Jock. Punk. Avid Reader. Vegan. And the First Transmasculine Mr. Eagle NYC…

Jock. Punk. Avid Reader. Vegan. And the First Transmasculine Mr. Eagle NYC…

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. Our steadfast policy isince launching on April 23, 2019: No paywall, no pop-up ads. That’s made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute. ******************************* BY CHARLI BATTERSBY […]

Chelsea is Dispersal Area of Choice for June 29’s NYC Pride March

Chelsea is Dispersal Area of Choice for June 29’s NYC Pride March

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and adjacent areas. That free content (no paywall or pop-up ads) is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and the voluntary donations of readers like…you? .Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ******************************* BY SCOTT STIFFLER […]

Sponsorship Cuts Impact Corporate-Funded Prides, While Others March Gayly Forward

Sponsorship Cuts Impact Corporate-Funded Prides, While Others March Gayly Forward

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ******************************* BY WINNIE McCROY | Nationwide throughout June, Pride celebrations were […]

GoFundMe’s ‘Uplift’ Hub Raises the Profile of LGBTQ+ Projects

GoFundMe’s ‘Uplift’ Hub Raises the Profile of LGBTQ+ Projects

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ******************************* BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In a crowded field boasting no […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 16-22, 2025

This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 16-22, 2025

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ************************************************ Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the […]

Making Gay History: Bayard Rustin

Making Gay History: Bayard Rustin

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ******************************* During June’s Pride Month, Chelsea Community Newsn(CCNews) is grateful–and appropriately […]

Pride Thrives at the Sunday Services of Chelsea Community Church

Pride Thrives at the Sunday Services of Chelsea Community Church

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  ************************************************ Brought together by their “common desire to question, to seek, […]

Tom Stoddard, Pioneering Gay and AIDS Leader, Honored at NYC AIDS Memorial Park

Tom Stoddard, Pioneering Gay and AIDS Leader, Honored at NYC AIDS Memorial Park

ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign.  *********************************************** BY ANDY HUMM | In his time, Tom Stoddard was […]

‘Timely and Fresh’ New Look for Seventh Ave.’s Iconic Elmo

‘Timely and Fresh’ New Look for Seventh Ave.’s Iconic Elmo

PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELMO / INTERVIEW BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Neither an ever-changing Chelsea nor a pop-up global pandemic have managed to lodge the beloved Elmo from its longtime moorings at 156 Seventh Ave. The restaurant and lounge has been a welcoming watering hole and exceptionl eatery for nearly a quarter century now. News of […]

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