“It’s Difficult to Write This Without Sounding Alarmist…” 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 Kramer’s first article on AIDS, “A Personal Appeal” 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. NBC’s Bill Goldstein, who is writing […]
Lorraine Hansberry’s 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 John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A journey through the “graceful, sensual and contemplative” sound worlds of the much-garlanded East Village composer
New York Studio School – 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 – 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 John’s 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 – 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 John’s 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
Bodies Electric Celebrates the Music of Edgard Varèse, and Frank Zappa and the Psychedelic Circus
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesFathers of invention – the first wild man of classical music and the cultural gadfly. Two great iconoclasts who never met yet have much in common
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% […]
Walking Tour with David Amram: Sixty-five Joyous Years in the Village
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesA truly unique opportunity to join Village Trip Artist Emeritus David Amram on a walk through his own gilded and colorful life. Photo shows Larry Rivers, Jack Kerouac, David Amram, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso.
Sing Out! The Village Trip Hootenanny
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis event will also be livestreamed.
A glorious finale to The Village Trip! Join Christine Lavin and friends David Buskin and Robin Batteau, David Massengill, Hannah Reimann, Michele Temple and of course David Amram, Artist Emeritus of the festival, for the now-traditional Village Trip hoot, a celebration of the New York folk revival and its rich and enduring heritage.
BLUE: celebrating the 50th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s acclaimed album
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesHannah Reimann and Michele Temple perform Joni Mitchell's Blue in its entirety, a performance that marks the album’s fifty-year anniversary.
Framing the Village Exhibition
Revelation Gallery at St John's in the Village 218 W 11th Street, NY, United StatesBy the 1850s, the Village was a living art colony and by the time sculptor and heiress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney established her first gallery in MacDougal Alley in 1907 there was an embarrassment of riches for her to choose from.
NYU & Washington Square: Walking Tour with Architect Kyle Johnson
Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United StatesTour the Washington Square area and hear architect Kyle Johnson talk about NYU’s impact on the neighborhood and some of the key buildings it has erected and renovated around the park.
Eating the Village Food Tour: Pizza, pastries, and more
Experience this culinary and cultural hot-spot of downtown Manhattan. Discover New York City’s most historic residential neighborhood, Greenwich Village. Hidden streets, gorgeous Brownstones, and the best pizza in NYC are just a few of the highlights waiting for you on this small-group food tour. This tour is given daily.
OFFBEATS Sidewalk Book Launch
Printed Matter 38 St Marks Place, NY, United StatesLower East Side artist-archivist Clayton Patterson and author John Strausbaugh come to Printed Matter/St. Marks for a sidewalk launch and sale of their new book OFFBEATS: LOWER EAST SIDE PORTRAITS. It's a collection of their writings about some fascinating Lower East Side figures who have given the neighborhood its unique character. It includes portraits of […]