Category: Arts

First, and just in time for the heat of the season, comes the revival of our movie screenings. We’ve recently completed an audio-visual renovation in our first floor Willa Cather room, giving us a vastly improved setup for our regular Monday night movies, as well as some summertime matinees.

There is a “must read” article in the May issue of The Village View by Dan Bianchi who covered the rich history of “Off Broadway” south of 14th St.

Of the 41 Broadway theaters only 35 are booked.  Tickets are priced far more reasonably so it is a great time to see a show and audiences do reflect that.

This is a play about family, love, loss, memories and hopes set in New Orleans against the backdrop of the first day of Hurricane Katrina.

The Arden of Faversham provided some hearty laughs, and an unexpected opportunity to link our modern culture’s fascination with true crime podcasts back to 16th Century England

You may be familiar with May Swenson, or may be not. But with each April arrives National Poetry Month, leaving us twenty-four fortnights to bone up on this worthy wordsmith before four/twenty-four.

Women’s History Month in March was brought to life by West Village resident and founder of the International Women Artists’ Salon Heidi Russell, with two celebrations of women-identifying artistry from history and the here and now.

As for venues, there were still many legitimate houses downtown, big and small, but the true experiments found their way into all kinds of spaces which became targets for the more adventurous audiences.

After a long hiatus, we recently started showing art in our basement gallery space again. Our first exhibition, titled Lost in Sea, from artist Delphine Le Goff is on display until the end of May.

Within the design field, there is a practice we have modernly called Biodesign. This method of making draws inspiration from and collaborates with natural processes and biological organisms. During this lecture series, we will explore the history of Biodesign to contextualize its modern expansion.

Known in the 1940s for the decorated tiles and ceramics she created in her Village studio and sold uptown which were eagerly purchased by wealthy shoppers on Fifth Avenue, she was a photogenic, engaging woman with a New York society drawl. Downtown she dressed bohemian and suited up when heading uptown.