Our online shop will stop taking orders on March 24, and all orders placed in time will still ship out, including Easter orders .... any updates on ... opening back up, location, etc, will be announced once that information is available!I appreciate your patience and understanding while we take a little time off and away, and look forward to serving you again soon!
Monday, March 22, 2021
With lease up, Squish Marshmallows will look for a new home
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Sunday's parting shots
Report: Hate crime investigation on Allen Street as 66-year-old Asian man assaulted
According to the Post:Since this morning, Detectives @NYPDHateCrimes have been investigating the following: On March 20, 2021 at 8:55 AM, at 196 Allen St, a 66-year-old Asian male was approached by a male who yelled at him and then struck him in the face. See pics. Call or DM @NYPDTips with any info. pic.twitter.com/3dXYni2BEq
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) March 21, 2021
The unsuspecting victim parked his car in front of 196 Allen St., near Houston Street, around 9 a.m. and was checking to make sure he was in a legal spot when the attack occurred, an NYPD spokesman said.The police and witnesses described the suspect as homeless. Witness Kat Lam told the paper:
"The homeless man started charging after the elderly gentleman, saying things like, 'If I ever see you around here again, I'm gonna beat your ass.' And, 'I'm just going to beat your ass right now,'" Lam recalled. "He just socked him right in the face, right above the eye. You could tell that this older man was in complete shock. He was just frozen."The Post reports that the NYPD has recorded a 1,300 percent increase in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic.
Week in Grieview
So long to the Essex Card Shop signage on Avenue A; Pac Lab on 1st Street
An eco-friendly fashion show on Avenue B
Petition calls for 1 more year of the Hester Street Fair in current location
In late February we were finally able to present a general presentation to the board to discuss the renewal of our lease. Again a lot of praise with no feedback or questions from the board. Two days prior to the meeting we decided to accept pre-applications, as a way to show the commitment and interest from our community, and received 110 applications resulting in a total of 850 booths booked in 48 hours.
Exactly four weeks before our scheduled Season 12 opening on April 10th, we received an email stating the board wants to consider a different operator, and not allow us to proceed with the programming.
While the board has no legal obligation to the Hester Street Fair, we still urge them to allow us, our vendors, and partners to finish what we started, to continue the fair for this season, and give us the time to transition to a new location.
Saturday, March 20, 2021
EVG Etc.: NYC businesses struggling with anti-Asian violence; new vendor replacing the Hester Street Fair
• Business owners struggle with unrelenting anti-Asian violence in NYC (Eater)
• Scenes from the vigil against anti-Asian racism at Union Square (Gothamist)
• A look at the NYC jobs market amid the pandemic (The City)
• Convicted felon Steve Croman receives two-year extension to pay off his remaining $2 million restitution to tenants (The Real Deal)
Coffee and plants this weekend at Coffee Project on 5th Street
Friends, we thank you for your support and allyship during this hard time. While the fight isn't over, we would also like to raise awareness on mental health among women in this collaboration with @stolenmagnolia. This Saturday 3/20 and Sunday 3/21 we will be organizing a Plant and Coffee event in all locations to share how caring for plants can be therapeutic and improve quality of life, especially for women. Parts of the proceeds will be donated to the @namicommunicate.The event takes place each day in the East Village from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, March 19, 2021
Back to nature
A virtual afternoon with 'literary masters of revolutionary charm'
Tomorrow, Saturday, March 20 at 2 p.m. we are having a second and final event dedicated to the 17th issue of the LiVE MAG! neighborhood journal of art and poetry. Join us to hear literary masters of revolutionary charm — Patricia Spears Jones, Paco Marquez, Larry Sawyer, Lydia Cortés, Bob Heman. Your hosts, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright (Uncle Fun) and Ilka Scobie, guarantee to make it an erudite, witty and refreshingly impromptu afternoon.
Spring?
Noted
My mom is deadShe wanted to be cremated [sic] but the guy who burns bodies say she's too fat to get on fire.For her funeral we will put her in a box.I am looking for 6 athletic male models to carry my mom into the church.Must have six packs and bring your own fedoras the funeral will be gangster themed because she is italian
Egg watch is on
The hawks usually lay three eggs, but we have no idea what's going on up in the nest, so we will just have to wait and see. Going by the first egg date, we can expect a hatch in about six weeks, so around the end of April or first week of May. When that happens, we won't be able to see anything, but Christo will start bringing food to the nest. In the meantime, there won't be much for us to watch except for Christo and Amelia taking turns brooding.
... even on top of St. Nicholas of Myra Orthodox Church on 10th Street and Avenue A...
The new location of FlyeLyfe opens today on 1st Avenue
Yes, Sophie's is reopening today
Stanton Street CSA accepting sign ups for the 2021 summer season
Signage arrives for Luna Cafe Lounge on 2nd Avenue
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Thursday's parting shot
Free groceries and milk tomorrow at the Most Holy Redeemer Nativity Church
Three trucks will provide FREE a grocery box, a produce box and the third truck will provide a gallon of fortifying milk. Distribution will be in front of Most Holy Redeemer Church ... on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last. No pre-registration is required.
Please observe social distancing and wear a face covering. We're looking forward to seeing our neighbors!
Plywood report at the former P.S. 64
Grant Shaffer's NY See
Here's the latest NY See panel, East Village-based illustrator Grant Shaffer's observational sketch diary of things that he sees and hears around the neighborhood and NYC ...
Checking in on Standings (March Madness edition)
The most challenging part of running the business in the past year is that COVID took away our main reason for being — talking/arguing about sports in close proximity with other fanatics.
New Lower East Side creative space debuts 'Group Sex' today
Tapping into some of the absurdities of the pandemic, this quote from the NYC Gov website provides some inspiration for our inaugural exhibition in this new space, "The New York City guidelines discourage group sex, but give advice for those who do “decide to find a crowd.” “Pick larger, more open, ventilated spaces" ...
Group Sex as a title is not a literal interpretation for the curation, but with a goal to create a joyful, fantasy filled visceral exhibition and experience that we have all been missing.The 11 artists who are christening this new space: Cavier Coleman, Colleen Herman, Esteban Ocampo Giraldo, Giorgio Handman, Ivy Campbell, Leticia Infante, Moises Salazar, Nina Glikshtern, Sarah Hombach, Scout Zabinski and Ted McGrath.
Raising the Two Hands signage on Avenue A
Juice Press founder bringing goodsugar to 1st Street
• Moving beyond Juice Press, goodsugar will concentrate on eliminating single-use plastic. Products will be sold in reusable containers that can be returned for loyalty points, creating a closed-loop system we hope to see replicated by every cafe, restaurant, and juice bar in the world.
• Cold-pressed juice will be the freshest available anywhere, mixed and served on-demand rather than being stored for days in a fridge or HPP'd to extend shelf life for 3 months.
• goodsugar offers organic vegan cooked foods, hot soups, fresh salads, and baked goods (free of gluten and refined sugars).