This year’s final full month of summer is set to start off with some serious drag-centric sizzle, when local fave Yuhua Hamasaki returns to the iconic place where she once reigned as Miss Stonewall. Performed on Wednesday, August 6, 7pm at The Stonewall Inn, An Evening with Yuhua promisees a unique and dishy cabaret experience […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): National Night Out / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Shari & Lamb Chop / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea PICK OF THE WEEK — NEXT WEEK […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | From wall of silence to font of information: That’s the seismic shift in style and substance, since a September 26, 2024 announcement noted that financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS) signed an agreement establishing Nashville-based Vanderbilt University as presumptive lessee of the Close (aka the 207-year-old Seminary grounds, W. 20th to […]
BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Ask any young person, senior citizen, or working-class New Yorker about the biggest issues facing our city and you’ll hear the same response: affordable housing. When our administration came into office, we were clear that our city could not afford to keep kicking the can down the […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): MCB4’s Full Board Meeting / The Sweat Sessions / Shari & Lamb Chop / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea MCB4 Full Board Meeting: Wednesday, July 23 6:30pm Online via Zoom & YouTube […]
BY TIARA BROWNIE | Higher prices for consumers and lower profit margins for retailers: That’s the harsh economic reality once a tariff has been put in place. But when wielded by President Donald Trump as a means to bring other countries to the negotiating table, the looming threat of a tariff comes with its own […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I always wanted to go on a cruise so I could feel like Kay Francis glamming it up in those 1930s Hollywood movies, while engorging myself on a 24-hour buffet! So I just went on a Royal Caribbean cruise to Halifax, chosen by my friend Michael Ellis, who does this sort […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With its stretches of subway grating flanked by a windowless Con Edison substation and a busy bike lane, Seventh Avenue between West 18th and 19th Streets has long been in need of beautification. While the restaurants and residential buildings of surrounding blocks beckon, this barren, concrete anomaly can’t claim so much […]
BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The best way to make the American Dream a reality for all New Yorkers is by making our city more affordable for working-class families. Childcare costs have skyrocketed across New York City, putting pressure on monthly bills and family budgets. Working families are struggling to afford these high […]
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