Sunday, April 19, 2026

Week in Grieview

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Posts this past week included (with an art-and-perp walk on 2nd Avenue via   Derek Berg ) Never miss an EVG post with the weekly EVG newslet...

Report: SantaCon fraud charges met with a collective 'shocking, said no one'

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From 2024 : A neon "Fuck Off" Santa at Joyface on Avenue C  Photo by Stacie Joy   The indictment of SantaCon president Stefan P...
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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Saturday's parting shot

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Photo by Stacie Joy  We ran into local residents Dave Sussman and Annamaria Pinna today on Ninth Street ... check out their band Vajra ...

A 'No Picnic' pizza party at Two Boots

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Photos by Stacie Joy   Two Boots on Avenue A hosted a " No Picnic " after-party last night following the film's opening screen...
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An a-peel-ing exhibit at Ninth Street Espresso (on 10th Street)

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The 10th Street outpost of Ninth Street is now featuring a series of potato paintings by East Village-based artist and illustrator Peter A...
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Saturday's opening shot

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Another fine spring morning view from Tompkins Square Park... where it actually feels like spring and not, say, late July.  Get your Vita...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Friday's parting shot

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Thanks to EVG reader MJB for this photo today in Tompkins Square Park...
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New from Lukka: 'Tombol'

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  Local psych-pop trio Lukka , led by East Village-based singer-songwriter Franzi Szymkowiak, has a new single out... check out the video ab...

Ugh, Uggs: Pop-up ‘newsstand’ and a no-photos moment during a photoshoot on Avenue A

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Top photo by Stacie Joy  A production crew set up a prop newsstand this afternoon on the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue A — one of the ...
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[UPDATED] For-lease sign arrives at longtime home of Two Boots Pizza on Avenue A — surprising owner, staff

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  For-lease signs went up today outside Two Boots Pizza on Avenue A and Third Street — catching owner Phil...
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Signed, sealed… not delivered? Warning posted on Avenue B mailbox

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Photos by Stacie Joy  There's a notice taped to a USPS mailbox on Avenue B at Eighth Street.  The sign reads in part:  WARNING DO NOT MA...
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The end of 'Liberty' on 9th and A?

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Workers are painting the building on the SW corner of Ninth Street and Avenue A.  Will they paint around the "Liberty" mural by ...
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Friday's opening shot

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The spectacular spring now of Tompkins... before the 50s (temps, not era) arrive next week...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Thursday's opening and parting shots

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Morning view along Seventh Street at the entrance to Tompkins Square Park... and early this evening on Houston and First Avenue...
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Avenue A's Key Food 1980s playlist, explained (sort of)

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Interview by Stacie Joy EVG photo on loan from  Fotomuseum Winterthur   Following our post yesterday about the 1980s-heavy playlist at Key ...
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Singapore Social is opening in the former Foul Witch space on Avenue A

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Photo yesterday by Stacie Joy Singapore Social, a Southeast Asian restaurant from the Singapore-based team behind Roberta's Pizza expans...
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Openings: Whits brings the sliders to St. Mark's Place

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Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy  Whits had its grand opening last week at 34 St. Mark's Place between Second and Third Avenues.  The...
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First sign of Pizza PST on St. Mark's Place

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There's a new-look storefront at 123 St. Mark's Place.  In recent days, workers have added a black-and-white awning... along with ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Wednesday's parting shot

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Harold from Stuyvesant Street shared this view of the wisteria today outside 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street...
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[Updated] SantaCon president arrested; prosecutors allege misuse of funds

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Photo from 20924 by Stacie Joy  See update below. First posted on 4/15 ------ Is this the "con" in SantaCon?  The president of San...
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