Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America Thursday, April 10 and Thursday, May 1 At Vanderbilt University 440 W. 21st St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Good news for those greeted with bad news when they tried to register for the at-full-capacity April 10 event from Nashville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University: The […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Dozens of worthy initiatives dedicated to the betterment of those in Chelsea, Hudson Yards, and Hell’s Kitchen have seen their own fortunes improve through the bi-annual grant program of the West Side Community Fund (WSCF). Applications for the Spring 2025 Grant Cycle are being accepted through Monday March 24—-an extension on […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In 2025’s topsy-turvy world of on-again/off-again tariffs and all manner of mortifying monkeyshines coming from the Oval Office, it’s good to know that here on the island of Manhattan, there are some systems in place that need no disrupting; regularly held events you can mark on your calendar in indelible ink. […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | It has been a year and a half since the last Toy Fair. Back then (October of 2023), Mattel seemed to be caught off guard by the massive success of the Barbie movie that summer. But this year, I assumed Mattel would drape the entire Javits Center in pink—so I wore […]
BY MOUSSIE FRIEDMAN with Photos Courtesy of The Chelsea Shul | November 12, 2024: More than 100 people gathered at The Chelsea Hall event space (236 W. 23rd St.) to celebrate the official launch of The Chelsea Giving Kitchen, which has been providing food and other resources to local homebound residents—including Holocaust survivors—since March 2020. […]
November 18 and 19 saw the continuation of a local tradition, with turkeys and other Thanksgiving-centric foodstuff handed out to any and all, at four West Chelsea locations. Assisting with the distribution and/or underwriting were the Tenant Association leaders of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea NYCHA Houses, Holy Apostles, Hudson Guild, Google, Chelsea Market, Jamestown, Triple Lift, […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Haunting images caught the eyes and captured the imagination once again this year, along the 400 blocks of West 21st and 22nd Streets, where going all-out is the “in” thing when the last week of October rolls around. That’s when a cordial-yet-competetive house decorating contest awakes the creative spirit of residents. […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The subway ride home from New York Comic Con (NYCC) is always an adventure. The 7 train leaves from Hudson Yards, half a block from the Javits Center. Most of the people who board the train there are coming straight from the con. I sat down on the subway bench in […]
Friends of Chelsea Green, the frightfully hard-working group responsible for the year-round programming of spirited events in Chelsea Green Park (140 W. 20th St.), saw hundreds of costumed celebrants fall under the spell cast by “Hocus Pocus Harvest.” The Sunday, October 20 event marked 2024’s entry in the FRIENDS’ annual Halloween shindig–an event so sprawling […]
With bright, sunny skies and the temp at an agreeable 70 degrees, October 6’s weather was an apt barometer for the vibe beaming from West 21st Street: There, from 12pm to 2pm, the unmistakenly urban block between 9th and 10th Aves. was transformed into a practically pastoral communal space, where all assembled came to feed […]