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Seeking Refuge: Sounding loss and displacement

St Johnโ€™s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Poet 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.

$25 โ€“ $30

Living In Twilight with Carol Lipnik and Gordon Beeferman

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

A harrowing, hysterical look at life on the edge of the apocalypse. A genre-defying, comedic romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.

$20 โ€“ $25

Shanah Tovah! A Joyous New Year’sย Musicalย Celebration with Avram Pengas, David Amram & friends

DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United States

Songs of New York Cityโ€™s 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 

$25 โ€“ $30

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 States

More 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.

$25

So Surreal – Anarchy Under the Arch! Innovators, Radicals, Mavericks and Game-changers

Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

The 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.

$30

Simic Colors at Salmagundi: baritone Joseph Keckler, soprano Sharon Harms

Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Baritone Joseph Keckler & soprano Sharon Harms perform new settings of Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Charles Simic by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Gene Pritsker; Carman Mooreโ€™s โ€œA Village Triptychโ€ treats of a group of Greenwich Village poets including his dear friend Lennox Raphael; Jospeh Kecklerโ€™s biting dramatic works.

$30

Plays and Playwrights of Greenwich Village

HB Playwrights Theatre 124 Bank St, New York, NY, United States

A conversation with Angelina Fiordellisi and playwrights of The Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project recognizing the Cherry Laneโ€™s 100th, torch-passing year.

Free

The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation Open House

The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation 526 Laguardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Explore 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.

Free

Statuesque: A Drag Celebration of BIPOC LGBTQ+ Trailblazers

The Stonewall Inn 53 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United States

A 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.

$20

Uncommon Women: Celebrating Joan Tower

Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United States

A 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.

$25 โ€“ $30

Stand Up & Be Counted! The Village Trip Comedy Night

The Grisly Pear 107 Macdougal Street, New York, NY, United States

A night of comedy showcasing some of the best popular and up-and-coming comics in the New York area.

$15 โ€“ $20

Zora Rasmussen at Pangea

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Zora Rasmussen returns for a monthly residency bringing to Pangea a set of smoky vocals with a twist of comedy.

$25 โ€“ $30

Let Freedom Ring! Music and Voices of the March for Civil Rights, Then and Now

Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, NY, United States

In the Great Hall where Lincoln spoke and the NAACP was born, Let Freedom Ring! Music and Voices of the March for Civil Rights, Then and Now will honor the sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington, with an evening of song, dance, and oratory that address the way our society confronts discrimination, inequality, and oppression.

$25

The 2nd Birthplace: Hip-Hop at 50 Walking Tour

Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United States

Did you know that the first place in NYC where all four Hip Hop elements were presented together for the first time and outside of the Bronx was at a club/concert hall in the East Village? Did you know that rappers like Mos Def and Biggies got their start at an open mic show in the West Village? The tour is led by Tara Crichlow, aka โ€œBig Tara,โ€ a native of the Lower East Side, and a cultural ambassador.

Free

Loisaida, My Love

Third Street Music School Third Street Music School, New York, NY, United States

A celebration of the vibrant culture of the Lower East Side and the musical talents the area has nurtured โ€” virtuoso pianist Teresa Carreรฑo, tango master Astor Piazzolo and salsa star Celia Cruz. Soprano Adriana Valdes, George Lopez, piano, Ceylon Mitchell, flute, and moreโ€ฆ

Free

The 2nd Birthplace: Hip-Hop at 50 Walking Tour

Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United States

Did you know that the first place in NYC where all four Hip Hop elements were presented together for the first time and outside of the Bronx was at a club/concert hall in the East Village? Did you know that rappers like Mos Def and Biggies got their start at an open mic show in the West Village? The tour is led by Tara Crichlow, aka โ€œBig Tara,โ€ a native of the Lower East Side, and a cultural ambassador.

Free

Julie Gold: Closing the Distance

Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United States

An intimate evening of songs and stories with the inimitable Julie Gold, Greenwich Villageโ€™s own Grammy winner, a singer-songwriter known the world over for โ€œFrom a Distance,โ€ a song which has been read into the Congressional Record and which was used to wake up the astronauts on the Mir Space Station the very first time the Americans hooked up with the Russians in outer space. Join Julie โ€“ a wonderful raconteur as well as songwriter โ€“ for a very special evening.

$25 โ€“ $30

Lafcadio Hearn Project: Four ghost stories for speaker and pianist

Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street, NY, United States

Tenri Cultural Institute has a 30-year history of celebrating Japanese and Western culture. The Irish poet Lafcadio Hearn became an important bridge between Japan and the West. Four composers created musical works for narrator with piano based on Hearnโ€™s much loved, โ€œKwaidanโ€, a chilling collection of Japanese ghost stories.

$25 โ€“ $30

David Mills: Glamour + Despair

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

A harrowing, hysterical look at life on the edge of the apocalypse. A genre-defying, comedic romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.

$20 โ€“ $25

Picture Book Bohemia: A Childrenโ€™s-Book Walking Tour of Greenwich Village Led by Historian and Critic Leonard Marcus

Opposite the Forbes Building Fifth Avenue & 12th Street, NY, United States

This tour is postponed to Sunday 24, at 10am (due to forecast of thunderstorms on Saturday)

Greenwich Village was a vibrant creative crossroads for childrenโ€™s literatureโ€™s greats. On this walking tour, weโ€™ll visit the sites where 'Where the Wild Things Are', 'The Very Hungry Caterpiller', and - yes - 'Make Way for Ducklings' were all created + more

$5 โ€“ $10