[image credit: Edward Ching]
For 41 years, the Cornelia Street Café was a Village fixture, a great place to go, whether to relax with friends and a bottle of wine, or to write at a corner table, fueled by excellent coffee. Downstairs, on its diminutive stage, Suzanne Vega might be trying out a new song, Oliver Sacks presenting a science evening, Eve Ensler directing an early performance of The Vagina Monologues. David Amram played regular gigs in what he called “the Cornelia Street Stadium.”
Forced to close by a huge rent increase, owner Robin Hirsch found himself unmoored. Michael Jacobsohn’s full-length documentary captures the centrality of the Café to New York City’s artistic community. Its demise is a reminder to Hirsch, the son of a Holocaust survivor, of the painful loss his parents endured.
Both Hirsch and Jacobsohn will be present at the screening, which will be followed by a Q&A.
Featuring David Amram, Arturo O’Farrill, David Massengill, Suzanne Vega, Hannah Reimann, Michael Lydon, Cliff Eberhardt, Daniel Levy, Daniel Cainer, Frank Messina, and others. Directed and produced by Michael Jacobsohn.
