Wednesday, November 25, 7pm via Zoom: The 10th Precinct Community Council |Twenty-Four hours before what’s left of the turkey becomes fodder for those excellent morning-after-Thanksgiving sandwiches, the 10th Precinct Community Council is putting on a lavish spread of its own–in the form of local crime stats, public safety tips, updates on quality of life hotspots, and frankly, well, frank answers to whatever’s asked […]
Via Zoom: Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Committee Meetings | To visit the (recently redesigned, to great effect) home page of CB4, click here. Below, find info for some of their regular monthly committee and working group meetings. Tuesday, November 17, 5:30pm: The Social and Racial Justice Task Force addresses old and new business. For Zoom registration, click […]
Tues, Nov. 10, 4-6pm: Virtual Housing Clinic | On the second Tuesday of the month, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson’s office presents this Housing Clinic–which, like almost everything else, made the pivot to an all-virtual format upon the arrival of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic. Appointments last about 20 minutes, during which time you’ll learn a lot, courtesy of a courteous […]
Wednesday, November 4, 6:30pm via Zoom: Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Full Board Meeting | On the first Wed. of the month, Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) convenes its full board (these days, via Zoom), to vote on agenda items culled from the work of its committees. Among the agenda items scheduled for Nov 4: Items […]
Wednesday, October 28, 7pm via Zoom: The 10th Precinct Community Council |In a year that has seen the already charged phrase “cancelled until further notice” repeatedly painted with a fresh layer of uncertainty, September saw the 10th Precinct Community Council resume its regularly scheduled last-Wednesday-of-the-month brick-and-mortar meeting schedule. After a six-month hiatus, its reassuring return […]
Hudson Guild Theatre Company Presents “A Five Mile Radius” | Tasha Partee’s new play receives its world premiere in a way the entire world can see, and in a virtual format that breaks new ground for the always-innovative Hudson Guild Theatre Company. A Five Mile Radius was filmed using the Zoom format technique so very few of […]
BY RANIA RICHARDSON | Small businesses are vital to the economy and a mark of healthy communities. Knowing that so many are struggling during this pandemic is disheartening, to say the least. Taking action by putting dollars back into the neighborhood is one way to lift spirits and contribute to the revitalization of the local […]
File This One Under “There’s Always Next Year” | For info on an event that has already aged out of our calendar cue, scroll down to the “tail” end of the page, and make plans to attend next year’s annual Blessing of the Animals, at St. Peter’s Chelsea. Tuesday, October 6, 5-7 pm: Night Out […]
Sunday, October 4: Blessing of the Animals | We buy their kibble, scoop and clean when nature calls, and sit on that one tiny corner of the couch when they’re sprawled out on the rest of it, fast asleep. All that work, and what do we get in return? Little else but endless expressions of […]
Down to Earth Farmers Market: Saturdays in Chelsea | Down to Earth Farmers Market has a presence in Chelsea, Saturdays, 9am-3pm, through December 19, along the sidewalk on the North side of W. 23rd St., east of Ninth Ave. The Market has altered its shopping guidelines, in accordance with COVID-19 precautions. Click here to read the […]