A Day at the Beach
On October 2nd the Hudson River Park Trust opened the long awaited park and beach at Gansevoort Peninsula, just below 14th Street on the Hudson River.
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Category: Culture
T’must be sumpin’ in the water! A boy balladeer works the Village
In 1895, a slight 17-year-old English orphan-boy, sailed into New York harbor to work aboard the four-masted Bidston Hill. Instead, he deserted ship to cast his lot with the Americans. After tramping about for a short spell, he sought out fortune
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Village Preservation to Fight Plan to Turn SoHo Building Into Luxury Housing
Mayor de Blasio, Council Members Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera, and most members of the City Council championed the SoHo/NoHo/Chinatown Upzoning + Displacement Plan in 2021 promising it would promote affordable housing development and wouldn’t destroy existing affordable rent-regulated housing. Sad to say, their predictions have turned out to be far from true — as Village Preservation warned.
Read MoreThe Whitney Independent Study Program Moves
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was one of the most influential and innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Strange and Beautiful Sounds at Zinc Bar
Haunting, beautiful, insane, incendiary, bizarre, meditative, and alien. These are just a few words that only begin to describe the sounds I heard coming from the trio of Theo Bleckman, Ben Monder, and Tom Rainey at the final performance of the Guitar Master Series
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The End of Memory
The End of Memory by Lynn Pacifico Apathy reigns as real estate and corporate sports conspire with...
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The Vanguard Orchestra Speaks Out
Some musicians have spent their entire adult lives in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Below are some of their reflections from the bandstand.
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You Don’t See THAT Every Day
Fall and spring migration is a time when birds can get so close you can nearly touch them. After a long night flying, possibly hundreds of miles, like this morning, they’re hungry. Hungry and they’re less wary of all the dangers around them. This includes ignoring the threat of that tree stump of a person rooted in the middle of the lawn festooned with binoculars and a camera.
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Ghost Stories Meet Modern Music at the Village Trip
Ghost Stories Meet Modern Music at the Village Trip By Lionelle Hamanaka Spooky ghost stories...
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The Holidays Are Coming. The Holidays Are Coming.
Well, it’s that time of the year. We are now getting serious about the holiday season. The pressure of looking good in swim wear is in the rearview mirror. Yes, with cold weather one tends to be wrapped up in winter attire
Read MoreNothing Wrong With “Woke”
“Woke” was never a part of my everyday conversation.
Read MoreDoes Anyone Remember Us?
Does Anyone Remember Us? By Sho Kohara Does anyone remember us? We were called “China Mary.” My name is Ah Yuen. I came to the United States from Canton in 1863. Being a prostitute. Yes. Many of our women came to America as...
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Artificial Intelligence is NOT an Oxymoron
Artificial Intelligence is NOT an Oxymoron By Bruce Poli In 1953, the year of my birth, my father was named editor of Leica Photography magazine, and later in 1968, editor of Popular Photography magazine. For both publications,...
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Talea’s Women-Owned Brewery Comes to the West Village
Talea’s was founded in 2018 in Cobble Hill, and expanded to a Williamsburg location in 2021, taking advantage of a corner spot with expansive amounts of outdoor seating
Read More- Astro-Zodial – NOVEMBER 2023, Scorpio/Sagittarius
VV’s Astro-Zodial Elucidictions NOVEMBER 2023, Scorpio/Sagittarius Peering into the Hudson-crystal ball sows some watery-fiery confusion this month—and what’s with the half-horse/half-man thing anyhow? (So very… Read more: Astro-Zodial – NOVEMBER 2023, Scorpio/Sagittarius
- VILLAGE PET PAGES- Lexi, Rochelle and Lola
VILLAGE PET PAGES By Joy and Brian Pape Lexi, Rochelle and Lola One morning, walking on Hudson River’s Pier 45,… Read more: VILLAGE PET PAGES- Lexi, Rochelle and Lola
- Joy in the Moment This Too Shall Pass
When going through a tough time we may think of the words, “This too shall pass” for solace.