To Be Heard in Print: Black Gay Writers in 1980s New York
Zoom WebinarNew York City in the 1980s witnessed the establishment of several organizations founded by and for Black gay men. Among these organizations were two writing groups, the Blackheart Collective and Other Countries, both with ties to Greenwich Village. A Zoom webinar with Kevin McGruder, Associate Professor of History at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Mazel! Yiddish Classics Reimagined by an Unlikely Trio
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesCelebrate Rosh Hashanah in the company of Janis Siegel, John Di Martino and Cantor Daniel Kramer for the first live presentation of their highly acclaimed Covid-lockdown album of Yiddish classics with a backbeat.
The Village Trip GuitarFest I โ “Bowery Haunt” In Memory of Scott Johnson
Loft 393 393 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village Trip GuitarFest assembles a formidable group of guitarists from all over the tri-state region for a 3-day festival of new and old music for guitars, beginning with a tribute to the late Scott Johnson with a performance of his "Bowery Haunt", a wild ride for two electric guitars.
David Mills: Glamour + Despair
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesA harrowing, hysterical look at life on the edge of the apocalypse. A genre-defying, comedic romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.
Modern Architecture and Adaptive Re-Use in the West Village and Meatpacking District. Walking Tour with Architect Kyle Johnson
MacDougal St. & MacDougal Alley NY, United StatesLearn about Greenwich Villageโs legacy of Modern architecture and visit key projects in the West Village and Meatpacking District.
Wonderful Town โ A Walking Tour with Jamie Bernstein
Northwest corner of 14th Street and 7th Avenue Northwest corner of 14th Street and 7th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesA truly unique walking tour with author, broadcaster and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein. The Maestroโs daughter will lead you on a fascinating ramble through the crooked streets of Greenwich Village which inspired Leonard Bernsteinโs great 20th-century musical Wonderful Town.
The Village Trip GuitarFest II โ Mel Powell Centenary โ My Guyโs Come Back
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThe TVT GuitarFest assembles a formidable group of guitarists from all over the Western Hemisphere for a 3-day festival of new and old music for guitars. GuitarFest II focuses on the centenary of jazz legend Mel Powell.
Jazz for Justice: Freedom First โ We Are With You / Estamos Contigo
Nuyorican Poets Cafรฉ 236 East 3rd Street, NY, United StatesAn all-star concert for Keith LaMar, who has spent almost 34 years in solitary confinement on death row in Ohio for a crime he didnโt commit.
The Village Trip GuitarFest III โ Finding Beauty in Small Things โ Mel Powell to Chester Biscardi
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesAmong the finest guitarists of all timeโ (American Record Guide), David Leisner will perform three solos written for him by Chester Biscardi, Laura Kaminsky and Bun-Ching Lam. Guitarist Xingxing Yao, from Hangzhou performs Mel Powell; Chilean guitarist Sebastian Molina, Bowers Fader Duo, and moreโฆ
The Avant Garde Moves East: East Village Art and History Walk with Marc Kehoe
The Cube at Astor Place at Lafayette Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis comprehensive walking tour explores the crucible for avant-garde arts and social change that the East Village has been for the last eighty years.
Seeking Refuge: Sounding loss and displacement
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesPoet Mascha Kalรฉko is your guide to an afternoon of song and chamber music that explores the themes of loss, isolation and displacement common to so many refugees. Soprano Sharon Harms is joined by pianist Joan Forsyth and guitarist William Anderson to perform music by Dawe, Hailstork, Pollock and more.
Living In Twilight with Carol Lipnik and Gordon Beeferman
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesA harrowing, hysterical look at life on the edge of the apocalypse. A genre-defying, comedic romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.
Shanah Tovah! A Joyous New Year’sย Musicalย Celebration with Avram Pengas, David Amram & friends
DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United StatesSongs of New York Cityโs Yiddish theater,ย Sephardic folklore andย theirย global roots will welcome in the new year. Come toย listen, sing along, and dance to theย music ofย both the Ashkenazic andย Sephardicย communities which continue to enrich the music of the world.ย
Public/Private: Gail Papp, in conversation with George C Wolfe
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesMore than half a century after the Public Theater opened its doors with Hair, Gail Papp returns to the Theater to talk, for the first time, about her vivid and fascinating behind-the scenes memoir Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater.
So Surreal – Anarchy Under the Arch! Innovators, Radicals, Mavericks and Game-changers
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village has long been home to artistic and social mavericks; young Bohemians, innovators and free-thinkers. This concert explores the connections between the French surrealist movement and American musicians, Dadaism, theosophy and spiritualism. Music by Satie, Cage, Ives, Seeger, Wolpe, more.
Simic Colors at Salmagundi: baritone Joseph Keckler, soprano Sharon Harms
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBaritone Joseph Keckler & soprano Sharon Harms perform new settings of Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Charles Simic by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Gene Pritsker; Carman Mooreโs โA Village Triptychโ treats of a group of Greenwich Village poets including his dear friend Lennox Raphael; Jospeh Kecklerโs biting dramatic works.
Plays and Playwrights of Greenwich Village
HB Playwrights Theatre 124 Bank St, New York, NY, United StatesA conversation with Angelina Fiordellisi and playwrights of The Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project recognizing the Cherry Laneโs 100th, torch-passing year.
The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation Open House
The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation 526 Laguardia Place, New York, NY, United StatesExplore the home and studio of sculptor Chaim Gross (1902-91) and his wife Renee (1909-2005) who played important roles in the Greenwich Village art scene for much of the 20th century.
Statuesque: A Drag Celebration of BIPOC LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
The Stonewall Inn 53 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United StatesA drag celebration of BIPOC LGBTQ+ heroes, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and Stormรฉ DeLarverie at the Stonewall Inn, the place where it all began. The event, sponsored by The New School, will draw attention to the epidemic of violence against trans women of color that remains more than 50 years later, and will fundraise for the first statue honoring a trans person in New Jersey, commemorating Marsha P. Johnson. Legendary Queen, Harmonica Sunbeam, will host and headline the event.
Uncommon Women: Celebrating Joan Tower
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesA piano salute to women composers, dedicated to Joan Tower, who originally founded the Greenwich House Series of New Music. Six new music pianists perform music by women associated with the Village, including works by Meredith Monk, Faye-Ellen Silverman, guest Errollyn Wallen and of course Tower herself.