- Groups in Chinatown try to boost the neighborhood’s “outside appeal.” (NYT)
- Mayor launches a PR offensive in support of bike lanes (NYT).
- Night club Sin Sin will be replaced by a bakery, not another bar (DNA Info).
- Upright Citizen’s Brigade enrages the East Village yet again: this time red curtains are the culprit (DNA Info).
- Cooper Union holds annual egg drop (NY1).
- Damon Johnson’s LES homecoming at Gallery Bar: “an homage to a bygone era for Orchard Street, when the graffiti was authentic and street art meant something.” (Observer)
- The New York Philharmonic is set to perform, “The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in Yiddish Theater.” (The Jewish Week)