BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Comedy great Kevin McDonald earned that apt description decades ago, for his work with The Kids in the Hall—the 5-man, 80s/90s Canadian sketch troupe literally unearthed by Amazon Prime last year for an all-new, 8-episode run. A well-deserved second season continues to elude, but McDonald gathers no moss waiting for it. […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Pilobolus: July 23-August 11 at The Joyce Theater | This unique, Connecticut-based ensemble—founded at Dartmouth College in 1971 and sometimes called “the dance equivalent of a rock band”—turned 50 on the cusp of the pandemic, so it’s stretching out the anniversary celebration, returning to the Joyce for a three-week season. Two different […]
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES A “Welcome to the Neighborhood” Q&A With Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.) Open Sunday through Thursday, 11:30am-11pm & Friday/Saturday, 11:30am-11:30pm To visit their website, Click Here When they breezed into our part of town on Wednesday, June 12, Ralph’s Famous Italian […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Smuin Contemporary Ballet: July 9-14 at The Joyce Theater | Michael Smuin (1938-2007), one of ballet’s more entertaining choreographers, came out of the American west and danced with ABT and the San Francisco Ballet before turning to choreography at the age of 27. He collapsed and died of a heart attack in […]
A Rabbit Named Rainer / New York Live Arts: The House Party / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Action Afterhours and Pride Closing Party / —PRIDE Event Roundup by Scott Stiffler— A Rabbit Named Rainer: Regie Cabico and Drew Pisarra | Saturday, June 29, 9:30pm at The […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | It’s Pride month…a time to celebrate how integral drag queens are to the queer community for their humor, nerve, and facility with a mascara wand. Drag is so revered (if controversial) now that it’s become contagious to the point where there are public figures who seem like drag queens who aren’t […]
Féile Bród (Pride Fest) / Sunset on the Hudson Pride Edition / The Stonewall Jukebox: A Documentary Concert / Michael Musto: Iconic / Pride Live Stonewall Day Concert / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed Sunday Service / Pride Mural Invites Public Participation / […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As New York City’s first openly dyslexic mayor, I know what it is like to not have the support I needed in school growing up. School was often difficult for me. I was scared of being called on by the teacher and my fellow students made fun of me. […]
Pride-Themed Community Murals Increase Their ‘Numbers’ as Public Paints Pride Month goes out in epic fashion on June 30th, as the annual NYC Pride March makes its way down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and up Seventh Ave. to its Chelsea dispersal point. All along the route, a righful sense of belonging is felt every […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 10th Pct. Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Neighbors of 300 W. 21-22-23 Sts. Block Association Meeting / Fentanyl Test Strips & Narcan Kit Giveaway / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / MOMENTUM x Island Village: A Caribbean Pop-Up Market / Down to Earth […]