BREAKFAST AT ARTESANO
Happened by Artesano the other day and they are now serving coffee and pastries in their cute little booth on the street. They also said they are open for breakfast (!) starting at 7a — though the website does not reflect that? Will follow up!

NEW GEHRY SCULPTURE AT 3 WTC
Frank Gehry, who is 96 (!), has a new sculpture suspended over the lobby of 3 World Trade Center called “Untitled (Fish on Fire, Greenwich Street) 2024.” The lobby is a great contemporary art stop since you can also see James Rosenquist’s massive mural, “Joystick.” Frank Stella’s “Jasper’s Split Star” is around the corner at 7 WTC, in the fountain area.

DANCE WITH MISS RACHEL GOES TO INDIA
Dance With Miss Rachel is bringing their dance program to an international school in Mumbai in April, in the first of what they hope is an ongoing partnership. Their head teacher will bring the school’s curriculum to them, introducing ballet, tap, hip hop and Broadway dance to their young students.

CELEBRATING THE FIRST SYNAGOGOUE
The Lower Manhattan Historical Association will celebrate the 295th anniversary of the founding of New York City’s first synagogue on Friday, April 4, at noon at Seixas Way, 26 South William Street. This is a free and public event, but a RSVP is required here. On the seventh day of Passover April 8, 1730, the nascent Jewish community of New York City consecrated the Mill Street Synagogue at what today is 26 South William Street. The city’s first native-born Jewish leader, Gershom Mendes Seixas, contributed to the Revolutionary War effort, was a trustee of Kings College and participated in George Washington’s inauguration. The street was co-named Seixas Way on April 8, 2019. The ceremony will involve the presentation of the Gershom Mendes Seixas Religious Freedom Award to the Rabbi Nissi Eber, The Jewish Learning Experience who has fostered Rabbi Seixas’ ideals of religious freedom.