When we visited Breathe Inn last year we thought to ourselves wouldn’t it be great if something like this existed in NYC? Well, part of that experience is indeed happening, as the husband and wife team, Marlon and Camilla Aitcheson bring Breathe Inn to Fort Greene. This time in the form of a cafe specializing in vegetarian food. Taking over a former vegan eatery, Marlon Aitcheson explains that their experience as business owners will help build upon what the previous business failed at.

While doing a little bit of research we ran across an independent production and distribution company called Arthouse Films. We didn’t realize that the company was involved in many of the documentaries we have posted in the past including Beautiful Losers, Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, and Herb & Dorothy. Their incredible roster of movies also include documentaries on Chuck Close, Milton Glaser, Keither Haring, Rem Koolhaas, Robert Maple and many other fascinating individuals and groups involved in an array of creative fields. Most of the titles are accompanied with trailers however we didn’t see any production or release dates to them. We’ll just have to keep an eye on these great documentaries.

Mike Mills will be promoting his book Mike Mills: Graphic Films at Strand Bookstore on March 27 from 7 to 8:30pm.

The Scout was lucky enough to attend the opening last night of Jenny Holzer’s new solo show PROTECT PROTECT at the Whitney. Despite the current pervasive feeling of economic doom and perhaps the nature of Holzer’s work, the atmosphere was very jovial throughout the exhibits. Holzer’s show is composed of a number of paintings and prints in her ‘Redaction’ series (redacted/transformed government documents) and more noteably a number of large scale LED works. The ‘Stock Ticker’ like installations project words and phrases similar to Holzer’s other works – ‘trueisms’ and government double-talk from the Iraq War. The LED works are beautiful as a pure aesthetic, but taken in the context of the current economic crisis thier image alone evokes something powerful and emotional, regardless of the text.

One of our favorite artist, Phil Frost, has been keeping a low profile. His last solo show in New York was in 2006 at the Jack Shainman Gallery, where he exhibited large scale pieces. This time around it appears that his work will be a lot smaller. On April 4th, Frost will be showing works on paper at Jonathan Levine with an opening reception from 7-9pm. Little information is currently available on the site but we’re sure that will change soon enough.

It was inevitable. Fashion Week Daily reports on the highly successful and admired magazine, Monocle, is expanding once again. After opening its store in London last year, Monocle is set to open another in LA on April 6th. New York will have to wait, but plans for a shop this year are in the works as well as one in Tokyo. via Racked.