Framing the Village: Portraits by Village Artists: Exhibition until Sept 24
Moshava Art 45 W 8th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY, United StatesA group exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photography of portraits depicting persons past and present who are associated with, live in, or have lived in Greenwich Village/East Village. Curated by long-time Village artist Marc Kehoe, this exhibition powerfully demonstrates that the visual arts continue to flourish in this most vibrant downtown neighborhood.
Satie’s Vexations, 60 years after John Cage
NYU Paulson Center 181 Mercer Street, New York, NY, United StatesCelebrate the 60th anniversary of John Cage’s historic East Village premier of Erik Satie’s Vexations. 840 repetitions of Satie’s piece will be performed by our 30-pianist Relay Team over 15 hours. Composer David Del Tredici, member of the original production, raps it up at 9pm.
The Village Trip at the Eighth Street Block Party
Intersection of Eighth and MacDougal streets Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United StatesDavid Amram, Artist Emeritus of The Village Trip, along with a group of musicians and friends launch The Village Trip 2023, a two-week-plus extravaganza of music, art, poetry, walks, talks and much more. A fun family-friendly street party to herald our fifth neighborhood festival. Hosted by Village Alliance.
Neighbors, Lovers and Friends: Michael Kelly and Brad Moore at Salmagundi
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesA world premiere packed evening of classical American art song with Michael Kelly and Bradley Moore at the Salmagundi Club, featuring words and music by an array of the Village's iconic residents, past and present.
David Amram’s East Village Ramble
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio 73 Avenue C, New York, United StatesNOW INDOORS: Due to the forecast of rain and thunder on Sunday, we have taken the decision to have David Amram give a talk instead of a tour about the East Village. The event will take place in the heart of the East Village at La Sala de Pepe and offers the chance to chat with David in relaxed surroundings. A virtual East Village Ramble.
It’s no exaggeration to say that David Amram has been at the center of the Downtown arts scene for well over a half-century. He knows everyone, and he’s a walking, talking encyclopedia.
Ukraine Day
The Village Trip will celebrate Ukrainian culture. A full program of events throughout the East Village will honour Ukraine’s rich history and culture while raising money for the Ukraine Children’s Action Project. Find out how you can participate.
Playing for Change: a Play-a-Thon for Ukraine
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA Play-a-Thon for Ukraine which will benefit the Ukraine Children’s Action Project. We welcome performers of all ages and abilities playing any instruments. The music will be by Ukrainian composers. Find out more and REGISTER to take part.
Killing the Silence: A Concert for Ukraine: Special Guests Chorus Dumka
St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United StatesBenefit for Ukraine Children’s Action Project. Chamber music by Ukrainian composers. Special guests Ukrainian Chorus Dumka, Bowers-Fader Duo, Didorenko-Basis Duo. Music by Barvinsky, Bortkiewicz, Silvestrov, Ornstein, Lysenko, Gliere and more.
From Odesa: Kommuna Lux plus special guests
DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United StatesMaking its Manhattan debut – direct from Ukraine—Kommuna Lux is a hi-energy seven-piece band whose “Odesa gangsta folk” has been thrilling audiences for almost a decade with its beguiling mix of Klezmer and rowdy speakeasy tunes that have a bohemian Black Sea coastal vibe.
Greenwich Village as Harlem’s Preamble and Echo: A Random Illustrated Survey: The Village Trip Lecture by Eric K Washington
Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United StatesA close examination of Greenwich Village reveals an often surprising pentimento of African American history. This illustrated lecture, culled from the author’s various projects, is a subjective and randomly select glimpse at Black New York’s vibrant social pulse before it moved uptown.
Terri Thal and Friends: Greenwich Village and Me
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe event will also be livestreamed.
Terri Thal in conversation with and accompanied by musicians Tom Paxton and Happy Traum. Moderated by Liz Thomson, music journalist and author, and founder of The Village Trip.
Wonderful Town – Jamie Bernstein and Janis Siegel and friends in a seventieth anniversary celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s great downtown musical
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesA unique and intimate cabaret – featuring the Maestro’s daughter Jamie Bernstein with Grammy-garlanded Janis Siegel, baritone Michael Kelly, and pianist Yaron Gershovsky, long-time musical director of The Manhattan Transfer. A glorious celebration of songs such as “Ohio,” “Pass the Football,” and “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man” – and the stories behind them.
Mazel! Yiddish Classics Reimagined by an Unlikely Trio
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesCelebrate Rosh Hashanah in the company of Janis Siegel, John Di Martino and Cantor Daniel Kramer for the first live presentation of their highly acclaimed Covid-lockdown album of Yiddish classics with a backbeat.
Jazz for Justice: Freedom First – We Are With You / Estamos Contigo
Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street, NY, United StatesAn all-star concert for Keith LaMar, who has spent almost 34 years in solitary confinement on death row in Ohio for a crime he didn’t commit.
Shanah Tovah! A Joyous New Year’s Musical Celebration with Avram Pengas, David Amram & friends
DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United StatesSongs of New York City’s Yiddish theater, Sephardic folklore and their global roots will welcome in the new year. Come to listen, sing along, and dance to the music of both the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities which continue to enrich the music of the world.
Public/Private: Gail Papp, in conversation with George C Wolfe
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesMore than half a century after the Public Theater opened its doors with Hair, Gail Papp returns to the Theater to talk, for the first time, about her vivid and fascinating behind-the scenes memoir Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater.
So Surreal – Anarchy Under the Arch! Innovators, Radicals, Mavericks and Game-changers
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village has long been home to artistic and social mavericks; young Bohemians, innovators and free-thinkers. This concert explores the connections between the French surrealist movement and American musicians, Dadaism, theosophy and spiritualism. Music by Satie, Cage, Ives, Seeger, Wolpe, more.
Simic Colors at Salmagundi: baritone Joseph Keckler, soprano Sharon Harms
Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBaritone Joseph Keckler & soprano Sharon Harms perform new settings of Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Charles Simic by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Gene Pritsker; Carman Moore’s “A Village Triptych” treats of a group of Greenwich Village poets including his dear friend Lennox Raphael; Jospeh Keckler’s biting dramatic works.
Let Freedom Ring! Music and Voices of the March for Civil Rights, Then and Now
Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, NY, United StatesIn the Great Hall where Lincoln spoke and the NAACP was born, Let Freedom Ring! Music and Voices of the March for Civil Rights, Then and Now will honor the sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington, with an evening of song, dance, and oratory that address the way our society confronts discrimination, inequality, and oppression.
Julie Gold: Closing the Distance
Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow Street, New York, NY, United StatesAn intimate evening of songs and stories with the inimitable Julie Gold, Greenwich Village’s own Grammy winner, a singer-songwriter known the world over for “From a Distance,” a song which has been read into the Congressional Record and which was used to wake up the astronauts on the Mir Space Station the very first time the Americans hooked up with the Russians in outer space. Join Julie – a wonderful raconteur as well as songwriter – for a very special evening.
Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square. Free concert with the Peace Poets, People of Earth, & BETTY
Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United StatesDue to the high chance of heavy thunderstorms, this concert in Washington Square Park has been cancelled.
Geographically and spiritually, Washington Square has always been the center of the Village. Bohemia’s beating heart. A place to gather, whether to protest or just hang out, often with a guitar – and to dance! The signature event of each year’s Village Trip festival, this concert in the Park brings together a stellar selection of New York City talent: People of Earth, The Peace Poets and BETTY, the award-winning indie rock trio which (as Gloria Steinem puts it) “spreads the most lasting kind of revolution”.
It Was 60 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Conversation with Cousin Brucie and Jamie Bernstein
The Loft at City Winery 11th Avenue at 15th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ first visit to America and their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. The harmonies of the duo Blac Rabbit (“Maybe the Best Beatles Cover Band Ever,” New York Times) will transport us back to the heady days of Beatlemania.
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