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I can’t implore you enough to go check iRiNi and The Jazz Mix, playing this Saturday at Sugar Bar. Her soulful voice echoes with a true emotion and captivates her lucky listeners. She’s jazz in the truest sense of the word. She has a following so get there early to ensure a table.

Distinguished panelists will discuss:
· The origins of the Bialystoker Home for the Aged, 228 East Broadway
· Its vital role in caring for the elderly and infirm of the community for 80 years
· The neighborhood, NYC and the nation during the Great Depression
· Its unique architectural character reflecting the Jewish heritage of the Lower East Side

· The recent vacating of its residents and proposed sale, ongoing efforts to preserve the building through landmark designation, and possible scenarios for its redevelopment

Ring in the Year of the Dragon with songs! Dave Liang of the Shanghai Restoration Project presents an afternoon of Chinese children’s songs with a modern twist in celebration of the Year of the Dragon and the release of his new CD, Little Dragon Tales: Chinese Children's Songs, featuring the Yip’s Canada Children’s Choir. Click here for a sneak peek.

Unsurprisingly yet still shockingly, Michael Bloomberg’s City Planning Commission approved his friend and fellow Billionaire Bill Rudin’s plan to build 450 luxury condominiums on the site of the former St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village today. The vital health concerns of the over one million New Yorkers who live and work on Manhattan’s Lower West Side were not taken into account by the Commissioners voting on this proposal – all appointed by the Mayor.

Please join NYU for a panel discussion on the importance of government funding for the arts. The panel will include Director of Programs at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Sergio Bessa; Executive Director at American Theatre Wing, Heather Hitchens; and Executive Director of the Cultural Strategies Initiative, Paul Nagle. The conversation will be moderated by Director of the NYU Fales Library, Marvin Taylor.

Dirty Looks, a monthly platform for queer experimental film and video, presents an evening of video work by Charles Atlas. With a career that spans 30-years, Atlas is one of the world’s most stalwart and vibrant videogrpahers of queer cultures and contemporary dance. This program will host a premiere of material from Turning, a feature-length collaboration between Atlas and Antony Hegarty, on the eve of the Museum of Modern Art commissioned Antony and the Johnsons’ Swanlights performance at Radio City Music Hall.

After years of futilely trying to persuade the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) to mitigate the horrendous rush-hour congestion, gridlock and horn-honking along Broome Street, as well as numerous appeals to repair the myriad cracked and broken crosswalks along Greene and Mercer Streets, the SoHo Alliance has begun working with the office of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to get some results.

Breaking: There are reports that in the next 48 hours President Obama could make a decision on whether to hold Wall Street accountable by opening a full investigation into the banks' role in the housing crisis, or give them a sweetheart deal that lets them off the hook. This is it!

Once again the snow has made its entrance and graced our parks with a winter wonderland. Just incase you are thinking of bundling your family and heading to your local park we’ve provided sledding information. Cheers!!

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