News

Vote for Zohran Mamdani for mayor, Editorial by the Village Star-Revue
In January, Zohran Mamdani polled at 6% among Democratic voters looking ahead to the New York City’s mayoral primary. Andrew...

Adams using November’s ballot proposals to hand over the city’s future to the real estate lords, by Phyllis Eckhaus
“More affordable housing in New York City!” is a universal rallying cry and political platform. You could almost imagine there’s...

Community Board 2 and 3 Wrap up for Summer Break in August and Prepare for Community Summer Events, by Sherica Daley
Community Boards 2 and 3 head into summer break in August. For their respective July meetings, that meant housekeeping on...
Music

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...

MUSIC: Wiggly Air, by Kurt Gottschalk
Punk’s not dread. Back in the ’90s, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon had “Girls invented punk rock, not England” emblazoned on...
Feature Story

Our Village Greens, Story and photos by Kate Walter
As Shakespeare noted “summer’s lease has all too short a date.” But I also love autumn in New York when...

When newspapers were big and indexing was done by people, by Michele Herman
In 1984 I took an oddball part-time summer job with a company that created newspaper indexes. My first task every...

JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S ARTWORLD, by Anthony Haden-Guest
The Jeffrey Epstein horror show just keeps on swelling, what with revelations about blackmail, his political protection and his involvement...

Coffee Corner: with Dana Costantino, art by Ava Marie Benzan
Pumpkin Coffee Recipes: Bring the Coffee House to Your House Pumpkin is no doubt the flavor of Fall. Pumpkin coffee,...

Without Preservation, the Village Would Be Much More Expensive and a Million Times Uglier: An Interview with Village Preservation’s Andrew Berman, by Phyllis Eckhaus
The New York City landmarks law, enacted by the city in 1965, is increasingly controversial, misunderstood, and under attack. As...
Arts

Roberto Azank “Palette Homages,” by Lee Klein
New York City painter Roberto Azank always surprises. Having been called the “chromatic Mozart,” as he can and has harmonized...

Poetry and books in the downtown continuum, by Stephen DiLauro
In July I set out to discover what exactly is the state of poetry in downtown Manhattan. NY Poetry Fest...

Quinn on Books: Nice Girls Don’t Go to the Bowery Review of “The Bowery,” by David Mulkins, by Michael Quinn
Before there was a city, there was a crooked path. Today, we call it the Bowery—one of New York’s oldest streets...

TIMES AND SPACES IN THE DOWNTOWN CONTINUUM, by Stephen DiLauro
Living downtown, one must be open to a steady stream of surprising new events, people, spaces, energy, vibrations, delights, and...

Private Life is a criminally slept-on New York City movie about hope, by Brookie Mcilvaine
Private Life opens on the lower half of Rachel’s body, expectant. She’s clothed in only underwear, supine in dim lighting,...

Chashama celebrates 30 extraordinary year,s by Stephen DiLauro
It’s a carnival of performance art. It’s wilder than any drug-induced hallucinations. It surpasses any cinematic version of Carnival in...

LILI White’s Pastels of the LA Wildfires, by Lee Klein
The rolling hills and mountains of Southern California, the biosphere, the range of climates from desert to snow covered peaks...

MUSIC: Wiggly Air, by Kurt Gottschalk
\ Sultry haze of balmy nights. The Egypt-born, Quebec-based singer/composer/producer Nadah El Shazly has built a following in recent years...
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