Saturday's parting shot

Saying hello to Yoda outside Book Club on Third Street... photo by Stacie Joy...

What the hail? A moment from this afternoon's storm

From B&H Dairy's outdoor space on Second Avenue when the hail was coming down ... pic by Derek Berg.

NYC remains under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m., per the NWS. Things are more dicey for parts of Long Island, where a tornado warning is in effect until 3:30 p.m.

Go 'Crazy' at this group show at the Theater for the New City

Theater for the New City is hosting a new group show titled "Just Act Normal, That's Crazy Enough Already." 

The official opening is today (Saturday) from 2-6 p.m. in the theater's gallery, 155 First Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street. 

The show is up through Jan. 3. The gallery is open during the week for viewing as well.

Thanks to Lola Sáenz for the flyer!

Live music this weekend in Tompkins Square Park

A handful of bands are scheduled to play free shows in Tompkins Square Park this weekend.

Here are flyers for today's show...

... and for tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon...

Sets times are roughly between 2-6 p.m. on both days. Check the Shows in Tompkins Square Park FB page for updates.

Also, today during the show, the community group Colectiva Verde is hosting a drive (jackets, coats and sweaters, and health supplies) for unhoused residents...

Paving the night away

City-contracted crews last night finished paving Avenue B from midblock between Fourth and Fifth down to Houston. 

EVG Milling & Paving Correspondent Stacie Joy captured what no one just yet is referring to as "the Social Event of the Fall."

The crews completed the work by midnight.

H/T Salim for the live-tweeting!

Friday's parting (spoiler) shot

A scene from the B&H Dairy 2022 calendar shoot today on Second Avenue (as explained here) ... photo by Derek Berg...

Boxing Bush Tetras

 

Today is a good day to celebrate Bush Tetras, the local post-punk pioneers who formed in 1979.

Today marks the release of the career-spanning box set "Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras," which features 29 songs across three LPs pressed onto 180-gram vinyl and remastered by Carl Saff, plus a 46-page book with photos, an original essay on the band by Marc Masters, and shorter essays by Thurston Moore, Nona Hendryx and Topper Headon, among others.

As you may know, Dee Pop, the band's longtime drummer, passed away on Oct. 9. According to an announcement by the band, he died in his sleep. He was 65. 

Don Christensen, who played in Bush Tetras for a time in the 1980s as well as the Contortions and the Raybeats, will be taking over on drums ... as there's a record-release show tomorrow night at LPR on Bleecker Street. 

BTW, Stereogum has an interview with the band's two veteran members, Pat Place and Cynthia Sley, right here. 

Now to the video... Wharf Cat Records recently released a remastered version of "Too Many Creeps" from 1979... a song and video (filmed along the Bowery) that remains an all-time EVG favorite.

Previously on EV Grieve:

• Things that go boom in the night: As Bush Tetras prepare for their 40th-anniversary show

On Sunday, a rally for the restoration of 2 East River Park structures

The Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) has been working to protect the circa-1938 Art Deco Track House and Tennis Center Comfort Station in East River Park. 

Both structures are eligible for the State and National Registers of Historic Places by the New York State Historic Preservation Office. However, the city plans to demolish them and replace them with new, more generic structures (seen in the rendering above) as part of the $1.45-billion East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project.

Sunday at 2, the LESPI is hosting a rally to protest the city's plan to demolish the structures.

Via the EVG inbox...

For two years LESPI, our neighbors and fellow preservationists have been advocating for the city to save these two National and State Register of Historic Places eligible buildings, which by law require that preservation must be seriously considered as a component of this federally-funded work. 

Instead, the City has stonewalled, offering only to photograph the buildings before demolition. People are fed up with the City Administration's lack of responsiveness and will rally Saturday to make themselves heard. 

LESPI's rally is co-sponsored by the following organizations: Art Deco Society of New York, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, Friends of Corlears Hook Park, Friends of the Lower East Side, Friends of Terra Coca, Historic Districts Council, New York Landmarks Conservancy, and Village Preservation. There will be several speakers at the rally.

The rally takes place at the Brian Watkins Tennis Center Comfort Station, just north of the Williamsburg Bridge. 

In November 2020, the full Community Board 3 passed a resolution calling to restore the two structures.  

Miss Kita by the sea

Postmarked Nov. 11, 2021:

Miss Kita the Wonder Dog of East 10th Street took advantage of the last good beach day to head out to the Rockaways to catch some rays and waves. She remains on the lookout for the great influx of vaccinated European tourists everyone has been talking about but reports that if true they are definitely not coming in by sea.

Will tonight B the night that the city finishes paving Avenue B?

OK, just to see this one out... the city is expected to finish paving the milled Avenue B this evening/overnight (a job started on Tuesday).

The new pavement ends randomly in the middle of B between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. 

Also, EV Arrow points out what you may have already noticed through the years — the Kate's Joint flag still flies high (sort of) at 58 Avenue B...

The vegetarian cafe closed in Aprii 2012.