The '' Voice '' has published investigations of New York City politics , as well as reporting on national politics , with arts , culture , music , dance , film , and theater reviews . Writers for the '' Voice '' have received three Pulitzer Prizes : in 1981 ( Teresa Carpenter ) , 1986 ( Jules Feiffer ) and 2000 ( Mark Schoofs ) . The paper has , almost since its inception , recognized alternative theater in New York through its Obie Awards . The paper 's " Pazz & Jop " music poll , started by Robert Christgau in the early 1970s , is released annually and remains an influential survey of the nation 's music critics . In 1999 , film critic J. Hoberman and film section editor Dennis Lim began a similar Village Voice Film Poll for the year in film . In 2001 , the '' Voice '' sponsored its first music festival , Siren Festival , a free annual event every summer held at Coney Island . The event moved to the lower tip of Manhattan in 2011 , and was re-christened the " 4knots Music Festival " , a reference to the speed of the East River 's current
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