- Federal investigators meet today to officially determine the cause of a Bronx bus crash last year that took the lives of 15 Chinatown residents (WSJ).
- A look at Hotel Toshi on 1st Avenue (EV Grieve).
- Are chain stores always evil? (Jeremiah)
- The Educational Alliance raises almost $1 million at its annual gala (NY Non-Profit Press).
- Random thoughts about the Jews of the Lower East Side, then and now (Jewish Ideas Daily).
- Rapper Azealia Banks throws a Mermaid Ball at Bowery Ballroom, “complete with floating seahorses, cotton candy, and lots and lots of balloons.” The venue was “packed with scenesters, models, fist-pumpers, skaters, and drag queens.” (Rolling Stone)
- Experimental choreographer Alex Escalante performs his new work, “Charlie,” at the Abrons Arts Center (NYT).
