FEBRUARY 2–18
One Art Space presents “Big Picture” a solo exhibition by the American artist John Boone.

FEBRUARY 3
Eighties flicks Some Kind of Wonderful and Can’t Buy Me Love screen at 92YTribeca—and Wonderful star Mary Stuart Masterson will be there for a Q&A.

FEBRUARY 8
Adam Gopnik at 92YTribeca: “Gopnik will deliver highlights from his 2011 CBC Massey Lectures (available in book form as Winter), followed by an audience Q&A and book signing. Canada’s CBC Massey Lectures celebrated 50 years in 2011 with five lectures from Gopnik on the subject of winter—the season, the space, the cycle. A stunning, beautiful meditation buoyed by Gopnik’s trademark gentle wit, the five Winter lectures offer an enchanting homage to an idea of a season and a captivating journey through the modern imagination.”

FEBRUARY 9
“The Daily Show” writers are back doing more stand-up comedy at 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 9–MARCH 3
“Re-Make/Re-Model,” a show of work by Charles Lutz, is at Hionas Gallery: “Lutz’s wandering eye is keen to the satirical, the sexual and the absurd, found in objects both mundane and iconic, from Warhol’s appropriated Brillo boxes, re-appropriated by Lutz for a somber result in cold black stainless steel, to Franz Kline’s fluid action brushstrokes, re-made to reveal disparate body parts lustfully intertwined.”

FEBRUARY 11 AND 12
From New Amsterdam Market: “Join us for our second annual Valentine’s Gift Shop & Soda Fountain, held this year in a spectacular warehouse space provided by the South Street Seaport Museum. The shop will feature sweets, pastries, chocolates, and coffee among other specialties, and a Soda Fountain operated by P&H Soda and The Bent Spoon.” Left: a photo of last year’s shop, courtesy New Amsterdam Market.

FEBRUARY 15
Dune screens at 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 22
David Lynch’s Wild at Heart screens at 92YTribeca. This scene is a Steven Meisel photo shoot waiting to happen.

FEBRUARY 24–25
David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me screens at 92YTribeca: “In 1992, David Lynch returned to the fictional town he helped create for the initially popular, then near-entirely shunned television series ‘Twin Peaks.’ This is a prequel focusing on the troubled character—Laura Palmer (a spectacular Sheryl Lee)—who is a corpse when the show begins. Freed of boob-tube constraints, and mostly absent the series’ leavening humor, Lynch traces the final week of Laura’s life in horrifying yet empathetic detail. The film was booed after its premiere at Cannes, where Lynch had taken top prize for Wild at Heart two years earlier, and received mostly negative reviews. But Fire Walk With Me‘s standing has gradually increased (the great French filmmaker Jacques Rivette has passionately expressed his admiration) and we hope these screenings—a rare chance to see the movie in 35mm—will further bolster its rep.”

APRIL 20
Graham Parker and the Figgs play City Winery.

••• Speaking of nail salons: The new i-Plaza Nail & Spa in the Zinc Building (at Greenwich and Watts) opens today.

••• Ed Burns is speaking at 92YTribeca on Jan. 31—I didn’t put it in a Coming Up round-up because his new film, Newlyweds, wasn’t being screened, but now it is, so there you go.

••• Twin Café, the deli at Greenwich and Murray, is closing after tomorrow.

••• Gruyere with roasted onions is among the sandwiches returning (and being added) to Wichcraft‘s menu, starting Jan. 31

••• The new-build at 482 Greenwich (northwest corner of Greenwich and Canal) is going up fast. There’s more on it here, including a rendering of the finished building.

JANUARY 7–29
The Piccolini Trio’s “Circus in a Trunk” is back at Canal Park Playhouse.

JANUARY 8
Saturday Night Fever screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

JANUARY 11
“Join 92YTribeca for a special conversation about The New Group’s production of Russian Transport, as playwright Erika Sheffer, actress Janeane Garofalo and moderator Julian Sheppard discuss the play’s backstory and its journey to the stage. Russian Transport is a suspenseful family drama set in the Russian Jewish community of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.”

JANUARY 14
At 92YTribeca: “The 2nd Annual Cabo Verde Expo of NYC brings the flavors and rhythms of the tiny island archipelago to New York City with an exposition of the music, film, fashion, and visual arts of Cabo Verde.  This year’s event will feature the music of: ZeRui DePina, a singer, composer and instrumentalist known for his unique voice, heartfelt compositions and dynamic stage presence; and Candida Rose, whose soulful renditions blend her Cape Verdean roots with her love of jazz, creating a style she’s coined KabuJazz. The event will also feature a film, art, and a fashion show spotlighting the creations of Cape Verdean-American artists.”

JANUARY 15
Taxi Driver screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

JANUARY 17–FEBRUARY 5
“What happens when you get six of the best figurative artists in the world together in one room? ‘After School Special,’ an exhibition featuring original work by the Full-time faculty of the New York Academy of Art. Harvey Citron, Catherine Howe, John Jacobsmeyer, Margaret McCann, Edward Schmidt, and Wade Schuman.”

JANUARY 19
Broadway Danny Rose screens at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 21
“92YTribeca proudly presents a special evening featuring two of the most talented pianists in modern jazz—Jason Moran and Geri Allen. Recently appointed the Kennedy Center’s Artistic Adviser for Jazz, groundbreaking jazz pianist/composer and 2010 MacArthur Fellow Jason Moran takes the stage with his trio The Bandwagon, featuring bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits. [...] This concert also features a special solo performance by pianist, composer, and educator Geri Allen, a musician of extraordinary breadth and exceptional sensitivity.”

JANUARY 22
Sweet Smell of Success screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

JANUARY 25
At 92YTribeca: The Telephone Book (1971). “Super rare 35mm film screening of a forgotten classic from the New York Underground! Sexually frustrated gamine Alice (Sarah Kennedy) is freed from her apartment-bound malaise when she receives the world’s greatest obscene phone call from one ‘John Smith,’ sending her on a picaresque journey through the Manhattan white pages in search of its maker. As Alice encounters ego-crazed porn directors, perverted psychologists, and priapic shut-ins, her trip grows more and more deranged, interrupted by first-person interviews with phone freaks and climaxing in one of the nuttiest half-hours of 1970s cinema.”

JANUARY 28, FEBRUARY 11 AND 18
The BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center is proud to present the talented winners of this year’s Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in piano. This year’s three finalists—Kristopher Bowers in First Place, Joshua White in Second Place and Emmet Cohen in Third Place—will perform three solo concerts on January 28, February 11, and February 18 respectively.

JANUARY 28
Beaches sing-and-cry-along at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 29
Wall Street screens for free at Tribeca Grand.

FEBRUARY 3
Husband-wife duo The Bengsons bring their Vaudevillian indie folk back to 92YTribeca.

FEBRUARY 8–MARCH 3
“Soho Photo Gallery is honored to present the winners of its second Small Works National Competition [...]. We initiated this competition to recognize those photographers who still enjoy the discipline of creating small masterpieces in an era when large photographs—very large—are in vogue. The competition’s rules stated that the height and width of entries could not exceed six inches in each direction.”

FEBRUARY 14
At Pen Parentis‘s free literary salon: Writers Austin Ratner, Stephen Stark, and Amelia Kahaney.

MARCH 27–28
Joan Osborne plays City Winery. You may like her for “One of Us,” but I always preferred “Right Hand Man.”

APRIL 25–26
The Bacon Brothers play City Winery.

Sex
68.7% female
31.3% male

Age
Under 25: 2.4%
25–34: 20.3%
35–49: 50.4%
50–64: 22.5%
65 or over: 4.4%

Children in household
I botched the formatting of this question. Live and learn!

Where do you live?
Tribeca: 71.6%
Battery Park City: 10.3%
FiDi (to the east or south of the WTC): 5.1%
Elsewhere in New York City: 7.6%
Elsewhere in New York State (but not NYC): .2%
Elsewhere: 5.1%

Do you work south of Canal or in west Soho?
Yes: 38.7%
No: 54.6%

Annual household income:
Under $200,000: 35.8%
$200,000–$500,000: 35.8%
$500,000–$1 million: 15.3%
$1 million–$3 million: 9.6%
Over $3 million: 3.4%

Do you own your apartment or house?
Yes: 51.7%
No: 48.3%

How many times a week do you eat out in the area?
Zero: 8.6%
1–2: 62.9%
3–5: 24.6%
More than 5: 3.9%

How often do you read TribecaCitizen.com or the Tribeca Citizen email newsletter?
More than once a day: 7.8%
Daily: 27.4%
Several times a week: 48.7%
Once a week: 12.7%
A couple times a month: 2.2%
Monthly: 1.2%

Have you ever bought something you read about on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 56.1%
No: 43.9%
This was one of the handful of questions with a write-in field. Far and away, the number one response a variation on “restaurants,” followed by “sample sales” and “pop-ups.” A lot of folks mentioned deals as being particularly likely to get them to try something new. (And many specific businesses were mentioned, but I’ll spare you the list, as happy as I was to see all the names.)

Have you ever frequented a business you read about on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 92.4%
No: 7.6%
This question was probably a bit too much like the one before it, because there was a lot of “See the last question” and a lot of “restaurants.” And there was a lot more of Laughing Man, a.k.a. “Hugh Jackman’s coffee shop.”

Have you ever attended an event you read about on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 51.1%
No: 48.9%

Do you regularly read any of the following?
New York Times (82.0%), New York Magazine (55.1%), Tribeca Trib (51.3%), Curbed (32.7%), Eater (31.7%), Downtown Express (30.7%), New York Post (23.9%), DNAinfo (16.0%), Broadsheet Daily (15.7%), New York Daily News (7.1%), Our Town Downtown (3.0%). The only other media to be written in more than once or twice were the Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker.

Do you notice the ads on Tribeca Citizen?
Yes: 70.3%
No: 29.7%

Why do you read Tribeca Citizen? And/or what do you wish it would do differently?
There were 289 responses to this question, most of which said they read it because they like knowing what’s going on in the neighborhood. Which is great! I’m tempted to post all of them in one major list so you can feel better that you are not alone. But that might be a tad self-serving…. So here are ones that I thought were especially notable—totally unedited—with responses in italics.

Warning: If this post has already started to bug you, stop reading now.

• needs other voices, guest columnists, but good please keep going // When I started out, I thought there would be tons of people who would want to contribute—maybe they had their own Tribeca-ish blogs, and we could band together, sort of like the Huffington Post, but not crappy. A few people have written—some wonderful posts!—but there’s no money to pay them, and they have lives, so they tend not to come back. (I suppose they could not like how I edit them.) I think maybe some folks get discouraged that I know so much about what goes on around here; what would they add? I’m still open to it, but I refuse to post anything that I don’t think people will care about, so please do email me if you’re interested, but don’t be surprised if I try to shape the topic. Once an editor, always an editor.

• To feel part of the neighborhood when I do not have time to walk everywhere, not the money or time to taste everything and to know what is going on architecturally…Love the Q&A, love the updates on the neighborhood, love the apartments’ peeking… // The Loft Peeping posts have become a favorite of mine, too. If anyone out there sees a Lower Manhattan home in a shelter magazine or website, please let me know.

• There really isn’t anything gives the scoop in the hood like your site – while there is hard news at other sites – finding out what’s up with that wine place about Frankly Wines is something I’ve always wondered about but you finally answered. TC def fills a niche // I love when people email their questions (tribecacitizen@gmail.com). In fact, I got a good one this past weekend….

• I love a blog that focuses on our neighborhood. Awesome job. I tried to donate via paypal but the link was broken. Can you put new one on? // Done.

• I know that you need to cater to affluent people and things they might purchase, but tribeca is not all gourmet restaurants and overpriced kids clothing stores. It would be nice to have some content covering the not to shiny, but also present businesses etc that exist here. Still love the site! // Here’s the thing: One of the main reasons people read the site is to find out what’s new—I know because they told me in this survey, and I see it in the traffic numbers—and what’s new around here is shiny. Existing businesses are tough to cover because they are less likely to have news, and I refuse to do anniversary articles, because they’re the lazy writer’s news peg. The main reason I came up with the TCQ&A was so people could mention businesses that might not otherwise get press.

• Clean up the site and make it more condensed and similar to the CNN website with different categories with headline links to the stories. Love to read the Smithers’ smackdowns. // (Hold that close to your heart, Smithers, because it’s going to get ugly soon.) When I had the idea for the site, I didn’t know if I’d want to keep doing it, or if locals would want it. So I spent as little money as possible, and I’ve learned as little about the technology as possible. I still haven’t decided if the site can ever be more than a hobby, which makes me wary of investing in making it a real website. But if money were no object, yes, it would look better. Would it be organized by subject? I don’t know. I like when different topics bump up against each other.

• To keep current on what’s happening in the neighborhood, regardless of whether it’s relevant to me or not. You keep it pretty real and interesting, and although I am a mom of two and am a very active triburbian, I find the mom-talk offered by other local blogs/newspapers to be endless, disenchanting, and downright boring. It’s really refreshing to read your posts, particularly the quirky off-beat reports you provide. I also like the tone. // Thanks! Not everyone agrees.

• It is local. It keeps me informed about what is happening in the locale. Question – should you consider being the “Patch” for Tribeca and Downtown to give you more scale? // On one hand, that could make the site more appealing to a certain advertiser. But to another—a Tribecan one, say—it diminishes it; why would they pay for readers who live farther away? Other problems with increasing the scale are resources (don’t have any) and reader interest (do Tribecans want to read about FiDi more than I already cover it?). If anything, I’d love to start a West Village site, and a Chelsea site, and so on, until there’s a network of sites. Sort of like Curbed’s personality crossed with DNAinfo’s budget, but with each site retaining an independent integrity.

• I like to know what’s happening in my neighborhood. I would like to see a list of weekly events (for kids and adults) happening in the downtown area. // I gave up on the calendar because maintaining it was a soul-drainer. It was the same handful of organizations over and over. At the end of the day, I had to factor in whether they’d ever advertise if I was giving away the milk for free (to quote Ann Landers), and whether readers valued it enough to make the effort worthwhile (the traffic numbers said no). I’d guess that HRP Mamas has some sort of events info? I can’t access it because I don’t have a human child.

• Love the info about the neighborhood. Info on dinner & drink specials, wine tastings, chef demos & gallery events is always appreciated. // Maybe there’s a way I could sell event listings for $5 or $10 per pop. I’ll think about it.

• To learn about new openings/closings, latest news and Jim Smithers. Maybe show more recent comments instead of only the last 5 or so. // Now that people comment as much as they do—which is fantastic—that’s a good idea. I bumped it up to eight. More than that and the second ad space goes “below the fold.”

• I read it for local news. Find a new tone. The editor seems to be going for clever and snarky but achieves only the snark. So far, DNAinfo and other neighborhood guides are more informative and readable. Sorry. // Thanks for the “Sorry.” I worry about the tone—and you should see what I cut before posting—but enough people like it that it’s not going anywhere. Much of this is gruntwork, and making myself laugh is one of the things that keeps me doing the site.

• Mainly follow on twitter – would like more recommendations on where to eat out // Meet the Tribeca Citizen Restaurant Guide.

• i love how curious you are! thank you for keeping your neighbors informed about everything tribeca and the general area. we’ve been living in tribeca since 1995 and seen so much change that it’s hard to keep up. i don’t wish you to do anything differently really…but, perhaps, i’m not too fond of the format of the newletter…i prefer the more organized look of the homepage. otherwise, please don’t get too slick! tribeca has lost some of it’s character and as a result has become a bit too trendy and slick. thank you! // The look of the newsletter is a pet peeve. The next major investment will be to make it more professional. I don’t think it’ll ever get slick, though.

• Best source of what’s happening in the neighborhood. Love the editorial commentary – and editor’s sense of what’s funny. Maybe there’s a premium version you could charge for to make some $. I’d buy it. // Or you could just donate! Kidding, sort of. That sort of thing costs money to build, and I remain unsure where this project is headed. Also, the macro trend these days is to not pay for content, despite what the New York Times is attempting.

• Makes me feel a part of the community–like I know what is going on. I like walking around the hood and knowing what changes are happening because I read about it on Tribeca Citizen. I like that I am up to date with any local politics (school zoning, stop sign installments, etc). AND I love love love Tribeca Tweets!! I like “where in Tribeca” because I find myself looking around for the item posted…makes me look at the details on buildings more. I like that you keep us up to date with any sales–I feel like I am one of the first to know because read about it here. I like your humor. Basically, I feel like you are a friend…a friend I have never met but that I look forward to hearing from daily. Thank you!!! ps..my husband is a subscriber also and he says “did you read today…” We both get your emails but I read you on Facebook :) // You’re welcome!

• Wish there was a community notice board where readers could post information as well // I’ve thought about that, and even looked into it. My main concern (besides the cost of building it): I don’t want to spend all day getting rid of the spam, and even if I do, I worry it’ll become full of self-promotional posts that no one wants to read. In the meantime, you can always email questions or info to tribecacitizen@gmail.com.

• Great way to keep informed on what is going on in the neighborhood. News, school zoning, new restaurant, stores opening. Also, love the banter and neighborhood vibe of the comments. I feel more part of the neighborhood by reading. Thank you and keep up the good work! // I love the comments too! I remember when the first comment came in. I was so excited! Then I realized it was spam.

• I read TC because it is all about Tribeca, the neighborhood I love and live in. Why don’t you have a Tribeca Citizen event so that people can meet each other. Believe it or not, there are single people here. Not just stroller moms. i really like the 12 tweets of tribeca. they are nasty and i like that you don’t edit them. thx // An event could be fun. I did suggest once that we try out Uncle Mike’s, but no one took me up on it. If that’s too downmarket for you shiny folks, we can try somewhere else. Or if someone reading this owns an establishment, get in touch.

• You/re pretty cool as is. Maybe give cats equal time to that dog. (Love the dog though). (I read the RSS feeds so don’t usually see the ads). // Ditch the RSS and we can talk about the cats.

• I sell a lot of real estate in Tribeca and you help me keeping in the loop.. one day I’ll move here too :) // In the meantime, you should be advertising here. Here’s a promotional video just for you.

• It’s a great source of information about the neighborhood. I often find it answers questions I have about things going on in the area or stores/restaurants coming in. It also alerts me to things that I might not have otherwise discovered because they’re outside my usual walking patterns. I really like the interviews with local residents and their tips on places that they frequent for dining, shopping, etc. The one thing I don’t like are the digest posts that just rehash everything that was already posted in the last several days. It seems like they’re not really necessary. // Those are the newsletters. Many folks only read the site when the email newsletter shows up, and for technical reasons, it has to appear on the site like it’s a normal post. I’ve tried to build Tribeca Citizen so that you can keep up if you want info daily or only once or twice a week. For all my nosiness, I don’t actually want to be intrusive.

• I live in and love Tribeca and your publication is the best source of all that goes on in Tribeca. My only advice for the publication would be to use fewer links if possible for the information provided. I find myself spending almost as much time clicking on links and waiting for them to open as I do reading the content. Otherwise, I love your publication. // If you mean there are too many links in the newsletters, that’s because I’m trying to get you to read the site, where the ads are (or will be). If I don’t make you come to the site, my traffic numbers don’t go up, and advertisers get less interested. If you mean there are too many links within posts (such as “In the News” ones), it’s a point of pride that I “link out” whenever someone else came up with the story first. Not everyone plays so fair.

• The Tweets of Tribeca are like a train wreck. I’m not sure they add real value, but I find myself reading them. // For everyone tweet I post, I read hundreds, possibly thousands. Think about what that is doing to my mind.

• Great information about local businesses, restaurants and events. Really clever writing. And I want to win “where in Tribeca” one of these weeks. // Good luck.

• I think it is the greatest! It is the ONLY paper that keeps me truly informed re: my neighborhood! Keep up the good work!! Maybe ban Jim from Where in Tribeca, lol! // Now that’s a thought….

• I love this site and look forward to the Monday/Thursday editions. I just wish it would be profitable so I don’t worry about losing it. // Ahem.

• I really like the writer of TC–I like his approach, his writing style, what he covers, etc. I like that he creates a sense of community. I love the profiles of Tribecans that TC sometimes does–I love finding out about what they like and their tips. I like learning about what businesses are coming soon. I like the “where is this” photo question–one magical aspect of Tribeca is the beautiful little details on buildings. However, I do wish that comments would remain generally productive. And, I wish that one commentator in particular would be less hostile–in the recent kerfluffle over schools, I thought that the comments by “Jim Smithers” were mean-spirited and snide. I prefer it when people are more helpful. Parents are upset and emotional about their kids. I don’t have kids, just my dog and cats, so I acknowledge that it’s sometimes hard to relate. But, I feel that mean-spirited comments take away from the great paper that TC is and the community feeling. The anonymity of the Internet allows some to assume pseudonyms and say some very harsh things that are just so unneeded–esp if one doesn’t have kids. Thank you for your hard work. Cheers & happy holidays. // Not too long ago, Jim Smithers emailed me to ask if there was a way to donate anonymously (because I don’t know who he is, and he likes it that way). I said I didn’t think he needed to donate—he gives enough just by participating to the extent that he does. I don’t always agree with him—I often don’t—but I’m incredibly grateful that he’s there. And I like that he makes people think. I understand that may not make you more comfortable with some of his comments, but there it is.

• it’s news about my neighborhood; has interesting info and observations. i think it’s a bit awkward to get from the newsletter to the blog and the topics on the blog are all over the place. can’t seem to figure out how to just read a section without continually clicking on each topic/article i want to read about. thanks for doing this. // A possible solution: Whenever you get the newsletter, go to tribecacitizen.com, and scroll down (clicking “older posts” if necessary) until you see the last newsletter post. Everything above that will be new. The organization is still a mess—the categories are kind of a joke, thanks to the “In the News” and “Seen & Heard” round-ups—but I’m not sure how to fix that.

• As a Tribeca resident, it’s nice to have a community newsletter. The site is well organized, up to date, usable, presentable, and interesting. A revenue growth strategy could include: potential subscription fees, increased advertising, revenue sharing from referrals to businesses, more active donation solicitation. // But I already feel like a schmuck for mentioning donations three times in this post! Increased advertising would be lovely, it’s true. I’m not very aggressive about selling it because (a) I don’t have the bandwidth, (b) I feel awkward being the editor and the salesperson. I would never want anyone to think I’ll only write about their business if they advertise.

• It’s there….also to find out new stuff about the neighborhood. Stop being so amazed that life actually existed here well before the trendy infilitrated! // I try to have a healthy sense of wonder about everything; it helps counter the snark. Also, I think that many newcomers are interested in what life was like here back then.

• I love New York City and live close by (in the West Village). There is no other neighborhood blog that is so well written and thought out. And I spend a lot of time in TriBeCa as a freelance writer in coffee shops, at friends’ apartments and grocery shopping in peace (no elbowing necessary) at the Whole Foods. Considering a move to TriBeCa someday–we shall see! Thanks for a wonderful site. // Funny, I’ve been thinking about moving to the West Village.

• I LOVE our new neighborhood and am amazed how much is always happening here. Id like to see more interviews with notable/interesting people who live in the neighborhood (Id be happy to be a subject, I own my own business and love to talk about the hood). // Email me at tribecacitizen@gmail.com.

• I read Tribeca Citizen because it (you) condenses all of the relevant neighborhood information in one place. I also like following the Community Board without actually having to attend the meetings. // I bet you do. They’re dreadful.

• I like to know about the new stores, restaurants, and services that are coming to the neighborhood. I wonder if there are ways to create a “Tribeca Citizen” community– either of local business owners or Tribeca Citizen events at local places. Also think it would be fun to have groups of Tribeca Citizen readers/locals select the best cup of coffee, the best cookie, the best sandwich, the best slice of pizza, etc. // Love the “best” idea! I’ll work on it.

• Love the local news from a neighbor’s perspective. I think it should take more advertising, potentially from out of neighborhood sources, so that it continues to grow and thrive. // The best thing you can do to make that happen is to tell local businesses that you read about them on Tribeca Citizen. And yes, non-neighborhood advertisers would be great. In theory, local advertisers should be willing to pay more for readers who they know live in the area, while larger advertisers might prefer to go wider. Then again, Tribeca is a juicy demographic—and I’ve always wondered why upscale brands advertise on buses, pay phones, etc. You’re getting a lot of useless “eyeballs.”

• I really like it. Maybe more stuff for kids? I am really just guessing at this point. I love the real neighborhood gems you find and totally trust your judgement. I have a house in E Hampton, I would love that you cover that area too! // Got a guest room?

DECEMBER 31
At 92YTribeca: “Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra is a 12-piece explosion of music led by Brother Joscephus and his eccentric cohort, the Right Reverend Dean Dawg. The band dips heavily into a musical gumbo rich with New Orleans rhythms, old school soul, classic rock stylings and feel-good gospel music. Also on the bill is Philadelphia’s six-piece funk ensemble Swift Technique.”

JANUARY 4
The Beguiled (1971) screens at 92YTribeca: “Wounded union soldier Clint Eastwood is the only man at an all-girls southern boarding school run by emotionally repressed headmistress Geraldine Page. Attempting to manipulate the students and staff with his charm and good looks, Eastwood opens a Pandora’s box of sexual jealousy that can only lead to tragedy and violence.”

JANUARY 6
At City Winery: “Grammy winning violinist Joshua Bell and acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk release their new album French Impressions.”

JANUARY 6
Horror film The House by the Cemetery screens at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 10
Zach Kutsher and Alan Wilzig of Kutsher’s Tribeca talk at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 12
“Daily Show” writers do stand-up comedy at 92YTribeca.

JANUARY 12–FEBRUARY 11
“Hionas Gallery is pleased to announce ‘Just Past Happy,’ an exhibition featuring Chris Wyllie’s paintings on found objects, comprised mostly of new works created in 2011. The paintings, although figurative, evoke the minimalistic feel of a pinup girl silhouette, allowing the eye to rest on a subtle outline or clean curve.”

MARCH 2 AND MARCH 7
Todd Rundgren added two dates at City Winery.

DECEMBER 3
Annie gets the sing-along treatment at 92YTribeca. It’s at 10 p.m., so probably not for kids.

DECEMBER 4
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s free New Families, New Traditions program: Writer and mom Julie Wiener has experienced and written about many of the challenges that come from being in an interfaith marriage. With insight and humor, she’ll share some of her tips for navigating the holiday season with a minimum of stress. Also, the program will begin with gentle music and songs for parents and babies, led by singer/songwriter/mom Vered.”

DECEMBER 5
420 Funk MOB—with special guest George Clinton!—at City Winery.

DECEMBER 7
The Scarlett Empress (1934), directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, is screened at 92YTribeca: “Flamboyant, over-the-top, alternately funny and unsettling, The Scarlet Empress dares to depict history as grotesque erotic black comedy.” I encourage you to watch this video: This is how I will be making exits until further notice.

DECEMBER 10
From Friends of Washington Market Park: “Santa is the guest of honor at our annual Christmas party! Santa takes requests from children on his throne stationed at the gazebo. Teachers from the Church Street School for Music and Art will help children crafts ornaments for the park’s Christmas tree. This year, the Trinity Youth Chorus will perform carols while homemade cookies and hot apple cider will keep everyone feeling warm and jolly. We will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for the Toys for Tots organization.”

DECEMBER 10
At 92YTribeca: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Is there any film they won’t screen?

DECEMBER 17
92YTribeca‘s “Meet the Lady” series celebrated Louise Lasser.

DECEMBER 17
Dan Zanes & Friends play a Christmas show at City Winery.

DECEMBER 25
At 92YTribeca‘s annual “Chinese and a Movie” on Christmas night: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park.

JANUARY 11–MARCH 10
At Apexart: “A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance is an attempt to envisage a state and culture that is shrouded in secrecy, being both the producer and victim of oppositional propaganda mechanisms. The project brings together new and recent works by a selection of international artists attempting to develop a picture of what the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea might be, in the absence of reliable, unbiased information of a nation that operates in exile from the international community.”

NOVEMBER 12–DECEMBER 24
Manhattan Children’s Theatre stages “A Christmas Carol.”

NOVEMBER 14
Bill Maher is at Barnes & Noble Tribeca.

NOVEMBER 17
Fran Drescher is at Barnes & Noble Tribeca promoting her new children’s book, Being Whiny Wendy. I kid! Love her. (Careful: This video is the full pilot and you will get sucked into watching the whole thing.)

NOVEMBER 17
Trumpeter Graham Haynes plays at Masters & Pelavin.

NOVEMBER 18
Soul singer Alexi P. Suter is at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

DECEMBER 1
Janus Trio plays Masters & Pelavin.

DECEMBER 1–30
Hionas Gallery has “the very first solo exhibition from one of the style and fashion world’s most sought-after photographers,” Warwick Saint. “For this show, Saint and gallery owner Peter Hionas have carefully compiled a selection of twenty photographs from the artist’s recent work with tattooed models, artists and other acquaintances. The resulting collection—provocative, sultry and noir all at once—is both indicative of Saint’s extensive work with nudes and starlets, and something of a departure from his oeuvre, revealing a more in-depth narrative with his subjects.”

DECEMBER 5
92YTribeca is screening Short Circuit and Police Academy for reasons only it understands, but Steve Guttenberg will be there for a post-screening Q&A of the former and an introduction to the latter.

DECEMBER 6
Colin Quinn is at Barnes & Noble Tribeca.

DECEMBER 10
Blood, Sweat & Tears plays City Winery.

DECEMBER 11
“Jewish Community Project Downtown‘s Hanukkah Bash is 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. at the Citigroup building at 388 Greenwich. Featuring musical entertainment, interactive Hanukkah games, art projects for families with children of all ages, and special Hanukkah delights. Come by for a Latke, make your own Menorah, and dance the day away. $15 per person, $60 for four or more.”

DECEMBER 14
The authors of Go the F**k to Sleep are at Barnes & Noble Tribeca.

FEBRUARY 9
Bob Mould plays City Winery.

FEBRUARY 13
Melissa Ferrick plays City Winery.

••• The name of the restaurant replacing TriBeCafe will be Ristorante Aglio, and it’ll serve Italian food (the name is a pretty good indication of that, but I also found a Craiglist ad for a chef who can cook Italian). That’ll make seven Italian restaurants in a four-block stretch: Saluggi’s, Stuzzicheria, Bread Tribeca, Petrarca, White & Church, Da Mikele, and Ristorante Aglio. We’re approaching Little Italy density here.

••• Chris Rock won’t be attending the Pootie Tang screening at 92YTribeca after all.

••• A gentle reminder/request: If you patronize a local business in part because you read about it here, please mention it to them. It really helps.

By Jack Webb (courtesy No. 10 Gallery)

OCTOBER 20–NOVEMBER 28
Jack Webb’s “Showing Off in Private” is at No.10 Gallery, a new gallery within the Ms4 Production office at 10 Leonard. Webb wanted to shoot his parents having sex (!), but knowing they’d decline, he photographed strangers who were game. It’s nice that they all found each other—not every pot has a lid.

OCTOBER 27–NOVEMBER 19
At Canal Park Playhouse: “On the Line deals with the fall out between three friends when the workers go on strike at the factory where they are employed. Originally produced in 2006 by Mike Nichols—before the subprime market crashed, the banks were bailed out and unemployment spiked—now is the perfect time to revisit this touching and relevant play.”

OCTOBER 28
“Historic Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan will host a frightfully good time for the whole family on October 28, starting at 4 p.m. Children are invited to the north churchyard to enjoy treats, face-painting, crafts and other fun, and chat with ‘ghosts’ from old New York. The south churchyard will feature music and dancing where adults, if they dare, can try a ‘spirited’ Haunted Hamilton cocktail or non-alcoholic beverage. In the evening, Metropolis (1927)—the silent, sci-fi masterpiece—will be screened, accompanied by a haunting score played by Peter Krasinski on Trinity’s virtual pipe organ. Metropolis tells the story of a futuristic society beholden to machines, whose distinct worlds of privileged thinkers and downtrodden workers ultimately clash.” Getting topical, aren’t we? “Costumes encouraged! Events are free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted.”

NOVEMBER 3–DECEMBER 17
“Masters & Pelavin is proud to announce ‘The gates of Eden,’ a solo exhibition of recent work by American artist Karl Klingbiel. The show will include a new body of abstract paintings and large-scale woodblock prints. This will be Klingbiel’s first exhibition at the gallery.” I love his work! The one pictured isn’t my favorite, but I even love it. Click to see it larger (which helps). If I remember correctly, Klingbiel did a partnership with Carini Lang. What I’d really like to see next are throw pillows based on his paintings. Or ceramics.

STARTING NOVEMBER 5
Canal Park Playhouse will screen Little Rascals shorts (with cartoons first) on Saturdays and Sundays at 4 p.m.

NOVEMBER 7
From State Senator Daniel Squadron: “In March, more than 250 community members joined me for the Third Annual 25th Senate District Community Convention, where I received valuable input on issues from school overcrowding and nightlife concerns to pedestrian safety and subway service. I would like to invite you to join me at an upcoming discussion about what’s next in our community and in Albany. It’s a great opportunity to discuss these topics and more.” It’s 7:30–9 p.m. at Southbridge Houses Community Room, 90 Beekman (at Pearl).

NOVEMBER 7
Of course it’s possible Squadron will reschedule so he can catch Pootie Tang at 92YTribeca. Lance Crouther and Chris Rockwill be there in honor of the movie’s 10th anniversary.

NOVEMBER 15–JANUARY 7
“R 20th Century is delighted to announce the opening of Jeff Zimmerman’s third solo exhibition.  ‘Jeff Zimmerman | New Work’ explores extraordinary, inspired and innovative ways of filling an architectural space with his spectacular works in glass.” His work is so beautiful.

DECEMBER 4
John Doe plays City Winery. Here’s his old band’s version of “Breathless.”

JANUARY 5
Rhett Miller plays City Winery.

JANUARY 26–27
Marc Cohn Trio plays City Winery.

SEPTEMBER 29–NOVEMBER 5
At the World Financial Center’s Courtyard Gallery: “‘Tao/The Way’ features over 50 works of art including large-scale ink paintings, beautiful tea ceramics, and abstract expressionist calligraphy by Adam T. Bernard, who spent 11 years studying Taoism and Chan (Zen) in Taiwan while working for a range of local artists, from a master potter to a scroll-mounter.”

OCTOBER 6
At 92YTribeca: “The Eclectic is a new concert series that gives a modern flair to the cabaret tradition. The evening features both standards and originals, representing a mix of pop, rock, musical theatre, R & B, country and jazz performed by Broadway’s finest and independent musicians. Produced by Rashad V. Chambers and Michael T, who also serves as music director and host.”

OCTOBER 6–NOVEMBER 5
R 20th Century is excited to announce the second solo exhibition of works by Brazilian designer Hugo França. The exhibition will feature a stunning new series of massive Casulo—Portuguese for ‘cocoon’—sculptures in solid Pequi and Imbuia woods.” That’s one of his pieces above.

OCTOBER 11
The free Pen Parentis Literary Salon presents Matt Costello and John Langan: “The ‘emerging master of the elegant macabre’ (so named in Locus Magazine) shares the stage with the creator of such multimillion sellers as The 7th Guest to read from new work, sign books, and discuss how their writing careers were influenced by becoming parents.”

OCTOBER 16
The 12th-annual Inside Tribeca Loft Tour, to benefit the Friends of Duane Park: “This year’s line-up of more than 10 lofts displays a wide variety of tastes and architecture with distinctive elements. They include an apartment that features a boxes-within-boxes architectural style, making up four bedrooms, each in a separate windowed box, so that the modern Danish furniture appears suspended in mid-air. Another apartment on view featured in Interior Design magazine was transformed from a raw asymmetrical space with exposed ducts and wires into a balanced, yin-yang centered living space [...]. This space highlights a choice art collection with pieces from such well-known artists as Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol [...]. Tickets are available in advance for $50 at duanepark.org or for $55 from Duane Park, at Hudson and Duane Streets, at 12:30 on the day of the tour.”

OCTOBER 21–JANUARY 23
The McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space inside Artisan Lofts’ lobby presents The Westward Eye, “an exhibition that looks into the current state of the Los Angeles contemporary art scene, giving viewers a peek at artists who are continuing the legacy of the unique artistic vision of Los Angeles. Artists included are Nano Rubio [that's his painting at left] , Karl Hahn, Stephanie Farr, Karen Chu, Alexander Kroll, Tony Brown, Scott Santangelo, and Samantha Thomas. An opening reception will take place on Friday, October 21st, from 6–9 p.m.” After that, it’s by appointment only.

OCTOBER 27
“A new kind of party and a new kind of dance class” at 92YTribeca: New York Night Train’s Land of 1000 Dances. Jonathan Toubin, the DJ and brain behind the Soul Clap and Dance-Off, has been researching the dance crazes of the 1960s and finding ways to bring them to a contemporary club culture. Learn how to ‘pony’ like Bonie Maronie, ‘hitch hike’ across the floor, pass the ‘bug,’ and kill that ‘roach’! Georgia Walker, Sarah King and special guest dancers show you how the steps are done in front of B.A. Miale’s famous keytar-triggered visuals—which not only tell you the name of the steps, but show you old clips of your favorite artists performing them.” I’m so there. And I should warn you—I dance. You’ll know when I get really excited because I slap the floor.

OCTOBER 28
92YTribeca hosts a sing-along screening of Labyrinth.