Events

Greenwich House Older Adult Center Opens at Westbeth

Older Adult Center at Westbeth

Greenwich House officially commemorated the opening of our older adult center at Westbeth Artists Housing with a ceremony yesterday, June 28. The new older adult center, at 155 Bank Street in the West Village, links Greenwich House programming with one of the most unique artist residency sites in the country. The Westbeth site will provide […]

Edward Field Interviewed on WPIX

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In 1963, Grove Press published Edward Field’s first poetry collection, Stand Up, Friend, with Me. Since then, his many published works have included the poetry collections Variety Photoplays (1967), A Full Heart (1977), New and Selected Poems, From the Book of My Life (1987), Counting Myself Lucky (1992), and After the Fall (2007). In addition, […]

Teri Roiger, John Menegon, Steve Berger Summer Soundwaves Concert

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Summer Soundewaves is a series of free outdoor concerts by Westbeth musicians and friends sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. JULY 15, 2022 in the Courtyard TERI ROIGER (vocals) STEVE BERGER (guitar) JOHN MENEGON (bass) “Teri has an intuitive laid back sense of time reminiscent of Abbey Lincoln and Betty Carter but with her […]

Stories: You’re Never Too Old to Play Presentation

Little Island The Glade

You’re Never Too Old to Play, an improvisational theater workshop for seniors sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council and supported by Little Island NYC. Nancy Gabor director and acting teacher, initiated ‘You’re Never Too Old to Play’ in 2018, a weekly workshop in the Westbeth Community Room for a diverse group of 17 players […]

Sonia Gechtoff : Exhibition Review by Hyperallergic

Governor's Island, NYC

Sonia Getchtoff, “Hiroshige Revisited” (1988), acrylic and graphite on canvas, 58 1/4 x 40 1/2 inches (photo by Guang Xu, image courtesy the artist and 55 Walker, New York) Sonia Gechtoff 55 Walker (55 Walker Street, Tribeca, Manhattan) through August 26, 2022 HYPERALLERGIC Review excerpt John Yau July 27, 2022 Gechtoff’s work did not fit […]

Valerie Hallier at Governor’s island

Governor's Island, NYC

Magical Pew Supreme This site specific installation stages a confessional set up inviting the visitor to genuflect, reflect and if appropriate, repent. The installation translates the feeling of disconnection between […]