Vinnie, very beloved, very friendly, and very dumb, not sure he knows his name but responds to treat-shaking. Gray and white striped. Wearing collar/nametag, microchipped. Probably got over wall to East 2nd Street cemetery or East 3rd Street backyards. Reward!!! 917-446-8822. Missing since late Saturday night, 4/10/21.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Vinnie is missing [UPDATED: Vinnie is home safe]
Sunday's opening shot
Saturday, April 10, 2021
A presentation of work by Ed Shostak/Rose Royale
It is unusual to uncover an artist of his pedigree for which so little is publicly known after establishing himself amidst the visual arts most notable institutions. Shostak cloistered himself in his downtown loft relentlessly working and opting for a less mainstream practice. This exhibition is the first look at many of his late works.For those who are interested in reconsidering the parallel arcs of art history, examining and expanding the boundaries of the established canon of Post War art, Shostak's work will be a revelation. His work addressed so many of the known formal and conceptual concerns from that period, but through a queer lens.Eventually, he abandoned convention, favoring a more expansive view of the possibilities that an artist's practice could include by embracing a queer social practice and advocacy for the transgender community.This presentation is not a retrospective of his artwork but is comprised of completed sculptural works, drawings, studies, performance, documentary images and films to illustrate and map two key aspects and threads of continuity throughout Ed Shostak's artistic career and life.While the imagery may have changed over the decades, the exhibition is organized to map these threads regardless of the subject matter, form or media. In fact, it becomes apparent that his personal life and art practice were inextricable — one and the same — and ultimately, the artist became both the subject and the art.Shostak had gone full circle from his childhood performances in the family living room to navigating the art world as a gay man and then to activism and politics to become not only his alter ego, but to be himself— transgender.
How to download this Stop Asian Hate poster
Display it, share it, protest with it.Be the change. Be the voice. Be active.Do more.We can all make a difference because it's time to stop the hate.Awareness, Solidarity, Action.
The Welcome to Chinatown site has more information on ways to help businesses in this neighborhood. Think!Chinatown is another good resource.
Photo by @elliephantdreams via @EastVillageWalls
Nurse Dolly
Friday, April 9, 2021
Details about a day of 'Free Fashion' tomorrow
7th Street freeze-out
Gallery Watch: 'There's the Air' by Clare Grill at Derek Eller Gallery
'Diamonds, Razors & Champagne' debuts today at 3rd & B’Zaar
Member orientations start Sunday at the 6BC Botanical Garden
Orientations start with a workday, so please wear work clothes and leave pets and small children at home (just this once!)
We take membership responsibilities seriously. Please read our rules.
If you feel you cannot fulfill your obligations, please do not join, although you will always be welcome as a guest or volunteer.
Keys will be given out at the end of the workday.
Back to the 1980s (again) for 'Russian Doll'
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Thursday's parting shot
Grant Shaffer's NY See
Here's the latest NY See panel, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood and NYC ...
City tries again with release of a Value Engineering Study for East River Park
Five days after East River Park Action (ERPA) filed a lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio and the Office of Management and Budget for the entire Value Engineering Study without redactions ... the city released a (mostly) unredacted version yesterday.
You can find a copy of the 300-plus-page report here. We haven't had a chance to comb through it just yet to learn what it was the city didn't want people to see. Concerned residents are curious why the city denied the existence of the report before releasing a mostly redacted version. We'll see how they did on the third try. (Blacked-out sections now are said to be for security purposes.)
A lawsuit filed April 2 asks for full disclosure of the much-discussed but largely unseen Value Engineering Study. Joining the lawsuit brought by East River Park Action attorney Jack Lester are Manhattan Borough President candidate Lindsey Boylan; and City Council candidates Christopher Marte, Erin Hussein, and Allie Ryan. The political club Grand Street Democrats also joined along with community activists.
They seek transparency, accountability and a re-examination of the massive flood control project to find alternatives that will preserve parkland.
As previously reported, ERPA's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request and an appeal finally unearthed the three-year-old Value Engineering Study. (This after the city denied there was such a report.)City Hall will be releasing more materials from its ESCR value engineering review today thanks to advocacy from my office & the Community Advisory Group.
— Carlina Rivera 利華娜 (@CarlinaRivera) April 6, 2021
We'll review these materials carefully and support the CAG in efforts they make around this needed resiliency project. pic.twitter.com/BkyEqbjmGQ
Packing up the last of The Pyramid Club
45-47 2nd Ave. has a new owner
A tipster notes that house flippers David Luttway and Dana Lowey Luttway (via HOLLISWOOD2AVE LLC) are now the owners.
Several of the residences are currently vacant, and two other remaining tenants are in rent-stabilized units without leases, per the real-estate listing.
As the Westside Rag has noted, Dana Lowey Luttway "is known for her skill at flipping upscale townhouses." It's not known what their plans are for this building. There was an original $9.9 million asking price.
There are currently two commercial spaces (one vacant) and one with a lease until December 2022. That would be Timbuktu, a tranquil shop that specializes in items from Morocco.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Wednesday's parting shot
Gotta get up, gotta get out: 'Russian Doll' returns for Thursday filming
Reopenings: Indochine, Kindred and Van Da
Rendering watch: 650 E. 6th St.
As New York Yimby noted in January 2016: "The 8,491-square-foot project will include 7,761 square feet of residential space, which means units will average 1,552 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums."
Public records show that this building changed hands for $2.8 million in August 2013. The new owner is named East Village LLC in the filing.
• Report: Plans in the works to convert 650 E. 6th St. to condos
A Penny Arcade 'History' lesson this Saturday via the Tompkins Square Library branch
We are very excited to host a performance of Penny Arcade, New York's undisputed queen of the underground, and the grande dame of downtown performance art.This bespoke segment created specifically for the Tompkins Square library will focus on a survey of Penny's 50-plus year residency in the East Village and her larger-than-life mentors.
Doc Holliday's turns 27 while closed during the pandemic; 'We will be back'
... 50% or even 100% capacity means nothing to us without bar seating, with the 11 p.m. imposed curfew, no standing & drinking and about fifty gazillion other reasons. BUT, don’t worry we will be back. We just can’t predict the future. When we know, you will know. Miss you much!