Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Special Meeting of MCB4’s HH&HS Committee / The Trojans / Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America / Live Jazz at Henry & The Lions / High School of Fashion Industries Public Art Show / Easter Egg Hunt / The Furies at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & […]
NOTE: This preview of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) April committee meetings will be updated throughout the month. Once a meeting has taken place, a link to its recorded Zoom session will be added, and the writeup will be moved to the bottom of the list. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | That high-rise on your block […]
Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America Thursday, April 10 and Thursday, May 1 At Vanderbilt University 440 W. 21st St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Good news for those greeted with bad news when they tried to register for the at-full-capacity April 10 event from Nashville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University: The […]
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ELMO / INTERVIEW BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Neither an ever-changing Chelsea nor a pop-up global pandemic have managed to lodge the beloved Elmo from its longtime moorings at 156 Seventh Ave. The restaurant and lounge has been a welcoming watering hole and exceptionl eatery for nearly a quarter century now. News of […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Live Jazz at Henry & The Lions / The Furies at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild/ The April 19 Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea PICK OF THE WEEK Vanderbilt in […]
It’s Participatory Budeting Vote Week: March 29-April 6, 2025 PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES, TEXT COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER | March 29-April 6, NYC residents can vote for locally developed projects to improve schools, parks, libraries, and other public spaces in their community. Voting is open to everyone ages 11 and older who lives in or […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Participatory Budgeting Expo and Voting Period / The 10th Precinct Community Council / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Demo and Dine / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / The Furies Participatory Budgeting Expo: Thursday, March 27, 5-6:30pm at the Museum of Broadway (145 W. 45th […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Barracuda–the innovative gay lounge on West 22nd Street whose brand of drag entertainment spawned countless imitators–is closing its doors after three successful decades. As of March 23, it joins the ranks of other belated local watering holes (including Splash, Rawhide, and Champs) whose combined presence made Chelsea the go-to, bar-hopping gayborhood […]
BY PUMA PERL | Sometimes it feels like a dream. The empty highways. The quiet streets. Except for the sirens and the seven o’clock clap. Alternate side parking rules suspended for months, no fares collected on buses, stores shuttered, senior hours at Trader Joe’s. People calling it the “new normal.” Nothing was normal. Everything and […]
Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): 13th Precinct Community Council / 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 / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild […]