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Poetry for Justice: An Evening of Poems, Performance, and Good Cheer

It’s been darker than usual this year. Let some light in at La Mama’s Poetry Electric Social Solstice party.

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SEVEN DECADES

The Spirits of the Season – a Half-Century Retrospective

Two longtime Voice hands look at Gotham’s holiday crazes and malaises from 1970 to 2021.

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Let There Be Light – and Electroluminescent Wire and LEDs and Neon and …

A show featuring illuminated art arrives just in time for the darkest days of the year. 

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SEVEN DECADES

The ‘Bad Boy Curse’

In 2001 we reported on the how unhealthy it could be to hang out with the rap mogul, Sean "Puffy" Combs.

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SEVEN DECADES

In 1958, an Art Thief Posed as a Village Voice Photographer

The perp was done in by his M.O.

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VOICE CHOICE

Giving Thanks For Jimi Hendrix is a Long — and Ongoing — NYC Tradition

Since the late 1960s it has been a Thanksgiving tradition in NYC to celebrate the guitar genius

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Hold Your [Bobble] Head High as NYC Starts Fresh with Zohran Mamdani 

A Mamdani bobblehead might just help boost those hope vibes.

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SEVEN DECADES

In 1973, We Asked, ‘What Is a Man’s Life Worth If He Isn’t an Enemy of the White House?’

The Voice's Albany reporter — who, according to at least one reader, should have been beatified — weighed in on the shame of not having pissed off a thin-skinned and vindictive president enough to be officially targeted for revenge.

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SEVEN DECADES

Celebrating 70 Years of the Village Voice

October 26, 2025, marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of a newspaper that delivered the first draft of the counterculture.

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SEVEN DECADES

In 1972, Disgust with an Orwellian President was Growing

As Richard Nixon continued to lie about the war in Vietnam, many Americans felt that ongoing protest was the key to the nation's salvation.

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