••• Press release: “Taymour Grahne Gallery is pleased to announce two group exhibitions this summer. In the main gallery, Fixed Unknowns is curated by Ava Ansari and Molly Kleinman, featuring the work of Kamrooz Aram, Shirana Shahbazi, and Hannah Whitaker. Didn’t Start the Fire is an exhibition in the gallery’s project space curated by Nadia Ayari, featuring the work of Haig Aivazian, Yui Kugimiya, Kamau Amu Patton, and Nader Sadek.” Pictured: Shirina Shahbazi’s “[Composition-40-2011].” They’re up July 14 through Sept. 6.

••• Joy Gryson‘s sample sale starts tonight with a VIP event and then opens to the public as of tomorrow (11 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Friday), at her shop on Franklin.

••• No one identified last week’s tough Where in Tribeca…? (Tammy had a good guess), so I posted the answer. This week’s will be easier….

••• An anonymous texter says that the Health Department closed down Elixir. Anyone know why? The DOH website still says “not yet graded.” UPDATE: Courtney commented this: “Elixir juice bar was closed this afternoon because the health department said they needed 2 more sinks in their space. They currently only have one.” One for hand-washing, one for food prep, one for…?

••• Archie sent in this photo of the interior of 502 Canal, the little old brick building at the corner of Greenwich (taken through the window, as you can tell from the reflected sky).

Update: Comments have been turned off due to spam. To have them turned back on, email tribecacitizen@gmail.com.