NOTE: Rain plans are up to each organization. Check the hosting organization’s website in the event of cancellation or a location change for outdoor programs. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What do you do for Year #2, when your demand during your debut handily exceeded expectations? If you’re the West Side Fest, the first thing you […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, we celebrated Independence Day — an opportunity to reflect on the values that make the American Dream possible in our city. Public safety and livability are two such foundational commitments — allowing every New Yorker to pursue their dreams without fear for their safety and with a […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Chelsea Gardens Flea Market / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance Presents, Through October, Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park […]
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES A “Welcome to the Neighborhood” Q&A With Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.) Open Sunday through Thursday, 11:30am-11pm & Friday/Saturday, 11:30am-11:30pm To visit their website, Click Here When they breezed into our part of town on Wednesday, June 12, Ralph’s Famous Italian […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers deserve a city budget that delivers for them and tackles our affordability crisis head-on. Alongside Speaker Adams and our City Council partners, we are proud to announce the passage of a $112.4 billion Adopted Budget that invests in the future of our city and the people who […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Smuin Contemporary Ballet: July 9-14 at The Joyce Theater | Michael Smuin (1938-2007), one of ballet’s more entertaining choreographers, came out of the American west and danced with ABT and the San Francisco Ballet before turning to choreography at the age of 27. He collapsed and died of a heart attack in […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance Presents, Through October, Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park ( (W. 34th to 35th […]
A Rabbit Named Rainer / New York Live Arts: The House Party / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Action Afterhours and Pride Closing Party / —PRIDE Event Roundup by Scott Stiffler— A Rabbit Named Rainer: Regie Cabico and Drew Pisarra | Saturday, June 29, 9:30pm at The […]
NOTE: The following Guest Opinion piece contains strong language and disturbing, debate-based subject matter. The writer’s opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Chelsea Community News–except when he says that every eligible person should vote, and that Trump is repellent, racist, compulsively mendacious, homophobic, misogynist, authoritarian, caustic, abrasive, vengeful and relentlessly narcissistic. Enjoy! BY MAX […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | It’s Pride month…a time to celebrate how integral drag queens are to the queer community for their humor, nerve, and facility with a mascara wand. Drag is so revered (if controversial) now that it’s become contagious to the point where there are public figures who seem like drag queens who aren’t […]