TODAY
••• The Restaurant Week truck is spending its last day parked in Tribeca—and it’s going out with a somewhat fancy bang.
••• The Civic Center Residents Coalition is holding a press conference opposing the 9/11 terror trials being held in lower Manhattan.
BUY A PIECE OF TRIBECA®
More in TC’s ongoing quest to locate every product on earth with “Tribeca” in the brand—this time, the roundup includes shoes, bathroom accessories, Donald Trump light fixtures, to name just a few….
THIS WEEKEND
••• Movies.
••• “Bintou’s Salon,” photographs of a Mali beauty parlor by Janet Goldner, is up at Kiva Cafe.
••• Farinella Bakery & Pizzeria will be open (and delivering) on Sunday (it’s the Super Bowl).
IN STORES (WELL, SORT OF)
••• The owner of Adeline Adeline, the bike store coming to Reade Street, offers a glimpse of what to expect.
••• Babylicious to close for renovation and rebranding Feb. 7, reopening later in the month with a new name.
••• Gary Graham goes gaga for Google.
••• A Tribeca-based company specializes in… high-end axes? Also: They make… hats?
••• Fresh-roasted nuts!
ON THE HORIZON
••• Damon Dash is at it again, opening a gallery in 172 Duane.
••• The Museum of Jewish Heritage released its March/April schedule, including a talk with former D.A. Robert Morgenthau and a presentation by cartoonist/playwright Jules Feiffer (right, photographed by Seth Kushner).
••• The St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre will make its first New York City appearance at Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
••• The Daily Show‘s Wyatt Cenac is among the additions to 92YTribeca’s February slate.
V-DAY APPROACHES
••• A special package at Tribeca Spa of Tranquility.
••• Blaue Gans’s special menu: three courses for $65.
••• Cheese and other special treats at the Brandy Library.
IN THE NEWS
••• Those curly green benches outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Office Building are going to the great plaza in the sky. (Photograph by Vincent Laforet for the New York Times)
••• Broadsheet Daily’s editor tells it like it is to the New York Times‘s Gail Collins.
••• The Garbage Garage ruling gets appealed. (By the way, I emailed the group supporting Hudson Rise, offering them support, and never heard back. My offer still stands!)
••• Progress on Pier A?
STEALS AND DEALS
••• Khushi lip scrub
••• Tribeca MedSpa
ONE MORE THING
Yesterday Groupon had a great deal at Grandaisy Bakery. It’s too late to get it now, which just goes to show that you shouldn’t always wait for the newsletter to read Tribeca Citizen (or become a fan on Facebook, where we post updates on stuff like that). Also, there’s more on the site than just what is linked to from here…. P.S. Thanks to the reader who clicked that Groupon link, scoring me $10 on my next Groupon!