A serene East Village rooftop scene late this afternoon featuring a boy, his bike and a dog... thanks to Steven Fabian for this!
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Tuesday's parting Instagram clip
A serene East Village rooftop scene late this afternoon featuring a boy, his bike and a dog... thanks to Steven Fabian for this!
Noted

Someone spraypainted this message overnight on the Con Ed substation along Avenue A.
There were reactions to it on Twitter...
If Joker was in a pandemic https://t.co/G2eExCsMua
— John-Michael Jalonen (@John_Mike_) April 7, 2020
Everybody wants to be FDR https://t.co/ahkxqqoXrL
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 7, 2020
this is sort of what Cuomo was saying for a while early on, then he stopped https://t.co/J5R4o7gCoe
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) April 7, 2020
I don’t know, i don’t think No Fear’s rebrand is going to work https://t.co/UPgXwP6o9H
— Chris (@ThunderPittRoad) April 7, 2020
Livestreams from La Mama

During the COVID-19 shutdown, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club on Fourth Street has teamed up with CultureHub to provide online streaming of select productions and events in recent weeks.
Here's what's happening tonight (April 7) at 7:
Café La MaMa Live: Take 1
Weekly live performances that experiment with form. Responding to calls for social isolation, Café La MaMa Live brings La MaMa's 1960s café aesthetic to a virtual platform that links performers and audiences in real time across distance. Guest curators each week give artists a digital platform to share their work with the world.
This Week:
Curator Theo Cote creates an evening of music, dance, poetry and short stories!
Artists include Amy Lawless, Rebecca Layton, Evan Gill Smith, Office Culture, Annie Rigney, Jeremy Wiles-Young and Ariel Yelen.
You can find details on upcoming online events at LaMama at this link. The events are free, though there is an option to donate.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Tompkins Square Library launches online programming this week
The Tompkins Square Park dog run is now closed

In an effort to combat against potentially overcrowded spaces, the Parks Department yesterday shut down dog runs citywide, including in Tompkins Square Park.
The dog runs will be closed until further notice. Per the Parks Department: "Our parks remain open to dogs and pet owners to get fresh air and exercise; however, dogs must be kept on a leash according to park rules, and dog owners must keep social distance."
EVG contributor Stacie Joy took these photos at 1 p.m., a few hours after the order was put into effect...



The closure of the dog runs comes on the heels last week of playgrounds shutting down.
Reader appreciation: Le Fournil Bakery
Via the EVG inbox:
The wonderful French bakery, Le Fournil, is open for takeout! They are selling delicious French pastries, some savory items and bread. I bought some indulgent items from them Saturday. Le Fournil's pastry lifted my spirits as only pastry can.
Le Fournil is at 115 Second Ave. between Sixth Street and Seventh Street (in the former Moishe's space). Their posted hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Closed Mondays.)
Want to share an appreciation of an East Village business that remains open? Send us an email here. (We'll see how this goes!)
A new St. Mark's Place-like business opens on St. Mark's Place

New business alert from 18 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... a smoke shop is now open in the space ... where you can pick up, say, a new downstem and bowl, ash catcher, carb cap or other water pipe accessories...

At the time of these photos on Sunday (thanks Steven!) there wasn't a business sign up... the previous tenant here, Addiction NYC, the tattoo parlor and smoke shop, closed at the beginning of the year.
Monday, April 6, 2020
Monday's parting shot

Stacie Joy spotted Ramon, a longtime employee at the flower stand outside Key Food, back on Avenue A... he had been away the past few years...
Mystery of the Anti-COVID-19 volunteer drone task force

There's some mystery surrounding the drone that was spotted flying over East River Park yesterday telling people to maintain social distance.
CBS News posted a video of the drone, which played the following message over loudspeakers: "This is the Anti-COVID-19 volunteer drone task force. Please maintain a social distance of at least six feet. Again, please maintain social distancing."
Some people thought the voice sounded familiar...
Life immitating "Robocop". https://t.co/RM6ja5SJCI
— Paul Lidicul (@PaulLidicul) April 6, 2020
An NYPD official said that it was not behind the drone. The FAA is reportedly investigating, per The Hill.
H/T Edmund John Dunn!
Edge of Tomorrow

Bayou shares this photo from the front window at Whiskers Holistic Pet Care, 235 E. Ninth St. at Second Avenue... featuring the words to "Tomorrow" from "Annie."
NY PAUSE extended through April 29
New York on PAUSE is extended through April 29.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 6, 2020
Schools and non-essential businesses will remain closed.
Public health is our first concern.
In case you missed the announcement today — Gov. Cuomo has extended the NY PAUSE order through April 29, meaning that all non-essential businesses will be closed for another month. The restrictions went into effect on March 22.
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