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 […]
TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER / PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO, BrakeThrough Media / www.brakethroughmedia.com Saturday, October 19, 2024: Stores and restaurants across the Meatpacking District offered treats to costumed kids who roamed the streets–along the way, engaging in games and activities including pumpkin ring toss and pumpkin tic-tac-toe. Scheduled activities included live performances from Jammcard musicians, pumpkin […]
TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER and PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ANNE SAXELBY LEGACY FUND | The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund (ASLF) was founded in 2021 following the passing of well-regarded Anne Saxelby, founder of Cheesemongers in NYC. As a fitting nod to the fund’s “Legacy” aspect, ASLF provides monthlong immersive apprenticeships for students to live on […]
On Tuesday, November 5, New York City will vote in the State and Federal General Election 2024, for United States Senator, President/Vice President of the United States, Justice of the Supreme Court, Representative in Congress, Member of the Assembly, United States Senator, Judge of the Civil Court – County, State Senator, Judge of the Civil […]
Your Eerily Eclectic, Frighteningly Fabulous, Scary-Good Collection of Halloween-Themed Activities Appear in This Spookily Sequential Order: The Meatpacking District’s Treats in the Streets / Chelsea Green Park’s Hocus Pocus Harvest Block Party / High Line Halloween: Ghostly Gardens / Halloween Events at Verdi Cannabis / Barktoberfest / Spooky Streets Trick or Treat / Pier 57’s […]
REPORTED BY KATHRYN STOMSVIK with PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES | Monday, September 30, 2024, just before dusk: A violet glow illuminated the rush of Times Square traffic passing by 227 West 42nd Street’s Todd Haimes Theatre—a 1918-built venue whose neo-renaissance style was restored in 2000 by Roundabout Theatre Company. Inside, on the fifth floor of […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | They say elephants never forget–so it’s in all of our best interests to ensure that the 100 or so life-sized Indian elephant sculptures on display throughout the Meatpacking District have a fond tale to tell when their time in NYC comes to an end, come October 20. On the ground in […]