Washington Square NYC News

December 2, St. Joseph’s Church On Friday, December 2, 8 pm in St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 371 Sixth Avenue at Washington Place, the Washington Square Music Festival offers iconic and eclectic music, both played and sung, by Festival artists soprano Lucia Hyunju Song, pianist David Oei, violinist Eriko Sato, and cellist Lutz Rath. This [...]

Washington Square Park Christmas Tree Lighting Dec. 6, 2011, 6pm

The Park gives us so much,will you give back by volunteering your time and gardening skills on November 4th and 5th please give a little back! Join Parks Department folks and your neighbors in planting bulbs. Help Make a Difference in Your Neighborhood Park. We have over 15,000 flower bulbs to plant in Washington Square [...]

New Yorkers traditionally celebrate the holidays with song, and The Washington Square Association offers two chances to sing yuletide carols in downtown’s historic park. The Association also provides the annual 45-foot Christmas tree under the Arch that will be lit for the season between the hours of 4 pm and 1 am. Washington Square Park [...]

2011 NYU Halloween Design Contest Each year NYU and Manhattan Community Board 2 host hundreds of children, parents, and the surrounding community at the Annual Greenwich Village Children’s Halloween Parade. This year will mark the parade’s 21st year. The parade itself will be followed by face-painting, rides, live-entertainment and of course candy for all the [...]

The Village Alliance presents 2011 TASTE OF THE VILLAGE A benefit for Washington Square Park WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th 6:00 to 8:00 PM Enter at the Washington Square Arch TICKETS $50 Available at villagealliance.org or in person at 8 East 8th Street Give us a call at: 212 777 2173

Move-In Day Parking Relief for Community Members Sunday, August 28, 2011 Our freshman class will begin arriving early on the morning of Sunday, August 28, and will be moving into freshman residence halls all day. We are sensitive to the effect this has on parking and traffic in the neighborhood, and, for your convenience, NYU [...]

Tuesday, July 12 at 8 pm The Washington Square Music Festival, Lutz Rath, music director, opens its 53rd season of free concerts on Tuesday July 12 at 8 pm on the new Main Stage in the Square, south of the Arch, entrance from Waverly Place. The Bronx Opera Company will perform Mozart’s comic opera, The [...]

SPEND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT LE POISSON ROUGE TO BENEFIT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE MUSIC FESTIVAL: May 22 On Sunday, May 22, 4-7 p.m. a benefit party featuring delicious food, wine, beer and performances by Festival artists celebrates the 53rd anniversary season of the Washington Square Music Festival. The popular music venue, Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker [...]

Get your dog and the park fit for the summer. BEGIN your dog’s walk on the quarter-mile sidewalk around the parameter of the park. This will allow your canine to do their “business” outside of the park and save the plants inside the park from being destroyed. Your Pooch will get fit and so will [...]