Dance dance dance

New wheatpaste art — David Bowie, Madonna and Nile Rogers — spotted next to the mural wall on the Bowery at East Houston yesterday. (What connects the three? Rogers produced Madonna's Like a Virgin and co-produced Let's Dance.)

Here's an up-close look at the art, created by The Postman...





... and here's a sampling of other wheatpaste stickers by the Postman that have been around (spotted on either First Street or Second Street) these past few months...

Altered images: A site-specific installation by artist Kyoko Hamaguchi at mh PROJECT nyc on 2nd Avenue

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The mh PROJECT nyc is debuting its fourth artist-in-residence this afternoon (from 4-8) in its viewing space at 140 Second Ave. (No. 306) between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street.

Here's more about the artist and what to expect in the mh space:

Kyoko Hamaguchi is a conceptual mixed-media artist who was born in Tokyo and lives and works in New York City. By utilizing her daily experiences and society’s systems in her artwork, familiar images are deconstructed and become anomalous. Her work takes form in many different materials including photography, sculpture and installation.

Hamaguchi will turn the whole space into a site-specific installation. She will investigate the ancient technology of the camera obscura as a system for making sculptural objects. This interactive installation will allow the viewer to engage and play with the images they see in the space. The aim of the project is to propose an alternative way of seeing that emphasizes an active approach to viewing rather than the passive one that has become the norm with the constant flow of images in our environment today.

Her installation will be at mh through April 12. The studio is open Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. and by appointment. (Enter the studio at 140 Second Ave. through the black door and press the #306 buzzer.) Find more details at this link.

Noted

The East Village residents who run Foxface, the sandwich shop at 80 St. Mark's Place, reported the following today...

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I hope this lovely couple get to enjoy the ipad they snatched from us today.

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... and the money shot...

At Howl! Happening tonight: 'A Reading from the Old Neighborhood'

[International Bar & Grill, 119 St. Marks Place, 1986 © Ted Barron]

Tonight from 7-9 at Howl! Happening — "A Reading from the Old Neighborhood" ... via the EVG inbox...

Howl! Happening invites you to join us for a reading and fantastic music from the old neighborhood, featuring LES luminaries:

Samoa

Kurt Wolf of Pussy Galore

Poet legends David Huberman & EAK! Angie Glasscock

East of Bowery (which includes the photography of Ted Barron)

Darius James

Annecy TK

Puma Perl

…and many more

Host Drew Hubner is the author of "American by Blood," "We Pierce" and "East of Bowery." Produced by Kristin Mathis.

Find more details at this link. Howl! Happening is at 6 E. First St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Signs of spring: Books for sale on Avenue A today

Jen Fisher, who has operated the book stand on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place the past five years, will make her 2019 debut this afternoon ... as she announced on Instagram...

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Hiiii East Village, missed you sweet book lovers. Fuck winter lol I’m calling spring. I’ll have the tables set up until the sun goes behind the building. (Early afternoon?🤷🏽‍♀️) 💙🦋🍄

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ChaShaMa making a bank statement at former Santander branch on Avenue A

The former Santander back branch on Avenue A at Fourth Street is now serving as a pop-up gallery for the next month.

The folks behind ChaShaMa (hope MoMa doesn't sue!), a nonprofit that supports artists "by partnering with property owners to transform unused real estate into spaces to create, present and connect," are behind this exhibit...

The Mini Mono Mental group show, featuring "miniature yet monumental moments by 14 emerging, international artists," will be here through April 7. Storefront hours are Thursday through Sunday noon to 5 p.m. ...



This Santander branch closed at the end of April 2018.

Friday's parting shot

Photo on 12th Street near Fourth Avenue today via Derek Berg...

Spiritualized

The Portland, Ore.-based band Y La Bamba, led by Luz Elena Mendoza, recently released its excellent sixth record — Mujeres. The live track here is for the eponymous "Mujeres" recorded live at Seattle's KEXP a few years back.

As a bonus... the audio track of "Cuatro Crazy," my favorite song from this new record...

Flowers for Moishe's Bake Shop

[Photo by Derek Berg]

Someone left these flowers outside the now-closed and under-renovation Moishe's Bake Shop on Second Avenue near Seventh Street. The bakery closed on Tuesday after 40-plus years in business.

The proprietor, Moishe Perl, who also owns the building at 115 Second Ave., said that he was retiring. Perl was later said to be searching for new management to re-open the spot as a cafe and bakery in the spring.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] Claim: After 40-plus years, Moishe's Bake Shop has closed on 2nd Avenue (42 comments)

Time of 'War' for East Village artist Anton van Dalen

Longtime East Village artist Anton van Dalen is exhibiting with the P.P.O.W. Gallery at the Armory Show this weekend.

He's part of a group with five other P.P.O.W. artists. The curated theme: War.

"Included is this enormous canvas, which I painted in 1982 ... will be thrilling to see it there," he said in an email. "For me it's one of these freeing moments where intuition, 37 years later, finally flowered."


[van Dalen in 1982]

This part of the Armory Show is at Pier 94, Booth 717 (between about 50th Street and 54th Street across 12th Avenue). . Find more details on the Armory Show here.

The show continues through Sunday. Hours: Friday from noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.; Sunday noon to 6 p.m.

Find of a preview of the Armory Show at Gothamist.