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LES Resident Spike Jonze Wins Oscar For ‘Best Original Screenplay’

Gary Shteyngart on the Lower East Side. Photo by Matthew Monteith.

Arts Watch: What To Do in March

“Affordable” Retail Space at 27 Orchard St.; $5K For 400 Square Feet

Man Attacked on Bowery Overnight; Police Seek Suspect

Orchard Street Runners: LES Girls Club Silent Auction Tonight

orchard street runners

Always a good time and it’s a good cause. More about Orchard Street Runners here.

A flight at Top Hops. Photos by Alex M. Smith.

Top Hops Taps Into NYC’s Love Affair With Craft Beer

Morning Reads: Chinatown Fish-Skin Infection, Silver on Charter Schools, Red Room Projects Debuts

There have been at least 30 cases in which people have contracted a rare skin infection after handling fish purchased in New York’s Chinatown neighborhoods (NYT).

Sheldon Silver says there’s no “charter school crisis” and that any debate about funding should include all schools (Daily News).

You read it here first; now The Forward catches up on plans for a kosher restaurant in the former Noah’s Ark space (The Forward).

Red Room Projects, a new performance space, opens on East 4th Street (EV Grieve).

Stairs, a newish gay venue on East 2nd Street, has transformed a former Italian restaurant into “a two-level club with somewhat mixed results.” (NYT)

Good Morning!

“Celebrating the Heroes of Our City” mural in the Henry M. Jackson Playground at Grand and Jackson streets. Photo by Joel Raskin.

A mix of cloud and sun with a high of 31. We’ll see some warming after today; looks like a high of 50 on Saturday!

On our radar: the controversial proposal to landmark the former Eastern Dispensary building at 75 Essex St. heads back to Community Board 3 tonight.

For other events, have a look at our Calendar.

Matthew Porter/High Difference, at Invisible Exports.

Arts Watch: Lower East Side Gallery Roundup

A New School at Essex Crossing: Will It Be Built, Whose Kids Will It Educate?

Early Spring Cleaning

East Broadway near Montgomery Street. Tuesday afternoon.

East Broadway near Essex/Rutgers Street.

You’re Invited: SPaCE Block Association Meets Tonight

Morning Reads: Ace Hotel on the Bowery, City Officials Meet Local Housing Activists, Laurie Simmons Opening

A $30 million deal closes to bring an Ace Hotel to the former Salvation Army shelter at 223 Bowery (Real Deal).

Affordable housing advocates, including Damaris Reyes of LES non-profit GOLES, meet with top city officials (Crain’s).

At a mayoral rally in Albany, Sheldon Silver reiterates his support for de Blasio’s universal pre-k plan, but stops short of an all-out endorsement of a tax on the wealthy to pay for it (Daily News).

Another take on Polish artist Pawel Althamer’s New Museum exhibition; is he exploiting his community collaborators? (Gallerist).

Laurie Simmons (aka Lena Dunham’s mom) opens a new show at Salon 94 on the Bowery this week (Artlyst).

Behind the scenes: the Skaters debut their new album at the Bowery Ballroom (Rolling Stones).

Good Morning!

Braving the cold along the East River. Photo by David Sierra.

Mostly sunny today with a high of 38.

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Now Open: 99 Favor Taste at 285 Grand St.

99 Favor Taste has hopped over the river from Sunset Park to 285 Grand St.

Korean-style barbecue has come to Grand Street.

LES Bites: Chez Jef Pop-up, Irving Farm Beer Collab, Family Recipe Oyster Happy Hour

A roundup of Lower East Side food headlines:

Via Eater, have a look at the menus for the pop-up French restaurant, Chez Jef, that will be in the former Bowery Diner space for awhile.

Robert Sietsema has an early look at the new restaurant in the Cooper Square Hotel.

Serious Eats checks out the revamped cocktail menu at the newish Golden Cadillac.

Irving Farm Coffee teamed up with Peak Organic Brewing Company in Maine to create a new Espresso Amber Ale. There will be a party to celebrate at 88 Orchard St. Friday night.

Family Recipe on Eldridge Street is debuting a $1 oyster happy hour from 6-7 p.m., except on the weekends.

A dim sum tasting tour with Wilson Tang of the Nom Wah Tea parlor and Fung Tu.

Sponsored Post: Karpoff Affiliates Apartment of the Week

“Affordable” Retail Space at 27 Orchard St.; $5K For 400 Square Feet

Man Attacked on Bowery Overnight; Police Seek Suspect

Orchard Street Runners: LES Girls Club Silent Auction Tonight

Top Hops Taps Into NYC’s Love Affair With Craft Beer

Morning Reads: Chinatown Fish-Skin Infection, Silver on Charter Schools, Red Room Projects Debuts

Good Morning!

Arts Watch: Lower East Side Gallery Roundup

A New School at Essex Crossing: Will It Be Built, Whose Kids Will It Educate?

Early Spring Cleaning

You’re Invited: SPaCE Block Association Meets Tonight

Morning Reads: Ace Hotel on the Bowery, City Officials Meet Local Housing Activists, Laurie Simmons Opening

Good Morning!

Now Open: 99 Favor Taste at 285 Grand St.

LES Bites: Chez Jef Pop-up, Irving Farm Beer Collab, Family Recipe Oyster Happy Hour

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