Space of the Week: Soho Synagogue's New Digs

07.06.11 Charting the World of Cartography The Center for Architecture’s “Mapping the Cityscape” exhibition kicks off with an opening reception this evening, outlining the ways that cartography has shifted and grown. More  › Sea Air Is Actually Great for Antiques The East Hampton Antiques Show makes its fifth annual appearance on the East End social calendar this weekend. More  › If a Ladder Falls in the Forest… As part of the Whitney Museum’s series “Whitney On Site: New Commissions Downtown,” Elizabeth Streb’s Ascension uses rotating steps and nine climbers to question the essential nature of the ladder. More  › space of the week Not Your Father’s Shul “We pray and we play” is the unofficial motto of Rabbi Dovi and wife Esty Scheiner’s Soho synagogue, which makes sense when you see their new Crosby Street digs. Slideshow  › The fabric on this Torah ark was selected by Yigal Azrouël. The peacock chair is made to resemble the bird’s fanned tail. The folding coffee tables double as hanging art. movement The Analog Underground A new generation of digital apostates rejects zeroes and ones in favor of celluloid, vinyl, ink, paper, and the click-clack-ding-slide of a typewriter. More  › first look Prepping for a Royal Visit Starting today, the Park Avenue Armory will be home to the Royal Shakespeare Company, which built a perfect replica of its theater in Stratford-Upon-Avon and shipped it to New York in time for the Lincoln Center Festival. Slideshow  › The design-oriented flash-sale site Fab.com, which launched last month, is offering Design Hunting readers a $10 credit to use toward anything on the site, including the dbO ceramic kitchenware pictured here. Simply go to fab.com/ny to claim the credit (free membership required).