NOTE: Rain plans are up to each organization. Check the hosting organization’s website in the event of cancellation or a location change for outdoor programs. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What do you do for Year #2, when your demand during your debut handily exceeded expectations? If you’re the West Side Fest, the first thing you […]
A Rabbit Named Rainer / New York Live Arts: The House Party / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Action Afterhours and Pride Closing Party / —PRIDE Event Roundup by Scott Stiffler— A Rabbit Named Rainer: Regie Cabico and Drew Pisarra | Saturday, June 29, 9:30pm at The […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | It’s Pride month…a time to celebrate how integral drag queens are to the queer community for their humor, nerve, and facility with a mascara wand. Drag is so revered (if controversial) now that it’s become contagious to the point where there are public figures who seem like drag queens who aren’t […]
Féile Bród (Pride Fest) / Sunset on the Hudson Pride Edition / The Stonewall Jukebox: A Documentary Concert / Michael Musto: Iconic / Pride Live Stonewall Day Concert / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed Sunday Service / Pride Mural Invites Public Participation / […]
Pride-Themed Community Murals Increase Their ‘Numbers’ as Public Paints Pride Month goes out in epic fashion on June 30th, as the annual NYC Pride March makes its way down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and up Seventh Ave. to its Chelsea dispersal point. All along the route, a righful sense of belonging is felt every […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Legendary, leggy, lewd drag queen Lady Bunny has returned to her NYC home base, after being a sell-out at Australia’s Sydney Comedy Festival. No, wait, we mean selling out—as in, every available ticket was gobbled up. Now that she’s back in town, word on the street (or perhaps more accurately, the […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A number of neighbors based on or near the 400 block of West 21st Street have a gift for coming up with grand gestures that galvanize. Long known for their groovy, ghoulish (and winning) entries in the area’s annual Outdoor Halloween Decorating Contest, the affable, action-minded residents were also instrumental in […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Programming In, Around Bella Abzug Park / ¡Arriba! Celebrates the High Line’s Birthday / The Puccini Jukebox / Super Sidewalk Fest / Buy Black Marketplace / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / PRIDE Month Events: Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed 1pm June Sunday Services The Hudson […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Have we ever had more reason to be proud of Chelsea during June’s PRIDE Month? Well, that’s up for debate (says anyone here during the Big Cup era). But cautious of the forgiving patina that comes with a thick coat of nostalgia, we’ll punt on any further debate about the “good […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The entertainers featured in the Oscar-winning 2013 documentary 20 Feet From Stardom have nothing on me. I’ve gotten much closer than that! I’ve almost been able to taste fame, while self-sabotaging things just enough to underline my lack of superstar talent and confirm a seat in the bleachers. Some of this […]