FIRST IMPRESSION: IL MATTO
The restaurant is an idealized vision of downtown New York: white walls, black floor, street-art-ish paintings, servers in casual black and sneakers, tableware from MoMA’s design collection. Read all about it (and see the pix).

CALENDAR: JUNE 28–JULY 24
This week: Beth Orton in Rockefeller Park; Poets House Showcase; Astrograss at Washington Market Park; John Allan’s open house; “Out of the Silence” at Tribeca Cinemas; Al Kooper Rockabilly Trio play the free Hudson Square festival; Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys; authors Lee Child and Zoe Sharp at Mysterious Bookshop; an insomnia memoirist; “The News Distillery,” a live news game show; and Comedy Below Canal with Janeane Garofalo. Plus: the full calendar through July 24.

TUMBLING DOWN MEMORY LANE
A dispatch from Wickiworld: Suellen Epstein has been teaching tumbling and gymnastics in her Murray Street loft since 1982. “The best part of still being down here in Tribeca is running into ‘the alums.’ They always say, ‘Remember when we did this or that?’ and they get so excited.” (That’s Suellen on the trampoline.)

IN THE NEWS
••• 6/25 roundup: Urban archaeologist Gil Shapiro. Plus: Stuyvesant’s valedictorian (and a notable commencement speaker); Apexart reviewed; restaurant trends; Tribeca Paint; the W train.
••• 6/27 roundup: Dog paddling at Water4 Dogs. Plus: Otto Penzler’s country house; Scissor Sisters frontman; Laurie Anderson; former ChiBeCa residents.

FOTO FRIDAY
To the reader who continues to wonder when nudity will make an appearance: Sorry, not this week. Instead, photos taken in City Hall Park and on West Broadway, Leonard, and Worth. (Right: I was chatting with Amit Sharma, owner of the new Nirvana International gallery on West Broadway, when I glanced out the window and did a double-take. If you can’t tell why, click on the photo to enlarge it.)

SEEN & HEARD
••• 6/28 roundup: Inside the new mega-high-ceilinged Quad/Lang space on Reade (that’s it below). Plus: Double Amex loyalty points at certain shops and restaurants; Hudson Square Wine & Music Festival; and a free Blue Coyote reading.
••• Congratulations to Jim Smithers for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca (the answer is here). Your prize is a doublewide Maclaren stroller—not!