The signage arrived for Gala on Saturday here at 92 Third Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street ... joining the neon hand-held skewer...
We don't know too much about Gala just yet (their questionnaire on file with CB3 described it as a "high-end Chinese restaurant.") ... it's opening in the former Blue 9 Burger space.
You may now buy your Halloween costume this August (Monday)
... and there's a free screening tomorrow at 1 p.m. of "Desperately Seeking Susan" at the Tompkins Square Library branch on 10th Street... On Thursday, the day that Aretha Franklin died, our friend Alex pointed out this scene from the film ... featuring Madonna (who happened to turn 60 on Thursday) at Love Saves the Day (one of the buildings destroyed in the deadly March 2015 gas explosion on Second Avenue) ... and a soundtrack courtesy of Aretha ...
EVG regulars Vinny & O shared these photos from the new Target store, which is holding its grand opening celebration today at Grand and Clinton on the Lower East Side. (This outpost officially debuted back on Wednesday.)
Targeters are handing out a variety of freebies ... and there are photo opps with a giant pair of red Target sunglasses.
Not to be found: An homage to the Lower East Side with a CBGB-themed TRGT storefront, which was the widely panned centerpiece of the grand opening on 14th Street and Avenue A last month.
Jacqueline DeBuse, a Target PR rep, indicated that no similar publicity stunts are planned on Grand Street. “We know with the East Village grand opening,” said DeBuse, “some guests loved it, and others felt we missed the mark. So we really listened to that feedback as we were preparing the opening for this store.”
The Target is one of the retail tenants in the 15-story development at Essex Crossing Site 5 — aka The Rollins. A Trader Joe's is set to open in this complex later in the fall.
A 23-year-old homeless man, identified as Arturo Valdez, was fatally stabbed in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Chrystie Street yesterday afternoon in a reported feud over the drug K2.
According to the Daily News, the suspect, Larry Fullewellen, 70, was arrested last evening at Port Authority. Fullewellen, who was still carrying a bloody knife, was charged with second-degree murder.
"This used to be a nice park," one witness told the Daily News. "The young kids come out here and play ball. They’re not thinking about K2 or murder."
Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen, the basement cafe that serves as a fundraising arm of the St George Ukrainian Catholic Church, is coming back from its customary summer hiatus.... and will be open tomorrow (Sunday!) and next weekend... per their announcement on Instagram...
Updated: The rain has moved the festivities inside MoRUS, 155 Avenue C between Ninth Street and 10th Street.
The MoRUS Film Festival heads to La Plaza Cultural on the southwest corner of Ninth Street and Avenue C this evening... for a David Bowie extravaganza ... which will include a screening of "The Man Who Fell to Earth," the Nicolas Roeg sci-fi classic from 1976. The festivities get underway at 7 p.m. with music via DJ Stephen Popkin.
The assault occurred steps away from the greenspace around 11:10 a.m. near 4th Avenue and Union Square East, leaving the victim with a laceration to his head, cops said.
Emergency responders rushed the man to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The suspect, whom police described as about 5 feet 10 and who wore a black shirt and multicolored shorts, fled eastbound on East 13th Street.
Other media outlets are reporting the same basics at the moment. There isn't a better description of the suspect for the time being... and the motive for the attack is unclear.
The 7-Eleven on Grand Street in Seward Park is closing (The Lo-Down)
... and EVG reader Emily Reese shared these photos of Jim Power hard at work installing mosaics featuring local businesses on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark's Place...
