Happening This Week, in “This Week In & Around Chelsea” Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy / West Chelsea Artists Open Studios / Spring Fling Saturdays / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Camp Chelsea Green–An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy: Wednesdays, 6pm at Pier 57 in the Seahorse Classroom | […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, the Adams Administration released our Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget. As President Joe Biden has often said, “Show me your budget and I will show you your values.” That is why this budget invests in our Working People’s Agenda, prioritizing education, jobs, housing, health care, and public […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Take a walk in Washington Square Park and know you’ll owe its intact nature, in no small part, to Jane Jacobs (1916-2006). The urbanist and activist’s 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, made the case for a break from the “demolish and replace” school of urban planning […]
Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Spring Fling Saturdays / NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s West Side Town Hall / Community Cleanups / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Event Postponed: Camp Chelsea Green–An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4): Wednesday, May 3, 6:30pm via […]
TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER, PHOTOS BY BrakeThrough Media | Throughout the pandemic period, hibernation was never an option for Meatpacking. The neighborhood’s Business Improvement District kept on taking care of business as usual (keeping the area clean, for starters) while mindful of what could be done while in incubation and enaction modes. The results, so […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A 30-year-old male criminal recidivist—known to the 10th Precinct as an individual who exhibits signs of emotional distress—was arrested again on Tuesday, April 25, nearly six hours after a violent incident inside Rainbow Station. The adult store’s 203 Eighth Ave. address (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts.) makes it part of […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, New York City celebrated Earth Week by powering up new rooftop solar panels in Brooklyn, cleaning up parks in Queens, and releasing PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, our new plan to create a more climate-resilient city for all. This strategic climate plan builds on our city’s ongoing efforts to […]
UPDATE: The designation matter discussed in this article has been scheduled for a discussion and vote on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is following through on expected protocol, following an action taken at their February 14 meeting. There, on a day an outside observer […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The city is brightening, inside and out. Trees are in leaf, and theaters are full of diverse artists whose work addresses compelling esthetic and social issues. Seize the moment to visit an old favorite and/or discover someone new. Shamel Pitts|TRIBE: Touch of Red | April 27-29 at New York Live Arts […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One-person shows are among my least favorite types of theater because they can verge on glorified lectures instead of real drama. Without various characters popping up to act out scenes as they occur, the one-person show usually resorts to an actor simply looking out at the audience and telling you about […]