The singer-songwriter will perform this week as part of NYC’s New Music Festival.

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Freestyle Mondays has been one of the scene’s staples for over a decade. Launched in 2002 at the now defunct Sin Sin, it kicks off a weekly engagement at Ella Lounge tonight.

Class was dismissed early today at East Side Community High School and Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School due to structural issues with the school building.

On Saturday, City Council members Rosie Mendez and Margaret Chin threw their weight behind a plan to build a public park beneath Delancey Street, imploring local residents to demand that Governor Cuomo make the buzzy Lowline a reality.

A music festival taking place across the East and West Villages this week is being billed as “East Meets West.” And the organizers? They’re from down south.

The High Holy Days are keeping Moishe Perl, the owner of Moishe’s Kosher Bake Shop, well occupied – but he’ll soon be even busier. After four decades on Second Avenue, the bakery is due for some changes.

It was a busy, boisterous weekend in the East Village. On Saturday, Fourth Arts Block, the nonprofit constellation of art groups and performance spaces lining East Fourth Street between Bowery and Second Avenues, hosted its annual FAB! Festival, as you can see above. Meanwhile a few blocks south, the latest Centre-Fuge murals debuted at the annual First Street Block Fair.

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Centre-Fuge brings a rotating array of art to the walls of a modular unit used by construction workers. Here’s the latest installment.

Elected officials blasted the New York City Housing Authority this afternoon for not being quick enough to make security upgrades, citing a recent study that indicates many public housing residents don’t feel safe in their own homes. Meanwhile, the authority pointed the finger right back at local politicians.

Hot on the heels of Bikinis, the neighborhood is getting another European-style cafe. Croissanteria, which doubles as a bakery, will debut on Avenue A in two or three weeks.

A specialty food shop that counted local chefs David Chang of Momofuku and Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune as fans will reopen next month.

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DNA van spotted on Avenue A.

The Ludlow Street cafe and health food store will auction off its remaining furniture, fixtures and kitchenware. Here’s why the place mattered.

Raf Astor took up dog-sitting when his gig as a musician slowed down. The folks at the dog run known him and his charges as “the Raf Pack.”

The Mediterranean bistro closed because its landlord raised the rent, says the owner, but it’s set to reopen in roomier digs across the street.

It happened Tuesday afternoon on Allen Street.