What you see above is the bum of Lena Dunham. She wrote on Instagram yesterday: “My dog bit me on the ass and Jemima Kirke captured the image of a life time #hopelessromantic #therewillbeblood”
Here’s a guide to dozens of free concerts this summer. [Bushwick Daily]
Avalon Chrystie Place, the 72,000-square-foot complex containing nearly 400 apartments and Whole Foods Bowery, is in contract for a $400 million sale to development firm Ashkenazy Acquisitions. []
Student and faculty members of the Committee to Save Cooper Union filed a lawsuit against the school Tuesday, which will charge tuition this fall for the first time in its 155 year history. [DNA Info]
The East Village property at 176 First Avenue has been on the market for a year, but the first floor and basement have recently been adding to the listing, meaning that the future of the 110-year-old DeRobertis Pasticceria and Caffé appears to be in jeopardy. [EV Grieve]
The building at 1133 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint has 105 affordable-housing units available on a lottery basis, ranging from about $500/month to $2,500/month. [Brownstoner]
Three-month-old Morgan Town bar has closed for good in Bushwick. [Bushwick Daily]
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Housing Works Bookstore Cafe will host its Open Air Street Fair on Crosby Street, complete with $1 books/music, thrift store finds, and Van Leeuwen ice cream. [Housing Works]
In Williamsburg, St. Vincent De Paul Church‘s conversion into Spire Lofts is just about complete. The 40 apartments in the 145-year-old former house of worship will lease from $4,250/month to $5,500/month. [Curbed]
See the eight-step pastrami-making process at Katz’s Deli (on a day without plumbing problems). [Serious Eats]
A Scottish clothing purveyor, Glasgow Vintage Company, signed a five-year, $6,500/month lease for a 9th Street storefront in the East Village. [Commervcial Observer]
Greenpoint Cheese + Meat has opened, and Xi’an Famous Foods will add a Greenpoint outpost to the chain. Also, there’s a launch party for Long Island’s Transmitter Brewery at Brouwerij Lane tonight from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. [Greenpointers]
Tomorrow, Botanic Lab on the Lower East Side hosts the third annual NY Funny Songs Fest. [NY Observer]
During this weekend’s Bushwick Open Studios, certain tattoo artists will work in front of an audience. [The Brooklyn Paper]
Scout Willis, the 22-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, was photographed taking a topless stroll around the Lower East Side yesterday. The act was a protest against Instagram, which sensors boob photos. [Gawker]