This Saturday at the Great Hall in Cooper Union graphic novelists of international acclaim will be taking the stage to discuss visual storytelling for the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.

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Director Donny Moss' documentary Blinders takes a long, hard look at the serious questions of humaneness surrounding the carriage horse industry in New York City. Moss presents a compelling argument for why this popular tourist attraction must be stopped, showing it is imperative for the well being of the horses and New Yorkers alike. The film examines the horses' rigorous working conditions, the spate of serious traffic accidents involving the carriages, and the fate of the horses after they can be worked no further. It is playing on the Documentary Channel April 25 at 6 p.m., or you can check it out online anytime. We spoke with Moss about his reasons for examining the politically charged horse carriage industry.

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Reverend Billy, of the (renamed) Church of Life After Shopping has taken up a new crusade for New York City. He’s running for mayor.

The campaign opened its headquarters in Soho over the weekend, some time between exorcising ATMs and exhorting the unfaithful shopaholics.

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Your favorite mullet is coming to the big screen.

In yet another indicator of Hollywood's absolute dearth of creativity, the 1980s TV hit MacGyver is getting made into a movie. They don't have a writer yet (surprise, surprise) but they're confident that with some scotch tape, a paper clip and the long dead horse of nostalgia they just keep on beating that somehow they can pull together something so vile and utterly contemptible that moviegoers will actually self-immolate at just the sight of the trailer.

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The Cradle Will Rock is a musical from 1937 by Marc Blitzstein, the story of unions, corrupt businessmen and greed—exactly the sort entertainment for times like these, though AIG might cringe at the thought.

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In June of last year, the Italian real estate magnate Valter Mainetti confirmed that he along with his company, the Sorgente Group, had the majority share of the world famous Flatiron Building at  23rd Street and 5th Ave.

This January Mainetti revealed his intentions for the property: a hotel conversion.

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