BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In 2025’s topsy-turvy world of on-again/off-again tariffs and all manner of mortifying monkeyshines coming from the Oval Office, it’s good to know that here on the island of Manhattan, there are some systems in place that need no disrupting; regularly held events you can mark on your calendar in indelible ink. […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick’s Events / Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction / Take MCB4’s Online Transportation Poll / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / The 14th Annual Spring Meeting of the Chelsea Garden Club / Demo and Dine […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | It has been a year and a half since the last Toy Fair. Back then (October of 2023), Mattel seemed to be caught off guard by the massive success of the Barbie movie that summer. But this year, I assumed Mattel would drape the entire Javits Center in pink—so I wore […]
To sure signs of spring such as Easter candy on store shelves and Daylight Ssavings Time on clock faces, add the return of Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream to its storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.). The 100-flavor purveyor of cool treats opened on March 1 for what […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Move over, motorized movie camera. Enjoy your place on the back page, evidence of cosmic radiation. Despite our exhaustive look through the 1912 record books (and mind you, we’ve been known to go as far as four pages into a Google search), we couldn’t find any invention or discovery that could […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction / Vanderbilt in the City / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Demo and Dine / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction: Through Tuesday, […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Academy Awards are coming on March 2—but the annual Gaffie Awards have already arrived, and they’re non-returnable. Here are my esteemed honors for the rottenest achievements in the year in cinema: JUST DESSERTS: Denzel Washington reportedly did a scene-stealing gay kiss in Gladiator II, but the moment was nervously cut out. […]
It was the end of an era at the end of the year last December, when we learned of the departure of Jordan Feiner. A longtime and very visible presence in the District 3 Office of NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher, Jordan will be missed—and given that a new person was recently appointed to take […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Congressman Jerry Nadler’s Virtual Town Hall / 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / West Side Community Fund’s Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Offally Good Food / Manhattan Community Board Applications/ Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Congressman Jerry Nadler’s Virtual […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The comic book, sci-fi, and fantasy convention Cosmic Con has been around for a few years, having taken place in Queens. This year it moved to Chelsea at West 18th Street’s Metropolitan Pavilion for a two-day event (Feb. 15-16) that gave attendees a smaller but more intimate version of the bigger […]