A TASTE OF TASTE OF TRIBECA
It’s time to get geared up for Taste of Tribeca! Plus: A high-profile holdout has already signed on.

ANOTHER CLOSING
Sad news from southwestern Tribeca…. As one commenter asks, is the space cursed?

SEEN & HEARD
••• 1/24 roundup: Facial deal. Plus: Free cookie, hot chocolate, and guided tours; Indian food deal; World Financial Center restaurant rumor; Terroir’s wine tastings; “Priscilla” sing-along.
••• 1/26 roundup: Glen Hansard. Plus: Deals at Cercle Rouge, Torly Kid, and NeurOasis; comics class for kids; Zucker’s Law.

TRIBECA TAROT READER: WHAT’S IN THE CARDS?
Having enjoyed Liat Silberman’s insight and sense of humor at the meetings of CB1′s Tribeca Committee, I was tickled to learn that she’s the Tribeca Tarot Reader. She agreed to answer a few questions about it.

IN THE NEWS
••• 1/24 roundup: 9/11 memorial salaries. Plus: Sex-and-drugs phone booth; Kardashians; that architecture firm on Chambers.
••• 1/25 roundup: 9/11 sphere. Plus: 195 Broadway lobby revamp; rosé in winter; reviving Water Street; Nassau Street vacant lot for sale; more hotels?; India House selling its art; policing 9/11 memorabilia; Winter Garden stairs; Condé Nast.
••• 1/26 roundup: Harrison townhouse. Plus: Native American food truck; Tribeca teacher is an Oscar nominee; Compose interview; Marc Forgione loses; massage-parlor fire; Bouley rumor; Hudson Square tenant; Todd Hase Furniture sale; Harrison loft sale.

ON THE BALL: BODY ROLLING
Body Rolling promises a core workout and a relaxing massage, all by stretching and using a ball to apply pressure. Nutrition counselor Rebecca Sadek gives it a try at Tribeca Beauty Spa.

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEKEND
1. Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard star in the 1939 comedy-mystery The Cat and the Canary, followed by Roman Scandals (1933), starring Eddie Cantor “as a wide-eyed Depression Era dreamer who falls asleep and re-imagines himself as the Emperor’s taster in ancient Rome.” (Friday)
2. Joanna C. Lee and Ken Smith (co-authors of the Pocket Chinese Almanac) try to determine what exactly the Year of the Rabbit will bring. (Saturday)
3. Movieoke—it’s like karaoke, but with movie scenes instead of music. (Saturday)
Just four of the highlights from the calendar for this week. More info on these—and the full calendar—is here.