Scott Lynch

Good morning, East Village.

“A homeless man set himself on fire in the Bleecker Street subway station during Friday morning rush-hour, FDNY said.” [DNA Info]

The Neighborhood Preservation Center on East 11th Street will screen “The Domino Effect,” a documentary about the Domino factory redevelopment that “everyone concerned about gentrification should see.” [Save the LES]

East Village band The Virgins will play Bowery Ballroom with Har Mar Superstar on April 1. [New Yorker]

“Two more spaces have joined the perpetually booming Lower East Side gallery scene, including one — South Street Seaport transplant Van Der Plas Gallery (pictured) — on the packed Orchard Street corridor, and another, ROX, two blocks south on Delancey Street.” [Art Info]

Lydia Lunch is hosting a Post Catastrophe Collaborative Workshop in Ojai California on May 24-27. [Dangerous Minds]

“•It’s that time again: Northern Spy is hosting it’s third annual Big Beef dinner on April 3. Meat lovers can enjoy a hearty five-course meal with dishes including rib-eye carpaccio and cannoli stuffed with bone-marrow mascarpone.” [Grub Street]

Tables have arrived at Andrew Carmellini’s Lafayette. [Eater]

Wylie Dufresne’s Alder will open March 28. [Grub Street]