Body transformation! An epic, edgy, DIY performance on the NYC Hudson River! The Living Installation: Art Couple on the Pier Saturday, August 28, 6-8pm | Also Available to Stream Online At Pier 45 inside Hudson River Park | Enter at Christopher St. & West Side Highway Donation-based: Suggested $40 or pay what you can | […]
Saturdays, rain or shine, 9am-3pm: Chelsea Farmers Market | Down to Earth Farmers Markets has once again put down roots in Chelsea (on W. 23rd St. near Ninth Ave.). By and large, it’s the same experience as it’s always been (fresh product, friendly people), albeit with a few notable nods to pandemic protocol: If you have not […]
To The Editor: We all celebrate the lessening of COVID-19 and its accompanying restrictions. But there is a bright—or at least, ironic—side to having so many aspects of our daily routine altered. The pandemic created a multitude of unintended practices and policies that would enhance our lives: Open Streets, awareness of parking spots as public […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | With more entertainment venues than ever, you’d think there’d be record-breaking amounts of originality for our viewing pleasure, but instead, we’re facing an avalanche of cultural recycling. To fill all those channels, services, and theaters, producers have resorted to exorbitant volumes of pre-sold, surefire topics in order to get a rise […]
PHOTOS BY JIM FRYER / IRI GRECO | BrakeThroughMedia | brakethroughmedia.com Last week saw the debut programming of From a Place, Of a Place–a three-month, five-part activation in locations throughout the Meatpacking District that “celebrates and discovers Black voices through creativity, commerce, and community in and around the District.” It’s all presented by the Meatpacking District BID and […]
Editorial Snapshot: My American Pastime BY DONATHAN SALKALN Chelsea Community News is made possible with the help of our awesome advertisers, and the support of our readers. If you like what you see, please consider taking part in our GoFundMe campaign (click here). To make a direct donation, give feedback, or send a Letter to […]
UPDATE: Regarding the Aug. 17 court date referred to in the below article, the case was adjourned to Sept. 9, 2021, for grand jury action. The defendant has made court appearances since, and remains in custody at Anna M. Kross Correctional Facility. His next court appearance is Dec, 13, 2021. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | […]
Saturdays, rain or shine, 9am-3pm: Chelsea Farmers Market | Down to Earth Farmers Markets has once again put down roots in Chelsea (on W. 23rd St. near Ninth Ave.). By and large, it’s the same experience as it’s always been (fresh product, friendly people), albeit with a few notable nods to pandemic protocol: If you have not […]
National Night Out is, as their website notes, “an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live… Neighborhoods host events with safety demonstrations, seminars, youth activities, and more.” Locally, the 13th Precinct (whose area of coverage includes slivers of easternmost Chelsea) observed National […]
Thursday, August 12, 2021: The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene wants you to know that there is an excessive heat warning today until 8pm. Call 911 if someone has signs of heat-related illness: –Hot, dry skin OR cold, clammy skin –Confusion –Nausea or vomiting –Trouble Breathing –Rapid Heartbeat –Weakness –Dizziness For more information, click […]