Jewish Comics Experience 2023

Jewish Comics Experience 2023

BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The Jewish Comics Experience (or “JewCE”) was announced before October 7, although the timing of the event is perfectly in tune with November 2023’s zeitgeist. The Golden Age superheroes like Superman, Captain America, and Batman were all created by Jews in the late 1930s. This is neither a coincidence, nor revisionist […]

At Simone-Sponsored Town Hall, Panel of Dems Commit to Constituent Concerns

At Simone-Sponsored Town Hall, Panel of Dems Commit to Constituent Concerns

BY SCOTT STIFFLER| From an unqualified “Yes” on more affordable housing to thumbs way down on the notion of a West Side casino, the progressive stances embraced by a panel of elected officials aligned well with the expectations of constituents who spent the first warm, sunny Saturday in recent memory in the ground floor meeting […]

Guest Opinion: Helping New Yorkers Live Longer

Guest Opinion: Helping New Yorkers Live Longer

BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office, we promised that we would ensure that our prosperity would be felt across the five boroughs. And the health of our people is key to that prosperity. But despite coming out of a once-in-a-century pandemic, life expectancy in this city has not fully recovered. Between […]

Review: The Haunting ‘Harmony’ Recalls Comedians Trapped in the Holocaust

Review: The Haunting ‘Harmony’ Recalls Comedians Trapped in the Holocaust

BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A Holocaust musical by Barry Manilow? Relax, it’s actually good. Harmony has been gestating since 1997, when it premiered in San Diego, and now—after playing the Museum of Jewish Heritage last year—it’s finally arrived on Broadway. With music by long-running pop star Manilow and book/lyrics by Bruce Sussman, who’s written film […]

Innovative & Essential Initiatives Celebrated, Supported with West Side Community Fund Grants

Innovative & Essential Initiatives Celebrated, Supported with West Side Community Fund Grants

BY EILEEN STUKANE | The West Side Community Fund (WSCF) held its 2023 Grantee Celebration on October 25, and the mood could not have been more uplifting. This is the Fund’s Five-Year Anniversary of awarding grants avergaing $5,000 each to sprung-from-the-heart, local initiatives that are attuned to the needs of neighborhood people. The event, held at […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 13-19, 2023

This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 13-19, 2023

Here’s What’s Happening In & Around Chelsea Free Flu Vaccines / CB4’s Transortation Planning Committee Meets / Congrats to the 10th Precinct’s CO / Home Spun / The Four Elements of Leigh Li-yun Wen: Opening Reception  / West Chelsea Festival of Art / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Community Cleanups /    Free Flu Vaccine: Monday, November […]

Show, Story, Experience, Memory: Iconic Hotel’s Café Chelsea is Making its Own History

Show, Story, Experience, Memory: Iconic Hotel’s Café Chelsea is Making its Own History

BY DEBORAH FENKER | The Hotel Chelsea (222 W. 23rd St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) was, arguably, the most famous address in all of Chelsea, until it wasn’t—but now, arguably, it is once again. During its protracted renovation, the hotel certainly retained its reputation for controversy, celebrity, and scandal, but waned as a tourtist attraction, […]

Early Voting Lets You Live as if It’s Already November 7

Early Voting Lets You Live as if It’s Already November 7

On Tuesday, November 7,  New York City will vote in a primary election for City Council, judges, and ballot proposals. “In addition to City Council,” notes nycvotes.org, “there may be additional non-city offices [District Attorney, Civil Court Judges] on your ballot depending on your political party and where you live.” After November 7, it’s all […]

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