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Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks on the Lower East Side for this weekend:
 Terre Roche TERRE ROCHE – Fri, July 15 | 7PM at The Living Room
Since the mid-70s, the Roches have both collectively and individually played an essential role in the New York folk scene. A trio of sisters, Terre, Maggie, and Suzzy, the Roches are known for their super tight harmonies, playful spirit and wholly original take on song composition.
Over the years, each sister has at one time or another stepped out on her own to record solo albums, act in films or teach music. Terre, a soprano and an excellent guitarist, will be playing at the Living Room on Friday, performing songs from her projects Sound of a Tree Falling, Us an’ Them, and Afro-Jersey. FREE // 154 Ludlow St.
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 Mayor Bloomberg and local elected representatives opened the new stretch of waterfront park this afternoon. The first section of the new East River Waterfront Esplanade opened this afternoon between Wall Street and Maiden Lane, offering downtown Manhattan residents a preview of a $165 million, 4-year-long project that eventually will transform two miles of shoreline into public recreational space.
“The new East River Waterfront Esplanade is the newest jewel on New York City’s magnificent harbor,” Bloomberg said in a prepared statement. “One of the goals of the waterfront plan we unveiled earlier this year is to reconnect New Yorkers to New York City’s more than 500 miles of waterfront and make it part of their everyday lives, and the new esplanade will help do that for Lower Manhattan’s tens of thousands of residents, 300,000-plus workers and millions of visitors.”
Continue reading New Section of East River Esplanade Opens
 Mexican-Institute-of-Sound-+-Nacotheque via Openhouse Gallery Openhouse Gallery, the folks behind the popular indoor park, “Park Here” on Mulberry Street, among other fun projects, are teaming up with Remezcla, an all-things-Latin cultural guide to curate “The Spot” (a la Heineken). It’s a three-week Latino-themed pop up festival starting today and running through July 30. They will feature live music, digital art battles, wifi lounges, movie screenings and DJs. For a full schedule, go here.
The NYC Small Business Services department named Essex Street Market vendor Saxelby Cheesemongers as its top Manhattan company this week as part of its “Neighborhood Achievement Awards.” The Small Business of the Year Award honors “an entrepreneur whose business has significantly improved its neighborhood or demonstrated outstanding commitment to the community through offering new or enhanced products and services, generating new activity on a commercial strip, attracting new businesses to the area, or providing exceptional employment opportunities.” Continue reading Small Business of the Year: Saxelby Cheesemongers
- The Williamsburg Bridge acrobats remained jailed yesterday for their eye-popping rush-hour stunt Monday. (WSJ)
- Tenants of 35 Market St. in Chinatown have been forced out of their homes following a city inspection on July 6. (Downtown Express)
- Little Italy activist and Figli Di San Gennaro leader Kenneth Marino has died unexpectedly at 56. (Downtown Express)
- Singer Alina Simone goes birding up the East River, and takes us along for the ride. (NYT)
- MTA plans to quadruple the number of surveillance cameras on city buses in wake of attack on driver. (NY1)
A good puddle can be hard to find these days; this one drew a flock of bathers. Today will be a beautiful day for a dip in the water, with clear sunny skies, lower humidity and highs in the mid-80s. The weekend is almost here; look for our music picks and lots of other LES news today.
 Ari Gold by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, photo copyright of thelodownny.com Grand Street resident, gay activist and pop star Ari Gold and his partner were ordered to the back of a bus for holding hands this weekend, and when the pair refused, the bus driver called a N.Y. state trooper.
Gold, who lives in the Hillman Houses and was profiled in The Lo-Down in December, announced the incident on Facebook, and it was picked up by Michael Musto in his Village Voice column on Sunday. The Advocate followed up with a story today:
Gold said “we were both listening to Whitney Houston on an iPod double jack and loving her love songs,” and holding hands, when the driver pulled over to tell us to “stop sitting in the front.” Gold said no, “and that’s when the driver called the state trooper.” Continue reading Ari Gold: Bus Driver Called Cops On Our Hand-Holding
 Chilled Curried Carrot Soup from Carlin Greenstein Now that the CSA season is upon us and local farmers’ markets are burgeoning, we are delighted to have LES resident and chef Carlin Greenstein contributing a weekly seasonal recipe. Her recipe for chilled curried carrot soup is below; for more ideas, read the Local Cooking at Home archives here.
Carrots are a staple food in our house. My husband loves them cut into sticks for snacking, and depending upon the season, I like to roast them or shred them into salads. With this intense hot weather, I decided to make a chilled soup that would feel good in the body and save us from turning on the heat in the kitchen. For the best flavor, buy freshly picked carrots from your local farmers’ market. Continue reading Local Cooking at Home: Chilled Curried Carrot Soup
 The caneles with dulce de leche at Azul, where a new team is in charge. Here’s the mid-week roundup of neighborhood restaurant news:
- The Daily News talks to the new culinary team at Azul on Stanton Street, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a revamp of its menu by Argentinian natives.
- New York Magazine’s annual “Cheap Eats” issue highlights many local favorites: Cocoron, Souvlaki GR, the turkey sandwich at Stellina and the al fresco options at Hester Street Fair.
- Speaking of cheap eats, Serious Eats offers its selections for 10 great meals under $6 in Chinatown, including nods for Vanessa’s Dumplings and Great NY Noodletown.
- The NYT’s Diners Journal checks out the new picnic outfitter on Clinton Street.
Here at The Lo-Down, we know our readers care a lot about our local restaurants. We are all fortunate to live, work and play in a neighborhood full of interesting places to eat and drink. We welcome the new ones and look forward to giving them a try; we grieve the loss of old favorites; and we love to analyze all the ones in between. The second Wednesday of each month, we post a summary of the previous month’s health department inspections for eateries in the 10002 ZIP code. Click through to read the June report. Continue reading Restaurant Report Card: June 2011
 Take the kids to the Hamilton Fish pool this weekend. This will be another hot and steamy July weekend. Pack up the kids and head to the pool at the Hamilton Fish Recreation Center (127 Pitt St., East Houston & Stanton). Built in 1936 and renovated in 1992, the Olympic team practiced in the pool for the 1952 games in Helsinki, Finland. There are two outdoor pools: an Olympic sized pool and a large wading pool for the kids. Pool hours are from 11:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m., with a break for pool cleaning between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Continue reading Weekend Kids’ Pick
- A poignant and rare look inside a tenement bunkroom for Chinese immigrants on the Bowery. (NYT)
- “Travelers” in Washington Square Park talk about why they don’t hang out in Tompkins Square Park any more, and it’s mostly about drugs. (Villager)
- Designer Umbro debuts a new collection that pays homage to the 1977 blackout, in a pop-up shop at Reed Space. (NYT)
- A new real estate search site offers renters the inside scoop on available apartments from experts: the outgoing residents. (Curbed)
- Family mourns man killed by van in Chinatown. (DNAinfo)
Yesterday’s edition of the New York Times told the strange story of the Seward Park Cooperative’s flawed board elections. This morning the hits keep on coming — the latest salvo from deposed Board President Margarett Jolly, who is telling fellow residents in a resignation letter, “I am removing myself from association with current efforts of the board to force a preordained election outcome.”
The Times article detailed serious problems with the June 14th election, stemming from the apparent malfunctioning of a voting machine in Building 3 of the Seward Park housing development, the largest of four cooperatives lining eastern Grand Street. The story goes on to recount the board’s controversial decision to hold a limited re-vote, only allowing those who voted at the faulty machine to cast new ballots. Continue reading Co-op Living: Seward Park’s Summer of Discontent
 A Newly Refurbished Seal Park at the E. River Promenade - photo by thelodownny.com It won’t be quite as hot today — partly sunny and breezy with a high of 87. Tomorrow looks even better. Coming up today: our Weekend Kids’ Pick, a nice, refreshing local recipe and our monthly look at restaurant health inspections. Also, the HOT! Festival continues at Dixon Place this evening with two fascinating dance performance pieces. Check our Calendar for more on these, and other, Lower East Side events. Stay cool out there!
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