Month: April 2026

Manhattan model Karen Rempel on the steps of Blossom Dearie's Home in the West Village

All That Jazz

All the jazzcats in New York City love when April rolls around. The Smithsonian declared April to be Jazz Appreciation Month in 2001, and we always amp things up a notch here in the undisputed jazz capital of the world. This April, to celebrate, Village Preservation released one of their wonderful, interactive maps of the […]

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Karen Rempel transforms into a bird wearing hand-crocheted, butter-yellow shawl from Reminiscence.

Reminiscing

Does the name Reminiscence ring a bell? Whether you’re a long-time New York resident, a visitor, or an NYU student who frequented the Village’s groovy hippie scene in the seventies, chances are you still treasure a tie-dyed shirt or denim skirt from Reminiscence’s original location at 175 MacDougal Street. In fact, if you came on […]

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