The Villager Newspaper

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.

The Great Hall at Cooper Union was filled last Wednesday with the kind of crowd that Marcia Resnick loved: artists, musi...
11/25/2025

The Great Hall at Cooper Union was filled last Wednesday with the kind of crowd that Marcia Resnick loved: artists, musicians, photographers, friends, family, miscellaneous characters.

The Great Hall at Cooper Union was filled last Wednesday with the kind of crowd that Marcia Resnick loved: artists, musicians, photographers, friends, family,

Faith Ringgold did not simply paint history—she broke it open. She reached into the marrow of America’s most violent fou...
11/20/2025

Faith Ringgold did not simply paint history—she broke it open. She reached into the marrow of America’s most violent foundations, pulled forth the bones, and demanded that we look.

Faith Ringgold did not simply paint history—she broke it open. She reached into the marrow of America’s most violent foundations, pulled forth the bones, and

Retail theft in New York City has dropped 13.6% year-over-year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, as the State Police Or...
11/19/2025

Retail theft in New York City has dropped 13.6% year-over-year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, as the State Police Organized Retail Theft Task Force recovered more than $2.6 million in stolen goods since expanding operations in April 2024.

Retail theft in New York City has dropped 13.6% year-over-year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday, as the State Police Organized Retail Theft Task Force

We watched Charlie Nieland celebrate the release of his new album “Stories From The Borderlines” on the intimate stage a...
11/19/2025

We watched Charlie Nieland celebrate the release of his new album “Stories From The Borderlines” on the intimate stage at the East Village basement club Berlin.

We watched Charlie Nieland celebrate the release of his new album “Stories From The Borderlines” on the intimate stage at the East Village basement club

Police in Manhattan are looking for the suspect who stabbed a man following an argument on the Upper West Side on Friday...
11/15/2025

Police in Manhattan are looking for the suspect who stabbed a man following an argument on the Upper West Side on Friday night.

Police in Manhattan shot and critically wounded an allegedly armed man who menaced people with a gun and then fired at o...
11/14/2025

Police in Manhattan shot and critically wounded an allegedly armed man who menaced people with a gun and then fired at officers who confronted him on Thursday night.

Police in Manhattan shot and critically wounded an allegedly armed man who menaced people with a gun and then fired at officers who confronted him on Thursday

Three heroic NYPD officers recounted on Thursday the dramatic moment they rescued a teen girl who leapt into the Harlem ...
11/13/2025

Three heroic NYPD officers recounted on Thursday the dramatic moment they rescued a teen girl who leapt into the Harlem River in an attempt to take her own life.

Three heroic NYPD officers recounted on Thursday the dramatic moment they rescued a teen girl who leapt into the Harlem River in an attempt to take her own

Brooklyn detectives are questioning a man after a building superintendent was found beaten to death following a dispute ...
11/13/2025

Brooklyn detectives are questioning a man after a building superintendent was found beaten to death following a dispute over stolen packages Wednesday.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a contradiction incarnate—an aristocrat of decay, a chronicler of ecstasy, and a genius wh...
11/13/2025

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a contradiction incarnate—an aristocrat of decay, a chronicler of ecstasy, and a genius whose frailty sharpened his perception of life’s most urgent truths.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a contradiction incarnate—an aristocrat of decay, a chronicler of ecstasy, and a genius whose frailty sharpened his perception

It was the kind of night that reminded New York why it still knows how to throw a party
11/12/2025

It was the kind of night that reminded New York why it still knows how to throw a party

It was the kind of night that reminded New York why it still knows how to throw a party. All Hallows’ Eve at the Mansion returned to The Frick for the first

There are nights when culture feels ceremonial—and then there are nights when it feels like combustion. The U.S. premier...
11/12/2025

There are nights when culture feels ceremonial—and then there are nights when it feels like combustion. The U.S. premiere of El Canto de las Manos at Lincoln Center last Friday was the latter.

There are nights when culture feels ceremonial—and then there are nights when it feels like combustion. The U.S. premiere of El Canto de las Manos at Lincoln

If one were to take the art of Charisse Weston at face value, there would be plenty to deal with.
11/12/2025

If one were to take the art of Charisse Weston at face value, there would be plenty to deal with.

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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.