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The Villager Newspaper Since 1933. In print and online.

The Villager is a weekly community newspaper serving New York City's West and East Villages, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown, Lower East Side, Union Square, Chelsea and Downtown Manhattan generally. The Villager, founded in 1933, is an award winning weekly newspaper serving residents of New York City's famous Greenwich Village neighborhood.

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, The Wall Street Hotel hosted its third annual Women's History Month Panel, a summit of intell...
03/13/2025

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, The Wall Street Hotel hosted its third annual Women's History Month Panel, a summit of intellect and audacity featuring some of the most formidable women in media, business, and culture.

The Wall Street Hotel hosted its Women’s History Month Panel, a summit of intellect and audacity featuring some of the most formidable women in media, business, and culture.

There are few artists alive today who command the canvas with the precision of a poet and the authority of a queen. Amy ...
03/13/2025

There are few artists alive today who command the canvas with the precision of a poet and the authority of a queen. Amy Sherald is one of them.

An apartment fire on the Upper West Side early on Thursday morning left one woman dead and another victim fighting for h...
03/13/2025

An apartment fire on the Upper West Side early on Thursday morning left one woman dead and another victim fighting for her life, police reported.

Photographer Bobby Grossman's latest show, "Corn Flakes and More,"  includes a group of nine over-sized Corn Flakes boxe...
03/12/2025

Photographer Bobby Grossman's latest show, "Corn Flakes and More," includes a group of nine over-sized Corn Flakes boxes sporting black-and-white images taken half a century ago of people like Andy Warhol and David Byrne holding a bowl of the classic breakfast cereal.

Photographer Bobby Grossman has been wanting to make it happen for 50 years, and gallery owner Ki Smith helped make it a reality.

With vibrant green hues of St. Patrick's Day approaching, revelers are gearing up for one of the city's most cherished t...
03/12/2025

With vibrant green hues of St. Patrick's Day approaching, revelers are gearing up for one of the city's most cherished traditions: the 264th New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade.

With St. Patrick's Day approaching, revelers are gearing up for one of the city's most cherished traditions: the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade.

Several thousand concerned New Yorkers marched through the streets of Lower Manhattan on Monday evening to protest ICE's...
03/11/2025

Several thousand concerned New Yorkers marched through the streets of Lower Manhattan on Monday evening to protest ICE's detainment of Mahmoud Khalil — a leader of Columbia University pro-Palestine demonstrations over the past year.

Several thousand concerned New Yorkers marched through the streets of Lower Manhattan on Monday evening to protest ICE's detainment of Mahmoud Khalil — a

Hundreds took to the Brooklyn Bridge on March 9 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the historic civ...
03/09/2025

Hundreds took to the Brooklyn Bridge on March 9 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the historic civil rights march across an Alabama bridge, including those who originally made the walk all those years ago.

Hundreds took to the Brooklyn Bridge on March 9 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the historic yet violent civil rights march across an

New Yorkers will soon have an extra day to get their Real ID or Enhanced ID before a May federal deadline, as the state ...
03/09/2025

New Yorkers will soon have an extra day to get their Real ID or Enhanced ID before a May federal deadline, as the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has expanded its hours to include Saturday mornings and early afternoons starting next month.

The federal REAL ID deadline is May 7, and the NYS DMV is opening select NYC and nearby offices on Saturday mornings.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Christian season of Lent, a solemn time of reflection and renewal. While ash distr...
03/09/2025

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Christian season of Lent, a solemn time of reflection and renewal. While ash distribution is a common site on this holy day, this particular distribution served an additional purpose: To combat homophobia and anti-transgender rhetoric.

amNewYork Metro presents Photo Perspective, telling a noteworthy story captured through the lens of a decades-old film camera. This story focuses on a special

Op-ed | If they were bleeding, we would stop. Why shouldn’t we help the severely mentally ill now? | amNewYork
03/09/2025

Op-ed | If they were bleeding, we would stop. Why shouldn’t we help the severely mentally ill now? | amNewYork

Like most New Yorkers, I often witness the all-too-familiar scene in the subways and our streets across the city.

Police in Manhattan are searching for a suspect who allegedly went up to a stranger to kiss and fo**le her inside the We...
03/09/2025

Police in Manhattan are searching for a suspect who allegedly went up to a stranger to kiss and fo**le her inside the West 4th Street subway station last month.

Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly went up to a stranger to kiss, fo**le her inside the West 4th Street subway station in Manhattan.

Several thousand New Yorkers marched in Manhattan on International Women's Day Saturday to demand that the Trump adminis...
03/09/2025

Several thousand New Yorkers marched in Manhattan on International Women's Day Saturday to demand that the Trump administration stop attempting to limit the rights of female and transgender Americans.

Several thousand New Yorkers marched in Manhattan on International Women's Day Saturday to demand that the Trump administration stop attempting to limit the

Police are searching for a violent perp who allegedly stabbed a man in the eye following an argument in Union Square ear...
03/09/2025

Police are searching for a violent perp who allegedly stabbed a man in the eye following an argument in Union Square early Saturday morning.

Police are searching for a perp who allegedly stabbed a man in the eye following an argument in Union Square early Saturday morning.

Police in Lower Manhattan are on the hunt for the fare-beating brute who beat a woman with a stick inside a subway stati...
03/09/2025

Police in Lower Manhattan are on the hunt for the fare-beating brute who beat a woman with a stick inside a subway station last week.

Op-ed | Stopping repeat offenders makes the subways safer, MTA chair says | amNewYork
03/08/2025

Op-ed | Stopping repeat offenders makes the subways safer, MTA chair says | amNewYork

As MTA Chair and CEO, I know that the reality of safety in the transit system is not just in the stats.

A court-appointed counsel tasked with reviewing the Trump Justice Department's motion to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams' crimi...
03/07/2025

A court-appointed counsel tasked with reviewing the Trump Justice Department's motion to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams' criminal indictment has formally recommended that the presiding judge move to permanently end the case.

Mayor Adams' indictment should be dismissed in full without any possible chance of revival, a court-appointed counsel recommended Friday.

New York society knows how to throw a party, but few do it with the kind of grace, glamour, and sheer philanthropic fire...
03/06/2025

New York society knows how to throw a party, but few do it with the kind of grace, glamour, and sheer philanthropic firepower as the New York Junior League (NYJL).

New York society knows how to throw a party, but few do it with the kind of grace, glamour, and sheer philanthropic firepower as the New York Junior League

A suspect is dead after a police-involved shooting at a Home Depot on Staten Island early Thursday morning, authorities ...
03/06/2025

A suspect is dead after a police-involved shooting at a Home Depot on Staten Island early Thursday morning, authorities said.

A suspect is dead after a police-involved shooting took place on Staten Island early Thursday morning.

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The Villager, founded in 1933, is an award-winning weekly newspaper serving residents of New York City's famous Greenwich Village neighborhood, as well as the East Village and Lower East Side, Soho and Noho, Hudson Square, Union Square, Little Italy and Chinatown. As of 2019, The Villager’s Web site also incorporates the content of its award-winning sister Manhattan community newspapers, Chelsea Now, Downtown Express, Manhattan Express and Villager Express.