Friday, August 1, 2025

Friday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Along St. Mark's Place this evening...

Dreamin’ slow in a burnin’ world

 

Here's another video from EVG bands-we-like alum Dead Tooth... the single is "Chuckin' and Wingin' it." 

The song is on the Queens-based band's recently released debut record

You can find the record on Bandcamp

And today is Bandcamp Friday, where the platform waives its revenue share and passes the funds directly to artists and labels.

About the East Village Kitchen, popping up tomorrow on 12th Street

Photo from last Saturday at the Summer Celebration on 12th Street 

In 2021, East Village resident Rachael Perregaux began hosting pasta-making classes out of her apartment — working from an impressively compact 66-square-foot kitchen.

Since then, the private chef, who was featured in The East Village Cookbook, has expanded her culinary offerings to include dinner parties and custom-prepared meals for families and individuals across the neighborhood and elsewhere. 

She now operates the East Village Kitchen, with pop-ups that started six months ago. 

Tomorrow (Saturday!) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., she'll be at the Community Boutique & Café, 515 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B... with a variety of sandwiches, pastries and more...

This weekend: the 37th annual Tompkins Square Park riot reunion

The free concerts commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Police Riot of Aug. 6, 1988, are happening this weekend. 

Bands are scheduled for both afternoons: 

Aug. 2
  1. L.O.T.I.O.N. 
  2. Dollhouse 
  3. Cruciform 
  4. Pure Terror
  5. Decept
  6. Hated 

Aug. 3:
  • Rebelmatic 
  • Ricanstruction 
  • Future Strangers 
  • Frida Kill 
  • Skitzopolis
  • Carlos the Chords 
And here are the individual posters for each day...

July Citizen crime watch

A few reports from July that showed up on the Citizen app...
And further away... and likely coming soon to a streaming service ...

Friday's opening shot

Taking stock after the heavy rains late yesterday afternoon, which saw flash flooding in some parts of the five boroughs. (We didn't hear about any storm-related damage here.) 

After the storms have passed, we're in for some (thank you!) cooler, drier (humidity-wise) weather. Those morning clouds will give way to some sunny skies later... and the weekend weather is near summer-perfect: Low 80, sunny, no humidity.

So open the windows wide... unless you live around 4th and B, where workers are jackhammering.