Two days after I wrote wondering where all the female singers at the park are, you rarely see any — other than the Opera Gals Under the Arch – one appeared! Ingrid Vollset – a non-NYU student – was singing a song called “Wavelength” in the slightly empty, dark park Friday night near Garibaldi Plaza. [...]
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Friday Night, Near Garibaldi …
Posted by cathryn on December 14, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/12/14/friday-night-a-female-performer-appeared-by-garibaldi/
Washington Square Park Folk Festival – Interview with Organizer Eli Smith + Photos from Day 1
This weekend there’s a new music event at the park, the Washington Square Park Folk Festival. The two day event, which began yesterday, is being produced by Eli Smith, organizer of the Brooklyn Folk Festival in Red Hook for the last three years and host of the Down Home Radio Show. The festival was the [...]
Posted by cathryn on September 18, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/09/18/washington-square-park-folk-festival-interview-with-organizer-eli-smith-photos-from-day-1/
Last Night at Washington Square
Red-tailed Hawk Bobby Perched Atop the Judson Church Cross While… This is neighborhood Red-tailed hawk Bobby, I presume, atop the Judson Church cross. Previously noted as one of his favorite haunts around the park, he lingered there for a long time. Baby Soda Band Played on the Garibaldi Stage Baby Soda (above) last night at [...]
Posted by cathryn on August 17, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/08/17/last-night-at-washington-square/
Thomas Wesley Stern Engages with Music from New EP at the Arch
New Jersey-based foursome Thomas Wesley Stern performed at the Arch Monday right after the Mike Myers-Mario Batali ping pong match and attracted quite a crowd. They came to Washington Square with their new EP, “Hope Folk,” hot off the presses. Commenter Dana Clayton wrote quite accurately of the band on iTunes: “Infectious happiness. They have [...]
Posted by cathryn on June 16, 2011
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2011/06/16/9303/
Washington Square Music Festival Two Concerts Left — Tuesdays, July 22nd and July 29th – Don’t Miss It!
The New York Times review (July 18th) of last week’s concert of the Washington Square Music Festival at Washington Square Park included some history, commentary on the Park and festival audience: Perhaps it’s an illusion fostered by the fenced-off reconstruction work in Washington Square Park, but it seems as though the Washington Square Music Festival [...]
Posted by cathryn on July 21, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/07/21/washington-square-music-festival-two-concerts-left-tuesdays-july-22nd-and-july-29th-dont-miss-it/
50th year of Washington Square Music Festival – Concert Tuesday night July 8th, 8 p.m.
The Washington Square Music Festival was founded in 1953 by violinist Alexander Schneider of the famed Budapest String Quartet (and a Greenwich Village resident) and the Washington Square Association, which still sponsors the event. It is the only outdoor classical concert series in New York City sponsored by a local community-oriented organization. That organization has [...]
Posted by cathryn on July 7, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/07/07/55th-year-of-washington-square-music-festival-concert-tuesday-night-july-8th-8-pm/
Film Premiere: “SQUARE: Straightening Out Washington Square Park” Sunday, June 1st in Manhattan
“SQUARE: Straightening Out Washington Square Park” is a one hour documentary which focuses on the redesign of Washington Square Park and what’s taken place over the last four years: how the Bloomberg Administration pushed through its agenda to get this famous park in ‘line’ – literally. The film gets its premiere screening on Sunday, June [...]
Posted by cathryn on May 30, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/05/30/premiere-screening-washington-square-squared-sun-june-1st-music-video-by-director-featuring-washington-sq-pk-below/
Music Jam Fridays at the Park
Do you have a Washington Square Park-related story? I’d like to intersperse the chronicles of the City descending on Washington Square Park with their redesign plans with historical notes and personal stories that might be of interest. Please send to me at cathryn.be at gmail.com.
Posted by cathryn on March 6, 2008
http://washingtonsquareparkblog.com/2008/03/06/a-friday-at-the-park/
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