New Show in Tow, Drag Legend Lady Bunny Comes Clean on Reconvening

New Show in Tow, Drag Legend Lady Bunny Comes Clean on Reconvening

Just shy of one week since Easter Sunday, the once-overflowing baskets packed with eggs, peeps, and chocolate have been picked over until all that’s left is the visually appealing but thoroughly inedible colorful plastic straw. Luckily, for those who have a sweet tooth for drag, there’s an Easter leftover sure to fill that empty hole in your. […]

Choreographic Landmarks Grace the Joyce

Choreographic Landmarks Grace the Joyce

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Notable as much for its live music as for its deeply committed dancing, the first program of the Limón Dance Company’s spring season at the Joyce Theater spans 96 years of choreographic exploration. Beginning with the stately sweep of Doris Humphrey’s 1928 Air for the G String, a female quintet that […]

We’re ‘Breaking Our Neck’ in Prep for Our 3rd Anniversary (April 23)

We’re ‘Breaking Our Neck’ in Prep for Our 3rd Anniversary (April 23)

Hard work and harsh calamity bring figurative and literal meanings to the table, in terms of the above headline. In the literal sense, “Breaking Our Neck” is the reason it’s been weeks since new content has posted to this website. On March 23, Chelsea Community News founder/editor Scott Stiffler sustained injuries that necessitated eight hours […]

A Venerable Dance Troupe, Live in Many Colors at The Joyce, April 19-May 1

A Venerable Dance Troupe, Live in Many Colors at The Joyce, April 19-May 1

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | José Limón—whose remarkably resilient dance company celebrates its 75th year with a two-week, two-program season at the Joyce April 19-May 1—was a Mexican painter who fell in love with dance in New York after seeing the German Expressionist dancer Harald Kreuzberg. At 22, he began studying modern technique with pioneering American […]

Strawberry Fields for Sunday, as All-Singing Drag Brunch Comes to Chelsea

Strawberry Fields for Sunday, as All-Singing Drag Brunch Comes to Chelsea

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Drag and lip synching go together like drag and brunch, or brunch and booze–and although live signing is making some serious inroads as an arrow in the savvy queen’s well-packed quiver, not every drag performer born to entertain can belt one out at will and in tune. That takes a very […]

This Week in Chelsea: March 21-27, 2022

This Week in Chelsea: March 21-27, 2022

In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA”  CCBA’s s Forum for Democratic Candidates in the Assembly District 75 Race /  The Eagle NYC Presents Continuum  / Virtual Town Hall: Next Steps in the Pandemic / Participatory Budgeting   Wednesday, March 23, 6-8pm via Zoom: The Council of Chelsea Block Associations presents a Forum for Democratic Candidates in the Assembly […]

The First Annual Gaffies for the Worst Snubs in Oscar History

The First Annual Gaffies for the Worst Snubs in Oscar History

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Academy Awards get a lot of things right, but there are times when you wonder if Oscar was high that year. As the annual awards approach on March 27, it’s time to start a whole new awards presentation—The Gaffies—for the 10 worst mishaps (or gaffes) in the major categories. The […]

Pluck of the Irish: West 400 Block Association Hosts ‘Wee Bit Early’ St. Patrick’s Celebration

Pluck of the Irish: West 400 Block Association Hosts ‘Wee Bit Early’ St. Patrick’s  Celebration

March 18, 2022 Don’t be fooled by the seemingly proper, March 17-appropriate clothing and composure of the gentleman to your left. This photo was NOT taken yesterday. It is, in fact, a still frame from the action-packed Pre-Saint Patrick’s Day shindig sponsored by the West 400 Block Association last Sunday, March 13, at Clement Clarke […]

Guest Opinion: We Need Sunshine on Penn Station!

Guest Opinion: We Need Sunshine on Penn Station!

BY LAYLA LAW-GISIKO (Candidate, AD75 and Chair, Commuity Board 5 Land Use, Housing & Zoning Committee | Penn Station is dark, for more than one reason. This week (March 13-19, 2022) is Sunshine Week—the week where we celebrate transparency and accountability in government. Open government is good government. Let’s bring sunshine into Penn Station! Over […]

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