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 Outdoors in the Flatiron NoMad & Meatpacking Districts as of March 10 | This two-site, open-air installation from UK-based multi-disciplinary artist Charlotte Colbert pairs her large-scale sculptures with two district-adjacent pedestrian plazas: Dreamland Sirens can be found in Flatiron South Plaza (23rd St. & Broadway), while Where Angels Live takes up residence in 14th Street Square (W, 14th & Ninth Ave,). With visual cues that reference archetypal symbols and a narrative recalling larger-than-life fairy tales, Chasing Rainbows invites passersby to stop, look skyward, and access a surreal state where the worrisome and the whimsical run on parallel paths seen in the sculpture’s reflective silver steel. Chasing Rainbows is the first-ever such collaboration between the Flatiron NoMad Partnership and Meatpacking BIDs (Busiess Improvement Districts).

Protect Our Community and Prepare for ICE: A Free Training Session on Monday, March 16 | Noted Chelsea Neighbors United (CNU), in a recent email, “One thing we’ve learned from Minneapolis and other cities where ICE has run wild is that community engagement has been key to protecting their immigrant neighbors.” To that end, this training session lets you know “what to do if you see ICE on the street, at your schools, in the stores you go to, restaurants you eat in or [show up] at your homes.” Registration for this training (conducted by a rep from Hands Off NYC) is required, via https://bit.ly/4r35Z6E. 

Trombone Trio Skyline Bones: 5:30pm to 7:30pm, Tuesday, March 10, 17, 24 & 31 at Market 57 (inside Pier 57; 25 11th Vv, at W. 15th St.) | Skyline Bones, a NYC–based trombone trio of Nicholas Martin, Ric Becker, and Jacob Elkin, blend pop, jazz, classical, and original works, the group brings dynamic energy and innovative brass sounds to the stage.

West Side Community Fund Spring 2026 Grant Cycle Focuses on LGBTQIA+ Projects / Applications Accepted Through March 27 | The West Side Community Fund–a consortium of companies whose biannual grant program typically distributes $100,000 per cycle to local community health centers, food pantries, non-profits, arts programs, and more–recently announced the dedication of their Spring 2026 cycle to initiatives benefitting the LGBTQIA+ communities of Chelsea, Hudson Yards, and Hell’s Kitchen. Priority will be given to projects addressing housing and people experiencing homelessness; healthcare access; food security; education and economic empowerment; community development; arts and culture; and other programs centered around  the needs of underserved populations. Apply at westsidecommunityfund.org, where you’ll also find info on this grant cycle’s eligibility requirements.  Questions? Email  WSCF@hudsonguild.org.

Swearing-In of NYS Senator Erik Bottcher: Sunday, March 15, 2pm (Doors 1pm) at the American Museum of Natural History (200 Central Park West); RSVP here.

—-Listings compiled by Scott Stiffler

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