An appreciation: J. Kathleen White's dioramas at Ninth Street Community Garden & Park

If you've been by the Ninth Street Community Garden & Park in recent weeks, then you'll know that it's diorama season here on the northeast corner of Avenue C.

East Village artist J. Kathleen White's 2022 collection is titled "Spheres" ...

In order below are Hawk, Cat, Dragon and Corn... 

They'll only be up until early in November (we usually post these much sooner in the season).

White started creating and sharing the dioramas in 2005. Here's her work from 2021 ... 2020 ... 2019 ... 2018 ... 2017 ... 2016 ... 2015 ... 2014 ... 2013 ... 2012 ... and 2011.

Noted

A 30-second video clip showing a couple having sex in an East Village outdoor dining structure is — not surprisingly — going viral. (Thank you to the many readers who tagged EVG or sent the link.)

It happened this past Thursday night around 9:30 outside One and One on First Avenue and First Street. Twitter user @layajospe wrote: "Just witnessed a lovely couple fucking in an outdoor dining hut on 1st ave." 

The clip, now viewed more than 4.5 million times, shows some pedestrians passing by not paying any attention... while a few others seem to be aware of what's happening here at the nexus of the universe. 

You can watch the clip here.

Sunday's opening shot

Near peak fall at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on Second Avenue and 10th Street...

Saturday's parting shot

View of the Hare Krishna tree today in Tompkins Square Park...

Carving out some quality time for Halloween at the Parkside

Photos by Stacie Joy 

The Parkside Lounge was the scene of a recent bring-your-own-pumpkin (BYOP) carving competition ... and as EVG contributor Stacie Joy witnessed, it was a spirited affair here at the bar on Houston and Attorney ... with competitors taking the proceedings quite seriously...

... we don't actually who took home the trophies... but they all look pretty good...

The 2nd annual LES Halloween Book Crawl is tomorrow (Sunday!)

Six local merchants are taking parting tomorrow (Sunday!) in the second annual LES Halloween Book Crawl from noon to 7 p.m. 

The participants (the above flyer lists the discounts/freebies at each stop):

• Bluestockings, 116 Suffolk St.

• Book Club, 197 E. Third St.  

• McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St. 

• Pillow-Cat Books, 328 E. Ninth St.

• Sweet Pickle Books, 47 Orchard St.

• Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry St.

Celebrating the dead at Campos Community Garden

The annual celebration of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) takes place Sunday at the Campos Community Garden on 12th Street.

From 2-6 p.m., you can find arts and crafts ... as well as ceremonial dancing at 3 p.m.

The altar will also be open for residents to leave objects in memory of a loved one who has died.

Campos Community Garden is at 640 E. 12th St. between Avenue B and Avenue C. 

A pop-up thrift market today at El Sol Brillante

There's a pop-up thrift market today (Saturday, Oct. 29) at El Sol Brillante on 12th Street between Avenue A and Avenue B. 

You can find vendors selling clothing and assorted housewares from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is a plant sale as well (plus live DJs).

A portion of proceeds to benefit El Sol Brillante Community Garden.

Friday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg 

Today on Avenue A... I'm on the phone here.

'Teenage' kicks

 

For the Halloween weekend... the Cramps with "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" ... with live footage from August 1980 and  "Urgh! A Music War." (Not the best-quality video, unfortunately.)

The song also makes an appearance in "Halloween Kills," which you really don't heed to see. 

An evening of something not Halloween related at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer

If you're looking for something not related to the Halloween weekend this weekend ... tomorrow (Saturday!) evening, the Most Holy Redeemer/Nativity Parish on Third Street is hosting An Evening of Sacred Vocal Music... featuring work by Bach, Handel and Parry. Find more details here. 

The concert starts at 7 p.m. at the church, 173 E. Third St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Details about 'Hallowless,' a tribute to Jack Terricloth this Sunday

Here's info about an afternoon of music and a tribute in Tompkins Square Park this Sunday... details via the EVG inbox... 

Oct. 30 is the second annual gathering of Infernites in Tompkins Square Park. Fans of the circus punk cabaret collective The World/Inferno Friendship Society will gather to celebrate the life of their departed lead singer, Jack Terricloth. 

For 23 years, the Halloween-obsessed World Inferno band leader dependably threw an annual October bash called Hallowmas. Their lovingly devoted cultish fanbase would descend upon New York year after year to attend the festivities. Tragically, Jack passed away in May 2021 and World/Inferno's Hallowmas tradition ended. 

After a Halloween exhibition of Jack's artwork last year at C-Squat, fans gathered in Tompkins Square Park and played cover songs. Out of respect for not calling the event by the same name, the fans dubbed their gathering "Hallowless" and said they would be back next year to once again pay their respects. A tradition was born, the future is now, and Hallowless 2.0 is happening Sunday at 1 p.m. 

Jack Terricloth lived in the East Village from 1991 to 1994. He tended bar at The Continental and volunteered at Reconstruction Records. While in the LES, he fronted the punk band Sticks & Stones. After starting The World/Inferno Friendship Society in 1997, they went on to terrorize LES venues for the next two decades. World Inferno regularly played at ABC No Rio, Brownies, CBGB, Mercury Lounge, the Knitting Factory and the Bowery Ballroom. 

Throughout the past year, friends and family put together a tribute record that is coming out on Oct. 30. Proceeds going to benefit MusiCares. Hallowless in Tompkins is part of the record release celebration.

After the Hallowless celebration, the space in the Park will turn over to the Nick Zedd film festival at 6:30 p.m.