••• “Several meet-up sports for tonight’s secretive Diner en Blanc are in Tribeca,” says a tipster: Washington Market Park, Tribeca Park, Vesey Street, Spring & Sixth, Albert Capsouto Park.​ No one knows the final destination, but there will be quite a concentration of festively attired pedestrians milling around the neighborhood at 5:15 p.m.” Maybe Pier 26? Scenes from last year’s event, at Rockefeller Park; photo below by Yogissimo.

••• From the Museum of Jewish Heritage: “The Museum will screen two films in conjunction with the special exhibition ‘Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945.’ The first, from 1919, is Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others), one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuals on film [Sept. 10]. The second, the 2000 documentary Paragraph 175, takes its name from the infamous section of the German Penal Code that targeted homosexuals [Sept. 30].” The exhibit runs through Oct. 2.

••• A reader asked the NYCMayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment about fashion shoots and their attendant RVs near Duane Park, and she was told that “No filming permits have been issued to productions on Duane Street near Staple Street on the dates you indicated. This area is currently receiving a respite from filming following recent production activity in the area. If a car is illegally parked, that would be a matter for the local precinct.”

••• Update #1 from M.M. De Voe of Pen Parentis: “Love the new foot action on the solar garbage cans! Thanks for the upgrade Downtown Alliance.” Indeed!

••• M.M. De Voe update #2: The Chopping Block, at 41 John, has closed after seven months.