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This Week in Chelsea: April 19-25, 2021

This Week’s “This Week in Chelsea” In Order of Appearance: …

Leslie Boghosian Murphy KNOWS Her Baked Goods!

Presented by Leslie for NYC | While there are many…

Writing the Apocalypse: Déjà Vu or Is it Today?

Writing the Apocalypse is a weekly series featuring the poems,…

Daisey Fresh: Monologuist’s Take on Pandemic Times Arrives Raw and Ready

BY TRAV S.D. | Much politician-driven hoopla about the soft…

District 3 Must-Sees: Aleta LaFargue, on the Living Legacy of Chez Josephine

Aleta LaFargue responded, when we asked all six New York…

Block Association Seeks to Turn Empty Lot Into Gathering Spot

The following is reprinted with permission from the author. It…

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This Week in Chelsea: April 19-25, 2021

This Week’s “This Week in Chelsea” In Order of Appearance: Beacon Election Club presents a NYC Council District 3 candidate forum…

Posted on April 19, 2021No Comment

Leslie Boghosian Murphy KNOWS Her Baked Goods!

Presented by Leslie for NYC | While there are many incredible bakeries in our District, you will often find New York…

Posted on April 16, 20211 Comment

Writing the Apocalypse: Déjà Vu or Is it Today?

Writing the Apocalypse is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her…

Posted on April 15, 2021No Comment

Daisey Fresh: Monologuist’s Take on Pandemic Times Arrives Raw and Ready

BY TRAV S.D. | Much politician-driven hoopla about the soft re-opening of Broadway has been underway as of late. Yet meanwhile,…

Posted on April 14, 2021No Comment

District 3 Must-Sees: Aleta LaFargue, on the Living Legacy of Chez Josephine

Aleta LaFargue responded, when we asked all six New York City Council District 3 candidates for their favorite small businesses in…

Posted on April 12, 20211 Comment

Arts

Writing the Apocalypse: Déjà Vu or Is it Today?

Writing the Apocalypse is a weekly series featuring the poems,…

Posted on April 15, 2021No Comment

Celebs Who’ve Refused Me Interviews: A Gossip Writer’s Lament

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’ve interviewed a lot of celebrities in…

Posted on April 14, 20212 Comments

Daisey Fresh: Monologuist’s Take on Pandemic Times Arrives Raw and Ready

BY TRAV S.D. | Much politician-driven hoopla about the soft…

Posted on April 14, 2021No Comment

First World Behavior in the Apocalypse

Writing the Apocalypse is a weekly series featuring the poems,…

Posted on April 8, 2021No Comment

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Getting to Know You: NYS Senator Brad Hoylman, Candidate for Manhattan Borough President

“Where do you see yourself at this time next year?” wasn’t always such a loaded question. Before COVID-19, forward thinkers could confidently project ahead 365 days to find…

Posted on March 9, 2021No Comment

222 Drag Queens I’ve Met: A Glittery List of Gender Benders

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Having done a list of “Celebrities I’ve Met” and included some drag performers in it, let me go full feather boa and do a…

Posted on March 5, 20216 Comments

Confessions of an Attention Whore: PLEASE READ THIS!

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’ve always had a complex love/hate relationship with the art of attention-seeking. As a shy child, I always craved the spotlight, but since I…

Posted on February 14, 20212 Comments

The 150 Best New Drag Names: Try One On!

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I love a good drag name because it not only encompasses clever wordplay, but it can also be refreshingly incorrect, because it’s only a…

Posted on January 12, 2021No Comment

Opinion

Let’s Light Up the West Side, Fairly

BY NYC COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATE PHELAN DANTE FITZPATRICK | Finally, marijuana legalization in New York has puff-puff-passed.…

Posted on April 5, 2021No Comment

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‘My First Nutcracker’ is the Last Word in Holiday Home Entertainment

Streaming through Jan. 10, 2021: My First Nutcracker Billed…

Posted on December 22, 2020

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

Getting to Know You: NYS Senator Brad Hoylman, Candidate for Manhattan Borough President

“Where do you see yourself at this time next…

Posted on March 9, 2021

222 Drag Queens I’ve Met: A Glittery List of Gender Benders

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Having done a list of…

Posted on March 5, 2021

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

Daisey Fresh: Monologuist’s Take on Pandemic Times Arrives Raw and Ready

BY TRAV S.D. | Much politician-driven hoopla about the…

Posted on April 14, 2021

Slices of the Tenderloin #6: La Sylphe

BY TRAV S.D. | For Women’s History Month, we will…

Posted on March 12, 2021

Edith O’Hara—A Personal Remembrance

BY CHIP DEFFAA | I’ve never known anyone quite…

Posted on October 22, 2020

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

Theater

Daisey Fresh: Monologuist’s Take on Pandemic Times Arrives Raw and Ready

BY TRAV S.D. | Much politician-driven hoopla about the soft re-opening of Broadway has been underway as of late. Yet meanwhile, Off-Off-Broadway has already…

Posted on April 14, 2021No Comment

Slices of the Tenderloin #6: La Sylphe

BY TRAV S.D. | For Women’s History Month, we will continue our series on famous vaudeville performers connected with the Tenderloin District. Now long defunct,…

Posted on March 12, 2021No Comment

Edith O’Hara—A Personal Remembrance

BY CHIP DEFFAA | I’ve never known anyone quite like veteran theater-owner/producer Edith O’Hara—longtime manager/artistic director of the 13th Street Repertory Theater (and mother…

Posted on October 22, 20201 Comment

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

Desperately Seeking the Exit: Online Live | In 2007, American actor/writer Peter Michael Marino wrote a musical based on the Madonna film Desperately Seeking…

Posted on March 29, 2020No Comment

Community Activities

Despite Cancelled Plans, London Terrace Tenants Association’s Charitable Giving Expands

After a cruel, cruel summer of street fairs featuring the same funnel cake stands and tube sock hawkers, the London Terrace Street Fair (W. 24th St. btw. 9th…

Posted on January 30, 2021No 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

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Leslie Boghosian Murphy KNOWS Her Baked Goods!

Presented by Leslie for NYC | While there are many incredible bakeries in our District, you will often…

Posted on April 16, 2021

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