The Shah is Falling
By George Capsis “You gotta go to Iran for Campbell’s Soup” was the demand by a Chase guy who I never thought of as out-ranking […]
THEN and NOW
1870 Along Canal Street, looking west towards the Hudson River, this snapshot of the past is reminiscent of the Old West, with its horses, wagons, […]
Mrs. Greens: Organic Veggies and Picket Lines
By Arthur Z. Schwartz We are about to learn in the West Village that wholesome food doesn’t automatically come with wholesome treatment of employees. Mrs. […]
Science from Away: The Forgotten Organ
By Mark M Green (sciencefromaway.com) Prokaryotes have been called “The Unseen Majority.” These microscopic organisms constitute 60-100% of the estimated total carbon in all plants […]
Vast Emptiness: Boarded-Up and Vacant Greenwich Village Stores
By Erwin H. Lerner The frightful sight of many boarded-up, former retail stores in our area caught my eye, and stimulated the notion of writing […]
Ceramicist Marianne Yoors Pioneers Event to Benefit Jefferson Market Garden
By M. L. Lamason “It’s the earth and out of that earth something beautiful is made.” Marianne Yoors, ceramicist and longtime Village resident, was talking […]
Mrs. Green’s Comes to Town
By John Barrera I find no pleasure in walking into a four-day-old restaurant or grocery store and trying to catch them on their heels as […]
Westbeth Artist at Trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann
By Edward Eichel Early In 2015 the BBC released The Eichmann Show, a movie about the filming of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the […]
Churches Like Newspapers Go On-line: Serving a Dwindling Attendance, Father Walter Offers the Church of the Internet
By George Capsis On the very day I had a meeting with Roy Leavitt, the Executive Director of Greenwich House, the news broke that Our […]
Here Comes Pope Francis: Observations of a West Village Catholic
By George Goss Sadly, the West Village is not part of Pope Francis’ whirlwind Manhattan visit later this month. There’s always the option, however, for […]
Free as a Bird
By Keith Michael Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop, When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall, […]
Radical Political Thought at Jefferson Market University
Saturdays, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24 – 3 pm to 5 pm What was political radical thought in nineteenth-century America? This course, Reform in the […]
New Waves at Jefferson Market University
Saturdays, September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 17 – 3pm to 5 pm The mid-twentieth century is considered a major turning point for independent filmmaking […]
West Village Original: Erwin Lerner
By Michael D. Minichiello This month’s West Village Original is playwright and screenwriter Erwin Lerner, born in the Bronx in 1935. The author of such […]
It Takes a Team to Treat a Patient
By Alec Pruchnicki, MD One of the very first things I learned in medical school, when I started to take care of patients in Jacobi […]
Are You Staaalled?
By Ron Elve If you are stalled (whether it be at work, school, or even life), odds are you know what your next step should […]
When Horses Ruled NYC A series on historic stable/carriage houses: Chumley’s at 86 Bedford St.
By Brian J. Pape, AIA The famous Chumley’s is slowly crawling back to business after eight years in limbo, a phoenix rising from the rubble […]
35XV The Invisible Building
By Barry Benepe I saw a building in the air When I looked, it wasn’t there It wasn’t there again today I wish that building […]