ALL PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO & JIM FRYER / BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com | Saturday, October 30: As part of their 11am-5pm pedestrian-friendly Treats in the Streets event, Meatpacking (the Business Improvement District) made up for lost time and then some, when their annual Doggie Costume Contest returned with a stellar lineup of imaginatively costumed, four-legged […]
PHOTOS TAKEN BY, OR COURTESY OF, FRIENDS OF CHELSEA GREEN | Halloween in the year of the vaccine was nothing like 2020, when COVID-19 precautions compelled event organizers to cancel what would have been the second annual observance of late October festivities in the beloved West 20th Street pocket park located between Sixth and Seventh […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | The shelf life of promises, the role residents and profit-seekers play in creating a neighborhood’s identity, and the future of affordable housing as a bargaining chip created a witch’s brew of spirited debate fit for the recently deceased month of Halloween. At the October 6 edition of their monthly full board […]
Ah, October 31, 2021–Were we ever that young? Ghosts and Goblins were sent packing to make room for the month of giblets and gobblers, as Halloween gave way to November 1–but not without a fight. The five below pix, snapped and sent to us by Allen Oster, depict West 22nd Street, between 4:40and 6pm on October […]
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Writing the Apocalypse was a weekly series featuring the poems, essays, and recollections of NYC resident Puma Perl. Then came the vaccine, and hope–and uncertainty. And so, from time to time, Perl will return to continue Writing the Apocalypse. Punched in the Head | TEXT & PHOTOS (unless noted otherwise) BY PUMA PERL When […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: Westbeth Flea Market / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Hudson Guild Theatre Company Presents / Chelsea Community Church / Vets Town Hall / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibit / The Fresh Food for Seniors Program / GVCCC’s It’s Time for Chelsea Campaign / Gone […]
BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | As Halloween approaches, the mystical becomes a mere entertainment for the month of October. Arcane secrets are explored as a seasonal craze, then abandoned as thoughts of turkeys, Black Friday deals, and New Year’s debauchery swoop in. A ubiquitous appearance at Halloween events are tarot card readers. While noticeably more […]
BY TRAV S.D. | October 25-31 is National Magic Week, as designated by the Society of American Magicians. It climaxes as always on Halloween, the day on which the great escape artist Harry Houdini passed out of this mortal plane in 1926. We thought we would mark the occasion this year with a look at […]
Chelsea Community News is proud of our content partner, the Greenwich Village – Chelsea Chamber of Commerce (GVCCC), for their tireless dedication to small businesses, old and new alike. As we emerge from the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic era, campaigns like the one you’re about to read about are more important than ever, in […]
BY TRAV S.D. | Good news for lovers of American popular song of the traditional variety: Its heritage just got much more secure, and you’ll have an opportunity to celebrate and learn more on Tin Pan Alley Day, held at Flatiron North Plaza (23rd St. & Broadway) this Saturday, October 23, between noon and 4pm. […]