The Barcelona-based post-punk trio Mourn have a new album coming out next month titled Self Worth.
The video here is for "Men."
Friday, October 2, 2020
Fresco closing this week with hopes of reopening early next year
Siblings Ilias, Vanessa and Anna Iliopoulos have decided to temporarily close Fresco, their 8-year-old gelateria-cafe at 138 Second Ave. and return to their native Greece.
They plan to reopen Fresco early next year here between St. Mark's Place and Ninth Street, and possibly pivot to a full-service cafe model.
"It's not a landlord issue. It's purely about the decrease in revenue due to COVID-19," Ilia told EVG correspondent Steven about the temporary closing.
He says that they plan to stay open until the end of the weekend depending on when they run out of supplies.
Photo of Ilias and Vanessa by Steven.
A new era for indoor dining in the East Village
[Hearth]Photos by Stacie Joy
Wednesday marked the beginning of indoor dining at the state-mandated 25-percent capacity... about 175 days after the PAUSE order went into effect in March.
EVG contributor Stacie Joy visited 14 East Village restaurants early in the evening as the dinner hour was getting underway to see how places were creatively using their spaces to provide safe service for both patrons and their staffs.
Being such a nice fall night out on Wednesday, many diners stayed in the comforts of the curbside or sidewalk spaces. Other loyal and intrepid diners went right inside. Not everyone is ready for indoor dining. And not every restaurant is ready to resume service inside.
Some observations from Stacie: Air purifiers were everywhere. Temp checks at the door. Contact tracing for every table (or every diner, depending on where you went). Some places had a handheld scanner for temps, others had ones mounted on the wall.
Here's a look... (the names and info for each restaurant is at the end of the post...)
[Lavagna]
[Il Posto Accanto]
[Mary at Mary O's]
[Veselka]
[Pangea]
[John's of 12th Street]
[Mokyo]
[Jack at Takahachi]
[Nowon]
[Tuome]
[Lucien]
[Divya's Kitchen]
[Bin 141]Here's the list of restaurants — in alphabetical order — that Stacie visited:
→ Bin 141, 43 Avenue A
→ Divya’s Kitchen, 25 First Ave.
→ Hearth, 403 East 12th St.
→ Il Posto Accanto, 190 E. Second St.
→ John’s of 12th Street, 302 East 12th St.
→ Lavagna, 545 East Fifth St.
→ Lucien, 14 First Ave.
→ Mary O’s, 32 Avenue A
→ Mokyo, 109 St. Mark’s Place
→ Nowon, 507 East Sixth St.
→ Pangea, 178 Second Ave.
→ Takahachi, 85 Avenue A
→ Tuome, 536 East Fifth St.
→ Veselka, 144 Second Ave.
Said Stacie: "I was grateful to every owner who let me in and allowed me to take pics. Every place I went to was accommodating and unfailingly polite. The hospitality was nice."
New York Sports Clubs permanently shutters Avenue A location 2 days after reopening
That was fast. After a grand reopening on Monday, the New York Sports Clubs at 28 Avenue A between Second Street and Third Street has permanently closed.
Multiple readers shared an email from NYSC about the closure.
On behalf of NYSC, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close the Avenue A location on September 30th.This decision was a difficult one, but all isn’t lost. Effective immediately, your membership has been upgraded to our Elite Membership level at your current rate which gives you access to our entire network of clubs. By having an Elite Membership, you’ll be able to work out in all of our over 160 locations — from DC and Maryland to New York, Boston, Florida, California and yes, even Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile, the sign on the door points to a temporary closure...
Town Sports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sept. 14 due to coronavirus-related closures. They had reportedly worked out a deal with a group of lenders and a private-equity firm to serve as the lead bidder for the assets.
On Wednesday, AG Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Town Sports for allegedly illegally charged customers their membership fees during the COVID-19 closure and then failed to issue reimbursements.
This NYSC outpost opened in March 2015 in the newly gut-renovated building... what tenant might want to take arguably the neighborhood's ugliest building?
Thursday, October 1, 2020
About Correspondences on Astor Place
No, this isn't a low-budget remake of "Dune." Or Gov. Cuomo's idea of a return to indoor dining with limited capacity. (Thanks Eden for the photo!)Today through Sunday, a performance called Correspondences will take place on Astor Place.
Here are some details via the Village Alliance:
With Correspondences, multidisciplinary artist duo Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya offer multiple entry points for spectators to engage with questions of being, interdependence, and coexistence. The human body (performer and observer), machines, natural elements, and the urban square mingle in an entangled poetic microcosm while opening inquiries into animate life and environmental ethics.
In the inaugural presentation of this multi-borough project, audiences can safely engage in Astor Place installation over conversation, and bear witness to daily activation periods performed by members of the LEIMAY Ensemble.Single bodies are enclosed inside transparent chambers partially filled with sand. Bodies are donned with gas masks as they try, time and again, to rise to standing. At intervals, machines attached to the chambers trigger a blast of sand causing the performers to lose their footing, sinking them back down into the ground. This seemingly perpetual eruption repeats throughout daily performance activation periods of Correspondences, both with and without performers.
The first performance is tonight at 8... with additional shows tomorrow through Sunday at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and so on...
[Photo by Lola Sáenz]
... and here's another view via Steven today ... an undress rehearsal...
Grant Shaffer's NY See
The East Village storefront art of Delphine le Goff
During the pandemic, East Village-based artist-designer Delphine le Goff started illustrating storefronts from around the neighborhood... here's a sampling of her work via Instagram ...
If you like her whimsical work, then you can check it out in person... this evening from 6-8 she'll be at Lucky, 168 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street, selling prints, postcards and her 2021 EV storefront calendars... Or you can browse her Etsy shop here.
Public Access debuts on St. Mark's Place with show by legendary skateboarder Mark Gonzalez
Leo Fitzpatrick, a local resident and former director at the now-closed Marlborough Gallery, is now running Public Access at 8 St. Mark's Place... the community art space just east of Third Avenue debuted last week with Custom Boards, which features work by pioneering skateboarder (and artist) Mark Gonzales that will be up through Oct. 25.
Public Access is open Thursday through Sunday from 3-8 p.m. You can schedule an appointment via this link.
The gallery opened in January as JUICE before Fitzpatrick took over in the aftermath of the COVID-19 PAUSE.
Pado is closing on 2nd Avenue
After nearly two years at at 199 Second Ave., the Japanese restaurant Pado has closed here between 12th Street and 13th Street ... though the owners vow to find another location.
In announcing their closure in an Instagram post, the owners cite a familiar foe — the landlord.
The restaurant industry during this pandemic has experienced unprecedented challenges and all of us had to fight hard to save our business and jobs. Since March, Pado team has been working tirelessly to remain in business. As much as we wanted to remain open, we unfortunately could not find an agreement with our current landlord at 199 2nd Ave.
Pado emerged between compassionate and like-minded foodies with big dreams to make it in NYC. Our passion still remains intact and we will not let this pandemic change that. It pains us to announce our closure for 10/1, but we will strive to find a new place and we will share this information as soon as it is available for you.
We want to thank all of our customers for your love and support. The pandemic did really bring out the best in people, and your kind words and support have been the biggest driving factor for us.
We will see you again, we promise.
H/T Vinny & O
A new front window era at Le Fournil
On May 30, during a vandalism spree along Second Avenue, someone smashed the front window at Le Fournil, the French bakery at 115 Second Ave. at Seventh Street.
And yesterday, after four months of plywood-induced darkness inside the shop, Le Fournil introduced a new window... and thanked patrons for their support this summer in an Instagram post...
C & C Dry Cleaning closes on 7th Street
From the EVG tipline... the longtime dry cleaners at 178 E. Seventh St. just west of Avenue B – Amy's aka C & C — has closed...
Dry cleaners have been hard hit nationwide during the pandemic: more people are working from home, and fewer people are going to events where they need to dress up ...
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