A Friday afternoon coffee in my neighborhood, Gramercy Park, a little subterranean joint on Irving. It’s a gorgeous day, with the early, flat Fall sun making everything glimmer, camera-ready. I sit on the bench outside the shop, latte in one hand a novel called “Sweetbitter” in the other. But then I hear a voice behind […]
So Maybe It’s Natalie Portman, by Joe Caccamo Read More »
It’s over let’s face it, this “Human Thing” of ours is done. I mean look who occupies the seat of our government, the White House, no humans in residence there. We’ve given it all up, to the giant algorithm in the sky. All human accomplishments in Science, Literature, Art, are uploaded to this thing. And
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In January, Zohran Mamdani polled at 6% among Democratic voters looking ahead to the New York City’s mayoral primary. Andrew Cuomo then polled at 32%, and in the spring, after the former governor had officially announced his bid for Gracie Mansion, that number would rise as high as 45%, with none of the other 10
Vote for Zohran Mamdani for mayor, Editorial by the Village Star-Revue Read More »
This is my first column for the Village Star Revue. Getting the attention of people on the frantic streets of Manhattan is more challenging than getting people to talk to me on the laid-back streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn which I do every month for my People of Red Hook column. So, for my virgin
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Community Boards 2 and 3 head into summer break in August. For their respective July meetings, that meant housekeeping on last-minute issues and updates on upcoming events in the East and West Village. Community Board 2’s meeting covered several new bills and programs that will impact the West Village, including a bill signed by Gov.
Cameras in hand, around 15 sightseers traversed packed West Village streets on July 20 to snap photos of the Blue Note Jazz Club, Cornelia Street and over a dozen other renowned spots. Tour guides dotted chronicled histories with personal accounts in their retellings of the social and political nuances that built Lower Manhattan. The group,
Wikipedia takes a tour of the Village, by Dharma Niles Read More »
It’s probably an unwinnable debate to determine who is happier to have dell’anima back downtown: the team behind it or the diners in front of their dinners. The restaurant, an inveterate regular on “Best of” Lists, debuted in Abingdon Square in 2007, with much of the same team that still operates it now. In 2018, with skyrocketing
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When the trees begin to turn green in the early days of spring, there’s usually a buzz of excited activity in anticipation of warmer days in New York City. But, this year, many international students were racked with uncertainty as they anxiously checked the news and their emails, waiting to find out if they would
Being an NYU international student in these crazy days, by Leina Gabra Read More »
The East Village is now recognized for its nightlife, vintage clothing shops and the bustle of St. Mark’s Place – but there’s also a past time where German churches were the neighborhood stronghold. Richard Haberstroh, a genealogist and native New Yorker with German roots, hosted an illustrative talk at the Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran
The complex religious history of East Village’s “Kleindeutschland,” by Asar John Read More »
Haute punk art star Marcia Resnick leaves us a legacy, both in photographs by her … and of her. Smart, sophisticated and sexy, she rode the crest of Downtown Manhattan’s ascendance a half century ago. She was a regular at the hotspots, appearing in her trademark Hell’s Angel/ seductive schoolgirl attire and taking studio portraits
