Today is Day 3 of the St. George Ukrainian Festival

The 39th annual St. George Ukrainian Festival, held on East Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square, wraps up today… the hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Here are a few photos from yesterday via Derek Berg…







Andrew Ilnicki, manager of East Village Meat Market, is selling an array of Eastern European food at the festival … Veselka has a booth with food… and at Jimmy's No. 43: "The former landlord of Brewski's, Jerry Kuziv is now making a great German-style lager under the Brewski's label with brewer Greg Accardi over at High Point Brewing/Ramstein in New Jersey. All weekend we'll feature Brewski's as our official lager of the Ukrainian Festival." There are more beer options on the block at Standings and Burp Castle.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Q-and-A with Andrew Stasiw, chairman of the St. George Ukrainian Festival

[Updated] Reports of a shooting last night on Avenue C

There are few details at the moment about a shooting last night around 10 on Avenue C …

Manhattan East 8th St & Avenue C. @NYPD9Pct reporting a male shot. Aided transported by EMS. 2 perps fled. Level 1 mobilization called.

— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) May 17, 2015

Here's what the Associated Press is reporting …

Police are looking for suspects after the shooting shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday on Avenue C. Police were called to East Fifth Street, while the Fire Department has the address as East Eighth Street.

Police say the man was shot once. He's been taken to Bellevue Hospital and is expected to survive.

We'll update the post when more information becomes available.

Updated 5/18

According to the Daily News:

The 18-year-old victim was arguing with two men at about 10 p.m. Saturday, on Avenue C near E. 5th St., when one of the men took out a gun and shot him once in the left leg, officials said.

There were not any descriptions of the suspects … or details on what sparked the argument.

Art show turns into a shitshow at 190 Bowery

A lot of people turned up last evening for the chance to see the inside of 190 Bowery and look at the Aby Rosen/Vito Schnabel-backed group exhibition titled "First Show/Last Show."

However, the whole thing was called off before the show even started … much to the surprise of people who arrived at the landmarked building at Spring Street.

@evgrieve the #germaniabankbuilding isn't open to the public today - they're saying invite only. Lame!

— Gillian (@GillianEK) May 16, 2015

#190Bowery is a total fiasco. Hundreds of art fans getting stuffed by 6 security guards letting in about a dozen middle-aged Art snobs

— Scott Heins (@scottheins) May 16, 2015

According to artnet, the show "has been abruptly closed to the public for reasons unknown."

Now what?

"The show will be open by appointment May 18 – 29, Monday through Friday from 12-6 p.m. Closed Memorial Day. Please respond with your requested time and we will do our best to accommodate you."

You have to RSVP here.

Per artnet:

The original invitation didn't even require an RSVP, so it's not surprising that Rosen, Schnabel, and their coterie of rich and famous friends got a little spooked by the prospect of the unwashed masses showing up to rub elbows with the art elite.

As for the exhibit, the Observer pointed out:

Titled “First Show/Last Show,” Schnabel’s exhibition brings the work of seven auction-approved white male artists together under the cryptic rubric that their art “immediately conveys its significance,” a super power that is obviously absent from any artwork authored by a woman or a person of color.



Photographer Jay Maisel bought 190 Bowery in 1966 for $102,000. He recently sold it for a reported $55 million. A still-unnamed creative agency has leased floors 2-6. The groundfloor retail remains on the market.

Photos by Scuba Diva … H/T Gothamist

Previously on EV Grieve:
Take a last look inside the mysterious 190 Bowery

DanceFest 2015

DanceFest photos in Tompkins Square Park today by EVG contributor Stacie Joy...

Grief counseling

If you've recently lost a pet. Spotted on Second Avenue

East Village Organic is now open on 1st Avenue

[Photo by EVG reader Steven]

The folks at East Village Organic let us know that the store opened yesterday at 124 First Ave. between East Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.

As we previously noted, the owner is Ali, who has run Golden Food Market on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Seventh Street the past 35 years

Among other items, we're told East Village Organic will feature:

• Organic Grown Produce
• Full Juice Bar and Cold Press Juice
• Bulk Grain Seed Nuts
• Full Macrobiotic Section
• Roots, Barks, Flowers (Herbalist Kim Turim, who has operated Penny's Herb Company on East Seventh Street since the late 1970s, works here)
• Full Assortment of Pure Essential Oils
• Seaweeds
• Full Dairy Section
• Nut and Seed Butters
• Wholegrain Baked Goods
• Dried Fruits

We'll check the store out later… and we'll post the hours as soon as we get them. Ah, thanks Mikey Q: Hours are Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

The storefront was previously home to Kim's Video and Music until last Aug. 25.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Organic food store taking over the former Kim's Video and Music space on 1st Avenue

A little more about East Village Organic, opening this spring on 1st Avenue

Reminders: The 9th annual Dance Parade and DanceFest is today

Several readers asked why there are police barricades along St. Mark's Place from Astor Place to Tompkins Square Park.

For example: "Why are there police barricades along St. Mark's Place from Astor Place to Tompkins Square Park?"



Today is the 9th annual Dance Parade and DanceFest … the parade starts at 21st and Broadway … and will eventually head across St. Mark's into the Park. where at 3 p.m. the DanceFest begins.

Find more info about the parade here.



Find the list for all the dancing activities in Park here.

Death wishes

The Swedish trio Death and Vanilla have a new record out ... this track, "Rituals," is from 2012...

Noted

Goggla spotted this sign on East Ninth Street near Avenue A...

EV Grieve Etc.: Crowdfunding for air quality testing; discussing NYC preservation

[The discarded couch police on East 7th Street via Derek Berg]

"The East Village, arguably more than other locales, has become the neighborhood of doom for one café and market after another. Why?" (New York Business Journal)

Tenant starts crowdfunding campaign for air quality testing in buildings adjacent to 119-123 Second Ave. (DNAinfo)

Rallying for affordable rent (Gothamist)

A visit to Raclette on Avenue A (The Wall Street Journal)

Preservation and pro-development in this Vanishing New York vs. New York YIMBY debate (New York magazine)

The East Village stars in the new video by the Young Things (YouTube)

Where to find Korean honey-butter chips in the East Village, in case you were looking for them (Grub Street)

Lower East Side History Month continues… find all the events here.

What retail tenants would you like to see in the Orchard Hell Building? (BoweryBoogie)

A new bike lane for Delancey (The Lo-Down)

In the footsteps of NYC's best chronicler, Joseph Mitchell (Curbed)

Remembering PIL's Ritz riot (Dangerous Minds)

Coney Island fireworks schedule for the summer (Amusing the Zillion)

… and yesterday, Stage watchers noticed that the roll down gate at the Stage was painted… wondering what, if anything, this meant for the diner that has been closed since March 30…



H/T EVG reader Steven