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This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 12-18, 2025

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Workshop Teaches the ABCs of Street Tree TLC

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The Many May Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)

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This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 5-11, 2025

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Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station

BY EUGENE SINIGALLIANO | I write this piece to express…

Upcoming Events Provide a Platform for the Public’s NYCHA/Casino-Related Concerns

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This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 12-18, 2025

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent…

Posted on May 12, 2025No Comment

Workshop Teaches the ABCs of Street Tree TLC

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent…

Posted on May 12, 2025No Comment

The Many May Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)

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Posted on May 7, 2025No Comment

This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 5-11, 2025

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent…

Posted on May 5, 2025No Comment

Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station

BY EUGENE SINIGALLIANO | I write this piece to express my views to the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) which announced on April…

Posted on May 4, 20252 Comments

Arts

REVIEW ROUNDUP: ‘Dead Outlaw,’ ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ & ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Take Over Broadway

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Posted on April 27, 2025No Comment

Matthew Westerby Company’s 2025 Season is a Dynamic Dance of Past & Present

Matthew Westerby Company Performance Season 2025 At the Murray Haber…

Posted on April 24, 2025No Comment

Three Cheers for Robert Prichard and Surf Reality

BY TRAV S.D, (Reprinted with author’s permission from its original…

Posted on March 20, 2025No Comment

Art in the Aftermath

BY PUMA PERL | Sometimes it feels like a dream.…

Posted on March 19, 2025No Comment

This Week in Chelsea

LGBTQ+

‘Timely and Fresh’ New Look for Seventh Ave.’s Iconic Elmo

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELMO / INTERVIEW BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Neither an ever-changing Chelsea nor a pop-up global pandemic have managed to lodge the beloved Elmo from its…

Posted on April 2, 20251 Comment

Go Fish: Chelsea’s Barracuda Set to Shutter

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Barracuda--the innovative gay lounge on West 22nd Street whose brand of drag entertainment spawned countless imitators–is closing its doors after three successful decades. As…

Posted on March 20, 20251 Comment

Empathy and Action on the Plate, as Cosmic Con Contemplates ‘Battling Hate’

BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The comic book, sci-fi, and fantasy convention Cosmic Con has been around for a few years, having taken place in Queens. This year it…

Posted on February 21, 2025No Comment

New York Comic Con Returns, with New Features and Old Familiar Numbers

BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The subway ride home from New York Comic Con (NYCC) is always an adventure. The 7 train leaves from Hudson Yards, half a block…

Posted on October 30, 2024No Comment

Opinion

Guest Opinion: Investing in Working-Class New Yorkers as We Make Our City Safer & More Affordable

BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, I went back to Bayside High School in Queens to…

Posted on May 5, 2025No Comment

For the Kids
LGBTQ+
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Theater

Toy Fair 2025 Touted the Many Must-Have Playthings of Tomorrow

BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | It has been a year…

Posted on March 7, 2025

‘Treats in the Streets’ Made Meatpacking District the Destination for Costumed Kids & Dressed-Up Dogs

TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER / PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO,…

Posted on October 25, 2024

Willed Into Existence by Persistent Insistence, Chelsea Green Park Passes the Five-Year Mark

Note: This look at Chelsea Green’s history incorporates previous…

Posted on July 28, 2024

July 12-14, West Side Fest is a ‘Free-for-All’ at a Who’s Who of Vaunted Chelsea Venues

NOTE: Rain plans are up to each organization. Check…

Posted on July 11, 2024

‘Timely and Fresh’ New Look for Seventh Ave.’s Iconic Elmo

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELMO / INTERVIEW BY SCOTT STIFFLER…

Posted on April 2, 2025

Go Fish: Chelsea’s Barracuda Set to Shutter

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Barracuda--the innovative gay lounge on…

Posted on March 20, 2025

Good Work Grows on You: Scenes from the Chelsea Garden Club Tour

PHOTOS & CAPTIONS BY MISSY ADAMS | Last week,…

Posted on September 1, 2021

Community Contacts

PLEASE EXCUSE OUR APPEARANCE (or more accurately, our lack…

Posted on April 21, 2019

This Week & Beyond, Multiple Opportunities to Meet with Chelsea’s 10th & 13th Precincts

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Members of the general public with questions…

Posted on October 17, 2022

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

REVIEW ROUNDUP: ‘Dead Outlaw,’ ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ & ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Take Over Broadway

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news,…

Posted on April 27, 2025

Three Cheers for Robert Prichard and Surf Reality

BY TRAV S.D, (Reprinted with author’s permission from its…

Posted on March 20, 2025

‘I Think I Have the Best Job on Broadway!’ — Lesli Margherita (‘Gypsy’) at BroadwayCon 2025

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Imagine New York Comic Con—with…

Posted on February 10, 2025

For Black History Month: The Hyers Sisters, Pathbreaking Singers & Actors

BY TRAV S.D. | For Black History Month, a…

Posted on February 6, 2025

Theater

REVIEW ROUNDUP: ‘Dead Outlaw,’ ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’ & ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Take Over Broadway

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free…

Posted on April 27, 2025No Comment

Three Cheers for Robert Prichard and Surf Reality

BY TRAV S.D, (Reprinted with author’s permission from its original publication here on Travalanche March 11 is the birthday of downtown impresario Robert Prichard,…

Posted on March 20, 2025No Comment

‘I Think I Have the Best Job on Broadway!’ — Lesli Margherita (‘Gypsy’) at BroadwayCon 2025

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Imagine New York Comic Con—with panel discussions, contests, and merch–but only with Broadway stars. That pretty much describes my ultimate…

Posted on February 10, 2025No Comment

For Black History Month: The Hyers Sisters, Pathbreaking Singers & Actors

BY TRAV S.D. | For Black History Month, a brief introduction to the Hyers Sisters—pathbreaking black singers and actors whom I only just learned about…

Posted on February 6, 2025No Comment

Community Activities

Workshop Teaches the ABCs of Street Tree TLC

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible…

Posted on May 12, 2025No Comment

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