Tickets are still available for the Stand Up for Heroes show, taking place on Wednesday at the Beacon Theatre (Broadway at 74th).  The concert, presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation, is a benefit to support the troops featuring some huge stars.  The show is hosted by Jon Stewart and will include performances by Bruce Springsteen, [...]

NY1 reports that a planned expansion of a charter school network to the Upper West Side is leaving many in the neighborhood fuming.  The Harlem Success Academies, run by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, got the approval on Wednesday to build two more schools on the Upper West Side, but the planned expansion is proving [...]

Click through to see some events in the neighborhood for Sunday, October 31st, 2010…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The above photo, which Gothamist found through Queens Crap, indicates that a unicorn is loose in the vicinity of the Upper West Side!  The sign, listing a number for tips and offering a reward, was posted this week near Central Park on 72nd.  Gothamist took some initiative and called the number, finding a “friendly-sounding woman” [...]

Tower Heist, an upcoming action/comedy movie starring Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Eddie Murphy, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, and Gabourey Sidibe, is filming on the Upper West Side all weekend.  The movie, which centers around a group of hardworking guys who find out they’ve fallen victim to a wealthy man’s Ponzi scheme and subsequently decide to [...]