Civility Amidst PRIDE Celebration
On PRIDE Sunday, June 25th, amidst the very popular Annual PRIDE Block Party—which extends from Abingdon Park to 14th Street—a fire broke out. The weather […]
Take Broadway Home! Tony Award-Winning/Nominated Musicals
By Ellis Nassour “It’s been a season filled with creativity, diversity, innovation, exciting debuts, and a thrilling comeback,” says Charlotte St. Martin, Broadway League president. […]
Drink Pink, By Victoria James—A Timely Summer Read
By Caroline Benveniste Victoria James is not your typical sommelier. In a field dominated by men, it is unusual to see a young woman, particularly […]
Reflections on The Bitter End
By Anthony Paradiso The Bitter End club at 147 Bleecker Street, in the heart of the Village, has survived the test of time. Many stars, […]
Horton Foote’s The Traveling Lady Now Showing at the Cherry Lane Theatre
By Robert Heide The word from here to WestView readers, and to theatergoers in general, is that they ought to make a beeline to the […]
Remembering Victims of the Pulse Tragedy
Forty-nine people and the perpetrator, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, were killed with an assault rifle one year ago at the Pulse gay bar and disco […]
World Refugee Day Finds New Meaning
On a recent June afternoon, the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, located on 5th Avenue, between West 11th and West 12th […]
Life on the Street in the Words of Writers
By Barry Benepe Walking is both the expression of freedom and an embrace of space. An automobile driver is imprisoned in a mobile metal box. […]
How to Cure the Opioid Epidemic
By Katie Lee Since the 2000s, following the mass over-prescription of opioid painkillers, opioid abuse has become rampant throughout the country and especially severe in […]
Digital Literacy Sessions at Jefferson Market Library
By Nancy Aravecz In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, one buzzy phrase has been seemingly everywhere: fake news. The proliferation of online news […]
Do You Have Dry, Scratchy, or Runny Eyes?
By Joy Pape, FNP-C CDE CILC Dry eye is a common chronic disease, or condition, seen most often in older adults. The medical term for […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso There is nothing as beautiful as a girl carrying flowers. ___ Our choice of heroes reveals everything about us. ___ Never tell […]
Landlords and Tenants Agree: London’s Grenfell Tower Fire Was Preventable
By Joseph Turco, Esq. Greenwich Village/Westbeth artist Joyce Rezendes, who resided in London in the late 1960s, often compares its Kensington district to Greenwich Village. […]
Man of Mystery: Sam Kramer, Master Jeweler
By Barbara Riddle For years, I tried to pull the name out of the mists of time—the name of the avant-garde goldsmith on West 8th […]
Kill The Zombie Park Already Part II: The Fake Alternative
By Alec Pruchnicki It’s much easier to think of an alternative to a controversial project than to complete the years of hard work necessary to […]
Where Did My Neighbors Go?
By Mary Alice Kellogg Invasion of the Body Snatchers resulted from author Jack Finney’s imagination, but I’m living it in real time, as individuals, couples, […]
Up Close: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Exhibit at the World Trade Center Oculus
By Ellis Nassour Breathtaking photos featuring sections of Michelangelo’s ceiling and wall frescoes from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel are on display through July 23rd […]