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  • Wear Your Mask!

    NYC COVID-19 Vaccine Finder

    Karen Rempel 01/11/2021     EXTRA, Featured

    The City of New York has published a COVID-19 Vaccine Finder here. The Finder does not work with Internet Explorer, so you’ll need to use a different web browser. Wear Your Mask You will not be admitted to the site without one. Do I need to take precautions even after I’m vaccinated? Yes! Even after you

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  • Catch and Release Poster

    New Year, New Issue, New Column

    Karen Rempel 01/11/2021     EXTRA

    Happy New Year 2021! We treasure both our online subscribers and our print subscribers. We exist for you and because of you. Thank you for your incredible support throughout 2020. New Issue, New Column Top stories this month in our January 2021 issue: • City Winery Opens on Pier 57 Amidst Shutdown • Working to Save West

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  • Extra - Erik Bottcher receives FDNY Jacket

    New York Spirit! FDNY Honors Erik Bottcher and Crew for Bringing Fortifying Meals During Pandemic Crisis

    gcapsis 09/20/2020     Covid, EXTRA

      By Karen Rempel It’s their New York spirit. New Yorkers see tragedy and want to help. Whether it’s in their job description or not. The FDNY Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Station 7 in Chelsea serves Manhattan’s west side, from Canal Street to 62nd Street. During the first months of the pandemic, Station 7’s Emergency

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  • New York Spirit! Villagers Are Saving WestView News

    gcapsis 09/17/2020     EXTRA, Featured, Neighborhood

    Dear readers, neighbors, friends, and supporters, We asked you to help because our beloved local newspaper is in danger of folding forever. You answered with a surge of donations, messages, and even ad requests! George and the folks at WestView News are overwhelmed by your love and support for the paper. We’ve raised almost $15,000

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  • WestView News Publisher George Capsis

    Help Save the Voice of the West Village

    gcapsis 09/01/2020     EXTRA, Featured, Neighborhood

    Dear readers, neighbors, friends, and supporters, We are asking for your help because our beloved local newspaper is in danger of folding forever. With ad revenues sinking as our local businesses struggle to survive in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, WestView News can no longer make payroll and pay printing costs. We have distributed

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  • Billy Hart Quartet at the Village Vanguard June 13-14, 2010

    The Village Vanguard Reopens Virtually with Live Streaming

    gcapsis 06/28/2020     Arts and Culture, Entertainment, EXTRA, Neighborhood, News

    By Karen Rempel One of the things I have missed the most during the NYC Pause is going to the Village Vanguard to hear live jazz. After a time of retreat and adjustment, the Vanguard shook off its muffling slumber and resurged on June 13 with a most welcome performance by the Billy Hart Quartet.

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  • Michael Dolinski, General Manager of Wallsé and Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner. Photo by Karen Rempel

    Restaurants Reel and Rally in New York’s West Village: The Final Night and the Day After

    gcapsis 03/18/2020     EXTRA, Neighborhood, News, Opinion

    By Karen Rempel Two days ago, on Monday, March 16, Notify NYC announced that “Starting tonight at 8 PM all movie theaters, small theaters, nightclubs, and commercial gyms will close until further notice. All restaurants, bars and cafes will be limited to takeout or delivery services only.” Sign up for this free NYC service which provides to-the-minute alerts on

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  • Practical Guide for Coronavirus and AIDS

    Web Admin 03/16/2020     Articles, EXTRA, Medical

    By Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. The rise of the COVID-19 coronavirus is concerning for the HIV/AIDS community. Whichever way you slice it, HIV/AIDS is a serious kick to the immune system—and New York City is home to one of the largest populations of HIV/AIDS patients in the America. The speaker of our city council is openly

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  • Canine Cali

    Canine Cali Reviews Karen Rempel’s Shadow Play Art Exhibit

    gcapsis 03/05/2020     Art & Architecture, EXTRA, Neighborhood, People

    Introducing Cali’s Corner Hello, my name is Cali and I’m a Shiba Inu—one of the oldest known breeds on the planet.  Although I was born in the South, I’ve lived my whole life in the city and am a New Yorker through and through. I practically grew up in an art gallery and have gone

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  • Sabrina Kershaw and Michael Monasterial

    Fragile Explosion: Jazz in the Village and Beyond

    gcapsis 01/16/2020     EXTRA

    Fragile Explosion: Nina Simone A new American Jazz Musical by Michael Monasterial Sabrina Kershaw and a fine cast wowed the audience last night at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher St. Sabrina’s superb performance, at turns fierce, shy, and breath-taking, brings Michael Monesterial’s brilliant book to life and poignantly, movingly tell the story of Nina

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  • Nina Kaufelt and Hannah Reimann

    Page 69 – Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Village Style

    gcapsis 01/07/2020     EXTRA, Neighborhood, Page 69

    Nina and Rob Kaufelt Host a Downtown Celeb-Studded Bash in their Historic Gold Coast Brownstone Philanthropist storytelling host Nina Kaufelt and singer-songwriter Hannah Reimann in their sparkly holiday finery. Photo provided by Hannah Reimann. By Karen Rempel Celebrants roamed the Village in dazzling clusters on New Year’s Eve, attending parties in bars, restaurants, and residences. The

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  • Guests at Sally Sommer's Retirement Party at Casa La Femme on Dec 8 2019

    West Villager Sally Sommer Retires from Dance Program

    gcapsis 12/09/2019     Arts and Culture, EXTRA, Neighborhood, Page 69

    By Karen Rempel Friends, colleagues, students, and family of Sally Sommer gathered at Casa La Femme on Charles Street yesterday to celebrate West Village resident Sally Sommer’s retirement from Florida State University’s Arts in NYC program. Casa La Femme’s Egyptian décor and delicious passed hors d’oeuvres created the perfect ambience for a celebration with professional

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  • Westbeth Artists Residents Council Wellness Event Poster

    Festive West Village Wellness Event – Dec. 8 @ 2 PM

    gcapsis 12/06/2019     Entertainment, EXTRA, Fashion, Food

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  • Partiers at FreeFromAIDS gala on World AIDS Day 2019

    Page 69 – West Village’s Answer to Page Six

    gcapsis 12/06/2019     Entertainment, EXTRA, Medical, Page 69

    As many of you know, WestView News is the brainchild of George Capsis, and the paper’s offices are located at 69 Charles Street. So we’re going to poke some gentle fun at the New York Post by having our very own Page 69. This will be an occasional column reporting on the glamorous doings of Village

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  • Cornelia Street Café Returns from Exile

    Web Admin 09/04/2019     Arts and Culture, EXTRA, Featured, Neighborhood, News

    With a star-studded performance on September 15 in the Meatpacking District. Cornelia Street Café comes home to the village! Come join in for the fun and music: September 15, 3-7 PM Gansevoort Plaza, Gansevoort Street & Little West 12th Street

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  • Saving Broadway and Hollywood in The Village

    Web Admin 05/04/2019     Arts and Culture, Entertainment, EXTRA

    By John Bredin In our 2011 film The Rebirth of Cinema, my wife and I symbolized Hollywood with the image of a dead, rotting tree that was decaying into the ground. The site we chose was the top of the New Jersey Palisades in Fort Lee, where the movie industry was born a little over

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  • 100 Years of Non-Solitude and Creativity

    Web Admin 05/04/2019     Arts and Culture, EXTRA, Featured, Neighborhood, People

    by J. Taylor Basker Friends, family and fellow creatives celebrated Edith Stephen’s 100th year birthday in Westbeth Artists Housing in Greenwich Village with two parties: one private, for family and close friends in her studio; and the other for the public in the Westbeth Community Room, for fans and neighbors, that included a puppet show

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  • Planned Parenthood Happy Hour Benefit

    admin 03/12/2017     EXTRA, Featured

    Planned Parenthood of New York City and Left Bank invites you to the Planned Parenthood Happy Hour Benefit. Monday, March 3, 7pm to 9pm. Join us this Monday for a special happy hour benefiting Planned Parenthood of New York City! We will be donating a portion of our sales to the Planned Parenthood of New

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  • Breaking News: Arthur Schwartz Arrested

    admin 07/15/2015     EXTRA

    Intro by George Capsis “Hi George, I am calling you from a cell” were the words spoken to me from the first cell that attorney Arthur Schwartz had ever been in. Later taken in handcuffs from the 6th precinct out onto 10th Street, he experienced the searing humiliation of eyes asking “what crime did that

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