STORES AT OCULUS NOW HAVE EARLIER HOURS
Some shops at the Oculus — Apple notably — are now opening one hour earlier every weekday. The new hours are Monday to Friday, 9a to 7p, Saturday 10a to 8p and Sunday 11a to 7p. Cafes and grab-and-go food stores continue to be open from 6a onward. Duane Reade opens at 7a and Eataly at 8a. See each store’s hours here.

OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW ADULT CLASS SERIES
The folks at Luv Michael, who renovated 42 Walker to include a top-grade commercial demonstration kitchen, are now offering classes for adults in the space and will host an open house on Tuesday, Jan. 9, from 5 to 7p. Classes will include cooking with chef and wellness expert Stefanie Sacks to start, but will expand. See more information here at IndigoLife.

Gary Gissler, her + her, 2016, Linen, oil, typewriter ink on panel

GARY GISSLER AT ANITA ROGERS GALLERY
Downtown artist Gary Gissler is featured in a group show at Anita Rogers Gallery up now called Intersections I at 494 Greenwich. Gissler grew up in the Midwest with a family that celebrated writing and language (full disclosure: his father, Sig Gissler, was my mentor at Columbia Journalism School and was the longtime head of the Pulitzer Prizes) and valued the discursive creation of meaning and interpretation. He was trained as a jeweler, which contributed to his obsessive and meticulous techniques of making art. Gissler has been reviewed in Art in America, Flash Art, Art News, The New Yorker, ArtNet, and his work is currently included at the RISD Museum and the Neuberger Museum. He has been awarded a Pollock Krasner Grant and a Chinati Foundation Artist Residency.

PHOTOGRAPHING THE HARBOR’S TUGS
Local photographer has a great photo essay in Whalebone magazine (which I had not heard of but it is excellent) featuring the men and women working on the city’s tugboats. “Ever since moving to NYC 15 years ago, I’ve been fascinated with tugboats doing their mighty work along the East and Hudson Rivers. I wanted to learn more about these powerful boats and the people who worked on them. The story appeared in the magazine’s Slow issue, out this past Oct/Nov.