Saturday's parting shot

A tail of two cities today near Union Square ... photo by Derek Berg...

Otto's Shrunken Head celebrates 20 years today

Congrats to Otto's Shrunken Head on the 20th anniversary... and they'll be celebrating today at the bar/venue, 538 E. 14th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B. 

Info below (and the above illustration is by Kevin Kobasic)...

 

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Woman, Life, Freedom

New (completed this past Monday) in First Street Green Art Park... a tribute mural of Mahsa Amini by Lexi Bella

The 22-year-old Amini died last month after she was taken into custody by Iran's morality police for reportedly not wearing her hijab properly. 

You can read more about the mural here. 

Iranian security forces killed at least 23 children in the ensuing protests this past month, Amnesty International reports.

Saturday's opening crane shot

Some reader reports of some early-morning crane action on Astor Place... on Eighth Street adjacent to 770 Broadway... perhaps something related to the new Wegmans... or, given the proximity to Facebook's office at No. 770, maybe they are installing the metaverse.

Friday's parting shot

Signs of fall in Tompkins Square Park...

Twist and 'Shout'

 

A new (old) video popped up on the Siouxsie and the Banshees YouTube account the other day ... here's "Playground Twist" from 1979.

Last weekend for the annual Harvest Arts Festival

We're into the final weekend for the 11th annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival...  where you can find activities at dozens of East Village/LES community gardens, each featuring various performances, concerts, workshops and other related events. 

Check the LUNGS website here for the day-by-day, garden-by-garden schedule.  

The Earth School’s Fall Fair is TOMORROW

The Earth School's (P.S. 364) Fall Fair is happening tomorrow (Saturday!) ... in the Big Yard at the school, Fourth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C from noon to 5 p.m. 

What can you expect? Per the organizers: 

• A bouncy house 
• Music with a DJ 
• Arts & crafts, including slime-making, beading, costume-making and pumpkin decorating 
• Affordable food, homemade and from local restaurants 
• Games — mini-golf, bean bag toss, basketball and more 
• Face painting 
• Rummage sale (child & adult clothing) 
• And more family fun!

Food provided by Gruppo, Caffe Vita and Gemma... 

City to unveil Donald Suggs Jr. Way tomorrow on 6th Street

Starting tomorrow, Sixth Street between Avenue A and Avenue B will have a new co-name — Donald Suggs Jr. Way.

Suggs, a longtime resident of this block, died in October 2012 of a heart attack. He was 51.

Here's more about him via the advisory for the street co-naming ceremony:

Donald lived his life as a tireless activist for justice, a courageous advocate for the lives of people in HIV-affected communities, a critical thinker, a consequential writer, an incisive editor for The Village Voice and an international media activist based in the East Village. 

He was wise, kind, generous, funny, brilliant, creative, honorable, and out of the closet — back when it was risky to be out. Donald was our good neighbor on East 6th Street.

You can read more about his life and work in this EVG post.

His friends and family will gather tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 15) on the SW corner of Sixth Street and Avenue B at 11 a.m. for the unveiling ceremony.

Celebrating 60 years of Alex Harsley's photography

Alex Harsley, the proprietor of the 4th Street Photo Gallery and a neighborhood resident since 1965, is the subject of an ongoing exhibition ... you can check out Harsley's photography Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 5 p.m. in Studio One, 59-61 E. Fourth St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

His work will be here through Nov. 18.

And check out our two-part Q&A (here and here) with him from 2014, when James Maher took this photo...