Back in the Theatre District
By Gordon Hughes It’s about time. On August 18, 2021 I was back in Gotham for the first time in almost a year and a […]
She Paints While Dancing
Body Medium: Annika Rhea’s energetic collaboration of dance, live music, paint & audience By Hannah Reimann “The audience is part of the energy,” Annika told […]
Autumn in New York
By Robert Heide with John Gilman One of the favorite theater musicals of all time for many people including myself is The Fantasticks, which opened […]
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 Age or the End of the World as We Knew It
By Roger Paradiso Some say the digital age had its beginning with the transistor, which belonged to the analog age. Remember transistor radios? I remember […]
Local Finds. Local Love.
Support some of our favorite West Village shops and designers. Curated by Karilyn Prisco Fireplace 409 409 Bleecker St Keith Kelly “Hand Pants” Unisex, […]
Style on the Street: Fashion Fun +1
Follow us on Instagram @styleonthestreet_WestViewNews Submit your favorite neighborhood fashion looks for a chance to be […]
Ramati, the Local Shoe Brand that is Changing Fashion’s Carbon Footprint One Step at a Time
By Karilyn Prisco As a fashion stylist I am constantly being introduced to new brands, trends and products. My love for fashion and my consumer […]
LGBTQ+ Monthly Q&A
By Research Foundation to Cure AIDS President Kambiz Shekdar, Ph.D. Follow us on Instagram @OpinionatedQ, @westviewnews & @RFTcureaids OpinionatedQ: “How should NYC welcome LGBTQ+ refugees […]
Joan’s Shanghai
By Joan Klyhn Joan’s Shanghai is a memoir of a childhood in Shanghai in the ‘30’s and ’40s of the 20th century. I am primarily […]
DOT Fails Enforcement of Open Restaurants
By Brian J. Pape, AIA,LEED-AP In a damning report issued by Council Speaker Cory Johnson’s office in August, the long-standing safety rules for street rights-of-way […]
Lifetalk with Roberta Russell: Trump No Trump?
By Roberta Russell I recently asked my former Greenwich Village tenant-friend and Trump-authority, Michael Wolff, why there are so many Trump supporters and zealots. Amazingly, […]
Maggie B’s Quick Clicks
SIDEWALK DINING…As most people in the neighborhood are already aware, in recent weeks an unfortunate community conflict has been brewing—between the locals who want the […]
IN AND OUT
When Village residents received the August issue of WestView News, the first article screamed out at them “Open Restaurants: Assault on Quality of Life”. The […]
Brass Bands: Sounds and Smiles on a Summer Night
By Ede Rothaus Wafting through the hot, still, and damp air of an August summer night in Manhattan: the unmistakable melody of La Vie en […]
Notes From Away: Hedge Trimming
By Tom Lamia In one of my early columns for WestView News, I critiqued the practice of using talking points as crib notes in political […]
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: Lorraine Hansberry
Lesbian African American Playwright and Civil Rights Activist Who Died Too Young By Bruce Poli 337 Bleecker St. feels like the epicenter of the West […]