Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Trombone Trio Skyline Bones / E-Waste + Textiles Recycling Day The March Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4): Tuesday, March 31, 6:30pm Online Via YouTube & Zoom and In-Person at Mount Sinai West (1000 […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Easter Egg Hunt / 10th Precinct Community Council / Coffee & Construction / Chelsea Neighbors United: ICE Out of Our Park / Coffee & Conversations / West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle | E-Waste + Textiles Recycling Day MARCH 25 DEADLINE TO RSVP to Easter Egg […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With three names recently removed after successful petition challenges, four candidates remain on the ballot for the NYC Council District 3 (CD3) Special Election scheduled for April 28 (Early Voting, April 18-26). They’re competing for the Council seat left vacant last month by the departure of Erik Bottcher, now serving as […]
The Irish Repertory Theatre Presents the American Premiere of ULSTER AMERICAN BY DAVID IRELAND  / DIRECTED BY CIARÃN O’REILLY STARRING MATTHEW BRODERICK, GERALDINE HUGHES, & MAX BAKER  REVIEW BY TRAV S.D. | What better way to celebrate the season of St. Patrick’s Day–that holiday when millions without a drop of Irish blood in their veins […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl at  Chelsea Market / Framed: Art Exhibition by Jerome China |  Trombone Trio Skyline Bones | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle | E-Waste + Textiles Recycling Day St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl: Tuesday, March 17, 11am to 9pm at Chelsea Market […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Oscars will be held on March 15th, so it’s time to celebrate a variety of well-received films dealing with kidnapping, dementia, and the whooping cough. Sadly, this is also the time I always swoop in and remind everyone of the gaffes that marred the filmmaking process. My annual honors are […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Mere coincidence, ominous sign of the times, or a little bit of both: Draw your own conclusions about last week’s announcement that beloved restaurant/lounge elmo will end its near-quarter century run in Chelsea on–get this–Friday, March 13. A cornerstone of Chelsea’s “gayborhood†heyday and a pillar of the community for years […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): hasing Rainbows | Protect Our Community and Prepare for ICE: A Free Training Session  | Trombone Trio Skyline Bones | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle / Swearing-In of NYS Senator Erik Bottcher Chasing Rainbows: The Global Premiere of Charlotte Colbert’s 30-Foot Tall Steel Sculptures, On View […]
Theater Roundup by Scott Stiffler Ulster American at the Irish Repertory Theatre / Molly “Equality” Dykeman in Bushes are Bloomin’ / / TOSOS Presents Our House / Ulster American Through May 10 at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 W. 22nd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) For tickets ($55 – $125), click here “A […]
It happened on Wednesday, March 4, with little fanfare but much cause for celebration: After a long winter when “Closed for Business” was the only message being served, Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream returned to its storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.). The 100-flavor purveyor of cool treats […]