1) Beloved East Village scuzz staple Mars Bar is closed and it's unclear whether or not it will re-open. The bar, which is basically an old awesome booger wiped on the  neighborhood's fancy new facelift, will be demolished soon as it is to make room for luxury condos. [NYT, Runnin' Scared, EV Grieve] Update: Eater says Mars Bar is closed for good. R.I.P.!!

2) Kanye West joined Q-Tip on stage for a performance of A Tribe Called Quest's "Award Tour" at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival over the weekend. [EW via BV]

3) People who live next door to Chelsea's High Line are complaining that park-goers can see into their apartments and that they have no privacy. We feel soooooo sorry for them. [Gothamist]

4) MTV debuted a promo for Jersey Shore's new season in Italy today. In it, "blast in a glass"  Deena describes her perfect man as being, "a cute, Italian lean cuisine who ... actually speaks well English." That is not a typo (but you knew that). [MTV via Vulture]

5) A man in a wedding dress briefly made a cameo on the the field during a Braves-Nationals game yesterday before security took him away. [The Daily What]

6) Seun Kuti (son of Fela) and Egypt 80 play S.O.B.'s on July 27th. They'll also play a free Celebrate Brooklyn show on July 22nd. Seun's Brian Eno-produced album From Africa With Fury: Rise is out now. [BV]

7)  The final images from a bunch of movies. Big always gets us. [WhereTheLovelyThingsAre]