This week, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. On the 16th of November in 1964, four women and…
Tis the Season: Unsilent Night Gets Bounced By ‘Big Political Rally’
In the past, the East Village holiday tradition known as Unsilent Night has proceeded undeterred against the red menace that is SantaCon (remember UnsilentaCon?), so…
First He Took Manhattan: Leonard Cohen’s Breakthrough Years in NYC
We remember him well in the Chelsea Hotel, but Leonard Cohen’s New York City existence spanned beyond just the hotel where a makeshift memorial sprung up…
Citizen Jane Is a Love Letter to the Villager Who Stopped Robert Moses in His Tracks
When I ventured out to Fire Island last weekend, it took us nearly an hour to get from the ferry landing to the house by traversing a forest…
Performance Picks: Beds Not Chairs + Silent and/or Messy Laughs
WEDNESDAY Blind Crest August 17, 7 pm at Judson Memorial Church: FREE Judson Arts Wednesdays, a series of free music, dance, and theatrical-readings twice a month,…
Last Days of Discs: Parting Shots of Other Music and Rebel Rebel
Was it the day the music died? It sure seemed like it when two of Manhattan’s last record shops, Other Music and Rebel Rebel, closed…
Photos + Video: Thousands Attend #WeAreOrlando Vigil at Stonewall Inn
The mayor, governor, and thousands of members of New York’s LGBT community and their supporters gathered around Stonewall Inn yesterday evening for a vigil to…
This Week’s Primo Performance, Including a Beyoncé Musical and a Trans Theater Fest
WEDNESDAY Dead Darlings At Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, Greenwich Village. Free. More info here. Typically, when we go see a performance of…
New Musical About Old New York Has Lovely Tunes, But Just A Touch of Stories
Any show that begins in full blackout long enough for the elderly patron next to me to start murmuring and glancing at the program with…
J. D. Salinger Returned to Greenwich Village Today, as Rebel in the Rye Filmed
Holden Caulfield once said that “people never notice anything,” but we couldn’t help but notice that a new biopic about J. D. Salinger was filming…