BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Leave it to that reliabe old slayer of sacred cows–Lady Bunny–to greet this holiday season with the promise of a dirty, disgusting public display. From her perch in Times Square (aka the Laurie Beechmen Theatre), Lady Bunny: A Very Blue Christmas welcomes you to witness NYC’s own potty-mouthed “pig in a […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The Jewish Comics Experience (or “JewCE”) was announced before October 7, although the timing of the event is perfectly in tune with November 2023’s zeitgeist. The Golden Age superheroes like Superman, Captain America, and Batman were all created by Jews in the late 1930s. This is neither a coincidence, nor revisionist […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER| From an unqualified “Yes” on more affordable housing to thumbs way down on the notion of a West Side casino, the progressive stances embraced by a panel of elected officials aligned well with the expectations of constituents who spent the first warm, sunny Saturday in recent memory in the ground floor meeting […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office, we promised that we would ensure that our prosperity would be felt across the five boroughs. And the health of our people is key to that prosperity. But despite coming out of a once-in-a-century pandemic, life expectancy in this city has not fully recovered. Between […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A Holocaust musical by Barry Manilow? Relax, it’s actually good. Harmony has been gestating since 1997, when it premiered in San Diego, and now—after playing the Museum of Jewish Heritage last year—it’s finally arrived on Broadway. With music by long-running pop star Manilow and book/lyrics by Bruce Sussman, who’s written film […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | The West Side Community Fund (WSCF) held its 2023 Grantee Celebration on October 25, and the mood could not have been more uplifting. This is the Fund’s Five-Year Anniversary of awarding grants avergaing $5,000 each to sprung-from-the-heart, local initiatives that are attuned to the needs of neighborhood people. The event, held at […]
Here’s What’s Happening In & Around Chelsea Free Flu Vaccines / CB4’s Transortation Planning Committee Meets / Congrats to the 10th Precinct’s CO / Home Spun / The Four Elements of Leigh Li-yun Wen: Opening Reception / West Chelsea Festival of Art / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Community Cleanups / Free Flu Vaccine: Monday, November […]
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Sunday, October 1, 2023: After a few too many successive days of drizzles, downpours, and every imaginable iteration of wet weather inbetween, the clouds parted and the sun beamed down on Chelsea as if on cue, allowing for the return of The Longest Table to West 21st Street, between Ninth […]
BY DEBORAH FENKER | The Hotel Chelsea (222 W. 23rd St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) was, arguably, the most famous address in all of Chelsea, until it wasn’t—but now, arguably, it is once again. During its protracted renovation, the hotel certainly retained its reputation for controversy, celebrity, and scandal, but waned as a tourtist attraction, […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We all love New York City. And this year, New Yorkers have been showing their love by lending a helping hand as part of our Spread Love NYC campaign. Since March, nearly 30,000 New Yorkers have given more than 235,000 hours of their time to help out our neighbors in […]