THE TCQ&A
If it were up to him, longtime Tribeca real-estate broker Jeff Tabak (right) would put sawdust back on the floor of Morgan’s Market. Read about the rest of his Tribeca here.

A TASTE OF TASTE OF TRIBECA
Who’s signed on for the Taste of Tribeca? Plus: Buy your tickets now and save.

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
The first half of the slate of films screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Maybe I’m just in a French mood (sounds like a euphemism for something dirty, doesn’t it?), but Heartbreakers and the Serge Gainsbourg movie look like standouts.

EVERYBODY LOVES A BARGAIN
••• Thalassa was on Blackboard Eats, but the deal is gone now. Become a fan of Tribeca Citizen on Facebook and you’ll get this info in time to do something about it. (Note to Brent Park, who commented on the post: I like Blackboard Eats, too! I’m going to Maya tonight, actually, because I’m getting 30 percent off. And I like a free bottle of wine as much as the next guy, but it ain’t 30 percent off the total meal….)
••• Half off wine, cheese, and charcuterie at City Winery.

HEARD IN THE ‘HOOD
••• Franklin Café is open. ••• Grown & Sewn gets a leg up. ••• Spring class sign-up at Moomah. Plus: new hours. ••• The next Tribeca Meet & Greet is Monday, Mar. 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Tribeca Community School. ••• Blue Coyote’s Glee Club is getting raves. And the NYT liked the Flea’s Girls in Trouble. ••• Open House New York is looking for location suggestions. ••• Seder info at Synagogue of the Arts.

SELLER’S MARKET
If you’re thinking of doing some spring cleaning—and you might as well, what with rain forecast from today through Monday—consider getting rid of some of that fabulous clothing that you never wear anymore. No, don’t just get rid of it: Put it to work. Local consignment expert Tania Anthony (left), of Resale-Riches, can help.

CB1 TRIBECA COMMITTEE: THE UNOFFICIAL MINUTES
Details on the Warren Street brouhaha. Plus: Duane Street Hotel gets full liquor, with restrictions; Cercle Rouge can have its Bastille Day party again; Industria Argentina screws up; and new hope for parking reform?

A GRANDDAUGHTER’S CAUSE
Whens he learned that her grandmother had a rare and uncurable disease, Tribeca resident Donna Marotta enlisted a couple of friends and a bunch of contacts in the beauty world to help her throw a benefit on March 16. Read her story.

IN THE NEWS
Cheese sexy parties at someone’s place on Reade. ••• Independence Plaza North loses a battle. ••• Local businesses make it to New York mag’s Best of New York. ••• Is the LMDC hoarding a stash of cash? ••• In an article about the so-called coffee revolution, the NYT praises a couple of Tribeca cafés. ••• Battery Park City’s library opens on Monday. ••• Also in the NYT: Locanda Verde pastry chef Karen DeMasco’s recipe for chocolate panna cotta, more or less. ••• Funding trouble for I.S. 89’s after-school program. ••• The Hurt Locker‘s Kathryn Bigelow used to live in Tribeca. ••• This week’s celeb sighting is kind of lame.

COMING UP
Cool party tonight at Tribeca Project Space (right), and you’re invited! (How else are you going to get inside Artisan Lofts?) Plus, there’s a bunch of other great weekend activities on the calendar: Little Engine at TPAC, a rockin’ kids’ concert at MJH, bluegrass at WFC, Tatah Dujour at DP, silkscreening for kids, and more!

WHERE IN TRIBECA?
Kudos to Rachel, who correctly IDed last week’s photo (and thanks to Zizphus for a very helpful explanation of how that hydrant got that way—click the above link to see it). Now here’s this week’s. If you care to guess, click here and comment.

P.S.
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