News

End-of-year deadline for City Council to enact COPA legislation, by Phyllis Eckhaus

End-of-year deadline for City Council to enact COPA legislation, by Phyllis Eckhaus

“New York City housing stock is being gobbled up by multinational investment companies, investment funds, and people who have tons...

December 12, 2025
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Over 1000 Villagers showed up at Washington Square to catch a (tobacco) smoke, by Brennan LaBrie

Over 1000 Villagers showed up at Washington Square to catch a (tobacco) smoke, by Brennan LaBrie

Last weekend, Bob Terry circled Washington Square Park with a stack of flyers in hand, eagerly inviting the people he...

November 25, 2025
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People of the Village, by Lisa Gitlin

People of the Village, by Lisa Gitlin

New York Jews have strong feelings about what’s happening in Israel and Gaza. They don’t always agree. This subject is...

November 9, 2025
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Music

Jazz: Ancient Stories, by George Grella

Jazz: Ancient Stories, by George Grella

There’s something I’ve said frequently while writing about classical music for the last couple decades, which is that there’s no...

November 9, 2025
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Jazz by Grella: Leadership Secrets of Miles Davis

Jazz by Grella: Leadership Secrets of Miles Davis

First, the good news: the Library of Congress last month added new albums to its National Recording Registry, which preserves...

May 8, 2025
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Feature Story

HOLIDAZE IN THE BOHEMIAN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro

HOLIDAZE IN THE BOHEMIAN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro

What to send? What to give? Where to go? Where to eat and drink? I only make suggestions. There are,...

December 14, 2025
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Utopia on a plate: Community Kitchen’s exquisite experiment, by Phyllis Eckhaus

Utopia on a plate: Community Kitchen’s exquisite experiment, by Phyllis Eckhaus

Eating’s a basic biological act, but like sex, it’s so much more. What we eat and how we eat it...

November 9, 2025
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The Art Deco buildings in Chelsea, by Raanan Geberer

The Art Deco buildings in Chelsea, by Raanan Geberer

When people talk about Art Deco architecture in New York, some think of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State...

November 9, 2025
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The tale of Stan Mack, illustrator as storyteller, by Doug Latino

The tale of Stan Mack, illustrator as storyteller, by Doug Latino

At a time when newspapers and magazines were central to American life, Stan Mack was part of the revolution of...

November 8, 2025
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Easy Costumes for Hard Times, by Phebe DuPont

Easy Costumes for Hard Times, by Phebe DuPont

Inspired by the spine-chilling, awww-inspiring, tired, and timeless costumes of Villagers this year. Let’s hope a few of my references...

November 8, 2025
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Arts

Someday soon we all will be together, if the fates allow, by Kate Walter, photos by SuZen

Someday soon we all will be together, if the fates allow, by Kate Walter, photos by SuZen

I always had this fantasy about becoming an official tour guide in the Village. But I never got beyond taking...

December 18, 2025
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Fernando’s Liquid Architectures, by Lee Klein

Fernando’s Liquid Architectures, by Lee Klein

The current oeuvre of Fernando Pomalaza, a Peruvian-born, New York City based artist (who for many years showed at the...

November 9, 2025
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Film Review: “The Mastermind” is a Throwback Tonic for Our Streaming Slop Moment, by Dante A. Ciampaglia

Film Review: “The Mastermind” is a Throwback Tonic for Our Streaming Slop Moment, by Dante A. Ciampaglia

Kelly Reichardt might be one of our era’s most subversive filmmakers. In this attention-addled age, cinema has gone increasingly loud,...

November 9, 2025
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Quinn on Books: Pabst Blue Ribbon, by Michael Quinn

Quinn on Books: Pabst Blue Ribbon, by Michael Quinn

Review of “The Director,” by Daniel Kehlmann; translated from the German by Ross Benjamin by Michael Quinn A director has...

November 9, 2025
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BOHEMIAN VIBES IN THE DOWNTOWN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro

BOHEMIAN VIBES IN THE DOWNTOWN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro

I used to be half of a musical act named Working Class Bohemians. The name choice was mine. I got...

November 9, 2025
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Xhloe and Natasha prepare U.S. debut of “What If They Ate the Baby?” story by Mark Dundas Wood

Xhloe and Natasha prepare U.S. debut of “What If They Ate the Baby?” story by Mark Dundas Wood

The New York–based performance team of Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland (billing themselves simply as “Xhloe and Natasha”) has —...

November 9, 2025
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My month of culture in the East Village, by Kathryn Rose Rieber

My month of culture in the East Village, by Kathryn Rose Rieber

Among the urban renewal disillusionment of gentrification and post-disaster capitalism exists an oasis of boundary-breaking, artist respite, a well of...

November 9, 2025
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Drinking with Katherine: 2nd Ave’s “The Sly Fox”

Drinking with Katherine: 2nd Ave’s “The Sly Fox”

At 5:30 p.m. one Wednesday, I stopped by Sly Fox only to find the door locked, the lights off. Forlorn,...

November 9, 2025
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