Nabe News: August 31
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Pigeon flying, Barry McGee graffiti shenanigans, and Community Board 3 agenda, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!
Howl! Festival Schedule Released
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 11:16 am
The seventh annual Howl! Festival in Tompkins Square Park will begin September 10 at 5 pm, and run through Sunday afternoon. As always, the event kicks off with the traditional reading of the iconic Allen Ginsberg poem, “Howl.” The reading will feature some of the neighborhood’s finest poets, including John Giorno and Anne Waldman, and Bob Holman, proprietor of The Bowery Poetry Club.
Barry McGee Tags Removed from Graffiti Wall
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 6:34 am
The new Barry McGee mural wasn’t even alive for fifteen hours before being modified last night. Guess the owners of 294 Bowery weren’t too happy with his coloring outside the lines, as it were.
Pianos Has New Window Leafing
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 6:27 am
Hipster hangout Pianos is ditching concert promo posters for fancy window lettering at 158 Ludlow. Instead, it’s all about the menu. Fresh leafing recently applied to the glass champions its lunch and dinner options.
Belle & Sebastian on 75 Essex Street
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 6:18 am
The home of Eisner Brothers on Essex Street has fallen prey to some guerrilla promo for the new Belle & Sebastian record, Write About Love. The album title is chalked in rainbow colors on the rear brick facade of 75 Essex Street, facing the municipal parking lot.
The Baby Rat of Allen Street Mall
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 6:14 am
Saturday afternoon, a group of young skaters took a break from grinding the recently “mall-terated” Allen Street Mall to check out the neighborhood wildlife. The boys happened upon a baby rat running in the bike lane, mere feet from northbound traffic. Boards dropped, and out came the cell phones and cameras. Meanwhile, the daytime drinkers at Epstein’s didn’t notice.
