- The price of popularity: The New Museum raises its admission fee from $12 to $16 at the Carsten Holler exhibit, to help fund extra staff time in the wake of enthusiastic crowds. (NYT)
- Orchard Street’s new rock-star jewelry store, The Great Frog, gets a nice write-up in a national pub in advance of its grand opening party this Friday. (Women’s Wear Daily)
- A construction worker was injured when a ceiling collapsed at the Mars Bar yesterday afternoon. (DNAInfo, EV Local)
- Leo the famous East River Park barge cat needs a new home (again). (EVGrieve)
- Actress Jill Hennessey rocked some Blue Oyster Cult tunes at the Parkside Lounge on East Houston Street last night, after her new BOC film, “Roadie,” debuted at the Angelika. (NYPost)
- The new Starbucks coming to the East Village is almost as popular as that new IHOP. (EVGrieve)
- Something huge fell onto FDR Drive at East 14th Street late last night, closing the road in both directions for a while. (NYBuff)
