Voices Raised In Song & Protest

It’s the holidays: friends, family, gifts and gelt, tree lightings, and ‘good will towards men.’ Not so fast. Our brief show for this season does indeed include an uplifting tree lighting in Greenwich Village’s Abingdon Square, but also two divisive issues. The sound of the picket line at the New School’s flagship University Center building at 5th and 13th Street bore witness to month-long strike by the University’s part-time faculty over a host of issues including better wages and health care benefits. And a proposed ferry dock demolition and reconstruction project has Long Island City residents worried about crowds, pollution and trading an cherished view for an eyesore.