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 […]
Through Oct. 31: IT: A Musical Parody at Chelsea Table + Stage | Stephen King’s killer-clown-feeds-on-fears novel—adapted as a 1990 TV miniseries and 2017/2019 theatrical releases—gets the musical parody treatment in a stage adaptation that pours on the nail-biting horror while acknowledging the only-in-fiction absurdities that pile up faster than the victim body count. Taking place […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Members of the general public with questions and opinions about the current state of crime and the overall quality of life in Chelsea–and that’s a lot of you–have recurring opportunities to take those concerns to local NYPD leadership. Bellow is a collection of what remains between now and the end of the year. The 10th […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The upcoming race to succeed retiring New York State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried will be one for the history books, as–for the first time in 52 years–a new name is added to the sequential list of NYS Assembly District 75 reps. Gottfried’s December 13, 2021 announcement that this current term would […]