KIDS SEND LOVE LETTER TO BOOKS
“Booked,” a film made by local kids at Manhattan Youth’s summer program, will be shown as part of the Tribeca Film Festival this coming Sunday. The short stars Nikash Khanna and Aisling Murphey as two kids who animate their world once they connect over a book, and was made by Daniel Kang, William Chen, Chloe Chan, Tiffany Chan as well as Nikash and Aisling. “I was really proud of the end result,” said Aisling, 12 and a student at Spruce. She had been wanting to take a film class for a while — this was her first — and said she will do it again. “My mom works in film and it seems like she likes it a lot.” The short will be shown on Sunday, May 5, 9a at the Regal Cinema in BPC.

UNION BAR AND KITCHEN SHUTTERED
Union Bar and Kitchen at 300 Spring has closed after five years. (N. sent the alert.) The restaurant was opened in 2014 by BPC resident Jonathan Renert.

NEW KIDS CLINIC IN THE HOOD
A reader writes to say that a new pediatric therapy clinic has opened at 179 Franklin, Downtown Kids Therapy. The clinic provides occupational, physical and speech therapy, and the gym is equipped with climbing structures, a slide, rock walls, a zip line, mats, a pretend play area and sensory swings.

GUIDE THE FUTURE OF WAGNER PARK
If you want to chime in on the plans for Wagner Park but you skipped the meeting, do this online survey. The authority already held a design workshop activity for the Wagner Park portion of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. But the link here is a digital version of the activity boards  they used to gather community input. You can fill this out and email it back, or print and mail or drop off at 75 Battery Place. Ballots are due by May 8 at 6p.