Condemning the city’s “coverup” and “lies,” activists rallied to save the shuttered Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, asserting the youth and adult sports hub at Clarkson Street and 7th Avenue South “can be fully repaired,” as the city’s own architect confirmed in newly-released public records.
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In New York City, stuff happens. And sometimes — thanks to the concerted efforts of activists and policymakers — the stuff that happens is change for the better.
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Newly released records have intensified ongoing debates about the intertwined fates of a beloved neighborhood recreation center and a proposed affordable housing development in Hudson Square.
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Carl Wilson has declared victory in the closely watched special election for Manhattan’s District 3 City Council seat, which runs west of 6th Avenue, from Houston Street to 55th Street, defeating Lindsey Boylan, who was endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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East and West Villagers are routinely smitten by the latest must-see venues: beautiful people, places and things that are beyond mere nouns. Where’s the experience of cutting-edge end retail design? The upscale dives, the delightful deliriums, the decorum-less dioramas?
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Not since Keith Haring’s provocative stick-figure art first adorned West 4th Street subway walls has the NYC underground looked so interesting. Not to mention lovely! And it’s because of Mae Curry’s flowers.
Read MoreIf you are going through a difficult time, you, like many may find the part of what is called The Serenity Prayer helpful: Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can: and the Wisdom to know the difference.
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For the second year, Brian Pape of The Village View will exhibit his paintings as part of the Art by Architects NYC exhibit and fund-raiser, after a successful showing last year.
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Mable Dwight was one of the most important American women printmakers. She was fascinated with human reality. Dwight was an active member of the Whitney Studio Club, a precursor to the Whitney Museum, participating in their life drawing class that permitted women artists.
Read MoreI stopped teaching in 2024. I began in 1971 when I graduated from college. My first job was at a public school on New York’s Lower Eastside as an “Above Quota Teacher” (in-house substitute). I covered for absent teachers before outside subs were called. Many of the students acted out. Getting outside subs at our school was difficult. Few came back a second time.
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There’s something very interesting going on with EPiC, the new Elvis Presley Concert/Documentary. The movie as a concert film is terrific. Director Baz Luhrmann has cut and mixed this series of rehearsals and concerts, mostly in Vegas, to make you feel you are at a concert.
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Local events in Greenwich Village in April 2026
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After more than four decades in thrash metal, Tony Portaro, founding guitarist, singer and composer of Whiplash, remains as passionate and restless as ever. From iconic guitars to painting, online teaching, and an upcoming album, Portaro shared a candid look at his life, creative process, and the future of the band.
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Remarkably, WMM will celebrate its 55th anniversary next year. Today, it stands as one of the nation’s premier documentary organizations, serving as a powerful force that enables women to produce socially conscious films and distribute them to a global audience.
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Despite the Graham studio’s imminent closing at Westbeth, Beth Soll & Company brilliantly performed in its space on March 22, leaving a strong aura of explosive creative movement as formidable ghosts for its future inhabitants.
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