Characters of the Village

Arnie Segarra: “I Give a Damn” Activist

David Rothenberg ─ Founder of The Fortune Society

Keen Berger – Educator, Author, Community Leader

Characters of the Village — Vincent Inconiglios: Orchestrating Artistic Lif...

Neighborhood

Village Independent Democrats Honors Alec Pruchnicki at Annual Gala

On Sept. 29, the Village Independent Democrats (VID) gathered at their annual gala to honor the advocacy work of longtime board member Alec Pruchnicki, M.D., along with Hands Off NYC, the Gilbert Baker Foundation and the Bronx Defenders.

Food

Sushi Meets Fried Chicken

My mom, my sister and I went to Shirokuro for sushi after a swimming lesson in the East Village. And to be very honest we simply asked Chat GPT to find the best sushi place near us and it recommended Shirokuro!

Arts

Gorgeous New Book Offers Treasure Trove of Village and Jazz History

If the Village has played an outsize role in American — dare one say Western? — culture, it’s thanks largely to a legendary array of idiosyncratic promoters and performance venues. Deborah Gordon’s terrific tribute to one such venue, The Last of the Jazz Joints: An Incomplete History of the Village Vanguard, shows what it takes to create a space hospitable to cutting-edge performers.

Business

“100 Worst” Landlord’s Reward for Fires, Evictions, and Violations: Prime Public Land at 388 Hudson Street

New York City’s chosen developer for a roughly 400-foot-tall “affordable housing” development on city-owned land at 388 Hudson St. (at Clarkson Street) was named near the top of the list of the 100 Worst Landlords in NYC by the Public Advocate.

Nature

How Clean Is the Hudson River?

In April, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) announced that New Yorkers could eat some fish from the Lower Hudson River for the first time in 50 years. It marked a milestone for a river with a toxic reputation and an infamous designation as the country’s largest Superfund site.

Parks

To Go

Frequently, I’m unwittingly asked the trio of “favorite” questions: 1) What’s your favorite bird? (The one I’m looking at.) 2) What’s your favorite season? (This one.) 3) What’s your favorite place to see birds? (Where I am.)

Culture

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai Come Full Circle with ‘The Sea of Emotion’

Fifty years is a long time to wait for a musical collision of this magnitude, but for rock guitar titans Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, time has only added rocket fuel to an unquenchable six-string fire.

About Us

The Loneliness Epidemic Hiding in Plain Sight Among NYC’s Older Adults

Many of the older adults who come through Greenwich House’s Older Adult Centers are navigating some kind of loss. A spouse or partner may have passed away. Friends they’ve known for decades may have died, one by one. Their children may have grown up and moved away, and the calls and visits may have become less frequent. Over time, those losses can shrink a person’s world in ways that aren’t always immediately visible.