BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The coronavirus may have retreated from our city, but its fallout, in shuttered theaters and unemployed performers of every description, lingers in our atmosphere. Festivals that once lured thousands are furloughed or, at best, transformed into video compendia of past triumphs and Zoom experiments. Many of the videos on view take […]
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DONATHAN SALKALN | If you live in Chelsea or are just there for a visit, you don’t need a plane ticket, a backpack full of masks, and 14 days spare days for quarantine to experience other parts of the world. Chelsea is home to extensive culinary options for the domestic and […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY HIBA SOHAIL | As New York City spends its long, hot summer determined to build on the gains of Phase 4 reopening status, the recently launched Open Streets initiative spends 12 hours a day, every day, transferring ownership of the road from cars and trucks to parents, kids, […]
The scenic views haven’t changed, but the solitude is something new. Limited visitor capacity along the recently reopened High Line creates a peaceful experience, albeit one brought about by pandemic-era protocols. We toured the truncated Gansevoort to W. 23rd Sts. route today (Mon., July 27), and will file our full report, with many more photos, […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | Citing longstanding security concerns around public LinkNYC Wi-Fi and charging stations, area leaders have requested the removal and relocation of four of these kiosks along Eighth Ave. The move has the support of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, West Chelsea’s 10th Precinct of the NYPD, […]
BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Plans are underway to reopen New York City schools on September 10—but nothing is guaranteed in these pandemic times. City officials, health experts, school administrators, educators, parents, and other related parties are meeting to prepare for School Year 2020-21, knowing that their work is in a dynamic state and subject […]
Thursday, July 30, 7:30-8:30pm | Trav S.D.’s History of Drag in Vaudeville | Proof positive that discovering new things about the cultural contributions of LGBTQs isn’t a pursuit to be contained to Pride Month, this wide-ranging, fast-moving lecture and slideshow opens a window to what the world was like long before RuPaul’s Drag Race (or, […]
Normally held on the last Wednesday of the month, 10th Precinct Community Council meetings provide an opportunity to interact with local NYPD leadership, voice concerns, hear the latest crime statistics, and get valuable public safety information. The Council will not meet in July or August—the second and third months of their annual summer hiatus. Suspected […]
“Writing the Apocalypse” is a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of Puma Perl, with subject matter influenced by her experiences as a NYC resident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apocalyptic Cocktails | By Puma Perl What’s the point of drinking without a bar to lean on and the unspoken possibility of a […]
BENEFIT: Tuesday, July 14, 8pm: Night of a Thousand Judys | Dorothy didn’t get to her “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” place without a little help from her friends, and neither will they. To that rainbow’s end, so to speak, comes the eighth annual Night of a Thousand Judys, a concert event whose 2020 iteration tailor-makes […]