In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” 8th Ave. Street Fair / The 1oth Precinct Community Council / The Eagle NYC Presents Continuum / Stargazing on the High Line / Saturday, April 30, 11am-6pm on Eighth Ave., btw. 14th & 23d Street: Street Fair | That crisp but comfortable wisp of wind accompanied by warm rays […]
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | It’s been three years since the eight-member New York-based Jon Lehrer Dance Company performed together in the Big Apple. On May 6, for one night only, they will bring their trademark kinetic athleticism to The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, with a just under two-hour program featuring a […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | A hardscrabble band of Chelsea tenants snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when, 30 minutes before a planned protest, their landlord agreed to the repairs they’ve requested for nearly two years. About 20 people gathered on the morning of Thursday, April 21 at 225 W. 23rd St./220 W. 24th St. […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | What’s the point of going to a nightclub if you’re not going to get photographed? Part of the fun of going out is showing your most flamboyant self to other fabbies and happily flashing your teeth for the camera. Through the years, there have been a lot of expert photographers who […]
Just shy of one week since Easter Sunday, the once-overflowing baskets packed with eggs, peeps, and chocolate have been picked over until all that’s left is the visually appealing but thoroughly inedible colorful plastic straw. Luckily, for those who have a sweet tooth for drag, there’s an Easter leftover sure to fill that empty hole in your. […]
NOTE: Following this feature (with quotes from an interview conducted prior to the show’s NYC premier), find Trav S.D.’s brief review. Spoiler: The upshot is, says Trav, “Go see it.” TRAV S.D.| Good news for NYC fans of Downton Abbey cast member Lesley Nicol, who plays the role of the cranky Crawley family cook, Mrs. Patmore. Not only […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Notable as much for its live music as for its deeply committed dancing, the first program of the Limón Dance Company’s spring season at the Joyce Theater spans 96 years of choreographic exploration. Beginning with the stately sweep of Doris Humphrey’s 1928 Air for the G String, a female quintet that […]
Hard work and harsh calamity bring figurative and literal meanings to the table, in terms of the above headline. In the literal sense, “Breaking Our Neck” is the reason it’s been weeks since new content has posted to this website. On March 23, Chelsea Community News founder/editor Scott Stiffler sustained injuries that necessitated eight hours […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | José Limón—whose remarkably resilient dance company celebrates its 75th year with a two-week, two-program season at the Joyce April 19-May 1—was a Mexican painter who fell in love with dance in New York after seeing the German Expressionist dancer Harald Kreuzberg. At 22, he began studying modern technique with pioneering American […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Drag and lip synching go together like drag and brunch, or brunch and booze–and although live signing is making some serious inroads as an arrow in the savvy queen’s well-packed quiver, not every drag performer born to entertain can belt one out at will and in tune. That takes a very […]