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A WISH FOR GLOBAL LASTING PEACE | By LISA RUIMY HOLZKENNER (Chelsea, NYC) I lived through the horrors of several wars beginning with WW II I need time to lament, for the fire of wars have never been completely extinguished I will lament until we control the destructive impulses in our brain So that hatred will […]
BY TRAV S.D. | If the public knows only one thing about Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), it’s that he is widely held to be the author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas a.k.a. ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, one of the best-known and best-loved pieces of American literature in the world. (A […]
CHRISTMAS WISHES FOR CHELSEA May the divine spirit of the holiday season Its gleaming rainbow colors merry and bright- The beauty of the sunset hours, Twinkling immortal stars and shining moon Be our guiding lights through darkness. Let the bells ring and children sing Sublime words of prayer Rebounding all over the globe Until […]
An Open Letter to New York City and State Leaders Wanted: A Legal Protection for a Commendable Model On May 22, 2019 Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Executive Order 47, one of the most consequential measures supporting the city’s community media industry, directing all city agencies to spend at least 50 percent of their annual […]
Autumn: A Cycle of Life That Mirrors Our Lives | A Poem by Lisa Ruimy Holzkenner Human life and all creatures on earth can be compared to the four seasons. Each has its own rhythm and rhyme celebrating birth, mourning death. Autumn, a whimsical double edge, brings hope and sadness to humanity and to all living things. Autumn’s arrival takes […]
BY DONATHAN SALKALN | New Yorkers have been lucky with the Yankees—a somewhat stable organization with seasons of mostly winning records and a history of retaining its stars. I’m very thankful to the Steinbrenner family and current general manager Brian Cashman for bringing my dad, during his twilight years, a new generation of players that […]
BY GERALD BUSBY | It wasn’t quite Halloween when I moved into the Chelsea Hotel, late September 1977, but ghostly fun—which is what I’d call my early days at 222 West 23rd Street—started in right away. I had just returned from working with Robert Altman on the movie A Wedding, shot in and near Chicago, and […]
BY TRAV S. D, | Halloween! Or All Hallows’ Eve, that traditional night when tourists from the nether region burst their bounds and come to the surface for a little sightseeing. Fortunately, here in NYC, we have the perfect place to put them up: The Chelsea Hotel. Located at 222 W. 23rd St. (btw. Seventh […]
BY CHIP DEFFAA | I’ve never known anyone quite like veteran theater-owner/producer Edith O’Hara—longtime manager/artistic director of the 13th Street Repertory Theater (and mother of actresses Jenny O’Hara and Jill O’Hara)—who has just died at the age of 103. And she died exactly the way she wanted to: At home, not in a hospital, in […]