Pronto Translations: Loving Languages is Good Business
By Joshua B. Cohen I’ve always been a lover of languages. As soon as I could read, I’d browse through the dictionaries and grammar books […]
Village Cigars at Sheridan Square May Be Listed for Sale
By Roger Paradiso When I heard this news, I immediately thought of all those trips down Seventh Avenue where the iconic Village Cigars store stood […]
New Owner Steve Cohen Breathes New Life into the Mets
By Anthony Paradiso Last November, Steve Cohen purchased the New York Mets for $2.4 billion from the Wilpon family, who had owned the franchise since […]
City Council Candidate Brought Synchronous Learning to Her District…For Free
By Leslie Boghosian Murphy As we all know, schools were forced to close abruptly when the Covid-19 pandemic began last spring. By summer, most parents […]
Voters for Animal Rights Endorses Erik Bottcher for City Council
Voters for Animal Rights (VFAR) has endorsed Erik Bottcher for City Council, District 3, citing his strong track record in city and state government and […]
David v. Goliath: Schwartz Sues to Stop Election Petitioning
By Penny Mintz Arthur Schwartz is running hard for city council in Council District 3. Running for office is a time-consuming endeavor, to say the […]
Dr. Fauci Moves to Cure AIDS
By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. One year before the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Fauci attempted to direct the research prowess of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) toward […]
Embrace the Absurd
By Siggy Raible | The New York Times reported on January 10, 2021 that Elon Musk “is now the world’s richest person thanks to a […]
My Trip to Bellevue
By Jeff Hodges In 1971, I got my jaw broken in a melee on Second Avenue. I was outside my apartment when I saw some […]
Joan’s Shanghai
By Joan Klyhn Joan’s Shanghai is a memoir of a childhood in Shanghai in the ‘30’s and ’40s of the 20th century. I am primarily […]
Faith & Politics: Church of the Village Launches Series Featuring Progressive Faith Leaders
By Rev. Alexis Lillie In the rollercoaster that was the two weeks between the Capitol riot and the inauguration, many of us experienced a wide […]
Lisa and Harry—Such Interesting People Live on Christopher Street
By Robert Heide The lyric from the song Christopher Street from the Leonard Bernstein, Comden and Greene Broadway musical Wonderful Town goes: “Here we live […]
Love Conquers Time
By Brittney Ryan Love weaves its way between the minutes and hours that bind us, only to emerge in the timelessness of the moment. Princess […]
Cupid and Psyche: The Ancient Blueprint for our Modern Valentine’s Day
By Anastasia Kaliabakos Valentine’s Day, also known as the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated every year on February 14th all over the world. The […]
Born To Do It
By Anthony Paradiso Born to Do It is a book for “people who are open to incorporating spirituality into business.” Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith is […]
Notes From Away: Tempest to Calm
By Tom Lamia There is a feeling of rescue, of emerging from a hiding place and finding quiet isolation for the moment. Some of this […]
The 2021st Amendment: Opening a Restaurant Amidst the Second Repeal of Prohibition
By Reed MacNaughton A reader told me they wanted to open a new restaurant in the Village. I said, “Don’t.” “Haven’t you heard?” I asked, […]
A Chicken Delivered
By Laurence Edelman Eighteen months before the city wide shut downs—pre-COVID—we launched Poulet Sans Tête, French for “chicken without a head,” in the kitchen at […]