Friday, April 1, 2022
Our 'Town'
Jon Spencer & the HITmakers have just released a new LP (Spencer Gets It Lit) ... the video here is for the track "Worm Town." Dig it!
Commemorating International Transgender Day of Visibility on 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street
EVG contributor Stacie Joy shared images and a video of a projection from Second Street and Second Avenue...
Discarding an oversized photo of yourself: A cautionary tale
Photo for illustrative purposes only
Several months ago, I came across a poster-size photo of a couple (mid- to late 20s?) placed atop a mound of trash bags on a block along Fifth Street. I wondered why this poster ended up here. And why would anyone have a poster-size photo of themselves?
This shot, which I deleted from my iPhone a while ago, was among some photos shared on Stories.
The couple in the photo recently reached out to me. Let's call them G & M.
"A few months ago, you posted a photo in your Instagram Stories, which was a large poster of my fiance and me that we threw out while moving — because having a large picture of oneself is weird — and ended up just very prominently in the trash pile," G wrote.
Oh!
"A friend from Seattle actually sent me the picture asking, 'Hey, is everything OK' when he saw it."
G was OK with me asking a few questions about all this.
"You can definitely write it up if you want to — it might serve as a cautionary tale for other people who have an oversized picture of themselves they don't know what to do with."
For starters, everything is all good with G & M!
OK, so why did they have this wall-size photo of themselves?
"The photo was used as a centerpiece on a table at our engagement party in November 2020, and then we were given it to take home. It sat in the corner of a room with stuff piled on it until we discarded it when we moved out," G explained. "It was a pretty stressful move, so as a large object we were tossing out, we just left it — I think on the basement or the trash room."
The couple moved from the East Village to Brooklyn in April 2021. The big pic sat somewhere in their former apartment building until late last year. Months! So they never knew the photo's fate until their friend from Seattle sent the message after seeing the EVG Story.
G & M thought they had rid themselves of large photos of themselves. Turned out that another acquaintance saw the picture on the trash pile and documented it.
And this past Christmas during an annual "Secret Satan" exchange with friends — where you give someone a gift making fun of them. The person who had M took the photo of their picture in the trash and had it blown up to approximately the size of the original one and framed.
"So we're right back to having a strangely large picture of our faces at home," G said, "but we are planning on keeping it because it's a bit too funny not to."
A 1-day strike at Anthology Film Archives
Photos by Stacie Joy
Here are a few scenes from last evening's strike at the Anthology Film Archives on Second Street at Second Avenue.
As previously reported, AFA staff voted unanimously last year to unionize with UAW Local 2110, whose members include employees at cultural institutions such as BAM, MoMA and the Guggenheim.
According to employees: "AFA's negotiating position and current contract offer are untenable."
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Thursday's parting shot
Last year, workers removed pay phones on Avenue A. (No sign of LinkNYCs in their place!)
Thanks to Heather Dubin for the photo!
6 posts from March
• Massive film collection from the former Mondo Kim's is heading to Alamo Drafthouse downtown (March 23)
• Rest easy, citizens of 12th Street — the large animal invader has been slain (March 22)
• Gaia Italian CafĂ© Shop is coming to the East Village (March 17)
• Let's take another look at the eerie remains of the long-abandoned 6 Avenue B (March 10)
• Another visit to Streecha Ukrainian Kitchen (March 3)
• How Veselka is helping with Ukraine relief efforts (March 2)
Mid-afternoon mannequin break
Photo by Steven
As seen outside the now-closed Himalayan Vision at 127 Second Ave. between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.
As of about 3:30 p.m. today, there were a few discarded mannequins left, but people were quickly scooping up the various parts. đź’–đź’–đź’–
Workers at Anthology Film Archives set to strike this evening
Tonight from 6:30-9:30, workers will set up a picket line outside the theater on Second Street at Second Avenue. The activities include a selection of "anti-capitalist shorts" screened outside.
According to the letter posted to the @AFAworkers account, AFA staff voted unanimously last year to unionize with UAW Local 2110, whose members include employees at cultural institutions such as BAM, MoMA and the Guggenheim.
As the letter states, "AFA's negotiating position and current contract offer are untenable."
Read on for more details.
Tonight's screenings at the 52-year-old theater include two showings of Ted Fendt's "Outside Noise."đź—Ł️AFA WORKERS ON STRIKE!
— Anthology Film Workers (@AFAworkers) March 29, 2022
Join us on our picket line March 31 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM in front of AFA (2nd Ave and 2nd St, Manhattan)!#AFAONSTRIKE #unionyes #local2110 @AFAworkers pic.twitter.com/oE4PhdfXhv
H/T Leo
Help for an East Village teacher who lost everything in an apartment fire
Maria Velez-Clarke, principal at CWS, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help Finnerty replace her personal items and find long-term housing.
Per Velez-Clarke:
Over the years, Jean has served as a leader in our school and has taught nearly all grades at the school, and this year is serving as our health and wellness physical education teacher. She has mentored and supported thousands of children over the years and works to nurture the next generation of public school teachers as the student-teacher coordinator at CWS.
You can find the GoFundMe here.
Farewell to Holyland Market on St. Mark's Place
Photos yesterday by Stacie Joy
Holyland Market is now certified closed.
As we first reported on March 14, the Israeli grocery at 122 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue was closing at the end of this month after 18 years in business.
Moving forward, owner Eran Hileli (pictured below) will focus his time and attention on his blossoming hummus business — the 4-year-old Holy Hummus, now available at 700-plus stores in the United States, including locally at Westside Market and Union Market. He said he is introducing 12 new products/flavors, including spicy w/red s'chĂĽg, roasted pepper, roasted garlic, za'atar flavored and green s'chĂĽg.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by the shuttered shop yesterday ... as Hileli continued to clean out the space...
While we're happy that Hileli has found success with his hummus (and it is delicious), we hate to lose yet another unique shop in the neighborhood — and in NYC.
As The Times of Israel recently noted:
Expats could score their favorite products from home at Holyland, down to lavender-scented Pinuk hair conditioner and the Friday edition of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, in a store that felt like it could be located in Tel Aviv or Ashkelon — a Middle Eastern parallel to New York City’s beloved bodegas.
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