Friday, September 10, 10am-2pm: E-Waste Recycling on West 14th Street between 8th & 9th Aves. | This opportunity to part ways with cables and computers and keyboards consigned to collect dust in the back of your inadequate closet is brought to you by the Lower East Side Ecology Center and Chelsea’s own NYC Council Speaker […]
PHOTOS & CAPTIONS BY MISSY ADAMS | Last week, we previewed the Chelsea Garden Club Tour, an annual appreciation of work done by their volunteers, who adopt and tend to the mini-garends that sprout from pedestrian islands in the middle of Eighth and Ninth Aves. (click here to access that article). Garden Club member Missy Adams took […]
Note: The below info is from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. To visit the page from which content was taken, click here. For Frequently Asked Questions (including what public/private venues/spaces are exempt), click here. Key to NYC is a policy that went into effect on August 17, 2021. Enforcement will begin on […]
Saturdays, rain or shine, 9am-3pm: Chelsea Farmers Market | Down to Earth Farmers Markets has once again put down roots in Chelsea (on W. 23rd St. near Ninth Ave.). By and large, it’s the same experience as it’s always been (fresh products, friendly people), albeit with a few notable nods to pandemic protocol. (Face masks for those […]
Saturdays, rain or shine, 9am-3pm: Chelsea Farmers Market | Down to Earth Farmers Markets has once again put down roots in Chelsea (on W. 23rd St. near Ninth Ave.). By and large, it’s the same experience as it’s always been (fresh products, friendly people), albeit with a few notable nods to pandemic protocol: If you have not […]
PHOTOS & CAPTIONS COURTESY OF CHELSEA GARDEN CLUB, TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER| There were times during the height of COVID-19 when one could stand in the middle of Eighth or Ninth Aves., look both ways, and count the number of vehicles with less than one hand. For this, there could only be two explanations: Either Shelter in Place compliance […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | With more entertainment venues than ever, you’d think there’d be record-breaking amounts of originality for our viewing pleasure, but instead, we’re facing an avalanche of cultural recycling. To fill all those channels, services, and theaters, producers have resorted to exorbitant volumes of pre-sold, surefire topics in order to get a rise […]
UPDATE: Regarding the Aug. 17 court date referred to in the below article, the case was adjourned to Sept. 9, 2021, for grand jury action. The defendant has made court appearances since, and remains in custody at Anna M. Kross Correctional Facility. His next court appearance is Dec, 13, 2021. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | […]
Thursday, August 12, 2021: The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene wants you to know that there is an excessive heat warning today until 8pm. Call 911 if someone has signs of heat-related illness: –Hot, dry skin OR cold, clammy skin –Confusion –Nausea or vomiting –Trouble Breathing –Rapid Heartbeat –Weakness –Dizziness For more information, click […]
Thursday, August 12, 7-9pm at 2 Gansevoort: Gallery and Exhibition Opening | Join your fellow New Yorkers to laud the launch of From a Place, Of a Place–a three-month, five-part activation in locations throughout the Meatpacking District that “celebrates and discovers Black voices through creativity, commerce, and community in and around the District.” This special […]