NYC will soon be home to two new shops, the second Levi's 'workshop' and a tea shop from hipster Sikh Waris Ahluwalia. Levi's first workshop, an endeavor devoted more to educating potential buyers-into the heritage brand's newfangled Americana ethos than selling wares, hit San Francisco earlier this year with a bang. It welcomed the likes of Alice Waters, Craig Newmark, and Shepard Fairey, who taught participants how to make things like cookbooks and baseball cards in collaboration with the San Francisco Giants’ outreach program, Junior Giants. Now it's NYC's turn. Levi's is taking over the old Dietch Projects Wooster Street space in Soho.

"This time the work shop will be devoted to photography, hosting gallery shows, and offering vintage camera rentals in a 'professional-grade studio,'" says The Scout. And, in honor of its opening, TinyVices's Tim Barber has curated an exhibition called New Work New York, featuring NYC-themed art from three-dozen locals including Jason Nocito, Peter Funch, and Christine Osinski, among others. An opening fete will take place tomorrow from 8pm-11pm.

Jeweler Waris Ahluwalia is debuting an NYC shop, and it won't just be selling his signature designs. In fact, Ahluwalia is opening a tea shop just beneath the Highline. "The space itself has been redesigned by architect Christian Wassmann; like any proper tea house there’ll be a pavilion and a garden," says Elle.com of the store, which will also include goods from Assouline, Rodarte, A.P.C., and Olympia LeTan ("the first time her totes will be sold stateside"). As for the tea: it's straight from the Himalayas and will be on-hand to help wash down snacks sourced from significantly closer sources (Cafe Cluny and Bar Pitti included). The space - at 504 West 24th Street - opens October 7th, and will stay open only until the 17th.