Coming Home to The Vagabond Café
“Welcome to your living room” could be the unofficial motto of The Vagabond Café, a newly opened coffee shop on Cornelia Street that provides any […]
There’s More to Jazz than Bebop!
This month, WestView welcomes jazz musician and new contributor Andrew Collier, who will cover the jazz scene in the West Village, home of the greatest […]
Satire Corner: Nobody Asked Me, But…
All right, all right, I know this is not a corner of the newspaper. Try thinking outside the box.
Jim Fouratt’s Reel Deal: Movies That Matter February 2012
I write this column from the Sundance Film Festival. Robert Redford in his opening remarks made clear that the Festival and Sundance Institute remain committed […]
BoldFace Names©: Poisoned Choir Boys
Dear George, I don’t think I’m a good assignment editor when it comes to selecting topics for this column, and I’ll tell you why. Sometimes […]
How Do You Grade Inspiration?
Remember the third-grade teacher who sparked your interest in reading? Or the eighth-grade teacher who made American History come alive?
Poignant Reflections from a Civil Rights Pioneer
To The Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement By Charlayne Hunter-Gault New York Times /Flash Point, January 2012 Reading Level: Ages 12-18
PS 3 Hosts 33rd Annual Antiquarian Book Fair
I distinctly remember the smell, musty and vibrant, as I found myself escaping the brutal cold of a February Friday night 20 years ago by […]
The Bird That Wasn’t There
Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away… —“Antigonish,” William […]
Science from Away: Black Holes
The idea that objects exist in the universe which cannot be seen but which greatly influence objects around them was proposed long before the 20th […]
The City’s Narrowest House
A popular attraction in the West Village has long been the building unofficially dubbed “Narrowest House In New York City” at 75½ Bedford Street.
Dinner with the Obamas
The Obamas were having dinner in the White House: sparkling silver, gleaming napery, the pleasant clink of glassware and forks on plates. It was, for […]
“We Need a Hospital!”
Last month, we invited readers to express themselves and support the fight for a new Village hospital by writing a Secret Message Poem using the […]
Why Quinn Must Go
Activist and documentary filmmaker Donny Moss recently sent WestView a copy of a newsletter he wrote and disseminated documenting the reasons he’s campaigning to “Vote […]
A Long Way from House Calls
More than 50 years ago I was helping to move massive six-inch blue stone slabs in my garden when pop—my intestines slipped through my flabby […]