The crowd at the 92nd Street Y on March 14 wasn’t the usual crowd. Normally people are there for round table discussions, but this evening they were crowding around tables overflowing with some of the best chocolate in the city at the Chocolate Fest 2010. Conversations were more focused on exclamations of culinary pleasure; although because of organizer Alexandra Leaf’s choices, many conversations could drift into political and ethical discussions.

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Our own Jamie Peck probably isn't awake yet but she's already making waves. The tiny terror ended up in Page Six this morning thanks to some choice words she had regarding a long-ago photo shoot with creepy photographer Terry Richardson.

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Bowery Boogie has posted a great video of artist David Livingston visiting the New Museum with his upholstery sculpture that resembles a large, flaccid penis. As you can see from the video, Livingston is asked to leave the premises. Maybe if he had checked it as a piece of luggage, would it have been allowed?

Big Dick enters The New Museum from David Livingston on Vimeo.

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Julia Morton visits the Mike Weiss Gallery to viiew the unusual sculptures by Sofi Zezmer made from discarded objects. According to Morton, the work "radiates joy" and can be viewed as "purely formal." She ends by saying, however, that Zezmer has "...imagined life into the inanimate tools and supplies that support our lives and deaths." Watch the video here.

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Two Boots pizza, named for the shoe-shaped lands of Italy and Louisiana, which inspired its Creole-tinged slices, is probably best known as a Downtown institution. It’s a bit surprising to realize that the shop is celebrating the tenth year of its location in Grand Central Station, an anniversary being marked tonight with a party and the unveiling of a new pie. We caught up with Two Boots honcho Phil Hartman to find out about how he’s fitting in with the Midtown crowd and what the next 10 years might hold.

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Jesus loves the little children; just not the little children of lesbians. At least that's the message one Catholic school in Colorado is sending after banning two children from re-enrolling in its classrooms because their mothers are gay.

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In a bit of politics/public speaking 101, Fight Back NY is doing what makes sense: Get a famous person to speak slowly and persuasively to explain politics and raise awareness. The organization is using famous lady Cynthia Nixon, who lots of women (and their gay friends) see as their smart, confident, successful, older gal pal due to Sex and the City, and having her explain how her own personal rights and freedoms are being subverted by New York State lawmakers. 

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I attended the Shara Worden-curated event "Diamonds, Teeth and Yarn" at 92Y Tribeca mostly because I'm a big fan of her work as My Brightest Diamond. But I was most impressed that evening by the "tableau vivant" constructed by Sarah Small (in which Worden sang an aria and Small herself was involved, dressed in traditional Balkan clothing since she was also singing as part of Black Sea Hotel) and her photographs on view at the 92Y gallery. This happens to be Small's first solo show in the city, and the tableau vivant was originally dreamed up as a way to promote the photos. While they can appear gimmicky—with old/young people dressed/clothed in stark, sexy juxtaposition—they actually have a much deeper quality and Small has incredible raw talent. There's a gallery opening tonight in the space from 6-8 p.m. and Small will also be serving Delirium Tremens drinks. It's sure to be a sensual evening.

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When the Baryshnikov Arts Center decided to open its new Jerome Robbins Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, conversations quickly turned to who would christen the space as the first resident theater company. From the very beginning, BAC executive director Stanford Makishi said The Wooster Group was at the top of the list. “The ensemble represents the kind of creative thinking and exploration the BAC is interested in,” Makishi explained. “It’s always forward looking, and the level of artistry they put in to any of their productions is really at the highest level. Everything is so much at the top of their field.”

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The Maclaren-pushing mothers of Park Slope found a recession remedy that still allows for their daily lattes at Tea Lounge and mommy-and-me yoga classes. They’ve turned to the black market for babysitters.

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