Butterfly Blue performing at Bread N Wine: On keyboard is David Pearl, singer is Gizem Gokoglu, Linus Wyrsch on clarinet and tenor sax. Photo courtesy of H.R. Feldman Days of Bread N Wine And all that jazz - Come one come all, the streets are alive with the sights and sounds of restaurants! Thanks to our good... Voices 20 Jun 2021 | 09:22
At the Yankees home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 2, MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye welcomed fans back to the ballpark on the jumbotron at Yankee Stadium. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York The City’s Most Privileged Fans Have the Blues This is a boom time for New York sports fans. The Knicks overachieved wildly. The injury-prone Mets have been in first place,... Voices 18 Jun 2021 | 11:03
Photo via Amazon.com The Wrestlers Midway through their gently impassioned new book, “We Refuse to Be Enemies: How Muslims and Jews Can Make Peace, One Friendship... Voices 09 Jun 2021 | 11:47
Photo via Amazon.com When Friends are the Real ‘Devil’ June 30 marks the 15-year anniversary of the movie for which many such as myself can recite dialogue along with the characters.... Voices 09 Jun 2021 | 11:18
NYC Comptroller candidate Terri Liftin (center) at the Blood Center rally on the Upper East Side. Photo courtesy of Terri Liftin Let’s Listen to the Communities Un-bloody Sunday - You know NY’s back when everyone shows up for a rally. And so it was on a recent Sunday when the community,... Voices 07 Jun 2021 | 02:19
Photo via Amazon.com Eli’s Final Chapter Even though I enjoyed talking with Eli, I saw him too infrequently to imagine that he would someday teach me about living... Voices 04 Jun 2021 | 10:40
The author in Riverside Park. Photo courtesy of Bethany Kandel Watching the Seasons Unfold During a Year of COVID Riverside Park Runs I can breathe clearly now the masks are gone. (Apologies to the original song for the appropriation.) Now that the CDC has... Voices 26 May 2021 | 11:32
John Hickenlooper at a gun safety forum in 2019. Photo: Gage Skidmore, via Flickr Dear Katie Couric ... cc to Senator John Hickenlooper - To begin, Katie Couric, I don’t know you and you don’t know me. We’ve crossed paths, if... Voices 22 May 2021 | 09:54
Photo via Physicians for National Health Program website Change in NYC Pension Program Threatens Health Care Insurance of City Retirees A proposed New York City policy may soon jeopardize the health insurance for its 245,000 retirees. The city plans to reduce... Voices 18 May 2021 | 01:10
At Rosemary’s: a line to get into a new restaurant. Photo: Jon Friedman A Startling Sight on First Avenue Manhattanites, stand up and cheer! A startling sight awaits you at the corner of First Avenue and East 20th Street every... Voices 14 May 2021 | 09:50
The author (right) with Butterfield owner Alan Obsatz at the Lexington Ave. market. Photo courtesy of Bobby Ochs NY’s a Restaurant Town Again When I recently ran into my old friend Alan Obsatz, we reminisced on how quickly the years flew by since the time he and... Voices 12 May 2021 | 09:40
An album Bob Dylan wrote and recorded in New York. Photo: Jon Friedman Bob Dylan, 80 Years (Forever) Young – and Still Mr. New York The Village Voice was pondering what, back in September of 2017, was feared to be its final edition. The quintessential New... Voices 07 May 2021 | 01:53
Jeff Gold, self-described “41-year Yorkvillian.” Photo courtesy of Jeff Gold Progressive Politics and Our Town Memories Progressive sanity - Back in his day, Ed Koch described himself as a liberal with sanity. Ed Koch is no longer and no longer... Voices 04 May 2021 | 03:05
Drawing by Irving Lepselter in Our Town in the 1980s. Photo courtesy of Arlene Kayatt The Spirit of Young Entrepreneurs Looking back - In going through Our Town issues from the ‘80s, I came across one of Irving Lepselter’s drawings (they appeared... Voices 24 Apr 2021 | 04:18
Maria (left) and Flavia at Match 65 Brasserie. Photo: Sarah Bae COVID is No Match For Our Community Coronavirus has affected the whole world. Many New Yorkers stayed inside, quarantined, for too many months. Not only has... Voices 21 Apr 2021 | 10:45
