St. John’s Lutheran Church: The Progressive Anchor of Greenwich Village Turns 200
By Bruce Poli In the long and varied history of New York City, no institutions have had more influence than churches. And there’s a good […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS
Edward Albee, the Cherry Lane Theatre, and the Origins of the Modern Play By Bruce Poli Greenwich Village is world-renowned as an origin of American […]
Tom Duane: LGBT Leadership: A Tribute to a True Pioneer
By Bruce Poli Question: What is the definition of a Public Servant? Answer: Tom Duane Openly gay and openly HIV positive former New York State […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS: Arthur Schwartz
Arthur Schwartz New York’s Legendary Progressive Leader By Bruce Poli He was born in the Bronx and has lived in the West Village for 40 […]
Ramsey Clark (1927-2021): America’s Gandhi
By Bruce Poli Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General for LBJ’s Great Society (1967-69), author and supervisor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS—James Baldwin, la Vie de la Village
By Bruce Poli James Baldwin, writer, philosopher, gay African American activist (new acronym GAAA) from Paris to Harlem, is one of the most celebrated creative […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS
Woody Guthrie: West Village Rebel With a Cause By Bruce Poli “Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye, Rosalita, Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria; You won’t […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS: Alex Haley
Civil Rights Historian of the West Village By Bruce Poli Sheridan Square, long considered the heart of the West Village, is home to three of […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS
Martin Berger: Progressive West Village Champion By Bruce Poli Martin Berger, one of the founders of the Downtown Independent Democrats, Vice President of Village Independent […]
GREENWICH VILLAGE LEGENDS: Why Ramsey Clark is Our Model for the Future
By Bruce Poli There are few unheralded heroes left today who have built what is now our great civil rights movement across America. One of […]
Greenwich Village Legends
Richard Feynman: Physicist, Raconteur, Musician, Humorist By Bruce Poli This is a new monthly column highlighting the giants of American culture who have lived or […]
The Census as Metaphor for America’s Future
It was the Worst of Times, It Was the Worst of Times By Bruce Poli The US Census is an enormous, complex, decade-by-decade constitutionally mandated […]
Great Art Returns to the West Village: Back to the Future
By Bruce Poli Few galleries have a backstory like this one. Art of Our Century, which opened at 137 West 14th Street in January, was […]
Interview with Ramsey Clark, 92, about lifelong relationship with friend John Lewis
Yesterday I interviewed my friend Ramsey Clark, 92, about his lifelong relationship with his great friend John Lewis. Ramsey Clark was Attorney General during The […]
The Police Culture Needs a Voice
By Bruce Poli Earlier this year I was driving on 14th St. in the right lane. In the left lane was a police formation of […]
For LGBT’s Future…Allies Make a Difference
By Bruce Poli, Executive Director, Equal Rights Foundation In 1961, future U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark was sent to Mississippi for Civil Rights work by […]
Larry Kramer, 84: Godfather of AIDS Activism and the Force Behind ACT UP and GMHC
West Villager Larry Kramer, American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, LGBT rights activist and the principal founder of ACT UP and GMHC, […]
The Intellectual Savior in a Time of Nazi Darkness
By Bruce Poli My mentor and advisor at Bard College, Justus Rosenberg, a Polish Jew who speaks a dozen languages, turned 99 on January 23rd. […]