Dead Rabbit at Nitehawk; Late Night Riesling at Hearth

WILLIAMSBURG — Nitehawk Cinema's Dinner and a Movie series is becoming "Spirits, Dinner and a Movie" with a screening of Gangs of New York on Wednesday, August 7. Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry of the Dead Rabbit will be guest bartending, with a menu of whiskey cocktails that will be paired with dishes like rabbit terrine and port-aged ribeye. Tickets for the entire thing are $95, and are available in advance online. [EaterWire]

EAST VILLAGE — Hearth is hosting a late-night dinner tomorrow night to raise money for the HOPE Charity for HIV/AIDS prevention & treatment in South Africa. The "Long Night of German Wine" starts at 11 p.m., and will involve two roast suckling pigs and over 30 Rieslings. Tickets are $60 per person, and are available online. [EaterWire]

COBBLE HILL — The original Bien Cuit on Smith Street will soon get a backyard patio, the Carroll Gardens Patch reports. The backyard spot is still under construction, but should be open within a few weeks. [Patch]

FEUDS — Not for the first time, Esquire's John Mariani has written a piece bashing molecular gastronomy. "Especially in the U.S.," he says, "the movement has barely budged beyond its first breakthrough in 2003 at Wylie Dufresne's wd~50" and the influence of chefs like Ferran Adrià is "next to zero" on the culinary world. [Eater National]
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