Jefferson Market Library
This month we will be reading Ira Levin’s 1972 classic of satirical, feminist horror, The Stepford Wives, as well as showing the 1975 film adaptation, starring Katharine Ross.
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Year: 2026
Wax Poetic: A True Halloween Tale
The following occurred several years ago near an apartment where I once lived. Perhaps a mere dozen stories tall, my neighboring building offered eight studio apartments per floor. Over the decades, time and rental wear and tear would take its toll, and by the early 1970s new owners had cleaned up the old girl, painting her decorative facade like the belle of a ball to which she was never invited.
Read MoreBlather, Bombs, Bodies and then … A Bribe?
Well it’s that time of the year … mid-term elections. I sure do hope all dem democrats ─ including Republicans, Democrats and independents ─ vote for a democrat/Democrat. I say this because the Republican Party seems to have lost its way.
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Art Work: Whitney Staff Make Art
The Whitney Museum, with 369 employees, is a large complex of many departments, missions and roles. It mounts an annual exhibit of its employees’ work at Westbeth Gallery, its neighbor in the far West Village.
Read MoreThe Joys of Life— Getting Older in The West Village
I received this email from my 84-year-old friend and neighbor who lives alone in a West Village apartment. I laughed as I read it and wanted to share this with you knowing many of you can relate and laugh too.
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The Album and the Garage
There is a postcard on the table in my Bank Street studio. The Detroit Publishing Company printed it in 1912 and it shows a sea horse at the New York Aquarium ─ back when it was at Castle Garden. Walk south along the Hudson River Greenway from the end of this street and you arrive at the spot. The building is still standing, back under its older name, Castle Clinton. You can buy Statue of Liberty ferry tickets inside it now. I also have a 1920s postcard of the Statue. That one became a scarf.
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Lavagna: An East Village Italian Restaurant
Last month Kelly and I headed east to find some good, but affordable Italian food for my son’s 39th birthday. We not only found an affordable place, we found a gem, well worth a walk across to 5th Street between A and B.
Read MoreBecoming Love
What if each of us already is what we couldn’t even dare to dream we could become? What if there is reality that is free of conflict, free of the suffering, of trying so hard to be the person we are conditioned to believe we are supposed to be? And what if all we have to do is to learn to clear away the obstacles preventing us from living the truth that we already are?
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Observations From Wisconsin
And here is the surprise. Where once one would expect the candidates to declare their party and choose their party’s theme colors ─ red for Republican, blue for Democrat, something else for independents ─ that tradition has been upended here. In TV ads, social media, yard signs and billboards, there are the usual claims to cut taxes and make the economy strong, but there’s something missing.
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My View of the Village
I was walking around and I saw this crazy bus with people dancing on the roof. I followed the bus until it stopped at Washington Square. People were dressed as Glinda the Good Witch from the Broadway musical, Wicked.
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Autumn Safety Tips for your Pets
There’s nothing like the crisp, cool air and luscious foliage to get you excited for the changing seasons. But fall is also a time of lurking dangers for our furry friends. From household poisons to cold weather hazards, there are important safety issues to consider to keep your pet safe, happy and healthy during the autumn months.
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The Tao of Pickleball
I first heard of pickleball about 15 years ago from my neighbor Mark, who was an avid player. He would make the trek from the West Village to Stuytown regularly to play on what were probably the only courts in town at the time. He described the game and invited me to join but I couldn’t get past the name “pickleball.”
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Memory Must Not Become a Prison – New Yorkers of All Faiths Come Together to Encourage Solidarity on the 25th Anniversary of Sept. 11
On the evening of Thursday, Sept. 10, dozens gathered in the Village to stand together and urge fellow New Yorkers to let their memory of September 11 be in service of creating a better, more inclusive future.
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America at 250
- Autumn Safety Tips for your Pets
There’s nothing like the crisp, cool air and luscious foliage to get you excited for the changing seasons. But fall is also a time of lurking dangers for our furry friends. From household poisons to cold weather hazards, there are important safety issues to consider to keep your pet safe, happy and healthy during the autumn months.