BEST FRIENDS PET ADOPTION CENTER

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ANOTHER JAPANESE RESTAURANT?
A Tribecan has restaurant plans for the Leonard Street space that was most recently Gallery 69.

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COMMUNITY BOARD 1’S JUNE AGENDAS
To be discussed at Community Board 1 this month: Serafina’s liquor license; Duane Street eviction and demolition; Pier 26 update; closing part of Peck Slip to traffic; new Park Row tower; the neverending film/TV/ad shoots; Barleycorn liquor license change; more.

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SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/30: Downtown’s free museum night is coming up. Plus: A peek inside the Beekman hotel; Pisillo Italian Panini has expanded; cookbook party with sandwiches at Weather Up; stylish new lighting showroom just above Canal (above).
••• 5/31: Pure Barre has soft-opened. Plus: A new serialized novel about Tribeca; Serafina needs to get to know its new neighborhood better; “Where in Tribeca…?” answer; outrigger regatta and luau.

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: SAPAR CONTEMPORARY
“We’re looking for artists with some footprint showing where they’re coming from, but also traversing boundaries,” says Nina Levent, co-founder of the new Sapar Contemporary gallery on N. Moore. “Most are mid-career artists who have done major things in their careers. But for a lot of them, we’re the only U.S. representation.”

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IN THE NEWS
••• 5/31: Santos Party House has closed. Plus: Kid gets head stuck in fence; possible home for the “Sphere”; visitors to World Trade Center observatory far below forecast; FiDi arcade proponents deny posing as councilmember; Wavertree returning early; subsidizing artists.

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A PIECE OF TRIBECA® (PART 9)
From Kolkata to Paducah, elder care to special sauce: Tribeca is taking over the world.

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