Plus: Progress at Noted café and cocktail bar; progressive breakfast at four galleries tomorrow; "Airmail Paintings" at Alexander and Bonin; "Blank Pro" shoot.
Plus: Intentional misalignment at 111 Murray; a new name for Yorganic?; Babesta Threads has closed; the Tribeca Scavenger Hunt is this weekend; swimwear trunk show; city council candidate forum. / 2 comments
This Friday through Monday, Tribeca artists open their studios to the public for the free TOAST Art Walk. Preview some of their work here—and learn about the surprising new twists in store this year, which marks the event's 20th anniversary. / Sponsored
Plus: Is Marla Maples living in Tribeca?; TOAST Art Walk is coming up; first look at the "cast-iron inversion" facade on Walker; 443 Greenwich striptease. / 1 comment
Plus: Best Made goes to Brazil; acting school on Leonard; the annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour; "Law & Order: SVU" is back again; PS Fabrics closing sale; the entrance to the new building at Washington and Desbrosses. / 2 comments
Plus: A correction about the NYPD's World Trade Center situation; the Reade side of the Reade Chambers is unveiled; Mulberry & Vine to open a second location; Bubby's is looking to open a soda fountain somewhere.
Plus: The new Burger King; TOAST Art Walk's opening exhibition; Café Noir; K&M Camera's moving date; Tutto Il Giorno looking close; "Collective" shooting here; Hudson River Park auctioning celebrity experiences; 5 Beekman unveiling. / 2 comments
Tribeca's biggest annual art event starts today: The Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour, also known as the TOAST Art Walk. Download the map here, and be sure to visit TOAST's first-ever gallery at 58 Lispenard. / Sponsored
Not to mention "Venus in Fur" playwright David Ives, chefs Gabrielle Hamilton (Prune) and Seamus Mullen (Tertulia), stand-up comedy, singer/pianist Dan Orlando, and 8,000 feet of duct tape.
Peter Anthony and Maria Hionas have turned the front room of his fitness facility into Hionas Gallery, which will exhibit contemporary art. / 6 comments
Dusty Springfield, presidential sex, TOAST Art Walk, a dewy Richard Gere, and the Tribeca Family Festival are just a few of the highlights on this week’s agenda.
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