Of Press Cards and Corsets

Of Press Cards and Corsets

BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | I felt pretty smug as I approached City Hall on the late afternoon of June 9, 2025. I had RSVP’d for a Pride Month event with the City Council Speaker and members of the Council LGBTQIA+ Caucus. Several tourists were peeking through the fence, trying to get a pic of City […]

Fog Lifts: Once-Cancelled London Terrace Street Fair Returns with 2025/2026 Dates

Fog Lifts: Once-Cancelled London Terrace Street Fair Returns with 2025/2026 Dates

BY SCOTT STIFFLER| Strolling shoppers, schmoozing stakeholders, and priced-to-go purveyors of slightly used stuff, rejoice: That much-missed harbinger of autumn–The London Terrace Street Fair–has slipped the surly bonds of its 2024 cancellation by booking 2025 and 2026 return dates (Sept. 20 and Oct. 3, respectively). It was August 9 of last year when Chelsea Community […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 4-10, 2025

This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 4-10, 2025

Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): National Night Out / Chain Theatre Film Festival / NoMad Jazz Festival / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Local Precincts Observe National […]

With Interviews & Reviews, Pizzoli’s ‘Passionate Outlier’ Captures the Essence of Gay Writers & Allies

With Interviews & Reviews, Pizzoli’s ‘Passionate Outlier’ Captures the Essence of Gay Writers & Allies

BY MICK MEENAN | The Stonewall Uprising that followed a June 28, 1969 NYPD raid on a Christopher Street gay bar was only the beginning in a series of historical events that would reshape queer consciousness, and society along with it. Among the significant developments following the Stonewall Uprising was the publishing industry’s more receptive […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 28-August 3, 2025

This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 28-August 3, 2025

Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): National Night Out / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Shari & Lamb Chop / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea PICK OF THE WEEK — NEXT WEEK […]

With Commitment to Connect in Effect, Vanderbilt Brings New Era of Openness to the Close

With Commitment to Connect in Effect, Vanderbilt Brings New Era of Openness to the Close

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | From wall of silence to font of information: That’s the seismic shift in style and substance, since a September 26, 2024 announcement noted that financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS) signed an agreement establishing Nashville-based Vanderbilt University as presumptive lessee of the Close (aka the 207-year-old Seminary grounds, W. 20th to […]

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

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

Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): MCB4’s Full Board Meeting / The Sweat Sessions / Shari & Lamb Chop / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea MCB4 Full Board Meeting: Wednesday, July 23 6:30pm Online via Zoom & YouTube […]