COMING UP: MARCH 15 TO APRIL 17
Instead of dribbling out event info every day or two, I’ve compiled the Tribeca Citizen calendar, a look at what’s happening in greater Tribeca over the next four weeks—including on-sale dates for the Tribeca Film Festival, the State Petersburg State Ballet Theatre’s visit to the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, P.S. 234’s Spring Auction, the Tribeca Retail Club shopping event, Soho Photo’s 15th-annual juried show, Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and a kite-making workshop at the Museum of Chinese in America. If your event isn’t listed, email me. I’ll be updating the calendar often. (Photo: Anna Mae Wong, courtesy Museum of Chinese Heritage)
NKOTB: LUCCA ANTIQUES
Susan and Stephen Keeney weren’t in the antiques business when they met at an antiques fair. Now they’re married and have two shops, one in Santa Monica and one—just opened—on Duane Street. Here’s their story.
HEARD IN THE HOOD
Franklin Café opens tonight in the old Franklin Station Café space at West Broadway and Franklin. ••• Walker’s has unveiled its Varick Street additiond—at least to those of us who don’t mind peeking into windows. Nice! ••• Manhattan Children’s Theatre is looking for kids to star in an HBO documentary. ••• Private (well, kinda) massage sale at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility. I’m going on Wednesday, even though it means leaving the house on St. Patrick’s Day. ••• Andy Garcia graced 92YTribeca. ••• Downtown Dance Factory will hold its first recital at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. ••• Beekman Tower’s tower crane is coming down (on purpose!). ••• Read all about it.
BUZZER 22
“If you need a quickie lampshade, keep going to the lampshade store in Chinatown,” writes interior designer Ghislaine Viñas in the latest installment of her column, Buzzer 22. But if you want more than a quickie, the answer is on Walker Street.
TOUGH ASSIGNMENT
Scott Lombardo spent a chilly night at the Brandy Library’s Intro to Scotch class, learning how Scotch is made, why connoisseurs add water, and why you should drink it out of a wine glass—at least in your own home.
IN THE NEWS
More on the “sex cave” hosting “fire massages” on Reade Street. ••• Department of Education fallback plans for school overcrowding. ••• Tax relief for BPC residents? ••• Inside Edward Albee’s 6,000-square-foot loft on Harrison Street. (You’ll cry when you read what he paid for it.) ••• More on P.S. 234 vs. Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center. ••• All those stories and more are here. Go on. Click it.
WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Jeff and Srini, who guessed correctly where this photo was taken. (Click here to see the pulled-back shot.) Another photo will be posted on Friday. And remember: If you enjoy this newsletter, please forward it to anyone you know in Tribeca. Cheers!