The Quiz (Part Two)
By Catherine M. Perebinossoff Questions The Office of Strategic Services, the OSS (1942–1945), the-C.I.A.-in-training-wheels, had a nickname. What was it? (a) Name a gangster who […]
The Quiz- Answers: January 2017
Click here for the questions. Answers: Oh-So-Social. The OSS was disbanded in 1945 by President Harry Truman. a) Charlie “Lucky” Luciano (1897–1962) said, “Behind every […]
New Artist-in-Residence Group Comes to Greenwich House Music School
By Joe Salas Greenwich House Music School has announced a new partnership with the chamber music ensemble Vista Lirica. As Greenwich House’s newest artist-in-residence group, […]
Chelsea Art Gallery Supports Senior Artists
By Susan Skoorka Dedicated to giving older artists the opportunity to exhibit their work and engage in professional discourse, the Carter Burden Gallery (CBG) is […]
The New York Character: A 16mm Film Series and Discussion
By Matt Whitman The New York Character at Jefferson Market Library is an ongoing series of screenings and panel discussions that explore films culled from […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
DECEMBER 2016 “Duck and run for cover!” is one way to warn you about December’s deluge of quality films. These films are being released in […]
The Roads to Home Horton Foote—A 100th Anniversary Celebration at the Cherry Lane Theatre
By Robert Heide Horton Foote is, in my humble opinion, one of the great playwrights in theater, standing right alongside Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Eugene […]
Senior Center Director Anthony Cilione Presents World-Class Film Series
By Jane Heil Usyk In the Village, it’s pretty easy to see a lot of very good films, for a price. After all, we have […]
REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
Jim Fouratt’s November 2017 After you VOTE on November 8th (Yes, 4 Hillary), and if you live in District 66, you can write in my […]
More on Mulry Square—Tiles for America
On the afternoon of Saturday, August 27, 2011, Hurricane Irene was about to land in Manhattan. Dusty Berke, then a resident of Charles Street, […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
ANYTHING FOR THE RIGHT ANGLE: Passing this scene on Charles Street, one could only marvel at the photographer’s ingenuity, seriousness of purpose—and excellent physical […]
A Place Called ‘HOWL!’
By Robert Heide In poet Allen Ginsberg’s seminal beat poem Howl, he makes the pronouncement that, as he saw it, the best minds of his […]
It Takes a Village
By Richard Eric Weigle and Michael Anastasio If it takes a village to raise a child, the same can be said for a film festival. […]
Greenwich House to Honor Two Cultural Dynamos at Arts Celebration; David Amram to Perform
By Joe Salas Greenwich House will honor American composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and author, David Amram, and ceramicist and Jefferson Market Garden Adopt-a-Pot Founder, Marianne Yoors, […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
October 2016 This year, the 54th edition of the New York Film Festival (NYFF) arrives. New leadership under Kent Jones is firmly in place. Keeping […]
New York Post Media Chase
By Robert Heide On August 4, 2016 a double-page feature article by Michael Riedel with Hana R. Alberts appeared in the New York Post headlined, […]
“Live Life” Imagery Coming to Westbeth
By Mary Bahr “I want to change the world through art,” photographer Anne de Carbuccia tells me over our lunch on a recent August day. […]