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 […]
Note: The following letter, reprinted with the permission of the 29th Street Neighborhood Association, was sent on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 19, 2022, to NYC Mayor Eric Adams and elected officials named in the “cc” section at the end of the letter. On the same day, the Neighborhood Association sent the letter to all […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Company XIV, the nimble burlesque troupe behind the recently reviewed Seven Sins and the annual destination holiday event Nutcracker Rouge, has a new venue with a new show and a clever plan to draw audiences. Cocktail Magique is a cocktail-themed magic/burlesque extravaganza, and it’s certainly a crowd pleaser, given that the […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York is a city of immigrants. We are made up of hundreds of cultures, more than 700 languages, and people born in more than 150 countries. Immigrants keep our cultural life vibrant and our economy running strong. They are the past, present, and future of New York City. […]
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 two types of recurring opportunities to take those concerns to local NYPD leadership. Build the Block meetings are official NYPD events typically hosted by NCOs, or Neighborhood […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I have to admit that I didn’t know much about Melissa Etheridge except that she’s a lesbian, she’s battled cancer, and she can sing the house down. So, I approached her autobiographical show (My Window–A Journey Through Life at New World Stages through Oct. 29) like someone coming to her window with a sort […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” Events at Chelsea Green Park / PS 11 Farm Market / Participatory Budgeting Assemblies / The Village: A Disco Musical! / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Homelessness in NYC Virtual Panel Discussion / Treats in the Streets / Haunted Circus at Chelsea Green Park NYPL Story Time […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like rocking out to the sweet riffs of a Bob Seeger song after years of irony-only listening, writer/performer Bruce McCulloch’s autumnal residency at Soho Playhouse reveals heretofore hidden depths to the stellar ensemble comedian, whose work with The Kids in the Hall is peppered with mission-focused loners and sweet searchers yearning […]
“Air Rights” BY MICHELLE TOKARCZYK Air is for sale. List buy & sell New York air rights. Let your buildings cut through the clouds. This is your right. No limits on height. Light is for sale. Stack stories up against their windows. Challenge their sun and their heat. Let their plants die. Light is […]