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PEN America Festival
May
1
to May 2

PEN America Festival

The World Voices Festival is PEN America’s annual celebration of writers, international literature, and free expression. Taking place from April 29 through May 2, with more than 140 writers from 40 countries, this year’s festival is an insistence on the power of literature and cross-cultural dialogue. This gathering of writers from every part of the globe is a potent reminder—in fact, an antidote in an era of censorship, nativism, and renewed isolationism—that books drive culture and the stories we tell can shape and transform our lives.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
May
2

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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Streetworks x Housing Works: Kiki Ball
May
8

Streetworks x Housing Works: Kiki Ball

A Kiki Ball is a vibrant and affirming celebration rooted in ballroom culture—an expressive space where LGBTQ+ community members, primarily Black and Latinx youth, come together to showcase their creativity through fashion, dance (voguing), and performance. These gatherings offer newcomers a chance to practice their craft, build confidence, and be embraced by chosen families known as “houses.”

We’d be honored to have you join us for this meaningful evening. Your presence would mean a lot to the community, and we hope to see you there!

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
May
9

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
May
16

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
May
30

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Apr
18

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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Bread & Puppet Presents: End of the World Never Minding Show
Apr
14
to Apr 16

Bread & Puppet Presents: End of the World Never Minding Show

Tuesday, April 14 @ 7pm
Wednesday, April 15 @ 7pm
Thursday, April 16 @ 7pm

Join Bread & Puppet Theater for an urgently-needed new puppet show. We must take our cardboard provocations into the revolting streets of life, with help from our paper-maché divinities, to succeed and succeed.

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On the Ground & At the Table: Harm Reduction LOVE FEAST EventS
Apr
12

On the Ground & At the Table: Harm Reduction LOVE FEAST EventS

For this month’s FIHR LOVE FEAST at JUDSON we are opening our fellowship meal to a deeply needed and welcomed collaboration – with mutual aid organizers on the ground in Jerusalem and Gaza, alongside local faith leaders and organizers working in collaboration with their efforts, at home and abroad. What can we learn from each other? What can we gain from sitting in communion with others doing faith-led resistance to reduce and combat the harm caused by empire’s carceral, extractive, stigmatizing systems of control and chaos? Our Harm Reduction Ministry Fellows and leadership team will be joined for this special joint meal by speakers, participants and guests from the afternoon’s “On the Ground” event at 2pm , co-hosted by Judson and the American Council on Judaism in partnership with Rabbis for Ceasefire, The Community Church of New York, Middle Church, and the 15th St Quaker Meeting.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Apr
11

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Mar
21

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Mar
14

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Mar
7

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Feb
21

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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Glitter & Ash
Feb
18

Glitter & Ash

Together with faith leaders, congregants, organizers, and allies across the city, please join us for a morning ritual followed by the imposition of glitter-infused-ashes, which we will then take with us to our workplaces and into our days, carrying an embodied invitation to engagement with the ancient and persistent story of empire's persecution of those who refuse to bow to it.

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Marsha's Closet
Feb
16

Marsha's Closet

Our namesake, the incomparable Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson, beyond being an activist, artist and sex worker, was a model and fashion juggernaut. From the belly of the beast, during New York’s most fashionable and anticipated event of the season, we seek to honor her life and legacy by pulling up for our neighbors with a special NYFW edition of Marsha's Closet.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Feb
14

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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The Next New York: The rent is too damn high!
Feb
12

The Next New York: The rent is too damn high!

New York City’s housing challenges are among the most complex in the nation. This panel will unpack Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious housing platform, from freezing rent and building deeply affordable homes to cracking down on predatory landlords and ending deed theft. Experts in housing policy, tenant organizing, and real estate development will assess what it would take to turn these ideas into reality, and what structural changes are needed to make housing in New York truly stable and fair.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Feb
7

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Jan
31

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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Amplify the Dream: Resist Authoritarianism
Jan
19

Amplify the Dream: Resist Authoritarianism

On January 19, 2026 at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan, please join the Social Justice Committee of the Metro Association | New York Conference of the United Church of Christ to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  We honor Dr. King by hearing his voice and those of Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, and others in the Black Freedom Movement, along with advocates for immigrant justice. We'll also learn more about how people of faith are mobilizing their communities to resist authoritarian repression in our own time. 

Our program begins with a gathering at 9 AM for coffee and snacks, and will run until 1 PM. While an RSVP is not required, it would help us plan better if you let us know you're coming.

RSVP

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE: Martin Luther King Day Celebration
Jan
17

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE: Martin Luther King Day Celebration

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Jan
10

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE
Jan
3

PEOPLES’ VOICE CAFE

PVC is an alternative coffeehouse offering live and live-stream entertainment in New York City, presenting folk, blues, jazz, rap, poetry, spoken word, storytelling, theater and dance since 1979. We shine a spotlight on social issues and artists from underrepresented cultures.

For more info, including a performance schedule, please go here.

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