our community continues to thrive. Please consider making an additional contribution. You will see your money at work every day as you walk through our streets. Be sure to make your checks payable to BBC Block Association. Membership is $25 per person or you can also go to www.bbcblockassociation.org and click on join.

First ever art exhibition open to BBC members only. This is your opportunity as a BBC member to exhibit your work in an intimate environ-ment with family, friends and new acquaintances with-in the BBC community, West Village and beyond. Applica-tion enclosed for those inter-ested in participating.

The Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation is pleased to announce the guest lineup for February 2020 tapings of the popular “Live at the Lortel” podcast focused on Off-Broadway. Each taping lasts about 60 minutes – with 45 min-utes of moderated conversation with host Eric Ostrow and 15 minutes for audience questions. As always, tickets are free to the public and can be reserved by visiting www.liveatthelortel.com.February 5 — 2:00PM, Ann Harada. Currently appear-

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BBC February 2020 NEWS AND VIEWSThere is no February meeting. Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00PM at the Greenwich House Music School. Here is some info on what you can expect at the meeting. According to the last census, 110,000 Native Amer-icans/American Indians live in New York City. That’s only about about 1% of the population. Be-fore Dutch settlement in the early 17th century, Na-tive Americans were 100% of the population of this place. Despite thedramatic and often violent removal of Native people from this land, a vibrant Native American commu-nity continues to thrive in this City. For 50 years the American Indian Community House has served this community and promoted Native American culture. The Board Chair, Rick Chavolla (Kumeyaay Ipai), will speak on the diverse Native population that lives in this urban metropolis and the issues and challenges they face. BBC MembershipThanks to all who have re-upped. Those of you who have not rejoined will find another membership let-ter. It costs approximately $18,000 a year to plant bulbs and flowers, water tree beds, spray trees, paint over graffiti, produce the newsletter, touch up iron work. What makes our neighborhood the beautiful place it is, and such a desirable place to live, is the efforts of your BBC. We have not reached our goal of ensuring that

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ing in Emojiland at The Duke on 42nd Street, 4:30 PM, Victoria Clark. Tony Award- winning actress, director and educator.February 7 — 4:30PM, Jocelyn Bioh, Lucille Lortel Award-winning playwright & per-former whose play, Nollywood Dreams, will premiere at MCC in March.February 9 — 2:00PM, Kate Hamill. Currently performing in her own adaptation of Dracula at East 13th Street/CSC Theatre. 4:30PM. Lileana Blain-Cruz, Director of Anatomy of a Suicide, premiering February at Atlantic Theater Company.

Note from BBCer Alice ElliottFor one night only, SYREN Modern Dance performs to Bach’s contrapuntal masterpiece The Art of Fugue, played by Rick Erickson. The space of St. Luke in the Fields, itself, will inspire imagery and movement from every crevice, step, and pillar. On Saturday, February 15, 7:00PM, St. Luke’s in the Fields, 487 Hudson St. For tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-fugue-featuring-syren-modern-dance-tickets-80194605223

NABE NOTESGreenwich House Music School February 6, 8:00–10:00PM.Tickets: $15 ($12 stu-dents and seniors)https://www.facebook.com/events/797587490757472/Drummer-composer Jeff Davis returns to Greenwich House to lead his new band, The Fastness, celebrating the release of the group’s eponymous first album. The all-star quintet features Jeff Davis (saxophonist), Tony Malaby (guitarist), Jonathan Goldberger (keyboard-ist), Russ Lossing and Eivind Opsvik (bassist).

Mozart for Munchkins: Little Jazz Cats, February 8, 4:00-5:00PM. Tickets: $35 (kids under 12 are free) https://www.mozartformunchkins.com/events/little-jazz-cats-west-village-2When was the last time you and your kiddos caught a late-night jazz set?! Since we know that might not be easy to do, meet Little Jazz Cats, our special jazz set curated for little ones and their grown-ups! You could ”Take the A Train” but we’d recommend checking Google Maps first… The jitterbug will take you over and you’ll boo-gie woogie like all the cool cats. This concert is for lov-ers of jazzy keys, a stand-up bass, and bubbles!

Dance Clarinets Recital. February 19, 7:30PM. Tickets: $15 ($10 students and seniors) Greenwich House Mu-sic School’s adult woodwinds ensemble Dance Clari-nets will present the world premiere of “Colorations and Explorations” by Joseph Daley, commissioned by Greenwich House Music School with assistance from the Department of Cultural Affairs. SIO: Brandon Ross’s Breath of Air w/ Electric Violinist, Charlie Burnham & Drummer, Warren Ben-bow February 22, 7:30 – 10:00PM. Tickets: $15 ($12 students and seniors) https://www.facebook.com/events/543403356255439/ Guitarist Brandon Ross re-turns to Greenwich House to lead his new trio Breath of Air, featuring electric violinist Charlie Burnham and drummer Warren Benbow -- two sets!

Mozart for Munchkins, February 29, 4:00-5:00PM, Tickets: $35 (kids under 12 are free) https://www.mo-zartformunchkins.com/events/mozart-for-munch-kins-west-village-7 MfM creates an interactive and

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engaging atmosphere in which families can experience and enjoy music! Children of all ages are welcome to roll, crawl, squeal, and dance to their hearts’ content, while parents, grandparents, and caregivers can sit back and unwind. While the setting is informal, the programming remains first rate; from Bach to Ber-nstein, Beethoven to Barber, Mozart for Munchkins features outstanding works performed by exceptional musicians—an unforgettable experience for the whole family!

Cherry Lane Theatre Cherry Lane Theatre and JAG Productions proudly presents the NYC Premiere of Esai’s Table. Destiny meets eternity for three young black men atop an an-cient magical table in this mythic tale of black lives, friendship, family, love and what it ultimately means to be human. Esai’s Table was originally developed in the Obie Award-winning new play series, Mentor Project. Get $39 tix with code: ETBBCSA39 at Cher-ryLaneTheatre.org. Performances begin March 19 at Cherry Lane Theatre – 38 Commerce St.,

Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preserva-tion (GVSHP) Faint Voices from Greenwich Village: Carl Jung’s Visit to the Village Monday, February 10, 6:30PM, Jefferson Mar-ket Library, 425 Sixth Av-enue.Only months after splitting with Freud over New Year’s 1913, Carl Jung made an eye-open-ing trip to New York. He spoke about dreams to the Liberal Club and was a dinner guest of the Village’s Heterodoxy Club, the country’s first feminist organization. Like the public at large, he got his first exposure to modern art at the Ar-

mory Show, which inspired his Red Book. Jay Sherry, PhD, has lectured internationally and written two books that locate Jung in the context of 20th-century cultural life. His talk will highlight these events and the creative Villagers who Jung encoun-tered. His ideas about symbol-making and the psyche resonated with a diverse group of intellectuals who were interested in progressive education, literature, and theater. This event is accessible.

Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House Thursday, February 27, 6:30PM, The Salmagundi Arts Club, 47 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street. Tickets are $15, or $65 including a copy of Bricks and Brown-stone (retail cost: $85) Co-sponsored with the Salmagundi Arts Club and the Merchant’s House Museum. The classic book Bricks & Brown-stone, originally written by Charles Lockwood and pub-lished in 1972, is the first and still the only volume to examine in depth the chang-ing form and varied architectural styles of the much-loved New York City row house, or brownstone. That edition helped pave the way for a brownstone revival that has transformed New York’s historic neighbor-hoods over the past half-century. This revised and ex-panded edition, published by Rizzoli and written by Patrick W. Ciccone, revisits the classic comprehensive-ly, with updated text and additional chapters, and an abundance of specially commissioned color photogra-phy. Join author Patrick W. Ciccone for a lecture and celebration of the revised edition of this classic work featuring Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Itali-anate, and Second Empire architectural styles and so much more. This event is not fully accessible, there are ten steps up to the front door. Gotham Center for New York City HistoryThe History and Future of NYC Highways, Tuesday, February 11, 6:30 - 8:00PM, Pmelebash Recital Hall. L Since the days of Robert Moses, communities through-out New York City have navigated a legacy of high-ways that divided neighborhoods from one another and complicated access to other parts of the city. For

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decades, these same communities have advocated for plans that could reverse this legacy, helping restitch geographies and repair social cohesion. Today, the de-bates about highway infrastructure have expanded to confront the reality that much of this infrastructure is in need of critical updates to extend its useful life and prepare for the future of mobility. In light of speculation and proposals on the BQE and Sheridan Expressway, New York City is in a race against time when it comes to dealing with the fate and future of its highway system. Join us for a discussion on the history and future of highways in New York City, part of Open House New York’s year-long series of tours, conversations, and debates about the future of transportation and mobility in the City. Owen Gutfreund, Associate Professor, Hunter College; Twentieth-Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American Landscape and Adam Lubin-sky, PhD, AICP, Managing Principal WXY. Moderated by Amy Plitt, Editor, Curbed NY. Presented with The Office of Academic Innovation and Strategic Ini-tiatives at The Graduate Cen-ter, CUNY.. OHNY Members + CUNY Affiliates, $5 General Admission: $15 reserva-tions required. We are located at The Graduate Cen-ter (CUNY), 365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets. GothamCenter@gc.cuny.eduk

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The New York City Council passed legislation, ban-ning cashless stores, food and retail shops in the city will be required to accept traditional legal tender in addition to credit and debit cards and electronic payment methods. The legislation, sponsored by Councilman Ritchie Torres, comes as more businesses go cashless, embracing new mobile payments as well as traditional credit/debit cards, in a move they say increases efficiency, since cashless transactions save employees time from counting bills in the till, for example. But the Council’s bill – which Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign – follows similar efforts by other cities like Philadelphia to protect low-income residents

without bank accounts or limited access to bank ac-counts (referred to as the unbanked or underbanked) by banning the practice of not accepting cash payment. Businesses that refuse cash or charge extra for paying in cash would face $1,000, then $1,500 fines. “New Yorkers who have no documentation, no permanent address, who are living in poverty, who have no brick-and-mortar banking services in their neighborhood – these New Yorkers face deeply entrenched barriers to accessing credit or debit,” Torres said.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave a boost to plans to legalize battery-powered small vehicles, laying out a regula-tory framework for e-bikes and scooters that includes helmet requirements for some vehicles and riders as well as speed limits. (Crain’s New York Business)

The New York City Council has scheduled a February. 6 oversight hearing on the recent growth of commer-cial kitchens that crank out food for delivery only – avoiding the costs of operating storefronts that saddle regular restaurants across the city. (The Post)

The Federal Aviation Administration has given Empire Drone Co., a small company in Fulton, the green light to begin spraying crops via drones, joining a handful of other companies in the U.S. with the certification to make crop-spraying more efficient. (The Post-Standard)

Painting of Chumley’s (before renovation) by Village artist Ellen Bradshaw.