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Framing the Village Exhibition

Revelation Gallery at St John's in the Village 218 W 11th Street, NY, United States

By the 1850s, the Village was a living art colony and by the time sculptor and heiress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney established her first gallery in MacDougal Alley in 1907 there was an embarrassment of riches for her to choose from.

Free

NYU & Washington Square: Walking Tour with Architect Kyle Johnson

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

Tour the Washington Square area and hear architect Kyle Johnson talk about NYU’s impact on the neighborhood and some of the key buildings it has erected and renovated around the park.

$15 – $20

Eating the Village Food Tour: Pizza, pastries, and more

Experience this culinary and cultural hot-spot of downtown Manhattan. Discover New York City’s most historic residential neighborhood, Greenwich Village. Hidden streets, gorgeous Brownstones, and the best pizza in NYC are just a few of the highlights waiting for you on this small-group food tour. This tour is given daily.

OFFBEATS Sidewalk Book Launch

Printed Matter 38 St Marks Place, NY, United States

Lower East Side artist-archivist Clayton Patterson and author John Strausbaugh come to Printed Matter/St. Marks for a sidewalk launch and sale of their new book OFFBEATS: LOWER EAST SIDE PORTRAITS. […]

Free

The Village Trip – The Eighth Street Experience

Intersection of Eighth and MacDougal streets Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United States

The David Amram Septet plus pianist Dave Keyes and special guests kick off this year’s Village Trip and are joined by Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars at this family friendly, outdoor street party. Food, fun, furry friends and games for children of all ages – it’s all happening on Eighth Street as we herald our fourth neighborhood festival.

Free

The Village Trip GuitarFest:
Ah, Let’s go Back to the Village

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Celebrate the Jack Kerouac centenary with the world premiere of David Amram’s Ah, Let’s Go Back to the Village, a chamber music composition commissioned by The Village Trip and based on text from Kerouac’s book Lonesome Traveler. Tilted Axes – twenty electric guitars – kick off this unique guitar extravaganza. There follows a program of South American guitar music, and twenty classical guitarists wrap up, joining David Amram, who will jam on his score for the Robert Frank film Pull My Daisy.

$15 – $20

Steven Zumbo

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Steven Zumbo presents an eclectic show of story and song, delivered with his unique, comedic touch and rich voice.

$25

Labor Rights After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Social Justice Walk with Historian Daniel Katz

Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, NY, United States

On Saturday, March 25, 1911, at the end of the work day, a fire began on the 8th floor of the Triangle Garment Factory. Within thirty minutes,146 of the 500 workers laboring on floors eight, nine, and ten would die. The tragedy provoked outrage, union movement building, and led to political reform.

$35 – $40
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East Village TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour

Puck Building 295 Lafayette Street, NY, United States

Take part in the action of downtown NYC! On the East Village TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour, you'll be able to pose in front of The Puck Building featured […]

$25 – $30

You n Yours: The Father File

HB Studio Playwrights Theatre 124 Bank Street, NY, United States

Screening of David Deblinger's "pilot for a 'Sesame Street for adults,'" mining New York's great creativity and diversity to explore one word, "Father."

Free

Classical Jack: Chamber Music Which Inspired Kerouac and Music Inspired by Him

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Musically as important as Beethoven,
Yet not regarded as such at all
So wrote Jack Kerouac in the 240th chorus of Mexico City Blues, speaking of Charlie “Bird” Parker, whom he regarded as the perfect musician. But Jack’s love of jazz did not diminish his great love for classical music and his knowledge of it. His innate musicianship, of course explains the music of his prose, and his ability to improvise words to music, as he did with his old friend David Amram. The program will include works by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, and Amram performed by a group of distinguished musicians: pianist Yoshiko Kline, saxophonist Ken Radnofsky, and violist Consuelo Sherba.

$15 – $20

Wonderful Town: Walking Tour with Jamie Bernstein

Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, NY, United States

Join a unique walking tour with Maestro Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie and explore the crooked streets of Greenwich Village which inspired the great 20th-century musical 'Wonderful Town'. It begins – as the musical does – at Washington Square and Waverly Place! New starting point: Meet at Northwest corner of 14th St and 7th Ave. Please assemble at 3:45pm

$20 – $25

Wonderful Town: Cabaret and Cocktails with Janis Siegel and Friends

North Square Lounge at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United States

A unique and intimate cabaret – featuring the Grammy-garlanded Janis Siegel with baritone Michael Kelly, Jamie Bernstein and The Manhattan Transfer's long-time musical director Yaron Gershovsky on keyboards – is a glorious celebration of songs such as “Ohio,” “Pass the Football,” and “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man,” plus more.

$45

Conversations with Claywoman, presented by TWEED

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Claywoman is a 500 year old extra-terrestrial from the Mirillion Galaxy. She frequently visits Earth, her favorite planet, giving lectures at various events.

$25 – $30

In and Around the Square: A Story-Stroll through Washington Square with author John Sorensen

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

The heart and soul of Greenwich Village is Washington Square Park. To truly know the Village, you must first get to know the Park.  This walking tour is a kind of “Washington Square 101” introducing participants to some of the historical and cultural highlights of the near neighborhood. It explores the rich and powerful history of the Square – from the days of the Lenape Native Americans through to the more recent times of great modern Village artists such as writer Willa Cather, painter Edward Hopper and photographer Diane Arbus.

$15 – $20

7th Ave. S, Cygnus Ensemble

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Apologies, but we have had to postpone this event due to Covid.
In the New York Times, Paul Griffiths described Cygnus as an "enterprising and supple group featuring guitars, strings and woodwinds in pairs….” Composer Allison Loggins-Hull’s latest work, 7th Ave. S. calls for an electric guitar, bridging into the psychedelic sound-world of Greenwich Village, and telling her Village Stories in three movements.
Renowned soprano Leah Brzyski will join Cygnus for the premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s Gypsum, setting of poems by Diedre Huckaby.
Carman Moore riffs on “Cygnus” in Swans Across the Milky Way.

$15 – $20

Painting the Village: The Village Trip Arts Walk with a Village Artist

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

Join historian, painter, filmmaker, performance artist and exuberant raconteur Marc Kehoe for a stroll through the artist's Greenwich Village, birthplace of American Modern Art.

$20 – $25

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Whitney Museum

Whitney Museum of American Art 555 West Street, NY, United States

An overview of the Whitney Museum’s Renzo Piano-designed building, and a behind the scenes view of spaces rarely open to the public.

Free

Painting the Village: The Village Trip Arts Walk with a Village Artist

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

Join historian, painter, filmmaker, performance artist and exuberant raconteur Marc Kehoe for a stroll through the artist's Greenwich Village, birthplace of American Modern Art.

$20 – $25

Hot Summer Jazz Series: Mark Winkler

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Mark Winkler's Late Bloomin’ Jazzman is the latest album by vocalist and songwriter Mark Winkler, an homage to growing older and the blessings and the downsides that come with age.

$25

CompCord Chamber Orchestra featuring Suzanne Vega: Songs and Poems from the Village

The Players Theatre 115 MacDougal Street, NY, United States

With music by New York City composers, including the legendary Suzanne Vega singing some of her classic songs in new orchestral arrangements by Gene Pritsker, William Anderson and Jonathan Dawe. Poetry recitations pay tribute to Greenwich Village.

$42 – $62

Global Greenwich Village: Lecture by Robert W. Snyder

Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United States

Greenwich Village has long been a place where people make plans to turn the world upside down. Since the late nineteenth century, the neighborhood has absorbed new people and new ideas in the arts, culture, and politics; marinated them in hope, humor and contentiousness; and then shared them with New York City, the USA, and the world.

Free

James Beard House Tour

James Beard House 167 West 12th Street, NY, United States

One of the most significant figures in the history of American cuisine, Beard pioneered television as a medium for teaching the art of cooking and emphasized the use of fresh, local ingredients and American approaches to food.

$10

James Beard House Tour

James Beard House 167 West 12th Street, NY, United States

One of the most significant figures in the history of American cuisine, Beard pioneered television as a medium for teaching the art of cooking and emphasized the use of fresh, local ingredients and American approaches to food.

$10

James Beard House Tour

James Beard House 167 West 12th Street, NY, United States

One of the most significant figures in the history of American cuisine, Beard pioneered television as a medium for teaching the art of cooking and emphasized the use of fresh, local ingredients and American approaches to food.

$10

Children of the American Bop (and Mambo) Night!

The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United States

Jack Kerouac's legendary status as the leading voice of the Beat writers was cemented with his seminal work, On the Road. Published in 1957, the same year West Side Story debuted on Broadway and Sputnik launched into space. David Amram and Bobby Sanabria will perform jazz and Latin classics of the 1950s that influenced Kerouac and an entire generation. The show will also include brief readings from On the Road with music, just as Kerouac and Amram pioneered jazz-poetry in New York in 1957.

$25

Secret Music: Celebrating David Del Tredici at 85

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Pianist Marc Peloquin performs music of the great American composer and long-time resident of the West Village, David Del Tredici, as part of his 85th birthday celebration. Also included on the program will be works by composers affiliated with Del Tredici, including Robert Helps and Dennis Tobenski.

$15 – $20

Mariah Bonner: Yours in Song

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Join Mariah Bonner for an intimate evening of song, an eclectic mix of American standards, French ballads, pop songs and original material expressed vividly in Mariah’s rich vocals.

$30

Lunchtime Concert: Native American Portraits

Anna Maria Kellen Concert Hall 235 East 11th Street, NY, United States

A performance of Native American Portraits for violin, piano, and percussion, by David Amram at Third Street Music School Settlement. It will be preceded by a demonstration of Native American music and instruments and conclude with an opportunity for discussion.

Free
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Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sites Tour

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

On the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sites Tour, fans can step back in time and follow in the footsteps of Midge as they get a swanky peek into 1950s Manhattan. They'll […]

$25 – $30

On the Road Reading with Music

The Strand: The Rare Book Room 828 Broadway at 12th Street, NY, United States

A recording of the livestream is available to buy.
A diverse cast including Stephanie Berry, Kevin Corrigan, John Doman, Marsha Mason, Dael Orlandersmith, Mercedes Ruehl, Jose Rivera, and John Ventimiglia read excerpts from Jack Kerouac’s classic novel accompanied by a jazz quartet led by the legendary David Amram and directed by David Deblinger. Produced in collaboration with HB Studio.

$10 – $20

Penny Arcade’s Longing Lasts Longer

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner return to Pangea with their world-wide hit show. Longing Lasts Longer, an investigation into the difference between nostalgia and longing, illuminates the seismic shifts over the past 50 years.

$20 – $25

Bowers Fader Duo

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Cutting Edge Concerts joins The Village Trip to present the Bowers Fader Duo performing both classical and contemporary repertoire. Their ongoing mission is to promote new American art songs for mezzo and guitar, through commissions, performances, and recordings.

$15 – $20

Sophia Ramos: “No Parental Guidance”

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

A music filled storytelling journey about the life of a perpetually irreverent Nuyorican Rock and Roll singer, cutting her teeth in the downtown 80’s and 90’s music scene.

$20 – $25

Sixty-five Joyous Years in the Village, from Kerouac, Mingus, Monk, and Jackson Pollock to the New Voices of Today: Walking Tour with David Amram

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

A truly unique opportunity to join Village Trip Artist Emeritus David Amram on a walk through his colorful life. David has known them all, played with them all – among them Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Pettiford, and Pete Seeger.

$35 – $40

Walk on the Wild Side: Lou Reed’s New York Walking Tour with Jesse Rifkin

100 East 17th Street 100 East 17th Street, NY, United States

“I’m not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We’re here. We are quintessential Americans – we’re not only American, but New York-American.” New York was Lou Reed’s city, and he was a crucial part of so many scenes.

$25 – $30
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East Village TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour

Puck Building 295 Lafayette Street, NY, United States

Take part in the action of downtown NYC! On the East Village TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour, you'll be able to pose in front of The Puck Building featured […]

$25 – $30

Village Voices

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Greenwich Village has been home to some of America’s greatest creative minds – poets, composers, innovators, iconoclasts, and free-thinkers. Sopranos Sharon Harms and Adriana Valdes join pianists Joan Forsyth, Cathy Kautsky, Gavin Cappon and the Village Guitar Orchestra to perform songs by Henry Cowell, John Cage, Edna St Vincent Millay, Djuna Barnes, Robert Frost, Margaret Bonds, James Baldwin, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Tania Leon and Willa Cather. Exciting new settings by composers William Anderson, Nehemiah Luckett, Jonathon Dawe, Kitty Brazelton and Gavin Cappon enliven the program.

$15 – $20

Howling For Jeremy Steig

3rd Sunday Jazz 6BC Botanical Garden 624 East 6th Street, NY, United States

A 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.

Free

The Village & Phil Ochs: Composers Interpret Phil Ochs

DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United States

Phil 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.

$20 – $30

Janis Siegel: I’ll Take Manhattan

The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United States

Nine-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.

$25

Carol Lipnik, presented by TWEED

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Carol 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'

$20 – $25

Jack Kerouac: Then and Now

Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United States

As 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.

Free

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Whitney Museum

Whitney Museum of American Art 555 West Street, NY, United States

An overview of the Whitney Museum’s Renzo Piano-designed building, and a behind the scenes view of spaces rarely open to the public.

Free

Talented Punk and Rad Women Walking Tour

Former residence of Emma Goldman 208 East 13th Street, NY, United States

Join 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.

$25 – $30

Bad, Rad, and Boho Women of the Village Walking Tour

Judson Memorial Church 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United States

Join 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.

$25 – $30

Women’s Rights are Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Legacy

LGBTQ Center 208 W 13 Street, NY, United States

A 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.

Free

Chords of Fame: A Salute to Phil Ochs

The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United States

A 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.

$20 – $25

Hot Summer Jazz Series: Jay Clayton Quartet

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Internationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator, Jay Clayton, will be joined on stage by Jay Anderson on bass and Ed Neumeister on trombone.

$25

Heather Patterson King: The Voices in my Head

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Join Heather Patterson King on a humorous and reflective musical journey through the voices that made her the performer she is today.

$20 – $25

Charlie Parker & Stefan Wolpe

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Charlie 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.

$20 – $25

Karen Mack and Elliot Roth

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Songwriters 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.

Free

Richard Barone on the 1960s Greenwich Village Music Scene

Lobby Bar at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United States

Richard 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. 

$25

Glitter in the Gutter: Mermaid Edition

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Our 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!

$20 – $25

Glass Houses: Celebrating Philip Glass at 85

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

The Village Trip partners with Victoria Bond and Cutting Edge Concerts to celebrate the legacy of ground-breaking composer Philip Glass.

$15 – $20

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 States

Greenwich 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

$5 – $10

Hard Travelin’ Walking Tour: The Village Folk Scene, Before and After Bob Dylan

Abingdon Square Veterinary Clinic 130 West 10th Street, New York, United States

When 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.

$25 – $30
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Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sites Tour

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

On the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sites Tour, fans can step back in time and follow in the footsteps of Midge as they get a swanky peek into 1950s Manhattan. They'll […]

$25 – $30

Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square
with The Klezmatics and Joshua Nelson
Free outdoor concert

Garibaldi Plaza Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United States

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. The now-traditional Village Trip concert in the Park, headlined this year by Grammy-winning local heroes The Klezmatics, celebrates Greenwich Village as “a state of mind with no boundaries.”

Free

Heather Patterson King: The Voices in my Head

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Join Heather Patterson King on a humorous and reflective musical journey through the voices that made her the performer she is today.

$20 – $25

Village Composers and Stephen Dembski, featuring soprano Sharon Harms

Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street, NY, United States

Greenwich Village, has a thriving music scene represented in this program of newer and recent works by a diverse group of Village composers. This program of music is dedicated to the memory of composer Stephen Dembski, long-time West Village resident, who died suddenly in summer 2021.

$15 – $20

Amanda Reckonwith Returns

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

International diva and Broadway legend in her own mind, “Amanda Reckonwith“ Returns! (after a 25 year retirement/rest cure) to razzle dazzle with high comedy and even higher notes!

$25

Framing the Village: Portraits by Village Artists: Exhibition until Sept 24

Moshava Art 45 W 8th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

A 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.

Free

Satie’s Vexations, 60 years after John Cage

NYU Paulson Center 181 Mercer Street, New York, NY, United States

Celebrate 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.

Free

Painting the Village: The Village Trip Art Walk: A Tour With and Historian Artist Marc Kehoe

Washington Square Arch Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United States

Greenwich Village has spawned more influential artists than any other place in America. Walk the Village streets with artist and historian Marc Kehoe and learn more about them. The tour concludes with a guided visit to Framing the Village, the group show of contemporary art at Moshava Gallery.

$25
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The Long-Gone But Not-Forgotten 1970s Music Venues of the East Village, Walking Tour

105 Second Avenue at 6th Street 105 Second Avenue at 6th Street, New York, NY, United States

Travel back to the East Village of the 1960s and ‘70s, when the music was plentiful, apartments were cheap, and you had to show up in person to buy a ticket! Visit eleven venues, including the Fillmore East, Bottom Line, and CBGBs, where careers were launched and stars were born.

$25 – $30

NoHo: Contemporary Architecture Amidst Historic Landmarks. Walking tour with Arthur Platt

South side of the Cooper Union Foundation Building 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY, United States

The rich and diverse architectural context of NoHo’s Historic Districts continues to inspire innovative contemporary design. Along the route, a discussion of technological and stylistic breakthroughs ties the tour’s sites together.

$20 – $25

The Village Trip at the Eighth Street Block Party

Intersection of Eighth and MacDougal streets Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United States

David 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.

Free

Diana Wege: Earth Requiem and Rebirth

St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United States

World Premiere Errolyn Wallen

Earth Requiem is a multidisciplinary work conceived in response to climate change, pollution, resource depletion, and nuclear capability. The audience is immersed in a near-future where degradation and extinction of nature is symbolized by a choir of languages from throughout the globe. Original music by Errollyn Wallen and Jeff Beal.

Free – $40

Neighbors, Lovers and Friends: Michael Kelly and Brad Moore at Salmagundi

Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States

A 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.

$30
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The Music of the West Village from Dylan to Springsteen and Beyond, Walking Tour

11 West 4th Street at Mercer Street 11 West 4th Street at Mercer Street, New York, NY, United States

Visit the venues and hear the stories of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, two of the most prolific and popular artists of our times. Explore the sites of the dimly lit Greenwich Village clubs, such as The Gaslight Café and Gerde’s Folk City, from where they started out.

$25 – $30

David Amram’s East Village Ramble

La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio 73 Avenue C, New York, United States

NOW 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.

$35 – $40

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 States

A 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 States

Benefit 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.

$25 – $30

Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato

St Mark’s in the Bowery 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY, United States

Canto Ostinato is a ground-breaking minimalist piece by Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt from 1976 which has acquired cult status. This two-hour version for two pianos celebrates the composer’s 100th year, performed by the formidable Dutch new-music specialist Kees Wieringa and The Village Trip’s resident pianist Joan Forsyth.

Free

From Odesa: Kommuna Lux plus special guests

DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United States

Making 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.

$35 – $40

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 States

A 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.

Free

Both Sides of Joni with Alexis Cole, Monika Herzig and Friends

Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United States

Celebrate the release of Both Sides of Joni, a set of jazz arrangements of Joni Mitchell classics by pianist Monika Herzig, featuring award-winning vocalist Alexis Cole with Peter Kienle, Gina Schwarz, and Cassius Goens.

$20 – $25

In and Around Washington Square: A Story-Stroll with John Sorensen: Walking Tour

Washington Square Arch at Fifth Avenue & Washington Square North NY, United States

The heart and soul of Greenwich Village is Washington Square Park. To truly know the Village, you must first get to know the Square and the many historic sites that surround it. This 75-minute walking tour is a kind of “Washington Square 101” introducing some of the historical and cultural highlights of the territory that borders the Square. 

$20 – $25

Terri Thal and Friends: Greenwich Village and Me

The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United States

The 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.

$20 – $25

Piano & Dance: Kees & Winter Wieringa: Dutch Minimalist Simeon ten Holt and Greenwich Village

St John’s in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States

Pianist Kees Wieringa performs music from the Netherlands and Greenwich Village, including Simeon ten Holt, Jacob TV, Alvin Curran and Phillip Glass. Simeon ten Holt's "Solo Devil's Dance 4" was specially written for Winter Wieringa and will have its world premiere, in collaboration with dancers from New York.

$25 – $30

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 States

A 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.

$25

Stand Up & Be Counted! The Village Trip Comedy Night

The Grisly Pear 107 Macdougal Street, New York, NY, United States

A night of comedy showcasing some of the best popular and up-and-coming comics in the New York area.

$15 – $20

American Boricua: Photographer Wanda Benvenutti

La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio 73 Avenue C, New York, United States

American Boricua is the first modern visual history of the Puerto Rican diaspora in all 50 of the United States. For over 20 years, Wanda Benvenutti has been traveling throughout the country, documenting Boricuas from all walks of life. Exhibition: September 14 – October 31, 2023

Free

To Be Heard in Print: Black Gay Writers in 1980s New York

Zoom Webinar

New York City in the 1980s witnessed the establishment of several organizations founded by and for Black gay men. Among these organizations were two writing groups, the Blackheart Collective and Other Countries, both with ties to Greenwich Village. A Zoom webinar with Kevin McGruder, Associate Professor of History at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Free

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