The Village Trip Festival 2021
By Roger Paradiso The Village Trip Festival comes back for its third year on Saturday, September 18th, through Sunday, September 26th, with a variety of […]
The Digital Revolution and the End of the World as We Knew It
By Roger Paradiso You know you’re in another world when you call the 800 number for a product you have and get the following recorded […]
The Digital Revolution and the End of the Film World as We Knew It
The film industry takes another hit. Are more theater chains and studios ready to fall into the large pockets of FB, Google, and Twitter? By […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan
By Roger Paradiso A little over one year ago, the Village was shut down due to the worst pandemic since the 1918 influenza pandemic. I […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan
By Roger Paradiso A little over one year ago, the Village was shut down due to the worst pandemic since the 1918 influenza pandemic. I […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: The Winter of Our Discontent
By Roger Paradiso It’s been almost a year since the infamous day that the city started closing down because of COVID-19. But lockdowns and restrictions […]
Village Cigars at Sheridan Square May Be Listed for Sale
By Roger Paradiso When I heard this news, I immediately thought of all those trips down Seventh Avenue where the iconic Village Cigars store stood […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: The Invasions and the Inauguration
By Roger Paradiso I have gone many decades without experiencing an invasion. To deal with two of them in one year is too much to […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: Happy Holidays in a Pandemic
By Roger Paradiso As the holiday shopping continues online at a feverish pace, the brick-and-mortar stores in the Village watch in envy. These are supposed […]
What I Wanted for Christmas Was a Vaccine
By Roger Paradiso “You’ll know when you get the vaccine, but that also tells you it’s working and that your body is responding,” former FDA […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: “Gimme Shelter”
By Roger Paradiso “It becomes a choice of risking your life or your business. In most cases people are risking their lives to keep their […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: “The Reckoning”
By Roger Paradiso On January 28th President Trump was briefed by Robert O’Brien, his fourth national security advisor, who said, “This will be the biggest […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: (Part 5) The Fog
By Roger Paradiso There was a fog around the Village the past few weeks. It was the fog of war against this virus. I talked […]
Murder on Christopher Street
By Roger Paradiso & Anthony Paradiso Dashawn Bush, 36, was murdered on Christopher St. in the West Village at around 4.20am on August 17th. His […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: The Moratorium and Booty Loot in the PPP
By Roger Paradiso Not long ago, the New York Daily News reported that Governor Cuomo had extended the statewide moratorium on evictions through the end of […]
The Day the Village Stood Still: Mayday
By Roger Paradiso I remember they used to play this con game, Three-card Monte. They played it over by the subway kiosk on Sixth Avenue […]
How to Get Movies on Your Cable TV During a Pandemic
By Anthony Paradiso and Roger Paradiso George called me and complained, “we are trapped in our homes and we are clicking faster and faster through […]
The Day the Village Stood Still
By Roger Paradiso Easter in the Village During a Pandemic: Part Two I came to the Village this past Easter Sunday, April 12th, to witness […]