BY JOE MAFFIA (candidate, NYS Assembly District 75) | Almost everyone loves art of some form. Whether it is in the form of music, paintings, sculptures, dance, theater, or cinema, art inspires people of all ages. It stimulates imagination, boosts self-esteem and dopamine (the feel-good chemical in your brain), and even inspires and empowers us […]
BY FRIENDS OF CHELSEA GREEN | Last Saturday, October 29, Friends of Chelsea Green (the nonprofit that manages Chelsea Green Park) hosted over 600 neighbors at our Haunted Circus Halloween event, inside and on the outskirts of the park’s 140 W. 20th St. location (btw. Sixth & Seventh Aves.). Families enjoyed circus-themed stilt walkers, jugglers, […]
TEXT & PHOTOS BY THE WEST 400 BLOCK ASSOCIATION For the second year in a row, 449 West 21st Street takes the title iof Best Outdoor Halloween Decorations, with their “Rat and Roach Motel.” Major points for thinking outside the box, 449! Giant roaches of varying sizes (between 3-5 feet long) crawl up and down […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” Swish: Sound Installation at Chelsea Rec. Center / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Events from Earlier This Week: At Chelsea Green Park / CB4 Full Board Meeting / PS 11 Farm Market / Swish: A Temporary Sound Installation at Chelsea Recreation Center—Saturday, November 5, 1:30-3:30pm (430 […]
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 […]