Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / West Side Commumity Fund Grant Applications / Verdi Cannabis Music & Art Programming / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Pow! Bam! Wow! Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild Gallery / The Longest Table / 10th Precinct Third Quarter […]
FAT BIRD NYC 180 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts., closer to 21st) Daily Hours: 11am to Approx. 10pm Soon Switching to 11am to 11pm, Daily (with an eye toward staying open until midnight or beyond, Fridays and Saturdays) Phone: 914-231-5259 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The Seventh Ave. storefront space with a half-decade-plus […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Actress, singer, writer, and educator Bianca Leigh, a transgender woman, is currently collecting oodles of accolades for educating Broadway audiences—not about pronouns, mind you. The thing that has capacity crowds swooning is the way Bianca—as Louise, first lady Mary Todd Lincoln’s personal assistant and steadfast supporter—navigates the Lyceum Theatre stage with […]
BY ROBERTA GELB | On August 4, 2024, the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club (CRDC) had our annual BBQ at The Lightship Frying Pan (Pier 66, at West 26th Street). I arrived early in the midst of a major thunderstorm. By 5:45pm, the sun not only came out but was accompanied by a lovely rainbow—a good […]
Verdi Cannabis Presents The Green Room, a Live Music and Arts Series Premiering Thursday, August 15 & Sunday, August 18 At Verdi Cannabis (158 W. 23rd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having opened in January, legal cannabis distributor Verdi gets down to the business of regular event programming—a goal discussed […]
BY TRAV S.D. | Any time I read raves about a show, or hear buzz that it is sensational, or that you can’t get a ticket for love or money, my natural inclination is to be skeptical to the point of intransigence. If everybody loves it, I feel almost duty-bound to hate it. And everybody […]
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 […]