The Irish Repertory Theatre Presents the American Premiere of ULSTER AMERICAN BY DAVID IRELAND / DIRECTED BY CIARÁN O’REILLY STARRING MATTHEW BRODERICK, GERALDINE HUGHES, & MAX BAKER REVIEW BY TRAV S.D. | What better way to celebrate the season of St. Patrick’s Day–that holiday when millions without a drop of Irish blood in their veins […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl at Chelsea Market / Framed: Art Exhibition by Jerome China | Trombone Trio Skyline Bones | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle | E-Waste + Textiles Recycling Day St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl: Tuesday, March 17, 11am to 9pm at Chelsea Market […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Oscars will be held on March 15th, so it’s time to celebrate a variety of well-received films dealing with kidnapping, dementia, and the whooping cough. Sadly, this is also the time I always swoop in and remind everyone of the gaffes that marred the filmmaking process. My annual honors are […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Mere coincidence, ominous sign of the times, or a little bit of both: Draw your own conclusions about last week’s announcement that beloved restaurant/lounge elmo will end its near-quarter century run in Chelsea on–get this–Friday, March 13. A cornerstone of Chelsea’s “gayborhood” heyday and a pillar of the community for years […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): hasing Rainbows | Protect Our Community and Prepare for ICE: A Free Training Session | Trombone Trio Skyline Bones | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle / Swearing-In of NYS Senator Erik Bottcher Chasing Rainbows: The Global Premiere of Charlotte Colbert’s 30-Foot Tall Steel Sculptures, On View […]
It happened on Wednesday, March 4, with little fanfare but much cause for celebration: After a long winter when “Closed for Business” was the only message being served, Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream returned to its storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.). The 100-flavor purveyor of cool treats […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Chelsea Market’s proud history as a groundbreaking food hall has bestowed many claims to fame upon the steadfast structure. But perhaps the sweetest one of all hails from the building’s industrial past–specifically, March 6, 1912. That’s the fateful date when, we’ve been known to note (by quoting writer Laura Rutherford), “Oreo […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Community Board Application Period Extended Through March 6 | The March Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle Manhattan Community Board Applications Accepted Through March 6 | Newly installed Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal (MBP) has […]
A Special Election scheduled for April 28, 2026 will fill the City Council District 3 (D3) seat vacated earlier this month, after Council Member Erik Bottcher won a Special Election designating him as District 47’s NYS Senator. Five candidates are in the race to represnt D3. Here, find links to our recent Candidate Q&As. And […]
With less than six months before an inaugural class of 96 undergraduate students arrive in Chelsea, Vanderbilt University NYC (VU-NYC) is moving full speed ahead with construction, repair, and other long-planned projects that will turn the former Genearl Theological Seminary digs into Vanderbilt’s foirst ca,m[ujs poiutsode their home base in Tennessee (we recently wrote about […]