Stupak on the Push Project; MAD Tix on Sale March 11

LOWER EAST SIDE ? Beauty & Essex's Chris Santos is throwing a "Rock 'n' Roll Tasting Event" at Tammany Hall on March 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. It's a fundraiser hosted by Ted Allen, for a Sandy-destroyed recording studio South Sound, and will feature food from Santos, as well as Aaron Sanchez, Amanda Frietag, Josh Capon, and Roble Ali. Tickets are $125, available online. [EaterWire]

CITYWIDE ? 35 different NYC restaurants are participating in Japanese Restaurant Week, which started Monday and runs through March 18. Restaurants like Blue Ribbon Sushi and Ootoya are offering bento boxes and special dishes from the various Japanese prefectures. More details over this way. [EaterWire]

EAST VILLAGE ? Alex Stupak takes to First We Feast to discuss his guest chef series The Push Project, which doesn't make any money for his restaurants: "I think one of the key ingredients to a long career of creativity and progression is a healthy dose of destruction every now and then. The only thing you are trying to destroy, however, is whatever comfortable rut you are in the process of making for yourself." [First We Feast]

EVENT WIRE ? Tickets to René Redzepi's MAD Symposium go on sale March 11. This is the third edition of Redzepi's annual think-fest, which will be co-curated by Redzepi, Momofuku's David Chang (who has presented at MAD twice), and the team from Lucky Peach. Eater National has more. [Eater National]
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