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Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance):

MCB4 Full Board Meeting / D.O.B. In Council District 3 / 10th Pct. Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Sherry Vine! / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance)  / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea/ Chelsela Gardens Flea Market

MCB4 Full Board Meeting: Wednesday, June 4, 6:30pm Online via Zoom & YouTube and In-Person at Mount Sinai West (1000 10th Ave. 2nd Floor, Conference Room B)| For those who live in West Chelsea from 14th Street all the way up to West 57th, Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) is your all-volunteer advocacy and vetting entity. Its work is done through the monthly meetings of committees and task forces. The letters they generate are voted on when MCB4’s full membership meets (typically on the first Wednesday of the month.) To preview the Agenda of June 4’s full board meeting, click here. Atop the Agenda: A presentation from the Midtown North Precinct (tentatively scheduled)  followed by a Public Hearing on the topic of the Draft Scope of Work for the Avenir gaming proposal at West 40-41 Street and 11th Ave. The Public Hearing and the Public Session provide members of the public with two minutes to speak directly to the full board.  There will also be a sign-up sheet at the meeting for those attending in person. To attend the meeting via Zoom and sign up for either Public session, click here. To view it live via CB4’s YouTube channel, click here. (Note: MCB4 meetings can be viewed after the fact, as archived recordings on the YouTube channel.)  To attend via phone, call 646-828-7666 (when prompted, the Webinar ID is 161 368 0437). For info about all things MCB4, their website can be found by clicking here.

D.O.B. In Council District 3; Wednesday, June 4, 11am to 2pm at 224 West 30th Street| NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher–whose District 3 area of coverage includes Chelsea–brings to his District Office reps from the NYC Department of Buildings. They’ll provide one-on-one assistance to property owners and small business owners. For more info, see the below flyers–and to register for your 15-minute appointment, click here.

10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting: Thursday, June 5, at 5pm at 400 West 43rd Street | NCOs, or Neighborhood Coordination Officers, host quarterly Build the Block meetings addressing crime and quality of life matters for the 10th Precinct’s three Sectors: A, B, & C. Expect introductory comments often discussing crime stats, trends, and prevention, with the majority of the meeting devoted to a Q&A session between the NCOs and attendees. The NCOs for Sector C are Police Officer Marian Bencea (marian.bencea@nypd.org) and Police Officer James Farrell (james.farrell3@nypd.org). Sector C’s area of coverage is  W. 29th St. to W. 43rd St., 9th Ave. to the Hudson. Of Build the Block meetings, the NYPD notes, “All meeting times, dates, and locations are subject to change. Please call your local precinct and speak to a Neighborhood Coordination Officer to verify correct meeting information.”

UPCOMING

Sherry Vine in The Second to Last Showgirl: Thursday, June 12, 7pm at Red Eye (355 W. 41st St.)

This “Vine” continues to grow, with no signs of withering. Once a NYC staple, current LA woman Sherry Vine is poised to worm her way back into the Big Apple’s heart with a June 12 performance celebrating the dirty drag queen’s 35 years in show business. Vine’s all-new extravaganza promises “parodies of Tina Turner, U2, Celine, Cher, and more.” Comedy, glamour, ad libs, and time-tested quips–plus fantastically filthy song parodies will have you howling, gasping, groaning, and applauding Vine’s preternatural ability to at once charm, amuse, and mortify. Alternate Activity for those failing to get tickets ASAP (premium seating is already sold out): Click Here and Click Here for our coverage of The Sherry Vine Variety Show. See what makes Sherry tick, in the tricky comedy/variety format, then head to OUTtv to watch Seasons 1-3. But first: For tickets to the June 12 show, ($25), click here. 

ONGOING PROGRAMMING

Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance)  | HYHK is back with another season of free and fun programming for all ages in Bella Abzug Park (524 W. 34th St.). See the below flyer for several Spring Fling offerings. A Co-presentation of HYHK and Colored Colors, this annual multi-date festival has live music, art activities, food vendors, and artisan-made goods. Saturday, May 10’s debut was cancelled because of high winds in the area–so the series’ default debut is May 24, with additional installments on June 7 and 21. The final installment on Sunday, June 22, takes place from 12pm to 8pm. Check out the full calendar of May-October HYHK-presented activities on their website. For information on cancellations due to weather, head to HYHK’s Instagram (@hudsonyardshellskitchen).

Among the events offered–all of them free and open to the public–are a series of yoga classes from Bien Good Well (Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm,  Saturdays at 10:30am). In the Music & Dance category: On select Thursdays and Saturdays through October, Vinyl Nights and DJ The Real offer one of the city’s best dance parties, powered by music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Wednesdays in June, July, and August, enjoy free salsa and bachata classes, a live band, and dancing in partnership with Somos Latin Dance and Paradis in the Park. And for the kids, head to the playground at Bella Abzug Park on Tuesday mornings through October, for acoustic concerts with Mike Messer Music. For a full HYHK events schedule and to register for free classes, click here.

Events at Verdi Cannabis (158 W. 23rd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | Several monthd out from its first full year since setting up shop on West 23rd Street, legal cannabis distributor Verdi Cannabis offers free arts programming via gallery-style displays of artwork on their walls, and a live Thursday night music series called The Green Room, whose performances typically take place in the 6:30pm to 9pm time period. The series kicks off its June calendar on the 5th, with G $antana from 7pm-7:30pm followed by an 8pm-8:30pm set from Piatt Pund. June 12’s musical guest is Martin Kelley & Affinity. Adam Strum Solo Project and KRC round out the June bookings with performances on, respectively, the 19th and the 26th.

Elsewhere on the events calendar are two happenings that Verdi Assistant GM and Events Coordinator Kenny Cunningham (recently featured in this Q&A segment) says are “cool things that we’re doing  that will become more regular things.” Having premiered on May 16, the biweekly Wake and Bake Fridays with A-Roastia Coffee is a coffee cart pop-up schedued for June 13 and June 27. (The sponsor for each respectivee date will be Kiva and Weekenders.) Says Cunningham of that something-for-everyone events calendar, “These are just a few of the new things that we’re going to be doing regularly. The goal is to always have something fun, interesting, and unique happening here at Verdi. ”  To keep up with what else is up with Verdi, click here to visit their website. To visit the EVENTS page of their website, click here. 

Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea | It takes place every Saturday, 9am to 2pm, West 23rd St. off 9th Ave.  For more info, click here.

Chelsea Gardens Flea Market: Sunday, June 15, 11am to 5pm | Enter on 255 W. 23rd St. or 250 W. 24th St. (both entrances btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) | The private garden that those who live at Chelsea Gardens get to enjoy all the time is rarely open to the public–but all are welcome on June 15, when residents put sales tags on art, jewelry, clothes, books, antiques,  and “everything you didn’t know you needed–and more!”  That’s a great tag line–and a grand promise that many would find hard to live up to. But like the late, great London Terrace Street Fair as well as this past weekend’s annual Stoop Sale on nearby West 21st/22nd Streets, most of the stuff you’ll find at this Flea Market comes from the crowded shelves, drawers, and closets of longtime NYC residents with limited storage space and above-average taste. Their loss is your gain! Note: This is a rain or shine event (vendors will be in an outdoor area that has overhead protection).

—Listings Compiled by Scott Stiffler

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