Who is Savannah Guthrie? This Jeopardy! guest host helped raise $105K for the Bowery Mission

Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of the "Today" show on NBC, is the current guest host on "Jeopardy!"

Honoring the late Alex Trebek, the show matches contestant winnings with a donation to the charity of the guest host's choice.

And Guthrie's pick: The Bowery Mission. One week in, she has raised more than $105,000...

$105,801 raised so far for The @BoweryMission during @SavannahGuthrie’s first week on Jeopardy! pic.twitter.com/OqLWuWDnCI

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) June 18, 2021

And she'll be back on "Jeopardy!" this week. The show airs at 7 p.m. on ABC 7. 

Thank you to EVG reader Allen Semanco for letting me know about this!

Avenues is a real-estate office-espresso bar opening on 10th Street

Yes, I'd like a one-bedroom apartment in a building with laundry facilities and a latte with unsweetened almond milk.

Avenues, a real-estate company, is opening an office — complete with an espresso bar — at 84 E. 10th St. between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue... 

Not sure exactly how this will work at the moment (espresso bar upfront for customers and the office in the back?).

This upper-level storefront was the home of Turntable Lab, which closed its brick-and-mortar business last summer during the pandemic. (They still have a robust online service.)

Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen looks to have closed on 1st Avenue

It appears that Al Horno Lean Mexican Kitchen has closed here on First Avenue between Third Street and Fourth Street... their phone number is out of service... and the interior has been emptied out...  (And we left a message about the status of this outpost.)

Al Horno, which has four other NYC locations, arrived on First Avenue back in November 2016. 

The address at No. 57 is now on an awning watch. It will be difficult for any new business to top the Pudgie's-Nathan's-Arthur Treacher's action-packed combo during a few glorious months in 2012.

Reopenings on Avenue A: the Library, Sing Sing

Two Avenue A establishments are back open for the first time since the PAUSE of March 2020. 

The Library, 7 Avenue A between Houston and Second Street, reopens today at noon... and moving forward, the bar will be serving during their usual hours (noon-4 a.m.). 

The ownership team is also behind other recently reopened bars: Milano's and d.b.a. Doc Holliday's (141 Avenue A) is expected to return soon. 

Meanwhile, Sing Sing returned to karaoke service this past Wednesday at 81 Avenue A between Fifth Street and Sixth Street...

Their listed hours: Monday-Wednesday 6 p.m. to 4 a.m., with a 4 p.m. start Thursday through Sunday. 

Planet Rose, the longtime (20-plus years) karaoke bar at 219 Avenue A between 13th Street and 14th Street, reopened on June 1.

Sunday's parting shot

The sunset from Fourth Street and Avenue A... 

#EndlessSummer

Week in Grieview

Posts this last week included (with a photo in Union Square by Derek Berg) ... 

• RIP Hash Halper, aka New York Romantic (Tuesday) 

• At fire-damaged Middle Collegiate Church, it's moving day for the historic New York Liberty Bell (Thursday) 

• Behold the new Loisaida CommUnity Fridge (Wednesday)

• Gov. Cuomo lifts COVID restrictions; local vaccination rates top 65% (Wednesday) 

• Addressing the "out of control" rooftop parties in the East Village (Thursday) 

• Details on the additional funding for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (Monday)

• At the Spring Zine Fair on St. Mark's Place (Monday)

• Saturday out and about (Wednesday) 

• Beware of low-flying juvenile red-tailed hawks! (Thursday) 

• Check out the latest NY See panel (Thursday) 

• Cinema Village reopens (Wednesday) 

• Coyote Ugly ready to work it at new East Village home (Monday) 

• "June Bug" in Tompkins Square Park (Friday)

• Zum Schneider popping up in Williamsburg for the UEFA European Championship (Tuesday) 

• Chef Hans Asian Kitchen closes after a few weeks at 120 1st Ave. (Tuesday) 

• Renovation reveal at the former Provident Loan Society building (Wednesday)

• d.b.a. reopens on 1st Avenue (Monday) 

• A smoke shop for 9th Street at Avenue A (Monday)

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A father-fledgling moment in Tompkins Square Park

Photos by Steven

Here is Christo, one of the resident red-tailed hawks in Tompkins Square Park, after a successful food run.

Christo is later seen feeding one of the 2021 fledglings that he is raising this summer with Amelia...

Then, well, the food transfer broke down, and the morsel of (pigeon? rat?) fell to the ground...

Keith Haring was here: New exhibit captures work on Puerto Rican beach in 1986

Photos of Keith Haring's art in San Juan circa 1986 is the subject of a new exhibit this evening at Village Works, the gallery space at 90 E. Third St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue. 

Per the listing:

The collection of photographs was taken in December 1986 of Keith Haring's public art. Haring executed this beach wall mural in early Summer 1986 on the Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. D.C. Larue photographed details of the work over the December 1986 holiday season. The mural had been weathered over the months by the sand, wind and rain and the effect beautifully resonated with Larue. 

In February 1987, a hurricane washed the entire retaining wall the mural was on into the sea. The photographs were authenticated by the Keith Haring Foundation for D.C. Larue in 1993.

The opening reception is tonight from 7-10 ... with the closing taking place July 1 from 7-10 p.m. 

Thanks to Clare for the tip!

In progress: Skate Pride on Avenue A

Photos by Stacie Joy 

Pro skateboarder Brian Anderson is working on his very first mural outside 50 Avenue A between Third Street and Fourth Street...

This is a collaboration between Clown Skateboards and the LISA Project... here's more about it via Anderson's Instagram account...

 

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Updated (not done yet):

Celebrate Juneteenth today with Joe's Pub on Astor Place

Joe's Pub is presenting "A Juneteenth Celebration" this afternoon on Astor Place. 

The free event features live performances by Celisse, Ché Buford and mal sounds, and the Juneteenth Legacy Project. 

The show starts at 4:30. Visit the Joe's Pub website here for more details.

Saturday's opening shot

Pride at Webster Hall on 11th Street. 

And the venue recently announced ticket sales for upcoming shows, the first of which is taking place on Aug. 11. Read the announcement here.

Friday's parting shot

Here's a look at Tom Manco's completed upcycled cardboard installation today in Tompkins Square Park... the East Village artist named this "June Bug," and it will be up through Sunday at Temperance Fountain. 

This photo is from Tom's Instagram account.