"We’re the only non-profit school for the arts below Canal Street," says co-founder Lisa Ecklund-Flores, "and I’ve always felt like the school is a vessel for the community to use any way they want." She estimates that 10,000 students have studied there since it opened in 1990.
Plus: Fundraising drive for Church Street School; El Vez margarita workaround; brownies at Le Pain Quotidien; Showboat Circus; checking in on Canal Street hotels.
Plus: Skydiving pix; Washington Market Tavern forecast; Wickham Boyle's Just Shea; when Battery Park City had a wheat field; peregrine falcons' FiDi nest; Patron of the New; Church Street School. / 1 comment
Having stopped by each and every store in Tribeca over the past few weeks, I can say with authority—and a bit of pride—that there's something here for everyone. / 2 comments
Plus: Corton; interior designer Katie Lydon; gingerbread houses; William Beaver House; the Honorable William Wall; reasons to love CanDo. (Yeah, that's not going to work.)
This year, put your money where your heart is. And tell 'em Tribeca Citizen sent you!
Plus: Park51 info sessions; craft lessons; meeting about off-leash dogs in Battery Park; Tribeca Language deal; gingerbread house workshops; discount at the Flea.
Plus: Tribeca Meet & Greet this week; RHX down to its last "three days"; Tribeca Clayworks; Church Street School benefit with Harvey Keitel and Mike D; TOAST meeting.
Loretta Thomas of Moving Visions dance studio shows us around her Tribeca: where she goes for Japanese food, which street has too many bars, and where she celebrates after her school's annual recital. / 3 comments
Exhibit at R 20th Century. Plus: American Apparel "rummage sale"; chicken wings deal; Colin Hay; Rondo is open; Halloween party at Bogardus Mansion.
Plus: New salon on the way; Il Matto lunch; Theater Bar; Salaam Bombay deal; Mexicue; Andaz Wall Street; "Bodies" deal; Bacon Brothers; Church Street School open house / 1 comment
Plus: New brunch option; Italian wine seminar; dance classes for adults; Oktoberfest; spa deal; Church Street School party; Brazilian designer tribute. / 1 comment
Seppe is quite good. And the wait staff is super nice. — Dee / Carbs are back in the neighborhood
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Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! Here is the link to sign up if... — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White
Lynda I signed up for the 5/17 class. I'll see you then!!! — HB / Massive underground spa and meditation space coming to Broadway and White