TCQ&A: ZAK PROFERA
“I love the yomogi muffins at Takahachi Bakery,” says Zak Profera, who has just launched a line of fabrics called ZAK+FOX. “It’s actually made with mugwort root, and it tastes far better than it sounds.” Read the TCQ&A.

IN THE NEWS
••• 3/29: A wallaby in Tribeca. Plus: Cancer and the Zadroga Act; downtown in “The Best of Everything”; Stuyvesant begs Jeremy Lin; Shaun Hergatt’s dining recommendations; Jungsik lunch.
••• 3/31: Size issues at One World Trade Center. Plus: Asphalt Green Battery Park City; dissecting a sale at 45 Walker.

PROGRESS REPORT: MARCH 2012
Having trouble keeping up with what’s opening where (and when?). Here’s a quick rundown of the various businesses coming to the area—restaurants, shops, bathhouses, and more.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 3/29: New shoe store. Plus: “Golden Boy” filming around here; HomBom toys; how much you have to pay to get inside Hugh Jackman’s house.
••• Congratulations to Jim Smithers for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? We’ll play again Friday at 8 a.m.

COMING UP
Electro-pop, Bobcat Goldthwait, cannibalism, New Amsterdam Market’s return, Holocaust Remembrance Day, State Senator Squadron’s confab, 100-year-old photojournalist Ruth Gruber, Jewish hip-hop, and Vincent Gallo’s Buffalo 66.

12 TWEETS OF TRIBECA
Welcome to TweeBeCa, where you might want to cover your ears.