Howling For Jeremy Steig
3rd Sunday Jazz 6BC Botanical Garden 624 East 6th Street, NY, United StatesA Solo Flute Festival of Improvised Solos to Remember Jeremy Steig.
With flutists Cheryl Pyle, Haruna Fukazawa, Gene Coleman, John Kruth, Jay Rodriguez, Nick Gianni, Sylvain Leroux, Connie Grossman, Premik Russell Tubbs, Mary Cherney, and more.
The Village & Phil Ochs: Composers Interpret Phil Ochs
DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United StatesPhil Ochs was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and ‘70s. He wrote protest songs in the spirit of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie, and like Guthrie he was also a poet and journalist. His is an enduring legacy.
Janis Siegel: I’ll Take Manhattan
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesNine-time Grammy winner and founding member of The Manhattan Transfer, Janis Siegel, waxes rhapsodic about her beloved city in song and word. She will be assisted by two master musicians, John di Martino on piano and Boris Koslov on bass. The songs are diverse, romantic, bittersweet, vintage, modern, and full of heart and history, just like New York City itself.
Carol Lipnik, presented by TWEED
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesCarol Lipnik, the spellbinding, darkly humorous singer and songwriter returns to Pangea to perform selections from her two new albums, 'Blue Forest' and 'Goddess of Imperfection'
Jack Kerouac: Then and Now
Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United StatesAs part of the festival’s Jack Kerouac 100 celebrations, a distinguished panel—Holly George-Warren, Joyce Johnson, Anne Waldman, and David Amram - will reflect on aspects of the writer’s life in New York City generally and the Village in particular and discuss his enduring legacy.
Behind the Scenes Tour of the Whitney Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art 555 West Street, NY, United StatesAn overview of the Whitney Museum’s Renzo Piano-designed building, and a behind the scenes view of spaces rarely open to the public.
Talented Punk and Rad Women Walking Tour
Former residence of Emma Goldman 208 East 13th Street, NY, United StatesJoin acclaimed public historian Kathleen Hulser on an exciting Village Trip walking tour to discover the Downtown streets that evoke the memory of generations of female radicals, punks, talented writers and singers who called the East Village their home.
Now’s the Time! – An Evening with David Amram and Friends Celebrating Jack Kerouac, Charlie Parker, Piri Thomas, and Today’s Young East Village talents
Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street, NY, United StatesCome celebrate the historic role and impact the Beats and bebop and jazz artists played in the rise of the contemporary East Village arts scene. Includes a screening of Pull My Daisy & film tribute to Charlie Parker.
Bad, Rad, and Boho Women of the Village Walking Tour
Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesJoin public historian Kathleen Hulser to hear about mavericks such as Emma Goldman, Isadora Duncan, Dorothy Day, Mabel Dodge, Louise Bryant, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone, Jane Jacobs, and Angela Davis and the many other rebellious spirits who left their mark on Greenwich Village – and on the world.
Women’s Rights are Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy
LGBTQ Center 208 W 13 Street, NY, United StatesA panel, chaired by public historian Kathleen Hulser, will assess the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt, a brave woman ahead of her time whose beliefs were shaped by her life in the Village.
Chords of Fame: A Salute to Phil Ochs
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesA distinguished group of artists, spanning the generations, will offer their interpretations of Ochs’ songs and honor his legacy of social activism. The evening, which will be emceed by Danny Goldberg.
Hot Summer Jazz Series: Jay Clayton Quartet
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesInternationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator, Jay Clayton, will be joined on stage by Jay Anderson on bass and Ed Neumeister on trombone.
Heather Patterson King: The Voices in my Head
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesJoin Heather Patterson King on a humorous and reflective musical journey through the voices that made her the performer she is today.
Charlie Parker & Stefan Wolpe
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesCharlie Parker was crucial to the development of bebop, a uniquely American artform that thrived in Greenwich Village. Composer Stefan Wolpe fled the Nazis and settled in the Village, teaching avant-gardists and jazz musicians alike, forming a friendship with the jazz radical.
Karen Mack and Elliot Roth
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesSongwriters Karen Mack and Elliot Roth present two sets of acoustic jazz, originals, pop/folk covers, and “not standard” takes on standards in Pangea’s restaurant/front lounge.
Richard Barone on the 1960s Greenwich Village Music Scene
Lobby Bar at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesRichard Barone talks to fellow author and Village Trip founder Liz Thomson about his new book, 'Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s', a freewheeling historical narrative, peppered with personal stories and insights from those who were there.
Glitter in the Gutter: Mermaid Edition
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesOur two glittering heroines follow the Gutter underwater as the pressures of an Artist’s life above ground gets increasingly thick and heavy. Join us for a splash of gravity-less swankiness under The Sea!
Glass Houses: Celebrating Philip Glass at 85
St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village Trip partners with Victoria Bond and Cutting Edge Concerts to celebrate the legacy of ground-breaking composer Philip Glass.
Picture Book Bohemia: A Children’s-Book Walking Tour of Greenwich Village Led by Historian and Critic Leonard Marcus
Opposite the Forbes Building Fifth Avenue & 12th Street, NY, United StatesGreenwich Village was a vibrant creative crossroads for children’s literature’s greats. On this walking tour, we’ll visit the sites where 'Where the Wild Things Are', 'The Very Hungry Caterpiller', and - yes - 'Make Way for Ducklings' were all created + more
Hard Travelin’ Walking Tour: The Village Folk Scene, Before and After Bob Dylan
Abingdon Square Veterinary Clinic 130 West 10th Street, New York, United StatesWhen Bob Dylan thumbed his way from Minneapolis to New York in January 1961, he was drawn by the siren call of Woody Guthrie, who was part of a folk scene with deep roots in Greenwich Village, where Washington Square Park had long been a gathering place for singers and guitar pickers.