CRDC’s Boots on the Ground meeting Join the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club (CRDC), for its NYS Budget: Boots on the Ground meeting. Hear about healthcare, education, criminal justice, election laws, and more. Thursday, May 16, 7pm at Hudson Guild’s Elliott Center (441 W. 26th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.). Note: The CRDC is committed […]
Community Board 4’s Transportation Planning Committee (TPC) Meeting | From more affordable housing to more schools, parks, hospitals, safe transportation, less noise, better business balance, and preserving the diversity of our neighborhood character, the 50 members of CB4 volunteer to represent the district’s residents, institutions, nonprofit and businesses’ common interests to City agencies, and bring […]
You can win a 2 tickets to an upcoming show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, courtesy of Spin Cycle NYC, by answering this question: Which NYC-based drag queen would you like to see as a contestant on a future season of RuPaul’s Drag Race? Email your answer to news@spincyclenyc.com. The winner will be chosen at random […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | As Google grows and expands in Chelsea and Hudson Square, they are finding innovative ways to engage these communities via computer coding and literacy programs. Currently, Google is providing two such opportunities: Code Next, an initiative to foster the next generation of Black and Latinx tech leaders; and Grow with Google, […]
Before there were the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, the Three Stooges, or Abbott and Costello, there was Weber and Fields—the largely forgotten comedy team who made all of them, and many others, possible. The famous roughhousing German dialect comedians were not only the most popular funny men in the country at the turn of […]
PSA4 (POLICE SERVICE AREA) FOURTH ANNUAL PROM DRESS GIVEAWAY | “Her circumstances do not define her. Her circumstances, once realized, propels her to greatness,” notes the flyer for this annual event, meant to provide prom dresses, shoes, and makeovers for young women. Sponsored by, among others, Fulton Houses Tenants Association President Miguel Acevedo, […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | This spring’s heavy rains on Chelsea can’t compare to the deluge of developers beating down the rooftops of our community’s vulnerable—but no one foresaw the City’s intention to allow a private developer to demolish two Robert Fulton Houses NYCHA buildings, in exchange for repair money and three towers made up of […]
PHOTO ESSAY BY WINNIE McCROY | Downtown notables mingled with festive partygoers on Saturday, May 4, at the 29th Annual Night of 1000 Stevies—the beloved Stevie Nicks fan event that graced many venues, among them the High Line Ballroom, Hiro Ballroom, The Knitting Factory, and Don Hill’s, before landing at Irving Plaza for this year’s […]
Today, it’s a very special edition of Today in Chelsea, we look toward tomorrow, to give you ample time to contemplate putting these events on your May 14 calendar. PSA4 (POLICE SERVICE AREA) FOURTH ANNUAL PROM DRESS GIVEAWAY | “Her circumstances do not define her. Her circumstances, once realized, propels her to greatness,” notes […]
Re: To Protect, Preserve Tin Pan Alley, Landmarking is a Must Dear Editor: I am writing regarding Ms. Greenspan’s recent article on Tin Pan Alley. The significance of Tin Pan Alley cannot be overstated. It represents the early days of American music, which has contributed to American life and culture in many ways. Jazz is an original African American […]