MULBERRY & VINE OPENS TODAY!
Yay! Finally. Our outpost of Mulberry & Vine opens today, after 18 months. This is their original location; the others in Nomad, Dumbo, East 44th and East 55th are already open.

A NEW CHAPTER FOR CHURCH STREET SCHOOL
Church Street School for Music and Art has a new executive director — replacing founder Lisa Ecklund-Flores who retired from the school this summer after running it here for more than three decades. Piruz Partow comes from the 112-year-old Brooklyn Music School where he was director for the past eight years, growing it to serve 13,000 students a year and raising $11 million over his tenure. Before becoming an arts administrator, Partow had a career as a classical bassist and jazz musician. He also plays Persian Tar and composes music for the Persian bluegrass band Vatan. (Hello, Washington Market Park concert??) “It was immediately clear to the entire board what a great fit Piruz would be as Church Street School’s next leader,” said board chair Judy Levine.

CURBSIDE COMPOSTING SIGNUPS OPEN
The Department of Sanitation is restarting its curbside composting program that was suspended during covid. We are an eligible neighborhood, so if you want curbside composting in your building (we love it in ours) you can sign up now and they will notify you when service will start. The city’s system is more comprehensive than the Greenmarket since they collect all food scarps including seafood, meat, bones and dairy, eggs, and food soiled paper. Sign up here.