Morning Brief: December 12

In 1892, Andrew Carnegie moved into his just finished mansion on 91st and Fifth. After his death, the mansion became the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. It was closed in 2011, but reopens today revenovated. And honestly, it seems pretty cool.

NEED TO KNOW

Last US Detention Center Closes in Afghanistan [Washington Post]

House Passes $1 Trillion Spending Bill [New York Times]

Subway Delays Caused by Manhole Fire [NY Daily News]

Suspicion Turns to Police in Brooklyn Gun Cases [New York Times]

Eric Garner's Daughter Holds Die-In Protest Where Father Died [CBS Local]

SPORTS

Yesterday

The Islanders lost to the Blues 6-3.

The Devils were beat by the Flyers 4-1.

Today

The Nets play the 76ers at 7:30.

The Knicks play the Celtics at 7:30.

Weekend

The Rangers Play the Canucks at 10 on Saturday and the Oilers at 9:30 Sunday.

The Islanders play the Blackhawks at 7 Saturday.

The Giants play the Redskins Sunday at 1.

The Jets play the Titans Sunday at 4.

The Nets play the Hornets Saturday at 7.

The Knicks play the Raptors Sunday at 7:30.

WEATHER

It's going to cold today, but mostly sunny, 37/31 [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

TONIGHT (Friday the 12th):

•  The Trey Anastasio Band @ the Beacon Theatre

•  “The Return Of The Aimee Mann Christmas Show” featuring Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, plus Susanna Hoffs and Jonathan Coulton @ the Space at Westbury

•  Martin Sexton Holiday Show (with Brothers McCann) @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne

•  Aztec Two Step @ the Turning Point
•  Popa Chubby @ Mexicali Live

•  Motopony @ Rockwood Music Hall

•  Sharon Robinson @ SubCulture

•  Shemekia Copeland Shemekia Copeland’s Holiday Party @ Iridium (Tonight and tomorrow)

•  Anders Osborne (with Bill Evans and FRI.: Wolf! featuring Scott Metzger, SAT.:  Turbine) @ Brooklyn Bowl (Tonight and tomorrow)

•  Stephen Kellogg with Ben Fields @ SubCulture (Tonight and tomorrow)
•  WFUV PRESENTS: Joseph Arthur (with Mya Byrne) @ Outpost In The Burbs

•  WFUV PRESENTS: Eileen Ivers “An Nollaig An Irish Christmas” @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts

TOMORROW (Saturday the 13th):

•  Hot Tuna with Marty Balin and special guests @ the Beacon Theatre

•  Natalie Merchant @ Stony Brook University (Staller Center)

•  David Johansen @ the Turning Point

•  The Return Of The Aimee Mann Christmas Show featuring Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, plus Susanna Hoffs, Jonathan Coulton, Fred Armisen and more @ Town Hall

•  Willie Nile @ Union County Performing Arts Center at Rahway (Hamilton Stage)

•  Aztec Two-Step Classic Duos Holiday Show @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts

•  The Marshall Tucker Band @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

•  Patty Smyth And Scandal (with Keith Mack) @ the Cutting Room

•  Darlene Love “A Darlene Love Christmas – Love For The Holidays” @ the Ridgefield Playhouse

•  WFUV PRESENTS: Sweet Honey In The Rock Celebrating The Holydays @ the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (The Walt Whitman Theatre)

SUNDAY (the 14th):

•  Nick Lowe’s Quality Holiday Revue with Los Straightjackets and Cactus Blossoms @ the Bowery Ballroom
•  Darlene Love Love For The Holidays @ Landmark on Main Street
•  “Fourth Annual Holiday Sing-A-Long” featuring Dan Zanes And Friends @ City Winery

•  Cheryl Wheeler also Patty Larkin @ the Towne Crier Café
•  Ellis Paul @ SubCulture
•  Winterpills (with Robert Bruey) @ the University Café at Stony Brook University

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1870, Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.

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