Exclusive: It will be hot today

[8 a.m. on East 14th Street and Second Avenue]

I was thinking of maybe putting together a Hottest Day of the Summer post for tomorrow ... So, if you have some good Hot in the East Village-type photos that you'd like to share, please send them my way via the EV Grieve email.

If not, then I'll just post some stuff from EV Heave.

A lonely job

St. Mark's Place this morning.

Aiko in progress

Aiko got started last night working on the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall ... just a little progress to show... we'll check in later the mural is further along...

This morning under the Steve Jobs tree in Tompkins Square Park

More on the Steve Jobs tree here.

[Updated] Reader reports: Stabbing shuts down Webster Hall

[Via ‏@drunk8gods]

Word is coming in that the NYPD shut down Webster Hall tonight following a fatal stabbing... still working on details. Lots of rumors at the moment. Sick of it All and the Cro-Mags were on the bill as part of the CBGB Festival...

It's still early, but here is what people are putting out on Twitter...

Webster Hall closed down apparently someone got killed in the balcony...

— chuego (@chuego) July 7, 2012

Stabbing at Webster hall cro-mags and sick of it all shut down. #cops

— Mike Marinelli (@mikemarinelli) July 7, 2012

Updated 8:59 p.m.:

Here's more via Horns Up Rocks... who reports that a concertgoer was stabbed in the eye...

Updated 9:01 p.m.:

OK, BoweryBoogie is there... His report:

Harley Flannegan, founding member of the Cro-Mags stumbled into the VIP lounge with a knife. Security mobilized in a hot minute and beat the shit out of him.

Cops quickly appeared and took him away in cuffs. Not before stabbing some dude in the chest (said victim left the scene with a bandage over the wound).

Updated 9:35 p.m.

WABC is reporting that two people were stabbed; wounds not fatal.

Updated 10:41 p.m.

Horns Up Rock reports that Flannegan allegedly stabbed his bassist, Mike “The Gook” Couls ...

Updated 11:40 p.m.

The Post reports that two people were also bitten ... and the paper is referring to it as a "melee."

Developing: Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church has been sold

It looks as if the end is finally here for Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church on East 12th Street near Avenue A.

Rumors of development here have been swirling since 2008, when The Real Deal reported that two-thirds of the playground space along Avenue A had been sold in an all-cash deal for $10.4 million. That deal never materialized.

Some four years later, the Church and adjacent school are still standing. In the past 24 hours, we've heard from multiple people that the church has been sold.

According to one parishioner:

Sadly, this does not seem to be a false alarm. Hearing consistent reports that the church and school property have been sold, but absolutely no info on developer's identity or plans.

The parishioners are still praying for a miracle as they say the rosary every evening at the church. I'm sure they would appreciate community support.

There is still a Spanish-language mass at the church every Sunday morning at 11:30. And there's always still hope...

Meanwhile, this is roughly the area of development that we're talking about... the church, adjacent school and rectory, and playground where vendors set up for the weekend flea markets... (the three buildings on the southwest corner of 12th Street and Avenue A aren't owned by the Archdiocese...)

[Via Off the Grid]

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and other community groups submitted a request to the Landmarks Preservation Commission asking them to landmark the church. The LPC denied the request. (Read about that here.)

The church opened in 1917.

We'll post more information this weekend as it becomes available.

Soundtrack for your Ratstravaganza

The Specials with "Rat Racer" circa 1980.

People are pretty much just mocking Verizon's brown wall now

Well, as EVG Verizon Brown Wall Correspondent evilnyc notes... the freshly planted Verizon Brown Wall along East 13th Street at Second Avenue lasted just about a week... and now, there's even an arrow pointing to the seemingly useless security cameras...

Previously on EV Grieve:
First tag reappears on the Verizon building

Brownout: Verizon building graffiti painted over

Verizon is going to blow the budget on brown paint

The Houston/Bowery Mural Wall is ready for Aiko's art

Workers started painting over the Houston/Bowery Mural Wall last night... As we understand it, Aiko will work on her creation tomorrow... Looking forward, actually, to seeing her creation...

Photo by Bobby Williams.

Can Shooting a Movie in this Heat Make an Actor Sweat?

Oh, just a few photos from the "Can a Song Save Your Life?" shoot going on now outside Vazac's on Seventh Street and Avenue B...

As mentioned earlier, the film is about "a dejected music business executive forms a bond with a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan." It stars Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo and Catherine Keener.

Knightley is currently cooling off inside Vazac's with a 24-ounce can of Natty Light. Well, not really.

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Because it has been a few days since we posted anything about the CBGB movie

The Wall Street Journal checks in with a piece on the CBGB biopic, appropriately headlined "The Bowery Went Down to Georgia." (Heh — very bloggy!)

There's a recap of the movie news to date... the reporters also speak with some locals on the Bowery, like the fellow who books musical acts at the John Varvatos boutique. He hadn't heard about the movie. Across the street, a worker at Think Coffee said, "The fact that they're shooting in Georgia is indicative of how this neighborhood is changing. I don't even know where they'd have to shoot the film here to get the same feel."

[Image via Facebook]

Closing sale continues at Magic Fingers, Old Good Things

A few weeks ago, we reported that longtime East Village resident Susan Leelike is closing her shop, Magic Fingers, Old Good Things, at 220 E. 10th St. (Between First Avenue and Second Avenue.)

Susan let us know that she has more inventory than she originally realized in her 20-plus year-old shop, and she will likely stay open through July with the sales on her vintage jewelry and collectibles.

Hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 3-7 p.m.

See more here.