NOTE: Below, click on the red portions to be taken to articles and info sources. Dear Mayor de Blasio, We are calling on you to return Richard Born’s and Ira Drukier’s campaign contributions and the $90,000 that was raised at the March fundraiser. With the presidential primaries underway and your reputation for standing up for […]
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BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | In the early months of 2019, two complementary exhibitions opened at The Rubin Museum of Art (150 W. 17th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.): The Power of Intention: Reinventing the (Prayer) Wheel, which is a collection of traditional and contemporary art highlighting the connection between intentions, commitments, and actions; and […]
Tuesday, August 6: Plaza Ribbon-Cutting | The Meatpacking District Initiative BID is hosting a ribbon-cutting for the formal opening of the Gansevoort and Chelsea Plazas. It caps over four years of construction, and has created over 20,000 square feet of public space. Drop by to say, “Hello,” and help celebrate the district’s revival. This 10am […]
Re: Chelsea Green Charms Neighborhood, After Years of Grassroots Efforts (news, July 26, 2019): A beautiful day to open the very beautiful Chelsea Green park. It was a delight to see little kids frolicking in the miniature sprinklers, which are just the perfect size for them. There was a veritable parking lot of strollers at […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | Every other year, the Whitney Museum of American Art (99 Gansevoort St. btw. Washington St. & 10th Ave.) presents the Whitney Biennial, an exhibition that shares what is happening in American art at the current moment, across the mediums of painting, sculpture, installation, film and video, photography, performance, and sound. The […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Tips from community members, pitches from publicists, and press releases from elected officials: It was just another interesting day at the office on Friday, July 26—and then, we came across an email with the subject line “Inclusion of your Website in the Library of Congress Web Archives.” It read, in part: […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Unless you are a fish residing in the Hudson River, your journey to The Shed, site and producer of the world-premiere commission Maze, will be a schlep. The huge, flexible black box theater sits a few yards from 11th Ave. The best way for Chelsea residents to get there is on […]
Tuesday, July 30: 13th Precinct Build a Block Meeting | At the Build a Block meeting, 13th Precinct sector B Neighborhood Coordination Officers will discuss local quality of life and crime issues. Tuesday July 30, at the Xavier High School (Library). 30 W. 16th St. Doors open at 6pm for refreshments; meeting starts at 6:30pm. […]
BY KRISTEN ANCILLOTTI | Community Board 4 (CB4) convened their full board meeting on July 24 at the Hudson Guild Elliott Center (441 W. 26th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.), with a packed agenda of topics to cover, as usual. What made this night a little different, were the people gathered outside the building […]