This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 16-22, 2026

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

Photo courtesy of Chelsea Market.

St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl: Tuesday, March 17, 11am to 9pm at Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Ave. at W. 15th St.) | Deck yourself in all things green and head to West Chelsea’s iconic food hall for this 10-hour Bar Craw whose participating vendors will serve appropriately themed special items–and Crawlers who purchase all of the specials will get 20% off select items throughout the market(receipts needed to confirm completion). Featured Irish-themed goodies include: $12 singha beer and green pandan shot combo at Ayada / $6 green beers at Dickson’s Farmstand Meats, which also offers a corned beef & cabbage plate with potatoes & carrots / $8 Canned Stout and $6 Mayhem Lager at Mayhem Beer + Sandwiches / at Li-Lac Chocolates20% off selected fresh chocolates (available even if you have not completed the bar crawl) / $10 Shamrock Swirl Slushie at Takumi Taco. For more info, click here.

Framed | Through April 15 at Guild Gallery II (Hudson Guild Fulton Center; 119 9th Ave.) | Abstract metal sculpturist Jerome China make his abstract sculptures from places where once-essential industrial objects (gears; machine components; ets.) have been cast aside and left to rust. Wedded together, these disparate metal parts, says the artist, recall “the ways that Black identity has been shaped by American cultural and historical systems.” Viewing Hours: Tues-Fri, 10am-5pm, April 11, 12pm-3pm, and by Appointment; For Info, call 212-760-9837 or click here 

Image courtesy of Guild Gallery II.

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.

Photo via jacobelkin.com.

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.

HAPPENING BEYOND THIS WEEK

E-Waste + Textile Recycling: Friday, April 3, 10am to 2pm at 300-310 W. 14th St. (at 8th Ave.) | This rain or shine event from the LES Ecology Center–co-sponsored by the Meatpacking BID, NYS Senator Erik Bottcher, and Manhattan CommunityBoard 2–invites you to bring your electronics and textiles, whichupon collectionwil be responsibly recycl;ed. See the below flyer for a list of accepted (and not accepted) items. Also find info by clicking here.

-Listings compiled by Scott Stiffler



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