••• “Steve Russo, the drummer with the Downtown musical ensemble, the TriBattery Pops, died suddenly on May 30, after a battle with cancer. Mr. Russo, who was also the webhost for the TriBattery Pops, was 60 years old.” —Broadsheet

••• The New York Times test-drives the Tracy Anderson’s fitness studio (it’s one on Greenwich where you can see women jumping up and down in the window). “Ms. Anderson recommends working out six days a week, […] committing up to an hour and 45 minutes on each visit,” which seems like it’d obviously lead to a losing weight. And then there’s this: “The two workout rooms in her Tribeca studio are set to 86 degrees and 65 percent humidity.”

••• “Taking the top post at the Associated Press isn’t Gary Pruitt’s only big move—he’s also inked a deal on a 3-bedroom Tribeca condo. Mr. Pruitt and wife Abby are leaving Sacramento and McClatchy behind for an airy space at 101 Warren Street.” They paid $4.3 million. —New York Observer

••• The New York Times reviews the sculpture exhibit in City Hall Park, tying it somehow to Occupy Wall Street: “In its best moments, “Common Ground” feels like a classic old-school critique: one of those incendiary Salon exhibitions mounted under the noses of the establishment, in this case on a site known in the 17th century as the Commons, a communal pasture for livestock, which is now home to the mayor’s headquarters.” And then there’s this: “[Paul] McCarthy’s ketchup bottle, aligned with the dome of City Hall, makes a kind of Neo-Pop-psychoanalytic connection between patriarchy and power, with Mr. Bloomberg playing the role of a creepy authoritarian rather than a benevolent daddy.”

••• Apparently there’s a movement afoot to shift election day so that it doesn’t fall on September 11. A columnist for New York Press argues against it.

••• “Parent leaders are often reluctant to talk about these hires [such as part-time music teachers, lunchroom aides and library workers], because they fear drawing the Education Department’s attention and are confused about what they can and cannot do under the regulations. But direct hires are known to occur at P.S. 41 in Greenwich Village and P.S. 234 Independence School in Tribeca.” —New York Times