The Greenwich Village building has been home to celebrities like John Philip Sousa and Kylie Jenner — and, according to prosecutors, Mafia-controlled poker games.
Category: Greenwich Village (Manhattan, NY)
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Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76
A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote.
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How John Leguizamo Spends a Day Before Taking the Stage
The actor fits in tennis with his son, a writing session and lots of dancing before performing his new show at the Public Theater.
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Film Forum Director to Step Down
Sonya Chung, who assumed the role in 2023, is leaving after just over two years. No reason was given for her departure.
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Film Forum Director to Step Down
Sonya Chung, who assumed the role in 2023, is leaving after just over two years. No reason was given for her departure.
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Jack Kleinsinger, Impresario Behind a Marathon Jazz Series, Dies at 88
A lawyer by day, he created Highlights in Jazz, bringing together artists both famous and unknown in more than 300 concerts over 50 years.
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Tracy Schwarz, Mainstay of the New Lost City Ramblers, Dies at 86
He was the last surviving member of a retro-minded string trio whose celebration of prewar songs of the rural South put them at the heart of the folk revival.
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Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds
An editor from the heyday of glossy magazines dishes about Anna Wintour and recounts his long-running feud with Donald Trump.
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Paul Simon Plays Rare New York Show in a Downtown Loft
The 82-year old singer received several standing ovations at an exclusive SoHo Sessions performance that drew fans including Kevin Bacon, Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer.
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Happy Traum, Mainstay of the Folk Music World, Dies at 86
A noted guitarist and banjo player, he emerged from the same Greenwich Village folk-revival scene as his friend and sometime collaborator Bob Dylan.
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Composer, Uninterrupted: Christian Wolff at 90
Wolff, the last representative of the New York School that included John Cage and Morton Feldman, will celebrate his birthday with a concert at Judson Memorial Church.