Chelsea Community News

The Truth About My Love/Hate Relationship with Zoom

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | When the COVID-19 crisis started escalating…

Chelsea Grit Makes Council District 3 Clean-Up Day a Sweeping Success

BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Service to the community begets more—a…

Reopened High Line Reinvented as Pandemic-Era Respite

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having made the…

New and Recycled Dances and Talking from All Around the World

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The coronavirus may have retreated from…

Cheers to Chelsea’s World of Food and Drink

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DONATHAN SALKALN | If you live…

Case Closed, Say Supporters: Open Streets Program Should Stay, Improve, Expand

BY SCOTT STIFFLER, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY HIBA SOHAIL |…

News

The Truth About My Love/Hate Relationship with Zoom

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | When the COVID-19 crisis started escalating in March, I packed up and moved my entire life—to Zoom.…

Posted on August 8, 2020No Comment

Chelsea Grit Makes Council District 3 Clean-Up Day a Sweeping Success

BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Service to the community begets more—a truism for several local residents who answered one particular call to…

Posted on August 6, 2020No Comment

Reopened High Line Reinvented as Pandemic-Era Respite

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having made the right call to close its gates in mid-March, just before New…

Posted on August 5, 2020No Comment

New and Recycled Dances and Talking from All Around the World

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The coronavirus may have retreated from our city, but its fallout, in shuttered theaters and unemployed performers…

Posted on August 4, 2020No Comment

Cheers to Chelsea’s World of Food and Drink

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DONATHAN SALKALN | If you live in Chelsea or are just there for a visit, you don’t…

Posted on August 1, 2020No Comment

Arts

Writing the Apocalypse: Highway Music in the Now

“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the…

Posted on August 6, 2020No Comment

New and Recycled Dances and Talking from All Around the World

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The coronavirus may have retreated from…

Posted on August 4, 2020No Comment

My CoviDiary: The August Entries (Month #6! and Counting…)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Below, find the latest diary entry, then other…

Posted on August 3, 2020No Comment

In Search of Meaning Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic

BY CHELSEA RESIDENT LISA RUIMY HOLZKENNER Ah, strange, strange, strange…

Posted on July 31, 2020No Comment

This Week in Chelsea

LGBTQ+

The Truth About My Love/Hate Relationship with Zoom

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | When the COVID-19 crisis started escalating in March, I packed up and moved my entire life—to Zoom. That marvelous app is sort of like…

Posted on August 8, 2020No Comment

A Misfit Gay Reveals: What’s it Like to Not Fit In With Your Community?

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’ve always assumed the role of an outsider, and that’s tended to help my journalistic career. Getting access to all kinds of creative and…

Posted on July 9, 20202 Comments

NYC Pride, Reclaim Pride Coalition Events Champion LGBTQ and Black Lives

BY HIBA SOHAIL | New York City is often hailed as the city that kickstarted the modern LGBTQIA+ liberation movement, with the Stonewall Riots being of massive importance,…

Posted on June 22, 2020No Comment

Tom Judson Talks Turkey About His Trendy Tees

Graphic Artist/Entrepreneur seems a fitting encore, when your resume already includes Broadway actor (Cabaret), musician (musical director for Charles Busch), composer (Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan), house flipper, political activist,…

Posted on June 21, 2020No Comment

Opinion

My CoviDiary: The August Entries (Month #6! and Counting…)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Below, find the latest diary entry, then other August content. Click here for the July entries. …

Posted on August 3, 2020No Comment

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Hoylman’s “Make-A-Mask” Competition Faces Reality, Creativity

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Hey, in times like these?…

Posted on May 13, 2020

‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers a Blizzard of Delights

BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | When Slava’s Snowshow first came…

Posted on December 2, 2019

For the Kids: The November Edition

Film Forum Jr. | This series of classic…

Posted on November 7, 2019

For the Kids: The Fun, Fun, Fun Fall Edition

ATLANTIC FOR KIDS PRESENTS “THE BIG ONE-OH!” | Atlantic…

Posted on October 6, 2019

The Truth About My Love/Hate Relationship with Zoom

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | When the COVID-19 crisis started…

Posted on August 8, 2020

A Misfit Gay Reveals: What’s it Like to Not Fit In With Your Community?

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’ve always assumed the role…

Posted on July 9, 2020

Community Contacts

This page contains contact information for, in this order, Community…

Posted on April 21, 2019

Mask Distribution, Graffiti Mitigation Among 10th Precinct’s COVID-Era Efforts

Normally held on the last Wednesday of the month,…

Posted on May 28, 2020

10th Precinct Leader Notes Pandemic’s Impact on Protocols, Public Safety, Crime Stats

Normally held on the last Wednesday of the month,…

Posted on April 29, 2020

10th Precinct Community Council Notes Uptick in Robbery, Larceny Crimes

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Confrontation risks escalation; windows have…

Posted on February 7, 2020

Police Blotter

OBSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION: Bad Behavior Was on His…

Posted on May 24, 2019

Enter ‘Exit’: Peter Michael Marino Goes Online with Tale of $6 Million Musical, Made & Unmade

Desperately Seeking the Exit: Online Live | In 2007,…

Posted on March 29, 2020

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice &… Blah

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Pershing Square Signature Center’s Romulus Linney…

Posted on February 6, 2020

Instagram-Worthy ‘Nutcracker’ Offers Immersive Experience Through Jan. 26

BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | If you sill have a…

Posted on January 13, 2020

‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers a Blizzard of Delights

BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | When Slava’s Snowshow first came…

Posted on December 2, 2019

Theater

Community Activities

Rev. Christine Lee Makes History, at Historic St. Peter’s Chelsea

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Steeped in history, St. Peter’s Chelsea—the Episcopal church founded in 1831 by Clement Clarke Moore, architect of the Chelsea neighborhood and author of A…

Posted on January 8, 2020No Comment

Profiles

Donna Aceto Photo ‘Retrospektiv’ Serves History with Your Coffee

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The walls of a new coffeehouse located on a marquee corner of Chelsea are…

Posted on August 18, 2019

Support Small Businesses

Cheers to Chelsea’s World of Food and Drink

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DONATHAN SALKALN | If you live in Chelsea or are just there for a…

Posted on August 1, 2020

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Meet Our Staff

Our writers and reporters are so great, every one of them deserves to be the first one mentioned.…

Posted on April 18, 2019