Rosanne Cash

SONGS FOR HAITI
City Winery is planning four nights of concerts to benefit Haiti. Signed on so far: Patti Smith, Swell Season, Josh Ritter, Yo La Tengo, and John Wesley Harding (Jan. 20); Lewis Black, Vernon Reid and Corey Glover of Living Colour, Rich Pagano & The Sugarcane Cups, Marshall Crenshaw, and David Johansen (Jan. 21); Rosanne Cash, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Betty (Jan. 24); and “15 Indie Artists TBA” (Jan. 25). The goal is to raise at least $100,000 total, and all proceeds will go to Wyclef Jean’s YELE to fund the Emergency Mobile Hospitals initiative administered by the U.N. General admission tickets are $75.

RUMORS AND CONJECTURE
Are the Thompson Hotels—which include The Smyth at Chambers and West Broadway—on the rocks? So says BlackBook, by way of Grub Street.

IN THE NEWS
The New York Times has a slideshow of various doormen’s uniforms, including the ones at 200 Chambers, as well as a report on the closing of the Brooklyn Banks—what skateboarders call the area under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge—due to the bridge’s repainting.

COMING UP
••• The Tribeca Meet and Greet—primarily for local business owners but open to everyone—is Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Hive at 55 (6 p.m.).
••• Also Jan. 20: Ashley Merryman, a co-author of Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children, will be at 92YTribeca (7 p.m., $12).
••• Also Jan. .20 at 7 p.m.: Eid Milad Laila (Laila’s Birthday), a “moving and humorous tale of a Palestinian taxi driver just trying to get home in time for his daughter’s birthday,” at Tribeca Cinemas ($10).
••• Jan. 21: Marissa Vicario, health and wellness expert and Tribeca Citizen contributor, leads a Winter Warm-Up Cooking Class at 6:30 p.m. ($10). Email her for info: marissa@mwahonline.com.
••• This week at Barnes & Noble: Richelle Mead, author of Vampire Academy (Jan. 18); Sherry Amatenstein of The Complete Marriage Counselor: Relationship-Saving Advice from America’s Top 50+ Couples Therapists (Jan. 19); and Jami Attenberg, author of The Melting Season, “a tender, provocative story about the power of friendship” (Jan. 21). All events are at 7 p.m.