Morning Reads: Bus Driver’s Family Goes to Court, Mission Cantina “Fizzles,” NADA’s Spring Lineup

By
Ed Litvak
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A show of force in court by the family of William Pena, the city bus driver who was killed in a crash last week on 14th Street. Pena was raised on the Lower East Side (Post).

The mayor unveils his ambitious traffic safety plan (NYT).

ICYMI: Politico Richard Brodsky says “vintage Shelly (Silver) is back in business” because he’s “the best sausage-maker in the business, even if no one wants to applaud when he’s in action.”  (Times Union)

Pete Wells reviews Danny Bowien’s Mission Cantina: “…while some of the food can be remarkable and original, a surprising number of things do fizzle on this menu, a book of wet matches from a chef who can make sparks shoot from his fingertips.” (NYT)

The New Art Dealers Alliance releases the lineup for its second year at Basketball City on Pier 36 this coming spring (Gallerist).

Eli Ping is moving from a basement on Eldridge Street to a new gallery space at 55 Chrystie St. (Gallerist).

Remember that car door that was part of Banksy’s Ludlow Street installation last fall? It flopped at an auction in Miami this week (Daily News).

Neil Patrick Harris gets primed for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” with a jam session at Rockwood Music Hall (NYT).

 

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