BY DONATHAN SALKALN | Our lives are blessed in having other Americans grow up with big hearts, big muscles, and lots of guts, and then serve in New York City Fire and Police Departments. While I sleep in Chelsea, just feet from my carbon dioxide and smoke detectors and a three-lock apartment door, they are […]
Tuesday, September 10: Rent Laws Forum. For info, see the below flyer. Tuesday, September 10: “Sweat Sessions” | It’s the finale of the Meatpacking BID’s popular summer-long al fresco fitness series—and they’re pulling out all the stops. At 6pm, Holly Rilinger, founder of LIFTED, a HIIT (high-intensity interval training) class integrating thoughtful cardio strength […]
BY JOHN MUDD, PRESIDENT, MIDTOWN SOUTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL | Urban planning has failed to preserve and/or build communities, especially within Manhattan’s Midtown Southwest. Although a relevant subject, it’s beyond the scope of this single article to accurately examine. Thankfully, there are studies, books, and history that detail the misdeeds of the past. Distinguished Professor of […]
The annual Father Mychal Judge 9/11 Walk of Remembrance is scheduled for Sun., Sept. 8. Last year, over 1,100 people participated, despite a cold, unremitting rain. Held to honor Fr. Mychal Judge (1933-2001), an FDNY Chaplain listed as “Victim 0001” of the Trade Center events, as well as the late NYPD Detective Steven McDonald, and all […]
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Those attending RuPaul’s DragCon NYC (Sept. 6-8 at the Javits Center) will be steeping themselves in a delicious brew of the best and brightest queens from the RuPaul’s Drag Race pantheon. Live performances, meet-and-greets, and an exhibit hall packed with tempting merch await—but the Con celebrates more than the present state of drag artistry. One […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | As legend has it, the extraterrestrial entity-cum-enigmatic entertainer known as Alaska (or, more formally, Alaska Thunderf*ck 5000) fell to Earth in March 1996, when “a bizarre cosmic collision” shot her spaceship into a remote part of America’s 49th state. That vast, rugged, often inhospitable landscape—and the pioneer spirit of those who […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | “I’ll be showing up and showing out, like I always do,” promised recent RuPaul’s Drag Race (RPDR) contestant Plastique Tiara, of her upcoming area appearance as a newly minted “Ru Girl.” The Vietnam-born, Dallas, Texas-based glamour gal, whose “cheap but luxurious” stage name was inspired by the My Little Pony character […]
Tuesday, September 3: NYC Parks’ Back to School Blitz. For info, see the below flyer. Wednesday, September 4: Grant Information Session. For info, see the below flyer. Wednesdays: The PS11 Farm Market | This student-run market will happens from 8-9:30 am, at PS11 (320 W. 21st St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves.), every Wednesday through […]
BY GERALD BUSBY | From the age of three, when I could barely reach the keyboard of our tall rosewood piano with my tiny straight fingers, I loved every sound it made, musical or mechnical. Mother’s Crown Upright Parlor Grand had been a wedding gift from her eight sisters, and a brother they called Peach. […]