Jefferson Market Library
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.
Folk, Joke, and Hope Songs –
A Concert with David Roth
Jefferson Market Library
425 6th Avenue, NY, United States
Today we get together and sing with musician David Roth! Bring friends and family!
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.
Global Greenwich Village: Lecture by Robert W. Snyder
Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue, NY, United StatesGreenwich 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.