First Ford Pinto sighting in 27 years

A snappy-looking Ford Pinto spotted on East Seventh Street via Dave on 7th.

Reminder: Holiday tree lighting this afternoon in Tompkins Square Park

Previously.

In case that you wanted to know that someone recently tagged the Starbucks on First Avenue and East 13th Street

Someone also tagged the wall outside the Starbucks on First Avenue and East Third Street during the blackout...

[Updated] Flea market at St. Brigid School today

Entrance on East Seventh St. just east of Avenue B...

Updated 10 a.m.

Dave on 7th stopped in... we're on our way...

Noted

Urban Etiquette Sign leftover from last Sunday's Tompkins Square Greenmarket ...

At the MoRUS chain-cutting ceremony this afternoon

At 3 this afternoon, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) officially opened on Avenue C.... with a ceremony featuring Councilwoman Rosie Mendez and others, including Fly...

Photos by Bobby Williams.

Previously.

Reminder: Benefit for Occupy Sandy tonight at Sidewalk

Reposting this from Wednesday...

Via the EVG inbox...

BoysLikeBarbies and MERMAIDFARM Media Arts present I HEART HURRICANE RELIEF, a benefit for Occupy Sandy at the Sidewalk Cafe.

Music, poetry, comedy, plus live auctions and raffles to support those in the process of recovering from Hurricane Sandy. $10 suggested donation. 5:30 p.m. — midnight.

Jeffrey Lewis
Victor Varnado
Debe Dalton
John F. O'Donnell
Madison Cano
Jessica Delfino
Bernard King Presents
Myka Fox
Bridget and the Squares
The DeLorean Sisters
Tim Shea
Peter Loureiro
Sean T. Hanratty and the Mighty Mighty

Hosted by A Brief View of the Hudson

ON THE AUCTION BLOCK:
- Vintage jewelry and accessories from Dusty Buttons
- A Photograph from rock and roll photographer Jonnie Miles
- A gift certificate to Mark Garrison Salon
- 2 $25 bar tabs at the Sidewalk Cafe
- A Bridget and the Squares shwag bag
- A $50 bar tab at Sophie's Bar
- A $50 bar tab at Mona's Bar
- A $50 bar tab at Josie's Bar
- A complimentary massage from Jessica Laine Trugman Massage

IN ADDITION to monetary relief, we are asking all in attendance to please go take a look at the Occupy Sandy website, and are encouraging all to bring any supplies they are currently requesting to the event. They have expressed a dire need for volunteers, especially on the weekends, and team leaders and organizers who can commit for extended periods of time. A representative from the Occupy Sandy group will be there accepting donations and have information for the ways in which you can help!

There's also a Facebook page with more information here.

UPDATED:
There's also a benefit CD available... 20 songs for $5 ... among the featured groups — Eden & John’s East River String Band ... details here.

'Holiday subversion' tonight at The Stand on 7th and C

Via the EVG inbox...

Local artists Our Lady of Perpetual PMS (aka Daniella), Jessica Delfino & Elisa Velasquez present a Saturday Night Art Show of holiday subversion, with musical street performances.

• Alternative art, ornaments, & gifts for sale:
paintings, punk holiday ornaments, upcycled jewelry, & hand-painted playable ukuleles, & more

• Live music

• 9 pm: Gay Apparel: A highly decorated group of hilarious, holiday-skewering carolers reinventing your favorite (or most irritating) seasonal songs.

• Creative community party/street art/local color

• Snacks while supplies last

The gallery is small & intimate and the spirit of the event will spill out onto the sidewalk, creating a festive street scape for friends, fellow artists, & passersby.

Come by and celebrate the holidays with CRAFTERMATH. Founded in 2008, we are a group of subversive women artists who like to party with (g)litter and glue guns. We use recyclable & reusable materials whenever possible. We love to share resources & foster creative local community.

Read our post on the Stand from May right here.

East Village selected as test market for new economy car

What do you think? This morning on East First Street near Second Avenue.

Chanukah 2012

Chanukah (or Hanukkah if you prefer), the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at sunset today... this sign at one of the 99-cent stores on East 14th Street always gives me pause...

... and at the Chase branch on Avenue and East Second Street, bank personnel seem to be hurrying along the holiday — already up to the Eighth Night...

[Via EVG reader Carl Bentsen]

Holiday fair season

Two wholly unique places to pick up some holiday-related items today... the annual holiday fair at d.b.a. on First Avenue...

... and the Christmas Bazaar at the Ukrainian Museum on East Sixth Street...

Cooper Union rally today; administration responds

From the EV Grieve inbox...

From The Students for a Free Cooper Union:

Over the past five days, we have received amazing displays of solidarity from Cooper Union students, faculty, alumni, and supporters around the world. Meanwhile, the college’s deadlocked administration has been shaken by community action and presence. Cooper Union has received positive attention as an institution, and the community’s numerous creative responses to tuition-based, expansionist models have stressed the necessity and preservation of free education.

To move forward with the support of the Cooper Union community and an assembly of New York City high schools, colleges, and universities, The Students for a Free Cooper Union have published 2,000 copies of our original communique and list of demands to be distributed at the Citywide Student/Faculty Rally on Saturday, December 8. The rally will begin at 11:00 AM in Washington Square Park with student and faculty speak-outs, followed by a march to Cooper Union at 3:00 PM. This celebration of free education and the student reclamation of higher education will conclude with a dance party.

Previously.

Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon, Cooper Union officials issued their first response to the events of the past week.

Via the EV Grieve inbox...

On midday Monday, December 3, 11 art students locked themselves in on the eighth floor of The Cooper Union’s Foundation Building. The administration has asked them to leave on several occasions and they have not.

Our primary concern is for the safety of all students and to ensure that the actions of a few do not disrupt classes and final exams. We remain in contact with the students’ designated representative who said the locked-in group has access to food, water and sanitary facilities. The Cooper Union has expressed concerns about their safety, and they responded that they have taken precautions. Our concerns also extend to actions and conditions that could affect the safety of the public.

On Dec 5, protesters disrupted a meeting of the Board of Trustees, preventing some faculty members from presenting their academic plans to the Board.

It is important that despite the understandable passions involved, we remain engaged in a civil process as we attempt to resolve critical issues relating to the institution’s future and survival.

The Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Dec 5 to support President Jamshed Bharucha and the planning process he is leading.

We are in the midst of a deliberative process designed to position The Cooper Union for a future characterized by true distinction, THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF MERIT-BASED ACCESS AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT, academic excellence and financial sustainability. We must explore and evaluate a range of options—without prejudging any. In order to retain the prospects for full tuition scholarships, you must retain The Cooper Union. A Revenue Task Force consisting of faculty, elected students, staff and alumni has recommended launching master’s programs and summer programs that are fee-based, while seeking as far as possible to maintain the full scholarships for students in our three flagship undergraduate programs. The deans and the faculty of each of the three schools have been working to develop academic plans along these lines. The Board of Trustees will study reports as they come in, and will make key decisions early in the spring semester.

President Bharucha and Vice President of Finance Westcott have held more than 80 informational meetings with the Cooper Union community—students, faculty, alumni and staff. Earlier this week during a spontaneous discussion between the protesters and the President in the lobby of 41 Cooper Square, protesters asked the President to meet with them immediately. He agreed and invited them to the Rose Auditorium. However, most of the protesters declined and left the building.

Jolene Travis
Assistant Director Public Affairs, Media Relations