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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
JULY 2017 It has happened. Manhattan has become the capital of movies for serious filmgoers. With the addition of the new Quad Cinema, bought and […]
2017 TD Five Boro Bike Tour
By Eric Uhlfelder At least it didn’t rain this year! There was the occasional mist and it was cold up on the BQE and the […]
MoMA Lost My Art
By Martica Sawin In 1979, MoMA curator Kynaston McShine was walking along SoHo’s West Broadway when he noticed a display of exquisitely-decorated artificial cakes in […]
Getting to Know the American Tap Dance Foundation
By Kelly Bayer What do you get when you mix African tribal dance and an Irish jig? Tap dance—America’s traditional dance form. If you’ve ever […]
Blue Money: A Scathing Debut Memoir by Janet Capron
By Andreea Ioana Pantor The controversial new memoir Blue Money is about to hit bookstores on June 20th. For its author, Janet Capron, prostitution was […]
The Broadway Musical Trail—So-So Shows with One Exception
By Robert Heide Two shows which recently opened on Broadway, Bandstand at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre at 242 West 45th Street and Anastasia at […]
Carnegie Concert to Honor Sylvia Olden Lee
By Dennis Speed The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture is presenting a concert at Carnegie Hall, in collaboration with the Schiller Institute, New […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter 7
JUNE 201 It’s June: Festivals and Pride are in the air. In this era of “fake news,” 90-second sound bites, fast food documentaries, and the […]
The Rest of the Fest – An Insider’s Guide to the Best of the Tribeca Film Festival
By Annunziata Gianzero A college grad recently asked me how he should query realtors when shopping for downtown apartments. I quickly responded with an array […]
“Each Day Catches Fire”: Revisiting the Latvian Poet Imants Ziedonis
By Bitite Vinklers I first met Imants Ziedonis in New York, in 1978, at a reading he gave at Columbia University during his first […]
Rolling With the Derby
By Eduardo Cavalcanti Having recently moved from a city that offered little cultural diversity, I made a resolution to explore as much of New York […]
A Foundation for New York Art Dealing From the 19th Century
By Agnès Penot Last year, while reading “The Art of Power,” an article on Larry Gagosian published in the WSJ Magazine, I was astonished at […]
Filming in the West Village: Balancing Diversity and Quality of Life
By Gary Tomei Annunziata Gianzero’s article in the July 2016 issue of WestView, “Diversity Matters” and the three subsequent articles written by her, contain some […]
Of the Park: Joe Mangrum, Sandpainter
By Brian Pape and Joy Pape Among the many performers that frequent Washington Square Park on nice weekends, there are musicians, acrobats, athletes, and artists, […]