Nightclubbing this weekend at the Anthology Film Archives

[Photo of John Lurie via the Anthology Facebook page]

Here's what's happening this weekend at the Anthology Film Archives, Second Street at Second Avenue...

Video artists Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong, in the pre-MTV days from 1977-80, spent their nights documenting New York’s nascent punk and No Wave scenes. Armed with Portapak cameras, they shot rare performances and interviews with the Dead Boys, Iggy Pop, the Heartbreakers, John Cale, the Cramps, Sun Ra, the Go-Go’s, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, James Chance and the Contortions, Richard Hell, and countless others at legendary clubs like CBGB, Mudd Club and Danceteria.

Anthology is thrilled to present four separate screenings comprising seven different compilation programs, with Ivers and Armstrong here in person for Q&As after all shows...

Find all the details here. You can buy tickets here.

Friday 8 p.m.

PUNK
Seminal performers like Iggy Pop, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Dead Kennedys, and Rocket from the Tombs anchor this exploration of hardcore music with rare early Bad Brains, and the Dead Boys.

NEW WAVE
In 1980, from Tokyo to Minneapolis, punk music was evolving to create New Wave. With a poppy, electronic sound, bands like The Plastics, the Suburbs, Ballistic Kisses, Bush Tetras, the Go-Go’s, Human Sexual Response, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Our Daughters Wedding, Pylon, and Strange Party embodied this musical shift.

Saturday 8 p.m.

Conventional wisdom tells us that punk began in 1975 or 76. Not for Suicide, a punk band since 1970. Innovators Alan Vega and Martin Rev put forth the model for the synth duos that went on to dominate the 80s – but with their own unmatched style and legendary use of drum machines, organs, and synths. Travel back in time with us for this SUICIDE LIVE show. Followed by a Q&A with Martin Rev, as well as Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong!

Total running time: ca. 45 min + Q&A.

Sunday 5:45 p.m.

GREATEST HITS
This program hits the bases with the very best performances from fan faves like Divine, The Cramps, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Levi and the Rockats, the Go-Go’s, and more.

INTERVIEWS
Culled from their collection of 25 interviews with musicians, writers, and scene makers, this program finds Ivers and Armstrong talking with Jay Dee Daugherty and Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers), James Chance (Contortions), Jeff Magnum and Cheetah Chrome (Dead Boys), and Richard Lloyd (Television).

Followed by a Q&A with Jay Dee Daugherty, from the Patti Smith Group, as well as Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong!

Total running time: ca. 85 min.

Sunday 8 p.m.

NO WAVE AND BEYOND
Not for the meek, this program features Downtown’s most cutting-edge artists, from Velvet Underground veteran John Cale on his Sabotage tour to rare footage of James Chance and the Contortions, and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks at the Paradise Garage in 1978. No Wave superstars DNA, the Lounge Lizards, and Sun Ra round out the noise fest.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD BOYS
Join us for a program that features a legendary live concert by the Dead Boys at CBGB’s in 1977, at the height of their power! This is American punk at its most raw, honest, and urgent.

Followed by a Q&A with Dead Boys bassist Jeff Magnum, as well as Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong!

Total running time: ca. 85 min.

[Updated] Report of a fire at 229 E. 7th St.

Dave on 7th shares this photo... the FDNY responded to a report of a fire on the fourth floor at 229 E. Seventh St. at Avenue C...

FDNYalerts MAN ALL HANDS 229 E 7ST, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE IN APT 7,

— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) July 13, 2017

The FDNY gave the all clear about 20 minutes later.

There aren't any further details at the moment, including cause or extent of the damage to surrounding apartments or the ground-floor tenant, Zum Schneider.

Updated 3:55 p.m.

Thanks to East Village Eats for letting us know about this...

The Bean is opening in the former St. Mark's Bookshop space at Cooper Union

The Bean is opening a new location at 31 Third Ave. at Stuyvesant Street ... an EVG tipster sent along these photos from yesterday... the signage shows The Bean @Cooper Union...



The storefront has been empty ever since St. Mark's Bookshop moved out in June 2014. There have been a few art shows here, which makes sense given that Cooper Union owns the building.

"We've always liked the old St. Mark's Bookstore spot and it's been empty for years, so when the opportunity presented itself for us to obtain it we were excited to make it happen," Ike Escava, owner of the Bean, told me via email.

This will make the coffee shop/cafe's fifth location, joining the other East Village locations at Second Avenue and Third Street and Ninth Street at First Avenue. The other locations are at Broadway and 12th Street and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.

If all goes well, then Escava said that he'd like to be open around Labor Day.

St. Mark's Bookshop had been struggling to stay in business here. In November 2011, then-Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer helped broker a deal between the Bookshop owners and Cooper Union in which the school agreed to lower the rent by $3,000 to $17,000 and forgive $7,000 in debt. The shop moved to a much smaller space on Third Street with four years remaining on the least at 31 Third Ave.

That penthouse with a cottage atop 1st Street and 1st Avenue is for sale

Thanks to Curbed for first pointing out this one yesterday afternoon...

The penthouse at 72 East First St. at First Avenue is now on the market... it's the home that includes that Cape Cod-style cottage on its rooftop.



Per the listing at Compass:

Truly the most unique property in the East Village, the penthouse at 72 East 1st Street is a full floor duplex with an artist atelier topped with a custom designed Nantucket style cottage. The prime corner location, unobstructed views of Lower Manhattan through twenty-two windows, two wood burning fireplaces, and low monthlies create a spectacular offering that can only be described as a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Featuring over 3,000 interior and exterior square feet, the residence is currently configured as two separate spaces, a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom duplex occupying the entire fourth and fifth floors and a cottage apartment with a private wraparound terrace. With creative vision, this penthouse can be converted to a single residence or left as individual units.

And that rooftop cottage:

The crown jewel of this offering is a loft penthouse built on the roof in design of a Nantucket cottage with weathered shingles, cupola and wraparound terrace. New Marvin true divided light windows and a glass block wall highlight extraordinary open views through three exposures. Direct access to the private roof terrace from double french doors create a charming retreat and a rare offering in all of Manhattan. The cottage includes a full bathroom and kitchenette.

Asking price: $3.5 million

Images via Compass

Updated: 99 Miles to Philly is now The Joint on 3rd Avenue

There is a branding/name switcheroo at 94 Third Ave. between 12th Street and 13th Street ... where cheesesteak specialists 99 Miles to Philly are now The Joint.

EVG reader Kerry on E. 12th shared the above photo from Tuesday night. Per Kerry:

Looks like 99 Miles to Philly has re-branded as The Joint and is now serving burgers and dogs in addition to their awesome cheesesteaks. The team is the same and they treat their neighborhood regulars like family. Those guys put up with a lot of tough customers in the wee hours of the morning, but they take good care of their neighbors. Place looks a little spiffier and in the name of independent neighborhood journalism, I sampled both a burger and a hot dog: both great!

I reached out to the 99 Miles to Philly ownership to learn more. The quick-serve restaurant first opened here in February 2005.

Updated 10 a.m.

99 Miles partner Neil Barsky shared more about The Joint.

"After 12 years and outlasting every other cheeseteak joint that did not have a bar attached to it, we could no longer survive the costs of doing business in NYC with only having basically one product," he said via email. "We had a choice — close or take advantage of the vacancies left by the closing of Blue 9 and other restaurants in the area. We felt by rebranding with an expanded new menu, which will ... feature Pat LaFrieda's burgers, specialty hot dogs and monthly specialty sandwiches, we could continue to survive and keep good people employed."

UPDATED 'Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes)' Friday night in Tompkins Square Park

Updated 7/14 — The screening has been postponed due to the rain. New date: Sunday, July 16, at 8:30 p.m. ...

The Films on the Green series returns to Tompkins Square tomorrow night.

• Friday, July 14, 8:30 p.m.
"Port of Shadows (Quai des brumes)"
By Marcel Carné, 1938, starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan
Film selected by Laurie Anderson, guest curator



Unfortunately, last Friday evening's screening was interrupted by the downpour.

Find the remaining Films on the Green schedule in other city parks here.

Reminders: The 'Not Another Starbucks Rally' is this evening

[Photo from July 3]

Via the EVG inbox...

Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, East Village Independent Merchants Association, East Village Community Coalition, other local businesses and residents will hold a rally and press conference calling attention to the proliferation of chain stores in the East Village, an area known for small, independently-owned and unique businesses, highlighting how chains promote homogeneity, take money out of neighborhoods, lead to vacancies as landlords wait for a national chain to pay exorbitant rents and put local independent stores out of business.

At the rally participants will call for the approval of a Special Retail District that would limit the size and number of chain stores and promote retail diversity that is currently under consideration by Community Board #3, promote a Shop Local campaign and draw attention to the need for a City Council hearing on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act.

Coffee will be served by local café owners.

What: Not Another Starbucks Rally
Where: 125 Saint Mark’s Place at Avenue A
When: Thursday, July 13, 5:30 p.m.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Steve Cuozzo: 'A new Starbucks will make the thriving East Village an even better place to live'

A look the incoming Starbucks on St. Mark's and Avenue A, site of a rally on July 13

Wednesday's parting shot

Manhattanhenge was not to be this evening.

There's one more chance tomorrow evening for a photo opp as the sun's evening descent conforms perfectly to the pattern of the city's east-west streets.

According to the American Museum of Natural History, at 8:21 p.m. tomorrow, half of the sun will align with the streets and illuminate half of the buildings. Weather permitting.

Photo on 14th Street at Avenue C tonight by Peter Brownscombe

Did you lose a parakeet?

A construction worker found the bird here earlier today in the vicinity of Third Avenue and Ninth Street... an EVG reader has custody of it at the moment ... let us know via email.

Report: Cup & Saucer Luncheonette closing next week on the LES

[Photo from 2011]

The Cup & Saucer Luncheonette, the classic diner on Canal and Eldridge, is closing next week.

The Lo-Down has the scoop:

The reason for the closure is a steep rent increase, to $15,000 per month including real estate taxes. The last day in business will be next Monday, July 17.

The diner first opened in 1940. The current owners took over in 1988.

Developing: Activity at the Tompkins Square Park sinkhole; the Crazy Stallion connection

Thanks you for all the emails, tweets and Instagrams... noting that there is activity at the site of the Tompkins Square Park sinkhole at the Avenue B/Eighth Street entrance. The photos here are by EVG correspondent Steven. Updates to follow, unless nothing else happens.

And for those of you concerned about the status of the trashcan the sinkhole swallowed... it appears to be in good shape... ready to collect trash again after a stint in PT...



Also, we can exclusively reveal what else was inside the sinkhole...



Two empty cans of Crazy Stallion.

Updated





Evening update

Progress?



Thanks to @dens for the photo!

NYPD looking for help in identifying man found in the East River on July 4

[Photo on July 4 by Dave on 7th]

On July 4, a man's body was found in the East River near Sixth Street and the FDR.

Patch reports that authorities still haven't been able to identify the man. The NYPD released a sketch of his face on to try and find clues as to who he is....



Per Patch: "Police say the man is believed to be about 40 years old, and that he was wearing gray sneakers, jeans and a black Casio G-Shock watch at the time of his death."