A few free things to do today....

All sorts of Howl!-related activities today, including Art Around the Park...Visit the Howl! site... and the East Villager Howler for a list of everything...

Meanwhile, tonight, The Shadow is presenting a free screening of "9-11 Mysteries" at the Bowery Poetry Club...



And... on 10th Street between Third Avenue and Second Avenue.... Block Fair!

Baby it's you

A song that just seems perfect right now.

Something Sweet back; something else is smashed

Blue Glass, our special First Avenue Correspondent, notes that Something Sweet at 11th Street has reopened after a short holiday....



Meanwhile, one block south....

An egg cream eggtravaganza

[Via Vanishing New York]

Edible Manhattan's new issue has an entertaining piece on egg creams.... which delves into the secrecy of making these frothy concoctions ... all the East Village egg cream players are interviewed... and only one will tell you how he or she creates an egg cream: Ray!

Alvarez, to his credit, will show you how he makes his egg creams. His transparency is unusual. Most merchants famous for selling this mythical New York elixir are like Anistratov. They put on the Sphinx face when you bring up the drink, keeping mum on how they make them and sometimes even refusing to tell you their own name.

(Thanks to Melanie for first bringing this to our attention!)

Related reading:
The egg cream lives (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

Memorial in place for murder victim outside Sin Sin

Earlier this week, Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo reported that the Sin Sin management refused to allow the sister of the man slain outside the club to create a temporary memorial in his honor.

However, perhaps Sin Sin had second thoughts about the tribute to 37-year-old Devin Thompson, who was shot twice on Second Avenue at East Fifth Street on Aug. 22.... Last night, a memorial was in place on East Fifth Street....





Patrick Hedlund has an update here.

Previously on EV Grieve:
NYPD hosting meeting between Sin Sin and neighbors tonight

East Village noise wars new battlefront: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge

Why the president of the East Fifth Street Block Association carries a baseball bat

A case for Allen Ginsberg Way

From the comments on the Allen Ginsberg's former apartment quickly rented post:

As a long time resident of East 12 Street (I am between A & B) a project I looked into but never took on is to have East 12 Street between 1st and A renamed Allen Ginsberg Way. It is a totally doable project requiring signatures and bringing it up the community board #3. Anyone interested in taking on such project?

Anyone?


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Three days of Howl!

Speaking of Allen Ginsberg.... the Howl! Festival is under way... with three days of activities in Tompkins Square Park this weekend...


[Blue Glass]

Visit the Howl! site... and the East Villager Howler...

Poetry on Avenue A lacking originality these days

Keep your eyes out for a "Man from Nantucket" series!

What's left of Pizzanini on St. Mark's and Second Avenue

A worker on the scene said that "another restaurant" was coming into this space... Hmm... formerly Pizzanini, which closed Aug. 27 as East Village Feed first reported...

Peels turns into Heels

Heh. The new American-style diner over on Bowery and Second Street....



... was closed to the public last night for a Fashion Week event....

"Again, we are sorry for now and the next time"

Ha. Here's Eater's comment of the day... they picked up on the Diablo Royale Este 'Boats 'N Hoes' post of mine....

"We're truly sorry but damn we made a fortune that night. We promise not to do this again (unless we can equal or surpass what we made that night. Again, we are sorry for now and the next time." [Diablo Royale Mess]

Anyway! And now a word from our sponsor...

Anderson Cooper's boyfriend opening 19th-century cocktail bar on Avenue C

Last month, we noted that the former 40C and Batista was undergoing renovations on Avenue C between Third Street and Fourth Street... Thanks to Fork in the Road, we have a better idea of the new tenant. It's called Bedlam Bar and Lounge.

According to Chantel Martineau:

It's the latest venture by Benjamin Maisani of Eastern Bloc in collaboration with illustrator Pablo Raimondi. The décor is 19th century parlor chic, with plenty of antique-looking leather-bound books and taxidermy lining the walls. The cocktails will offer subtle twists on classics like Negronis and Side Cars, and will be complemented by a selection of craft beers. Bedlam soft opens September 16, with a grand opening on October 1.

[Photo via the Voice]

The post didn't note, though, that Maisani is reportedly the boyfriend of CNN personality Anderson Cooper.

Previously on EV Grieve:
40 Avenue C getting another renovation