August 15, 2011 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 81 Degrees.
Notices:
The Central Park Conservancy is putting on an outdoor movie series next week on a hill in the middle of the park between Sheep Meadow and the 72nd Street Cross Drive, and you can vote for which movie will show on the final night of the series, Coal Miner’s Daughter or A Star is Born. Vote here.
A campaign to raise money for Riverside Park’s Summer on the Hudson, a series of free movies, yoga, dancing and music programs in the park, has so far raised $0 after at least two months of solicitations. If you want to contribute, click here. (DNAinfo)
Check out our list of free and cheap events in the neighborhood this week.
News:
A homeless man has been squatting in NBC anchor Ann Curry’s $2.9 million house on West 71st Street street for months now, but was kicked out by police this weekend. Curry, a co-host of the Today Show, hasn’t lived in the house yet, because it has been undergoing renovations for eight years. As the Post so subtly put it: “Ann Curry means crap to me!” barked the vagrant. (New York Post)
A judge threw out a lawsuit brought by parents trying to stop the controversial Upper West Side Success Academy charter school from opening up at the former Brandeis High School on 84th Street. The suit was tossed on technical grounds, but it makes it much more likely the school will be open to open this fall. (NY1)
If you haven’t already, please vote in our poll on what to rename Zabar’s lobster salad. The future of the world depends on it.
Correction: this post initially said incorrectly that Ann Curry works for CNN.
