EV Grieve

Friday, October 7, 2011

Today in photos of Edie Falco in Tompkins Square Park

As you may have noticed, the Showtime series "Nurse Jackie" is filming around Tompkins Square Park... and Seventh Street... and St. Mark's Place ... and Avenue A ... and First Avenue... Bobby Williams was on hand for the action....

Might as well dance

The Pipettes from 2006 for some reason.

My dear neighbor. We by all means shall all be delighted if you would consider refraining from enjoying the roof upon further request

A fine Urban Etiquette Sign courtesy of Sy on 5th Street ... who discovered this on Fifth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery this afternoon.

Tomorrow: Concert in Tompkins Square Park, memorial for Bob Arihood

[Photo by Melanie at East Village Corner]

Two things to note for tomorrow... there's a free concert in Tompkins Square Park during the afternoon organized by Jay "Blonde Boy" Wilson and sponsored by The Shadow. The music will be more of the jazzy/bluesy/rock variety featuring:

• Blonde Boy Wilson
• Faith
• On Kaa Davis

In addition, there will be a tribute to Bob Arihood (this show was scheduled before he passed away) with a table of his photos and a few guest speakers.

[Photo by jdx]

Also, friends of Bob have organized a memorial at The 6th Street and Avenue B Community Garden starting around 2 ...

By the way, Jefferson Siegel wrote a lovely feature obituary in this week's issue of The Villager. You may read it here.

EV Grieve Etc: Mourning Edition

[Yesterday in Tompkins Square Park by Bobby Williams]

More from Occupy Wall Street (Runnin' Scared)

Goggla takes photos at Occupy Wall Street (The Gog Log)

A two-part blog post on the late Cornell Edwards and the Flower Stall on East 13th Street (My Private Coney ... part 1 ... part 2)

A meal at Manatus on Bleecker (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)

The interior of the Hotel Chelsea is in ruins (The Real Deal via Curbed)

Little Lads opens on Delancey (BoweryBoogie)

East Village Eats Tasting Tour set for Oct. 22 (FabNYC)

Still House, which sells "decorative accessories, tabletop items" and what not, opens on Seventh Street near Avenue A (The New York Times)

Handsome Dick Manitoba shares an anecdote about an interview he did about Bob Arihood with a "writer" (quotes his) on his Tumblr:

Told the writer, that Bob worked at the Fillmore East when he was young. “What’s that?”, she asked. At the end of the interview, she asked me to spell my name. “Manito, ah, ya’ know what, just say Handsome Dick Manitoba”… She starts giggling. “Uh, I don’t think my editor will let me print that”. “Why not?” I ask, “that’s my well known punk rock singer name”..’Oh really, you’re a singer?”…Yes, I sang for a band called the Dictators, and I own the bar Manitoba’s ,and I do a national radio program for Little Steven on Sirius-XM radio…and”…”Little Steven, really?…YOU KNOW HIM?…Tell him I love his work”…
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON ON THIS PLANET!!!!????!!???

Horse Trade Theater Group signs new lease on Under St. Mark's

Finally some good news around here... Back in March, we first reported that 94 St. Mark's Place, home to Under St. Mark's and the Horse Trade Theater Group, was for sale, putting the future of the venue in doubt ... another crushing blow against the remaining East Village artistic community? ... From the inbox...

Horse Trade Theater Group signed a seven-year lease on UNDER St. Marks Theater, securing the space as an artistic playground for the numerous performance artists who have been calling the downtown theater home.

“We are so happy and relieved to have come to this agreement so that UNDER St Marks can continue to be used by the artistic community of New York for experimentation, collaboration, and avant guarde performance” said Horse Trade Theater Group’s Artistic Director, Heidi Grumelot. “We doubt that any other basement in this city enjoys as much continual creative activity as UNDER St. Marks. Ultimately we hope to safe guard USM so that we no longer need to focus on preserving the space for our artists, but can instead focus on producing and promoting the work of our artists.”

“We would like to thank the entire community for standing behind us over the past couple of months and showing their support both in spirit and in actual dollars” stated Managing Director, Erez Ziv. “The monies raised through our fundraising campaign this summer have helped us to provide for a modest signing bonus and to offset the small rent increase over the next few years. We have not given up on the dream of owning our own space and are currently in discussions with our landlord to figure out a way to make this a reality.”

UNDER St. Marks is a downtown performance venue with a rich history. An experimental theatre space since the 1960’s, this 45-seat basement theater is now home to a wide variety of performance artists. Horse Trade intends to launch a capitol campaign in order to purchase the theater when their new lease runs out.

Previously on EV Grieve:
94 St. Mark's Place on the market, and what will it mean for Under St. Marks?

Horse Trade Theater Group launches campaign to buy 94 St. Mark's Place

So where do you order Chinese food from?

OK, so not the most pressing social issue. A diversion nonetheless. In any event, several readers — via email or the comments — have asked for recommendations for Chinese takeout/delivery. This question came up in the comments here ... and here ...

Seems like a lot of favorites have closed through the years. Like Mee's Noodle Shop and Grill on First Avenue. I liked Bamboo House on Second Avenue at Sixth Street. Until it closed about, what, five, six years ago?

China Town on Houston was OK the few times that I tried it... (Remember a few years ago when the 'N' fell off — China Tow?)

What about Happy Wok on Avenue C? The DOH recently paid them a visit. (Violations included "Duties of an officer of the Department interfered with or obstructed.") Let's just say that they're back open (only 4 violation points now!) ...

OK, we're ready for some Ma Po Tou Fu...

Tonight at Theatre 80: Jennifer Blowdryer, Richard Kern and 'Story of a Junkie'

We're nearly a week into the Howl! Arts month-long benefit supporting HOWL H.E.L.P.'s (Howl Emergency Life Project. Read more about them here.)

Lots of interesting performances every night at Theatre 80 at 80 St. Mark's Place. Tonight at 8, Jennifer Blowdryer presents 86'd, "rejection stories from a colorful collection of downtown's finest."

Later, director Lech Kowalski will be on hand to introduce his 1980s heroin classic "Story of a Junkie," filmed in the East Village...

Also on the bill — Richard Kern presents his short "Zombie Hype."

The admission is $10. (If you can't make it early, then you can see the films starting at 10:30.) For more info on HOWL! Arts, go here.

Veselka Bowery teams up with UrbanDaddy for a sneak-preview 'five-course pierogi-and-vodka pairing'

Veselka Bowery watchers have been wondering when the, um, Veselka Bowery location on East First Street will open. If the following is any indication, then soon....

A reader sent along this link from UrbanDaddy, in which its "members" can pay $75 for a sneak preview tasting menu Sunday night... the deal includes a "five-course pierogi-and-vodka pairing." The reader, who said he is Polish so there is "much love for vodka and pierogi," had a few unkind words about this pairing. (The same UrbanDaddy that champions the lowest-common denominator places like, say, Superdive.)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Earlier today on Seventh Street

...near Second Avenue... By Bobby Williams.

[Updated] About that Time Warner cable outage in the Lower East Side

Is that end of today like 5 p.m. or 11:59 p.m.?

Previously.

UPDATED: 6:30 p.m. — Seems to be up and running. In time for "Road House" on AMC tonight.

h/t @pablo_escolar