BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A 30-year-old male criminal recidivist—known to the 10th Precinct as an individual who exhibits signs of emotional distress—was arrested again on Tuesday, April 25, nearly six hours after a violent incident inside Rainbow Station. The adult store’s 203 Eighth Ave. address (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts.) makes it part of […]
UPDATE: The designation matter discussed in this article has been scheduled for a discussion and vote on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is following through on expected protocol, following an action taken at their February 14 meeting. There, on a day an outside observer […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One-person shows are among my least favorite types of theater because they can verge on glorified lectures instead of real drama. Without various characters popping up to act out scenes as they occur, the one-person show usually resorts to an actor simply looking out at the audience and telling you about […]
Saturday, April 22 marks the annual obervance of Earth Day–and we’ve got four ways you can celerate in hyper-locally, here in Chelsea. The West 400 Block Association Celebrates Earth Day, 11am, Saturday, April 22 at Clement Clarke Moore Park (10th Ave. Â W. 22nd St). | Observe Earth Day by getting back to it–the good earth, […]
In This Expanded Edition of This Week In & Around Chelsea: NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in an Online Conversation with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg  / The 10th Precinct Community Council / NYCHA Tenants: Know Your Rights on Thursday, April 27, 4pm via Zoom / EVENT POSTPONED: Camp Chelsea Green: An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Summer is a great time for children, but it’s a challenging time for working parents. No parent wants to leave their child at home if they don’t have family or trusted friends to look after them. Learning loss also happens over the summer. Studies have shown that during the summer, […]
MICHELE CARLO | Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art to coincide with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the first survey of Puerto Rican art at a major U.S. museum in 50 years takes its name—no existe un poshuracán (which loosely translates to “a post-hurricane world does not existâ€)—from while they sleep (under the bed is […]
TEXT, QUESTIONS & PHOTOS BY JOANNE ADLER SINOVOI Last year I was on my way to Whole Foods market in Manhattan West when I noticed OPR Eyewear (click here to visit their website). The outside window caught my eye, so to speak, and I walked in to take a look, as I knew I needed […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, Flatiron North Plaza (Broadway & 23rd St.) was the setting for the first-ever Flatiron NoMad Plant-Based Food Fair, hosted by the Flatiron NoMad Partnership and Eleven Madison Home (from the team and kitchen behind Eleven Madison Park). Timed to celebrate the start of April’s […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like the guest at a party who wouldn’t leave—and was never on the invite list—the scaffolding and shedding mandated by the city to shield passersby from debris during building construction has long been the bane of those it intends to protect. “Ask New Yorkers what gets on their nerves, and a […]