Standing Room for Author Talk with Jennifer Coburn
WestView News Staff Report Last Saturday, as part of her national book tour, novelist Jennifer Coburn visited her childhood library, the Jefferson Market Library, to […]
Moustache Moves A Few Blocks East
Owner, Salam Al-Rawi from an interview by Hannah Reimann Moustache Restaurant’s 34-year Legacy in NYC Continues with a New Opening on 7th Avenue South in […]
Terpsikord
By Drew Youmans The Phantom of the Opera is having its final curtain call at the Majestic Theatre on April 16th of this year. Despite […]
Tavern on Jane
By Bria Schirripa It was 1985 when Michael Stewart, owner of Tavern on Jane, made his way up from the south with aspirations of working […]
Lord Byron’s Epic Heroism and his Role in the Greek War of Independence
By Anastasia Kaliabakos April 19, 2023 marks T-1 year until the bicentennial of the famous poet Lord Byron’s death. Before doing any research into Byron, […]
Hadestown: A Story of Music and Romance
By Anastasia Kaliabakos New York City has had a theater presence as early as the mid 1700s, but it was not until the 1800s that […]
From the West Village Cherry Lane Theatre, to Atlanta Georgia, NYC Playwright Galinsky Brings his Heart and his ‘Bench’
By Amiri Byrd The first time New York Playwright and Poet Robert Galinsky had a eureka moment around the issue of homelessness was in New […]
Style On The Street
-By Karilyn Prisco Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be featured.
Vija Vetra Dances Into 100
-By J. Taylor Basker Vija Vetra is still dancing—her lifelong passion. She was born February 6, 1923 in Riga, Latvia. Her family did not want her […]
Get To Know The Man Behind The Jefferson Market Library, Frank Collerius!
“Frank Collerius has been working at the Jefferson Market Library for over two decades. Today we discuss the history behind the ionic building as well […]
Ramen Misoya
-By Hannah Reimann Exciting Japanese Noodle Shop West Village. 535 Hudson Street Enter on Charles St., speakeasy-style underground Now open for both lunch and dinner. […]
Moustache Restaurant
Coming Soon This photo was taken inside Moustache sometime in the restaurant’s 32-year tenure at its Bedford Street location. Moustache will move to 29 Seventh Avenue […]
Ramen Misoya
Exciting Japanese Noodle Shop West Village 535 Hudson Street Enter on Charles St., speakeasy-style underground Now open for both lunch and dinner. See hours below. […]
“The Women Writers of the Caffe Cino, 1958-1968”
To Be Presented At Jefferson Market Library -By Magie Dominic “The Caffe Cino began before it actually began. It began part way down the street. […]
Happy Owl-idays!
-By Keith Michael “…and the clock on the wall ticked among them all louder and louder. Marie looked around, and had almost run terrified away […]
A View of Two Neighborhood Chocolate Shops
-By Alexandra Leaf I came to chocolate relatively late in life; at age 24, to be precise, when Valrhona Chocolate began to export to the […]
Star Tripping with Frank Sinatra
-By Penelope Karageorge It was Frank Sinatra’s 50th birthday, and if I could not help him blow out the candles, perhaps I could meet him. […]
Another Successful Screening for the New York City Teen Film Festival!
-By Luke McGuire The New York City Teen Film Festival’s annual screening occurred on October 29th at Cinema Village on East 12th Street, marking […]