Avenue A near Ninth Street this afternoon... photo by Steven...
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Last few days for Love Shine on 6th Street
[Photo by Fenton Lawless]
The sale continues at Love Shine, 543 E. Sixth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
As we noted in February, the 20-year-old shop that sells handmade bags, accessories and gifts was closing due to to an uptick in rent and downturn in business.
The shop is open tonight until 9:30 ... they'll be back tomorrow and Tuesday and that's it.
However, owner Mark Seamon is moving his business online. You can find them on Pinterest ... Facebook ... and Instagram.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Love Shine is closing shop on 6th Street and moving online
Out and About With Mark Seamon
Week in Grieview
[After Thursday's rain in Tompkins Square Park. Photo by Ryan John Lee]
Stories posted on EVG this past week included...
RIP David Peel (Thursday)
Bike-truck collision on First Avenue at Ninth Street (Wednesday)
Remembering Glenn O'Brien (Friday)
A report of seven burglaries in the past month in these six East Village buildings (Tuesday ... Saturday)
A refurbished Quad Cinema reopens April 14 (Friday)
Out and About with Terry and Harmony (Wednesday)
A look at Jared Kushner's financial disclosure report (Monday)
An ode to Angelica Kitchen (Friday)
Bringing "the beauty of Japanese Tea Ceremony" to Seventh Street (Thursday)
Lanza's has returned — on 23rd Street (Tuesday)
Red Hook Lobster Pound closed for now in Extra Place (Monday)
Webster Hall has a new owner (Tuesday)
The new Carmen Pabon Garden is now open to the public on weekends (Friday)
Ummburger vying for the Mancora space on First Avenue (Wednesday)
Christo and Dora have more company in the city (Monday)
Slim dining options at the Hyatt Union Square for the time being (Tuesday)
Construction watch: 79 Avenue D (Friday)
About the for rent sign outside Somtum Der on Avenue A (Monday)
Up to 4 floors at the all-new 34 E. 13th St. (Wednesday)
Village Pourhouse makes closing official (Tuesday)
A quick look at the revamped Whole Foods Market® Bowery and its higher-profile bakery (Monday)
...and a scene from Tompkins Square Park yesterday via Derek Berg...
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Your chance to see the Moon and Jupiter meet in Virgo from 3rd Street
Last night, Felton Davis had his telescope set up on Third Street as "the almost-full waxing gibbous moon begins its monthly sweep in front of the constellation Virgo, where, it so happens, the dazzling planet Jupiter also resides."
Felton will be back out this evening at 8:30 ... outside Maryhouse at 55 Third St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. As he said in the comments, "prepare to watch Europa (in the news lately because of its detectable atmosphere) pass in front of Jupiter, casting a shadow!"
And thanks to Grant Shaffer for these photos.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
For views of the Moon and Jupiter this weekend
Via East Village astronomy buff Felton Davis...
For the next three nights, the Moon will grow to full sliding through the constellation Virgo, and passing by the bright star Spica, and the planet Jupiter. If the weather is clear I will set up directly in front of Maryhouse at 55 E 3rd St. (between First Avenue and Second Avenue) starting at 8:30 pm for the Moon and hoping for a good view of Jupiter by 9:30 p.m.
Today: Sale at Angelica Kitchen; funky fun at Jane's Exchange
Two items to note...
And for the kids (6 and under)...via the EVG inbox...
Join Esther and her puppet friends for an hour of songs, stories, and FUNKY FUN in this warm, intimate setting! And it's *FREE*! Jane's Exchange is a wonderful little kids consigment shop in the heart of the East Village. Come early- or stay after the show- to shop! Lots of clothes and toys in MINT condition at cheap cheap prices.
Esther is a singer/songwriter, and the founder of Thunder and Sunshine, a funky rock band for kids. She's also the singer and co-founder of The Electric Mess, a NYC rock band established in 2007, which has toured various U.S. and European cities. She does bi-monthly story hours (every other Thursday) at Bank Street Bookstore, and performs for kids all around town, both as a solo act, and with Thunder and Sunshine.
Jane's Exchange is at 191 E. Third St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.
Report provides a few more details on recent East Village burglaries
[Reader-submitted photo]
NBC 4 has more on the recent burglaries in seven East Village buildings...
One woman said she came home on a Saturday to an open bedroom window before she realized her laptop was gone. A man who lives in a building on East 3rd Street said he went to sleep, only to find his laptop, mohair jacket and iPhone gone.
Police say a man entered an apartment inside a building on East 4th Street around 12:30. When one of the residents discovered him in their roommate's bedroom, he claimed to have been doing electical work. Moments later, the unknown man disappeared — along with a television, laptop and Amazon Fire stick.
And...
"It's nuts because this is a nice neighborhood," said resident Ruben Reyes.
The NBC report does not provide any description of the suspect. Or how a man disappeared carrying a TV and laptop.
There will be a multi-block association meeting with the 9th Precinct on April 12 at 6:30 p.m. Location still TBD.
Updated:
A reader (see the comments) created a map showing the locations of the burglaries...
Previously on EV Grieve:
A report of 7 burglaries in the past month in these 6 East Village buildings
Friday, April 7, 2017
Remembering Glenn O'Brien
[Image via glenn.obrien.com]
There are many tributes today for Glenn O'Brien, the writer, editor and downtown personality, who died at age 70 following an illness.
Per ARTnews:
A dapper, instantly recognizable art world fixture with bright white hair and reliably impeccable jackets, O’Brien trained his dry, deadpan wit on art, music, and fashion as an editor and contributor for Rolling Stone, Oui, High Times, Allure, Esquire, and The New Yorker, among many other publications.
O’Brien was born in Cleveland. He spent his college years at Georgetown University, where he became friends with the art writer Bob Colacello. The pair went on to study film at Columbia University and become the editors of Interview in the early 1970s, when Andy Warhol was still publishing the magazine out of the Factory.
“They thought, ‘Let’s get some nice clean-cut college kids who aren’t amphetamine addicts and see if they can run the magazine,’ ” O’Brien told The New York Times in 2015.
In the 1980s, O’Brien effectively channeled the Factory for the Mudd Club crew with his public-access television show TV Party, a blend of live music, half-coherent interviews, zany skits, and idiosyncratic debauchery.
Per New York magazine:
O’Brien borrowed generously from the hipster affect of the Beats, but adapted that stance for the New Wave era. Zelig-like, he made an appearance, by his own account, as the underwear model on the Rolling Stones’ Warhol-designed Sticky Fingers album, helped mastermind the controversial CK Jeans ads denounced by Bill Clinton, and edited Madonna’s Sex book (not that many people were focused on the text). Even if you hadn’t read his work or seen his picture, you undoubtedly saw something he had created, and it shaped your consciousness in some way.
He lived nearby (Bond Street?) and in recent years invited cameras inside his home...
So Sad about us
The Jesus and Mary Chain recently released Damage and Joy, their first album in 18 years. The video here is for "Always Sad."
They'll be playing out at the all-new Brooklyn Steel on May 14.
The Macrobiotic Chewing Guild
Memories abound,
That single desk
in the window on 8th Street.
Dragon bowls
that would feed two.
Slightly yellow people,
Chewing and chewing,
Enquiring how fresh
the Tofu. How many
times do you chew?
The organic Sun sets.
Bread and spread no more.
Where will the masticators,
wander to re-fill,
the hungry and the ill.
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peter radley
Marking the closing of Angelica Kitchen,
after 40 odd years in the East Village. April 7, 2017.
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