This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 21-27, 2025

This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 21-27, 2025

Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): A May Event Preview / A Town Hall: Fighting the White House Agenda  / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis  /  National Jazz Day /  A MAY EVENT PREVIEW Penn South Ceramics Studio Mother’s Day Show & Sale: 11am to 6pm on Saturday, May 3 & Sunday, […]

The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can–and Should–Bring Truly Transformative Change

The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can–and Should–Bring Truly Transformative Change

On April 17, 2025, the Federal Rail Administration (FRA)  and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it would be recasting plans known as the Penn Expansion (the addition of a NJ Transit station south of Penn Station being the preferred route) and Penn Reconstruction (the above ground station) to a project to be led […]

Verdi Cannabis Q&A: Meet Kenny Cunningham, Assistant GM & Events Coordinator

Verdi Cannabis Q&A: Meet Kenny Cunningham, Assistant GM & Events Coordinator

Having softly opened for business on January 12, 2024—followed by a grand January 26 ribbon cutting (with local electeds and area stakeholders in attendance), Verdi Cannabis became the first legal, licensed, adult use cannabis dispensary in Chelsea. Doing business in a prime (some would say primo) location—at 158 West 23rd Street, between Sixth and Seventh […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 14-20, 2025

This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 14-20, 2025

Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Manhattan Borough President Candidates Forum /  Live Jazz at Henry & The Lions  /  Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis  /  The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / A Town Hall: Fighting the White House Agenda Manhattan Borough President Candidates Forum: Wednesday, April 16, […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 7-13, 2025

This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 7-13, 2025

Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Special Meeting of MCB4’s HH&HS Committee / The Trojans / Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America / Live Jazz at Henry & The Lions  / High School of Fashion Industries Public Art Show / Easter Egg Hunt / The Furies at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & […]

Vanderbilt Declares its West Chelsea Presence with Inaugural Public Programming

Vanderbilt Declares its West Chelsea Presence with Inaugural Public Programming

Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America Thursday, April 10 and Thursday, May 1 At Vanderbilt University 440 W. 21st St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Good news for those greeted with bad news when they tried to register for the at-full-capacity April 10 event from Nashville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University: The […]

‘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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