We’re now a little over midway between festivals, so we’ll be revealing the first bon-bons for The Village Trip 2025 very shortly. Suffice to say we’re delighted with how it’s all shaping up.
Meanwhile, we are serving up two delectable festival appetisers each of which features a celebrated artist and friend of The Village Trip.
Many of you will be familiar with Randy Cohen’s Person Place Thing podcast from WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Founded by Randy, the original Ethicist for the New York Times whose work for Late Night with David Letterman won him three Emmys, the interviews are based on the simple idea that people are especially engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but something they care about.
The Village Trip is delighted to be working with Randy to co-present two live Person Place Thing podcasts.
The first, on Wednesday May 21 at Greenwich House Music School in the West Village, features Randy in conversation with acclaimed author-narrator-filmmaker-broadcaster Jamie Bernstein, the Maestro’s daughter. The wide-ranging discussion will touch on everything from film, food, famous fathers – and, of course, music. Jamie, a warm and ever-engaging raconteur with a font of incredible stories, will be joined by the versatile Amy Burton, soprano, and her pianist-composer husband John Musto.
On Thursday May 29 amid the historic surroundings of La Lanterna di Vittorio on MacDougal Street, Randy will be chatting with Grammy-garlanded jazz singer Janis Siegel. Expect a lively conversation about the people, places, and things that have inspired her during her five-decade career with The Manhattan Transfer and on her numerous solo projects. In between the stories and gossip, Janis will also sing, and she will be accompanied by renowned jazz guitarist Sean Harkness.
Two quintessentially Downtown evenings with two people who make New York City our kind of town, whatever’s going on elsewhere. Randy Cohen said:
“Person Place Thing is very happy to be working with The Village Trip. It’ll be great to relive my Village youth – or, even better, relive someone else’s. And the best part, we impose no tariffs!”
Greenwich House Music School and La Lanterna di Vittorio on MacDougal Street, where Pete and Toshi Seeger got married and lived, are both intimate venues so be sure to book early to avoid disappointment.
As always, tickets are modestly priced and purchase of course helps support The Village Trip, which takes place this year from September 19-28. We’ll be revealing some exclusive details in May, so don’t miss out!
And please tell your friends. As we all know, it takes a Village.
The Village Trip has been named Best Urban Celebration Event 2025
in the LUXElife Magazine Travel & Tourism Awards 2025