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 […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Participatory Budgeting Voting / The Furies at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Know Your Rights Virtual Immigration Workshop (Taller Virtual de Inmigración: Conozca Sus Derechos) / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild/ The Return […]
It’s Participatory Budeting Vote Week: March 29-April 6, 2025 PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES, TEXT COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER | March 29-April 6, NYC residents can vote for locally developed projects to improve schools, parks, libraries, and other public spaces in their community. Voting is open to everyone ages 11 and older who lives in or […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Participatory Budgeting Expo and Voting Period / The 10th Precinct Community Council / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Demo and Dine / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / The Furies Participatory Budgeting Expo: Thursday, March 27, 5-6:30pm at the Museum of Broadway (145 W. 45th […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Barracuda–the innovative gay lounge on West 22nd Street whose brand of drag entertainment spawned countless imitators–is closing its doors after three successful decades. As of March 23, it joins the ranks of other belated local watering holes (including Splash, Rawhide, and Champs) whose combined presence made Chelsea the go-to, bar-hopping gayborhood […]
BY PUMA PERL | Sometimes it feels like a dream. The empty highways. The quiet streets. Except for the sirens and the seven o’clock clap. Alternate side parking rules suspended for months, no fares collected on buses, stores shuttered, senior hours at Trader Joe’s. People calling it the “new normal.” Nothing was normal. Everything and […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): 13th Precinct Community Council / Take MCB4’s Online Transportation Poll / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / The 14th Annual Spring Meeting of the Chelsea Garden Club / Demo and Dine / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Dozens of worthy initiatives dedicated to the betterment of those in Chelsea, Hudson Yards, and Hell’s Kitchen have seen their own fortunes improve through the bi-annual grant program of the West Side Community Fund (WSCF). Applications for the Spring 2025 Grant Cycle are being accepted through Monday March 24—-an extension on […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In 2025’s topsy-turvy world of on-again/off-again tariffs and all manner of mortifying monkeyshines coming from the Oval Office, it’s good to know that here on the island of Manhattan, there are some systems in place that need no disrupting; regularly held events you can mark on your calendar in indelible ink. […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick’s Events / Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction / Take MCB4’s Online Transportation Poll / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / The 14th Annual Spring Meeting of the Chelsea Garden Club / Demo and Dine […]