Pretty Bird
By Keith Michael As Millie and I round the corner onto Washington Street, we flush a nursery school of sparrows scrounging for breakfast. Rather than […]
John Lindsay Remembered
By Barry Benepe When John Lindsay was elected I looked forward to New York City turning a corner and recovering from its image as a […]
Realationship Clues
By Ron Elve There are major connections between language, feelings and behavior. For example, the partner who speaks in terms of “my marriage, my children, […]
Sherlock Holmes’ One Night in Greenwich Village
By Clive I. Morrick Early in 1903, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson disembarked in New York City where they had reservations at the Brevoort Hotel […]
Science from Away: A Science Story
Mark M. Green (sciencefromaway.com) In 1936, as tensions leading to the second world war were ratcheting up, a small company located in Philadelphia, Rohm […]
Untitled With A Name
By John Barrera When I heard the restaurant at the new Whitney Museum was called “Untitled,” my first thought was that they must not have […]
The New Chelsea Market Baskets
By Caroline Benveniste Walking through bustling Chelsea Market today it is hard to remember a time when it did not exist. In the early 1990’s, […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
October 2015 The Stonewall Rebellion took place in Greenwich Village in 1969. Hollywood director Roland Emmerich and Broadway Playwright Jon Robin Baitz have released […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL (NYFF53) Spent 10 days and nights watching movies, attending talks and public conversations and then thought what do I want […]
Science from Away: The Forgotten Organ
By Mark M Green (sciencefromaway.com) Prokaryotes have been called “The Unseen Majority.” These microscopic organisms constitute 60-100% of the estimated total carbon in all plants […]
Mrs. Green’s Comes to Town
By John Barrera I find no pleasure in walking into a four-day-old restaurant or grocery store and trying to catch them on their heels as […]
Free as a Bird
By Keith Michael Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, […]
Radical Political Thought at Jefferson Market University
Saturdays, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24 – 3 pm to 5 pm What was political radical thought in nineteenth-century America? This course, Reform in the […]
New Waves at Jefferson Market University
Saturdays, September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17 – 3pm to 5 pm The mid-twentieth century is considered a major turning point for independent filmmaking […]
West Village Original: Erwin Lerner
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is playwright and screenwriter Erwin Lerner, born in the Bronx in 1935. The author of such […]
Are You Staaalled?
By Ron Elve If you are stalled (whether it be at work, school, or even life), odds are you know what your next step should […]
When Horses Ruled NYC A series on historic stable/carriage houses: Chumley’s at 86 Bedford St.
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The famous Chumley’s is slowly crawling back to business after eight years in limbo, a phoenix rising from the rubble […]
35XV The Invisible Building
By Barry Benepe I saw a building in the air When I looked, it wasn’t there It wasn’t there again today I wish that building […]