Plus the Lilac leaves 25 and returns today; DCC giving out masks for those in need; keeping balls in the air at Duane Park.
The Times' art critic tours the shows up now in the Tribeca Gallery District; union launches campaign against SL Green for 15 Beekman; Art In General closes permanently.
Dianne Talan has made a career in art by painting the environment around her, and that has been Tribeca for the past 42 years. For us, it's a timeline of a changing neighborhood. / 5 comments
Bernard Lumpkin and Carmine Boccuzzi's collection of Black art spills into and over their family's life and history. And now there's a book to go with it. / 3 comments
Plus the story behind the artists who created Mother Cabrini; McDonald's CEO comes to Tribeca; Sant Ambroeus as fashion power cafe. / 1 comment
A neighbor compiles art from around the country that gets out the vote; the pumpkin as politics in Washington Market Park; a family pilgrimage to Ladder 8; Blue Moon Fish has its last day on Greenwich.
The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Marching Corps sends along their quarantine performance of Baba O'Riley; plus a recap of Halloween here, with some suggestions. / 1 comment
Plus only a third of Citi employees want to return to the office; a new restaurant opens mid-pandemic in the Dominick; a celebration of women in landscape architecture.
Cafe Clementine is seeking a new Tribeca space; a man tries to break into a building on Franklin with a hammer; Soho Photo Gallery will reopen soon; ONDA Beauty has reopened for shopping and services. / 7 comments
Plus @1penemy takes on the #1 public enemy; Tre Sorelle paints it red; Temple Court brings the outdoors in; Mulberry & Vine reopens in Nomad.
A non-profit dedicated to the #metoo movement has installed a sculpture in Collect Pond Park that turns a Greek myth about extreme victim-shaming on its head. / 8 comments
Plus more interactive art in Battery Park City; Lower Manhattan's first brewery finally opens on Vandam. / 1 comment
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