All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried......

Renowned tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy is speaking at Mills College (5000 MacArthur Blvd.) in Oakland tonight at 7 pm in the Concert Hall. Besides inspiring the skin art and cover art of countless punk and rockabilly bands, Hardy is a painter and printmaker and has a line of clothing favored by celebrities like Larry King. Green Apple Books presents friend of SFist, Harmon Leon's book release event for "The Infiltrator: My Undercover Exploits......