The Village View tag sale is today (Saturday!)

The annual (after two years off) Village View tag sale is going on today (Saturday!) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ... it's on the Fifth Street basketball court between Avenue A and First Avenue... we've found (bought) some pretty good stuff here through the years.

Saturday's opening shot

The Bowery Mural Wall this morning... with a new "Hooligan" tag... and with remnants left behind from a car fire at the intersection yesterday...

Your chance to make your home feel a little like Key Food on Avenue A

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

We're doing our best to keep up with the changes occurring at Key Food on Avenue A and Fourth Street. 

Trying. 

The latest. 

According to Key sources, the new freezers will be in the second week of June. The [rather random] tables, previously found in the produce aisle (above), are out to make room for the new produce section forthcoming. 

They are now outside the supermarket by the can recycling center on the Fourth Street side. #Breaking

Meanwhile. There will be an expanded fruits and veggie section plus a vegan line! 

And where the beer cooler is now will be the ice cream section.

To be continued...

Out of 'Control'

 

After mentioning Sunflower Bean earlier... here's the video for the band's single "I Don't Have Control Sometimes" — with some East Village locales — from the two-week-old release Headful of Sugar.

A spring BBQ fundraiser for El Sol Brillante Community Garden tomorrow

The folks at El Sol Brillante are hosting a Spring BBQ fundraiser tomorrow (Saturday, May 21) at the community garden on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. 

Per the EVG inbox: "The event promises refreshing drinks, vegetarian food and T-shirts for sale ..." Plants too! From noon to moon (8 p.m.!).

A special night for Julia Cumming and Sunflower Bean at Webster Hall

Top photo by EVG; the rest by Stacie Joy

The other day, we noted how local band Hello Mary had just played their largest stage to date with a slot opening for Sunflower Bean at Webster Hall on May 12. (Another local band, Frost Children, were also on the bill.)

It was also a special night for Sunflower Bean vocalist-bassist Julia Cumming, seen here backstage before the show...

She was born and raised in a building on 14th Street and Avenue B. (Her parents, Alec Cumming and Cynthia Harden, were in the band Bite The Wax Godhead.)

Cumming was in bands starting at an early age, and as she told the crowd, it was always a dream to headline Webster Hall... 

Sunflower Bean is now on a U.S. tour in support of their third full-length release, Headful of Sugar.

Reminders: The St. George Ukrainian Festival takes place THIS WEEKEND

As noted back on Monday, the St. George Ukrainian Festival returns to Seventh Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square after a two-year pandemic-related hiatus. 

Here are some details via the EVG inbox... 

Following a 2-year absence due to COVID-19, this year's festival takes place during the worst period of violence the Ukrainian homeland has experienced since WWII. According to the United Nations, almost 13 million people are believed to have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia began its war 

As the heart of the Ukrainian American community in the city with one of the largest Ukrainian immigrant populations in the United States, parishioners of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church have worked tirelessly to raise funds for their countrymen. 

Over 30,000 sought-after Ukrainian dumplings have been prepared in advance by church volunteers ... and in addition to these 'varenyky', there will also be plenty of cabbage rolls (holubtsi), beet soup (borshch), sausage (kobasa) and sauerkraut for sale. Veselka Restaurant will also be on hand all weekend long with some of their favorite Ukrainian menu items. A portion of these sales will be used for Humanitarian relief efforts.

And the schedule...

Friday 5/20

No stage show ... the vendors will be selling as they set up

Saturday 5/21 

Outdoor stage performance @ 2-4 p.m. 

Open-air Memorial Service for the Victims of Russian Aggression @ 4-4:30 p.m. 

Ukrainian Liturgy inside St. George Church @ 6-7 p.m. 

Outdoor stage performance @ 7-8:30 p.m. 

Sunday 5/22 

Ukrainian Liturgies inside St. George Church @ 7 a.m., 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. 

Concert inside St. George Church by Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York @ 12-12:45 p.m 

Outdoor stage performances begin @ 1-3 p.m.

Friday's opening shot

Wake up and smell the summer ... with temps to reach 90 tomorrow and Sunday, per the exclusive EVGWeatherCast™. Photo on Second Avenue today by Derek Berg.

Thursday's parting shot

We received a lot of queries today about what was filming on Avenue A along Tompkins Square Park ... the production notices read "Nine Orchard," which is likely a fake name. 

Anyway, we don't know! But! There may have been a stunt vampire, per this phot by Derek Berg...

This Saturday, the Dance Parade and DanceFest return to the East Village

As you may have heard, the Dance Parade (no. 16!) returns IRL on Saturday after a pandemic-era hiatus. (They were virtual, but...)

This year's theme is appropriately titled: "Back to the Streets." 

And per the EVG inbox:

Dance styles reflect the cosmopolitan legacy of the city and the elastic inventiveness of the form and include African, Asian-Indian, avant-garde contemporary, ballet, Indian bhangra, Bolivian Carporalesn, 5Rhythms, breaking, Traditional Chinese, contemporary, hip-hop, Irish, Indonesian, Jamaican Dance Hall, lindy hop, modern, roller disco, salsa, Tahitian and Tango. 

The dancing commences at 12:30 p.m .at the corner of 20th Street and Broadway. (See the map below!)

The parade eventually heads across Eighth Street... Astor Place (grandstand alert!) and St. Mark's Place. The whole thing ends in Tompkins Square Park, where DanceFest takes place from 3-7 p.m.  ... an event that includes three stages and the "Experience Dance Booths."

Revisit some 2019 DanceFest pics on EVG right here.