artwork by Daniel Allegrucci

No plans tonight? Galleries are having openings by the dozen this evening in all our neighborhoods. We’re most intrigued by the Vice Photo Show at Culture Fix on the Lower East Side, where all the shots from Vice’s 2013 photo issue, including female nudes photographed by Greenpoint frequenter Kim Gordon and a terrifying set of photos starring Real Life Barbie posing with cockroaches, will be on display all week starting tonight. Maybe pass if you’re squeamish and/or see more than enough roaches in your daily life already, but read on for the best art openings tonight and this weekend.
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Skal is coming along nicely, wouldn’t you say? (Photo: Anna Silman)

Few details have been released about the Nordic restaurant opening at 37 Canal Street. But as you can see from our photo, the revamp of the former Les Enfants Terribles space is well underway. Owner Olibjorn Stephensen, who’s been mum so far, is holding an open call this afternoon for “waiters with experience in New York City,” so it’s safe to say he’s amping up for a big opening sometime soon.
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Thought today was a scorcher? Just be glad you’re not wearing an FDNY uniform. Firefighters were taken to hospitals this morning when blazes broke out on the fringes of Chinatown and in Williamsburg.

The fire at 75-83A Elizabeth St., near Hester Street, started around 8:30 a.m. (the cause has yet to be determined) and lit up the first floor of a building that houses two hair salons and apartments. It was under control by 10:05 a.m., the fire department said.
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(Photo: Timothy Krause).

The House of Yes, which has been forced out of its Maujer Street space by rent hikes, will give a final “end-of-times-themed” variety show this Sunday. [DNAinfo]

Norah Jones sold her apartment in the Carl Fischer Building on Cooper Square today for $6.7 million. [The Real Deal] More →

Mural at 5 Pointz, Queens. (Photo: Timothy Krause).

A Greenpoint townhouse sold for $3.75 million after less than a month on the market. []

Havemeyer Park — a temporary green space on the Domino factory site with nearly every amenity imaginable, from yoga classes to “a small farm” — is officially open. [Brooklyn Paper] More →