According to Associated Press, "a publicist for Patrick Swayze says the Dirty Dancing actor has died." He succumbed to pancreatic cancer. He was 57. more ›

Although reports were swirling -- swirling! - all over Twitter this morning, "Hungry Eyes" crooner and Point Break star Patrick Swayzeis not dead. He is alive. He has some serious cancer issues, yes; but he's alive. This false rumor comes on the heels of last week's Prop 8-overturned rumor gone wrong and the gay book-ban-on-Amazon falsity. more ›

-- Post-Postcard 11: the 11th Annual Small Format Art Sale: At this event, you are the artist and your work is on display. "Artists are encouraged to submit small format multiples--whether that be a series of hand-made paintings or a stack of production run postcards." Plus, this is the perfect SF-y place to go to buy your holiday cards. The postcard kickoff goes from 6-9p at the Lab; free admission. Also, cash/checks accepted; $20 minimum for VISA/MC purchases. more ›

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. more ›

's aspirations are so very mighty, and so very strange, and so utterly unattained. Good grief, it sounds like we're writing its epitaph. Nothing, of course, could be further from the truth, as Ms. O.N.J.'s masterpiece is as alive and shimmery today as it was when first spewed forth. It was no surprise to us that the Castro theater was completely packed -- literally not one empty seat -- last Friday night as part of the theater's "MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS" film series. And when Olivia sang that dreary "Suspended in Time" song, the entire audience whipped out their cellphones, gleefully swaying the lit screens like electronic lighters. Ahhhhhh...good times. more ›

filed on a Saturday -- sorry we're late. Get that freak off, kids! Outraged Pleasanton parents have banned from Foothill High what kids of the 80s used to call "dirty dancing," after a parent called in, saying that it looked like "an orgy" when she stopped by a dance last month. Know what that mom needs? A romantic weekend in the Catskills with Patrick Swayze! What's going on with Gavin Newsom these days? He issues a big statement about how he thinks cable car operators are stealing money because he took the cable car twice and didn't get a receipt? He's turning into some kind of mumbling ranting crazy person! The cable car workers are upset (understandably) and now Gav's all like, can we be friends again? (but not saying sorry.) He's now all like, well, I didn't want to get the individual conductors who I think are stealing in trouble and ruin their careers -- so I decided just to malign everyone in their profession instead! Is he trying to distract us from something or something? And a Redwood City man received a sentence of seven months in jail for killing a mastiff he was dogsitting with an axe. The man was arguing with his girlfriend in their trailer when the dog bit the woman's hand, at which point the man flipped out, and began to beat the dog with his fists, then a metal mop handle, and then the axe. Wasn't anyone else available to watch the dog that weekend? more ›