June 8th, 2009
The LES installation/event space "Grand Opening" on Norfolk Street has a proposal to make. Next month, they'll become a quickie wedding chapel, Vegas style. You'll be able to get married by a Universal Life Church minister, with 20 or so of your closest friends looking on. The whole thing is explained in this video on Kickstarter.

June 8th, 2009
We stopped by the opening of LostLES, Michael Brown's debut art installation, at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop on Rivington Street Friday night. He teamed up with longtime friend, Tiny's owner Kevin Gregor, to create a panoramic mural inspired by the camera obscura photography of Abelardo Morell. That's Kevin and Michael above- Michael is showing us a "tiny" example's of Morell's work on his IPhone.
The shop, which has two plate glass windows looking out on one of the neighborhood's more lively corners, seemed like the perfect venue for, as Michael puts it a celebration of the "vivid character of the Lower East Side through its distinct architectural heritage." Michael projected an image of a tenament building on Orchard Street on the wall and ceiling of the shop — a guide for the scenic artists who actually painted the mural. As he told EV Grieve, "The resulting effect will appear as a cast silhouette, or reflection,
of the old architecture that has redefined the sculptural space of the
restaurant."
You can see the installation at least through September at Tiny's Giant Sanwich Shop, 129 Rivington Street.

June 8th, 2009

It was a beautiful day for New York's most creatively named block party. Lots of people came out to experience the Museum at Eldridge Street's "Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival" yesterday. There were arts & crafts tables for the kids, mahjongg, special performances and, of course, lots off egg rolls and egg creams. The festival celebrates the two cultures, Eastern European Jews and Chinese, who have called Eldridge Street home for more than a century.

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