BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Organizers of a decades-old annual happening considered by many in Chelsea to signal the start of autumn have announced that the London Terrace Tenants Association Street Fair scheduled for September 21 has been cancelled—and the event itself has come to an end. A rain or shine affair cancelled only twice before […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Bryant Park Picnic Performances: Family Day Saturday, August 10, 5pm At Bryant Park, 1080 Sixth Ave. Click here for more Picnic Performances info, including livestream viewing Check @bryantparknyc for rain cancellation weather updates If you have the constitution to watch dance outdoors in high summer, enjoy hanging out with little kids, and […]
National Night Out Against Crime: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Held annually on the first Tuesday in August, National Night Out Against Crime (aka National Night Out) is a community-building campaign meant to, its organizers say, promote “police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live” […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea National Night Out Against Crime / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Shred Day / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / National Night Out Against Crime Observed […]
NOTE: Originally scheduled to shutter in Auguat, The Laurie Beechman Theatre will remain open through September. For the Beechman’s public performance calendar, clIck here. When word got out a few weeks ago that West Bank Cafe (opened on West 42nd Street in 1978) would be closing its doors this month, that meant the same fate would await […]
—News Briefs Compiled by Scott Stiffler— Subject Matter in Order of Appearance: 10th Precinct Coverage Area / Third Quarter Build the Block Meetings / New Police Officers Assigned / National Night Out Against Crime, Locally / Criminal Complaint Stats for the Week of July 22 to 28, 2024 / Community Council Meetings / Bike Laws […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The performing careers of ballet dancers are notoriously short, so it behooves an artist to plan ahead. Calvin Royal III, only the third person of color to achieve the rank of principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, has been dancing for more than 20 years and is still at it. Now […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Meet My Friend Speed Dating / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Rhythms of Carnival: A Cuban Musical Adventure / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea […]
Note: This look at Chelsea Green’s history incorporates previous reporting by Kristen Ancillotti, Mark Nimar, & Scott Stiffler. Email Friends of Chelsea Green at ChelseaGreenPark@gmail.com to join their mailing list. On Instagram: @chelseagreennyc. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It was 5 years ago this week—July 25, 2019—when the photo seen directly above was taken. Seconds later, […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Still on Facebook? Join the dwindling club. But even though we’re basically dinosaurs roaming the social landscape in search of a branch to nibble on, there are still rules as to how to behave there. Let me make it easy for you. Here’s what NOT to do as a Facebook user. […]