Exhibit on Race Riots
By John Gilman In 1967, there were major race riots in over 40 cities across America, including Newark, Detroit, Chicago, and Oakland. An unusual exhibit […]
Jim Fouratt’s Have You Heard? DECEMBER 2017
Well kudos to WestView Publisher George Capsis for believing that St. Veronica’s on Christopher Street, which had been closed by the head of the Roman […]
Your Humble Foreign Correspondent: Goodbye to All That
By Paul Dalnoky My ties to Downtown date back to 1972 as a sophomore at a prestigious high school at 1st Avenue and 15th Street. […]
Rowing in the Collective Unconscious
By Sally Curtis I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide is a wild call and a clear […]
Devastated Moon
By Roberta Curley This poem is dedicated to all victims of the October 31, 2017 New York City terror attack. Even the moon is mourning. […]
Jefferson Market University: Radical Immigrants in America
By Frank Collerius The Jefferson Market Library is pleased to announce its next free course in December: a discussion of radical immigrants in 19th century […]
Viewing the War on Drugs at Age 14
By C.A.S.E. There is an ongoing war. It’s not in some foreign nation, not one that we read about in the papers, and not one […]
Caruso’s Quips
By Charles Caruso Thinking leads to drinking. ___ How to lose 120 pounds in one day: Get divorced. ___ Joy is a lightning flash. Then […]
John Capsis, Greek Journalist and Politician, Dies
By Pantelis Kapsis John Capsis, who passed away on Monday, November 13th, was a notable journalist and politician. He was born in 1929, into a […]
Mr. Capsis Knows Why He Was Detained
(A Tribute to Cousin John)
By George Capsis In 1949, when I was 21, I asked my father for money to visit Paris. He said that he would only give […]
A Word from George Capsis of Australia
Dear Mr. Capsis: Would WestView News please inform its writers and associated people that private emails concerning your newspaper are finding their way into my […]
An Act of Faith
By George Capsis “Nobody will come. Nobody.” I could visualize this scattering of puzzled attendees in the vast pews of St. Veronica’s which can seat […]
Will You Write for the West View News?
Greetings! We are starting a new monthly column, “BLOCK NEWS,” in which you can talk to the residents on your block and the rest of […]
In & Out
This month, it seemed like everyone was talking about the crisis in retail. The New York Times wrote an editorial on November 19th entitled “Why […]
Soccer with a View
By Barry Benepe In the September 2017 issue of WestView, we saw a lose-lose proposal to replace the current, income-earning parking garage at Pier 40 […]
Needle and Thread as Weapon
By Jacqueline Basker Taylor The Fiber Matrix exhibit at the Westbeth Gallery, which took place in October 2017, dispelled the idea of quilting as an […]
A Little More of St. Vincent’s Returns: Northwell opens new ambulatory surgery center.
By George Capsis I first heard the Limerick accent of Michael J. Dowling four years ago as he stood on the stage of P.S. 41 […]
Music at St. Veronica’s Receives Praise and Funding
By George Capsis “It is a magnificent idea,” offered one West Villager with a check for $100 for the first concert of Music at St. […]