On Guns and Mental Health

On Guns and Mental Health

BY ARTHUR SCHWARTZ | For the second time in a week, our country faces the horrors of a mass shooting—this time in Boulder, Colorado. In fact, there have been 20 or more such shootings in the US this year. Over the last few days, in Miami Beach, officers trying to reign in out-of-control Spring Breakers have […]

Slices of the Tenderloin #7: Aida Overton Walker

Slices of the Tenderloin #7: Aida Overton Walker

BY TRAV S.D. | For Women’s History Month, we will continue our series on famous vaudeville performers connected with the Tenderloin District. Now long defunct, the Tenderloin was a NYC neighborhood that at its furthest extent ran between 24th and 62nd Streets between 5th and 8th Avenues, thus overlapping with modern Chelsea. The Tenderloin was so-named […]

This Week in Chelsea: March 22-28, 2021

This Week in Chelsea: March 22-28, 2021

This Week’s “This Week in Chelsea” In Order of Appearance: W. Chelsea park’s new garden club / Hudson Guild seeks talent / Free tax prep / Sneak Peek: 3/31/2021, 10th Precinct Community Council meeting via Zoom  New Garden Club at CCM-Seal Park |  From a recent email comes this good news: “Several members of the newly […]

V-Day (aka Vaccine Day) Lands in Chelsea; Another Planned for March 19

V-Day (aka Vaccine Day) Lands in Chelsea; Another Planned for March 19

BY DONATHAN SALKALN | For four hundred and ten residents of Elliott and Fulton Houses, and their Chelsea neighbors, Sat., March 13 will be marked V-Day, as each received a victory over COVID-19, in the form of a Johnson and Johnson’s one-time-vaccine shot. The event was a joint effort between Walgreens (owner of Duane Reade […]

Getting to Know You: Lindsey Boylan, Candidate for Manhattan Borough President

Getting to Know You: Lindsey Boylan, Candidate for Manhattan Borough President

“Where do you see yourself at this time next year?” wasn’t always such a loaded question. Before COVID-19, forward thinkers could confidently project ahead 365 days to find themselves seated in a restaurant booked to capacity, rubbing shoulders with fellow theatergoers, or making good on the “If I’m elected” promises that swept you into office. […]

Dog of the Day: Macchia the Dalmatian

Dog of the Day: Macchia the Dalmatian

BY BRIAN DONOVAN | Today’s featured dog is Macchia the Dalmatian. He is 1 year old, and fluent in English and Italian, just like his mother, Alice (not pronounced like the American “AL-ISS” but in Italian, so that it sounds like “ceviche.” I met both of them last weekend at Il Piccolo (508 W. 28th […]

Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the (Dance) World: A Symposium Rallies the Troupes

Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the (Dance) World: A Symposium Rallies the Troupes

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | New York City’s dance community has been hammered by the pandemic; thousands of jobs have been lost, projects evaporated, careers disrupted. But next week, the artists and scores of professionals who love, support, and rely on them will gather virtually for Justice. Transformation. Education.—a four-day symposium designed to “reimagine the dance […]

Getting to Know You: NYS Senator Brad Hoylman, Candidate for Manhattan Borough President

Getting to Know You: NYS Senator Brad Hoylman, Candidate for Manhattan Borough President

“Where do you see yourself at this time next year?” wasn’t always such a loaded question. Before COVID-19, forward thinkers could confidently project ahead 365 days to find themselves seated in a restaurant booked to capacity, rubbing shoulders with fellow theatergoers, or making good on the “If I’m elected” promises that swept you into office. […]

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