Busking in Father Demo Square
Father Demo Square 220 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesFolk, rock, jazz, classical โ come and experience the infinite variety of Village music and musicians!
Eating the Village: Pizza, pork, pastries, and more
Visit some of the Village's independent food purveyors--from the city's oldest butcher to a favorite pizza parlor and a French pastry shop--and hear the stories behind them and the neighborhood. Samples from each location are included in the price of the tour. This tour is offered by Manhattan Walking Tours. To receive a special 25% […]
Bad, Rad, and Boho Women of the Village Walking Tour
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesJoin public historian Kathleen Hulser to hear about mavericks such as Emma Goldman, Isadora Duncan, Dorothy Day, Mabel Dodge, Louise Bryant, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Jane Jacobs, and Angela Davis and the many other rebellious spirits who left their mark on Greenwich Village โ and on the world. More about Kathleen Husler. Meet […]
Hear The Marvelous Mrs. Maiselโs Bill Groom, Production Designer, talk about the hit series
North Square Lounge at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesHear Bill Groom, production designer of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, talk about using Greenwich Village as one of the key locations for the hit television series and how he and his team are able to turn back the clock to mid-century.ย The Marvelous Mrs Maisel recently wrapped filming on season four. More about Bill Groom. Ticket […]
From Washington Square to Stonewall: An LGBT History Walk
Join the experts at theย NYC LGBT Historic Sites Projectย for a walking tour of Greenwich Village. Learn about the LGBT presence in the Bohemian Village and hear about the places and people from the 1890s through the post-Stonewall LGBT civil rights movement and their lasting impact on American culture. Stops will include places connected to groups […]
Smash Cut: Author Talk with Brad Gooch
Lobby Bar at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesBrad Gooch will speak about his bookย Smash Cut: A Memoir of Howard & Art & the 70s & the 80s. Vanity Fairย has described the memoir, chronicling an incandescent moment in Greenwich Village and downtown New York City, as โA gorgeous memoirโฆa potent mix of love, art, and death.โ More about Brad Gooch. A drink is […]
West Village Theater Crawl
Visit the Lucille Lortel, Cherry Lane, Rattlestick, the New Ohio Theater and other theaters and hear about their illustrious histories, the talented people who have performed there, and their upcoming shows. Meeting point Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street.
Diana Wege’s Earth Requiem: Wake Up + World Premiere of Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola by David Amram, performed by Consuelo Sherba
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A unique opportunity to experience Eve Beglarianโs opening movement of Earth Requiem: Wake Up and the world premiรจre performance of Prelude, Prayer and Dance for Unaccompanied Viola by David Amram, Artist Emeritus of The Village Trip, commissioned for this yearโs festival by the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music. Performed by Consuelo Sherba.
“Itโs Difficult to Write This Without Sounding Alarmistโฆโ Larry Kramer and the Start of AIDS Activism
NYC AIDS Memorial Park 76 Greenwich Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe quote comes from the start of Larry Kramerโs first article on AIDS, โA Personal Appealโ published in August 1981 in the New York Native, a gay newspaper of the time. This year marks the 40th anniversary of those first reports of the disease that became known as AIDS. NBCโs Bill Goldstein, who is writing […]
Lorraine Hansberryโs Village Voice
Virtual Webinar on ZoomPlaywright, activist, and villager Lorraine Hansberry is best known for her award-winning play A Raisin in the Sun, which premiered on Broadway in 1959. She had an unflinching commitment to social justice which brought her under FBI surveillance in her early twenties. Hansberry was close friends with James Baldwin as well as Nina Simone, whose […]
An Evening of Chamber Music by Harold Meltzer
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A journey through the โgraceful, sensual and contemplativeโ sound worlds of the much-garlanded East Village composer
New York Studio School โ A Tour of the Arts with Bee Chessman
New York Studio School 8 West 8th Street, New York, NY, United StatesSince its founding in 1964, the New York Studio School has been an innovator in arts education, prioritizing daily continuity of study for artists through work in the studio. In 1965, the school moved into what had been the original Whitney Museum of American Art on West 8th Street, where it continues today to offer […]
New York Studio School โ A Tour of the Arts with Bee Chessman
Since its founding in 1964, the New York Studio School has been an innovator in arts education, prioritizing daily continuity of study for artists through work in the studio. In 1965, the school moved into what had been the original Whitney Museum of American Art on West 8th Street, where it continues today to offer […]
Eating the Village: Pizza, pork, pastries, and more
Visit some of the Village's independent food purveyors--from the city's oldest butcher to a favorite pizza parlor and a French pastry shop--and hear the stories behind them and the neighborhood. Samples from each location are included in the price of the tour. This tour is offered by Manhattan Walking Tours. To receive a special 25% […]
David Del Tredici, in Black and White
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
Pianist Marc Peloquin celebrates the keyboard music of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Westbeth composer, with whom he enjoys a symbiotic relationship
Painting the Village: The Village Trip Arts Walk with a Village Artist
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesJoin historian, painter, filmmaker, performance artist and exuberant raconteur Marc Kehoe for a stroll through the artist's Greenwich Village, birthplace of American Modern Art. Greenwich Village, has spawned more influential artists than any other place in America. Walk the Village streets and hear tales of Sloan, Duchamp, Gertrude Whitney, Pollock, Berenice Abbott, Schnabel among many, […]
Walk on the Wild Side: The Birth of Punk
NYU D'agostino Hall 110 West 3rd Street, New York, NY, United StatesMusic historian Jesse Rifkin traces the development of the city's punk scene, from Andy Warhol's discovery of the Velvet Underground in the mid-'60s through the early-'70s glam rock scene and culminating in punk's emergence in the mid- and late-'70s. See venues, homes, and album cover locations associated with artists such as the Ramones, Lou Reed, […]
Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square โ Free Concert in the Park with Bobby Sanabria and His Multiverse Big Band
Garibaldi Plaza Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesA free concert headlined by Latin jazz great Bobby Sanabria and his Multiverse Big Band, plus friends and special guests, including Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer. Bring your dancing shoes for the ultimate high-energy, feel-good afternoon.
The Joy of Music: A Concert by Students of The Third Street Music School Settlement
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
Music is not a luxury but a necessity. Since 1894, Third Street has ensured that every child experiences its transformative and enriching power