9-11 Tiles Gains Gallery
Unique Mobile Gallery: The commemorative tiles created shortly after 9-11 and displayed at the juncture of Greenwich and 7th Avenue gained a mobile gallery with over […]
Yes, Virginia…
By Keith Michael …there is a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. How do I know this? Because I’m looking at one right now “doing its sapsucker thing” on […]
USPS Stamp
September was all Westbeth all the time! The United States Postal Service unveiled the latest commemorative stamp in their Music Icons series on September 7th. The […]
We Won! (Postcards to Voters, Part Three)
By Sarah O’Neill When Alessandra Biaggi whupped entrenched incumbent and former IDC leader, Jeff Klein, as five other challengers for New York State Senate also […]
West Village History: My Father and The Irish Hooligans
By Lorraine Gibney Children need supervision to become law abiding citizens. Since my father was parentless, he learned to run the streets of the West […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso Thought on 9/11 – Politics plus religion equals blood. There’s a little click in the air when early afternoon turns late. The […]
Architect Costas Kondylis Has Died
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Costas Kondylis was the creative force behind so many built works it is hard to catalogue them. For West Villagers, […]
Documenting the Village and Beyond
A Review of Berenice Abbot: A Life in Photography. WW Norton, 2018. Author, Julia Van Haaften. By Lisa E Davis, PhD Browsing the shelves of […]
The Poetry Jukebox
By Carol Yost I kept wondering what the heck that odd yellow pipe, seemingly coming up out of the sidewalk, on Ruth E Wittenberg Plaza […]
Westbeth Honors Merce Cunningham
HONORING A LEGEND: On September 20th, a ceremony honoring Merce Cunningham took place at Westbeth Artists Housing. Cunningham occupied the 11th floor of the former Bell […]
Free Wi-Fi Kiosks in the Village
By Brian J. Pape, AIA Have you ever needed a map to show you where you were and where you needed to go in the […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
THE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, where everyone has either pets or kids—and sometimes both! All photos by Maggie Berkvist.
Mickey Mouse Turns 90
By Robert Heide MICKEY FOR PRESIDENT: On November 18, 1928, the black and white Walt Disney “talking” cartoon Steamboat Willie opened at the Colony Theater […]
Hudson River Park Gets a Much-Needed Facelift
CONSTRUCTION AT PIER 45/CHRISTOPHER STREET
Take Five: Max Dolgin Has Got It From Here
By Stanley Wlodyka Last month’s Westbeth Gallery show “A Diamond Jubilee” featured seven artists over 75 years of age who exhibited a wide variety of […]
Starmaker—The Interview Covers
By John Gilman It’s a time-honored tradition for writers to have a big kick off “launch” for their books—maybe a book-signing, a cocktail party, or […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies That Matter
OCTOBER 2018 October is New York Film Festival month. The festival has just begun as you read this. As soon as director Kent Jones announced […]