Village Voices Interactive Exhibit Gets Rave Reviews, Up Until October 13
VILLAGE VOICES, Village Preservation's public interactive outdoor exhibition, is up until October 13, and has received quite a lot of attention so far!
Using 21 shadowboxes containing photographs and artifacts placed throughout Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, VILLAGE VOICES celebrates history-making people, places, and moments from our neighborhoods’ past. Current Village residents including John Leguizamo, Edward Norton, Joel Grey, Norman Reedus, Kathleen Chalfant, Alec Baldwin, and many more have recorded insights into the neighborhood’s trailblazers, which can be accessed via QR codes located at each installation. Several boxes also feature augmented reality visuals.
With a little over two weeks left before it comes down, you won’t want to miss it. Be sure to share with friends and neighbors, and be sure to join us in celebrating the incredibly rich and expansive history of innovation, progress, and wonder connected to our neighborhoods.
Anaïs Nin, a renowned author whose diaries, novels, short stories, essays, and volumes of erotica have influenced countless artists and activists, operated her personal press here during a seminal period in her career. She self-published some of her first works here, personally directing all aspects of the printing process, including the selection of typeface, paper, and engravings, which she regarded as an extension of her creative process and writing. This early work helped launch Nin’s career, connecting her to larger publishers and audiences. We were joined at the virtual unveiling by Nin publisher Paul Herron, Nin scholar and friend Suzanne Nalbantian, and Anaïs Nin Foundation Board Member Steven Reigns. Watch the video here, and see images here.
Business of the Month:
Beasty Feast, 327 West 14th Street
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We all need friends to help shore up our psychic health as we confront the travails of modern urban life. For many of us, those friends are covered in fur (and not because they don’t shave). And for those wanting to show such friends how much you appreciate their wet-nosed companionship, there’s no better place to do so than our September 2021 Business of the Month, Beasty Feast, located at 327 West 14th Street. This longstanding local standby has, for almost half a century, supplied the needs of our four-legged neighbors and occasionally even for their relatives visiting from throughout the city and beyond. Currently the largest independent pet supply store in town, Beasty Feast offers an unparalleled selection of products, as well as several indispensable services. Whatever your needs, you’re certain to find something there to wag your tail about.
