“Cages,” by artist Afruz Amighi, is a wonderful show that is closing today at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery (21 Orchard Street). I was able to do an interview with Amighi where she talked about the story behind her illuminating sculpture pieces.
              
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 Woodward Gallery  Blackston Gallery  Ramiken Crucible Gallery There are a few particularly noteworthy shows to visit before they pack up and say goodbye this weekend. The first show, “Big Paper Winter,” closes tonight at Woodward Gallery (133 Eldridge). This enormous group show presents works on paper, but not just any works on paper. The plethora of artists includes giant names like Alex Katz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, and my personal favorite, Keith Haring. This is a great opportunity to see so many modern artists staged together in one gallery.  
 Jonny Cigar at Dixon Place.
We’re not going to let a little snow get in the way of those weekend plans, are we? Of course, not! Here’s a look at what’s happening on the Lower East Side:
 Photo by Mitch Weinstein What’s open and closed? There are a few reports trickling in this morning. Please feel free to send more info our way.
Shelly wants to know “what did Paterson know and when did he know it.” (Daily News) Bloomberg preparing Council for deep budget cuts. (Post) Charter school PR blitz. Girls Prep founder on her successful campaign for expansion on the Lower East Side: “I feel a little bit of relief… but it’s also a little bit infuriating.” (Gotham Schools) The cultural “mash-up” at Yonah Schimmel – and “keeping it real in the postmodern city.” (PopMatters) A preview of a possible new bar battle on the horizon – 12th Street & Avenue A. (EV Grieve) The great hamentashen crawl of 2010. (Cleaned My Plate).
Earlier this week, the Village Voice asked, “when did Purim become the coolest Jewish holiday ever?” Not sure about that. But one thing is certain: the Lower East Side is a great place to celebrate the story of Esther. Here’s a rundown of what’s happening in the hood this weekend (Purim begins Saturday night).
 Moynihan Federal Courthouse This week Community Board 3 went on the record officially opposing the Obama Adminsitration’s decision to hold the upcoming 9/11 terror trials in Lower Manhattan. In approving a resolution Tuesday night urging the Justice Department to find a new trial venue, CB3 joined Community Board 1, which passed a similar resolution last month. The vote itself was fairly routine. The debate leading up to it to it was not. No one anticipated the controversy would still be raging on, weeks after the Administration signaled its intention to shift the trials elsewhere. But residents downtown remain in limbo, waiting for an official announcement from the White House. This reality may have magnified tensions between the leadership of CB3 and a group of neighborhood activists leading the charge against the trials. Tuesday night, those tensions rose to the surface.
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears at Bowery Ballroom is sold out but there are some other groups you can hear down on the snowy Lower East Side tonight.  The Defibulators The Defibulators (at left) and Red Wanting Blue are playing at Mercury Lounge. Holding Back Entirely is at the Living Room at 9:00pm with Sara Pray and Martin Hagfors preceding them. It’s Hi-Scores Recording Library Label Launch ($8) continues at Pianos with - Steel Phantoms, Dinosaur Bones Band and Wolf in a Spacesuit.
An infusion of cash for General Growth Properties – A glimmer of hope for South Street Seaport? (Real Deal). Bike shop owner tells his side (Streetsblog). Public Advocate focuses on earmark money (NYT) Frosty February for Silver and Paterson (NY Post). Census likely to shake up New York politics (Gotham Gazette). Teany expected to reopen in 7-10 days (Feast). Construction begins on Veselka II (NYT).
 Protesting the expansion plan, February 12th. The Girls Prep Charter School has won a hard-fought battle to expand its middle school on the Lower East Side. Last night, the Department of Education’s policy panel voted to approve the expansion plans of 13 charter schools across the city, including Girls Prep. The decision means the school will now be able to take over 12 additional classrooms in a building it shares with P.S. 188 and P.S. 94 on East Houston Street. The proposals triggered months of controversy, pitting parents from the neighborhood’s traditional public schools against the parents of Girls Prep students. Continue reading Girls Prep Expansion Plan Approved by DOE Panel
In the news today, Girls Prep has prevailed in its quest for expansion on the Lower East Side. Last night, the DOE’s Panel for Educational Policy approved proposals from Girls Prep and 12 other charter schools (we’ll have more on this story later). Continue reading Good Morning!
 via NYC Transit Forum Community Board 1 convened last night for their monthly meeting. Top items on the agenda included: the MTA’s overhaul, the upcoming Charter Revision Commission (and its potential impact on the community boards) and the terror trials, which could still be held in Lower Manhattan. The topic the board kept revisiting was, of course, the terror trials. On Monday, during a press conference, Attorney General Holder declined to rule out holding the trials in New York. CB1 Chairperson Julie Menin, who has been at the forefront of the fight for relocation, expressed her determination to keep the trials out of Lower Manhattan. Continue reading CB1 Report: Terror Trial Battle, MTA Service Cuts, Charter Revision Commission
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