••• Sad news from Tom Goodkind: “Sad to report that Judy Karnas passed away. Judy lived at IPN for decades and sold many many local residents their apartments working at Douglas Elliman. Her best friend for life is Carla Rupp, and they’re both founding members of the the TriBattery Pops. Judy came up to me eight years ago when I first started the band and said, ‘Carla and I used to follow the Ramones at CBGBs in the mid ’70s, and I’ve always wanted to be in a band.’ So, knowing we needed a French horn and an alto sax, I asked her what she played and how good she was at reading music. ‘I don’t play anything,’ she answered. I told her that was just perfect—she’d be our tambourine player. She came to every practice and show during the next seven years. I would see Judy regularly on the streets of FiDi or Tribeca and she would always have time to sit down and discuss a community issue or, her favorite topic, the band. She traveled with us to Tufts to perform in ‘Honk!,’ a march of international radical street community bands. There she was in her late ’60s surrounded by 20-year-olds, fitting right in. Judy leaves a tremendous void in her passing.”

••• One of the long-empty storefronts of Tribeca Space, 23 Warren, will open next week as One Art Space. The kickoff exhibit is by Venezuelan artist Felipe Herrera, with a party May 26, 6–9 p.m. More to follow…

••• Speaking of galleries, remember how the new Tachi Gallery at Laight and Washington opened with a temporary show, with a show of work by Sasson Soffer to follow? The Soffer show, including the untitled painting at left, debuts June 16.

••• Kristin Hanson, whose new jewelry school at 60 Reade was profiled here, has opened the shop component (by appointment).

••• From a press release: “Ashlee Conner, a Tribeca and Battery Park resident for six years, debuted her new company Legato Studio at the 2011 International Contemporary Furniture Fair this weekend. Ashlee is a mother of two who lives in Riverhouse. Along with her partners Bret Sorkness and Matt Lee, they designed a space-saving table that morphs from a bench that became their first piece for their company, but started out as a product for her home.” Here it is, somewhere between its bench and table phases. (Keep reading: There’s more below it.)

••• See the Karl Klingbiel painting in the house ad to the right? I’m obsessed with his work—I find it mesmerizing. I went online to see how much his paintings might run (you never know with art, right? could be $5K, could be $100K). I discovered that Klingbiel recently collaborated with Carini Lang’s Josphe Carini to make a series of carpets based on his paintings. The first one isn’t one of my favorites, which is good because I’d have to go spend a lot of money I don’t have. Still, I think it’s pretty cool.