PHOTO ESSAY BY CHRISTIAN MILES With its soft launch happening now and a formal announcement coming soon, news that Chelsea Community News is expanding our coverage area reached our freeance photographer, Christian Miles. The proud Hell’s Kitchen resident, whose own neighborhood will soon yield a photo essay of its own, recently spent some time at […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | For the past two holiday seasons, COVID precautions have either cancelled public gatherings altogether, forced them online, or rendered in-person participants nearly unrecognizable thanks to that essential accessory, the mask. This year, however, public confidence seems to be back, owing to many months of brick and mortar events with roust attendance […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Once upon a time, with no prospects for a happily ever after other than an open mind, Judy Famigletti moved to the Upper East Side. That’s where the 60-year-old grandmother with a Masters Degree in early childhood education and a knack for interior design channeled those very grown-up credentials into Let’s […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In the same month that saw polling places open for several days in advance of the General Election, another notable date on the November calendar got the early bird treatment, when Chelsea citizens flocked to four local pilgrimage sites. Tuesday, November 15—nine days before Thanksgiving—thousands of plump, oven-bound, born-to-be-basted turkeys were […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Sexy New Yorkers will remember the Sexual Health Expo from its Brooklyn-held, pre-COVID days. This year, after a pandemic hiatus, it returned to Chelsea’s own Metropolitan Pavilion for a highly stimulating weekend. Between the informative seminars on pegging, the spanking workshops, and panels on the intricacies of sex with gender non-conforming partners, […]
Early Voting began on Saturday, October 29 and concluded over the weekend (Sunday, November 6). The General Election takes place on Tuesday, November 8, with polls open from 6am to 9pm. Find your General Election pollsite and access a sample ballot at findmypollsite.vote.nyc/. You’ll need your house number, street name, and zip code. In addition to […]
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 […]
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 […]