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Reading the Declaration of Independence: A Conversation About Our Past and Present
NYU Tisch Hall NYU, 40 West 4th Street. Room LC1, New York, NY, United StatesFor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, join New Yorkers for a roundtable discussion of the Declaration. What did it mean in 1776? What does it mean today? Robert Snyder, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Journalism at Rutgers University and former Manhattan Borough Historian, will lead our conversation.
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Beat Generation: Live Poetry, walking tour
Village Voice 36 Cooper Square, New York, NY, United StatesAn unmissable tour with authentic Beat poets from the Bowery! You'll visit iconic Beat Generation locations and hear live poetry recited and sung. If you love the Beat Generation and want to truly experience its vibe, to travel back in time and soak up the Beats' energy and passion for life – to get in the groove – then Marcos de la Fuente and Annalisa Marí Pegrum will take you there.
This tour is offered in both English and Spanish.$30 – $35 -
Eugene O’Neill and the Village, walking tour
Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United StatesJoin Cecilia Rubino, award-winning writer, theater director, filmmaker, and educator, as she leads you in the footsteps of Eugene O'Neill, America's first great playwright, through the Greenwich Village that inspired his revolutionary vision of the American theater.
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This Hammer Can’t Kill Me: Paul Robeson, His Music and His Story
HB Playwrights Foundation Theatre 124 Bank Street, New York, United StatesHosted by HB Studio, artistic home to Uta Hagen, who played Desdemona to Paul Robeson’s Othello on Broadway, this public conversation with baritone James C Martin will explore Robeson’s lasting impact as artist and activist. It will examine Robeson’s political and artistic journey, and the sold-out 1958 Carnegie Hall concert that marked his comeback from 11 years on the political blacklist. Martin, and pianist-collaborator Lynn Raley, will share selections from Robeson’s repertoire, and from their critically acclaimed album, Wide As Heaven: A Century of Song By Black American Composers.
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Dorothy Day: A Radical Saint of the City
The Village Trip Lecture Given by Robert EllsbergJefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United StatesDorothy Day, champion of the oppressed, witness for peace, was born in Brooklyn and spent most of her life in New York’s Lower East Side. In the 1920s, while working as a journalist for progressive papers, she became close to Eugene O'Neill and others in the Greenwich Village scene. After her conversion to Catholicism, she founded the Catholic Worker newspaper and the first of her “houses of hospitality” combining service to the poor and work for justice.
Robert Ellsberg, a former managing editor of the CW and editor of Day’s writings, will describe her New York journey and her road to possible sainthood.Free -
Stand Up & Be Counted! The Village Trip Comedy Night
Greenwich Village Comedy Club 99 Macdougal Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin Lindsay Barnes and Katie Finn and friends for another great night of comedy featuring some of the best popular and up-and-coming comic talents in the New York area.
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Revolutionary, Darling!
The Monster 80 Grove Street, New York, United StatesA celebration of trans voices, stories, and songs across generations. Hosted and music directed by Vivian LeDay, this one-night cabaret brings together trans New Yorkers to share the experiences, humor, heartbreak, resilience, and joy that have shaped their lives. From the voices that paved the way to the artists making history on New York’s stages today, the evening celebrates a living legacy of trans expression and resistance—right on Christopher Street, at the heart of a neighborhood where queer revolution changed the world.
$15 – $20
