Lunch & Learn: The Village Voice

On Tuesday, May 19th, discover how the Village Voice documented and influenced New York City’s cultural and political scene.

Join the NYC Department of Records and Information Services (DORIS) each month for our virtual Lunch & Learn Series – an intimate conversation with agency staff and special guests focusing on the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library and the history of New York City.

On Tuesday, May 19th, Tricia Romano, the author of The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper that Changed American Culture, will discuss the symbiotic relationship between New York City and the alternative weekly, the Village Voice, and how this relationship benefited both entities.

First issued in 1955, the Voice showcased the city as a hub for artists, poets, musicians, politicians, and activists, inspiring people to move here. The alt-weekly covered topics such as the environment, government corruption, housing, hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, Off-Broadway, and the AIDS epidemic with gravitas, revolutionizing journalism.

Discover how the Village Voice became not just a local, but also a national and global influence, and how this highly acclaimed oral history came to be.