Photos by Derek Berg
A high-energy show today in Tompkins Square Park with Pinc Louds, Mary Shelley (below), InCircles and Mike Yannich ...
Sunday, July 31, 2022
6 posts from July
• StreetEasy data: Median East Village residential rents surged 43% in the past 12 months (July 28)
• Seth Tobocman on the story behind a long-covered mural on 9th Street (July 21)
• Some 13th Street residents want the fried-chicken smell to stop (July 19)
• Opening-night crowd prompts the NYPD to shut down the art show at O'Flaherty's on Avenue C (July 15)
• A visit to Kembra Pfahler's new studio space on 6th Street (July 14)
• A very public eviction for Anwar Grocery on Avenue B (July 13)
Week in Grieview
• StreetEasy data: Median East Village residential rents surged 43% in the past 12 months (Thursday)
• Spazio Amanita coming to the Bowery (Thursday)
• The fullest full reveal to date at Zero Irving on 14th Street (Monday)
• Report: Alleged subway shooter who was arrested in the East Village set to stand trial in February (Monday)
• Another look at the long-stalled 75 1st Ave. (Wednesday)
• Openings: El Churro on Houston and Allen (Monday)
• Where to get your free East Village vintage clothing map (Saturday)
• Construction watch: 699 E. 6th St. (Tuesday)
• Here Nor There has left 9th Street (Monday)
• 112 4th Ave. hits the sales market (Tuesday)
• Key Food is closing an hour earlier now 'due to renovations' (Wednesday)
• Shopping the PP strip on Second Avenue (Friday)
• Signage alerts: C as in Charlie on Bleecker; Íxta on the Bowery (Wednesday)
• No, Panda Express hasn't opened yet (Thursday)
• Superiority Burger's summer salad interlude ends; full speed ahead on Avenue A (Wednesday)
• Something other than a smoke shop opens in a vacant storefront (Monday)
A mid-summer look at the wisteria of Stuyvesant Street
Photo yesterday by Steven
The wisteria ("the purple paradise of flowering beauty") outside 35 Stuyvesant St. at 10th Street is looking quite lush here as we enter August and the opening weekend for Brad Pitt's "Bullet Train" ... this after a slow start back in the spring, prompting concerns of root disease or something else not good. All appears well for now.
Today in street fairs
Meanwhile, the toilet tippers were out early...
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Saturday's parting shot
Photo by Lola Sáenz
Today at Sunny's Florist (the best flowers around) on Second Avenue and Sixth Street... Sunny's husband Paul Cho was there to help her open...
Where to get your free East Village vintage clothing map
You can pick up a free copy of the latest version at the shop, 545 E. 12th St. between Avenue A and Avenue B ... which is open Wednesday-Sunday from 1-6 p.m.
Additions include the recently opened Thrift NYC at 226 E. 14th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
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Friday, July 29, 2022
Friday's parting shot
From here to 'Eternity'
Metric — "the Canadian new wave torchbearers" — recently released album No. 8, Formentera.
The video here is for "What Feels Like Eternity."
The band will be out at Brooklyn Steel this October.
A Book Exxxposition at Le Petit Versailles
A lot is going on for the rest of the summer at Le Petit Versailles, one of our favorite community gardens. Here's a look at tomorrow's event...
Saturday, July 30
SOILED: A Book Exxxposition featuring erotic and pornographic materials by contemporary artists
Le Petit Versailles garden presents SOILED: A Book Exxxposition and showcase of artists who publish erotic zines, books and other artist multiples.
First organized by Matthew Leifheit in 2017, this year's iteration includes live performances and erotically charged films, in addition to artist multiples from Drake Carr + John Patrikas, Jeremy O. Harris, Rachel Stern, Michael Bailey-Gates and Shala Miller.
The order of events: Noon, book fair; 6 p.m., performances; 8:30 p.m., film program. You can reserve a space here.
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Le Petit Versailles is at 247 E. Second St./346 E. Houston St. between Avenue B and Avenue C.
The events are free, though donations are welcome.
Find more events coming soon to Le Petit here.
Shopping the PP strip on 2nd Avenue
EVG reader CH shared these photos and text...
This past Friday, my friend and I were looking for a quick bite between two screenings at Anthology when we discovered that the ground floor of 50 Second Ave. is entirely occupied by establishments whose names consist of two words starting with the letter P: Pak Punjab, Proto’s Pizza and Puff & Pass.It happened to be the grand opening of Puff & Pass, who informed us that they had chosen their name based on those of their two neighbors. We proceeded to have four slices of pizza from Proto’s; after the second screening, we also purchased a box of Pocky sticks from Puff & Pass, as well as “Peanut Pista” biscuits and “Pass Pass Pulse” candies (this review is very accurate) from Pak Punjab.We’re not thrilled about whatever’s happening next door… praying that the Poetry Project or some other PP takes over.
EVG Etc.: Andy Warhol's durational cinema; Economy Candy's 85th birthday
Some headlines from other sources this past week (with a random photo from Avenue A)...
• City announces a new "public-private partnership" to help unhoused residents (NBC 4 ... city news release)
• Columbia University graduate student is in the ICU with brain trauma; police believe he was attacked on the L after drinks in the East Village (NBC 4 ... ABC 7)
• Police searching for two men for questioning in the murders of Nikki Huang and Jesse Parrilla (Daily News ... previously on EVG)
• The number of legal evictions in New York City grew each month in the first half of 2022 (City Limits)
• A look at the backers of Yuh-line Niou and Carlina Rivera for the open-seat Democratic primary race in the new NY-10 district (The Indypendent)
• More about "7 Gardens" in East Village community gardens (Artnet ... previously on EVG)
• Fine-dining destination Kajitsu, which first opened in the East Village before moving to Midtown East, is closing on Sept. 18 (Instagram)
• Upcoming screenings for Andy Warhol's most often-discussed but rarely-screened films representing experiments in durational cinema — "The Chelsea Girls," "Sleep" and "Empire" (Anthology Film Archives)
• Coming soon: "Easy Rider" in 35MM (Village East)
• Some history of the "Physical Graffiti" building on St. Mark's Place (Atlas Obscura)
• Economy Candy turns 85 (Untapped New York)
• Russ & Daughters Café on Orchard Street reopens after extended pandemic-related closure (Gothamist)
• About the "Sweet Green" installation at Chinatown Soup (Hyperallergic)
• Netflix-approved immersive "Squid Game" experience coming to 81 Essex St. on the LES (The Hollywood Reporter)
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