BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Each October, New York’s Jacob Javits Center becomes a nerd mecca for comic book enthusiasts. As with many large gatherings, New York Comic Con 2022 (NYCC) had a rocky return last year as the city struggled to recover from the COVID lockdowns. The major comic book companies were nowhere in sight […]
CALLING ALL NYS ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 75 VOTERS Don’t show up to the polls without having a look at what happened when Chelsea Community News hosted an online Assembly District 75 Candidate Forum with Joseph A. Maffi (R, Arts & Culture) and Tony Simone (D) answering the Chelsea-centric questions of these six Forum Co-Presenters: The London Terrace Tenants Association (LTTA) The Fulton […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | His paintings of city rooftops and life within urban windows are so familiar, it’s surprising that Edward Hopper’s New York is the first museum exhibition addressing the artist’s relationship to New York City. The Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2015 move from its uptown East Side home to 99 Gansevoort Street […]
ALL PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO, BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com | Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures cast their spell over the Meatpacking District on Saturday, October 22, as Meatpacking (the area’s Business Improvement District) welcomed one and all to explore the streets, shops, and restaurants of the Meatpacking District during its 11am-5pm Treats in the Streets event. (And […]
TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER, PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE BERTHET | Friendships are formed over it, ideas are hatched during its course, and recipes are exchanged before parting ways: Those are just a few of the commonplace occurrences when two people sit down to have lunch. Now tack on another 498, minimum, to the number of those […]
Early Voting begins Saturday, October 29 and runs through Sunday, November 6. Find your Early Voting and General Election/Election Day pollsite (they’re not necessarily the same) and access a sample ballot at findmypollsite.vote.nyc/. You’ll need your house number, street name, and zip code. Chelsea locations include a building on the FIT campus and Selis Manor for […]
Through Oct. 31: IT: A Musical Parody at Chelsea Table + Stage | Stephen King’s killer-clown-feeds-on-fears novel—adapted as a 1990 TV miniseries and 2017/2019 theatrical releases—gets the musical parody treatment in a stage adaptation that pours on the nail-biting horror while acknowledging the only-in-fiction absurdities that pile up faster than the victim body count. Taking place […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Members of the general public with questions and opinions about the current state of crime and the overall quality of life in Chelsea–and that’s a lot of you–have recurring opportunities to take those concerns to local NYPD leadership. Bellow is a collection of what remains between now and the end of the year. The 10th […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | Fifteen grant recipients hailed for their innovative efforts along the West Side were honored at an October 11 Grantee Celebration held by the West Side Community Fund (WSCF). They were joined by local elected officials, staffers tasked with administering $100,000 in grants, and members of the consortium responsible for WSCF’s reactivated […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The upcoming race to succeed retiring New York State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried will be one for the history books, as–for the first time in 52 years–a new name is added to the sequential list of NYS Assembly District 75 reps. Gottfried’s December 13, 2021 announcement that this current term would […]