Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sunday at Howl!

Before the drizzle today... EV Grieve correspondent Blue Glass was in Tompkins Square Park....










Plenty more going on with Howl! this month... Visit the Howl! site... and the East Villager Howler for a list of everything...

Meanwhile, there are plenty of other Howl! photos... Check out Melanie... Slum Goddess.... Bob Arihood....

Girlzilla!



You may have seen this towering robot yesterday in Tompkins Square Park during the Howl! Festival... It's Girlzilla, created this summer by the Lower East Side Girls Club. The Times has the story on how she came to be. Very cool story.

Art at the Mars Bar today



And welcome shelter from the 45,000 NFL-jersey-wearing zombies looking for Coors Light specials....

By now, you may be getting the idea that EV Grieve likes Art Around the Park

Photos from this morning....











Meanwhile, I'll just be sitting here...

Also...

I always like the 3D art....





Which reminds me:

Via Eater:

The Special: DBGB just launched a large format pig meal. It's $450 for up to eight guests and includes all you can drink craft ales, a whole Pennsylvania Green Village Farms applewood smoked and roasted pig stuffed with sausage and served family style with swiss chard, Gruyere, corn on the cob, potato gratin, and red and white sauerkraut. Baked Alaska for dessert.
When: They just need 72 hours notice; 212-933-5300.

The Mary Help of Christians Church Flea Market returns next week

This morning, police told the usual crew of sidewalk sellers on Avenue A at 11th Street to move out...




One of the men told me the police said that they needed permits to sell their junk. The man didn't seem to mind because he'd be back next week "inside."

That's right... the Mary Help of Christians Church Flea Market returns for good next Saturday....



...and, please note... you'll have to sell your drugs and porn elsewhere...

14th Street, 9:01 a.m., Sept. 12

Saturday, September 11, 2010

And later...










About those wrapped packages in Tompkins Square Park

In case you are wondering what those carefully arranged wrapped packages (not the people) are in the middle of Tompkins Square Park...



GammaBlog has more about Ujin Lee's performance art piece here... Plus, this was an excuse for me to take a photo of people sunbathing...

Art Around the Park in progress...







John Varvatos crew prepping for John Varvatos 10th anniversary party

Big VIP bash going on tonight here at 315 Bowery.... in preparation, porta-potties have been put into place...




...and the sign is up with all your favorite rock stars... Iggy, David Johanson, etc.




And Extra Place is full of trucks prepping the stage....



The concert will include... Cherie Currie, Ian Hunter, Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, Jane's Addiction, Wayne Kramer, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, among many others....

If you go, then be sure to wear the John Varvatos 10th anniversary cologne.

Meanwhile, on the Bowery...

At Great Jones, the traffic box is busted open...





...so you could probably have some fun screwing around with the lights for people coming and going hereabouts...