A little round-up of the week on the LES.

Here are some snippets of neighborhood goings-on because the LES has been thriving this week. Live, sensual sushi advertisements and film/video shoots have been spotted on the streets. A new culinary center at the Tenement Museum will be opening. The Lower East Side Girls Club had a celebration for their soon-to-be new home. There is also a fresh Bowery scent hitting the markets and a Bowery exhibit in Whole Foods.

Unfortunately, there were also some gray clouds hovering over the area - neighborhood shootings and the last of government funds being distributed to some non-profits.

• Three people were shot on October 26 on Stanton and Attorney Streets. "Darling, don't worry," witness Newkirk said as she helped treat a bullet hole in one man's calf. "It's just a flesh wound - just chill out."  – New York Daily News. Oh, just a flesh wound? Good. Now that I know I have it's just another orifice in my body with no pleasurable function, I can breathe easy.
• If you see scantily clad women holding red snappers, octopus tentacles and rope tied in positions inspired by Shibari (the Japanese art of erotic rope bondage), don’t worry. They're just promoting Uo Sushi on the LES. – NY Eater. Huh. I'm sure that tickles someone's erotic fantasies.
• The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is going to open a Culinary Center as part of its new visitor’s center! – The Village Voice.
• Rihanna and Drake finished filming the music video for their song "What's My Name?". She was seen around Tribeca and the Lower East Side over the past few weeks. – Ace Showbiz. Speaking of filmings, BBC/Discovery Channel is also shooting the documentary Filthy City on Broome Street.
• "On the Bowery" is an exhibit that opened at Whole Foods on Thursday and traces the history of the Bowery. - DNA Info.
• The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced that the last of government funds would be distributed among nonprofits south of Houston Street. – The New York Observer.
• Bond No. 9 is soldering on with its "Scents of New York" campaign - time to check out Nouveau Bowery. Mmm, citrusy. – NearSay
• “Community leaders and elected officials gathered Friday to break ground on a $35 million project that will give the Lower East Side Girls Club its first real home since the organization was founded in 1996." – NY1.

Happy Halloween weekend, everyone.