Upcoming
 The Village on Film Presents: Pollock
“To be Young, Gifted, and Black”: Lorraine Hansberry
Transitions: Little Africa and Greenwich Village
The Talented Miss Highsmith
Architect Talks: 425 East 13th Street
Please note that space is often limited at our programs. Reservations are not confirmed until you receive a response from GVSHP regarding your reservation.
If space becomes an issue, all reservations will be honored up until the start of the program, at which point your seat may be given away to those on the wait list.
The Village on Film
A GVSHP Film Series Presents:
Pollock
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
6:30 - 9:00 P.M.
Neighborhood Preservation Center
232 East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
$8; reservations required.
Part Three of our ongoing Village on Film Series featuring film historian and professor Lenny Quart.
“Pollock,” directed by and starring Ed Harris, tells the story of the life and career of painter Jackon Pollock (played by Harris). The film focuses on Pollock’s early days as an artist in New York City and then his retreat, with his wife (Marcia Gay Harden), to the Hamptons, where he discovered the style which would make him famous. Also starring Jennifer Connelly.
Gather in GVSHP’s living room for a viewing of this Jackson Pollock biopic. Mr. Quart will lead discussion of the film after the screening. Space is limited and refreshments will be served.
“To be Young, Gifted, and Black”: Lorraine Hansberry
A Lecture with Michele Mitchell
Thursday, February 18, 2010
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
The LGBT Center
208 West 13th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Free; reservations required.
RSVP to rsvp@gvshp.org or 212-475-9585 ext. 35
Lorraine Hansberry is justly famous for her skills as a playwright and her political activitsm, but few realize that she was also a Villager! Hansberry lived in the Village starting in 1953 and used the area to inspire her later work, such as the play “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.” Join historian Michele Mitchell as she delves into Hansberry’s enduring legacy as author of “A Raisin in the Sun” as part of GVSHP’s celebration of Black History Month.
This event is co-sponsored by the LGBT Center.
Transitions: Little Africa and Greenwich Village, 1870-1920
A Lecture with Gerald McFarland
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Judson Memorial Assembly Hall
239 Thompson Street (off Washington Square South)
Free; reservations required.
RSVP to rsvp@gvshp.org or 212-475-9585 ext. 35
In honor of Black History Month, GVSHP celebrates the African heritage of the Village. Historian Gerald McFarland will discuss the rich history of “Little Africa,” an area located in the South and West Village at the turn of the century, and its relation to the rest of the Village as it developed over 100 years ago. While this facet of Village history is often overlooked, GVSHP’s South Village project has attracted more attention to it.
The Talented Miss Highsmith
A Lecture with Joan Schenkar
Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
Hudson Park Branch Library
66 Leroy Street (off of 7th Avenue South)
Free; reservations required.
RSVP to rsvp@gvshp.org or 212-475-9585 ext. 35 
Patricia Highsmith, the Dark Lady of American Letters, couldn't imagine life without a crime in it. Greenwich Village (where Highsmith spent her formative years as a writer) and mid-town Manhattan (where she had a secret career as the most-employed female comic book scriptwriter ) played crucial roles in the development of her peerlessly disturbing fictions.
Joan Schenkar will speak about the importance of Manhattan (and specifically the twisting, turning streets of Greenwich Village) to the mind of Patricia Highsmith -- and about what happens when a solid object like the art of biography coincides with an elusively seductive subject like the talented Miss Highsmith.
Copies of The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith will be available for purchase.
Architect Talks: A New Series from GVSHP
Focus on 13th Street
New construction within the various designated historic districts in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo must go through a rigorous public hearing and review process. This affords the public the opportunity to speak to and hear from architects about their thoughts on appropriate design for their neighborhoods, with the Landmarks Preservation Commission charged with making the final call on “appropriateness.” However, when new construction takes place outside of designated historic districts, typically there is no public hearing or review process for the design, and little or no dialogue with the public about it. Though these buildings may have just as profound an aesthetic effect upon their surroundings, decisions about materials, design, and context are generally made solely by the architect and client, based upon practical considerations and their own perspective.
In this new series of Architects Talks, GVSHP invites the architects of several new buildings in our neighborhoods with interesting responses to their contexts and design challenges to engage in a post-facto talk about their design choices and processes. The first series focuses on 13th Street, where a series of new designs play with the traditional and the modern, relating to and standing out from their surroundings.
425 East 13th Street
with John Cetra
 Tompkins Square Branch Library
331 East 10th Street (btw. Avenue A & Avenue B)
Free; reservations required.
RSVP to rsvp@gvshp.org or 212-475-9585 ext. 35
CetraRuddy’s new design combines warm, earth-toned terra cotta with large expanses of glass and metal. Surrounded by the East Village’s traditional tenements, how does this mid-rise apartment building relate to its context while declaring its newness?
GVSHP’s programs are generously funded by: the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Council Member Rosie Mendez, and State Senator Tom Duane and Assembly Member Deborah Glick through the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Support is also provided by GVSHP members.
 
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