EV Grieve

Week in Grieview, Oct. 19-26

• Giving thanks: A final word on the stranded East River Park squirrels (Wednesday, Oct. 22)

• Great Jones Street co-named in honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat (Wednesday, Oct. 22) … ‘Samo Lives’ in Tompkins today (Monday, Oct. 20)

• After 16 years, Poco is closing on Avenue B and 3rd Street (Monday, Oct. 20)

• Photos along 14th Street from the ‘No Kings’ protest (Sunday, Oct. 19)

• At the 35th edition of the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade (Monday, Oct. 20)

… a favorite Dog Parade ensemble (pic by Stacie Joy) …

• Meow Mix returns (for a few nights) to the Lower East Side (Wednesday, Oct. 22) … Cynthia Nixon and Zohran Mamdani dropped by the Meow Mix reunion last night (Saturday, Oct. 25)

• Looking for what’s next at the former Rite Aid on 1st Avenue (Tuesday, Oct. 21)

• About a new art show — at a laundromat on 5th Street (Sunday, Oct. 19)

• All the vendors have left The Bowery Market; future new development in the works? (Thursday, Oct. 23)

• Free compost giveaway in Tompkins Square Park this Sunday (Thursday, Oct. 23)

• Housing lottery underway at 644 E. 14th St. (Tuesday, Oct. 21)

• Marufuku Ramen closes on 2nd Avenue (Monday, Oct. 20) … Japan’s Taishoken Ramen opening 1st NYC location at 92 2nd Ave. (Tuesday, Oct 21)

• A Brussels-based nut-butter coffee bar is opening on the Bowery (Thursday, Oct. 23)

• Signage alert: Coffee Roastery + Workshop on 14th Street (Monday, Oct. 20)

… and we’re happy to see that one of our favorite local (or anywhere!) bands, Genre is Death, is embarking on its first-ever tour next month… look for the first full-length release soon too (pic by Stacie Joy)