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A Pivotal Piece of the Park’s History 60 years ago this month, the Washington Square Park “Folk Riot”, a pivotal part of this Greenwich Village park’s history, occurred. That date, April 9, 1961, and what … Read more…
This Week – Why It Remains Important In the sixties, Sunday was the big day for “the folkies” to meet up and perform at Washington Square Park. At the time, applying for a permit was … Read more…
Why It Remains Important The Folk Riot at Washington Square Park – sometimes referred to as the Beatnik Riot – occurred on Sunday, April 9th, 1961 after the city’s Parks Department suppressed performance at the … Read more…
Award-winning podcast, Between the Liner Notes, this month delves into the 1961 Washington Square Folk Riots. Washington Square Park Blog was interviewed, along with an illustrious line-up, which included key figure Izzy Young who ran … Read more…
The Folk Riot at Washington Square Park – sometimes referred to as the Beatnik Riot – occurred on Sunday, April 9th, 1961 after the Parks Department of that time suppressed performance at the park, musicians fought back, a … Read more…
Re-posted; Originally Published April 14, 2011 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary last year — Last month, I wrote of a scheduled event at Washington Square Park April 9th to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the … Read more…
Eli Smith, host of the DownHome Radio Show, was hired by the city’s Parks Department to produce the first ever Washington Square Park Folk Festival this coming weekend Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th … Read more…
Last month, I wrote of a scheduled event at Washington Square Park April 9th (last Saturday) to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the “Washington Square Folk Riots.” In the end, this event did not happen. … Read more…
April 9, 2011 marks the 50th year anniversary of what is now called the Washington Square Folk Riot. Apparently, plans are in the works to mark this with an event of some kind and Community … Read more…
Dubbed “Arch Conspirators,” John Sloan Memorialized the Takeover of the Arch in 1917 Much about Washington Square Park today remains informed by the artist-led Arch Conspirators’ takeover of the Arch in 1917 and the Folk … Read more…
John Sloan Memorialized the Artists’ – Including himself, Marcel Duchamp and Gertrude Drick – Takeover of the Arch I believe that much about current Washington Square Park is informed by the Arch Conspirators’ takeover of … Read more…
John Sloan Memorialized the 1917 Monumental Event in a Famous Etching Much about current Washington Square Park is informed by the self-dubbed Arch Conspirators’ takeover of the Arch in 1917 and the Folk Riot aka … Read more…
What will this generation impart on this Greenwich Village public space? I believe that much about current Washington Square Park is informed by the Arch Conspirators’ takeover of the Arch in 1917 – and the … Read more…
Updated — Joan Baez has a history at Washington Square Park and it would be fantastic for her to return to perform at the park. Yet when that was attempted for today’s Veteran’s Day Rally, … Read more…