At The Box, Simon Hammerstein’s louche cabaret, a spectacular cocktail of class and crass has started to curdle.

The Place: The Hill, a new sports bar in Murray Hill. The Time: A recent Saturday night, 8:36. The Mission: Talk to every college-football obsessive in the house.

Den (of iniquity) mother.

Bob Cenedella has been warming the same stool at Nancy Whiskey for the past two decades. What makes it the best cheap bar in the city? We asked Bob.

Must you sometimes pay a lot to be entertained? Absolutely. Must you always? Absolutely not. A week’s worth of high-end entertainment, and low-cost alternatives.

Tired of battling the crowds and still ending up with a subpar view at the Village Halloween Parade? Here are seven other ghoulish ways to spend the night.

Skip the rubber masks this election season and get conceptual with these tips for pulling off all four major candidates from writers, gossips, and haberdashers.

Four decades of parties with Andy, Bianca, Nan, Mariah, Sly, Liza, Brooke, Marc, Cher, and company.

Far from the flyer peddlers and the two-drink minimums are some of the city's best indie-comedy shows.

DNC drinking games.