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Exhibition 211
Friends Elena Bajo, Eric Anglès, Jakob Schillinger, Nathalie Anglès and Warren Neidich were given six months of access to an empty storefront on Elizabeth Street starting this past March. They’re using it as a gallery and project space, inviting a new artist to work and exhibit every three days. Participants must leave what they make at the end of their time; newcomers can build from the leftovers. 211 Elizabeth St between Prince and Spring Sts (exhibition211.net)

RE:NEW RE:PLAY
In May, the New Museum began this series, in which artists carry out a project over the course of a month and present their progress to the public every Thursday night. The four-sibling performance collective Lewis Forever brings its song and dance (literally) to the museum in June; expect video work, parties and live performances about identity. As the members are half Dominican and half Jewish-American, they have a thing or two to say about the subject. 235 Bowery at Stanton St (212-219-1222, newmuseum.org)

e-flux
In April, this art network and gallery sprouted a new space in its basement. The second exhibition (which opened May 26) dovetails with the closing of Virgin Megastore: “Raster Noton: The Shop” presents the experimental-music label’s releases in the form of an interactive, noncommercial music store. 41 Essex St between Grand and Hester Sts (212-619-3356, e-flux.com)

Scaramouche
This three-month-old storefront space—the reincarnation of gallery Fruit & Flower Deli—houses group shows and performances by a young, hip Lower East Side crowd, many of whom are Columbia M.F.A. program grads. But with show titles like “The Practice of Joy Before Death; It just would not be a party without you,” you could have guessed that much. 53 Stanton St at Eldridge St (212-228-2229, scaramoucheart.com)

FEAST
True to its acronym (which stands for Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics), FEAST is a roving community dinner that has been held three times (in the basements of Brooklyn churches) since its inception in February. Pay on a sliding scale and receive a meal and a ballot; at the end of the night, cast a vote for which of a handful of artists’ proposals should get the evening’s proceeds. The winner presents their work to you, the patrons, at the next event. Go to feastinbklyn.org for info.

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