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As we’ve been anticipating, Cafe Grumpy’s newest outpost is due to open soon at 13 Essex Street. How soon? In about two weeks, if inspections go well, says Michael Rozinski, the CEO of Simply Divine Renovation, who was at the site of the new shop this morning overseeing the final stages of construction. Continue reading Sneak Peek: Cafe Grumpy’s on Essex, Opening Soon  
 Alix Sloan - Owner, Sloan Fine Art. Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis Neighborhood galleries will stay open late tonight for Third Thursdays, a monthly event from the LES Business Improvement District showcasing the Lower East Side’s flourishing arts scene. Galleries will be open until 9pm and the New Museum is offering free evening admission. The Lo-Down has been profiling a participating gallery each month. We recently stopped in to chat with Alix Sloan, owner of Sloan Fine Art, at her gorgeous gallery space on the corner of Rivington and Norfolk. Sloan’s current exhibition is titled “Kin,” it’s a group show of work from painters Mia Brownell, Nicole Etienne, Clare Grill, Greg Hopkins, Noah Landfield, Jean-Prierr Roy, Jonathan Viner and Jeremy Wagner. “My program leans painting heavy,” Sloan tells me, towering over me but standing gracefully, surrounded by an intriguing collection of paintings that were presented as part of the New Museum’s recent Festival of Ideas. Continue reading Third Thursdays Featured Gallery: Sloan Fine Art
These flowers along the East River Promenade have had plenty to drink this week, and it keeps on coming. Look for highs around 70 today with more scattered showers and occasional thunderstorms today. Coming up, we’ll have our weekend music picks and plenty of food news. Tonight, check out the LES Business Improvement District’s Third Thursdays gallery crawl.
 Photo credit: Hester Street Collaborative. Last week, Hester Street Collaborative (HSC) held its annual benefit party. Pictured above: NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, HSC Executive Director Anne Frederick and William Castro, the Parks Dept.’s Manhattan Borough commissioner. Benepe was the evening’s special honoree. Hester Street Collaborative is a non-profit focused on improving public spaces in Manhattan’s under-served communities, including the Lower East Side.
This weekend marks the citywide celebration of public parks, with It’s My Park Day events throughout the five boroughs. Some events are on Saturday and some on Sunday, and you can participate in activities ranging from litter pickup and planting flowers to dog training and karaoke. We have a roundup of activities happening in our neighborhood. Continue reading Get Outside for This Weekend’s “It’s My Park Day”
Everyone’s a bit grumpy about this week’s soggy weather, but things are looking up: Saturday’s forecast seems pretty good (75 and only some scattered showers expected). This is, of course, good news for the third weekend of the Hester Street Fair. Today we’re profiling another fair vendor, Vashali Maria Aggarwal of Casa Helecho. Lots of people talk about breaking away from high pressure careers they don’t find particularly fulfilling in order to “live their dream.” A year ago Vashali, an attorney, did more than talk — she acted! During the debut weekend of the Hester Street Fair, she got to chatting with a group of friends about what they would each, hypothetically, choose to sell at the fair. Vashali declared she would finally put her degree from the Parsons School of Design to good use and turn her hobby – creating custom-made terrariums – into a profession.
The Lower Manhattan Arts Academy will present its production of the Broadway musical “Hair” with three shows this weekend on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Continue reading LoMA Stages the Musical “Hair” This Weekend
 The intersection at Delancey and Essex streets is growing in notoriety for pedestrian deaths. The May 10 accident in which a garbage truck killed a female pedestrian on Delancey Street near Essex has re-ignited the push for pedestrian protection measures near that intersection. Yesterday, the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives engaged the help of Councilwoman Margaret Chin and state Sen. Daniel Squadron in calling on DOT to fix the dangerous crossing, which was also the site of an April 12, 2010 fatality. Just two weeks later, community activist Harry Weider was killed crossing Essex Street just a block north. Continue reading Fatality Renews Call for LES Pedestrian Protection
 Photo by SeriousEats.com The mid-week neighborhood food news:
 Student Art Party at the Abrons this Saturday The Abrons Art Center at the Henry Street Settlement (466 Grand at Pitt) is hosting a Student Art Party for children and parents on Saturday, May 21, starting at 10:30 a.m. The party will display artwork of visual arts students and students from the performing arts training programs will perform selections throughout the day. Refreshments will be served and art making activities will be available for the entire family. A free screening of animated short films will take place in the Underground Theater from noon-2 p.m. Check here for the schedule of events. The 2011 Student Art Exhibit features artwork by students in the Abrons Arts Center Visual Arts and Arts-in-Education programs, Henry Street’s Youth Services programs, and neighborhood schools in the Lower East Side. This annual exhibition showcases the achievements of a broad range of talented young artists, from toddlers to teens. Painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and photographic works will be included in the show, as well as book making projects and fiber arts.
 Image via Galak P2V's Flickr photostream. Another soggy day in store. Rain showers continue, with blustery conditions at times and a high of 64. Continue reading Good Morning!
It appears the long soap opera involving Lower East Side bar Mason Dixon may be nearing an end. Last night, Community Board 3′s SLA Committee approved (4-2-1) a proposal from nightlife operator Matt Levine to take over the troubled spot at 133 Essex Street. The current owner, Rob Shamlian, decided it was time to call it quits after the NYPD shuttered the bar last month for alleged underage drinking and other charges. But scrutiny from the 7th Precinct was only his latest problem. Residents living above the bar have been locked in a legal battle with Shamlian for four years. Continue reading CB3 Committee Approves New Restaurant in Mason Dixon Space
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