Budget Cut Blues, “Tour de Force” at Abrons, Apotheke Shenanigans

  • Mayor Bloomberg’s latest budget cuts: more than 6,000 workers axed, firehouses to close at night (Gotham Gazette).
  • Repairing St. Brigid’s Church – a bigger job than originally anticipated (Villager).
  • The bicycle and skateboard menace in Chatham Square park (CCRC).
  • Jonah Bokaer’s “Anchises,” at the Abrons Arts Center is “a subtle tour de force.” (NYT)
  • Bar owners behaving badly: Apotheke’s Trummer claims partners locked him in a closet (Eater).