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.
Plus: Another peek inside Best Market; Art in General's new location; a message from Mariachi's; poetry night at Pen Parentis. / 1 comment
The Performa 15 biennial—"a lively investigative platform across disciplines, exploring not only the visual arts, but also dance, film, radio, sound, and architecture"—is at four Tribeca spaces through Nov. 22.
The nonprofit gallery/incubator Art in General has been at the corner of Walker and Cortlandt Alley since it was founded in 1981. / 2 comments
Plus: Hotel Hugo's rooftop bar; Whole Foods Tribeca has a taqueria; the pyramid atop a new building on Beekman; smoking cloves at Washington Market Tavern. / 8 comments
Plus: No construction at Chambers and W. Broadway; Hotel Hugo's façade and the name of its Italian restaurant; two TV shows (including a Batman-ish one) shooting here; Art in General installation.
Plus: A book about the nightclub Area; serial stowaway on the Lilac; Art in General show back story.
Available starting tonight. Plus: Cobblestone art; Peace & Love is indeed reopening; kids' store hoping to come back; DeRose Method's Tribeca studio is open; American Flatbread strategy; Amish Market in flux; Kutsher's trunk shows.
Plus: Reflecting on the World Trade Center; proposed newsstand; Shakespeare in a park; food cart makes art stop. / 2 comments
Not to mention food writer Melissa Clark, Marshall Crenshaw, vaudeville and magic, sculpture, artsy stools and chairs, "Chutzpah Fest," and a bus full of mystery writers. (Plus: You could win four new mysteries!)
Plus: Tribeca Meet & Greet, Harlem Comedy Renaissance, two lead singers, Joe Henry, and art aplenty.
Not to mention Joyce Carol Oates, free pizza, Donna Ferrato, a Cabinet of Wonders, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Richard Thompson, and Marcia Ball.
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