Joan Hall: Collage, Assemblage and Sorcery
By J. Taylor Basker Westbeth Gallery held a remarkable retrospective exhibit of the collages and assemblages of its long-term resident, Joan Hall. Entitled […]
Hillary’s Corner
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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 […]
Maggie B
Maggie B spoke slowly and carefully like a ceremonial March across Buckingham palace grounds. You listened and delighted in her imperial speech. She quietly savored […]
Electrical Engineer Explains How “Smart” Meters Can Lead to Higher Bills
Jill McManus Interview with Bill Bathgate My grandchildren Teddy and Sofia complained about the jump in their electric bill. And Dusty provided them with the […]
New York City Continues To Demolish Parks To Save Them
By Eric Uhlfelder Any day now bulldozers and chainsaws will visit Wagner Park to flatten it. This remarkable 3.5-acre space, named after the former head […]
Some Truths about Utility Smart Meters: Should You Be Concerned?
By Jill McManus Have you recently been informed by your utility, such as Con Edison, that they will be installing a digital “smart” meter 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 […]
New York’s Pillar of Commerce and Culture
By Bruce Poli So often, we Villagers say, “I never go above 14th street,” as our cool and proud neighborhood defense. When you step across 14th street, […]
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 […]
Elizabeth Street Garden or Gramercy Park South?
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD Supporters of the Elizabeth Street Garden who are willing to block construction of needed housing on part of that site have […]
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 […]
Transgender, The Facts
By Mark M Green Abstracted from “A Scientist’s View of Almost Everything” In the Science and Technology section of The Economist, February 20, 2021 issue, […]