2010 March 31 | The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side

Ken’s Music Pick: Anna Haas at Mercury Lounge

Moyna Flannigan, Femme (Scarlet) at Dodge Gallery

Gallery Goer: What to See This Week

Luther Gulick Park. Photo credit: Friends of Gulick Park.

“It’s My Park Day” on Sunday at Luther Gulick Park

This Week's Music Picks

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top shows of the week:

Josh Mease

JOSH MEASE – Rockwood Music Hall – Thursday, April 1

When you listen to the music of Josh Mease, a million images orbit your mind, and none of them will ever hurt you. It’s as if you’re sleepily floating towards a framed watercolor wilderness, slowly approaching, closer and closer, until you finally enter it and become one with swirling streams, grassy meadows, and frolicking bunnies.

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One More Day For LES CSA Sign Up

There is one more day to sign up for the new Lower East Side CSA. We wrote about their farmers last week here. Their core members write: We are in the home stretch. Only 5 shares away from meeting our goal of 50 shares. If you are thinking about it, or know someone who is thinking about it, don’t delay. Please sign up today.
For online registration visit their website here.

Numu Arts Collective at Bluestockings Bookstore Tonight

Numu Arts Collective will be at Bluestockings tonight with “Emerging From Brooklyn” - new works of drama, fiction and poetry performed by emerging writers from North Brooklyn, including appearances by Cassandra Katsiaficas, Michael Lala, Leila Ben-Abdallah, Eric Nelson, Julia Knorr and Jeffrey Salter. Numu states, “(we) see the infinite possibilities for changing the world by bringing art and community together.” 7pm. $5 suggested.

Stringer Announces Community Board Appointments

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has appointed 88 new members to the 12 community boards he oversees. A news release from his office highlights the emphasis on increasing the diversity of the all-volunteer boards. “In Community Board 3 alone,” the release says, “the Asian American representation increased from 12 percent to 20 percent of the board in comparison to last year.”

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DOE Vows to Fight Complaint From LES Parents

There’s more this morning on a story we covered earlier this week — the latest in the fight over the Girls Prep Charter School. As we reported on Monday, Lower East Side parents have filed a formal complaint with the state education commissioner. Last month, the Dept. of Education decided to approve the expansion of the Girls Prep Middle School in a building on East Houston Street shared with two other schools, P.S. 94 and P.S. 188. The DOE, the complaint alleges, violated state law by failing to spell out how students at those schools would be impacted by the expansion.

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New School Overcrowding Concerns, More “Skin Fruit” Opinions, Painkiller’s New Logo

A court ruling keeping 19 high schools open is likely to create new tensions, as the overcrowding problem grows worse (NYT).

Was the New Museum’s “Skin Fruit” worth the trouble? (WNYC).

The Lounge at Dixon Place has its official opening April 8 (Broadway World).

Painkiller now has what every good tiki lounge needs, a bad ass logo! (Black Book).

Good Morning!

A few hearty souls on Orchard Street yesterday weren’t about to let a downpour deter them from making the right choices at Laboratorio del Gelato! We appear to have survived the monsoon. There could be a few main showers this morning, but we might just see the sun this afternoon. Today’s high: 58. 67 and mostly sunny tomorrow!

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