Like a Dancer’s Brow: Buddhists and Brahmins Debate the Self
By James Marks A Five-Session Course: Thursdays, 6pm to 7:30, May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28 Presented in the third floor Mae West Community […]
The Washington Square Music Festival: Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence
By Peggy Friedman, Executive Director Sixty years of free music concerts is an anniversary worth celebrating! On Tuesday June 5 at 8 pm the Washington […]
Come for the Art, Stay for the Apartment
By Katie Keith When Leslie Lalehzar overheard a woman inquiring why all the galleries in Chelsea were closed, she kindly informed her it was because […]
The Spirit of WestView
By Barry Benepe I wrote my first article for WestView just over ten years ago in March 2008. It explored the need to calm traffic […]
Mia’s Mystique—Is It Love … ?
Mia’s monthly mug shots melt scores of WestView readers to their cores as her aura bounces off the page pure charm begs viewers to engage […]
Music! Free As The Air We Breathe
Dear George: You may understand—by the comment I made at St. Veronica—why I’d be ambivalent about how to fund concerts there and what sort of […]
A Thank You to George
Dear Mr. Capsis, I wrote to you last in December/January regarding the gentrification of the West Village via new developments like the one on Leroy […]
Sounds of the Great Religions
By George Capsis The dramatic, almost theatrical interior space of St. Veronica invites imaginative uses and we came up with The Sounds of the Great […]
Celebrating the Legacy of Joe Cino’s Legendary Caffe Cino Coffee House Theater
By Robert Heide On Sunday, April 22nd at 6 p.m., 50 years after the closing of the legendary coffee house theater Caffe Cino on Cornelia […]
The Artist in His Studios
By Jane Heil Usyk My husband, Michael Usyk, an artist, has had three studios in his life, not counting the one he has at home […]
Theater Review: The Seafarer, at The Irish Repertory Theatre
The Devil’s Disciple By Eric Uhlfelder It was his remarkable portrayal of a historical Northern officer during the US civil war, Colonel Robert Shaw, that […]
WestView News Celebrates Women’s Scientific Accomplishments
By John Early Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of British poet Lord Byron, may arguably be the more renowned of the two in the future. […]
Cooper Union Dances Forward, Back, and Where? Who Knows?
By Carol Yost The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is now thinking, very slowly, about having completely free tuition again. It […]
What to Do with Empty Religious Space
By Donna Schaper One thing we could do is nothing. Close your eyes and imagine what that would look like: large broken-down stagnant spaces on […]
Striving for Beloved Community
By Pastor Jeff Wells Monday through Friday, the halls, stairwells, classrooms, and basketball court are alive with the joyful noise of children from City & […]
New Library Discussion Groups
By Nancy Aravecz This spring, the Jefferson Market Library is adding two new discussion groups to its popular roster of regular book discussions. Rather than […]
“A Magical Moment”
Ralph Lee takes the stairs whenever possible. At 84 years old, he climbs six flights from his own apartment on the 4th floor of WestBeth […]
Unique Chelsea Art Show
Dear Mr. Capsis, Something which you might like to know about is an oddball happening of art and real estate that is currently taking place […]