Behind every talented artist in Greenwich Village, there is… A powerful, talented and liberated Village woman! From Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opening her studio in a former stable to a mysterious DaDA poet, artist and Baroness inventing (and getting arrested for) “wearable art,” and from Mabel Dodge’s wild all-night salons to the first exhibitions of revolutionary paintings by Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, the Village and its environs would not be what it is today without women artists – and writers and photographers.

Join Marc Catapano and uncover the dynamic history of NYC's East Village and its famous underground movements. Explore its radical political past, its avant-garde art, and groundbreaking jazz, rock, and punk scenes. Visit iconic sites like CBGB’s, St Mark’s Place, and Tompkins Square Park, and revel in the area's extraordinary cultural legacy.

Look up. Above the awnings and stoops of Greenwich Village, a hidden menagerie is watching. Gargoyles leer from cornices, mascarons peer from lintels, and carved beasts cling to the facades of townhouses, seminaries, and apartment buildings that most passersby never notice. Join Marc Catapano for a two-hour walk through Greenwich Village's stone bestiary.