcase series invites Dan Deacon (pictured) to the stage. If you haven't seen Deacon before, get ready for some Casio keyboard electro-rock compositions and an art dance party. Friday // 7pm // Whitney Museum [945 Madison Ave] // Pay what you want EVENT: The Moth Story Shop presents “The One that Got Away: Stories from South Street Seaport” tonight. The following storytellers will......

MOVIE: BAM pays homage to the late Barbara Stanwyck tonight with a screening of Forbidden. The 1932 Frank Capra-directed film (which tells the tale of a librarian who has fallen for an unobtainable/married man) was supposedly influenced by his real-life affair with the leading lady. Critic and historian Elliott Stein will discuss the film after the 6:50 screening. 4:30, 6:50 and 915pm // BAM Rose Cinemas [30 Lafayette Ave., Fort Greene] // $11 Meanwhile, the......

Earlier this year reality television and Broadway collided in the form of "Grease: You're The One That I Want". The show aired on NBC and documented a trip down memory lane with a troupe of wannabe Sandys and Dannys all vying for the coveted roles. By the end, two were left standing, and tonight they make their debut in Grease at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. And now, with Xanadu, Broadway is hosting two movie-to-stage Olivia......

A new book claims that Al Qaeda was 45 days away from attacking the NYC subway system with cyanide gas, but then, for an unknown reason, decided not to. Um, phew? The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind is being excerpted in Time magazine this week, and yesterday, Time teased the excerpt with a "web exclusive" (Ali is an Al Qaeda operative/nformant to the U.S.; Ayeri is "Yusuf al Ayeri, "bin Laden's top operative......

We'd like to take this time to remind you that Movable Hype 5.0 is TOMORROW! Here are the details, because we're betting you forgot already... Movable Hype 5.0 (The One Year Anniversary Show) Knitting Factory main space Wednesday November 2nd Show starts at 8pm sharp! Hosted by: Aziz Ansari and Rob Huebel Bands: The Capitol Years, The Cloud Room, Snowden, Bravo Silva DJs: Husky Gentleman (Spin) and Brother Lawrence $3 Bud Selects all night......

Typeweek starts today and runs through the 24th. As we first asked when we heard about it, you may be asking, "What is Typeweek?" The biggest part of the TypeWeek celebration is TypeCon, which runs from this Wednesday to Sunday, a full list of programs can be found here. The workshops cover everything type related, including graffiti font and font in flash! For those who can't take the 9 to 5 hours this week to......

The first conductorless L trains were up and running yesterday, as the MTA moves to a more modern (and cost cutting - so they think) form of subway service. The One Person Train Operation is only for weekends and nights, and L riders have mixed opinions. "Frankly, with a bicycle you don’t really get much help from operators anyway. It’s pretty much up to you. But it’s not good in terms of security." - Subway......

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,......

If this were a Friends episode it would be called The One Where Everyone Got Laid (and/or Experimented With Their Sexuality). We'll start off with the domesticized Brenda and Joe. Brenda recently confessed to cheating on Joe but they decided to stay together, because it's always easier to stay together when you live together. Who feels like moving again? Or dealing with the "who gets what" debacle? No one. Until that is, one of you......