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- [Takeaways from High Line 28 BA's Equinox Terminal Warehouse Tour](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/07/08/takeaways-from-high-line-28-bas-equinox-terminal-warehouse-tour/) - Note: The High Line 28 Block Association is a block association and newsletter for the West Chelsea and Hudson Yards area (West 28th to 34th Streets, between 10th & 11th Avenues). It chronicles happenings around the neighborhood and occasionally brings people together. To visit the BA’s online presence, click here. Directly below, reprinted with permission,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 6-12, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/07/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-6-12-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week Through-Running Panel Discussion / West Side Fest / Free Outdoor Events in Bella Abzug Park / Disability Unite Festival / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Ice Cream Social Pick of the Week (next week) Could “Through-Running” Help Un-Clog Penn Station: A Moderated Panel Discussion on Tuesday, July 14,
- [Ribbon Cutting, Proclamation Make New London Pharmacy's New Location Official](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/30/ribbon-cutting-proclamation-make-new-london-pharmacys-new-location-official/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The collective blood pressure of West Chelsea nearly saw a nasty spike last year, when word came that New London Pharmacy would be leaving its longtime Eighth Ave. location. Thankfully, the news arrived with assurances that the storied source of health and wellness goods would be moving a mere half-block around
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 29-July 5, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/28/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-29-july-5-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week Free Outdoor Events in Bella Abzug Park / Bike Helmet Giveaway / NOT the Full Board Meeting of MCB4 / Free FIFA Shuttle Service / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Free Outdoor Events in Bella Abzug Park (524 W. 34th St. btw. 10th & 11th Aves.) | With July
- [Q&A with Chelsea's Out Gay Elected Officials](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/26/qa-with-chelseas-out-gay-elected-officials/) - The following editorial content first appeared in the print edition and on the website of our sister publication, LGBTQCommunityNews.nyc. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What’s so queer—politically speaking—about the place where I live, work, and play? If you have to ask, you’re probably not a registered voter residing in Chelsea or its adjacent areas. No matter
- [CCBA’s Summer Soirée Captured Chelsea’s Can-Do Spirit](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/26/ccbas-summer-soiree-captured-chelseas-can-do-spirit/) - BY SUSAN PALMER MARSHALL, PRESIDENT, CCBA | The Council of Chelsea Block Associations (CCBA) recently hosted its Summer Soirée at Ora La Casa de Las Flores (229 Ninth Avenue). Delegates representing CCBA's Member Block and Tenant Associations gathered with elected officials, their community liaisons, and invited guests for an evening of cocktails and conversation. Throughout
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 22-28, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/22/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-22-28-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (revised on 6/26/26): SPRING FLING & Other Free Outdoor Events in Bella Abzug Park / Annual Pride Month Events / Bike Helmet Giveaway / Free FIFA Shuttle Service / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Primary Election Info / Happening This Weekend, June 27 & 28: SPRING FLING
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 15-21, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-15-21-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): MBP Brad Hoylman-Sigal's Manhattan Borough Book Club / The Economic Development & Public Safety Committee Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) / Primary Election Info / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Manhattan Borough President (MBP) Brad Hoylman-Sigal's Manhattan Borough Book Club: Tuesdsy, June 16,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 8-14, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/09/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-8-14-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): Somos Pulse! / Primary Election Info / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Gays Against Guns Invites You to Somos Pulse! -- A Rally Honoring the Livces Lost and Committing to Fight Anti-LGBTQIA Hatred: Friday, June 12, 6pm to 7:30pm at The Center (Room 101 at
- [Support Small Businesses: Chelsea Says 'Hello' to Good Riddance](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/08/support-small-businesses-chelsea-says-hello-to-good-riddance/) - A means to declutter like no other, Good Riddance is a great idea that takes the stuff you no longer need and finds its perfect match among a growing list of local nonprofits. To Visit Good Riddance online, Click Here.But not so fast: Read on, to learn about the why, where, and how of a
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 1-7, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/06/02/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-1-7-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): The June Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / The Opers Next Door / Pet Adoption Block Party / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea The June Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4): Wednesday, June 3, 6:30pm at Pier 57 (25
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 25-31, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/26/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-25-31-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): The 10th Precinct Community Council / Vanderbilt University NYC presents Cocktails & Construction / Pride the Block / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea The 10th Precinct Community Council: Wednesday, May 27, 7pm at the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.)
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 18-24, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/19/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-18-24-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This (and Next) Week (in order of appearance): Chelsea Neighbors United Presents Creating a Safe Home & Community / Organic Farm Share / Pride the Block / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Chelsea Neighbors United Presents Creating a Safe Home & Community: Wednesday, May 20, 6pm via Zoom / Free (Reservation
- [Support Small Businesses: Kate Mansfield Acupuncture](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/21/support-small-businesses-kate-mansfield-acupuncture/) - Kate Mansfield Acupuncture 233 West 19th Street (btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) Call 929-277-0760 Visit KateMansfieldAcupuncture.com Scott Stiffler, for Chelsea Community News (CCNews): What is your interest, background, and training in acupuncture? Kate Mansfield (Kate): I came to acupuncture via tai chi chuan. Our tai chi school offered qigong classes that incorporated postures, movements and
- [Recently Realized Seventh Ave. Space Ready for Retail Tenants ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/04/recently-realized-seventh-ave-space-ready-for-retail-tenants/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Decades of advocacy to reimagine the swath of Seventh Ave. occupied by a group of derelict buildings resulted in July 26, 2022’s ceremonial groundbreaking at 201-207 Seventh Ave. (corner of W. 22nd St.). Now—after years of construction and the impending return of former occupants alongside new residents arriving via housing lottery—the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 11-17, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/12/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-11-17-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): Chelsea Neighbors United Actions / The Inaguration of NYC Council Member Carl Wilson, District 3, Manhattan / West Chelsea Artists Open Studios / The Totality of All Things / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Chelsea Neighbors United (CNU) at Metropolis Parking / 5pm to 6pm at
- [CRDC Awards Brunch Sees Diehard Dems Honor Dedicated Advocates and Activists](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/12/crdc-awards-brunch-sees-diehard-dems-honor-dedicated-advocates-and-activists/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Saturday, May 2 saw the robust ranks of the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club (CRDC) gather at Bocca di Bacco restaurant’s Ninth Ave. location during the 11am to 2pm sweet spot that embraces both breakfast and lunch. It was a fitting setting for the CRDC’s Awards Brunch, an annual occasion to honor
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 4-10, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/05/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-4-10-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): wardsThe Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Chelsea Neighbors United Activities / Bike Shop: The Musical / West Chelsea Artists Open Studios / Launch Party & Fundraiser for The Acties Awards / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea The May Full Board
- [‘Ulster’ Stew: David Ireland's Bubbling Hot Comedy Concoction Proves Substantive Fare](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/18/ulster-stew-david-irelands-bubbling-hot-comedy-concoction-proves-substantive-fare/) - RUN EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 24 The Irish Repertory Theatre Presents the American Premiere of ULSTER AMERICAN BY DAVID IRELAND / DIRECTED BY CIARÁN O’REILLY STARRING MATTHEW BRODERICK, GERALDINE HUGHES, & MAX BAKER REVIEW BY TRAV S.D. | What better way to celebrate the season of St. Patrick’s Day–that holiday when millions without a drop of
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 27-May 3, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/27/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-27-may-3-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week...and Beyond (in order of appearance): The 10th Precinct Community Coincil / Coffee & Conversations / The Penn South Ceramics Studio Show & Sale: / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / ICE Preparedness Session The 10th Precinct Community Coouncil: Wednesday, April 29, 7pm at the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th
- [Church Partners with Neighbors for ICE Preparedness Training](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/27/church-partners-with-neighbors-for-ice-preparedness-training/) - Chelsea Community Church & Chelsea Neighbors United Invite the Public to a Free Afternoon of Songs, Socializing, and ICE Preparedness Training Sunday, May 3, 1pm at 346 W. 20th St. (btw. 8th & 9th Aves.) Chelsea Community Church (CCC)—the lay-led, non-denominational Christian Church whose annual Candlelight Carol Service is a popular December draw—marks its early
- [Letters to the Editor: April 24, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/24/letters-to-the-editor-april-24-2026/) - Editor’s Note: Recently, several Chelsea Community News readers have submitted writings that speak to their support of a candidate—or candidates—in April 28’s NYC Council District 3 Special Election (with Early Voting happening through April 26). We’ve compiled these expressions of support into the following Letters to the Editor column. For more info on Early Voting
- [Support Small Businesses | 3 Faves, from CD3 Candidate Leslie Boghosian Murphy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/23/support-small-businesses-3-faves-from-cd3-candidate-leslie-boghosian-murphy/) - By Leslie Boghosian Murphy (candidatein the April 28 NYC Council District 3 Special Election) Billy’s Bakery, Chelsea Location | Billy’s is a Chelsea staple and an absolute go-to for me. Their banana pudding is the best in the city, no question===and the icebox cake and red velvet cupcakes are also favorites in our household.
- [Guest Opinion: My First Job Taught Me the Viral Charge of Silence](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/21/guest-opinion-my-first-job-taught-me-the-viral-charge-of-silence/) - By Layla Law-Gisiko (candidate in April 28’s NYC Council District 3 Special Election) | It was 1993, and I had only just graduated from La Sorbonne University when I began my first job as a young journalist and producer on Ruban Rouge (Red Ribbon), a one-hour television program entirely dedicated to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. There are
- [Guest Opinion | A City That Fights Back: Defending Trans Youth in New York](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/21/guest-opinion-a-city-that-fights-back-defending-trans-youth-in-new-york/) - By Lindsey Boylan (candidate in April 28’s NYC Council District 3 Special Election) | You can’t look at the news today without seeing backsliding and attacks on our fundamental rights in every corner of our country. It is pervasive and perverse, and it’s happening right here in New York. The Trump administration continues to attack
- [Guest Opinion: The Heart of Our Neighborhood, Chelsea’s Small Businesses Need Us Now](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/21/guest-opinion-the-heart-of-our-neighborhood-chelseas-small-businesses-need-us-now/) - By Leslie Boghosian Murphy (candidate in the April 28 NYC Council District 3 Special Election) | Walk down Eighth or Ninth Avenue any morning, and you’ll find the heart of Chelsea: It’s the diner that’s been serving neighbors for decades; the bodega that never closes; the gallery where emerging artists get their first shot. These
- [Chelsea Neighbors United Presents Questions for City Council District 3 Candidates](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/21/chelsea-neighbors-united-presents-questions-for-city-council-district-3-candidates/) - Chelsea Neighbors United Presents Questions for City Council District 3 Candidates (reprinted with permission) To contact Chelsea Neighbors United, send an email to ChelseaNeighborsUnited2@gmail.com NOTE: Early Voting for April 28's NYC Council District 3 Special Election takes place daily: Saturday, April 18 through Sunday, April 26. Click Here for Special Election, June Primary, and November
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 20-26, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/20/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-20-26-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week...and Beyond (in order of appearance): Chelsea Neighnors United / Rev. Billy: 24-hour Sermon & 5k FUN RUN / Big Quarterly / Wildflower Seed Giveaway / Coffee at the Curb / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Penn South Ceramics Studio Show & Sale: / Coffee & Conversations /
- [Vote Week, April 11-19, Sees Participatory Budgeting Achieve its People-Powered Apex](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/08/vote-week-april-11-19-sees-participatory-budgeting-achieve-its-people-powered-apex/) - UPDATED on April 16, 2026 COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING Vote Online Through April 19 at https://rnd.council.nyc.gov/PB_Voting In-Person Voting on Saturday, April 18, 11am to 2pm —At— 333 West 17th Street Chelsea Recreation Center (430 W. 25th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) City-As-School (16 Clarkson St. btw. Hudson St. & 7th Ave, South) Westport
- [Union Reps Say Rallies to Return, Pending Lack of Traction After Recent Talks](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/15/union-reps-say-rallies-to-return-pending-lack-of-traction-after-recent-talks/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Recent rallies held outside of Vanderbilt University’s West Chelsea campus came to a full stop last week–but protesters could return, say previous participants. The decisive factor in determining how to move forward hinges on whether expextations have been met by one week out from the events of Tuesday, April 7--when construction
- [Early Voting, April 18-26, a Prelude to City Council District 3 Special Election of April 28](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/15/early-voting-april-18-26-a-prelude-to-city-council-district-3-special-election-of-april-28/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Early Voting begins this weekend, for the NYC Council District 3 (CD3) Special Election scheduled for April 28. Four candidates on the ballot are competing for the Council seat left vacant in early February, by the departure of Erik Bottcher (now serving as a NYS Senator). Whether the winner is Leslie
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 13-19, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/14/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-13-19-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week...and Beyond (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / 2026 Congressional Art Competition: Entries Accepted Through Friday, April 24 / Curating America: Art, Society, and Influence / Naughty Bits / Friends of Chelsea Green's Call for Vendors / Know Your Rights PICK OF THE WEEK (a few weeks from
- [Constructive Dialogue? Union Labor is Topic at Meeting with Those at Work on Vanderbilt's NYC Campus](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/07/constructive-dialogue-union-labor-is-topic-at-meeting-with-those-at-work-on-vanderbilts-nyc-campus/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The 400 block of West 21st Street has seen a series of recent protests organized by union labor. Whistles piercing the morning air, group chants conveying demands, and fair wage talking points peppered with profanity appear to have achieved the desired effect of being seen and heard. Now they're hoping they'll
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 6-12, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/07/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-6-12-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week...and Beyond (in order of appearance): 2026 Congressional Art Competition: Entries Accepted Through Friday, April 24 /Curating America: Art, Society, and Influence / Get Together with Chelsea Neighbors United / Know Your Rights 2026 Congressional Art Competition: Entries Accepted Through Friday, April 24 | It’s been happening at this time of
- [Scenes (and Signs) From No Kings NYC: March 28, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/04/03/scenes-and-signs-from-no-kings-nyc-march-28-2026/) - “Trump wants to rule over us as a tyrant. But this is America, and power belongs to the people–not to wannabe kings or their billionaire cronies,” said No Kings organizers, prior to the nationwide action of March 28, 2026, whose collective voice declared “loud and clear: No Kings.” What’s next? Find out by clicking here
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 23-29, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/23/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-23-29-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Easter Egg Hunt / 10th Precinct Community Council / Coffee & Construction / Chelsea Neighbors United: ICE Out of Our Park / Coffee & Conversations / West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle | E-Waste + Textiles Recycling Day MARCH 25 DEADLINE TO RSVP to Easter Egg
- [Where the Running Stand: Policy Positions of NYC Council District 3 Candidates](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/20/where-the-running-stand-policy-positions-of-nyc-council-district-3-candidates/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With three names recently removed after successful petition challenges, four candidates remain on the ballot for the NYC Council District 3 (CD3) Special Election scheduled for April 28 (Early Voting, April 18-26). They're competing for the Council seat left vacant last month by the departure of Erik Bottcher, now serving as
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 16-22, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-16-22-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl at Chelsea Market / Framed: Art Exhibition by Jerome China | Trombone Trio Skyline Bones | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle | E-Waste + Textiles Recycling Day St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl: Tuesday, March 17, 11am to 9pm at Chelsea Market
- [Watch Out, J. LO & J. Law! Here Come the Annual Gaffie Awards for Screen Underachievement](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/13/watch-out-j-lo-j-law-here-come-the-annual-gaffie-awards-for-screen-underachievement/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Oscars will be held on March 15th, so it’s time to celebrate a variety of well-received films dealing with kidnapping, dementia, and the whooping cough. Sadly, this is also the time I always swoop in and remind everyone of the gaffes that marred the filmmaking process. My annual honors are
- [Remembering Hilda Reiger (1934-2026)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/02/remembering-hilda-reiger-1934-2026/) - BY JOANNE DOWNES (with additional text from the Regier family) | Prominent longtime Chelsea resident and community activist Hilda Mae Regier passed away during the early morning hours of Feb. 15, 2026, at Kidron Bethel Healthcare (a care facility in Kansas), where she had resided for the past three years. Born in 1934 in Goessel,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 9-15, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/09/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-9-15-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): hasing Rainbows | Protect Our Community and Prepare for ICE: A Free Training Session | Trombone Trio Skyline Bones | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle / Swearing-In of NYS Senator Erik Bottcher Chasing Rainbows: The Global Premiere of Charlotte Colbert’s 30-Foot Tall Steel Sculptures, On View
- [Waning Days of a Welcoming Presence: Seventh Ave. Stalwart elmo to Close, Come March 13](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/09/waning-days-of-a-welcoming-presence-seventh-ave-stalwart-elmo-to-close-come-march-13/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Mere coincidence, ominous sign of the times, or a little bit of both: Draw your own conclusions about last week’s announcement that beloved restaurant/lounge elmo will end its near-quarter century run in Chelsea on–get this–Friday, March 13. A cornerstone of Chelsea’s “gayborhood” heyday and a pillar of the community for years
- [Show Show Show, Go Go Go: Three to See, on City Stages](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/09/show-show-show-go-go-go-three-to-see-on-city-stages/) - Theater Roundup by Scott Stiffler Ulster American at the Irish Repertory Theatre / Molly "Equality" Dykeman in Bushes are Bloomin' / / TOSOS Presents Our House / Ulster American Through May 10 at the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 W. 22nd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) For tickets ($55 - $125), click here “A
- [Ralph's Return is the Right Kind of 'Ice'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/06/ralphs-return-is-the-right-kind-of-ice/) - It happened on Wednesday, March 4, with little fanfare but much cause for celebration: After a long winter when "Closed for Business" was the only message being served, Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream returned to its storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.). The 100-flavor purveyor of cool treats
- [Ralph's Returns to its Sweet Spot on Seventh](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/04/ralphs-returns-to-its-sweet-spot-on-seventh/) - Two sure signs of spring such as Easter candy on store shelves and Daylight Ssavings Time on clock faces, add the return of Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream to its storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.). The 100-flavor purveyor of cool treats opened on March 1 for what
- [National Oreo Day Done Right, at Site of Iconic Treat's Creation](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/05/national-oreo-day-done-right-at-site-of-iconic-treats-creation/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Chelsea Market's proud history as a groundbreaking food hall has bestowed many claims to fame upon the steadfast structure. But perhaps the sweetest one of all hails from the building's industrial past--specifically, March 6, 1912. That’s the fateful date when, we've been known to note (by quoting writer Laura Rutherford), “Oreo
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 2-8, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/02/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-2-8-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Community Board Application Period Extended Through March 6 | The March Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) | West Side Community Fund: Spring 2026 Grant Cycle Manhattan Community Board Applications Accepted Through March 6 | Newly installed Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal (MBP) has
- [Notice of Special Election](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/03/02/notice-of-special-election/) - NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Pursuant to provisions of Section 25(b)(1) of the Charter of the City of New York, notice is hereby given that a special election will be held in the Borough of Manhattan, County of New York, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 23-March 1, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/23/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-23-march-1-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): 10th Precinct Community Council / Coffee & Converstions (Feb. 27 edition cancelled) / Community Board Applications Accepted Through Feb. 27 / Ceres Gallery Exhibitions / 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Wednesday, February 25, 7pm Online via Zoom | Having assumed Commanding Officer duties late last year, one of
- [Local Businesses Endorsed by D3 Candidate Lindsey Boylan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/26/local-businesses-endorsed-by-d3-candidate-lindsey-boylan/) - A Special Election scheduled for April 28, 2026 will fill the City Council District 3 (D3) seat vacated earlier this month, after Council Member Erik Bottcher won a Special Election designating him as District 47's NYS Senator. Five candidates are in the race to represnt D3. Here, find links to our recent Candidate Q&As. And
- [Correctives for Turbulent Times is Topic, at March 5 Launch of Vanderbilt NYC Spring Faculty Series](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/26/correctives-for-turbulent-times-is-topic-at-march-5-launch-of-vanderbilt-nyc-spring-faculty-series/) - With less than six months before an inaugural class of 96 undergraduate students arrive in Chelsea, Vanderbilt University NYC (VU-NYC) is moving full speed ahead with construction, repair, and other long-planned projects that will turn the former Genearl Theological Seminary digs into Vanderbilt's foirst ca,m[ujs poiutsode their home base in Tennessee (we recently wrote about
- [Q&A with City Council District 3 Candidate Layla Law-Gisiko](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/11/qa-with-city-council-district-3-candidate-layla-law-gisiko/) - Ripple effects from recent elections are being felt in Chelsea and its nearby nabes, turning winter’s normal dormancy into a whirlwind of online forums, in-person petitioning, and endorsement announcements—all part of the process culminating in April 28’s Special Election for City Council District 3. That seat was vacated last week, when Erik Bottcher handily won
- [Q&As with Candidates for Council District 3](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/11/qas-with-candidates-for-council-district-3/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Ripple effects from recent elections are being felt in Chelsea and its nearby nabes, turning winter’s normal dormancy into a whirlwind of online forums, in-person petitioning, and endorsement announcements—all part of the process culminating in April 28’s Special Election for City Council District 3. That seat was vacated last week, when
- [Work on D3 Concerns Continues, as Candidates Vie for Vacant City Council Seat](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/20/work-on-d3-concerns-continues-as-candidates-vie-for-vacant-city-council-seat/) - Nature abhors a vacuum–a sentiment shared by the New York City Council. So while voters anticipate April 28’s Special Election for the Council District 3 seat vacated by newly minted NYS Senator Erik Bottcher, D3 concerns are not being put on hold. Council staff has been attending to them, and will continue to do so
- [Q&A with City Council District 3 Candidate Jamin Enquist](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/20/qa-with-city-council-district-3-candidate-jamin-enquist/) - Ripple effects from recent elections are being felt in Chelsea and its nearby nabes, turning winter’s normal dormancy into a whirlwind of online forums, in-person petitioning, and endorsement announcements—all part of the process culminating in April 28’s Special Election for City Council District 3. That seat was vacated last week, when Erik Bottcher handily won
- [Plan to Close Malibu Diner on W. 23rd Includes New Opening Nearby ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/20/plan-to-close-malibu-diner-on-w-23rd-includes-new-opening-nearby/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Open 24/ on West 23rd Street and happy to serve breakfast, lunch or dinner in the middle of the day or the dead of night, Chelsea’s Malibu Diner delivers all of the calling cards the comfort food crowd has come to expect. Situated in a glass display case just beyond the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 16-22, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-16-22-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Ash Wednesday Candlelight Vigil / ICE Out of Hudson River Park / Community Board Applications Accepted Throughj Feb. 27 / Ceres Gallery Exhibitions / PICK OF THE WEEK (next week, that is...) Coffee & Conversations: Friday, February 27, 8:30am to 9:30am at Chelsea Green
- [Do Their Bidding: ‘Friends’ Request Donated Items, as Annual Auction Approaches](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/16/do-their-bidding-friends-request-donated-items-as-annual-auction-approaches/) - Item Donations Sought For Annual Fundraising Auction Supporting Chelsea Green Park (140 West 20th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves,) Auction Bids Accepted Feb. 27 - March 12 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Friends of Chelsea Green–that great group of perpetual park boosters–is appealing to their own friends, to help make their annual fundraising auction the
- [Vanderbilt's Monthly Public Meeting Provides Coffee, Pulls Back Curtain on Chelsea Campus Creation](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/16/vanderbilts-monthly-public-meeting-provides-coffee-pulls-back-curtain-on-chelsea-campus-creation/) - Coffee & Construction Friday, February 20 at 9am In Moore 1W on Vanderbilt University’s Chelsea Campus Enter at 420 West 20th Street (btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) With less than six months until its inaugural class of undergrads arrive, Vanderbilt University is moving full speed ahead with the work that will transform former General
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 9-15, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/10/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-9-15-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Boycott Target / Community Board Applications Accepted Through February 27 / Ceres Gallery Exhibitions / Boycott Target: Wednesday, February 11, 5pm to 6pm in front of the Target store at West 23rd Street & Eighth Ave, | When Minnesotans asked for a day of action on February
- [Q&A with City Council District 3 Candidate Lindsey Boylan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/11/qa-with-city-council-district-3-candidate-lindsey-boylan/) - Ripple effects from recent elections are being felt in Chelsea and its nearby nabes, turning winter’s normal dormancy into a whirlwind of online forums, in-person petitioning, and endorsement announcements—all part of the process culminating in April 28’s Special Election for City Council District 3. That seat was vacated last week, when Erik Bottcher handily won
- [Q&A with Council District 3 Candidate Carl Wilson](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/11/qa-with-council-district-3-candidate-carl-wilson/) - Ripple effects from recent elections are being felt in Chelsea and its nearby nabes, turning winter’s normal dormancy into a whirlwind of online forums, in-person petitioning, and endorsement announcements—all part of the process culminating in April 28’s Special Election for City Council District 3. That seat was vacated last week, when Erik Bottcher handily won
- [Q&A with City Council District 3 Candidate Leslie Boghosian Murphy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/11/qa-with-city-council-district-3-candidate-leslie-boghosian-murphy/) - Ripple effects from recent elections are being felt in Chelsea and its nearby nabes, turning winter’s normal dormancy into a whirlwind of online forums, in-person petitioning, and endorsement announcements—all part of the process culminating in April 28’s Special Election for City Council District 3. That seat was vacated last week, when Erick Bottcher handily won
- [During Black History Month, Exhibitions to Admire and Inspire](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/11/during-black-history-month-exhibitions-to-admire-and-inspire/) - Note: The following, having originally published here, is reprinted with the author's permission. BY TRAV S.D. | Some years we manage to lean into Black History Month (February) more than others, and this’ll be one of those years. As it happens this, is the centennial of there being some kind of nationwide celebration of black
- [Stalwart Soup Source Hale & Hearty Comforts Chelsea with Freshness &  Flavor](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/04/stalwart-soup-source-hale-hearty-comforts-chelsea-with-freshness-flavor/) - Hale & Hearty 180 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 20th/21st Sts.) Monday through Saturday, 11am to 7pm and Sunday, 11am to 4pm For the Menu, Click Here Soup's on, as they say, on Seventh Avenue. The narrow little storefront at 180 Seventh Ave. has a new occupant, primed to mke a lasting go of it, at
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 2-8, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/02/03/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-2-8-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): National Girls & Women in Sports Day / The February Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) / Community Board Applications Accepted Through February 27 / Election Day Voting / The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4): Wednesday, February 4, 6:30pm Online
- [At Solidarity March, 'Palpable Sorrow and Disgust at the Cruelty of ICE'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/28/at-solidarity-march-palpable-sorrow-and-disgust-at-the-cruelty-of-ice/) - Penn South resident Judith Sokoloff shared with Chelsea Community News her photos taken at Friday, January 23’s Ice Out for Good action--described by a promotional flyer as a “March on ICE Profiteers” that also functioned as a declaration of “Solidarity with Minneapolis.” Among the groups and organizations who signed on and showed up were Hands
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 26-February 1, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/26/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-26-february-1-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Early Voting / Manhattan Community Board Applications / Policy Perspectives: Navigating Today’s World as an LGBTQ+ Family 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Wednesday, January 28, 7pm, via Zoom | Having assumed Commanding Officer duties late last year, one of the general public’s
- [Early Voting Through Feb. 1, for State Senate District 47 Special Election](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/24/early-voting-through-feb-1-for-state-senate-district-47-special-election/) - With Brad Hoylman-Sigal having become the Manhattan Borough President as of January 1, 2026, a Special Election has been called to fill his vacant State Senate seat. That area of coverage--New York's 47th District--includes portions of Chelsea, Greenwich Village, Hell's Kitchen, and the Upper West Side. As of January 24, Early Voting begins, leading up
- [I Will Not Stand for the Supreme Court’s Egregious Attempt to Reverse Roe V. Wade](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/05/i-will-not-stand-for-the-supreme-courts-egregious-attempt-to-reverse-roe-v-wade/) - BY LAYLA LAW-GISIKO (candidate, NYS Assembly, District 75) | On Tuesday, May 3, more than a thousand of us rallied at Foley Square to protest the egregious draft Supreme Court decision penned by Justice Alito that would gut the country’s landmark 1973 decision protecting abortion rights. It was inspiring to join so many in the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 19-25, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/19/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-19-25-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Creating a Safe Home & Community: Support Domestic Workers and Caregivers! / PICK OF THE WEEK (NEXT WEEK, THAT IS) 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Wednesday, January 28, 7pm, via Zoom (Registration Required) | Having assumed Commanding Officer duties late last year,
- [Coordination, Communication, Advocacy Align to Define the CCBA, Through  2026 and Beyond](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/12/coordination-communication-advocacy-align-to-define-the-ccba-through-2026-and-beyond/) - The Council of Chelsea Block Associations (CCBA) is comprised of 15 Block Associations and 3 Tenant Associations covering an area spanning from the north side of West 14th Street to the south side of West 30th Street, and from the west side of Sixth Avenue to the east side of 12th Avenue. CCBA works, they
- [Council Member Bottcher's Jan. 15 Online Forum Looks at the 'New Immigration Policy Landscape'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/12/council-member-bottchers-jan-15-online-forum-looks-at-the-new-immigration-policy-landscape/) - Policy Perspectives: Navigating the New Immigration Policy Landscape Hosted by NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher In Conversation With New York Immigration Coalition President & CEO Murad Awawdeh At 5pm on Thursday, January 15 Online via Zoom Conversations and Q&As with experts who are on the front lines, shaping the future of NYC: That’s the premise
- [NYC Mayor Mamdani Warmly Received at Brisk Inauguration Ceremony](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/10/nyc-mayor-mamdani-warmly-received-at-brisk-inauguration-ceremony/) - Change was in the air, alongside a chill which didnt cool off the enthusiasm of those who gathered on January 1, 2026 for the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani as New York City's mayor (sworn in by Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont). Former Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine was sworn in as NYC Comptroller by
- [Q&A Charts the Concerns & Goals of New MCB4 Chair Leslie Boghosian-Murphy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/06/qa-charts-the-concerns-goals-of-new-mcb4-chair-leslie-boghosian-murphy/) - With committees devoted to concerns including land use, transportation, education, and housing, Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) is an assertive, ever-present advisory voice heard by electeds, City departments, and other policymakers. With a coverage area comprising the Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods, MCB4 is the local public's go-to forum for learning about--and becoming involved in--matters
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea:: January 5-11, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2026/01/05/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-5-11-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Tree Removal & Mulchfest / MCB4 Full Board Meeting / Lights on the Cobbles / Christmas Tree Removal (Weekly) and Mulchfest (NYC Parks Locations Through January 11 | Christmas. New Year’s Eve. Three Kings Day. The Super Bowl. Has your merry and bright holiday tree become the clingy
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 29, 2025 - January 4, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/30/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-29-2025-january-5-2026/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Mulchfest / Unholy Communion / Lights on the Cobbles / Mulchfest: December 26, 2-25 to January 11, 2026 | The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation’s annual Mulchfest allows you to part ways with your beloved holiday-themed tree in an eco-friendly manner. The first step: Remove all lights,
- [Yes, They Kiln: Scenes From the Penn South Ceramics Studio Holiday Sale](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/30/yes-they-kiln-scenes-from-the-penn-south-ceramics-studio-holiday-sale/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | All year long, the Penn South Ceramics Studio (276 Ninth Ave.) is where developing and established artists turn lumps of clay into objects both decorative and functional. And come early December, their annual Holiday Sale serves as the discerning gift-giver's reliable source of one-of-a-kind mugs, plates, bowls, trays, vases, jewelry, and
- [Holiday Happenings, Happened: Picture Perfect Scenes of What Was](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/30/holiday-happenings-happened-picture-perfect-scenes-of-what-was/) - As the topsy-turvy year of 2025 drew to a close, the return of several annual holiday happenings provided Chelsea citizens with a sense of stability--and, on more than one occasion, complmentary cookies! Just as sweet are the scenes you're about to see, in this photo roundup. See something you like, but missed? Then we'll look
- [Brace Yourself for The Political Year in Review: Where Were the Epstein Files?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/29/brace-yourself-for-the-political-year-in-review-where-were-the-epstein-files/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The year is not really over until Lizzo sings (in an old video, of course). And until I weigh in, as it were, with my reminiscences of the giddy highs and appalling lows of 2025. It’s a wonder we got through it all—and now this! Here goes: ALCOA AWARD FOR THE
- [Community Op Ed: Record Accomplishments, Historic Achievements](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/23/community-op-ed-record-accomplishments-historic-achievements/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, our administration’s senior leadership came together to celebrate our historic achievements and enduring accomplishments over the past four years. Assembling this diverse and experienced team of dedicated public servants from all backgrounds and all boroughs was an accomplishment in itself. This was the first administration to have
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 22-28, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/22/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-22-28/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Holiday Caroling / Mulchfest / Lights on the Cobbles Holiday Caroling: Monday, December 22 / At 6pm, Meet in Front of 360 West 22nd Street (btw. 8th/9th Aves.) | Annual Tree and Menorah Lighting events have come and gone--and we've even had an accumulation of snow. Chances are
- [TRADITIONS](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/22/traditions/) - The below is an advertorial brought to y9u by the City of New York.
- [Open Letter to Mayor-Elect Mamdani To Restore NYC's Commitment to Community and Ethnic Media](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/22/open-letter-to-mayor-elect-mamdani-to-restore-nycs-commitment-to-community-and-ethnic-media/) - On Behalf of New York City’s Ethnic & Community Media December 18, 2025 Dear Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani: The ethnic and community media ecosystem cannot survive another four years of neglect from City Hall. We write to you as representatives of journalistic outlets across the greatest city in the world and unquestionably its media capital. Yet
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 15-21, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-15-21-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Free Film Screening / Holiday Caroling / The Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) Transportation Planning Committee Meeting / ICE Out of NYC: A Community Mobilization Town Hal PICK OF THE WEEK (NEXT WEEK) Holiday Caroling: Monday, December 22 / At 6pm, Meet in
- [Community Op-Ed: Using Technology to Better Communicate With All New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/15/community-op-ed-using-technology-to-better-communicate-with-all-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | From the very start, I have been a tech mayor, and our administration has continually expanded our use of technology to keep New Yorkers safer, stronger, and more informed. From linking our public schools to the NYPD so we can respond more rapidly to any school emergency, to deploying
- [New Chelsea Group’s Town Hall to Provide Primer for Resisting “ICE and the Deportation Machine”](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/11/new-chelsea-groups-town-hall-to-provide-primer-for-resisting-ice-and-the-deportation-machine/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With a December 15 Town Hall and ongoing community canvassing, the newly formed Chelsea Neighbors United (CNU) is empowering local residents and business owners with preventative tips and real-time protocols, should they find themselves in the midst of an immigration raid. Mindful of nationwide actions conducted by masked government agents arriving
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 8-14, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/08/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-8-14-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Fulton Tenants Association Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration / The West 400 Block Association’s Annual Menorah Lighting / Holiday Toy Drive / Candlelight Carol Service / ICE Out of NYC: A Community Mobilization Town Hall / PICK OF THE WEEK
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 1-7, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/30/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-1-7-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): The 300 West 18th & 19th Streets Block Association Annual Meeting / The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Friends of Chelsea Green's Outerwear Drive & Coat Swapkk / The West 400 Block Association’s Annual Tree Lighting & Menorah Lighting /
- [Reverend Billy & Choir Return to NYC, Righteously Irreverent as Ever](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/06/reverend-billy-choir-return-to-nyc-righteously-irreverent-as-ever/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Some people practice religion by parking themselves in the a pew twice a year: Once in the winter, to celebrate the Christ Child’s birth, and once in the spring, to mourn the death of a preachy 33-year-old who healed the sick, fed the hungry, and made a lot people quite cross
- [Community Op-Ed: A Big City of Small Businesses](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/12/02/community-op-ed-a-big-city-of-small-businesses/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is a big city of small businesses — mom and pop shops, bodegas, food trucks, restaurants, and more — and there’s no better time for our businesses to shine than the holiday season. The holiday season adds $500 million to the city’s economy through increased spending
- [Autumn: A Cycle of Life That Mirrors Our Lives](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/25/autumn-a-cycle-of-life-that-mirrors-our-lives-2/) - Autumn: A Cycle of Life That Mirrors Our Lives By Lisa Ruimy Holzkenner Human life and all creatures on earth can be compared to the four seasons. Each has its own rhythm and rhyme celebrating birth, mourning death. Autumn, a whimsical double edge, brings hope and sadness to humanity and to all living things. Autumn’s arrival takes summer’s embellishing light far beyond
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 17-23, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/17/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-17-23-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Event of the Week / Community Food Drive / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone's Winter Coat Drive / Policy Perspectives: The Future of Penn Station / Community Needs Assessment Survey / PREPARING FOR ICE: CANVASS OF CHELSEA
- [Community Op-Ed: Expanding These ACS Programs Will Help More Young People Living in Foster Care Build New Lives](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/18/community-op-ed-expanding-these-acs-programs-will-help-more-young-people-living-in-foster-care-build-new-lives/) - div class="richtext"> BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Young people living in foster care in our city need help building a strong future where they are set up for success. As an administration committed to uplifting all our city’s youth, we are here to make sure those young people connect to college and career opportunities
- [Guest Opinion: NYCHA's Chelsea Plan Collides with Its Residents](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/17/guest-opinion-nychas-chelsea-plan-collides-with-its-residents/) - The following Guest Opinion piece by David Holowka is a reprint of content that first appeared on November 14, 2025 on Holowka's blog, ArchiTakes. To access that version, click here. All photos and images are by or courtesy of David Holowka, unless otherwise noted. Residents of Chelsea's Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses (FEC) protested NYCHA's planned
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 10-16, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-10-16-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): 300 West BA Annual Meeting / Klea Blackhurst / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone's Winter Coat Drive / Policy Perspectives: The Future of Penn Station / Community Needs Assessment Survey / Annual Meeting of the 300 West 21st,
- [Community Op-Ed: Administration Accomplishments](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/10/community-op-ed-administration-accomplishments/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | For nearly four years, the Adams administration has worked every day to make New York City a safer, more affordable city for all, especially working-class families. We have made great progress on public safety, public health, and economic growth, and we continue to be the most pro-housing administration in
- [Pirate Ship Captures Best-Of Booty in Annual Halloween Decorating Contest](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/04/pirate-ship-captures-best-of-booty-in-annual-halloween-decorating-contest/) - PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE W400 BLOCK ASSOCIATION; TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Horribly high production values give life to the eerie, eccentric, frighteningly photogenic flights of fancy on display at West Chelsea’s annual W400 BA Best Halloween Decorations Contest. This highly competitive yet hardly cutthroat October tradition has homes on West 21st and 22nd Streets
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 3-9, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-3-9-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): MCB4 Full Board Meeting / Coffee at the Curb / Coat Drive / Community Needs Assessment Survey / The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4): Wednesday, November 5, 6:30pm Online via Zoom & YouTube and In-Person at Pier 57 (25 11th Ave. at
- [Community Op-Ed: School Safety Saves Lives](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/11/04/community-op-ed-school-safety-saves-lives/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | I’ve always said that public safety is the prerequisite to prosperity in our city and it has always been our administration’s North Star. We strive to ensure that all New Yorkers feel safe in their homes, on the streets, and in other public spaces — this includes in our
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 27-November 2, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/27/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-27-november-2-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): Early Voting / Chelsea Community Church"Anniversary Sunday / 10th Precinct Community Council / Free Apple Cider & Fall Rooftop Views / Halloween on Hudson BOOlevard / MCB4 Full Board Meeting / Community Needs Assessment Survey / Making Gay History Live Events / Free Breast Cancer Screening
- [Community Op-Ed: Moving Closer to Affordable Child Care for NYC Families](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/29/community-op-ed-moving-closer-to-affordable-child-care-for-nyc-families/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our city’s child care costs rank among the highest in the nation, so every New Yorker knows a family member, a friend, or a colleague who has struggled to afford child care. From the earliest days of our administration, we have made affordable child care a priority and have
- ['Haunted Hollywood' Makes its Bones with Sexy/Scary Takes on Time-Tested Horror Tropes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/24/haunted-hollywood-makes-its-bones-with-sexy-scary-takes-on-time-tested-horror-tropes/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | In the burlesque industry, ya’ gotta have a gimmick. This time of year, the ubiquitous gimmick is horror-themed burlesque to coincide with Halloween. Have your leggy showgirls dress up like characters from scary movies, and you've got that magic mixture of fear and sexual arousal which always sells tickets. You may
- [Your Guide to Early Voting & November 4's Election Day](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/20/your-guide-to-early-voting-november-4s-election-day/) - The General Election is Tuesday, November 4–but you don’t have to wait until then to weigh in. In fact, you don’t have to wait much longer. Early voting, as noted here by the NYC Board of Elections, takes place in brick and mortar locations throughout NYC on the following dates: Saturday, October 25, 9am
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 20-27, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/20/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-20-27-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week (in order of appearance): Power Ply at the Polls / Lunch and Learn: What’s on my Ballot? / Making Gay History Live Fall Events / High Line Halloween / Halloween on Hudson BOOlevard Power Play at the Polls: Ballot Questions 2-4 Would Rewire NYC’s Zoning Future! Who Would Benefit? |
- [Community Op-Ed: Delivering for Our Students](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/13/community-op-ed-delivering-for-our-students/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | I always feel that September, not January 1st, is when the new year really begins. That is when our great team of teachers, principals, and support staff across all five boroughs welcomes our children back after the summer, and for the next 180 school days, it’s all hands on
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 13-19, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/13/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-13-19-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Participatory Budgeting Kickoff / Making Gay History Live Fall Events / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / Halloween on Hudson BOOlevard NYC Council District 3 Participatory Budgeting Cycle 14 Kickoff: Tuesday, October 14, 6pm to 7:30pm at the General Theological Seminary (440 W.
- [Guest Opinion: Save Chelsea Calls Out Nadler’s 'Dishonesty and Cowardice' on NYCHA Plan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/12/guest-opinion-save-chelsea-calls-out-nadlers-ddishonesty-and-cowardice-on-nycha-plan/) - October 7, 2025 Congressman Jerry Nadler 201 Varick Street, Suite 669 New York, NY 10014 Dear Congressman Nadler: In your October 4th op-ed in AMNY, you cited the collapse of “part of a NYCHA building” as proof “that New York City’s public housing is quite literally falling apart.” You stated that what happened “was
- [Guest Opinion: Nadler’s NYCHA Plan is Not Progress — It’s Privatization](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/12/guest-opinion-nadlers-nycha-plan-is-not-progress-its-privatization/) - NOTE: The folllowing, submitted to Chelsea Community News on October 12, 2025, is published with author Viren Brahmbhatt's permission and is meant to function as an open letter to Congressman Jerry Nadler. An architect, urban designer, and educator, Brahmbhatt is a member of Manhattan Community Board 4 and Save Chelsea, but writes here independently. ********************************************************
- [Fourth 'Saxelby Legacy' Benefit Fêtes Namesake by Feeding  Foodies, Raising Funds](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/06/fourth-saxelby-legacy-benefit-fetes-namesake-by-feeding-foodies-raising-funds/) - PHOTOS COURTEY OF CHELSEA MARKET / TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A deliciously done benefit that closes Chelsea Market food hall and shopping mall for one night only saw September 18 as the occasion of its fourth annual iteration. In excess of 130 local chefs, artisans, and mixologists brought their best to the table, so
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 6-12, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-6-12-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Happier Hour / Making Gay History Live Fall Events / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / Free Programming at Bella Abzug Park / “Happier Hour” at Bella Abzug Park: Wednesday, October 8, 5pm to 6:30pm Near the Paradis in the Park kiosk (524
- [Creamline Celebrates 10 Years in Chelsea Market with New Look, Classic Tastes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/10/06/creamline-celebrates-10-years-in-chelsea-market-with-new-look-classic-tastes/) - Comfort food of the highest order, with staying power: That's the long and short of it, as Creamline is in the midst of celebratig its 10-year presence in Chelsea Market. In partnership with the beloved Ronnybrook Farm, Creamline’s chef/owner Harris Mayer and his partner Nick Contess have recently refined their chef-driven menu of elevated casual
- [Stellar Cast, Solid Material, Non-Stop Laughs: 'Oh, Mary!' Earns its Standing O](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/12/stellar-cast-solid-material-non-stop-laughs-oh-mary-earns-its-standing-o/) - 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
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/29/this-week-in-around-chelsea-sept-29-oct-5-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Happier Hour / Making Gay History Live Fall Events / MCB4 Full Board Meeting / Oktoberfest / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / Free Programming at Bella Abzug Park / Coffee at the Curb / Blessing of the Animals / The Longest Table
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 22-28, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/23/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september22-28-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): The 10th Precinct Community Council / Pick of the Week / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / The Longest Table The 10th Precinct Community Council: Wednesday, September 24, 7pm a the 10th
- [WSCF Extends Grant Application Deadline; Spring 2025 Grantees Share Their Stories](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/23/wscf-extends-grant-application-deadline-spring-2025-grantees-share-their-stories/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Good news for great ideas: There’s a little bit of extra time to apply for a Fall 2025 grant from The West Side Community Fund (WSCF). A consortium of leading companies based on Manhattan’s west side—including Google, Amazon, and Jamestown Properties—WSCF distributes an average $100,000 twice a year in support of
- [Guest Opinion: Silverstein’s Avenir is Our Community’s Nightmare](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/13/guest-opinion-silversteins-avenir-is-our-communitys-nightmare/) - BY INGE IVCHENKO: President, London Terrace Tenants Association & Manhattan Community Board 4 Member (opinions expressed here are her own) | As a longtime West Side resident and member of Community Board 4, I have watched with cautious optimism as development reshaped our neighborhood. At its best, thoughtful planning has transformed old industrial blocks into
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 15-21, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-15-21-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): The London Terrace Street Fair / Sherry Vine / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications Due Sept. 19 / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund / Chelsea Waterside
- [Taste of the Fall: Food-Centric Events Coming to Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/01/taste-of-the-fall-food-centric-events-coming-to-chelsea/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Coffee & Conversations / Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund Benefit/ An American Soul Brunch / The Longest Table / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Coffee & Conversations: Friday, September 12 at Chelsea Green Park (140 w. 20th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | The Friends of
- [Comment Period Ends 1 Day Prior to Votes on 2 Proposed Casinos](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/15/comment-period-ends-1-day-prior-to-votes-on-2-proposed-casinos/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | ​From the top-tier talent on Broadway to the world's worth of authentic cuisine found up and down Restaurant Row to the pedestrian plazas filled wth tourists taking in sights and sounds they'll be talking about for years to come: The Times Square area has never run short on "Only in New
- [Guest Opinion: Save Chelsea Reports on How NYCHA's Chelsea Plan Threatens Neighborhod Character](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/08/guest-opinion-save-chelsea-reports-on-how-nychas-chelsea-plan-threatens-neighborhod-character/) - Note: The person providing answers to the below Q&A is not participating is his capacity as a member of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4). Instead, he is writing as spokesperson for (and member of) the preservationist group Save Chelesa. The topic of this Q&A is Save Chelsea's report of August 22, 2025, in which the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 8-14, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/09/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-8-14-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Return of the London Terrace
- [Guest Opinion: New Yorkers Need Protection From Illicit GLP-1 Pharmaceuticals](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/05/guest-opinion-new-yorkers-need-protection-from-illicit-glp-1-pharmaceuticals/) - BY MARILYN REYES-SCALES | Communities across New York and the country are facing dual public health crises. On one hand, obesity rates are continuing to climb steadily, fueling the prevalence of chronic conditions like diabetes, joint issues, and heart disease. On the other hand, the popularity of GLP-1 drugs (medications used to treat type 2
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 1-7, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/01/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-1-7-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): Manhattan Community Board 4's Full Board Meeting / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers
- [Community Op-Ed: What to Know to Ensure Your Child Succeeds as They Head Back to School](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/09/01/community-op-ed-what-to-know-to-ensure-your-child-succeeds-as-they-head-back-to-school/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | School is back! This week, our children will gather their school supplies, fill backpacks, and greet their friends as they kick off the 2025-2026 school year. Our public schools are the best of our city — a place where children from every walk of life can get
- [Community Op-Ed: From Mean Streets to Clean Streets: A Cleaner City for All New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/25/community-op-ed-from-mean-streets-to-clean-streets-a-cleaner-city-for-all-new-yorkers/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | How we deal with our garbage says a lot about who we are as a society. New York City must look as good as the people who live here. I have said it many times: We cannot allow our streets and sidewalks to be cluttered with unsightly
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 25-31, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/25/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-25-31-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening This Week and Beyond (in order of appearance): West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Return of the London Terrace
- [Feast & Fettle Comes to Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/23/feast-fettle-comes-to-chelsea/) - Imagine having access to every dish in the sumptuous spread seen directly above--without ever having to purchase the ingredients, prepare them properly, and marshall all of the culinary skills necesssary to create a meal that tastes as good as all of that looks. No need to imagine, now that Feast & Fettle is a reality
- [On Steps of City Hall, 'Trans Joy' Celebrated Tangible Advances Backed by 2026 Budget](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/22/on-steps-of-city-hall-trans-joy-celebrated-tangible-advances-backed-by-2026-budget/) - CHARLI BATTERSBY | At the end of June’s Pride Month, the New York City Council adopted the upcoming budget for 2026. Among the $112 billion dollar budget are standard programs providing for the likes of parks and libraries, plus increased funding for food pantries. But careful observers will notice that the funding for "Trans Equity
- [Vanderbilt's Public Programming Proliferates Via Two Fall Dates](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/19/vanderbilts-public-programming-proliferates-via-two-fall-dates/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Nashville-based Vanderbilt University’s plan to establish a presence on the West Chelsea block commonly known as the Close is all but set in stone now, with their August 11 announcement noting the New York State Attorney General has “granted the approval necessary to close on the lease of its new campus
- [Aug. 19 Special Session Might Solidify MCB4's Stance on Fast-Moving NYCHA Matter](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/19/aug-19-special-session-might-solidify-mcb4s-stance-on-fast-moving-nycha-matter/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A special session of the Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) Chelsea Land Use (CLU) committee set for August 19 has taken on a heightened sense of urgency since it was first scheduled (a matter documented in our article of August 5). As noted in an August 14 email to the community
- [Community Op-Ed: Quality of Life & Ending the Culture of 'Anything Goes'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/18/community-op-ed-quality-of-life-ending-the-culture-of-anything-goes/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every day, everywhere I go — whether it’s at a town hall, on the streets, or when participating in an interview — I hear about the quality-of-life issues that affect New Yorkers’ daily lives. I am proud of the progress we have made bringing down crime and
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 18-24, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/18/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-18-24-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Return of the London Terrace Street Fair / West Side Community Fund Applications / Events at Chelsea Green Park / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea The London Terrace Street Fair: Saturday, September
- [Provincetown Report: Who Rules The Drag Roost in The Queer Resort?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/12/provincetown-report-who-rules-the-drag-roost-in-the-queer-resort/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Provincetown, Massachusetts is a mixed (but heavily queer) resort town with lobsters, beaches, and lots of tucking and plucking, the prime season running through September and beyond. Here’s a rundown of my latest trip there, specifically involving which drag queens provided the most entertaining distraction from panic—and what they wore. PLASMA
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 11-17, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-11-17-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Chain Theatre Film Festival / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis /Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea PICK OF THE WEEK (NEXT WEEK) Registration
- [Fold or Call: Chelsea Casino's Fate TBD by City Council & CAC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/16/fold-or-call-chelsea-casinos-fate-tbd-by-city-council-cac/) - ***UPDATE: MAY 20, 2025*** | The below article, published on Friday, May 16, 2025, should be considered within the context of this article. Published on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, it notes, "Wynn Resorts announced on May 19, 2025 its decision“not to lodge an application for a gaming license in New York City.” That decision removes
- [Community Op-Ed: Helping New Yorkers Save Up to $1 Billion with First-in-the-Nation Municipal Student Loan & College Assistance Program](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/11/community-op-ed-helping-new-yorkers-save-up-to-1-billion-with-first-in-the-nation-municipal-student-loan-college-assistance-program/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | My mother was a single parent who worked three jobs just to make sure my siblings and I had a roof over our heads and food on the table—so I know the struggle to live a better life is real. A college education can help New Yorkers
- [With AG’s Approval, Vanderbilt University Can Close on its ‘Close’ Lease ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/11/with-ags-approval-vanderbilt-university-can-close-on-its-close-lease/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Chelsea is one crucial step closer to having a new neighbor for nearly a century to come, if not more. That defining development was announced in an August 11, 2025 press release from Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University, all-but-certain lessee of the Close (W. 20th to 21st Sts., 9th to 10th Aves.). The
- [‘Wonderlanadu' Mixed Burlesque & Rollerskate for a Perfect Date Night](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/11/wonderlanadu-mixed-burlesque-rollerskate-for-a-perfect-date-night/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | There are quite a few hip places clustered together in Bushwick, so that a dedicated adventurer could plan out an evening of carefully-timed venue-hoping. Have a few drinks at the photogenic bar, hit the cool cabaret for an irreverent vaudeville act, then off to the roller rink, and trust that there'll
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 4-10, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-4-10-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): National Night Out / Chain Theatre Film Festival / NoMad Jazz Festival / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Local Precincts Observe National
- [Guest Opinion | Save Chelsea to Erik Bottcher: Stop Supporting NYCHA's 'Indefensible' Plan for Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/08/guest-opinion-save-chelsea-to-erik-bottcher-stop-supporting-nychas-indefensible-plan-for-chelsea/) - Note: The following letter, sent out on the morning of August 8, 2025, is published with the permission of Save Chelsea. The community-based organization encourages you to contact City Council Member Erik Bottcher and other elected officials with your concerns about the NYCHA plan. August 8, 2025 / TO: City Council Member Erik Bottcher
- [Fog Lifts: Once-Cancelled London Terrace Street Fair Returns with 2025/2026 Dates](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/06/fog-lifts-once-cancelled-london-terrace-street-fair-returns-with-2025-2026-dates/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER| Strolling shoppers, schmoozing stakeholders, and priced-to-go purveyors of slightly used stuff, rejoice: That much-missed harbinger of autumn–The London Terrace Street Fair–has slipped the surly bonds of its 2024 cancellation by booking 2025 and 2026 return dates (Sept. 20 and Oct. 3, respectively). It was August 9 of last year when Chelsea Community
- [Aug. 19 Meeting a Prelude to MCB4 Position on NYCHA/Chelsea Land Use Proposal?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/05/aug-19-meeting-a-prelude-to-mcb4-position-on-nycha-chelsea-land-use-proposal/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Scheduled for a special session during a time of the year when most committees allow for an annual one-month hiatus, an August 19 gathering of the Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) Chelsea Land Use (CLU) committee has a single Agenda Item: Discuss and vote on “Committee Priorities for the NYCHA Fulton
- [Of Press Cards and Corsets](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/06/of-press-cards-and-corsets/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | I felt pretty smug as I approached City Hall on the late afternoon of June 9, 2025. I had RSVP’d for a Pride Month event with the City Council Speaker and members of the Council LGBTQIA+ Caucus. Several tourists were peeking through the fence, trying to get a pic of City
- ['American Sublime' for a Limited Time: The Whitney's Amy Sherald Exhibition Closes August 10](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/01/american-sublime-for-a-limited-time-the-whitneys-amy-sherald-exhibition-closes-august-10/) - BY TIARA BROWNIE | Amy Sherald is an American realist painter known for her portraits of Black Americans that challenge traditional notions of representation and explore themes of identity and belonging. On view at the Whitney Museum of American Art (Whitney) through August 10, Sherald’s solo exhibition, American Sublime, features nearly 50 portraits, delivering a
- [Community Op-Ed: Building, Preserving, & Planning 426,000+ Units of Housing to Make Our City More Affordable](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/08/04/community-op-ed-building-preserving-planning-426000-units-of-housing-to-make-our-city-more-affordable/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When I came into office, affordable housing was at the top of my agenda, and I didn’t need any studies or polls to tell me why. New Yorkers were telling me every day, every chance they got. I heard it at the store, on the street, and
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 28-August 3, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/28/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-28-august-3-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): National Night Out / Free Events at Chelsea Green Park / The Sweat Sessions / Shari & Lamb Chop / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea PICK OF THE WEEK -- NEXT WEEK
- [With Interviews & Reviews, Pizzoli's 'Passionate Outlier' Captures the Essence of Gay Writers & Allies](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/30/with-interviews-reviews-pizzolis-passionate-outlier-captures-the-essence-of-gay-writers-allies/) - BY MICK MEENAN | The Stonewall Uprising that followed a June 28, 1969 NYPD raid on a Christopher Street gay bar was only the beginning in a series of historical events that would reshape queer consciousness, and society along with it. Among the significant developments following the Stonewall Uprising was the publishing industry’s more receptive
- [Community Op-Ed: Delivering Universal After-School Care for Working Families](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/29/community-op-ed-delivering-universal-after-school-care-for-working-families/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Working-class families deserve nothing less than a hard-working administration that puts their needs first. And when it comes to child care and after-school programming, this administration has listened to the parents of this city and taken meaningful action to support children and make life more affordable for
- [The Day Draws Near for the Dawn of 'An Evening With Yuhua'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/29/the-day-draws-near-for-the-dawn-of-an-evening-with-yuhua/) - This year's final full month of summer is set to start off with some serious drag-centric sizzle, when local fave Yuhua Hamasaki returns to the iconic place where she once reigned as Miss Stonewall. Performed on Wednesday, August 6, 7pm at The Stonewall Inn, An Evening with Yuhua promisees a unique and dishy cabaret experience
- [With Commitment to Connect in Effect, Vanderbilt Brings New Era of Openness to the Close](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/25/with-commitment-to-connect-in-effect-vanderbilt-brings-new-era-of-openness-to-the-close/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | From wall of silence to font of information: That’s the seismic shift in style and substance, since a September 26, 2024 announcement noted that financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS) signed an agreement establishing Nashville-based Vanderbilt University as presumptive lessee of the Close (aka the 207-year-old Seminary grounds, W. 20th to
- [Community Op-Ed: The Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/22/community-op-ed-the-most-pro-housing-administration-in-city-history/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Ask any young person, senior citizen, or working-class New Yorker about the biggest issues facing our city and you’ll hear the same response: affordable housing. When our administration came into office, we were clear that our city could not afford to keep kicking the can down the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 21-27, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/21/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-21-27-2025/) - Here’s What’s Happening (in order of appearance): MCB4's Full Board Meeting / The Sweat Sessions / Shari & Lamb Chop / Free Programming from HYHK (Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance) / Music, Art, and More at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea MCB4 Full Board Meeting: Wednesday, July 23 6:30pm Online via Zoom & YouTube
- [Tariff Talk Sparks Trade War, Fans Flames of Uncertainty](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/21/tariff-talk-sparks-trade-war-fans-flames-of-uncertainty/) - BY TIARA BROWNIE | Higher prices for consumers and lower profit margins for retailers: That’s the harsh economic reality once a tariff has been put in place. But when wielded by President Donald Trump as a means to bring other countries to the negotiating table, the looming threat of a tariff comes with its own
- [Coordinated Effort Sees Potted Trees Take Root on Seventh Ave.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/15/coordinated-effort-sees-potted-trees-take-root-on-seventh-ave/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With its stretches of subway grating flanked by a windowless Con Edison substation and a busy bike lane, Seventh Avenue between West 18th and 19th Streets has long been in need of beautification. While the restaurants and residential buildings of surrounding blocks beckon, this barren, concrete anomaly can't claim so much
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 14-20, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/14/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-14-20-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): The Sweat Sessions
- [My First Cruise: A Glam Hollywood Adventure Courtesy of Royal Caribbean](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/16/my-first-cruise-a-glam-hollywood-adventure-courtesy-of-royal-caribbean/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I always wanted to go on a cruise so I could feel like Kay Francis glamming it up in those 1930s Hollywood movies, while engorging myself on a 24-hour buffet! So I just went on a Royal Caribbean cruise to Halifax, chosen by my friend Michael Ellis, who does this sort
- [Community Op-Ed | It Takes a City: Bringing NYC One Step Closer to Universal Childcare for Low-Income Families](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/14/community-op-ed-it-takes-a-city-bringing-nyc-one-step-closer-to-universal-childcare-for-low-income-families/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The best way to make the American Dream a reality for all New Yorkers is by making our city more affordable for working-class families. Childcare costs have skyrocketed across New York City, putting pressure on monthly bills and family budgets. Working families are struggling to afford these high
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 7-13, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/07/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-7-13-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the
- [Guest Opinion: A Call to Honor Your Role as an Elected Official](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/14/guest-opinion-a-call-to-honor-your-role-as-an-elected-official/) - Note : The following letter--reprinted with author Lizette Colón's permission--was sent on July 10, 2025 to NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone, NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher, and Robert Gottheim (Congressman Jerrold Nadler's Chief of Staff). Diversions from the original version have been made for the purpose of clarification, and [appear as bracketed text]. I woke up
- [Community Voices: NYCHA Residents Talk Renovation, Privatization, Demolition](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/08/community-voices-nycha-residents-talk-renovation-privatization-demolition/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY LETISIA ROMERO | I have lived in the Elliott-Chelsea
- [At Stonewall, 7 Transgender Icons Added to National LGBTQ Wall of Honor ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/08/at-stonewall-7-transgender-icons-added-to-national-lgbtq-wall-of-honor/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The last time I set foot
- ['Primary' Concerns of June 24 Voters](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/27/primary-concerns-of-june-24-voters/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* Following 14 consecutive days during which voters of the early
- [Community Op-Ed | Keeping New Yorkers Safe: Lowest Shootings in Recorded History & 6 Straight Quarters of Declining Crime](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/07/community-op-ed-keeping-new-yorkers-safe-lowest-shootings-in-recorded-history-6-straight-quarters-of-declining-crime/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The Adams administration’s north star has always been public safety. New Yorkers want to send their kids to school, go to work, shop in their local store, go out for dinner, and come home safely to their family and community. They want to feel safe and be
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 30-July 6, 2026](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/30/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-30-july-6-2026/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Free Programming from
- [Jock. Punk. Avid Reader. Vegan. And the First Transmasculine Mr. Eagle NYC...](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/28/jock-punk-avid-reader-vegan-and-the-first-transmasculine-mr-eagle-nyc/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. Our steadfast policy isince launching on April 23, 2019: No paywall, no pop-up ads. That's made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute. ******************************* BY CHARLI BATTERSBY
- [2025 NYC Dyke March was 'A Protest March, Not a Parade'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/03/2025-nyc-dyke-march-was-a-protest-march-not-a-parade/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ***************************************** Saturday, June 28, 5pm: Stepping off from Bryant Park with
- [At Pride March 2025, Scenes of 'Defiant Advocacy, Solidarity, and Celebration'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/03/at-pride-march-2025-scenes-of-defiant-advocacy-solidarity-and-celebration/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ With the theme of Rise Up: Pride in Protest as
- [Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March Resisted, Reclaimed, & Rejoiced](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/07/03/reclaim-pride-coalitions-queer-liberation-march-resisted-reclaimed-rejoiced/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ The Queer Liberation March, organized annually by the Reclaim Pride
- [Chelsea is Dispersal Area of Choice for June 29's NYC Pride March](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/28/chelsea-is-dispersal-area-of-choice-for-june-29s-nyc-pride-march/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and adjacent areas. That free content (no paywall or pop-up ads) is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and the voluntary donations of readers like...you? .Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* BY SCOTT STIFFLER
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 23-29, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/23/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-23-29-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the
- [Sponsorship Cuts Impact Corporate-Funded Prides, While Others March Gayly Forward](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/24/sponsorship-cuts-impact-corporate-funded-prides-while-others-march-gayly-forward/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* BY WINNIE McCROY | Nationwide throughout June, Pride celebrations were
- [Community Op-Ed | Q-Teams: Addressing Quality of Life Issues Across Our City](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/24/community-op-ed-q-teams-addressing-quality-of-life-issues-across-our-city/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect not just the reality of public safety,
- [GoFundMe’s ‘Uplift’ Hub Raises the Profile of LGBTQ+ Projects](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/23/gofundmes-uplift-hub-raises-the-profile-of-lgbtq-projects/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In a crowded field boasting no
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 16-22, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-16-22-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the
- [Community Op-Ed | The Bike Stops Here: Removing Illegal Vehicles for a Safer New York](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/17/community-op-ed-the-bike-stops-here-removing-illegal-vehicles-for-a-safer-new-york/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS |Public safety has always been the North Star of this administration. Keeping our city safe is not just about crime stats — it is also about how people are feeling. And New Yorkers have strong feelings about illegal mopeds and scooters, especially when they are driving the wrong
- [Making Gay History: Bayard Rustin](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/13/making-gay-history-bayard-rustin/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* During June's Pride Month, Chelsea Community Newsn(CCNews) is grateful--and appropriately
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 9-15, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/09/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-9-15-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the
- [Primary Primer: From Ranked Choice Voting to Finding the Right Poll Site to ‘Am I Even Registered?’](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/11/primary-primer-from-ranked-choice-voting-to-finding-the-right-poll-site-to-am-i-even-registered/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* Anticipating the here-before-you-know-it General Election of November 4, 2025, the
- [Helping Hands Sought by Holy Apostles](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/11/helping-hands-sought-by-holy-apostles/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* An unwavering source of strength known for the nutrition they
- [Will Marriage Equality Stand? LGBTQs Brace to Face Future Laws of the Land ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/10/will-marriage-equality-stand-lgbtqs-brace-to-face-future-laws-of-the-land/) - BY JOSEPH MILIZIO | Can marriage equality be reversed? As an LGBTQ rights lawyer, I’m doubtful–but as a gay man, I’m afraid. Ever since Donald Trump won the election, my law firm has been inundated with emails and calls from fellow members of the LGBTQ community worried that their civil rights are at risk. Mostly,
- [MCB4 Sees Midtown North CO Address Enforcement, Past and Pending](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/10/mcb4-sees-midtown-north-co-address-enforcement-past-and-pending/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY SCOTT STIFFLER | For their June 4 full board
- [Community Op-Ed | Delivering on Safety: Record Low Shootings and Homicides in 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/10/community-op-ed-delivering-on-safety-record-low-shootings-and-homicides-in-2025/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | This National Gun Violence Awareness Month, where we honor and remember victims of gun crimes, our administration is making good on our promise to eradicate gun violence. From day one, we have worked to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for all New York
- [The June 2025 Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/02/the-june-2025-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ NOTE: Once each June meeting has taken pace, a
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 2-8, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/01/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-2-8-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): MCB4 Full Board
- [Report: Drama Desk Awards Bring Out The Broadway Glitterati](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/02/report-drama-desk-awards-bring-out-the-broadway-glitterati/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ******************************* BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Every year, the Drama Desk awards
- [Pride Thrives at the Sunday Services of Chelsea Community Church](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/01/pride-thrives-at-the-sunday-services-of-chelsea-community-church/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Brought together by their “common desire to question, to seek,
- [Council District 3 Participatory Budgeting Winners Announced](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/06/01/council-district-3-participatory-budgeting-winners-announced/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ***************************************** BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Capital improvements have been secured, indoors
- ['Pride the Block' Preps for 2nd Annual June Festooning](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/30/pride-the-block-preps-for-2nd-annual-june-festooning/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ***************************************** BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Imagine you’re an LGBTQ+ individual walking
- [Q&A Triple Play: 10th Precinct Public Meetings Scheduled for May 28, 29 & June 5](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/27/qa-triple-play-10th-precinct-public-meetings-scheduled-for-may-28-29-june-5/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY SCOTT STIFFLER | This week and next offer members
- [Ten Nepo Babies We Don't Hate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/28/ten-nepo-babies-we-dont-hate/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. BY MICHAEL MUSTO | No one is easier to hate on
- [This Week in Chelsea: May 26-June 1, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/26/this-week-in-chelsea-may-26-june-1-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): The 300 West
- [Community Op-Ed: A Safe and Fun Summer in the Greatest City in the World](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/26/community-op-ed-a-safe-and-fun-summer-in-the-greatest-city-in-the-world/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Summer in the city has begun, and we want all New Yorkers to enjoy the season in the greatest city in the world. We have so much to offer in terms of activities and outdoor space. But we also want to make sure that everyone is safe wherever they
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 19-25, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/19/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-19-25-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the
- [All Bets Are Off: Wynn Resorts Withdraws Casino From Western Rail Yards Plan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/20/all-bets-are-off-wynn-resorts-withdraws-casino-from-western-rail-yards-plan/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY SCOTT SIFFLER | The house doesn’t always “Wynn.” Forced
- [From Chinatown to Chelsea, Eight Modern Takes on The Monkey King](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/22/from-chinatown-to-chelsea-eight-modern-takes-on-the-monkey-king/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. Pearl River Mart Presents THE MONKEY KING IN CHINATOWN: ILLUSTRATED JOURNEYS OF
- [Guest Opinion: A Horse Named Journalism Showed What’s Possible](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/22/guest-opinion-a-horse-named-journalism-showed-whats-possible/) - BY ZACHARY RICHNER | This past weekend, a horse named Journalism showed us what a comeback looks like. He was five lengths back, bumped and bruised as he fought through a crowded pack in the Preakness Stakes, one of horse racing's biggest events. But Journalism didn’t fold, even when he looked to be down and out.
- [Community Op-Ed: Opening Doors to Opportunity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/20/community-op-ed-opening-doors-to-opportunity/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office in 2022, illegal smoke shops were popping up all around the city. No matter what community you talked to, no matter what borough you visited, New Yorkers were fed up. Illegal smoke and cannabis shops were cutting the line — hurting hard-earned legal
- [Tom Stoddard, Pioneering Gay and AIDS Leader, Honored at NYC AIDS Memorial Park](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/17/tom-stoddard-pioneering-gay-and-aids-leader-honored-at-nyc-aids-memorial-park/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. *********************************************** BY ANDY HUMM | In his time, Tom Stoddard was
- [Guest Opinion: In Response to 'A Block 780 Resident Reacts...'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/16/guest-opinion-in-response-to-a-block-780-resident-reacts/) - Response from Liam Blank to Eugene Sinigalliano's A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA's Recent Takeover at Penn Station (ChelseaCommunityNews.com / Guest Opinion: May 4, 2025) BY LIAM BLANK | As author of 2022’s From Here to There: Regional Rail for Metro New York (published during my tenure at the Tri-State Transportation Campaign) and
- [The Many May Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/07/the-many-may-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ NOTE: As each meeting scheduled during May 2025 has
- [Guest Opinion: Our Bodegas Were a Lifeline During COVID-19. Now, We Are Providing a Lifeline to Them.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/13/guest-opinion-our-bodegas-were-a-lifeline-during-covid-19-now-we-are-providing-a-lifeline-to-them/) - BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS AND UNITED BODEGAS OF AMERICA (UBA) PRESIDENT RADHAMES RODRIGUEZ | Bodegas are on every corner of New York City, there for us at all hours, and the bodegueros who service them become our family. So, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit our city, our bodegas were a lifeline to our
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 12-18, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/12/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-12-18-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Penn South Co-Op’s
- [Workshop Teaches the ABCs of Street Tree TLC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/12/workshop-teaches-the-abcs-of-street-tree-tlc/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY SCOTT STIFFLER | April showers bring May flowers–but what
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 5-11, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/05/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-5-11-2025/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): City Council District
- [Guest Opinion: Investing in Working-Class New Yorkers as We Make Our City Safer & More Affordable](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/05/guest-opinion-investing-in-working-class-new-yorkers-as-we-make-our-city-safer-more-affordable/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, I went back to Bayside High School in Queens to deliver the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget — the Best Budget Ever — in the same place I attended high school. My message was simple: this budget is not some abstract set of numbers; it is a
- [Upcoming Events Provide a Platform for the Public's NYCHA/Casino-Related Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/28/upcoming-events-provide-a-platform-for-the-publics-nycha-casino-related-concerns/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Policy Perspectives: A Conversation with NYC Housing Authority Chief Executive
- [Guest Opinion: A Block 780 Resident Reacts to the FRA’s Recent Takeover at Penn Station](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/05/04/guest-opinion-a-block-780-resident-reacts-to-the-fras-recent-takeover-at-penn-station/) - BY EUGENE SINIGALLIANO | I write this piece to express my views to the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) which announced on April 17 that it will now be taking a more “hands on” approach to the Penn Station project and has appointed Amtrak to lead the project and relegated the MTA and NJ Transit (all three herein
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 28-May 4, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/28/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-28-may-4-2024/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the
- [The Many April Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/04/the-many-april-committee-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - 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
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 21-27, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/21/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-21-27-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Free Helmets! / A May Event Preview / A Town Hall: Fighting the White House Agenda / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / National Jazz Day / Vanderbilt in the City: Conversations on America / Free Helmet Fitting & Distribution Event: Sunday, April 27, 11am to
- [REVIEW ROUNDUP: 'Dead Outlaw,' 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' & 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' Take Over Broadway](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/27/review-roundup-dead-outlaw-pirates-the-penzance-musical-stranger-things-the-first-shadow-take-over-broadway/) - ChelseaCommunityNews.com (CCNews) is an independent online newspaper providing news, arts, events, and opinion content to Manhattan’s Chelsea community and its adjacent areas. That free content is made possible by advertising revenue, grants, and voluntary reader donations. Click here to contribute to our GoFundMe campaign. ************************************************ BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Scads of major shows have descended
- [Guest Opinion: Destroying Guns, Protecting Our City](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/30/guest-opinion-destroying-guns-protecting-our-city/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS |. The Adams administration has been committed to public safety from the start, and getting illegal guns off our streets and out of our lives is core to that mission. Since the day I took office, the NYPD has seized more than 21,400 illegal firearms — and last week, I
- [Guest Opinion: NYCHA’s Chelsea Gold Mine](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/25/guest-opinion-nychas-chelsea-gold-mine/) - The following Guest Opinion by David Holowka is comprised of written and visual content that first appeared as part of "NYCHA's Chelsea Gold Mine"--published on April 23, 2025 on the blog ArchiTakes. To access the full piece, click here. Above Image: A proposed rezoning of Chelsea’s public housing sites—Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Houses—could transform much
- [Matthew Westerby Company's 2025 Season is a Dynamic Dance of Past & Present](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/24/matthew-westerby-companys-2025-season-is-a-dynamic-dance-of-past-present/) - Matthew Westerby Company Performance Season 2025 At the Murray Haber Theatre at Hudson Guild (446 West 26th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) Thursday through Saturday, April 24, 25, 26 at 7:30pm and Sunday, April 27 at 5pm. Tickets are $30 General Admission, $20 for students, artists, older adults. To purchase, click here ---ALSO--- MWC's
- [Guest Opinion: Standing in Solidarity with Our Dominican Community](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/21/guest-opinion-standing-in-solidarity-with-our-dominican-community/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The Dominican community in New York City is the largest anywhere in the world outside of the Dominican Republic — we are their home away from home. Dominican New Yorkers contribute to every facet of life across the five boroughs, whether it’s running our small businesses in the Bronx
- [The Fed Takeover at Penn Station Can--and Should--Bring Truly Transformative Change](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/18/the-fed-takeover-at-penn-station-can-and-should-bring-truly-transformative-change/) - On April 17, 2025, the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that it would be recasting plans known as the Penn Expansion (the addition of a NJ Transit station south of Penn Station being the preferred route) and Penn Reconstruction (the above ground station) to a project to be led
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 14-20, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-14-20-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Manhattan Borough President Candidates Forum / Live Jazz at Henry & The Lions / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / A Town Hall: Fighting the White House Agenda Manhattan Borough President Candidates Forum: Wednesday, April 16,
- [Guest Opinion: Improving Quality of Life as We Make New York City the Best Place to Raise a Family](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/17/guest-opinion-improving-quality-of-life-as-we-make-new-york-city-the-best-place-to-raise-a-family/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We all want to enjoy a great quality of life in the greatest city in the world — but it’s the everyday things that matter. New Yorkers don’t want to live with excessive noise, illegal parking, homelessness-related issues, outdoor drug use, aggressive panhandling, and all the other issues that
- [Verdi Cannabis Q&A: Meet Kenny Cunningham, Assistant GM & Events Coordinator](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/15/verdi-cannabis-qa-meet-kenny-cunningham-assistant-gm-events-coordinator/) - Having softly opened for business on January 12, 2024—followed by a grand January 26 ribbon cutting (with local electeds and area stakeholders in attendance), Verdi Cannabis became the first legal, licensed, adult use cannabis dispensary in Chelsea. Doing business in a prime (some would say primo) location—at 158 West 23rd Street, between Sixth and Seventh
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 7-13, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/08/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-7-13-2025/) - 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, &
- [Guest Opinion: Reducing Crime in Our City and Keeping New Yorkers Safe](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/08/guest-opinion-reducing-crime-in-our-city-and-keeping-new-yorkers-safe/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our North Star has always been keeping New York City streets, subways, and communities safe. This is a pro-public safety administration, and we know that in order for New York City to be the best place to raise a family, our neighborhoods need to be safe. Since day one,
- [Partake of Participatory Budgeting Vote Week: March 29-April 6, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/29/partake-of-participatory-budgeting-vote-week-march-29-april-6-2025/) - 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
- [Vanderbilt Declares its West Chelsea Presence with Inaugural Public Programming](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/04/vanderbilt-declares-its-west-chelsea-presence-with-inaugural-public-programming/) - 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
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 31-April 6, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/01/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-31-april-6-2025/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion: Mets and Yankees Score Big for NYC Economy!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/03/guest-opinion-mets-and-yankees-score-big-for-nyc-economy/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Major League Baseball is back in New York City. Whenever the Amazin’ Mets or the Yankees play in our city, our economy wins. We know that sports are not just good for our spirits, but also for our wallets. Last week, our administration announced that regular home games played
- ['Timely and Fresh' New Look for Seventh Ave.'s Iconic Elmo](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/04/02/timely-and-fresh-new-look-for-seventh-ave-s-iconic-elmo/) - 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
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 24-30, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/24/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-24-30-2025/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion: Adams Administration Neighborhood Plans Will Bring More Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity to the City](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/25/guest-opinion-adams-administration-neighborhood-plans-will-bring-more-jobs-housing-and-opportunity-to-the-city/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is breaking jobs records over and over again, which is good news for every New Yorker. To keep up with this economic expansion, this administration has been actively working to rezone key neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs, advancing bold, transformational projects that will strengthen the local
- [Go Fish: Chelsea's Barracuda Set to Shutter](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/20/go-fish-chelseas-barracuda-set-to-shutter/) - 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
- [Art in the Aftermath](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/19/art-in-the-aftermath/) - 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
- [Three Cheers for Robert Prichard and Surf Reality](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/20/three-cheers-for-robert-prichard-and-surf-reality/) - BY TRAV S.D, (Reprinted with author's permission from its original publication here on Travalanche March 11 is the birthday of downtown impresario Robert Prichard, co-founder and bull goose looney of the much-missed performance space known as Surf Reality (or, by the full title, Surf Reality’s House of Urban Savages). I’ve had cause to mention Surf close to
- [Guest Opinion: Healthy Minds Equal a Healthy New York City](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/19/guest-opinion-healthy-minds-equal-a-healthy-new-york-city/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We know that in order to make New York City the best place to raise a family, we need to keep families and all New Yorkers healthy. That means ensuring New Yorkers have access to the mental health care they need. Every day we hear about mental health struggles
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 17-23, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/18/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-17-23-2025/) - 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
- [West Side Community Fund Grants Champion Worthy Work of the Oft-Overlooked](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/12/west-side-community-fund-grants-champion-worthy-work-of-the-oft-overlooked/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Dozens of worthy initiatives dedicated to the betterment of those in Chelsea, Hudson Yards, and Hell’s Kitchen have seen their own fortunes improve through the bi-annual grant program of the West Side Community Fund (WSCF). Applications for the Spring 2025 Grant Cycle are being accepted through Monday March 24—-an extension on
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 10-16, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/10/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-10-16-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): St. Patrick's Events / Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction / 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
- [Two Minutes, Three Invites: FIT’s Lisa Wager at MCB4](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/12/two-minutes-three-invites-fits-lisa-wager-at-mcb4/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In 2025's topsy-turvy world of on-again/off-again tariffs and all manner of mortifying monkeyshines coming from the Oval Office, it's good to know that here on the island of Manhattan, there are some systems in place that need no disrupting; regularly held events you can mark on your calendar in indelible ink.
- [Guest Opinion: Making Our Streets Safer with More Than 1,000 Illegal Guns Taken Off NYC Streets in 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/11/guest-opinion-making-our-streets-safer-with-more-than-1000-illegal-guns-taken-off-nyc-streets-in-2025/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, public safety has been our administration’s North Star. Our primary mission has been to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for all New York families. Part of our strategy has been to zero in on removing illegal guns from our streets and out
- [Toy Fair 2025 Touted the Many Must-Have Playthings of Tomorrow](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/07/toy-fair-2025-touted-the-many-must-have-playthings-of-tomorrow/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | It has been a year and a half since the last Toy Fair. Back then (October of 2023), Mattel seemed to be caught off guard by the massive success of the Barbie movie that summer. But this year, I assumed Mattel would drape the entire Javits Center in pink—so I wore
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 3-9, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-3-9-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction / Vanderbilt in the City / West Side Community Fund's Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Demo and Dine / Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / Chelsea Green Park’s Annual Online Auction: Through Tuesday,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 24-March 2, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/25/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-24-march-2-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Congressman Jerry Nadler's Virtual Town Hall / 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / West Side Community Fund's Spring 2025 Grant Cycle / Offally Good Food / Manhattan Community Board Applications/ Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Congressman Jerry Nadler's Virtual
- [Guest Opinion | Meeting Crisis with Compassion: Helping Migrants on the Path to their American Dream](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/06/guest-opinion-meeting-crisis-with-compassion-helping-migrants-on-the-path-to-their-american-dream/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is a city built by immigrants, and we are not just stronger because of our diversity — we are the greatest city on the globe because of it. Since 2022, we have faced an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers across the five boroughs as conditions worsened
- [Many Menus at Chelsea Market Celebrate National Oreo Day, March 6](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/03/04/many-menus-at-chelsea-market-celebrate-national-oreo-day-march-6/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Move over, motorized movie camera. Enjoy your place on the back page, evidence of cosmic radiation. Despite our exhaustive look through the 1912 record books (and mind you, we’ve been known to go as far as four pages into a Google search), we couldn’t find any invention or discovery that could
- [Watch Out, Oscars: Here Are the Annual Gaffie Awards for Cinematic Non-Achievement](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/27/watch-out-oscars-here-are-the-annual-gaffie-awards-for-cinematic-non-achievement/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Academy Awards are coming on March 2—but the annual Gaffie Awards have already arrived, and they’re non-returnable. Here are my esteemed honors for the rottenest achievements in the year in cinema: JUST DESSERTS: Denzel Washington reportedly did a scene-stealing gay kiss in Gladiator II, but the moment was nervously cut out.
- [Q&A with Quentin Heilbroner, Council District 3's New MCB4 Liaison](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/25/qa-with-quentin-heilbroner-council-district-3s-new-mcb4-liaison/) - It was the end of an era at the end of the year last December, when we learned of the departure of Jordan Feiner. A longtime and very visible presence in the District 3 Office of NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher, Jordan will be missed—and given that a new person was recently appointed to take
- [Guest Opinion: New York City Values, New York City Strong](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/25/guest-opinion-new-york-city-values-new-york-city-strong/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City has a long and eventful history. Over 400 years, we have had our ups and downs. But throughout, New Yorkers’ resiliency has prevailed and our city’s fundamental values have remained constant. We are stronger because of our diversity. Every single person who decides to build their
- [Empathy and Action on the Plate, as Cosmic Con Contemplates 'Battling Hate'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/21/empathy-and-action-on-the-plate-as-cosmic-con-contemplates-battling-hate/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The comic book, sci-fi, and fantasy convention Cosmic Con has been around for a few years, having taken place in Queens. This year it moved to Chelsea at West 18th Street’s Metropolitan Pavilion for a two-day event (Feb. 15-16) that gave attendees a smaller but more intimate version of the bigger
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 17-23, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/18/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-17-23-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): 13th Precinct Community Council / 10th Precinct Sector B Build the Block Meeting / Manhattan Community Board Applications/ Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Note: This events roundup was updated on Feb. 20, to reflect the current NCO roster for
- [For Black History Month: Singing the  Praises of Vocalist Dinah Washington](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/20/for-black-history-month-singing-the-praises-of-vocalist-dinah-washington/) - BY TRAV S. D. | Jazz and pop vocalist Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones, 1924-1963) started out singing and playing piano with gospel choirs in her native Tuscaloosa. She was only 15 when she won a singing competition in Chicago, prompting a career in area nightclubs starting in the 1940s. Her recording career began in
- [Guest  Opinion: Breaking Housing Records and Giving New Yorkers a Key to their Future](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/20/guest-opinion-breaking-housing-records-and-giving-new-yorkers-a-key-to-their-future/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one of our administration, building housing and bringing down the cost of living has been two of our top priorities. We know that in order to make New York City the best place on the globe to raise a family, we need affordable housing across the five
- [Guest Opinion: Albany](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/11/guest-opinion-albany-february-10-2025/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one of our administration, our mission has been to make New York City a safer, more affordable city that is the best place to raise a family. Last week, our team and I visited Albany to advocate for funding and legislation so that we can continue to
- [New Pres. Sees CCBA Achieving 'Real Results' via 'Steady Engagement and Strategic Pressure'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/14/new-pres-sees-ccba-achieving-real-results-via-steady-engagement-and-strategic-pressure/) - Comprised of 15 Block Associations and 4 Tenant Associations covering 79 blocks, the Council of Chelsea Block Associations (CCBA) works, they note, "to improve the quality of life for those who live in Chelsea, for those who work in Chelsea, and for those who visit Chelsea." Bringing its individual members together to achieve common goals
- [Guest Opinion | The LOCAL Act: A Win-Win for Small Businesses and Local Journalism](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/14/guest-opinion-the-local-act-a-win-win-for-small-businesses-and-local-journalism/) - BY MADELEINE ROSEN for the Empire State Local News Coalition| Small businesses are the heartbeat of our communities. They are the corner stores, family-owned restaurants, and local service providers that fuel our neighborhoods, create jobs, and drive economic growth. Yet these vital businesses often face significant challenges in reaching new customers and growing their operations
- [Grand Reopening of Henry & The Lions Gives Community a Taste of 'American Comfort Cuisine'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/11/grand-reopening-of-henry-the-lions-gives-community-a-taste-of-american-comfort-cuisine/) - YOU'RE INVITED TO THE GRAND REOPENING OF Henry & The Lions Thursday, February 13, 5pm to 9pm At 405 West 23rd Street (btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) With Complimentary "American Comfort Cuisine" from the New Menu & a Raffle Prize Every Hour For info, call 212-888-7779 or send an email to info@henryandthelions.com Click Here to
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 10-16, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/10/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-10-16-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Democratic Candidate Forum / Cosmic Con NY / Manhattan Community Board Applicationn/ Art Exhibitsat Hudson Guild / Music, Art, & More at Verdi Cannabis / Democratic Candidate Forum for NYC Mayor; Online & In-Person at 6:30pm on Tuesday, February 11 | A series of Candidate Forums has been
- ['I Think I Have the Best Job on Broadway!' -- Lesli Margherita ('Gypsy') at BroadwayCon 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/10/i-think-i-have-the-best-job-on-broadway-lesli-margherita-gypsy-at-broadwaycon-2025/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Imagine New York Comic Con—with panel discussions, contests, and merch--but only with Broadway stars. That pretty much describes my ultimate fantasy, so I was thrilled to get invited to my very first BroadwayCon—the 10th such convention--at the Marriott Marquis. The weekend event (February 7-9) was a fun romp for me, especially
- [For Black History Month: The Hyers Sisters, Pathbreaking Singers & Actors](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/06/for-black-history-month-the-hyers-sisters-pathbreaking-singers-actors/) - BY TRAV S.D. | For Black History Month, a brief introduction to the Hyers Sisters—pathbreaking black singers and actors whom I only just learned about while putting together my recent post on bandmaster Patrick Gilmore, who booked them for the World’s Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival in 1872. It has been plausibly claimed that the Hyers Sisters
- [Guest Opinion:  Bringing More Jobs to Every Borough, Block, and Neighborhood](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/05/guest-opinion-bringing-more-jobs-to-every-borough-block-and-neighborhood/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every day, New Yorkers work hard to build a better future for themselves and their families. They want a chance to get ahead, to buy a home, pay for college, and save for retirement. We know that in order to make New York City the best place on the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 3-9, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/02/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-3-9-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Policy Prerspectives: An Online Forum / Democratic Candidate Forums / Events at Verdi Cannabis / Policy Prerspectives: An Online Forum at 5pm on Monday, February 3 | NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher–whose District 3 area of coverage includes Chelsea–presents the latest installment of his online “Policy Perspectives” series,
- [Three Free Forums Feature Dem Candidates in Local Races](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/28/three-free-forums-feature-dem-candidates-in-local-races/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Despite the defeat they were handed in last year's presidential election, area Democrats need not be discouraged, as the task of candidate vetting for 2025 elections are underway. Come November, voters will decide the race for Manhattan Borough President, NYC Comptroller, and other local positions that have the power to take
- [Guest Opinion: Getting 20,000 Illegal Guns Off Our Streets for a Safer City](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/29/guest-opinion-getting-20000-illegal-guns-off-our-streets-for-a-safer-city/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | From the moment I was sworn in as your mayor three years ago, our primary mission has been to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for New York families. That means tackling the issue of gun violence head-on and working to get illegal guns out of
- [“You Should Be A Documentary!” Here’s Why I’m Not](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/27/you-should-be-a-documentary-heres-why-im-not/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | As a professional talking head, I’m in virtually every documentary known to man—whether it be about club kids, Fashion Week, or the bald lady from the first Star Trek film—but I’ve never been the subject of my own doc, and it’s not for lack of trying. Sure, my flaws and lapses
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 27-February 2, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/27/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-27-february-2-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Policy Prerspectives: An Online Forum / 10th Precinct Build the Block Sector A Meeting / The 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Events at Verdi Cannabis / Policy Prerspectives: An Online Forum at 5pm on Monday, January 27 | NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher--whose District 3 area of coverage
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 20-26, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/21/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-20-26-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): The 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Events at Verdi Cannabis / Curbside Composting The 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Tuesday, January 21, 6pm at the 13th Precinct (230 E. 21st St.). | Meetings normally take place in the early evening on the third Tuesday of the
- [Guest Opinion: January Plan Makes Our City a Safer, More Affordable Place to Raise a Family](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/21/guest-opinion-january-plan-makes-our-city-a-safer-more-affordable-place-to-raise-a-family/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | From day one, our administration has been focused on one mission: making New York City safer and more affordable. Every day and everywhere, we are delivering on that mission for working-class New Yorkers and making New York City the best place to raise a family. We have driven crime
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 13-19, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/13/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-13-19-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Events at Verdi Cannabis / ReThinkNYC's Town Hall on Through-Running / 29th to 46th Street Esplanade & Landscape Engagement Meeting / Curbside Composting / Events at Verdi Cannabis (158 W. 23rd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | Soon to celebrate its first full year since setting up
- [The January Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/13/the-january-committee-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - UPDATE as of Jan. 17: The item pertaining to 128 W. 17th St. has been removed from the agenda of Jan. 21's Chelsea Land Use committee meeting. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Normally held on the first Wednesday of the month, the Full Board meeting of MCB4 has much activity to offer, including sections reserved for
- [NYCHA Denies Protest, Says Elliott-Chelsea Election ‘Will be Certified’](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/17/nycha-denies-protest-says-elliott-chelsea-election-will-be-certified/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A January 2, 2025 election for the position of Elliott-Chelsea Houses Tenants Association President will be certified, says the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Word of the impending certification came to Chelsea Community News in a January 17 email statement sent by NYCHA Press Secretary Michael Horgan. It read, in
- [Guest Opinion: Making New York City the Best Place to Raise a Family](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/14/guest-opinion-making-new-york-city-the-best-place-to-raise-a-family/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week in Harlem, the neighborhood where generations of Black families have flourished, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city and outlined an ambitious agenda to make New York City the best place to raise a family. When we came into office three years ago,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 6-12, 2025](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/08/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-6-12-2025/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Events at Verdi Cannabis / ReThinkNYC's Town Hall on Through-Running / 29th to 46th Street Esplanade & Landscape Engagement Meeting / Curbside Composting / Events at Verdi Cannabis (158 W. 23rd St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | Soon to celebrate its first full year since setting up
- [Safe City, Safe Streets' Officer of the Year Awards Honors Outstanding Police Officers from GVCCC's Coverage Area](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/09/safe-city-safe-streets-officer-of-the-year-awards-honors-outstanding-police-officers-from-gvcccs-coverage-area/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Looking back on the year that was during its waning days is annual practice of publications, politicians, and pundits. But one 2024 event got the jump all of them by recognizing the best efforts of local law enforcement on December 12, 2024. That’s when the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce (GVCCC)
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: The January 2025 Preview Edition](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/30/this-week-in-around-chelsea-the-january-2025-preview-edition/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Events at Verdi Cannabis / 29th to 46th Street Esplanade & Landscape Engagement Meeting / Curbside Composting / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea to Return in 2025 The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4): Monday, January
- [Guest Opinion: Celebrating 400 Years of the Greatest City in the World](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2025/01/08/guest-opinion-celebrating-400-years-of-the-greatest-city-in-the-world/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | 2025 marks a historic occasion — our city's 400th anniversary. It marks four centuries since the first European settlement of Manhattan in 1625, on land then known as Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape people. The tiny Dutch colony began as New Amsterdam and then changed to New York
- [Guest Opinion | Almost 65 Million Reasons Why New York City Tourism is Back](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/30/guest-opinion-almost-65-million-reasons-why-new-york-city-tourism-is-back/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The hospitality and tourism industry are the lifeblood of New York City’s economy. When we came into office three years ago, our city was emerging from the depths of the pandemic. Streets were empty and businesses were struggling to survive — and our tourism industry was hit hard. But our administration
- [Guest Opinion |  2024: A Record Year of Delivering for New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/24/guest-opinion-2024-a-record-year-of-delivering-for-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When I was sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City, I promised to “Get Stuff Done.” That has been our focus ever since coming into office, and this past year was no different. But, in 2024, we did more than just get stuff done — we delivered
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 23-29, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/23/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-23-29-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Online Recording of December 15's Chelsea Community Church Candlelight Carol Service / Menorah Lighting / Holiday Events at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / View the Recording of Chelsea Community Church's Sunday, December 15 50th Annual Candlelight Carol Service: Available via the Chelsea Community
- [Why I'm Not Going To Move To Another Country](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/23/why-im-not-going-to-move-to-another-country/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Every time there’s a Presidential election coming, the cry comes up from the liberals: “If so and so wins, I’m moving to another country!” And they never do. I have to admit that this past November, I joined their pained wails. This felt like the most consequential election in American history,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 16-22, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-16-22-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Online Recording of December 15's Chelsea Community Church Candlelight Carol Service / Holiday Caroling on the Streets of Chelsea / Menorah Lighting / Holiday Events at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Holiday Caroling (and a Jordan Feiner farewell party!) / NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone's
- [Guest Opinion: Improving the Quality of Life for All New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/17/guest-opinion-improving-the-quality-of-life-for-all-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our administration’s North Star has always been building a safer, more affordable city for working-class New Yorkers. Sometimes, that means delivering on big, generational projects that will build neighborhoods and transform boroughs. And sometimes, that means taking care of the fundamentals — the things we take for granted until
- [Guest Opinion: Continuing to Keep New Yorkers Safe](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/12/09/guest-opinion-continuing-to-keep-new-yorkers-safe/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, this administration has been committed to making New York City a safer, more affordable city. And we have fought to ensure that New Yorkers can pursue their dreams by improving quality of life. New Yorkers have raised their concerns about public safety across the five boroughs
- [Hungry to Help: Cooking Demo Has Volunteers Signing on with The Chelsea Giving Kitchen](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/29/hungry-to-help-cooking-demo-has-volunteers-signing-on-with-the-chelsea-giving-kitchen/) - BY MOUSSIE FRIEDMAN with Photos Courtesy of The Chelsea Shul | November 12, 2024: More than 100 people gathered at The Chelsea Hall event space (236 W. 23rd St.) to celebrate the official launch of The Chelsea Giving Kitchen, which has been providing food and other resources to local homebound residents—including Holocaust survivors—since March 2020.
- [Guest Opinion: Updated Financial Plan Puts Working-Class New Yorkers First, Makes Our City Safer & More Affordable](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/29/guest-opinion-updated-financial-plan-puts-working-class-new-yorkers-first-makes-our-city-safer-more-affordable/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | From day one, we have put New Yorkers first, working to make this city safer, more affordable, and more livable. Thanks to our strong fiscal management — including saving nearly $900 million in taxpayer dollars over just two fiscal years, last week, we were able to deliver the November
- [Small Business Saturday and Beyond, Tom Judson's 'Trendy Tees' Fit Gift-Givers Perfectly](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/29/small-business-saturday-and-beyond-tom-judsons-trendy-tees-fit-gift-givers-perfectly/) - Thanksgiving 2024 has come and gone--but that's hardly the last grand annual tradition to be found during November's waning days. Black Friday's promise of deep discounts will lure hordes of shoppers through the doors of major retail stores, while the day after asks bargain-hunters to whittle down that holiday gift-giving list by shopping local. November
- [Postcards from the Side of the Road – Thanksgiving in Plymouth, MA 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/28/postcards-from-the-side-of-the-road-thanksgiving-in-plymouth-ma-2023/) - BY JOEY DAYTONA | The idea to drive up to Plymouth, Massachusetts for Thanksgiving came up at a Halloween party in the West Village. I’d met some interesting people at DJ Spooky’s birthday party at Damon Dash’s gallery in Tribeca years ago and stayed in touch with an amazingly creative couple. I’d mentioned to them
- [Cancelled Meetings, Errant Online Info Deprive Community of 10th Precinct Interaction Opportunities](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/27/cancelled-meetings-errant-online-info-deprive-community-of-10th-precinct-interaction-opportunities/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Save for its June through August summer hiatus, the last Wednesday of the month is when you can expect to attend the citizen-run 10th Precinct Community Council, a rich source of interaction with--and information rfrom--Precint leadership regarding crime and quality of life matters throughout Chelsea. But this month, there will be
- [Turkey Tradition Delivers to West Chelsea Destinations](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/27/turkey-tradition-delivers-to-west-chelsea-destinations/) - November 18 and 19 saw the continuation of a local tradition, with turkeys and other Thanksgiving-centric foodstuff handed out to any and all, at four West Chelsea locations. Assisting with the distribution and/or underwriting were the Tenant Association leaders of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea NYCHA Houses, Holy Apostles, Hudson Guild, Google, Chelsea Market, Jamestown, Triple Lift,
- [Fortifying and Familiar Foods Serve Comfort for the Long, Cold Winter to Come](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/27/fortifying-and-familiar-foods-serve-comfort-for-the-long-cold-winter-to-come/) - Warm Up to Market 57’s Cold Weather Comfort Foods At Pier 57 (25 11th Ave. at W. 15th St.) BY SCOTT STIFFLER | November’s nearly over, which means that chill in the air is about to settle in for a long winter whose nip has real bite. But what to do? West Side crowds faced
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 25-December 1, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/26/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-25-december-1-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pick of the Week / Geraldine Page Centennial Celebration: A Screening Series / The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / PICK OF THE WEEK: Penn South Ceramics Studio Holiday Show & Sale Saturday/Sunday, December 7/8,
- [The November 2024 Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/12/the-november-2024-committee-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - NOTE: This preview of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) November 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 | Normally held on the first
- [REVIEW: ‘Death Becomes Her’ is a Diva Smackdown Musical That’s Camp Heaven](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/21/review-death-becomes-her-is-a-diva-smackdown-musical-thats-camp-heaven/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Women’s issues are prominently being felt, particularly the appalling way that society tends to treat them as obsolete when they hit a certain age. In the movies, The Substance is an over-the-top sci-fi romp about a celebrity (played by Demi Moore) who tries to outsmart the aging process and stay relevant
- [Supporting Small Business and Working-Class People Through M/WBEs](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/18/supporting-small-business-and-working-class-people-through-m-wbes/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, our administration has had a clear mission: build a safer, more affordable city for working-class New Yorkers, and every day, we are delivering on that mission. Jobs are up, our streets are safer with crime down across the city every month this year, and we have
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 18-24, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/18/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-18-24-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Curbside Composting Info Session / The 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Geraldine Page Centennial Celebration: A Screening Series / The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Kimchi-Making with Hooni Kim Curbside Composting Information
- [JewCE 2024 Celebrated the Uncanny ' X-Perience' of Jewish Comics & Characters](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/18/jewce-2024-celebrated-the-uncanny-x-perience-of-jewish-comics-characters/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | For November 10's Jewish Comics Experience (JewCE), I dressed as Supergirl. There aren't many cosplayers at small, one-day comic conventions like this. But I always cosplay at cons. And I have to be on good behavior when I’m dressed like Supergirl; wearing that big red "S" on my chest obligates me
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 11-17, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-11-17-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Earlier in the Week: Curbside Composting Info Sessions / Album Release Party for Puma Perl and Joe Sztabnik's new album / The Green Room, a Live Music and
- [Guest Opinion: Drought Management in NYC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/11/guest-opinion-drought-management-in-nyc/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is not often associated with the kind of drought we see in other areas of the country, but this fall has been a stunning exception. This past October saw the second-longest rainless streak in city records, dating back 155 years, to 1869. With November continuing to
- [GTS Lessee Vanderbilt University Vows to 'Continue and Expand' Engagement with Chelsea Community](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/11/gts-lessee-vanderbilt-university-vows-to-continue-and-expand-engagement-with-chelsea-community/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | West Chelsea residents and other area stakeholders spent the spring and summer of this year in a state of smoldering unease, following an April public gathering whose host--the financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS)--acknowledged the frontrunner to lease the lion's share of their buildings was a "nonprofit partner" (the School of
- [Photo Essay Follows the 2024 Election's Unexpected Outcome as it Develops](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/10/photo-essay-follows-the-2024-elections-unexpected-outcome-as-it-develops/) - TEXT & PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES Manhattan Plaza & Other Polling Locations | Tuesday, November 5, 2024: My Election Day coverage began with casting my own vote at the ground level polling site of 400 West 43rd Street’s Manhattan Plaza (where I reside). The morning’s line extended from the voting room, winding 50 feet down
- [Screening Series Celebrates the 8 Oscar-Nominated Performances of Geraldine Page](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/10/screening-series-celebrates-the-8-oscar-nominated-performances-of-geraldine-page/) - BY TRAV S.D. | There’s a lot going on at the moment, so you can perhaps be forgiven for missing news about the upcoming Geraldine Page centennial. The widely respected stage and screen actress, who passed away in 1987, would be turning 100 this coming November 22. To mark the occasion, Torn Page, the family-run
- ['Between Two Worlds' -- A Post-Election Poem by Puma Perl](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/09/between-two-worlds-a-post-election-poem-by-puma-perl/) - Between Two Worlds | BY PUMA PERL The day after, 2016. Sky, gray, colorless. Lower East Side streets silent, locked down. Nobody knew what to say, where to look. “Good Morning” greetings sounded almost obscene. Last night, rather than witness the country turning red, I decided to walk my dog, Fae. Through the Vladek
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 4-10, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-4-10-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): The Full Board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) / Hell's Kitchen Culture Crawl and HYHK Alliance's End of Season Survey/ Room to Grow's Fill-a-Truck Event / Curbside Composting Information Sessions / The Green Room, a live music and arts series at Verdi Cannabis / Down to
- [Dead Set on Decorating, West Chelsea's 400 Blocks Made Halloween Something to be Seen](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/11/04/dead-set-on-decorating-west-chelseas-400-blocks-made-halloween-something-to-be-seen/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Haunting images caught the eyes and captured the imagination once again this year, along the 400 blocks of West 21st and 22nd Streets, where going all-out is the "in" thing when the last week of October rolls around. That's when a cordial-yet-competetive house decorating contest awakes the creative spirit of residents.
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 28-November 3, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/28/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-28-november-3-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): Pumpkin Smash / Día de Muertos Week throughout the Flatiron District & NoMad / The 10th Precinct Community Council / Spooky Streets Trick or Treat / Halloween Events at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Free Outdoor Screening of Hocus Pocus / PICK OF
- [New York Comic Con Returns, with New Features and Old Familiar Numbers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/30/new-york-comic-con-returns-with-new-features-and-old-familiar-numbers/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The subway ride home from New York Comic Con (NYCC) is always an adventure. The 7 train leaves from Hudson Yards, half a block from the Javits Center. Most of the people who board the train there are coming straight from the con. I sat down on the subway bench in
- ['Life before the Presidential Election' -- A Poem by Michelle M. Tokarczyk](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/30/life-before-the-presidential-election-a-poem-by-michelle-m-tokarczyk/) - Life before the Presidential Election The autumn dawn jolts her out of sleep. She skims the paper, barely reading headlines. Still, the newsprint soils her hands. Finding the housekeys she lost minutes ago, she feels the jagged edges that unlock home. Canada, Australia, Ireland. Words swirling in her mind like incantations. Pedestrians shuffle
- [Electing to Vote Early? Here's What You Need to Know, Oct. 26-Nov. 3](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/21/electing-to-vote-early-heres-what-you-need-to-know-oct-26-nov-3/) - On Tuesday, November 5, New York City will vote in the State and Federal General Election 2024, for United States Senator, President/Vice President of the United States, Justice of the Supreme Court, Representative in Congress, Member of the Assembly, United States Senator, Judge of the Civil Court - County, State Senator, Judge of the Civil
- [Eight Jukebox Musicals I Pray We Never See](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/29/eight-jukebox-musicals-i-pray-we-never-see/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Like an embarrassing itch, Broadway jukebox musicals just won’t seem to go away. Whether they tell the life story of the musical artist whose hits they use (like The Cher Showand Tina) or they string those songs together to construct a fictional, unrelated narrative (like Mamma Mia! or The Heart of
- [A Bumper Crop of Scenes from Chelsea Green Park's Hocus Pocus Harvest](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/28/a-bumper-crop-of-scenes-from-chelsea-green-parks-hocus-pocus-harvest/) - Friends of Chelsea Green, the frightfully hard-working group responsible for the year-round programming of spirited events in Chelsea Green Park (140 W. 20th St.), saw hundreds of costumed celebrants fall under the spell cast by "Hocus Pocus Harvest." The Sunday, October 20 event marked 2024's entry in the FRIENDS' annual Halloween shindig--an event so sprawling
- ['About Elephants' -- A Poem by Michelle M. Tokarczyk](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/28/about-elephants-a-poem-by-michelle-m-tokarczyk/) - ABOUT ELEPHANTS The party of America First claims the elephant as its emblem. But elephants are not native to America (aka the USA). They live in Asia and Africa. A Bronx Zoo exhibit was called the African Plains. But there are no African Plains in America. Only in East Africa, where matriarch elephants lead
- [Guest Opinion: Polls are Open!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/28/guest-opinion-polls-are-open/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Voting is the bedrock of our democracy — it shapes the kind of city, state, and nation we become. The stakes of this year's election could not be higher, and New Yorkers have the chance to make their voices heard on Tuesday November 5th. The polls will be open
- [The October Committee Mtgs. of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/07/the-october-committee-mtgs-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - UPDATED on Oct. 25, 2024 to reflect new information and provide archival links to October meetings that took place prior to Oct. 21. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Normally held on the first Wednesday of the month, the Full Board meeting of Manhatan Community Board 4 (MCB4) has much activity to offer, including a Public Session
- ['Treats in the Streets' Made Meatpacking District the Destination for Costumed Kids & Dressed-Up Dogs](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/25/treats-in-the-streets-made-meatpacking-district-the-destination-for-costumed-kids-dressed-up-dogs/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER / PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO, BrakeThrough Media / www.brakethroughmedia.com Saturday, October 19, 2024: Stores and restaurants across the Meatpacking District offered treats to costumed kids who roamed the streets--along the way, engaging in games and activities including pumpkin ring toss and pumpkin tic-tac-toe. Scheduled activities included live performances from Jammcard musicians, pumpkin
- [Foodies Flock to Chelsea Market, for Feast Benefitting the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/25/foodies-flock-to-chelsea-market-for-feast-benefitting-the-anne-saxelby-legacy-fund/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER and PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ANNE SAXELBY LEGACY FUND | The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund (ASLF) was founded in 2021 following the passing of well-regarded Anne Saxelby, founder of Cheesemongers in NYC. As a fitting nod to the fund's "Legacy" aspect, ASLF provides monthlong immersive apprenticeships for students to live on
- [Few Leftovers, Many Takeaways from Year 3 of The Longest Table](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/25/few-leftovers-many-takeaways-from-year-3-of-the-longest-table/) - With bright, sunny skies and the temp at an agreeable 70 degrees, October 6’s weather was an apt barometer for the vibe beaming from West 21st Street: There, from 12pm to 2pm, the unmistakenly urban block between 9th and 10th Aves. was transformed into a practically pastoral communal space, where all assembled came to feed
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 21-27, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/21/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-21-27-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: Participatory Budgeting / High Line Halloween: Ghostly Gardens / Halloween Events at Verdi Cannabis / Halloween Spooktacular / Barktoberfest / Free Screening of Hocus Pocus / Spooky Streets Trick or Treat WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Take the Manhattan Community
- [Guest Opinion: Improving New Yorkers' Quality of Life Block by Block](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/21/guest-opinion-improving-new-yorkers-quality-of-life-block-by-block/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Recently, I was with community leaders and senior officials in our administration on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, which is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in our city. It is where New Yorkers from all over the world come to live, work, raise their families, and strive for the
- [This Weekend In & Around Chelsea: October 18-20, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/17/this-weekend-in-around-chelsea-october-18-20-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: Plantings at Clement Clarke Moore Park / Stoop Sale / Treats in the Streets / Chelsea Green Halloween / WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Take the Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) Annual District Needs Survey / Music & Art
- [Halloween Happenings Here And Now & On the Horizon](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/18/halloween-happenings-here-and-now-on-the-horizon/) - Your Eerily Eclectic, Frighteningly Fabulous, Scary-Good Collection of Halloween-Themed Activities Appear in This Spookily Sequential Order: The Meatpacking District's Treats in the Streets / Chelsea Green Park's Hocus Pocus Harvest Block Party / High Line Halloween: Ghostly Gardens / Halloween Events at Verdi Cannabis / Barktoberfest / Spooky Streets Trick or Treat / Pier 57's
- [Honey is Our Hero: Drag's Davenport Mines the Marrow of Many Genres, in 'Comic Controversy'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/18/honey-is-our-hero-drags-davenport-mines-the-marrow-of-many-genres-in-comic-controversy/) - Theamatically tied to—and indeed, inspired by—November 17-20’s New York Comic Con (NYCC), the new show from singer, adult content creator, perpetually perceptive writer, continuously compelling live presence, and RuPaul’s Drag Race legend Honey Davenport has its world premiere performance at 9:30pm, Saturday, November 19, at West 42nd Street’s legend-in-its-own-right Laurie Beechman Theatre. Billed as “a
- [Guest Opinion: Nine Straight Months of Crime Reduction](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/14/guest-opinion-nine-straight-months-of-crime-reduction/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our mission as an administration has always been clear: making New York City affordable and keeping it the safest big city in America. We have been able to achieve this by being tough and smart on crime, both on our streets and in the subways. Thanks to our efforts, New York City
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 7-13, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-7-13-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: West Side Shred Day / Outdoor Screening of Beetlejuice / WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Open Call for Participants in Hudson Guild Gallery's 26th Annual Community Art Jam / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Music & Art at Verdi Cannabis / Down to Earth Farmers
- [City Council Calendars Oct. 22 for Public Input on City of Yes: Zoning for Housing Opportunity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/09/city-council-calendars-oct-22-for-public-input-on-city-of-yes-zoning-for-housing-opportunity/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Calling New York City’s current zoning laws “outdated, restrictive, and complicated’ patchwork quilt that “limits opportunities to create new homes and make those that do get built more expensive.” Vowing they’ve got a viable means “to build a little more housing in every neighborhood, the mayoral administration’s City of Yes: Zoning
- [Guest Opinion: Keeping New Yorkers Safe and Warm This Fall and Winter](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/09/guest-opinion-keeping-new-yorkers-safe-and-warm-this-fall-and-winter/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers deserve safe, warm, and comfortable living conditions during fall and winter, and the city is here to make sure they get it. Last week, heat season started in New York City. While cold and winter weather can bring dangerously low temperatures, heavy snow, strong winds, ice, sleet,
- [Participatory Budgeting Begins the 'Roundabout' Way—With Brainstorms on Broadway](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/09/participatory-budgeting-begins-the-roundabout-way-with-brainstorms-on-broadway/) - REPORTED BY KATHRYN STOMSVIK with PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES | Monday, September 30, 2024, just before dusk: A violet glow illuminated the rush of Times Square traffic passing by 227 West 42nd Street’s Todd Haimes Theatre—a 1918-built venue whose neo-renaissance style was restored in 2000 by Roundabout Theatre Company. Inside, on the fifth floor of
- [On Seventh Ave., New Store Brings Better 'World' to Former Smoke Shop Space](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/06/on-seventh-ave-new-store-brings-better-world-to-former-smoke-shop-space/) - After a years-long series of small business closures left over a half-dozen storefront spaces to remain shuttered for months at a time, the two-block stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 20th and 22nd Streets is experiencing a retail renaissance. A reasonably priced Ranjha Cleaners and a very cool addition to the Ralph's Famous Italian Ices
- [Did the Vance-Walz VP Matchup Matter? It's Up for Debate...](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/04/did-the-vance-walz-vp-matchup-matter-its-up-for-debate/) - BY MAX BURBANK | The key question, the lens through which you have to view the October 1, 2024 debate between Junior Senator from Ohio JD Vance and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz is: Did it matter? This VP debate, or honestly any VP debate? I gotta say, “NO.” Not much anyway, maybe not at
- [Guest Opinion:  New Yorkers Are Saying 'Yes' to More Affordable Housing and 'City of Yes'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/04/guest-opinion-new-yorkers-are-saying-yes-to-more-affordable-housing-and-city-of-yes/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, the City Planning Commission listened to the voices of countless New Yorkers and said ‘yes’ to the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” — the most pro-housing changes in the history of the city's zoning code. New Yorkers cannot afford to wait any longer for affordable housing.
- [Historic Tax Credit for Newspaper & Broadcast Media Spurs Resurgence of Local Journalism](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/30/historic-tax-credit-for-newspaper-broadcast-media-spurs-resurgence-of-local-journalism/) - BY MARIA HUIZA FOR THE EMPIRE STATE LOCAL NEWS COALITION | Earlier this year, Chelsea Community News (CCNews) joined over 200 other local newspapers in New York State to launch the Empire State Local News Coalition, which successfully advocated for a state tax credit to support jobs in local newsrooms across the state. Now, the fruits
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 30-October 6, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/30/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-30-october-6-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK & NEXT: Baryshnikov Arts' Free Outdoor Performance / Movie Night at Chelsea Green Park / The Longest Table / Flu & COVID Vaccine Clinic / Older Adult Resource Fair / Shred Day! / WEEKLY & ONGOING EVENTS: Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Music & Art
- [Late Summer Walking Tour a Testament to How Chelsea Garden Club Endures](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/02/late-summer-walking-tour-a-testament-to-how-chelsea-garden-club-endures/) - TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DEBORAH FENKER | The work of a gardener never ends, nor does the joy it imparts to the beholder. But that work is always at the mercy of Mother Nature as well as the inexplicable extremes of human behavior. Thus is the struggle of the Chelsea Garden Club, whose members have
- [Electeds, Experts, Constituents Convene at Senator Hoylman-Sigal’s West Side Town Hall](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/02/electeds-experts-constituents-convene-at-senator-hoylman-sigals-west-side-town-hall/) - BY KATHRYN STOMSVIK with ALL PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN MILES | If you’re wondering what would motivate more than 200 New Yorkers to sacrifice the perfectly gorgeous afternoon of Saturday, September 15 and pack themselves into an auditorium at the American Museum of Natural History, the answer is inspiring: It’s the opportunity to become more civically
- [Massive Meatpacking Pachyderm Project Seeks 'Great Migration' Guardians](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/10/02/massive-meatpacking-pachyderm-project-seeks-great-migration-guardians/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | They say elephants never forget--so it's in all of our best interests to ensure that the 100 or so life-sized Indian elephant sculptures on display throughout the Meatpacking District have a fond tale to tell when their time in NYC comes to an end, come October 20. On the ground in
- [Universal Praise for GTS' Choice of Vanderbilt University to Lease the Close](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/27/universal-praise-for-gts-choice-of-vanderbilt-university-to-lease-the-close/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Saints be praised! After a long—and of late, contentious—search for a lessee who’d bring balance to the financially faltering General Theological Seminary (GTS), this week’s announcements from the landlord as well as their intended tenant garnered high praise from a chorus of community stakeholders who viewed the prospect of GTS’ previous
- [This Week (and beyond) In & Around Chelsea: September 23-29, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/23/this-week-and-beyond-in-around-chelsea-september-23-29-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: 10th Precinct Community Council Monthly Meeting / 10th Precinct Build the Block Sector B Quarterly Meeting / Neighbors of 300 W 21-22-23 Streets Block Association Meeting NEXT WEEK & BEYOND: Rally for Accessible Subways / The Flatiron NoMad Partnership’s 18th Annual Meeting & Reception / The
- [Guest Opinion: Another Year of ‘Getting Stuff Done’ for New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/23/guest-opinion-another-year-of-getting-stuff-done-for-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | I am proud to be a New Yorker, and as your mayor, I am even prouder to announce that our city is getting safer, stronger, and more affordable every day. But you don’t have to take my word for it: just look at the numbers. We just released the
- [Guest Opinion: Stop Proposed Chelsea NYCHA Demolition and Keep Public Housing PUBLIC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/23/guest-opinion-stop-proposed-chelsea-nycha-demolition-and-keep-public-housing-public/) - Note: The following text was transcribed from a public speech given by New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenant Celines Miranda, who was one of the featured speakers at September 15’s Coming Together: A Social Justice & Music Festival (presented by the Midtown South Community Council). Miranda’s topic is summarized by Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4),
- [This Week (and in weeks to follow) In & Around Chelsea: September 2-8, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/03/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-2-82024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week (and in weeks to follow) In & Around Chelsea MCB4 Full Board Meeting / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / West Side Commumity Fund Grant Applications / Verdi Cannabis Music & Art Programming / The 13th Precinct Community Council Street Fair / Coming Together: A Social Justice & Music
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 9-15, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/09/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-9-15-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: West Side Commumity Fund Grant Applications / Coming Together: A Social Justice & Music Festival / West Side Town Hall / Dumpling-Making Class and Storytime / NYC Parks Hosts Free Botanical Watercolor Painting Workshops NEXT WEEK & BEYOND: / ASLF Benefit / Ice Cream Social /
- [10 Times I Said ‘Bad Words’ in Public! F*ck!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/20/10-times-i-said-bad-words-in-public-fck/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I vividly remember seeing films with my parents when I was a kid and becoming confused when a harsh word was said by an actor and the entire audience reacted by shrieking in horror. I’d turn to my mother and whisper, “What did that word mean?” and she’d weirdly refuse to
- [The September Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/09/the-september-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-mcb4/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Ah, September after Labor Day Weekend, when summertime slacking has run its course: The Monday through Friday workweek actually sees people showing up on Fridays again, and school is back in session. In that same spirit of autumnal reset, Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) met last Wednesday for the first time
- [Guest Opinion: Save Chelsea Speaks Out About Saying 'No' to 'City of Yes'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/19/guest-opinion-save-chelsea-speaks-out-about-saying-no-to-city-of-yes/) - Note: City of Yes for Housing Opportunity is, as described on this nyc.gov page, “a zoning reform proposal that would address the housing crisis by making it possible to build a little more housing in every neighborhood.” Opponents of the plan dislike how it would override current, custom-made zoning in favor of across-the-board allowances. The proposal began
- [Apple Bank Chelsea Turns a Corner, and Finds a New Home](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/18/apple-bank-chelsea-turns-a-corner-and-finds-a-new-home/) - Apple Bank, Chelsea 278 Eighth Avenue at West 24th Street Call 212-367-7830 Click Here to Visit the Website Languages: English & Spanish Lobby Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9am to 4pm / Thursday: 9am to 6pm / Saturday: 9am to 1pm Compelled to move from its longtime 250 West 23rd Street location to make way
- [This Week (and Beyond) In & Around Chelsea: September 16-22, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/16/this-week-and-beyond-in-around-chelsea-september-16-22-2024/) - Here's What's Happening (in order of appearance): THIS WEEK: 13th Precinct Community Council / Tap Dance Jam Session with Live Jazz / NYC Parks Hosts Free Botanical Watercolor Painting Workshops / ASLF Benefit / Ice Cream Social / NEXT WEEK & BEYOND: Neighbors of 300 W 21-22-23 Streets Block Association Meeting / Rally for Accessible
- [The What, Where, & Why of October 6's The Longest Table](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/16/the-what-where-why-of-october-6s-the-longest-table/) - Seen two years ago for the first time, the concept for The Longest Table grew out of the pandemic era’s yearn to connect with people in a setting other than Zoom. Its premise was simple: Fill a crosstown block (W. 21st St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) with one very long table populated by friends
- [Dead-On Comedic Observer Alec Mapa Corrals Cancer's Life Lessons, in New Solo Show](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/16/dead-on-comedic-observer-alec-mapa-corrals-cancers-life-lessons-in-new-solo-show/) - Actor, writer, comedian, and consistently hilarious gay wit Alec Mapa (as seen on Ugly Betty, Frasier, and RuPaul's Drag Race) is returning to West 42nd Street's legendary Laurie Beechman Theatre with the debut of his solo performance Ha! Penis! It's a fitting setting for the show's world premiere, with the Beechman (currently scheduled to shutter
- [Guest Opinion: Keeping New York City Safe for Everyone](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/16/guest-opinion-keeping-new-york-city-safe-for-everyone/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Making New York City a safer and more affordable city has always been the mission of our administration. Every day, we fight to ensure that New Yorkers can pursue their dreams without fear for their safety and with a better quality of life. I am proud to say that
- [What a Difference a Debate Makes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/12/what-a-difference-a-debate-makes/) - BY MAX BURBANK | It was all there from the get-go, but I missed the full weight of the moment. Because I was, you know, peeking through my fingers. The shadow of the Trump/Biden debate was too present, the visceral elevator drop where it became clear how bad things were, how much worse they were
- [Guest Opinion: The Western Rail Yards Plan, The Housing Promise, and a Potential Casino](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/12/guest-opinion-the-western-rail-yards-plan-the-housing-promise-and-a-potential-casino/) - BY SALLY GREENSPAN (President, Council of Chelsea Block Associations) | Recently published articles have unveiled new renderings for the Related/Wynn Western Rail Yards (WRY) Development Plan and provided rationales for why these new plans offer the best possible use to serve the community and the city of New York. (To read about it, click here
- ['Big Wigs' Brings Larger-Than-Life Ladies to the Legendary Laurie Beechman Theatre](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/12/big-wigs-brings-larger-than-life-ladies-to-the-legendary-laurie-beechman-theatre/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Laurels from countless luminaries began pouring in this summer, after word came down that Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 W. 42nd St.) would close for good come the end of August. Thankfully, the legendary downstairs performance space got a reprieve through October, as has the ground-level West Bank Cafe that sits above
- [Guest Opinion: Starting the New School Year with New Buildings, New Curricula, and More](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/11/guest-opinion-starting-the-new-school-year-with-new-buildings-new-curricula-and-more/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We came into office with a clear mission: to build a safer, more affordable city. And our initiatives for our students continue to deliver on that promise. As the administration running the largest school district in the nation, we are committed to giving our children a first-class education. And
- [Cosplay-Friendly Anime NYC Arrives Early; Emphasis on Gaming Improves Attendance](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/10/cosplay-friendly-anime-nyc-arrives-early-emphasis-on-gaming-improves-attendance/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | In years past, New York’s anime conventions had to tiptoe around the behemoth of New York Comic Con (NYCC). Anime NYC usually arrived in November, scavenging the nerd carcasses after NYCC had eaten the lion's share of geeky wallets. But this year, Anime NYC dared to take the first bite from
- [Sherry Vine & Co. Shine in Season 3 of Her Saucy, 'Sketchy' Variety Show](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/04/sherry-vine-co-shine-in-season-3-of-her-saucy-sketchy-variety-show/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With only 12 episodes in the rearview mirror, Season 3 of The Sherry Vine Variety Show (airing now on OUTtv) finds its titular star with plenty of genre tropes left to explore in the profane manner one might expect from the drag queen who turned Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah into How I
- [Breakdancing, Beatbox, Ballroom & Waacking's Best Battle at Manhattan West](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/04/breakdancing-beatbox-ballroom-waackings-best-battle-at-manhattan-west/) - Gather Round: Street and Club Dance Battles A 4-Part Outdoor Series, Free and Open to the Public 4:30pm to 6:30pm Wednesday, September 4, 11, 18 & 25 At Manhattan West Plaza (385 Ninth Ave.) BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Manhattan West in partnership with the Guggenheim’s Works & Process presents an exhilarating, athletic, and competitive edition of their
- [Guest Opinion: Your City Wants to Help Put Money in Your Pocket](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/09/03/guest-opinion-your-city-wants-to-help-put-money-in-your-pocket/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS |New York is a city that works for our people, with resources available to help hard-working residents afford the cost of housing, child care, health care, transit, and more. But all too often, the New Yorkers most in need of these programs are not aware that they qualify for them
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 26-September 1, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/27/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-26-september-1-2024/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion: The Bronx is Buying a Ticket to the Future with Historic Metro-North Plan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/28/guest-opinion-the-bronx-is-buying-a-ticket-to-the-future-with-historic-metro-north-plan/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | With New York City’s rental vacancy rate at a historic low of just 1.4 percent and half of all New Yorkers paying more than 30 percent of their income on rent, the Bronx is leading the charge by saying ‘yes’ to more housing and buying a ticket to the
- [2324 Chelsea Tenants Assoc. Frustrated by Slow Rollout of Repairs](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/27/2324-chelsea-tenants-assoc-frustrated-by-slow-rollout-of-repairs/) - BY WINNIE McCROY | Tenants of a Chelsea apartment building say they are frustrated by the slow rollout of repairs of the intercom system and have continued ventilation concerns, as well as the (inconsistent at best) mail and package delivery on weekends. In April 2022, Chelsea Community News.(CCN) reported on a contentious situation at 225
- [Michael Musto's 10 Great, Cheap Lunch Dives in Manhattan ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/28/michael-mustos-10-great-cheap-lunch-dives-in-manhattan/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’m a man of humble sensibilities who hardly needs a flashy restaurant to fulfill my culinary needs. Basically, I just want to eat! And so, through lots of experience, I’ve found a bunch of moderately priced (if not exactly dazzling-looking) eateries around town, and they’ve been as easy on my wallet
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 12-18, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/12/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-12-18-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Rain Date for The Rhythms of Carnival: A Cuban Musical Adventure and Story Time in the Park / WSCF Grant Applications / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea /
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 19-25, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/19/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-19-25-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 10th Precinct Third Quarter Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / West Side Commumity Fund Grant Applications / Verdi Cannabis Music & Art Programming / The Sweat Sessions / Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Down
- [Fat Bird's Brave Take on Fried Chicken Spreads its Wings to Span Global Cuisine](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/23/fat-birds-brave-take-on-fried-chicken-spreads-its-wings-to-span-global-cuisine/) - 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
- [Oh, My: 'Oh, Mary!' Sensation Bianca Leigh Brings 'Transvestigation' to the Beechman](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/22/oh-my-oh-mary-sensation-bianca-leigh-brings-transvestigation-to-the-beechman/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion | The EITC: Helping Working Families Afford to Live in the Greatest City in the World](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/19/guest-opinion-the-eitc-helping-working-families-afford-to-live-in-the-greatest-city-in-the-world/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Working people and families make life in our city possible. Their work and contributions in every sector — from public safety to business, hospitality, health care, and more, enable our city to function. Here in New York City, we believe that working people and their families should get a
- [Jackie Beat, in Best-Of Booking, Bids Adieu to Soon-to-Shutter Laurie Beechman Theatre](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/03/jackie-beat-in-best-of-booking-bids-adieu-to-soon-to-shutter-laurie-beechman-theatre/) - 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
- [Scarlet Envy is a Hot Ticket--and One of the Last at Set-to-Close Laurie Beechman Theatre](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/09/scarlet-envy-is-a-hot-ticket-and-one-of-the-last-at-set-to-close-laurie-beechman-theatre/) - 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. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | When word started spreading fast a few weeks ago that West 42nd Street’s West Bank Cafe would be closing its doors this month, that meant the same
- [Somewhere After the Rainbow: Scenes from a Sunny CRDC BBQ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/16/somewhere-after-the-rainbow-scenes-from-a-sunny-crdc-bbq/) - 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
- [Comedic Dragapella Quartet's Show Surveys Three Decades of Artful Activism](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/15/comedic-dragapella-quartets-show-surveys-three-decades-of-artful-activism/) - "Drag, whether we like it or not, is inherently political, and our presence alone, before we even open our mouths to sing, is a threat to some people. Thankfully, the unholy blend of music and outrageous antics while addressing injustice, ignorance, and bigotry almost always wins over an audience and has powered us through these
- [Verdi Cannabis Sets Sights High, Via New Music & Arts Series](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/14/verdi-cannabis-sets-sights-high-via-new-music-arts-series/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion: Community Partnerships for Quality of Life](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/12/guest-opinion-community-partnerships-for-quality-of-life/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Earlier in June, the Lower East Side and New York City was shocked by an egregious outburst of violence when a person with severe mental illness stabbed three-people on 14th Street. While overall crime is down in our city and instances like this are an outlier, one violent act
- [10th Precinct Briefs: New Officers; Nat. 'Night Out' Locally; 'X' Hits & Misses; Meetings, Upcoming & Missed](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/01/10th-precinct-briefs-new-officers-nat-night-out-locally-x-hits-meetings-upcoming-missed/) - ---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
- [London Terrace Tenants Association Ends its Annual Street Fair](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/09/london-terrace-tenants-association-ends-its-annual-street-fair/) - 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
- [Bryant Park Picnic Performances Deliver Outdoor Dance to Surprise & Delight](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/09/bryant-park-picnic-performances-deliver-outdoor-dance-to-surprise-delight/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion: Protecting Our Children and Our Streets from Illegal Smoke Shops](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/06/guest-opinion-protecting-our-children-and-our-streets-from-illegal-smoke-shops/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every day, this administration is improving the quality of life of the 8.3 million New Yorkers who call this city home. From keeping New Yorkers safe on the subways and streets, to getting black garbage bags off our sidewalks, to building more green and clean public spaces, we are
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 5-11, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/05/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-5-11-2024/) - 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
- [The Local Way to Take Part in National Night Out Against Crime (Tues. Aug. 6)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/05/the-local-way-to-take-part-in-national-night-out-against-crime-tues-aug-6/) - 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”
- [Guest Opinion | Through-Running at Penn Station: A Presentation for Visual Learners & Questions for the Aug. 5 Forum](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/01/guest-opinion-through-running-at-penn-station-a-presentation-for-visual-learners-questions-for-the-aug-5-forum/) - BY SAM TURVEY (Chairperson, ReThinkNYC) | A presentation by Amtrak, the MTA and New Jersey Transit (the Railroads) will take place on Monday morning, August 5, at NYU. Click here to register for the event, which will give the Railroads “an opportunity to discuss their plans for Penn Station and the prospects for implementing through running in this
- [Curated by Calvin Royal III, Artists ‘UNITE’ for The Joyce Theater’s Ballet Festival](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/08/01/curated-by-calvin-royal-iii-artists-unite-for-the-joyce-theaters-ballet-festival/) - 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
- [Guest Opinion: Back-to-Back Years of Building More Housing and Making Our City More Affordable](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/30/back-to-back-years-of-building-more-housing-and-making-our-city-more-affordable/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | If there is one issue that unites New Yorkers from every walk of life, it’s housing. Our city’s rental vacancy rate is at a historic low of 1.4 percent, which shows how few homes in our city are available for rent; and half of all New Yorkers pay more
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 29-August 4, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/29/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-29-august-4-2024/) - 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
- [Willed Into Existence by Persistent Insistence, Chelsea Green Park Passes the Five-Year Mark](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/28/willed-into-existence-by-persistent-insistence-chelsea-green-park-passes-the-five-year-mark/) - 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,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 22-28, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/22/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-22-28-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Manhattan Community Board 4's Full Board Meeting / Free Affordable Housng Workshop / 300 W. 21st 22nd 23rd Streets Block Association's Neighborhood Meet & Greet / Rooftop Films Screens Penn F-ing Station / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance
- [12 Things Not to Do on Facebook! Ever!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/24/12-things-not-to-do-on-facebook-ever/) - 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.
- [Guest Opinion: Mainchance is a Valuable Asset We Cannot Afford to Lose](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/22/guest-opinion-mainchance-is-a-valuable-asset-we-cannot-afford-to-lose/) - Note: The following is a letter sent on July 10, 2024 to NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, NYC Department of Homeless Services. It is presented as a Guest Opinion piece at the request of its authors. Those who wish to add their names and/or groups/organizations to the list of supporters appearing
- [Guest Opinion: Protecting New Yorkers from Unsafe Batteries](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/22/guest-opinion-protecting-new-yorkers-from-unsafe-batteries/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York is the safest big city in America, and we are working hard every day to keep New Yorkers safe from all kinds of dangers — including those posed by lithium-ion battery fires. While the rise of battery-powered mobility devices has had many positive effects, too many of
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 15-21, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-15-21-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance Presents, Through October, Free Programming in Bella
- [Losing a Chelsea Hero: Judy Richheimer Remembered as a Relentless Activist, Journalist, Friend](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2020/03/30/losing-a-chelsea-hero-judy-richheimer-remembered-as-a-relentlesss-activist-journalist-friend/) - Judy Richheimer, 70, died from COVID-19 complications. Her friends, colleagues, and admirers remember her as a tenacious, vital, combative, and concerned member of the Chelsea community. Following those testimonials and memories, find Twitter testimonials as well as links to Richheimer's preserved-in-Internet-amber work as a journalist. As you'll see, Judy leaves a legacy that calls to
- [Hopper Opportunity Invites You & Your Story to 'Step Into' a Trio of 3D Paintings](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/18/hopper-opportunity-invites-you-your-story-to-step-into-a-trio-of-3d-paintings/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Imbuing his moody, muted, often cinematically composed depictions of city living with a sense of both detachment and curiosity, the artist in question seems reluctant to tell all; or anything, really, save for a few clues written in the language of shadows, light, and faces focused on avoiding eye contact. It’s
- [Meet & Greet Shows Schmoozing is Central to Block Association's Winning Ways](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/16/meet-greet-shows-schmoozing-is-central-to-block-associations-winning-ways/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | After nearly a decade’s worth of members moving away and other means of matriculation left its Board of Directors so sparsely populated that the gathering of two practically constituted a quorum, a repopulated and robust incarnation of the 300 West 18th/19th Streets Block Association (18/19) emerged in 2018. Ready to advocate
- [Guest Opinion | City of Yes: A Little More Housing in Every Neighborhood](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/17/guest-opinion-city-of-yes-a-little-more-housing-in-every-neighborhood/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our city is facing a generational housing crisis with a vacancy rate at 1.4 percent, and half of all New York renters are paying more than 30 percent of their income in rent. The only way to solve this crisis is simple: build more. That requires all of us
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 8-14, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/08/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-8-14-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Chelsea Gardens Flea Market / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance Presents, Through October, Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park
- [July 12-14, West Side Fest is a 'Free-for-All' at a Who's Who of Vaunted Chelsea Venues](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/11/july-12-14-west-side-fest-is-a-free-for-all-at-a-whos-who-of-vaunted-chelsea-venues/) - NOTE: Rain plans are up to each organization. Check the hosting organization's website in the event of cancellation or a location change for outdoor programs. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What do you do for Year #2, when your demand during your debut handily exceeded expectations? If you’re the West Side Fest, the first thing you
- [Kevin McDonald (of The Kids in the Hall) Claims the Comedy Lover's Calendar--July 19 at City Winery](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/14/kevin-mcdonald-of-the-kids-in-the-hall-claims-the-comedy-lovers-calendar-july-19-at-city-winery/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Comedy great Kevin McDonald earned that apt description decades ago, for his work with The Kids in the Hall—the 5-man, 80s/90s Canadian sketch troupe literally unearthed by Amazon Prime last year for an all-new, 8-episode run. A well-deserved second season continues to elude, but McDonald gathers no moss waiting for it.
- [Pilobolus, BAAND Together Among Summer Dance's Hottest Tickets](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/12/pilobolus-baand-together-among-summer-dances-hottest-tickets/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Pilobolus: July 23-August 11 at The Joyce Theater | This unique, Connecticut-based ensemble—founded at Dartmouth College in 1971 and sometimes called “the dance equivalent of a rock band”—turned 50 on the cusp of the pandemic, so it’s stretching out the anniversary celebration, returning to the Joyce for a three-week season. Two different
- [Fighting for Safer, Cleaner Streets](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/08/fighting-for-safer-cleaner-streets/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, we celebrated Independence Day — an opportunity to reflect on the values that make the American Dream possible in our city. Public safety and livability are two such foundational commitments — allowing every New Yorker to pursue their dreams without fear for their safety and with a
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 1-7, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/01/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-1-7-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Sweat Sessions / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance Presents, Through October, Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park ( (W. 34th to 35th
- [Out of the West & Up from the South, Dancemakers Fill Our Summer Nights](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/02/out-of-the-west-up-from-the-south-dancemakers-fill-our-summer-nights/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Smuin Contemporary Ballet: July 9-14 at The Joyce Theater | Michael Smuin (1938-2007), one of ballet’s more entertaining choreographers, came out of the American west and danced with ABT and the San Francisco Ballet before turning to choreography at the age of 27. He collapsed and died of a heart attack in
- [100 Flavors Inside, Pups and People Outside: Ralph's Ices Brings the Heat to Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/02/100-flavors-inside-pups-and-people-outside-ralphs-ices-brings-the-heat-to-chelsea/) - SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES A "Welcome to the Neighborhood" Q&A With Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream 196 Seventh Ave. (btw. W. 21st & 22nd Sts.) Open Sunday through Thursday, 11:30am-11pm & Friday/Saturday, 11:30am-11:30pm To visit their website, Click Here When they breezed into our part of town on Wednesday, June 12, Ralph's Famous Italian
- [A Budget That Prioritizes Working-Class New Yorkers and Seeks to Make Our City More Affordable](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/07/02/a-budget-that-prioritizes-working-class-new-yorkers-and-seeks-to-make-our-city-more-affordable/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers deserve a city budget that delivers for them and tackles our affordability crisis head-on. Alongside Speaker Adams and our City Council partners, we are proud to announce the passage of a $112.4 billion Adopted Budget that invests in the future of our city and the people who
- [Pride Month, the Final 48: What's on the Plate for Sat./Sun.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/28/pride-month-the-final-48-whats-on-the-plate-for-sat-sun/) - A Rabbit Named Rainer / New York Live Arts: The House Party / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Action Afterhours and Pride Closing Party / ---PRIDE Event Roundup by Scott Stiffler--- A Rabbit Named Rainer: Regie Cabico and Drew Pisarra | Saturday, June 29, 9:30pm at The
- [Guest Opinion: About Last Night...'s Presidential Debate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/28/guest-opinion-about-last-night-s-presidential-debate/) - NOTE: The following Guest Opinion piece contains strong language and disturbing, debate-based subject matter. The writer's opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Chelsea Community News--except when he says that every eligible person should vote, and that Trump is repellent, racist, compulsively mendacious, homophobic, misogynist, authoritarian, caustic, abrasive, vengeful and relentlessly narcissistic. Enjoy! BY MAX
- [The 10 Best Drag Queens Who Aren’t Really Drag Queens](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/27/the-10-best-drag-queens-who-arent-really-drag-queens/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | It’s Pride month…a time to celebrate how integral drag queens are to the queer community for their humor, nerve, and facility with a mascara wand. Drag is so revered (if controversial) now that it’s become contagious to the point where there are public figures who seem like drag queens who aren’t
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 24-30, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/24/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-24-30-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 10th Pct. Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Neighbors of 300 W. 21-22-23 Sts. Block Association Meeting / Fentanyl Test Strips & Narcan Kit Giveaway / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / MOMENTUM x Island Village: A Caribbean Pop-Up Market / Down to Earth
- [Best for Last: June's Final Week is Prime Time for NYC Pride Programming](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/25/best-for-last-junes-final-week-is-prime-time-for-nyc-pride-programming/) - Féile Bród (Pride Fest) / Sunset on the Hudson Pride Edition / The Stonewall Jukebox: A Documentary Concert / Michael Musto: Iconic / Pride Live Stonewall Day Concert / The Queer Liberation March / NYC Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea / Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed Sunday Service / Pride Mural Invites Public Participation /
- [Pride March to Disperse in Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/17/pride-march-to-disperse-in-chelsea/) - NYC Pride March to End & Disperse in Chelsea The route of June 30’s 2024 NYC Pride March will see participants and spectators along portions of Fifth and Sixth Avenues, as well as a section of Christopher Street that has it passing Stonewall Inn and Stonewall National Monument. But when it comes to crossing the
- [Guest Opinion: Education that Lifts Up All of Our Students](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/24/guest-opinion-education-that-lifts-up-all-of-our-students/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As New York City’s first openly dyslexic mayor, I know what it is like to not have the support I needed in school growing up. School was often difficult for me. I was scared of being called on by the teacher and my fellow students made fun of me.
- [Pride Murals Invite Public Participation; Bottcher Brokers Building Beautification Via Mural Installation](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/24/pride-murals-invite-public-participation-bottcher-brokers-building-beautification-via-mural-installation/) - Pride-Themed Community Murals Increase Their 'Numbers' as Public Paints Pride Month goes out in epic fashion on June 30th, as the annual NYC Pride March makes its way down Fifth Ave., into the Village, and up Seventh Ave. to its Chelsea dispersal point. All along the route, a righful sense of belonging is felt every
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 17-23, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/17/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-17-23-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea ag In Bella Abzug Park / CANCELLED: Chelsea Garden Club Walking Tour / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Neighbors of 300 West 21-22-23 Streets Block Association Meeting / PRIDE Month Events: Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed
- [Chelsea Music Festival, June 21-29, Explores the 'Restorative Powers of the Arts'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/21/chelsea-music-festival-june-21-29-explores-the-restorative-powers-of-the-arts/) - For seven nights and two mornings—from June 21 to 29—the Chelsea Music Festival offers concerts, conversations, and tastings. This year’s Festival, its 15th, is led by Artistic Directors Melinda Lee Masur and Ken-David Masur, and built around the theme “Connecting the Dots.” Event organizers say that theme will unfold as various activities on the schedule
- [GTS, MIA on Details, Hopes for Announcemnt 'Soon’](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/21/gts-mia-on-details-hopes-for-announcemnt-soon/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Further information of substance continues to reside in the “forthcoming” category, following an April 14 presentation by the General Theologial Seminary (GTS). Promoted as a “presentation” open to the community, it had GTS President Markham alternately detailing and defending a possible 99-year leasing of GTS properties to the “Christian nonprofit” School
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 10-16, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-10-16-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Programming In, Around Bella Abzug Park / ¡Arriba! Celebrates the High Line’s Birthday / The Puccini Jukebox / Super Sidewalk Fest / Buy Black Marketplace / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / PRIDE Month Events: Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed 1pm June Sunday Services The Hudson
- [Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Planning to View the Eclipse](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/05/dont-let-the-sun-go-down-on-planning-to-view-the-eclipse/) - MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024 Eclipse-Themed Activities, in Order of Appearance: At the Edge Observation Deck / At the Intrepid Museum / On the Rooftop Park a Pier 57 / At Flatiron North Plaza / From Friends of Chelsea Green Park BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Let’s start with the basics: A solar eclipse occurs when the
- [Ralph's Sets Up Italian Ices Shop on Seventh Just in Time for Summer](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/14/ralphs-sets-up-italian-ices-shop-on-seventh-just-in-time-for-summer/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (between West 21st and 22nd Streets) that stood shuttered for months is now home to a new business--and no, its not a smoke shop. It's something cooler. Much, much cooler. Ralph's Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream ("New York's favorite Italian Ice since 1928") is
- [Officers Often Assigned to Problematic Corner Transferred; Council Member Bottcher Convenes with City Agencies, NYPD at 21st & 8th](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/17/officers-often-assigned-to-problematic-corner-transferred-council-member-bottcher-convenes-with-city-agencies-nypd-at-21st-8th/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The sidewalk scaffolding that long served as cover for open-air narcotics sales and a myriad of quality of life infractions including urination and intimidation may be gone—but the corner of West 21st Street and Eighth Avenue continues its reign of geographic infamy. Of particular concern is the loitering-outside, once-busted-for-fencing-inside cornershop, nearby
- [Guest Opinion: Celebrating Juneteenth with a New Heritage Walk, Landmark, and Progress](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/17/guest-opinion-celebrating-juneteenth-with-a-new-heritage-walk-landmark-and-progress/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As the second Black mayor of New York City, I am proud to celebrate Juneteenth, a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when every enslaved Black American was finally free. This is a day of importance not just for Black Americans, but for all Americans. It is a day
- [De Niro Con Delights Alike, One’s Little Focker or Inner Bickle](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/16/de-niro-con-delights-alike-ones-little-focker-or-inner-bickle/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The Tribeca Film Festival (now known as Tribeca Festival) began with co-founder Robert De Niro trying to help his neighborhood recover from 9/11. After 20+ years, the festival is acknowledging that this De Niro fellow seems to have made quite a few good movies over the years, and has devoted a
- [Tribeca Festival Fetes its Co-Founder at 3-Day De Niro Con](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/14/tribeca-festival-fetes-its-co-founder-at-3-day-de-niro-con/) - Tribeca Festival Presents De Niro Con Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16 At Spring Studios (6 St. Johns Ln.) BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having first taken place in 2002 as a way to bring attention—and people, and spending—back to Lower Manhattan after the previous year’s terrorist attack, the Tribeca Film Festival, these days, goes
- [Guest Opinion: Making Our City More Livable for All New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/12/guest-opinion-making-our-city-more-livable-for-all-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Public safety and livability are key to creating a prosperous city — a city in which all New Yorkers can be comfortable as they go about their daily lives. That is why the Adams administration is taking two important steps to make our public spaces safer and more restful
- [Lady Bunny's 'Hot Troll Summer' Promises Profane Parodies Aplenty](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/11/lady-bunnys-hot-troll-summer-promises-profane-parodies-aplenty/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Legendary, leggy, lewd drag queen Lady Bunny has returned to her NYC home base, after being a sell-out at Australia’s Sydney Comedy Festival. No, wait, we mean selling out—as in, every available ticket was gobbled up. Now that she’s back in town, word on the street (or perhaps more accurately, the
- ['Pride the Block' Rocks its Bunting to Send a Message of LGBTQ+ Solidarity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/11/pride-the-block-rocks-its-bunting-to-send-a-message-of-lgbtq-solidarity/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A number of neighbors based on or near the 400 block of West 21st Street have a gift for coming up with grand gestures that galvanize. Long known for their groovy, ghoulish (and winning) entries in the area’s annual Outdoor Halloween Decorating Contest, the affable, action-minded residents were also instrumental in
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 3-9, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/03/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-3-9-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Spring Fling / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Programming In, Around Bella Abzug Park / Gianetta's Vendetta: A Free Musical Event / Super Sidewalk Fest / June PRIDE Month Events: Paws for Pride; Seventh Avenue
- [Runway Ready Rovers Rule as Meatpacking's Doggie Costume Contest Returns with a New Leash on Life](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2021/11/03/runway-ready-rovers-rule-as-meatpackings-doggie-costume-contest-returns-with-a-new-leash-on-life/) - ALL PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO & JIM FRYER / BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com | Saturday, October 30: As part of their 11am-5pm pedestrian-friendly Treats in the Streets event, Meatpacking (the Business Improvement District) made up for lost time and then some, when their annual Doggie Costume Contest returned with a stellar lineup of imaginatively costumed, four-legged
- [PRIDE is Busting Out All Over Chelsea: Previewing June Celebrations of LGBTQ+ Identity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/29/pride-is-busting-out-all-over-chelsea-previewing-june-celebrations-of-lgbtq-identity/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Have we ever had more reason to be proud of Chelsea during June's PRIDE Month? Well, that's up for debate (says anyone here during the Big Cup era). But cautious of the forgiving patina that comes with a thick coat of nostalgia, we'll punt on any further debate about the "good
- [Guest Opinion | NYC Summer Safety: Enjoy NYC More This Summer Thanks to Additional Lifeguards, New Cooling Centers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/04/guest-opinion-nyc-summer-safety-enjoy-nyc-more-this-summer-thanks-to-additional-lifeguards-new-cooling-centers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last weekend, we unofficially kicked off the summer in New York City during Memorial Day weekend. Our beaches are open for the season, and our public pools will open June 27. New York City has so much to see and do that people forget that this is a beach
- [Spring Plantings Prepped Clement Clarke Moore Park for Picturesque Succeeding Season](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/03/spring-plantings-prepped-clement-clarke-moore-park-for-picturesque-succeeding-season/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Spring spruce-up efforts at Clement Clarke Moore Park (W. 22nd St. & 10th Ave.) have bloomed, finding the beloved West Chelsea destination poised for another season in the sun, as soaked up by the park’s perennial summertime patrons. The greening initiative was rooted in April 28’s Earth Day celebration. “We wanted
- [Manhattanhenge Makes for a Picture Perfect Setting Sun](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/06/03/manhattanhenge-makes-for-a-picture-perfect-setting-sun/) - Remember when all of NYC stopped what they’re doing, spilled out onto the streets, and gazed skyward to observe April 8’s solar eclipse? Those who somehow missed the massively hyped event may well be crestfallen to know the next comparable event won’t happen in NYC until May 1, 2079. Until then—and this is no mere
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 20-26, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/20/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-20-26-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Remaking Penn Station forRiders and the 22nd Century: An In-Person & Online Panel Discussion/ Inaugural Meeting of the 300 West 21-22-23 Streets Block Association / Programming In & Around Bella Abzug Park / 10th Precinct Community Council & Sector
- [Guest Opinion / Memorial Day 2024: Our Deepest Thanks to All Those Who Serve](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/27/guest-opinion-memorial-day-2024-our-deepest-thanks-to-all-those-who-serve/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every year, we are proud to welcome our nation’s sea servicemembers to New York City for Fleet Week, a celebration of the courage and commitment of all those who serve our nation — and those who have given their lives to protect it. As a patriotic American and proud
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 27-June 2, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/27/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-27-june-2-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Rescheduled Screening of The Goonies / 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / Sector B Build the Block Meeting Rescheduled from May 30 to May 29 / Programming In, Around Bella Abzug Park / / Manhattan Community Board 4 Full Board Meeting / All-New Dance, Music, Theater,
- [CRDC Awards Brunch Celebrates Exceptional Progressive Activists](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/24/crdc-awards-brunch-celebrates-exceptional-progressive-activists/) - BY CRDC PRESIDENT ROBERTA GELB | In 1997 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and learned what it was like to face a potential life-threatening illness. I went through surgery, six months of chemotherapy, and other treatment. Once I knew I would survive, I started working with other newly diagnosed patients. It has been very challenging
- [General Theological Seminary Delivers on 'Committed to Regular Updates' Vow Weeks Later, Upon Request](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/24/general-theological-seminary-delivers-on-committed-to-regular-updates-vow-weeks-later-upon-request/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Weeks after a public presentation during which General Theological Seminary (GTS) leadership detailed the thinking behind a Hail Mary pass to save the sprawling Chelsea campus from financial ruin, locals find themselves left largely in the dark regarding what’s going on behind closed doors—attached to buildings located behind fences and walls.
- [A Flatiron Fixture for Decades Departs: What We'll Miss About Scott Kimmins](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/17/a-flatiron-fixture-for-decades-departs-what-well-miss-about-scott-kimmins/) - Scott Kimmins, the longtime Director of Operations at the Flatiron NoMad Partnership BID, will retire on Friday, May 17. His legacy can be measured not only in the multitude of accomplishments, but the fast friendships that have stood the test of time and I’m sure will flourish for years to come. And what extraordinary years he
- [Guest Opinion: 'Spring Jobs Sprint' Will Lead to a Summer of Opportunity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/20/guest-opinion-spring-jobs-sprint-will-lead-to-a-summer-of-opportunity/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is in the middle of an economic boom, breaking record after record when it comes to creating jobs and opportunity. Just last week, we celebrated another record high for private-sector jobs in our city, with unemployment falling to 4.8 percent. There is also good news on
- ['Mental Health and the Clubhouse Model' is Focus of Council Member Bottcher's May 22 Online Event](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/20/mental-health-and-the-clubhouse-model-is-focus-of-council-member-bottchers-may-22-online-event/) - NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher’s “Policy Perspectives” Series Presents “Mental Health and the Clubhouse Model” An Online Conversation & Q&A at 5pm on Wednesday, May 22 Chelsea’s own City Council Member Erik Bottcher has made NYC's mental health policy a priority since first campaigning for the District 3 seat. Bottcher advocates for a more nuanced,
- [PB'S Top Three: Council Member Bottcher Announces Trio of Winning Participatory Budgeting Projects](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/17/pbs-top-three-council-member-bottcher-announces-trio-of-winning-participatory-budgeting-projects/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | From Hollywood movie budgets to political hush money, a million dollars sure ain't what it used to be. But don't tell that to the champions of three projects that will be completely financed with their share of $1 million set aside by NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher to pay for Council
- [Six Feet From Stardom: My Life Spent Being Almost Famous](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/15/six-feet-from-stardom-my-life-spent-being-almost-famous/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The entertainers featured in the Oscar-winning 2013 documentary 20 Feet From Stardom have nothing on me. I’ve gotten much closer than that! I’ve almost been able to taste fame, while self-sabotaging things just enough to underline my lack of superstar talent and confirm a seat in the bleachers. Some of this
- [Renovation Before Conversation, Says DSNY Re: Ownership & Function of Former Colored School No. 4](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/13/renovation-before-conversation-says-dsny-re-ownership-function-of-former-colored-school-no-4/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The half-decade-long quest to landmark 128 West 17th Street—Manhattan’s only surviving example of a segregated NYC public school for African Americans—met with success last year. Now, the driving forces behind that accomplishment are hoping the building’s historically significant interior elements will survive by the time construction, currently underway, is completed. That
- [Guest Opinion | Run This Town: Work for City Government and Help Write the Future](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/06/guest-opinion-run-this-town-work-for-city-government-and-help-write-the-future/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, our administration has had a clear mission: protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make our city more livable for working-class New Yorkers. Every day, we are delivering on that vision. We have recovered all the private-sector jobs lost during the pandemic, one year ahead of
- [Guest Opinion: "Operation Padlock to Protect” — How NYC is Taking Action to Shut Down Illegal Smoke and Cannabis Shops](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/13/guest-opinion-operation-padlock-to-protect-how-nyc-is-taking-action-to-shut-down-illegal-smoke-and-cannabis-shops/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came to office two years ago, we had a clear vision: protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make this city more livable for hardworking New Yorkers. But the increase of unlicensed smoke and cannabis shops across the five boroughs is one of the biggest quality-of-life issues
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 6-12, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-6-12-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea HPD Mobile Van / A New Season of Programming In & Around Bella Abzug Park / Family Picnic on the High Line / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Spring Fling in Chelsea Green Park NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development Mobile Van: May
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 13-19, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/13/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-13-19-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea HPD Mobile Van & Movie Night Screening of The Goonies / A New Season of Programming In & Around Bella Abzug Park / Spring Fling in Chelsea Green Park / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Neighbors of 300 West 21-22-23 Streets Block Association Inaugural
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 22-28, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/22/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-22-28-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 10th Precinct Community Council / Medicare & Medicaid 101/ Life is a Dream / Two Shred Opportunities / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / #ReframeClimate 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Wednesday, April 24, 7pm at the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 7th &
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 29-May 5, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/29/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-29-may-5-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Manhattan Community Board 4 Full Board Meeting / Penn South Ceramics Studio Sale / A New Season of Programming In & Around Bella Abzug Park / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / #ReframeClimate / Spring Fling in Chelsea Green Park The Full Board of Manhattan
- [Nervy, Nutty, Nuanced: Tammy's Nico is Essential to Experience in Film, Podcast, 'Pub' Form](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/03/nervy-nutty-nuanced-tammys-nico-is-essential-to-experience-in-film-podcast-pub-form/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Take the studied mimicry of a musical tribute act, add the dead-on burns of a Friar’s Club Roast, and top it off with the showy vocal flourishes of a Kennedy Center Honors cover, performed as the iconic originator looks on from their box seat. Whisk together and bring to a near-boil—and
- [Better Newspaper Contest Honors Our Arts & Features Work](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/03/better-newspaper-contest-honors-our-arts-features-work/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Last week, the Chelsea Community News website hit its half-decade mark, celebrating the fifth anniversary of our April 23, 2019 launch. Last weekend, at the annual NYPA (New York Press Association) Better Newspaper Contest, CCNews won Third Place, Division I, Coverage of the Arts. It was an unconventional entry--all LGBTQ+-themed content.
- [Guest Opinion | Fiscal Year 2025 Executive Budget: Getting Stuff Done for Working-Class New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/05/03/guest-opinion-fiscal-year-2025-executive-budget-getting-stuff-done-for-working-class-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | For over two years, cities across the country have struggled to respond to the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York City, slowing tax revenue growth combined with low office occupancy rates, and the expiration of temporary federal stimulus dollars have put a strain on our city’s budget.
- ['Return of the Red Umbrellas' Brings Beloved Bumbershoots Back to Meatpacking District](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/29/return-of-the-red-umbrellas-brings-beloved-bumbershoots-back-to-meatpacking-district/) - Whether you made an appointment to be there or stumbled upon it and stayed, Gansevoort Plaza (Gansevoort St. & 9th Ave.) was the place to be on Saturday, April 13. That’s when the Meatpacking District’s large and lively public plaza saw a new tradition set in stone—cobblestone, actually—as the second annual Return of the Red
- [Meet Our Content Contributors](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/23/meet-our-content-contributors/) - MEET OUR FREELANCE CONTRIBUTORS CHARLI BATTERSBY (arts, features, LGBTQ+ matters) | Charles (Charli) Battersby is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, model, game designer, and journalist. Battersby is known, as a playwright, for The Astonishing Adventures of All-American Girl & The Scarlet Skunk, and That Cute Radioactive Couple. Battersby is the screenwriter and co-creator of the animated web series The Storyteller: Fallout. Charles has
- [FY 2025 NYS Budget Includes $90 Million Local Media Tax Credit](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/22/fy-2025-nys-budget-includes-90-million-local-media-tax-credit/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | When New York State (NYS) Governor Kathy Hochul and the NYS Legislature went public with their final budget on April 20, it included a hard-won payroll tax credit for local news outlets—making New York the first state in the nation to incentivize the hiring and retaining of local journalists. Chelsea’s own
- [Block Association Receiving Regular Updates on West Chelsea Construction Project](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/22/block-association-receiving-regular-updates-on-west-chelsea-construction-project/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The block-spanning construction project currently centered around a high-profile patch of Chelsea real estate is progressing at its projected pace—and with it, regular updates to the community as promised by TF Cornerstone. As Chelsea Community News reported in our article of February 23 (click here to read it), properties on West
- [Guest Opinion: Scoring a Goal for Affordable Housing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/21/guest-opinion-scoring-a-goal-for-affordable-housing/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | In November 2022, our administration announced a historic once-in-a-generation transformation of the Willets Points neighborhood in Queens. This neighborhood, which was once called the “Valley of Ashes” and known for its junkyards, is now being transformed into a vibrant neighborhood with 2,500 new all-affordable homes — the largest all-affordable
- [Review: 'Hell’s Kitchen' is a Coming of Age Musical That’s in All the Right (Alicia) Keys](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/20/review-hells-kitchen-is-a-coming-of-age-musical-thats-in-all-the-right-alicia-keys/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | No, the Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen isn’t about gay guys who live in affordable walkups and go to Empanada Mama. With songs by 16-Grammy-winner Alicia Keys, it loosely draws on the long-running music star’s experiences, using Keys’ own hits (and three new songs she wrote) to illustrate a 17-year-old girl’s relationships
- [REVIEW: 'Suffs' is an Affecting Look at Women’s Battle for Rights](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/18/review-suffs-is-an-affecting-look-at-womens-battle-for-rights/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | If you think the idea of suffragists bursting into song is absurd, you’re forgetting Mary Poppins. (“We’re clearly soldiers in petticoats/And dauntless crusaders for women’s votes.”) Well, now, they’re crusading for Tony award votes with the ambitious musical Suffs, based on the American women’s suffrage movement, with a book and score
- [Chelsea Community Pans Plan to Salvage Seminary by Leasing to School with Ties to Problematic Donor](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/18/chelsea-community-pans-plan-to-salvage-seminary-by-leasing-to-school-with-ties-to-problematic-donor/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With piqued curiosity and pointed questions in tow, some 150+ Chelsea residents responded to an invitation to attend an April 14 presentation from The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and, locally, President of The General Theological Seminary (GTS). Upon arrival at the 440 West
- [New Show in Tow, Drag Legend Lady Bunny Comes Clean on Reconvening](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/22/new-show-in-tow-drag-legend-lady-bunny-comes-clean-on-reconvening/) - Just shy of one week since Easter Sunday, the once-overflowing baskets packed with eggs, peeps, and chocolate have been picked over until all that's left is the visually appealing but thoroughly inedible colorful plastic straw. Luckily, for those who have a sweet tooth for drag, there's an Easter leftover sure to fill that empty hole in your.
- [Drag's Bawdy Lady Bunny Springs Into Adult-Only Action, in 'April Fool'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/17/drags-bawdy-lady-bunny-springs-into-adult-only-action-in-april-fool/) - Easter came early this year, putting all of its eggs in a basket that saw plastic pastel-colored straw, dyed eggs, marshmallow peeps, and hollow chocolate rabbits high-tailing it to March 31. Some say a super-funky lunar calendar is the cause, while others wonder if these beloved springtime traditions simply thought it best to cede full
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 8-14, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/08/__trashed-3/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Voting for NYC Council District 3’s Participatory Budgeting / Friends of Chelsea Green Park Fundraising Auction and Mixer / Return of the Red Umbrellas / Know Your Utility Rights / The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea Voting for NYC Council District 3’s Participatory
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 15-21, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-15-21-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 13th Precinct Community Council meeting / Know Your Utility Rights / The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea The 13th Precinct Community Council: Tuesday, April 16, 6pm at the 13th Precinct (230 E. 21st St.) | Held on the third Tuesday of the month—sans
- [Guest Opinion: Delivering Fair Pay to New York City's Delivery Workers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/11/guest-opinion-delivering-fair-pay-to-new-york-citys-delivery-workers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, our administration has had a clear mission, protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make our city more livable for hard-working New Yorkers. Every day, we are delivering on that vision. We’ve recovered all the private-sector jobs lost during the pandemic, one year ahead of schedule;
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 1-7, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/31/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-1-7-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 / NYC Council District 3’s Participatory Budgeting Project Expo / Programming for Children at Chelsea Recreation Center / A View From Today: Contemporary Landscapes by Denise Adler, Kathleen Gefell, & Ken Nelson / NOTE: If Accessing This Listing
- [Guest Opinion / Jobs NYC: Connecting More New Yorkers to Good-Paying Jobs](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/03/guest-opinion-jobs-nyc-connecting-more-new-yorkers-to-good-paying-jobs/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, this administration has had a clear mission: protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make our city more livable for everyday New Yorkers. Every day, we are delivering on that vision. We have recovered all of the private-sector jobs lost during the pandemic, one year ahead
- [Guest Opinion: The Time to Act is Now: Support The Local Journalism Sustainability Act](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/10/guest-opinion-the-time-to-act-is-now-support-the-local-journalism-sustainability-act/) - Guest Opinion by the Empire State Local News Coalition and Chelsea Community News | A few short weeks ago, we told you about the newly-formed Empire State Local News Coalition. Chelsea Community News is proud to be a member of this fast-growing group of over 150 New York local news outlets that have joined forces
- [Through April 14, Cast Your D3 Participatory Budgeting Vote In-Person & Online](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/04/10/through-april-14-cast-your-d3-participatory-budgeting-vote-in-person-online/) - Voting for NYC Council District 3’s Participatory Budgeting Projects Through Saturday, April 14, Online & In-Person | New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher has once again allocated $1 million from this year’s capital discretionary budget to be spent on capital improvement projects (schools, parks, libraries, streets, etc.) throughout the District 3 coverage area. The
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 18-24, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/17/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-18-24-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea CB4's Chelsea Land Use Committee Meets / NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher's Free Tax Filing Service, March 18 & 27 / 13th Precinct Community Council Meets / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications: New Deadline is March 22 / Manhattan Community Board 4's Informational Forum on
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 25-31, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/25/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-25-31-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher's Free Tax Filing Service, March 27 / Marshall Plan for Moms Task Force Virtual Public Meeting / 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting: / The 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Programming for Children at Chelsea Recreation Center /
- [Guest Opinion: Yes to Housing in God's Backyard](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/29/guest-opinion-yes-to-housing-in-gods-backyard/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office, we had a clear mission: protect public safety, rebuild our economy as quickly as possible, and make our city more livable for everyday New Yorkers. The key to livability is affordable housing. It is the bedrock on which New Yorkers can build a family,
- [As Deadline Looms, Local Journalism Sustainability Act Advocates Seek  FY’25 State Budget Inclusion](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/28/as-deadline-looms-local-journalism-sustainability-act-advocates-seek-fy25-state-budget-inclusion/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What do the bald eagle, gray wolf, and American peregrine falcon have in common? Well, besides a reputation for majestic poses based largely on postage stamps bearing their illustrated likeness, “Each faced the brink of extinction and have now rebounded,” crowed a December 28, 2023 featured content article published to coincide
- [Guest Opinion: Giving a Raise for New York City's Human Service Workers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/21/guest-opinion-giving-a-raise-for-new-york-citys-human-service-workers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When I was a child, my family lived on the edge of homelessness. My five siblings and I would go to school with black trash bags full of our clothes in case we were evicted from our apartment. I am mayor of the City of New York today because
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 11-17, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-11-17-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Manhattan Community Board 5's Full Board Meeting / Manhattan Community Board 4's Informational Forum on Casinos & Gambling / The 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / A View From Today: Contemporary
- [Q&A with Ellis Soodak of Verdi Cannabis, Chelsea's Lone Legal Licensed Dispensary](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/15/qa-with-ellis-soodak-of-verdi-cannabis-chelseas-lone-legal-licensed-dispensary/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having softly opened for business 12 days into 2024—followed by a January 26 ribbon cutting befitting the Grand Opening of something truly unprecedented—Verdi Cannabis was the first (and remains the only) legal, licensed, adult use cannabis dispensary in Chelsea. Located at 158 West 23rd Street (btw. 6th & 7th Aves.), it’s
- [Guest Opinion: Building a City of Opportunity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/13/guest-opinion-building-a-city-of-opportunity/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As I often say, we live in a city of 8.3 million people—and 35 million opinions. But one thing all New Yorkers can agree on is that people come to our city to make it. They come here to work, build lives, and fulfill the American Dream. And the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 4-10, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-4-10-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea MCB4 Full Board Meeting / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / The Greater Good Series / A View From Today: Contemporary Landscapes / Bingo Night / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to Serve on Your Manhattan Community Board
- [The 2024 Gaffie Awards for Worst Movie, Media Agenda, Boycotts, and More!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/06/the-2024-gaffie-awards-for-worst-movie-media-agenda-boycotts-and-more/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | If you care about honoring quality, tune in to the Oscars on March 10—but if you’re like me and you think it’s more fun to shoot spitballs at schlock, you’re in the right place. I’m the esteemed host of the Annual Gaffie Awards, and there are no losers here. No, wait
- [Get Off Your Duff and On the Right Course, at Puttery NYC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/07/get-off-your-duff-and-on-the-right-course-at-puttery-nyc/) - Open for business--and group-friendly fun--as of March 7, 2024, Puttery NYC (446 W. 14th St.) is the latest addition to the nationwide chain putting an immersive, culinary and cocktail-friendly spin on the mini golf concept. We recently posed a few questions to Puttery Business Development Manager Alice Smith. Below, find the informative results. Scott Stiffler,
- [Opinion: New York Must Enact the Local Journalism Sustainability Act](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/06/opinion-new-york-must-enact-the-local-journalism-sustainability-act/) - BY THE EMPIRE STATE LOCAL NEWS COALITION, WITH ADDITIONAL TEXT BY CHELSEA COMMUNITY NEWS FOUNDER/EDITOR SCOTT STIFFLER | As objective and independent news writers and editors, we have an imperative to cover the issues most important to the people of our coverage area: Chelsea, Flatiron/NoMad, Meatpacking District, Hudson Yards, Hell’s Kitchen/Times Square, and the Penn
- [Guest Opinion: Building a Legal, Equitable Cannabis Industry That Works for Us All](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/05/guest-opinion-building-a-legal-equitable-cannabis-industry-that-works-for-us-all/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came to office two years ago, we had a clear vision: protect public safety, revitalize the economy, and make this city more livable for hardworking New Yorkers. And building a legal, equitable cannabis industry is part of every part of that vision. Legal cannabis remains the right
- [Must-See Meetings, Waiting for You on the Web](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/03/04/must-see-meetings-waiting-for-you-on-the-web/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Not a week goes by where we don’t feature a public meeting accessible via Zoom, a local brick and mortar location, or both. Many of them are recorded for posterity and posted online for perpetual (usually free) access at your convenience. And so we come to this—an occasional roundup column that
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 26-March 3, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/27/this-week-in-around-chelseafebruary-26-march-3-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / The Greater Good Series / Bingo Night / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to Serve on Your Manhattan Community Board / Admiration: A Black History Month
- [Times Square Alliance Demonstrates Steadfast Devotion to its Iconic Destination](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/28/times-square-alliance-demonstrates-steadfast-devotion-to-its-iconic-destination/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | Founded in 1992, the Times Square Alliance is a Business Improvement District (BID) that came into being as Times Square was emerging from a transformation. Streets that were seedy and scary were now dotted with entertainment venues and retailers respectable enough for the whole family. In 2008/2009, pedestrian plazas arrived and
- [Guest Opinion: Making it Easier for Working-Class New Yorkers to File Their Taxes & Put Money Back Into Their Pockets](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/27/guest-opinion-making-it-easier-for-working-class-new-yorkers-to-file-their-taxes-put-money-back-into-their-pockets/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City was built on the backs of working-class New Yorkers; people like my mother, Dorothy Mae Adams, a single mother who worked multiple jobs to support my five siblings and myself. She sacrificed everything for us, and I know that there are thousands of New Yorkers doing the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 19-25, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/19/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-19-25-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / The Greater Good Series / The 13th Precinct Community Council / Bingo Night / Kids Week at The Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to Serve
- [Block Association Believes Relationship Established at Meeting Bodes Well for TF Cornerstone’s Block-Spanning Chelsea Project](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/23/block-association-believes-relationship-established-at-meeting-bodes-well-for-tf-cornerstones-block-spanning-chelsea-project/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A current Chelsea-based project from family-owned New York City real estate firm TF Cornerstone puts to rest speculation about the fate of a three-property patch that, in its bustling prime, offered food, film, and finance within the span of just a few feet. Off the market and destined for demolition are
- [Guest Opinion: Social Media and Youth Mental Health](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/20/guest-opinion-social-media-and-youth-mental-health/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City has always been a hub for technology and innovation. And while technology has helped create jobs, opportunities, and prosperity, it has also the potential to cause new dangers, especially when it comes to social media and the mental health of our children. Our administration came into
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 12-18, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/13/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-12-18-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / The Greater Good Series / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to serve on your Manhattan community board / NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in Conversation with NYS Attorney General Letitia James /
- [Twyla Tharp's Two-Week, Three-Work Run at The Joyce Opens Feb. 13](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/12/twyla-tharps-two-week-three-work-run-at-the-joyce-opens-feb-13/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | If, after a serious dose of the latest dance technology—via February 9-12’s Dance on Camera festival—your idea of a good terpsichorean time still involves sharing a room with live dancers moving to music, get yourself to the Joyce Theater, where Twyla Tharp, now in her ninth decade and as sharp as
- [Guest Opinion: What We Need From Albany](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/14/guest-opinion-what-we-need-from-albany/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is all about what is possible. It’s a place where you can start a business, raise a family, and make a difference. Our administration came into office with the aim of keeping that American Dream alive by protecting public safety, rebuilding our economy, and making our
- [Guest Opinion: Getting Every Single Trash Bag Off Our Streets](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/05/guest-opinion-getting-every-single-trash-bag-off-our-streets/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers deserve clean streets, free of smelly trash bags and rats. That’s why we are taking the next leap forward in the Trash Revolution—our initiative to reimagine trash collection and remove every single trash bag from New York City’s streets. When we came into office two years ago,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 5-11,  2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-5-11-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to serve on your Manhattan community board / NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in Conversation with NYS Attorney General Letitia James The Full Board of
- [Dance Films Thrive, Feb. 9-12, at the Dance on Camera Festival](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/06/dance-films-thrive-feb-9-12-at-the-dance-on-camera-festival/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The 2024 Dance on Camera festival, running February 9-12 at Lincoln Center, is particularly rich and diverse. The world’s longest-running assemblage of dance film—now in its 52nd year—presents, in 11 different programs, a mix of shorts and features from around the world. Up first (Feb. 9, 7pm) is the full-length Swan
- [Guest Opinion: New York Needs Through-Running… and So Does President Biden](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/13/guest-opinion-new-york-needs-through-running-and-so-does-president-biden/) - BY SAMUEL TURVEY | President Biden’s plan to build the new Gateway Tunnels under the Hudson River—an investment of $50 billion—would assure Greater New York a bold new future. And yet, it has been greeted with muted hosannas, at best. If the President were to press his staff for answers as to why, he probably
- [Ginger Minj & Gidget Galore Bring Broadway-Themed Show to Gate of Great White Way](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/11/ginger-minj-gidget-galore-bring-broadway-themed-show-to-gate-of-great-white-way/) - A show whose thematic “Oomh!” comes from the Broadway songbook’s emotional depth and camp-friendly absurdities has arrived on West 42nd Street—the very doorstep of its source material—to throw down the gauntlet. Fortunately for us, the gauntlet is actually two pairs of long satin evening gloves worn with confident, comedic ferocity by native-to-Florida drag queens Ginger
- [Guest Opinion | The State of Our City: You Can Make it Here](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/29/guest-opinion-the-state-of-our-city-you-can-make-it-here/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, in the Bronx, the borough where hip hop was born, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city. When our administration came into office 24 months ago, we had a clear mission: protect public safety, rebuild our economy, and make this city more livable for
- [Q&A with Jessica Chait, Manhattan Community Board 4's New Chair](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/02/02/qa-with-jessica-chait-manhattan-community-board-4s-new-chair/) - About Jessica Chait Chair of Manhattan Community Board 4 The San Antonio, Texas native holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas and a master’s degree in Public Administration from New York University. As the Met Council’s Managing Director of Food Programs and Policy, Jessica manages the largest free kosher food distribution program
- [February 1, 5, 7: Participate in the Environmental Review for Redevelopment of NYCHA's Fulton & Elliott-Chelsea Houses](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/31/february-1-5-7-participate-in-the-environmental-review-for-redevelopment-of-nychas-fulton-elliott-chelsea-houses/) - February 1, 5, 7: Three Opportunities for the Public to Participate in the Environmental Review For Redevelopment of the NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses The Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea PACT (Permanent Affordability Commitment Together) project has begun an environmental review process that analyzes the impact to the human, built, and natural environment in
- [Jan. 31 Community Council Meeting is First to Follow Dec. Do/Don't & Will/Won't Declarations](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/30/jan-31-community-council-meeting-is-first-to-follow-dec-do-dont-will-wont-declarations/) - The 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting Wednesday, January 31, 7pm At the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) UPDATE: Since this article's publication, the 10th Precint has noted that because of illness, CO Capt. Brathwaite will not attend the Jan. 31 Community Council meeting. Executive NYPD Officer Captain Magliente will
- [Sweet Savings for Bakery’s Supporters, on ‘Soft Open’ Weekend of Jan. 27/28](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/26/sweet-savings-for-bakerys-supporters-on-soft-open-weekend-of-jan-27-28/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | After years spent perfecting his baking skills, former attorney and longtime Village resident DongJu Song took a leap of faith that landed him in Chelsea, as founder/owner of The Sleeping Cat (160 Seventh Ave. btw. W. 19th & 20th Sts.). As we noted in a recent small business profile (click here
- [Demystifying the Process, Amidst ‘High’ Demand for Cannabis Retail Dispensary Licenses](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/25/demystifying-the-process-amidst-high-demand-for-cannabis-retail-dispensary-licenses/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | March 31, 2021: Heady jubilation akin to a contact high spreads across Chelsea like smoke wafting up the neck of a long glass bong, when New York State (NYS) legalizes the recreational use of cannabis by adults, 21+. To usher in a new commercial landscape actualized by cannabis cultivation, distribution, and
- [Guest Opinion: Balancing Our City’s Budget While Delivering for Working-Class New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/24/guest-opinion-balancing-our-citys-budget-while-delivering-for-working-class-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our administration came into office with a clear mission: to protect public safety, revitalize our economy, and make all five boroughs more livable for the 8.3 million people who call New York City their home. For the last two years, we have worked every day to make our vision
- [Guest Opinion: The Safest Big City in America](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/08/guest-opinion-the-safest-big-city-in-america/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Since day one, our administration has been clear about our vision for the five boroughs—creating a city that is safer, more economically viable, and more livable for the 8.3 million hardworking New Yorkers who call the greatest city in the world home. I always say that “public safety is
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 8-14, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/08/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-8-14-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Musicgarten / The Full Board Meeting of CB5 / Lights on the Cobbles Musicgarten in the Seahorse Classroom at Pier 57; Free; Times & Dates Vary | Musikgarten for Babies and Toddlers, led by Rachel, is a chance for families to learn to connect with children
- [REPORT: Drop Your Ozempic and Come to The Country’s Biggest Buffet!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/18/report-drop-your-ozempic-and-come-to-the-countrys-biggest-buffet/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Forget Ozempic. I’m an old school “I see food, I eat it” kind of guy. Recently, I realized that just seeing a video of food has me reaching for the nearest utensils. In fact, when Paper’s Mickey Boardman forwarded me a promo clip about Shady Maple Smorgasbord, billed as “the largest
- [Guest Opinion: Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy by Fighting for Fair Housing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/16/guest-opinion-honoring-dr-kings-legacy-by-fighting-for-fair-housing/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | This week, we celebrate the life of one of our greatest American leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is a moment to honor his accomplishments, but it’s also an opportunity to reflect on what he fought for and to carry his legacy forward. We must find new strength
- [Manhattan Community Board Applications Due by 5pm on Friday, February 23](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/15/manhattan-community-board-applications-due-by-5pm-on-friday-february-23/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | There’s no doubt about it: The President of the United States leaves a lasting mark if ever called upon to nominate a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Here on the hyperlocal level, a guy named Mark—aka Manhattan Borough President (MBP) Mark Levine—leaves many lasting marks, when his Office answers the annual call
- [The Buzz is True: Verdi Cannabis is Open for Business in Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/12/the-buzz-is-true-verdi-cannabis-is-open-for-business-in-chelsea/) - WHAT: Verdi Cannabis, a New York State Licensed Dispensary WHERE: 158 West 23rd Street (btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) WHEN: Mon.-Thurs. 10am-8pm / Fri. & Sat. 12pm-10pm / Sun. 11am-7pm BY SCOTT STIFFLER | With a location that puts it on a block already occupied by two smoke shops, the “only legal source in Chelsea”
- [Revisiting ‘My CoviDiary’ or ‘How I Stopped Writing’](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/11/revisiting-my-covidiary-or-how-i-stopped-writing/) - BY MAX BURBANK December 12, 2019: A cluster of patients in China’s Hubei Province, in the city of Wuhan, begin to experience the symptoms of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that does not respond well to standard treatment.—The CDC Museum’s COVID-19 Timeline March 11, 2020: With 118,000 cases in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths, the World
- [By Turns Realistic and Absurdist, ‘The Whole of Time’ Shines in its Intimate Setting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/08/by-turns-realistic-and-absurdist-the-whole-of-time-shines-in-its-intimate-setting/) - BY TRAV S.D. | One never knows what to expect when one sees a show at the Torn Page space on West 22nd Street—but you can usually count on surprise, and can certainly bank on an intimate experience. Based in the old Chelsea townhouse of stage and screen giants Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, most
- [Review: ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Arrives Right on Time](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/10/review-prayer-for-the-french-republic-arrives-right-on-time/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Broadway transfer of the award-winning Off-Broadway play Prayer for the French Republic could not be more timely. As written by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Other), it concerns various clashes within a Jewish family in France in 2016-17 as nerves fray due to the latest rise of antisemitism. Arriving at
- [Chelsea Park Dog Run Expected to Bow (Wow!) by End of July](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/06/chelsea-park-dog-run-expected-to-bow-wow-by-end-of-july/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Four-legged, tail-wagging creatures in and around the Chelsea Park area who answer to Fido, Frida—or any old name at the sound of the treats jar being opened—will soon have a place to play in an off-leash environment, according to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (Parks). As Chelsea
- [Chelsea Park Dog Run: 'Neighborhood’s Furry Friends Will Enjoy Using It,' Assures Parks Dept.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/11/chelsea-park-dog-run-neighborhoods-furry-friends-will-enjoy-using-it-assures-parks-dpt/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (Parks) has confirmed that an area of West Chelsea howling for a place to put pooches through their paces will soon see a dog run find its Forever Home. After months of hearing pro and con testimony from the public, a letter
- ['First Family' of Licensed Pot Purveyors Presents Convincing Case to CB4 Cannabis Working Group](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/28/first-family-of-licensed-pot-purveyors-presents-convincing-case-to-cb4-cannabis-working-group/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Buoyed by equally effective “justice served” and “family business” backstories, the proprietors of the legal cannabis dispensary expected to open at 158 West 23rd Street found a mostly receptive audience at an informational presentation they gave to Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4). The Thursday, August 24 online gathering (click here to
- [The Annual Gaffie Awards for Badness! And the 'Winners' Are…](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/09/the-annual-gaffie-awards-for-badness-and-the-winners-are/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Oscars are coming up on March 12th, but far more urgent are my annual Gaffies—the extremely non-prestigious awards for the absolute worst in entertainment. And they’re happening right now! In this very presentation (performed without a host, so no one gets hurt), I will cover some of 2022’s lousiest
- [A Wish for Global Lasting Peace](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/08/a-wish-for-global-lasting-peace/) - A Wish for Global Lasting Peace Written By Lisa Ruimy Holzkenner (Chelsea, NYC) Peace is the blessing for which I pray in my sleeping and waking hours. Many nights I have awakened in terror, for have I lived through the horrors of several wars, beginning with WW II. While I find consolation in the dream of
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 18-24, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/18/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-18-24-2023/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea New Leadership at the 10th Precinct & Confirmation of 12/27 Community Council Meeting / Flatiron/NoMad Partnership's Winter Glow / Holiday Caroling New Leadership at the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) | Note: See the final section of this paragraph for
- [Guest Opinion: Keeping Nightlife Safe in New York City](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/02/guest-opinion-keeping-nightlife-safe-in-new-york-city/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is the city that never sleeps. We are a 24-hour city that is the nightlife capital of the world. And we remain the safest big city in America. When I came into office two years ago, we had a mission: Protect public safety, revitalize the economy,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: January 1-7, 2024](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/02/this-week-in-around-chelsea-january-1-7-2024/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea CB4 Full Board Meeting / Musicgarten / Lights on the Cobbles The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4): Wednesday, January 3, 6:30pm Online & In-Person at Mount Sinai West – 1000 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor Conference Room B | The full membership of
- [Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce Honors NYPD at Milestone Edition of Annual Awards Luncheon](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/05/greenwich-village-chelsea-chamber-of-commerce-honors-nypd-at-milestone-edition-of-annual-awards-luncheon/) - BY JESSE GERICKE & SCOTT STIFFLER | Founded in 1949 by a group of visionary entrepreneurs, the coverage area of the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce (GVCCC) has grown to include the SoHo, NoHo, Union Square, and Flatiron communities. Its contemporary membership—ranging from independent and sole proprietorships to major institutions and organizations—benefits from services
- [Shaped by Expertise, Community Wine & Spirits Has a Unique Customer Experience in Store](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2024/01/02/shaped-by-expertise-community-wine-spirits-has-a-unique-customer-experience-in-store/) - Offering inviting views from the outside and a warm, welcoming experience once through its doors, Community Wine & Spirits (140 10th Ave. btw. W. 18th & 19th Sts.) may be new to the neighborhood--but it's made a mark in the mere three months since arriving. Chelsea Community News recently posed some questions to its founder,
- [Guest Opinion:  A Year of Getting Stuff Done for Working-Class New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/26/guest-opinion-a-year-of-getting-stuff-done-for-working-class-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office in January 2022, New York City was on the brink. The pandemic was still raging. Our economy was in bad shape. Crime was on the rise. And our mission from day one was to fight for the people who make New York City the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 25-31, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/26/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-25-31-2023/) - Here's What's Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea New Leadership to attend the 12/27 Community Council Meeting / Flatiron/NoMad Partnership's Winter Glow / Meet the New CO at the 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting: Wednesday, December 27, 7pm at the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) | From the
- ['Comfort Baking' Cometh: The Sleeping Cat Eyes Early 2024 for Arrival on Seventh Ave.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/29/comfort-baking-cometh-the-sleeping-cat-eyes-early-jan-for-arrival-on-seventh-ave/) - BY DEBORAH FENKER | Few images are as cozy and calming as a furry feline curled up in a window’s nook, purring peacefully in its sleep. It is this sense of comfort and tranquility that newcomer DongJu Song means to conjure with his new venture, The Sleeping Cat bakery (160 Seventh Ave. btw. W. 19th
- [Revealed! 20 Celebrities I Stunned Into Silence](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/26/revealed-20-celebrities-i-stunned-into-silence/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’m generally adept at drawing out my interview subjects, because I’m a pretty good listener and besides, I project a sort of passivity which enables the stars to unburden me with their most private truths. I love the whole process, with me posing insouciant questions, then sitting back and letting them
- [Applications Accepted Through Jan. 5 for Affordable Apartments at The Clinton, 520 W. 48th St.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/22/applications-accepted-through-jan-5-for-affordable-apartments-at-the-clinton-520-w-48th-st/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Hudson Companies and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced this week that their “mini-lottery” is accepting applications for six affordable studio apartment units at The Clinton. Located at 520 West 48th Street (btw. 10th & 11th Aves.), the December 21 press release described The Clinton as
- [Takeaways from the Chelsea West 200 Block Association's Membership Meeting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/22/takeaways-from-the-chelsea-west-200-block-associations-membership-meeting/) - Like Phoenix from the ashes (or maybe Sleeping Beauty), the Chelsea West 200 Block Association (CW200BA) emerges from a long snooze to take its place among the many active Chelsea block associations. On December 4, the CW200BA (encompassing 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd Sts., 7th to 8th Aves.) held its second membership meeting of the
- [Nirvana and So Much More](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/22/nirvana-and-so-much-more/) - Nirvana and So Much More BY PUMA PERL Before we were rudely interrupted we played some great shows Max’s Reunions Pandemoniums Café Bohemia Attended a bunch, too MC5 Bush Tetras Blondie Did a lot of poetry readings Wrote a book Contributed to The Villager Reviewed the Tribeca Film Festival Late night dinners at Veselka Gallery
- [Chelsea West 200 Block Association's New Leader Looks to Preserve, Improve](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/09/west-200-block-associations-new-leader-looks-to-preserve-improve/) - How very appropriate that the Chelsea West 200 Block Association's recently updated logo (seen on the left) is anchored by a towering tree whose thick trunk implies deep roots. As one of the neighborhood's very first block associations, West 200 was instrumental in establishing and inspiring the practice of lining Chelsea's side streets with the
- [Flatiron NoMad Partnership's Expansion Embraces Change, Embodies the 'New' New York](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/18/flatiron-nomad-partnerships-expansion-embraces-change-embodies-the-new-new-york/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | Reemergence, reinvention, and expansion: The story of how—and why—the 2006-founded Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership became the Flatiron NoMad Partnership has all of these elements, amplified by the fact that it took place as the pandemic was tapering off. “We are blessed that we have one of the best parks in all of
- [New York Comic Con 2023 Powers Up](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/18/new-york-comic-con-2023-powers-up/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | I walked into October 12-15's New York Comic Con with a simple goal: Buy a comic book. Keith Giffen, one of my favorite comic book writers, had died earlier that week, and I wanted to find an issue of his Justice League from the “Bwah Ha Ha!” era in the late
- [Guest Opinion: Pathways to Success for Our Young People](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/18/guest-opinion-pathways-to-success-for-our-young-people/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our city’s future depends on being able to help our young people grow, fulfill their potential, and thrive in an ever-changing economy. These days, it’s rare to think about spending decades at the same job, and education is the key to developing the flexibility and resourcefulness that our youth
- [Guest Opinion: Staying Safe for the Holidays](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/29/guest-opinion-staying-safe-for-the-holidays/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The holiday season is a festive time of year. It’s getting colder, so we try to stay warm, we invite friends and family over, cook more, light candles, maybe burn a fire in the fireplace or use space heaters, buy Christmas trees and string them up with lights, and
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 27-December 3, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/29/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-27-december-3-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Flatiron/NoMad's Winter Glow / West Chelsea Festival of Art / 10th Precinct Build the Block Meetings / Pet Adoption / Tree Lighting & Menorah Lighting in Clement Clarke Moore Park / Community Cleanups / Control No Control: On View November 30 to January 1 at Flatiron North
- [Guest Opinion: NYCHA Residents Make History](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/07/nycha-residents-make-history/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Access to safe and affordable housing is one of the keys to prosperity. I understand that just as much as anyone else. As a child, I grew up on the edge of homelessness. There were days when I had to take a trash bag full of clothes to school
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: December 11-17,  2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-december-11-17-2023/) - What is Causing the Housing Crisis? Thursday, December 14 Online at 5pm | In Chelsea Community News' recent coverage of a Q&A-style Town Hall presented by NYS Assemblymember Tony Simone (click here to read it), we recalled a section in which talk turned to Affordable Housing. “If we don’t take drastic action,” said NYC Council
- [Guest Opinion: Saving New Yorkers From the Opioid Crisis](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/12/guest-opinion-saving-new-yorkers-fro-the-opioid-crisis/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | A fatal overdose occurs in New York City every 3 hours. The opioid epidemic is a growing public health crisis that we must end. It has inflicted too much heartache in our city. Manufacturers and distributors have hooked thousands of New Yorkers on opioids and other painkillers. They have
- [Closing Soon, Danny DeVito-Starring, Hoarding-Themed ‘I Need That’ Deserves Space on Your Overstuffed Schedule](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/12/closing-soon-danny-devito-starring-hoarding-themed-i-need-that-deserves-space-on-your-overstuffed-schedule/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | On the stage where I Need That is in performance, the curtain, playing the part of a canvas, offers a painted aerial view of streets and houses—a grid of suburbia in Anywhere, USA. My Playbill is even more specific: “Place: New Jersey” and “Time: Now.” Spilling from beneath the curtain and
- [The 100 Best New Drag Queen and Drag King Names!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/12/the-100-best-new-drag-queen-and-drag-king-names/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I never get tired of coming up with drag queen names because it’s a chance to be punny and funny and a little bit incorrect. Here goes—and I’ll not only include a few actual drag queens’ names, I’ll follow that with some names for the drag kings, too. NOTE: Want more,
- [Damage to Merchant's House Museum Must be Avoided](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/09/merchants-house-museum/) - ABOUT MERCHANT'S HOUSE MUSEUM Through public education programs and exhibitions, restoration of its 1832 landmark building, and conservation of its original collections, the Merchant's House Museum tells the story of the domestic life of a wealthy merchant family and their four Irish servants, 1835-1865, when the mercantile seaport of New York City emerged as a
- [Moore, Moore, Moore: Celebrations Galore as 200th Anniv. of Created-in-Chelsea Christmas Classic Approaches](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/12/08/more-more-moore-celebrations-galore-as-200th-anniv-of-created-in-chelsea-christmas-classic-approaches/) - BY TRAV S. D. | An extremely important Chelsea milestone approaches in just a few weeks. December 23 will mark the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the beloved poem A Visit from St. Nicholas—better known as ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Chelsea founder Clement Clarke Moore. (For how Moore can be described
- [Guest Opinion: Saying 'Yes' to New Zoning, New Businesses, and New Opportunities](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/20/guest-opinion-saying-yes-to-new-zoning-new-businesses-and-new-opportunities/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last month, New York City hit an economic milestone, with more total jobs than ever before in our city’s history. Our administration is proud of the work we have done to ensure our economy has made a full recovery—and we are determined to keep working to create jobs and
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 20-26, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/20/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-20-26-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea the 13th Precinct Community Council / West Chelsea Festival of Art / 10th Precinct Community Council & Build the Block Meetings / Community Cleanups / The Four Elements of Leigh Li-yun Wen The 13th Precinct Community Council: Tuesday, November 21, 6pm at the 13th Precinct (230 East 21st Street)
- [Back in the Sweet Treats Biz: As of Nov. 27, Donut Pub Doors Open (Quite Possibly in Perpetuity)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/25/back-in-the-sweet-treats-biz-as-of-nov-27-donut-pub-doors-open-quite-possibly-in-perpetuity/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Devoid of product and people for nearly 14 months, The Donut Pub (W. 14th St. & Seventh Ave.) will be up and running again as of 6am on Monday, November 27. As we noted in our article of July 21, 2023 (Sweet Relief for the Glazed and Confused: Donut Pub to Resume
- [Lady Bunny's 'Very Blue Christmas' Delivers Dirty Ditties by the Dozen](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/22/lady-bunnys-blue-christmas-delivers-dirty-ditties-by-the-dozen/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Leave it to that reliabe old slayer of sacred cows--Lady Bunny--to greet this holiday season with the promise of a dirty, disgusting public display. From her perch in Times Square (aka the Laurie Beechmen Theatre), Lady Bunny: A Very Blue Christmas welcomes you to witness NYC’s own potty-mouthed “pig in a
- [Innovative & Essential Initiatives Celebrated, Supported with West Side Community Fund Grants](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/13/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
- [Jewish Comics Experience 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/21/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
- [Guest Opinion: Helping New Yorkers Live Longer](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/14/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
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 13-19, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/13/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
- [Letter to the Editor: Chelsea Subway Stops Need Elevators Now!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/14/letter-to-the-editor-chelsea-subway-stops-need-elevators-now/) - Dear Editor: Subway elevators serve us all—those with disabilities, parents with strollers, pregnant women, seniors, people with bad backs and knees, tourists, and anybody with luggage. Only about 25% of NYC’s 472 stations are accessible. A five-year lawsuit initiated by disability transportation activists against the MTA was settled in 2022, so there is now a legal
- [At Simone-Sponsored Town Hall, Panel of Dems Commit to Constituent Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/14/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
- [Review: The Haunting ‘Harmony’ Recalls Comedians Trapped in the Holocaust](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/14/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
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 6-12, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-november-6-12-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week / Election Day / Free Flu Vaccines / Community Cleanups / Carri Skoczek: Portraits at Hudson Guild's Guild Gallery II / PICK OF THE WEEK: Chilifest Saturday, November 11, 12-5pm on West 15th Street (btw. 9th & 10th Aves.) After a nearly decade-long absence—during which
- [The Longest Table Returns to Chelsea, Feeding Our Need to Connect](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/06/the-longest-table-returns-to-chelsea-feeding-our-need-to-connect/) - COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Sunday, October 1, 2023: After a few too many successive days of drizzles, downpours, and every imaginable iteration of wet weather inbetween, the clouds parted and the sun beamed down on Chelsea as if on cue, allowing for the return of The Longest Table to West 21st Street, between Ninth
- [Ginger Minj, Miss Peppermint Converse in Conjunction with Release of 'Southern Fried Sass'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/05/ginger-minj-miss-peppermint-converse-in-conjunction-with-release-of-southern-fried-sass/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Ah, New York City—where our early evening weeknight events sparkle, shine, snap, and clap louder than most other places can manage at Saturday night’s apex. Icons and legends abound at 7pm on Tuesday, November 7, when NYC’s storied Strand Book Store gives its 3rd floor Rare Book Room over to something
- [Show, Story, Experience, Memory: Iconic Hotel’s Café Chelsea is Making its Own History](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/11/03/show-story-experience-memory-iconic-hotels-cafe-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,
- [Guest Opinion: New Yorkers are Spreading the Love. Here’s How You Can Get Involved.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/31/guest-opinion-new-yorkers-are-spreading-the-love-heres-how-you-can-get-involved/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | We all love New York City. And this year, New Yorkers have been showing their love by lending a helping hand as part of our Spread Love NYC campaign. Since March, nearly 30,000 New Yorkers have given more than 235,000 hours of their time to help out our neighbors in
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 23-29, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/23/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-23-29-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week: Senior Resource Fair / Barktoberfest / 10th Precinct Sector A Build the Block Meeting and Community Council Meeting / CB4's District Needs Survey, Oct. 31 Deadline / Community Cleanups / District 3 Participatory Budgeting Meetings / Kid at Work: Music in Chelsea Green Park /
- [Guest Opinion: New York City is Back—With More Jobs Than Ever](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/27/guest-opinion-new-york-city-is-back-with-more-jobs-than-ever/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Less than two years ago, I was sworn in as the 110th mayor of New York City. Our city was still reeling from the devastation of a global pandemic. Commercial neighborhoods and office buildings were deserted. Headlines questioned the future of New York City. But I knew then what every New Yorker
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 30 - November 5, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/30/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-30-november-5-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Oct. 31 Deadline to Take the Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) District Needs Survey / CB4's Full Board Meeting / Community Cleanups / Carri Skoczek: Portraits at Hudson Guild's Guild Gallery II / October 31 Deadline to Take the Manhattan Community Board 4 (MCB4) Community District Needs
- [Early Voting Lets You Live as if It's Already November 7](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/30/early-voting-lets-you-live-as-if-its-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
- [The 200 Worst Clichés Polluting Today’s Discourse](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/27/the-200-worst-cliches-polluting-todays-discourse/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’m not being alarmist when I tell you that an overabundance of clichés is destroying our culture and if we don’t stop it, we’re all going to become avocado toast. I implore you all to stop parroting something just because you saw it on Twitter. Don’t echo a phrase just because you
- [Somewhat Soggy London Terrace Street Fair Embraced its 'Rain or Shine' Policy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/27/somewhat-soggy-london-terrace-street-fair-embraced-its-rain-or-shine-policy/) - We want to thank everyone who participated in the 2023 London Terrace Street Fair. We had a rough time of it this year with the rain, and the October 7 event was a wet one. Our appreciation goes out to everyone--those who took part in the Street Fair, and those who sat it out. Either way, we
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 16-22, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-16-22-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week: Senior Resource Fair / Free Book Fair / Community Cleanups / District 3 Participatory Budgeting Meetings / UPCOMING: Halloween Block Party at Chelsea Green Park; 10th Precinct Sector A Build the Block Meeting / ONGOING: Carri Skoczek: Portraits at Hudson Guild's Guild Gallery II /
- [Guest Opinion: Investing in Clean, Green Public Space for All New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/20/guest-opinion-investing-in-clean-green-public-space-for-all-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | So much of New York City’s history was about changing the natural environment – cutting it down, clearing it out, paving it over. But going forward, we know that the future is about working with nature, building a greener, cleaner, safer city for all. From parks and playgrounds to streets,
- [Back in Brick and Mortar Business, 10th Precinct Public Meetings Address Community Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/23/back-in-brick-and-mortar-business-10th-precinct-public-meetings-address-community-concerns/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In another signifiant sign that's helping to define what we mean by the "post-pandemic era," all of the public meetings coming out of Chelsea's 10th Precinct have made the transition from online Zoom forums to a time when small meeting rooms or sweeping outdoor spaces will serve as host venues. This
- [Scary Good Halloween-Themed Things](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/21/scary-good-halloween-themed-things/) - Halloween Block Party: Sunday, October 22, 10am-2pm In & Around Chelsea Green Park (140 W. 20th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) | Friends of Chelsea Green's annual Halloween Block Party is a feast of fun featuring free crafts and activities in the park, Trick or Treating along the street at nearly 50 vendor tables,
- [Toy Fair New York 2023 is Next to Last …. for now](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/16/toy-fair-new-york-2023-is-next-to-last-for-now/) - NOTE: On October 13, the Toy Association announced that the Toy Fair will be staying in New York City: 'While we aimed to adapt to the perceived shifts in our industry, the announcement of that change was met with strong feelings of tradition and enduring memories of toy business conducted in New York... It has become abundantly
- [Food, Glorious Food Fuels Apprenticeship Program from the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/16/food-glorious-food-fuels-apprenticeship-program-from-the-anne-saxelby-legacy-fund/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER and PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHELSEA MARKET | Foodies with a fondness for the farm to table model flocked to Chelsea Market in the early evening of September 13 to feast on a smorgasbord of fresh sights, smells, textures, and tastes. Nearly 3,000 attendees traversed the iconic venue’s long and winding pathways,
- [Brainpower Puts Another Round of Participatory Budgeting in Play](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/06/brainpower-puts-another-round-of-participatory-budgeting-in-play/) - PHOTOS & TEXT BY CHRISTIAN MILES (click on his name to visit his website) | Have you ever found yourself walking down the street, seeing something amiss and asking, “Why isn’t the City doing something about this?” Imagine if we could put our money where our mouth is and use taxpayer dollars to change things for the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 9-15, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/09/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-9-15-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week: St. Peter's Chelsea Blessing of the Animals / CB4's Waterfront, Parks & Environment Committee Meets / Community Cleanups / CB4 District Needs Survey / Free Paper Shredding Day / District 3 Participatory Budgeting Meetings / UPCOMING: Halloween Block Party at Chelsea Green Park; Senior Resource Fair
- [Hudson Yards Hell's Kitchen Alliance Beautifies and Defines its Destination District](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/10/hudson-yards-hells-kitchen-alliance-beautifies-and-defines-its-destination-district/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | Murals of color pop, seem to speak to each other, across West 37th Street between Ninth and 10th Aves. Compartmentalized square sections, welded together to create block-long walls of steel no higher than an average adult, had once brought a dreariness to this street, in a neighborhood where residents already lived
- [Guest Opinion: Keeping Our Communities Safe from Fentanyl](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/10/guest-opinion-keeping-our-communities-safe-from-fentanyl/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Public safety is our administration’s top priority, and keeping New Yorkers safe from the growing threat of fentanyl is a core part of that mission. All of us have heard about the danger fentanyl poses to our children and our communities. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is approximately 50
- [DOT Decision Pending on Intercity Bus Stop Opposed by CB5 & Dozens of Locals](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/02/dot-decision-pending-on-intercity-bus-stop-opposed-by-cb5-dozens-of-locals/) - BY JACOB IMBER | A private bus stop proposed for the east side of Eighth Avenue between West 28th and 29th Streets has reignited tensions between Chelsea residents and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT). If approved, the stop will be the latest in a series of transit developments locals say create dangerous conditions. A
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: October 2-8, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/02/this-week-in-around-chelsea-october-2-8-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week / CB4's Full Board Meeting / CB4 District Needs Survey / Music at Chelsea Green Park / The London Terrace Street Fair / Don't Tell Comedy Comes to Chelsea / Carri Skoczek: Portraits at Hudson Guild's Guild Gallery II / Fresh Food for Seniors /
- [Guest Opinion: The Future of Housing in NYC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/03/guest-opinion-the-future-of-housing-in-nyc/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our administration recently proposed the most ambitious pro-housing zoning changes in the history of New York City—changes that would rewrite the wrongs of the past and clear the way toward building the kinds of housing New York City so desperately needs. The 1961 Zoning Resolution drastically changed the way our
- [‘Terror Vision’ Brings Old Hollywood Horror to Times Square](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/25/terror-vision-brings-old-hollywood-horror-to-times-square/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Spooky Season in New York is off to an early start this year. An interactive haunted house has been running just off Times Square since a week before Fall officially began. The premise of Terror Vision is that the audience members are visiting HorrorWood Studios. They are guests of a film
- [An Autumn Cornucopia of New and Vintage Dance Works](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/10/02/an-autumn-cornucopia-of-new-and-vintage-dance-works/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | October is, in its way, our most colorful month, and a reprise of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s Curriculum II—a rich stew of language, idea, movement phrases, and buckets of bright paint applied to the bodies of 10 gorgeous, diverse dancers—seems a good way of welcoming it to town. From its
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 25-October 1, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/25/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-25-october-1-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Estate Planning 101 / Picks of the Week / CB4 NYCHA Info Session and District Needs Survey / The 10th Precinct Community Council / Music at Chelsea Green Park / Watercolors on the Cobbles / Council District 3 Participatory Budgeting Kickoff / The Longest Table / The London
- [Mama Anna’s Cooking: Why My Mom Was the Top Italian Chef in the U.S.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/25/mama-annas-cooking-why-my-mom-was-the-top-italian-chef-in-the-u-s/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | My mother, Anna Musto, was the best Italian-American cook, bar none. Anyone who disagrees…stai zitto! When I was growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in the 1960s, mama Anna made all kinds of delicious things, like chicken and rice soup, sautéed fillet of sole, and escarole—or, more accurately, shcarole. (Italians always drop
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 18-24, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/18/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-18-24-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week / Vinyl Nights / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / Rescheduled from Sept. 23 to Oct. 7 / The London Terrace Street Fair / Ongoing Events: Free Fitness Boot Camp, Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery, Fresh Food for Seniors / PICK OF
- [Reform Dems, CB4 Each Offer Chelsea NYCHA Info Sessions](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/19/reform-dems-cb4-each-offer-chelsea-nycha-info-sessions/) - NOTE: On the afternoon of Wed., Sept. 20, event organizers announced the cancellation of their below Panel Discussion. The Chelsea Reform Democratic Club (CRDC) Presents a Panel Discussion on the Proposed NYCHA (NYC Housing Authority) Fulton Houses and Elliott-Chelsea Conversion Thursday, September 21 7pm-10pm Online Via Zoom This event promises to shed light on crucial aspects
- [Guest Opinion: Delivering for New Yorkers Year After Year](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/18/gues-opinion-delivering-for-new-yorkers-year-after-year/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When we came into office 20 months ago, we promised we would "Get Stuff Done" for New Yorkers and New York City. Our most recent Mayor’s Management Report (MMR) shows that our administration has been doing just that in ways that improve our quality of life and our city’s economic
- [Zimmer on Dance: Ballet X, Fall for Dance, Bijayini Satpathy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/19/zimmer-on-dance-ballet-x-fall-for-dance-bijayini-satpathy/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER (For Part I of Zimmer's fall dance column, click here.) Bijayini Satpathy: ABHIPSAA — a seeking | Conceived and developed during the pandemic, this new work in the Odissi tradition had its first performances at Duke University in 2021, and makes its New York premiere in Chelsea, at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Dancer-choreographer
- [West Side Community Fund Launches Fall Grant Cycle](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/31/west-side-community-fund-launches-fall-grant-cycle/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Reactivated last year after a period of pandemic-era downtime, the West Side Community Fund (WSCF) is a consortium of leading companies based on Manhattan’s west side. It’s also the best friend an underfunded good idea could have—the kind that comes bearing encouraging words backed by a generous check! Each grant cycle
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 11-17, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-11-17-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Pick of the Week / CB4 Committee Meetings: ACES & BLP / Vinyl Nights / 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Upcoming Events: The London Terrace Street Fair / Ongoing Events: Free Fitness Boot Camp, Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery, Fresh Food for Seniors /
- [Guest Opinion | Labor Day: A Celebration of Working People and the Unions That Support Them](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/29/guest-opinion-labor-day-a-celebration-of-working-people-and-the-unions-that-support-them/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Here in New York City, the three-day Labor Day Weekend marks the beginning of a new year in many ways. Many of us are enjoying the last days of summer, traveling or spending time with friends and family—and our children are getting ready to return to school. This chance
- [See You in September: Community Activities In & Around Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/01/see-you-in-september-community-activities-in-around-chelsea/) - Here's What's Happening This September, In & Around Chelsea Manhattan Community Board 4 Full Board Meeting / Vinyl Nights / High Line Open Studios / The 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting & Community Council Meeting / London Terrace Street Fair / The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4): A Hybrid
- [Guest Opinion: Slamming the Brakes on Car Theft](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/12/guest-opinion-slamming-the-brakes-on-car-theft/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Not only is New York City the greatest city in the world, it is the safest big city in America. Since day one of this administration, public safety has been our priority. And for the last 20 months, we have delivered on our promise to drive down crime. Our precision
- [National Suicide Prevention Week is Sept. 10-16](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/11/national-suicide-prevention-week-is-sept-10-16/) - Are you in a crisis? Call or text 988 or text TALK to 741741 National Suicide Prevention Week began with World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) recognizes the entire month of September as National Suicide Prevention Month, a moment in time, they say, “in which we rally the
- [Chelsea Dance in Living Color: A First Look at Fall](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/11/chelsea-dance-in-living-color-a-first-look-at-fall/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | There’s been a sea-change in our dance and performance art communities. Building since before the pandemic, it is now firmly entrenched. The first inkling of the shift came years ago, when the proportion of Bessies (New York Dance and Performance Awards) won by BIPOC artists began to rise dramatically. On August
- [Guest Opinion: Back to School—'Read' All About It](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/05/guest-opinion-back-to-school-read-all-about-it/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | This week, our children will head back to school for the first day of the new school year. School supplies have been gathered, backpacks are being filled, and alarms will soon be set for the early mornings once again. Whether you’re new to New York City public schools or
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: September 4-10, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/09/05/this-week-in-around-chelsea-september-4-10-2023/) - Here's What's Happening In & Around Chelsea Manhattan Community Board 4's HHHS Committee meeting / /Vinyl Nights / High Line Open Studios / Upcoming Events: The London Terrace Street Fair / Ongoing Events: Free Fitness Boot Camp, Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery, Fresh Food for Seniors / Past but Present: Events From Earlier This Week (CB4
- [Guest Opinions: Three Speak Out About MSG—And More](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/31/guest-opinions-three-speak-out-about-msg-and-more/) - On August 28, 2023, the NYC Council's Committee on Land Use voted on a Special Permit for Madison Square Garden. To view the archived recording on the Council's YouTube channel, click here. Chelsea Community News solicited comment from three individuals representing groups or organizations with strong opinions on the matter. Their responses comprise the following Guest Opinion pieces.
- ['Unity and Community Engagement' at Annual Chelsea Reform Democratic Club BBQ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/23/unity-and-community-engagement-at-annual-chelsea-reform-democratic-club-bbq/) - The Chelsea Reform Democratic Club (CRDC) gathered for a BBQ on August 6, at a storied location befitting the annual summertime event. Held at Frying Pan NYC (207 12th Ave. at Pier 66), the BBQ "was a success," said Layla Law-Gisiko (who is, along with David Warren, newly elected as a CRDC District Leader). Among
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 28-September 3, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/28/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-28-september-3-2023/) - Here's What's Happening "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Movie Night Under the Stars / Movies in the Park / Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery / Fresh Food for Seniors / Fitness Boot Camp / Movie Night Under the Stars: A FREE Event on Wednesday, August 30, 6:45pm at Gansevoort Plaza (9th Ave. & Gansevoort
- [Flame Con 2023 Tackles Tragedy and Controversy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/28/flame-con-2023-tackles-tragedy-and-controversy/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | New York City's LGBT Nerd convention, Flame Con, had its seventh live incarnation August 12 and 13, marking the second in-person version since COVID caused the live con scene to collapse in 2020. Cosplayers, gamers, and comic book enthusiasts gathered at the Sheraton Times Square for two days of fabulous fandom. While
- [Guest Opinion: Getting Sidewalk Sheds Down](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/01/guest-opinion-getting-sidewalk-sheds-down/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, we announced our plan to take down unsightly sidewalk sheds and reclaim our streets. Sidewalk sheds—which many New Yorkers also known as scaffolding—are the ugly green and metal boxes that cover our sidewalks. They block the sunlight, keep pedestrians away from businesses, and are a magnet for
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 21-27, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/21/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-21-27-2023/) - Here's What's Happening "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Salsa and Bachata Brunch / CB4 Presents an Online Informational Session Regarding a W. 23rd St. Cannabis Dispensary / Movies in the Park / Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery / Fresh Food for Seniors / Fitness Boot Camp / Salsa and Bachata Brunch: Sunday, August 27,
- [Guest Opinion: Outdoor Dining is Here to Stay in NYC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/21/guest-opinion-outdoor-dining-is-here-to-stay-in-nyc/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | This past week, we made it official: outdoor dining is here to stay. New Yorkers were hungry for an outdoor dining program that was cleaner, safer, and healthier. And by signing a new bill to bring al fresco dining to all five boroughs, we’ve delivered for them. Our new outdoor dining program,
- [Landmark Wine & Spirits Changes Location, Retains its Chelsea Character ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/23/landmark-wine-spirits-changes-location-retains-its-chelsea-character/) - It’s sad to find out a store you’ve shopped at for years is suddenly no longer there. But those who can no longer find Landmark Wine & Spirits at its decades-old 167 West 23rd Street location need not mourn the loss of a longtime local business. They need only cross the street and walk less
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 14-20, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-14-20-2023/) - Here's What's Happening "This Week In & Around Chelsea" CB5 Presents MTA's Penn Station Plan / ¡Arriba! on the High Line / Blues BBQ Festival / Movies in the Park / Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery / Fresh Food for Seniors / Fitness Boot Camp / Black Girls CODE Summer Camp / 10th Precinct Sector B
- [Guest Opinion: Affordable Homes for New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/14/guest-opinion-affordable-homes-for-new-yorkers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS: New York City is home to people from all over the world. We may eat different foods and speak different languages, but in the end, we all want things: jobs, good schools for our children, public safety, and a chance to live the American Dream. A central part of that
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: August 7-13, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-august-7-13-2023/) - Here's What's Happening "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Ginetta's Vendetta at Chelsea Green Park / Movies in the Park / Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery / Fresh Food for Seniors / Fitness Boot Camp / Wellness Wednesdays / Next Week In & Around Chelsea: ¡Arriba! on the High Line / Black Girls CODE Summer Camp
- [Guest Opinion: How We Make New York City Safer](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/08/guest-opinion-how-we-make-new-york-city-safer/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As mayor, it is my sacred duty to keep New Yorkers safe. I campaigned on making New York City a safer place to live, work, and raise a family, and now, after a little over a year and a half in office, we continue to see the results. Shootings are
- [Friends of Chelsea Green's Grant Guarantees Music in the Air at W. 20th St. Park](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/11/friends-of-chelsea-greens-grant-guarantees-music-in-the-air-at-w-20th-st-park/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Whether business, education, or recreation in nature, new arrivals to a neighborhood will come to find that the likelihood of sustained success accelerates by leaps and bounds if you’ve got some steadfast friends in your corner—or on your block (or around the corner, as the case may be). That’s certainly been
- [Got a Match? Chelsea Resident Needs 1 of Somebody's 2 Kidneys](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/09/got-a-match-chelsea-resident-needs-1-of-somebodys-2-kidneys/) - Creative, witty, and dedicated, Chelsea resident Laura Solimene has been giving her time and talents to support the community engagement efforts of the West 400 Block Association. Such volunteerism certainly merits a little special recognition, perhaps even a gesture of appreciation. Flowers are always nice—but what if she’s allergic? It’s got to be something that
- [Planters Possibly Packing Toxins Removed from Chelsea Park Dog Run](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/05/planters-packing-possible-toxins-removed-from-chelsea-park-dog-run/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A professional dog walker’s habit of scoping out new surroundings in the service of protecting his furry charges appears to have done just that, during Tony the Dog Walker’s very first visit to Chelsea Park Dog Run. Joining him on July 31’s opening day were Lucky, a white lab, and Pika,
- [Mark Morris Dance Group at the Joyce Delivers Seldom-Seens and Notable Firsts](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/22/mark-morris-dance-group-at-the-joyce-delivers-seldom-seens-and-notable-firsts/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The astonishing thing about the Mark Morris Dance Group’s upcoming season at the Joyce Theater is that it has never happened before. Morris, who founded the troupe in Seattle in 1980, showed his early work in tiny black box spaces like Dance Theater Workshop (now replaced at the same 219 W.
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 31-August 6, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/31/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-31-august-6-2023/) - Here's What's Happening "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Movies in the Park / Retrospection/Continuance at Hudson Guild Gallery / Fresh Food for Seniors / Fitness Boot Camp / Wellness Wednesdays / Black Girls CODE Summer Camp / Movies in the Park: A Free Film Screening Series Thursdays in August, 8pm, at Bella Abzug Park (W.
- [Guest Opinion: The New Leadership Keeping NYC Safe](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/25/guest-opinion-the-new-leadership-keeping-nyc-safe/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As Mayor of New York, I know just how important public safety is to our city, and how important the right leadership is in achieving it. Over the last 18 months, this Administration has made major progress in driving down major crime, and last week I named a new leadership
- [‘C’ the News: Compelling Briefs on Carousels, Composting, Community Updates](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/03/c-the-news-compelling-briefs-on-carousels-composting-community-updates/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | What goes round and round, draws young and old with its distinctive calliope sound, and is capable of transporting grown adults back to a time when they couldn’t wait to ride a horse whose trajectory was more up and down than straight ahead? If you said, “A carousel,” you’re either good
- [REVIEW: ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ Makes the Past Sing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/08/03/review-back-to-the-future-the-musical-makes-the-past-sing/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Spoiler alert! Yes, the car flies! And it does so much more dexterously than in the lame 2005 Broadway adaptation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. In fact, the car is a DeLorean that lights up, turns, zooms, spins, and eventually levitates over the orchestra seats, then turns upside down. With people
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 24-30, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/24/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-24-30-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" The July/August Full Board Meeting of CB4 / The 10th Precinct Sector A Build the Block Meeting / This Stretch of Montpelier / Fitness Boot Camp / Wellness Wednesdays / Black Girls CODE Summer Camp / The July/August Combo Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4):
- [Cyberbullying Doc 'Break the Game' Speedruns Through Levels of Nuance](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/28/cyberbullying-doc-break-the-game-speedruns-through-levels-of-nuance/) - BY CHARLI BATERSBY | The documentary Break the Game begins with director/producer/co-editor Jane M. Wagner sorting through three thousand hours of footage of Narcissa Wright playing video games. When someone has three thousand hours of footage of themselves playing video games, and changes their name to “Narcissa,” and sleeps in front of a webcam with
- [Founders of Flower District Destination La Chilaquería 'Passionate About Our Food and Culture'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/26/founders-of-flower-district-destination-la-chilaqueria-passionate-about-our-food-and-culture/) - BY JOANNE A. SINOVOI | The first thing I noticed when I walked inside La Chilaquería New York (139 W. 28th St. btw. 6th & 7th Aves.) was the beautiful flowers. Although I live only a few blocks away, this is not a restaurant I found by myself—neighbors told me I must check it out, and
- [MDMA Makes a Bold 'BID' to Bolster Meatpacking District's Form, Fortunes, and Function](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/24/mdma-makes-a-bold-bid-to-bolster-meatpacking-districts-form-fortunes-and-function/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | A chartreuse T-shirted workman is unwrapping a sandwich lunch while sitting under a red umbrella-shaded table on cobblestoned Gansevoort Plaza, between Hudson Street and Ninth Ave. At another similarly shaded table, a man with the white sleeves of his shirt rolled up is working on a computer. At another, two women
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 17-23, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-17-23-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Constituent Hours with NY State Sen. Krueger's Reps / This Stretch of Montpelier / Fitness Boot Camp / Wellness Wednesdays / Vinyl Nights / Black Girls CODE Summer Camp / Pilobolus in the Park CANCELLED (This event was cancelled by Sen. Krueger's office on the
- [Sweet Relief for the Glazed & Confused: Donut Pub to Resume its 24/7 Presence, Soon](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/21/sweet-relief-for-the-glazed-confused-donut-pub-to-resume-its-24-7-presence-soon/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Finally, the sprinkling of good news we've been waiting for: After closing in October of 2022 due to danger posed by the partial collapse of a basement wall, the sugar sanctuary that stood near the corner of 14th and Seventh for almost six decades is about to come full circle. Granted,
- [Review: Immersive Imelda Show ‘Here Lies Love’ is Bigger Than Ever](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/20/review-immersive-imelda-show-here-lies-love-is-bigger-than-ever/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Who says the nightlife is dead? It’s alive and well and living in the form of a musical about Imelda Marcos. An immersive show about the onetime Filipina First Lady, with music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim (based on their concept album) and additional music by Tom Gandey and J Pardo, Here Lies Love
- [Pilobolus, at 50, Brings New & Repertory Works to the Joyce](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/14/pilobolus-at-50-brings-new-repertory-works-to-the-joyce/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Pilobolus—the mostly-male performance ensemble founded at Dartmouth College in 1971—had its 50th anniversary celebration derailed by the pandemic, but picked up the pieces and is touring now with two retrospective programs, each containing new works and repertory favorites. In residence at the Joyce through the end of July, the Connecticut-based troupe
- [Make That Meeting You Missed: Online Recordings of Recent Events](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/19/make-that-meeting-you-missed-online-recordings-of-recent-events/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Not a week goes by where we don’t feature a public meeting accessible via Zoom, a local brick and mortar location, or both. Most of them are recorded for posterity and posted online for perpetual (usually free) access at your convenience. And so we come to this—the debut of an occasional
- [Guest Opinion: The Right Way to Use Eminent Domain to Fix the Penn Station Mess](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/19/guest-opinion-the-right-way-to-use-eminent-domain-to-fix-the-penn-station-mess/) - BY LYNN ELLSWORTH | The destruction of Penn Station in the 1960s came about through a cozy arrangement between two brothers, James and Irving Felt. One was a real estate developer and the head of City Planning, and the other was a financier. They replaced the station with Madison Square Garden, the ugly tower known
- [You're Fired: 60,000 Shells Sent Skyward for Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/08/youre-fired-60000-shells-sent-skyward-for-macys-fourth-of-july-fireworks/) - In a rousing summertime tradition second only to complaints about the humidity, the 47th annual Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks display did its duty to entertain in the grand style we've come to expect. Launching some 60,000 shells from a series of barges stationed Midtown in the East River, this year's pyrotechnic parade included, according
- [Guest Opinion: Protecting Our Youth from Flavored Vapes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/17/guest-opinion-protecting-our-youth-from-flavored-vapes/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS One of my most sacred obligations as Mayor is keeping our children safe from harm—and one of the leading risks to their health is nicotine-based products, including cigarettes and e-cigarettes, also known as vapes. We have made great progress, as a city and nation, keeping our youth safe from traditional cigarette smoking—bringing down youth smoking rates from 23% in 2000 to 2.3% in 2021. But with the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 10-16, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/10/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-10-16-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" A Conversation with MTA Leadership Regarding Penn Station / Fitness Boot Camp / CB4 Informational Presentation on the Chelsea NYCHA Plan / Disability Pride Month Celebration / CB5 Presents ASTM Penn Station Plan / Wellness Wednesdays / Vinyl Nights / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Black
- [Guest Opinion | Keeping Our Communities Safe: One Young Person at a Time](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/11/guest-opinion-keeping-our-communities-safe-one-young-person-at-a-time/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The old saying, “Prevention is better than cure” is truer than ever today. There are many problems that we face now, which—if we deal with them at the source—can be handled effectively and with less suffering. Gun violence among our young people is one of them. Our administration’s historic $89 million
- [Housing, Health, Permits, Parks, More, More: July Committee Meeetings, CB4](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/06/housing-health-permits-parks-more-more-july-committee-meeetings-cb4/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The individual committee meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) for the month of July are where you'll find presentations, discussions, and debate--all leading up to committee members voting on the matter at hand and, more often than not, generating a letter that will serve as a statement of CB4's position.
- [Shake Your Groove Thing: 'Vinyl Nights' at Hudson Yards Has Throwback Thrills You Can Dance To](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/10/shake-your-groove-thing-vinyl-nights-at-hudson-yards-has-throwback-thrills-you-can-dance-to/) - Vinyl Nights At Bella Abzug Park/Hudson Yards (Hudson Blvd. East btw. W. 34th & 35th Sts.) A Free, All-Ages Event 6-9pm on Thursday, July 13, 20 & Sept. 7, 21, 28 Whether you were there when it all began or were born decades later, this outdoor dance and music celebration invites you to step up and boogie
- [Stop Shopping, Keep Singing: Sunday/Monday Musts From Reverend Billy, Jim Caruso](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/11/stop-shopping-keep-singing-sunday-monday-musts-from-reverend-billy-jim-caruso/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Looking for a religious experience without the burden of learning a whole new set of rules to abide by? Two quintessential NYC experience on two successive days of the week beckon. The first inspires you to follow that still small voice that knows right from wrong; the second has the world
- [Guest Opinion | NYC’s Budget: Investing in Working Families & New Yorkers in Need](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/03/guest-opinion-nycs-budget-investing-in-working-families-new-yorkers-in-need/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Our city’s budget reflects our values—and for my administration, the needs of everyday people come first. This year, we navigated many significant financial challenges and have reached a budget agreement with our colleagues on the City Council—a budget that is smart, strategic, and fiscally responsible; a budget that advances our
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: July 3-9, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/03/this-week-in-around-chelsea-july-3-9-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Zoom Meeting: Could a Casino be Coming to Our Neighborhood? / Fitness Boot Camp / Wellness Wednesdays / VinyNights / Pilobolus in the Park / Meatpacking District Photo Exhibition: District Defined / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Black Girls CODE Summer Camp / CSA Food Share /
- [Tree Pit Tour Touts the Perennial Productivity of Chelsea Garden Club Volunteers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/03/tree-pit-tour-touts-the-perennial-productivity-of-chelsea-garden-club-volunteers/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | If you were trapped on an island that conveniently contained all of the gardening equipment you could ever want/need, what's the one thing you would be sure to plant: Russian Sage? Hollyhock? Take a look at the small but mighty gardens growing in the tree pits that dot pedestrian islands on
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 26-July 2, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/26/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-26-july-2-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Free Fitness Book Camp in Bella Abzug Park / City Club's Penn Station Panel Discussion / Wellness Wednesdays Free Fitness Classes / PRIDE at the High Line: Transformation Stories / NYC Government Hiring Hall / Tribeca Film Festival Online / Meatpacking District Photo Exhibition: District
- [Guest Opinion: Risky Business Kills. We Can Stop It.](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/26/guest-opinion-risky-business-kills-we-can-stop-it/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, our city witnessed two tragedies that could have been prevented: A deadly fire at an e-bike shop and a subway surfing attempt that resulted in the death of a 14-year-old boy and serious injury for another young person. Our hearts go out to the families of those who
- [Swag in the Bag, Queens in the Street: West 22nd’s 'Pride Pop-Up' Finds Its Rainbow Connection](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/07/02/swag-in-the-bag-queens-in-the-street-west-22nds-pride-pop-up-finds-its-rainbow-connection/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | On Wednesday, June 21, the NYC Department of Transportation presented to Manhattan Community Board 4 their design proposal for the 200 block of West 22nd Street. As part of the City’s Open Streets program since May 2020, the elimination of most vehicular traffic between Seventh and Eighth Aves. for as much
- [Happy Pride! Here’s Why Drag is Important!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/19/happy-pride-heres-why-drag-is-important/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I hope you’re having a wonderful Pride month. Just make sure to tip your drag queens! Drag has been ridiculously under attack by haters and as a result, I always crack that today’s drag stars will end up with an Emmy in one hand and handcuffs on the other. For years
- [Paint the Town Rainbow: From Ladyfag to Terminal 5 and Beyond, Pride Weekend Beckons](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/23/paint-the-town-rainbow-from-ladyfag-to-terminal-5-and-beyond-pride-weekend-beckons/) - BY MICHAEL THERIAULT | Ladies, gentlemen, and fabulous beings of all gender expressions, hold onto your feather boas because Pride Weekend 2023 is here! Can you believe it? It snuck up on us like a mischievous unicorn, but hey, we can't stop time, so let's embrace it with open arms and glitter cannons. We want
- [Walk Before You March: A Report from AWNY 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/24/walk-before-you-march-a-report-from-awny-2023/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Pride Weekend crowds flocking to LGBTQ+ events in large, largely maskless numbers are as good an indicator as any that the cancellations and eerie calm of COVID is, at present, largely behind us. And tomorrow’s NYC Pride March and Queer Liberation March—expected to have robust participant and spectator attendance—may be the
- [For Pride, Here’s a Gay Lexicon, With Helpful Definitions, Gurl!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/26/for-pride-heres-a-gay-lexicon-with-helpful-definitions-gurl/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Before the defining Stonewall revolt in 1969, gays had to devise a special language as a form of connecting with each other while lurking in a big, communal closet. But today, it’s more of a shared giggle, a coscripted kiki that’s out in the open, and it’s simultaneously hilarious and poignant.
- [FJK's Khoury Speaks Out on Art, Culture, Sexuality, and Authenticity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/26/fjks-khoury-speaks-out-on-art-culture-sexuality-and-authenticity/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Fadi J. Khoury is a dancer, choreographer, and visual artist, as well as an Artist-in-Residence at Kings County Hospital and the Artistic Director-co-founder of FJK Dance. But those titles only sum up a part of his identity. He's Arab American, an immigrant and, after working in New York for over 10
- [Updates for Those Who Wonder About 'Under Construction'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/26/updates-for-those-who-wonder-about-under-construction/) - MILESTONE MARKERS AND MORE WORK, AT 278 EIGHTH AVE. On June 23 arrived an email alert from the “278 8th Ave. Team”—the movers and shakers behind the building of the rapidly rising structure on the corner of Eighth Ave. and West 23rd Street. Sent out every 2-4 weeks, this latest update on the status of
- [Guest Opinion: Summer Streets is Coming to All Five Boroughs](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/19/guest-opinion-summer-streets-is-coming-to-all-five-boroughs/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | In New York City, our streets aren’t just streets. They are where we walk, eat, play, and come together as one city. As mayor, I am committed to reclaiming our streets for everyone to enjoy safely. New Yorkers shouldn’t have to travel to Europe to experience open summer streets.
- [Lauper Doc ‘Let the Canary Sing’ Mostly Soars](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/19/lauper-doc-let-the-canary-sing-mostly-soars/) - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW OF 'LET THE CANARY SING' BY PUMA PERL | Full disclosure: I love Cyndi Lauper. I’ve never met her, but she feels like a family member. Her first album, She’s So Unusual, helped my four-year-old daughter recover from a strange virus that seemed to have no cure. For weeks, she rocked
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 19-25, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/19/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-19-25-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" NYC Pride March / W. 22nd St. Pride Pop-Up / DOT Presents W. 22nd St. Plan to CB4 / Tribeca Film Festival Online / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Affordable Housing Application / CSA Food Share / The NYC Pride March 2023: Noon to ? on
- [On the Stage and In the Street, PRIDE Month Has Many Tales to Tell](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/20/on-the-stage-and-in-the-streets-pride-month-has-many-tales-to-tell/) - Activities Roundup Compiled by Scott Stiffler Featured Events in This Order: NYC Pride March / Pride Pop-Up on W. 22nd St. / Reclaim Pride Coalition’s 2023 Queer Liberation March / Ballroom in Focus Exhibit at Chelsea Market / The Golden Girlz Live! / Lady Bunny’s Don’t Bring the Kids and Leola’s Lady Land Lounge / District Defined:
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 12-18, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/11/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-12-18-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Pick of the Weekend / 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Help Plan the Renovation of Penn South Playground / Tribeca Film Festival / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Affordable Housing Applications / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / CSA Food Share
- [Alex Newell Wants To Play Effie—And Other Drama Desk Winner Revelations!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/07/alex-newell-wants-to-play-effie-and-other-drama-desk-winner-revelations/) - TEXT & PHOTOS BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Drama Desk Awards honor Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off, always putting together a talent-studded event that’s like an award winning production in itself. This time, they wisely opted for gender-nonspecific acting categories, picking two winners per category. The winners were announced on May 31 and this Tuesday, there
- [Guest Opinion: Making Outdoor Dining Permanent](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/07/guest-opinion-making-outdoor-dining-permanent/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Summer weather is here, and there is no better time to be on the streets of New York—especially at our city’s bustling outdoor restaurants. At the height of the pandemic, our temporary outdoor dining program served millions of New Yorkers and saved 100,000 jobs. It allowed cooks, waiters, busboys, and
- [Guest Opinion / School Food: The Complete Picture](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/14/guest-opinion-school-food-the-complete-picture/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Here in New York City, we are lucky to have an abundance of food from all over the world—yet many of our families face food insecurity, and for some of our children, the breakfast and lunch they eat at school are their only meals for the day. This makes it
- [Come Again: Sherry Vine Shoots Six Times, Scoring Big with Season 2 of 'Variety Show'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/13/come-again-sherry-vine-shoots-six-times-scoring-big-with-season-2-of-variety-show/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | There’s something satisfying about the fact that while self-aggrandizing lawmakers in Tennessee and other states were spending 2022/2023 trying to limit, license, discourage, and otherwise disavow drag, Sherry Vine and friends were creating six episodes of variety television that plays such pomposity for laughs, while putting the pursuit of cock where
- [Pisarra's 'Periodic' Poems Exemplify the Chemistry Between Writer and Subject](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/12/pisarras-periodic-poems-exemplify-the-chemistry-between-writer-and-subject/) - Drew Pisarra's Periodic Boyfriends REVIEW BY PUMA PERL | I never got good grades in science. I could grasp a bit of biology, as long as they left photosynthesis out of the picture, which they never did. Each year, from elementary school though college, I stumbled through final exams, unable to remember the steps needed
- [Tribeca Film Festival / Review / ‘Your Fat Friend’ Navigates a World Built for The Thin](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/11/tribeca-film-festival-review-your-fat-friend-navigates-a-world-built-for-the-thin/) - BY WINNIE McCROY | The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival includes, among its documentary offerings, filmmaker Jeanie Finlay’s Your Fat Friend, a look at the formerly anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon. Since February 2016, the 350 lb. writer has discussed the realities of life as a fat person in a world built for the thin. “Just say fat,”
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: June 5-11, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-june-5-11-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Two Public Participation Opportuities re: MSG & Penn Station / Community Board 4 Full Board Meeting / The 2023 Tribeca Film Festival / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Spring Fling Festival in Bella Abzug Park / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / CSA Food Share
- [Review: Laurie Metcalf Brings Gravitas to Eerie "Grey House"](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/10/review-laurie-metcalf-brings-gravitas-to-eerie-grey-house/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The masses know Laurie Metcalf as the likably neurotic Jackie from Roseanne and The Conners, but insiders have long realized that an in-person, theatrical experience that features Metcalf is generally a capital-E Event. A two-time Tony winner with range and skill, she managed to make the part of the demented Annie
- [Guest Opinion: The People’s Money—Your Money to Improve Your Community](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/25/guest-opinion-the-peoples-money-your-money-to-improve-your-community/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Have you ever looked around your neighborhood and thought—it would be great if we could have a community garden here, or maybe more afterschool programs for students, or special services for seniors? Now, you can bring those ideas to life. “The People’s Money” is the first-ever citywide Participatory Budgeting process run
- [Guest Opinion / Summer in New York City: Let’s Get Outside](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/29/guest-opinion-summer-in-new-york-city-lets-get-outside/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The flowers are blooming, the weather is warming up, and it’s starting to feel a lot like summer in New York City. It’s a great time to get outside, go for a run or walk, or just breathe in the fresh air. Summer also means that I get to
- [June's Pride Month Has Tales to Tell, On Stage and Screen](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/06/07/junes-pride-month-has-tales-to-tell-on-stage-and-screen/) - ROUNDUP BY SCOTT STIFFLER (additional content to post here throughout June) The Village: A Disco Daydream | Take it from somebody who saw her on stage with the long-running sketch ensembles Unitard and the Nellie Olesons: The comedic creations of writer/performer Nora Burns demand your attention. Alternately sexy, sardonic, silly, sad, sublime, and a million
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 8-14, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/08/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-8-14-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy / West Chelsea Artists Open Studios / Spring Fling Saturdays / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Camp Chelsea Green--An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy: Wednesdays, 6pm at Pier 57 in the Seahorse Classroom |
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 29-June 4, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/29/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-29-june-4-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" 10th Precinct Community Council / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Children's Book Reading Series / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Lower Chelsea Walking Tour / CSA Food Share / Community Cleanups The 10th Precinct Community Council: Wednesday, May 31, at 7pm IN PERSON at
- [Zazel Loven's Legacy is a Chelsea Greener and Greater Than Ever](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/12/zazel-lovens-legacy-is-a-chelsea-greener-and-greater-than-ever/) - UPDATED June 1, 2023: A memorial service for Zazel Loven will take place at 11am on Saturday, June 17, at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields (487 Hudson St. btw. Christopher & Barrow Sts.), with a gathering immediately afterward. The outpouring of respect, admiration, and, yes, love that followed the recent passing of Zazel Loven represents—as
- [CompStat Report for the 10th Precinct: May 15-21, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/30/compstat-report-for-the-10th-precinct-may-15-21-2023/) - Chelsea Community News is an independent, hyperlocal news, arts, events, info, and opinion website made possible with the help of our awesome advertisers and the support of our readers. Our Promise: Never a paywall, no pop-up ads, all content is FREE. With that in mind, if circumstances allow, please consider taking part in our GoFundMe campaign
- [Rascally Risqué Rabbit: Lady Bunny Works Blue at The Green Room 42](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/18/rascally-risque-rabbit-lady-bunny-works-blue-at-the-green-room-42/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Dirty, dirty, bad Bunny! This “Lady” in name only knew what she was doing when naming her new show Don’t Bring the Kids—and you’ll have your proof of that within the first few seconds of this relentless smorgasbord of scatological humor and sex jokes. Yes, Lady Bunny is back, every Tuesday
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 22-28, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/22/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-22-28-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" PANDEMONIUM at the Library / FJK Dance / Caftans & Cocktails / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Children's Book Reading Series / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Future Events: Lower Chelsea Walking Tour / Community Cleanups PANDEMONIUM at the Library: Monday, May 22, 6-8pm
- [On Landmark Designation Day, $6 Million Pledged to Preserve Chelsea’s (Former) Colored School No. 4  ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/24/on-landmark-designation-day-6-million-pledged-to-preserve-chelseas-former-colored-school-no-4/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It may not be the most unusual watch party in the history of livestreaming—but it was an undeniably meta sight to see, when members of a movement to bestow protected status on an unassuming Chelsea building gathered in front of the property on the morning of Tuesday, May 23. There, the
- [Guest Opinion: A Historic Shift in How We Teach Our Children To Read](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/16/guest-opinion-a-historic-shift-in-how-we-teach-our-children-to-read/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City has the largest public school system in the nation, and we are proud of our dedicated teachers and administrators who do so much to educate our talented students from so many different backgrounds and countries. We want to set up our students for success—and teaching them
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 15-21, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/15/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-15-21-2023/) - Happening This Week, in "This Week In & Around Chelsea" The 13th Precinct Community Council / Pop-Up Card Rigging Academy / A Seat at the Table: Political Representation in New York’s Gay District / Artist Talk With Rooted in Humanity's Creator / Kids at Work Sun Session / RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 27: Spring Fling Saturdays / Down
- [Chelsea Reform Democratic Club Honors Trio for 'Decades of Dedication' to Chelsea & NYC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/18/chelsea-reform-democratic-club-honors-trio-for-decades-of-dedication-to-chelsea-nyc/) - Saturday, May 6, 2023: Putting a memorable stamp on the second post-pandemic iteration of an annual springtime tradition sent to the cooler durng 2020/2021's COVID lockdown, donkeys of distinction gathered en masse at a Chelsea watering hole to hurl laurels at the three lions who served as the event’s main (mane?) attraction. In other words, members
- [Diehard Dem Carl Wilson Settling Into New Chief of Staff Position](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/17/diehard-dem-carl-wilson-settling-into-new-chief-of-staff-position/) - “First and foremost, he really cares,” said New York City Council Member Erik Bottcher, when asked why he chose Carl Wilson to become his new Chief of Staff. “He cares deeply about the community and the people who live in it—and that always needs to be a person’s North Star when they’re in public service.
- [The May Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/09/the-may-committee-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-cb4/) - Transportation Planning Committee (TPC): Wednesday, May 17, 6:30pm | There will be a presentation and vote on the matter of a neighborhood loading zoning request that would be located in front of the Chain Theatre (312 W. 36th St.). The TPC then conducts a discussion of bicyclists using sidewalks--a topic expcted to draw many members
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: May 1-7, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/01/this-week-in-around-chelsea-may-1-7-2023/) - Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Spring Fling Saturdays / NYS Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal’s West Side Town Hall / Community Cleanups / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Event Postponed: Camp Chelsea Green--An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4): Wednesday, May 3, 6:30pm via
- [Guest Opinion: PlaNYC—Getting Sustainability Done](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/25/guest-opinion-planyc-getting-sustainability-done/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, New York City celebrated Earth Week by powering up new rooftop solar panels in Brooklyn, cleaning up parks in Queens, and releasing PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done, our new plan to create a more climate-resilient city for all. This strategic climate plan builds on our city’s ongoing efforts to
- [Eyes, and Feet, on the Street: Jane's Walk, May 5-7, Offers 'Educational Urban Exploration'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/01/eyes-and-feet-on-the-street-janes-walk-may-5-7-offers-educational-urban-exploration/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Take a walk in Washington Square Park and know you’ll owe its intact nature, in no small part, to Jane Jacobs (1916-2006). The urbanist and activist’s 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, made the case for a break from the “demolish and replace” school of urban planning
- [Much to Please at Openings Throughout Chelsea's Gallery District](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/08/much-to-please-at-openings-throughout-chelseas-gallery-district/) - BY TRAV S.D. | April 27, 2023: Just another Thursday in Chelsea’s booming Gallery District. Your correspondent thought it would be fun to take in a lighting round of openings to see what was in the air, and encountered much to please the eyes. First on the itinerary was Innocent Nkurunziza: From Rwanda with
- [Lasko’s ‘Gaga Guide’ Walking Tour Brims with Facts Told by a Fiction](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/31/laskos-gaga-guide-walking-tour-brims-with-facts-told-by-a-fiction/) - UPDATE! Originally announced as a limited run ending May 28, performances will continue through June 25. See the end of this article for ticket purchase info. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | History hidden, faded, and somehow still here is just part of what awaits when a fact-spouting chatterbox with a direct if fleeting connection to fame
- [Ooh, Baby, Baby! I Had a Motown Cover Band Called The Must!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/14/ooh-baby-baby-i-had-a-motown-cover-band-called-the-must/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | In 1940s movies starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, there’s usually a moment when someone exclaims, “Hey, kids, let’s put on a show! Daddy’ll let us use the barn!” That was sort of the feeling around the creation of my Motown revival band, the Must. Truth be told, I was coming
- [Guest Opinion | PlaNYC: Amnesty for Unpaid Water Bills](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/12/guest-opinion-planyc-amnesty-for-unpaid-water-bills/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Water is a precious resource, and New York City has some of the best municipal drinking water on the planet. Our water comes from reservoirs in the Catskills and beyond, and travels hundreds of miles to reach our taps. New Yorkers pay just one cent per gallon for our exceptional drinking
- [Guest Opinion: NYC Executive Budget](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/01/guest-opinion-nyc-executive-budget/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, the Adams Administration released our Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget. As President Joe Biden has often said, “Show me your budget and I will show you your values.” That is why this budget invests in our Working People’s Agenda, prioritizing education, jobs, housing, health care, and public
- [Your Letter in Support of Denying MSG's Special Permit Request](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/05/10/your-letter-in-support-of-denying-msgs-special-permit-request/) - Dear ____________: I am writing, as a concerned New Yorker, to urge you not to approve a special permit for Madison Square Garden (MSG). As you are aware, MSG received a 10-year special permit in 2013 when the first (50-year) permit lapsed. This extension was granted with the intent that MSG could find, and relocate
- [Red Umbrellas Return to Meatpacking as a New Tradition Unfolds](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/29/red-umbrellas-return-to-meatpacking-as-a-new-tradition-unfolds/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER, PHOTOS BY BrakeThrough Media | Throughout the pandemic period, hibernation was never an option for Meatpacking. The neighborhood’s Business Improvement District kept on taking care of business as usual (keeping the area clean, for starters) while mindful of what could be done while in incubation and enaction modes. The results, so
- [This Weekend and Next Week, In & Around Chelsea: April 21-30, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/21/this-weekend-and-next-week-in-around-chelsea-april-21-30-2023/) - In This Expanded Edition of This Week In & Around Chelsea: NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in an Online Conversation with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg / The 10th Precinct Community Council / NYCHA Tenants: Know Your Rights on Thursday, April 27, 4pm via Zoom / EVENT POSTPONED: Camp Chelsea Green: An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party
- [April 25 Hearing Gives the Public Their Say in Landmark Designation for (Former) Colored School No. 4](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/24/april-25-hearing-gives-the-public-their-say-in-landmark-designation-for-former-colored-school-no-4/) - UPDATE: The designation matter discussed in this article has been scheduled for a discussion and vote on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is following through on expected protocol, following an action taken at their February 14 meeting. There, on a day an outside observer
- [Criminal Recidivist Arrested Again Hours After Assault Inside Rainbow Station](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/25/criminal-recidivist-arrested-again-hours-after-assault-inside-rainbow-station/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A 30-year-old male criminal recidivist—known to the 10th Precinct as an individual who exhibits signs of emotional distress—was arrested again on Tuesday, April 25, nearly six hours after a violent incident inside Rainbow Station. The adult store’s 203 Eighth Ave. address (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts.) makes it part of
- [Nineteenth Street Meets the 21st Century as Diverse Dances Reclaim Local Stages](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/23/nineteenth-street-meets-the-21st-century-as-diverse-dances-reclaim-local-stages/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The city is brightening, inside and out. Trees are in leaf, and theaters are full of diverse artists whose work addresses compelling esthetic and social issues. Seize the moment to visit an old favorite and/or discover someone new. Shamel Pitts|TRIBE: Touch of Red | April 27-29 at New York Live Arts
- [Review: Jodie Comer Makes ‘Prima Facie’ a One-Person Show With a Difference](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/23/review-jodie-comer-makes-prima-facie-a-one-person-show-with-a-difference/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One-person shows are among my least favorite types of theater because they can verge on glorified lectures instead of real drama. Without various characters popping up to act out scenes as they occur, the one-person show usually resorts to an actor simply looking out at the audience and telling you about
- [Don't Delay: Four Ways to Celebrate Earth Day](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/21/dont-delay-four-ways-to-celebrate-earth-day/) - Saturday, April 22 marks the annual obervance of Earth Day--and we've got four ways you can celerate in hyper-locally, here in Chelsea. The West 400 Block Association Celebrates Earth Day, 11am, Saturday, April 22 at Clement Clarke Moore Park (10th Ave. W. 22nd St). | Observe Earth Day by getting back to it--the good earth,
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 17-23, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/16/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-17-23-2023/) - In This Week's This Week In & Around Chelsea: Storytime at the Cell Theatre / The 13th Precinct Community Council / Pop-Up Rigging Academy at Pier 57 / Closing Celebration at the Whitney / Earth Day in Clement Clarke Moore Park / The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Paint Touch-Up Day
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 10-16, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/10/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-10-16-2023/) - In This Week's This Week In & Around Chelsea: Storytime at the Cell Theatre / The 13th Precinct Community Council / Pop-Up Rigging Academy at Pier 57 / Closing Celebration at the Whitney / Earth Day in Clement Clarke Moore Park / The Return of Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Community Cleanups /
- [The April Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/03/the-april-committee-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4-cb4/) - Once a month, the full membership of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) meets to, among other things, vote on letters whose calls to action and recommendations originated from the previous month's committee meetings--where the real action is! All committee and Full Board meetings of CB4 are being held virtually, via Zoom, through 2023. Meeting dates, times,
- [Review: A Great ‘Fat Ham’ Turns The Bard Upside Down](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/12/review-a-great-fat-ham-turns-the-bard-upside-down/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Anyone craving a straightforward modern interpretation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet should get themselves to a nunnery instead. Fat Ham—James Ijames’ Pulitzer-winning new play, which has come to Broadway after a run produced by the Public Theater and National Black Theatre—is much more ambitious than that. Using the basic plot themes
- [Guest Opinion: Helping Working Families Access Child Care](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/10/guest-opinion-helping-working-families-access-child-care/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers work hard 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They should expect their city government to work at their pace—not the other way around. New Yorkers shouldn’t have to navigate layers of government bureaucracy or fill out pages of paper forms to have access to the
- [Guest Opinion: Apply by May 1 for Summer Rising, a Free Program for K-8 Kids](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/19/guest-opinion-apply-by-may-1-for-summer-rising-a-free-program-for-k-8-kids/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Summer is a great time for children, but it’s a challenging time for working parents. No parent wants to leave their child at home if they don’t have family or trusted friends to look after them. Learning loss also happens over the summer. Studies have shown that during the summer,
- [The Whitney's Survey of Puerto Rican Art Questions, Provokes, Mourns, and Hopes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/18/the-whitneys-survey-of-puerto-rican-art-questions-provokes-mourns-and-hopes/) - MICHELE CARLO | Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art to coincide with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the first survey of Puerto Rican art at a major U.S. museum in 50 years takes its name—no existe un poshuracán (which loosely translates to “a post-hurricane world does not exist”)—from while they sleep (under the bed is
- [History Meets the Future: Martha Graham and Dance Theatre of Harlem](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/16/history-meets-the-future-martha-graham-and-dance-theatre-of-harlem/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | After three quiescent years, the Manhattan dance scene is picking up speed. There’s almost too much to do, too much to see. Here are two offerings not to be missed. (A new column with more must-sees will publish soon.) MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY: April 18-30 | This venerable modern company, now 97
- [OPR Brings Luxury Italian Eyewear and Eco Ethos to the Neighborhood](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/16/opr-brings-luxury-italian-eyewear-and-eco-ethos-to-the-neighborhood/) - TEXT, QUESTIONS & PHOTOS BY JOANNE ADLER SINOVOI Last year I was on my way to Whole Foods market in Manhattan West when I noticed OPR Eyewear (click here to visit their website). The outside window caught my eye, so to speak, and I walked in to take a look, as I knew I needed
- [Calendaring Sets Stage for Landmarking of Former 'Colored School No. 4' Site](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/17/calendaring-sets-stage-for-landmarking-of-former-colored-school-no-4-site/) - SCOTT STIFFLER | Compelling reasons continue to reveal themselves, in the years-long effort to landmark and repurpose a West Chelsea building owned—but not currently used—by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY). The three-story property at 128 West 17th Street is the only known surviving Manhattan structure once used for the segregated public schooling of African
- [Pier 57's Emerging Community Programming Calendar Engages All Ages](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/03/pier-57s-emerging-community-programming-calendar-engages-all-ages/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Built in 197 and having made its bones as a shipping and storage terminal, the long-dormant Pier 57 (at W. 15th St. in Hudson River Par) oened to the public on April 1 as a multi-tasking destination for those with a mind for the stomach (via a 15-kiosk, ground floor food hall)
- [First-Ever Plant-Based Food Fair Featured Flatiron/NoMad Sustainable Mainstays](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/11/first-ever-plant-based-food-fair-featured-flatiron-nomad-sustainable-mainstays/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, Flatiron North Plaza (Broadway & 23rd St.) was the setting for the first-ever Flatiron NoMad Plant-Based Food Fair, hosted by the Flatiron NoMad Partnership and Eleven Madison Home (from the team and kitchen behind Eleven Madison Park). Timed to celebrate the start of April’s
- [Scaffolding's Dismantling Clears Path Real and Symbolic Along Troubled Chelsea Corridor](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/10/scaffoldings-dismantling-clears-path-real-and-symbolic-along-troubled-chelsea-corridor/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like the guest at a party who wouldn’t leave—and was never on the invite list—the scaffolding and shedding mandated by the city to shield passersby from debris during building construction has long been the bane of those it intends to protect. “Ask New Yorkers what gets on their nerves, and a
- [Guest Opinion: Making New York City the Future for Women’s Health](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/03/guest-opinion-making-new-york-city-the-future-for-womens-health/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every New Yorker has strong women in their life. The women who birthed and nurtured them. Our mothers, sisters, aunties, and grandmas. Our teachers, our doctors, nurses, engineers, scientists. The hardworking women who make life in this city possible and inspire us. We owe so much to women. Yet
- [Anti-Drag Meets Its Match: All is Well With The Kinsey Sicks Around](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/08/anti-drag-meets-its-match-all-is-well-with-the-kinsey-sicks-around/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Don’t let the elbow-length gloves, the cat-eye glasses, or the bouffant hairdos pull focus from what’s really going on when The Kinsey Sicks take the stage. Their look may evoke Eisenhower-era cocktail culture throwbacks—but get their liberal dander up, and these ladies are more than ready for a throwdown. And throwdown
- [Our Arts Writers Garner First Place & Honorable Mention Awards, in NYPA's Better Newspaper Contest](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/03/our-arts-writers-garner-first-place-and-honorable-mention-awards-in-nypas-better-newspaper-contest/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Congratulations to the team of reporters and critics whose work in 2022 was recognized by the New York Press Association (NYPA) Better Newspaper Contest. During a March 31 awards ceremony held as part of NYPA’s 2023 Spring Conference, Chelsea Community News won First Place in the category of Coverage of the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: April 3-9, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/03/this-week-in-around-chelsea-april-3-9-2023/) - In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” One Day Earlier Than Usual, the Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) / E-Waste Recycling / Community Cleanups / In The Coming Weeks, In & Around Chelsea: Earth Day (April 22) in Clement Clarke Moore Park and The Return of Down to Earth
- [Pier 57 Springs Back to Life with Breathtaking Views and Delicious Culinary Diversity](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/04/01/pier-57-springs-back-to-life-with-breathtaking-views-and-delicious-culinary-diversity/) - Pier 57 at West 15th Street & Hudson River Park Market 57 is open daily, 11am to 8pm Rooftop Park is open daily, 6am to 1am BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Since I love food, I also happen to adore food courts, which bring a whole lot of eateries together under one delicious roof. I always
- [Guest Opinion: Supercharging Safety for E-Bikes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/27/guest-opinion-supercharging-safety-for-e-bikes/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Electronic transportation devices are everywhere in New York City now—and from daily commuting to food delivery, they are revolutionizing how we get around. E-bikes and e-scooters are a convenient and low-cost alternative to cars. They help reduce congestion on our streets and make our city cleaner and greener. Tens of thousands of our delivery
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 27-April 2, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/26/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-27-april-2-2023/) - In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” Participatory Budgeting Vote Week / / The First Annual Flatiron/NoMad Plant-Based Food Fair / Chelsea Community Church Palm Sunday Service / Community Cleanups / Past Tense: Events from Earlier in the Week (calendar updated 3/30): Remaining CB4 March Meetings / Rise and Resist Elevator Action Group Rally
- [Spring Boost: 125 Trees Grow in Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/31/spring-boost-125-trees-grow-in-chelsea/) - On March 30, Pamela Wolff, writing on behalf of the Chelsea West 200 Block Association, sent this message to its members. Chelsea Community News is reprinting it, with permission. Wolff (who took the accompanying photos at 5am!) wrote: "We are delighted to share the news that this morning—very early—Bartlett Tree Services came to our four
- [Zimmer's List: Manhattan Dance Offerings Not to be Missed](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/31/zimmers-list-manhattan-dance-offerings-not-to-be-missed/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | After three quiescent years, the Manhattan dance scene is picking up speed. There’s almost too much to do, too much to see. Here are the first of several offerings not to be missed. (A new column with more must-sees will publish soon.) A.I.M | If you sent me to a desert
- [Michael Musto Reviews: ‘Life of Pi’ & ‘Sweeney Todd’ Make The Familiar Fresh](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/30/michael-musto-reviews-life-of-pi-sweeney-todd-make-the-familiar-fresh/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Whenever a show opens on Broadway, you can bet all your assets that it’s either a revival or it’s based on a known title, so it seems like a revival. Broadway has become so expensive and risky for producers that familiarity has long become their best friend, and they routinely rely
- [Midtown Community Court Expands to Include Young Adult (ages 18-25) Calendar](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/30/midtown-community-court-expands-to-include-young-adult-ages-18-25-calendar/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Founded in 1993 as a way for non-violent offenders to avoid incarceration if they access social serices and/or perform community service, calls to restore full-time operations of Midtown Community Court (MCC; 314 W. 54th St.) began soon into its COVID-era closure. Those calls were answered in March of 2022, when MCC reopened as
- [Through April 2, Participatory Budgeting Lets Locals Fund $1 Million Worth of District 3 Projects](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/26/through-april-2-participatory-budgeting-lets-locals-fund-1-million-worth-of-district-3-projects/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It was another trip to the West Chelsea icon well for public betterment projects whose wish for funding will only come true if you get out—or get online—and vote. After launching last October as a brainstorming session held under the High Line’s scenic 14th Street Passage, The Whitney Museum of American
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 20-26, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/20/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-20-26-2023/) - In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” CB5 Committee Meeting Regarding MSG's Special Permit Renewl-in-Perpetuity Application / CB4 Committee Meetings / District 3 Participatory Budgeting Project Expo / The 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / Community Cleanups / Apply by March 22 for the Manhattan DA’s High School Summer Internships /
- [Guest Opinion: Thinking Outside the Box on Affordable Housing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/20/guest-opinion-thinking-outside-the-box-on-affordable-housing/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last year, we declared that New York City would lead the way on housing in America. Our city must remain a place where everyday New Yorkers can find and afford a place to live. We have set a moonshot goal of building 500,000 new homes for New Yorkers over
- [Funny, Irreverent, Relatable: Drag Queen Pandora Boxx Set to Rock the Beechman](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/26/funny-irreverent-relatable-drag-queen-pandora-boxx-set-to-rock-the-beechman/) - The enduringly entertaining Pandora Boxx has done much to distinguish herself besides having the distinction of competing on the sophomore season of a little show called RuPaul’s Drag Race. Since then, the Season 2 contestant has returned to RPDR as a Season 1 and 6 All Stars competitor—all the while, racking up credits as an
- [Guest Opinion: Why Protecting Traditional Medicare is Important to Us All](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/22/guest-opinion-why-protecting-traditional-medicare-is-important-to-us-all/) - BY JOHN MUDD, PRESIDENT OF MIDTOWN SOUTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL | On Monday, January 9th, 2023, The New York City Council held a hearing to consider legislation amending the administrative code to preserve health care choice for retirees. But amending the code does nothing to preserve choice. The groans and rebuttals from city workers and retirees
- [Guest Opinion: Crime Continues to Go Down in NYC](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/14/guest-opinion-crime-continues-to-go-down-in-nyc/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | As we go into the second year of our administration, I am proud that we have made real progress on the issue that matters so deeply to all New Yorkers: Public safety. The numbers are in, and the news is good: Major crime in our city is down. From serious
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 13-19, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/13/this-week-in-around-chelsea-mach-13-19-2023/) - In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” White Rabbit Red Rabbit / This Week's CB4 Committee Meetings / Public Transportation in NYC: A Conversation / World Premiere Play at the Chain Theatre / St. Patrick's Day in Chelsea Green Park / Community Cleanups / Apply by March 22 for the Manhattan DA’s High
- [Cast Iron Columns Discovered During Demolition are  Safely Stored, Ready for Repurposing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/14/cast-iron-columns-discovered-during-demolition-are-safely-stored-ready-for-repurposing/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Proving the mettle of its membership with a walk down the block, Save Chelsea president Pamela Wolff’s call to excavate and preserve elements of an active demolition site were validated “When I peeked in and spotted it,” she said, of the 17-foot circular cast iron column that was found right where
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: March 6-12, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/06/this-week-in-around-chelsea-march-13-19-2023/) - In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” West Side Community Fund Grant Applications Due March 10 / The Guides Association of New York City’s Ninth Annual GANYC Apple Awards / The Legacy of Former Colored School No. 4 / Rangoli Art Celebration / The West 400 Block Association's St. Patrick's Event / Community
- [Glorious, Fierce, Sorrowful, Witty: Songs & Sketches from a 'Cabaret in Captivity'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/09/glorious-fierce-sorrowful-witty-songs-sketches-from-a-cabaret-in-captivity/) - BY TRAV S.D. | There is no adjective, certainly none in English anyway, to describe the emotions stirred up by Cabaret in Captivity: Songs and Sketches Written in Terezin, presented by Untitled Theater Company No. 61 (UTC61) as part of the National Jewish Theater Foundation’s Holocaust Theater Initiative. “Bittersweet” doesn’t cover it, for “bitter” won’t do
- [Chelsea Filmmaker’s ‘Dog’ Has its Day, Screening at Village East by Angelika](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/07/chelsea-filmmakers-dog-has-its-day-screening-at-village-east-by-angelika/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | “I’d been wanting to explore the theme of ‘connection’ as a way to heal not just addiction, but any subjective experience of suffering,” said Chelsea resident Rob Grabow, of a motivating factor for creating the screenplay for The Year of the Dog. Grabow co-directed, executive produced, and plays a lead role—alongside
- [Guest Opinion: EITC—You Earned It, NYC Will Help You Get It](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/07/guest-opinion-eitc-you-earned-it-nyc-will-help-you-get-it/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | My mission as Mayor of New York City is to focus on the needs of working people. One of the best ways we can do that is to get money back in your pocket—money you have earned, money you need to support your family. Last year we went to
- [CB4 Paves Way for Chelsea Park Dog Run; Nearby NYCHA Residents Voice Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/06/cb4-paves-way-for-chelsea-park-dog-run-nearby-nycha-residents-voice-concerns/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER, with Interviews by LETISIA ROMERO & translation/transcription by VICTOR LUNA | March 1 events seemed to mark an end to the search for a suitable location at which to construct a Dog Run capable of absorbing the pent-up energy of pooches from Penn South, Elliott-Chelsea (NYCHA) Houses, and other parts of West
- [What's Going On at All 8 CB4 March Committee Meetings](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/06/whats-going-on-at-all-8-cb4-march-committee-meetings/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | World-weary policy wonks with the need for speed will lavish their attention upon the first-Wednesday-of-the-Month, breakneck paced full board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4)--but detail-oriented deep divers will tell you the real action takes place at the eight monthly committee meetings, from which letters are generated, and from whose
- [WSCF Grant 'Helped Us Fulfill Our Mission,' Says Keoni Movement Arts Founder](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/05/wscf-grant-helped-us-fulfill-our-mission-says-keoni-movement-arts-founder/) - In 2022, Keoni Movement Arts was one of 15 grantees whose worthy neighborhood initiatives earned them the recognition and support of the West Side Community Fund (WSCF), a consortium of leading companies based on the west side of Manhattan whose grant program supports efforts along the West Side of Chelsea, Hudson Yards, and Hell’s Kitchen.
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 27-March 5, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/01/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-27-march-5-2023/) - In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” Eviction Prevention 101 / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications Due March 10 / NYS Assembly Member Tony Simone’s Inauguration and Community Celebration / Community Cleanups / The Guides Association of New York City’s Ninth Annual GANYC Apple Awards / The Legacy of Former Colored School No.
- [1HomeOffice .Space Debut Champions 'Museum Quality' Work of Gifted Chelsea Clothier](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/01/space-debut-champions-museum-quality-work-of-gifted-chelsea-clothier/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A new Chelsea workshare, conference, and media ".Space" destination is using the occasion of its Grand Opening as a means to help you discover, appreciate, and purchase the work of Andra Gabrielle. A Trunk Show featuring the gifted custom clothier will be held from 5pm to 8pm on Thursday, March 2,
- [West Side Funding Makes a Difference in Midtown South](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/02/west-side-funding-makes-a-difference-in-midtown-south/) - Working hard to address the challenges of housing, health, and hunger, Midtown South Community Council (MSCC) recently received some help—and hope—of its own, in the form of a $7,500 grant given to further the organization’s goal of “building better neighborhoods and stronger relationships within the Midtown South community of Manhattan.” MSCC was one of 15
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: Feb. 19-26, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/20/this-week-in-around-chelsea/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA" Apply for the Manhattan DA's High School Summer Internship Program / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications Due March 10 / Black History Month Concert / The 200 West 22nd Street Block Association Kickoff Meeting / NYS Assembly Member Tony Simone's Inauguration and Community Celebration / The
- [Guest Opinion: On Track to a Safer NYC Subway](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/03/01/guest-opinion-on-track-to-a-safer-nyc-subway/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | I started my career as a transit police officer, so I know firsthand that subway safety is public safety. Our transit system is the key to getting to work, to school, visiting family and friends, and experiencing all that New York City has to offer. It makes life in
- [West Side Community Fund Welcomes Grant Applicants, Jan. 31-March 10](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/26/west-side-community-fund-welcomes-grant-applicants-jan-31-feb-27/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER with ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY EILEEN STUKANE | Last year, when the West Side Community Fund emerged from a pandemic-era period of relative inactivity, it did so with an expanded roster of financers, an expansive area of coverage, and a reconsideration of what they could, and would, fund. The result: Fifteen grant recipients
- [Hybrid Format Pending, 13th Pct. Council Ponders 'Wheel' Life Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/23/hybrid-format-pending-13th-pct-council-ponders-wheel-life-concerns/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Held on the third Tuesday of the month—sans July, August, December—the 13th Precinct Community Council provides a forum where the public can interact with Police Officers, Detectives, and top leadership from the precinct tasked with protecting and serving a southern portion of Midtown Manhattan that includes swaths of easternmost Chelsea. Presently
- [Spotlight on Small Businesses: DANA BLAIR DESIGNS](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/21/spotlight-on-small-businesses-dana-blair-designs/) - Spotlight on Small Businesses DANA BLAIR DESIGNS 112 West 17th Street Hours: Monday-Saturday, 12pm-7pm and Sun., 12pm-6pm Online: https://danablairdesigns.com Email: dana@danablairdesigns.com Phone: 516-815-5324 TEXT, QUESTIONS & PHOTOS BY JOANNE ADLER SINOVOI | I was walking down West 17th Street when the sign for a jewelry store caught my eye. So I walked in to have a
- [MSG's Future at Present Location is Among CB5's Central Business District Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/21/msgs-future-at-present-location-is-among-cb5s-central-business-district-concerns/) - NOTE: Throughout 2023, Chelsea Community News will be expanding into new areas of coverage, whose concerns overlap with those of our namesake neighborhood. Part of that commitment involves a closer look at the work being done by Manhattan Community Board 5. Below, find a primer on CB5 and its various committees. BY SCOTT STIFFLER |
- [Guest Opinion: Keeping New York The Safest Large City in America](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/20/guest-opinion-keeping-new-york-the-safest-large-city-in-america/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | A year into my administration, New York City remains the safest large city in America. We are following through on a 360-degree approach to fighting crime that includes both strategies for investing in our communities and excellent policing. Thanks to two years of tireless efforts and coordination between the
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 13-19, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/12/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-13-19-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA" NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher's Monthly Housing Clinic / Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) February Committee Meetings / A Conversation About NHC's Housing Crisis / An Homage to Black Trailblazers of Theater & Performance at Marble Collegiate Church / Fat Tuesday Feast / The 200 West 22nd Street
- [In-Demand Midtown Community Court to Expand Operations by Mid-March](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/13/in-demand-midtown-community-court-to-expand-operations-by-mid-march/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Conceived and achieved as a way in which non-violent offenders can avoid incarceration by accessing social services and performing community service, Midtown Community Court (MCC; 314 W. 54th St.) operated continuously from 1993 until in-person proceedings were suspended during the peak COVID period. It reopened in March of last year, but
- [At CB4, Assembly Member Simone Talks Penn Station, Inauguration](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/14/at-cb4-assembly-member-simone-talks-penn-station-inauguration/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Democrat Tony Simone, successor to Richard Gottfried as District 75’s New York State Assembly Member, spoke to Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) in that capacity, when the Full Board met on Wednesday, February 1. (Full Board meetings always devote some time atop the evening’s agenda to hear from elected officials or
- [The Final Chapter of BlackJewLove is a Fitting Climax for Epstein & Hassan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/13/the-final-chapter-of-blackjewlove-is-a-fitting-climax-for-epstein-hassan/) - BY TRAV S.D. | For almost 40 years Epstein and Hassan (Steve Krantz and Naima Hassan) formed a romantic and artistic partnership which saw them through a series of two-person shows, bookings in variety settings like burlesque bills and launch parties, as well as their own podcasts and radio programs. Billing themselves as “The Black
- [Guest Opinion: Cannabis Justice for All](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/13/guest-opinion-cannabis-justice-for-all/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Legalizing cannabis was a major step forward for equity and justice in our city. But legalization is about following the new laws, not a free pass to sell unregulated cannabis products. Over the last few months, illegal cannabis retailers have taken advantage of decriminalization efforts, with unlicensed smoke shops
- [Crime Caper Hijinks, Peppy Songs Enliven the 'Kimberly Akimbo' Death Race](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/04/crime-caper-hijinks-peppy-songs-enliven-the-kimberly-akimbo-death-race/) - BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | Over the last decade the “Sick Lit” genre of young adult fiction has grown in popularity. Tragic tales of teenagers with terminal illnesses have filled stages, pages, and movie screens, but Kimberly Akimbo has a clever twist: Its teenage heroine has a rare aging disease, and she looks like a woman
- [For Amy's Bread, at Chelsea Market 25+ Years, Change Remains Baked Into Recipe for Success](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/11/for-amys-bread-at-chelsea-market-25-years-change-remains-baked-into-recipe-for-success/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | One cannot live by bread alone—but Amy Scherber, founder of Amy’s Bread, knew there was widespread appeal to this staple form of sustenance, enough to serve as the foundation for the small business she opened in 1992, staffed by five employees and located in Hell’s Kitchen. For 31 years, the store
- [This Week In & Around Chelsea: February 6-12, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/04/this-week-in-around-chelsea-february-6-12-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA" NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher (District 3) Presents a Conversation with Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Commissioner, NEC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene / Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) February Committee Meetings / The World is Coming to a Start: A Benefit Concert for the Ali Forney
- [Guest Opinion: Composting for All](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/06/guest-opinion-composting-for-all/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New Yorkers know that rats love trash bags full of food waste. And they know that I hate rats. This week, our Administration declared that Restaurant Week for rats in this City is finally over. For too long, New Yorkers have had to bring their compost to neighborhood drop-off
- [REVIEW: ‘Pictures From Home’ Takes a Snapshot of Dysfunctional Family Life](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/09/review-pictures-from-home-takes-a-snapshot-of-dysfunctional-family-life/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Can a photo elicit multiple narratives, if taken out of context? That’s just one of the themes infusing Pictures From Home, an intermissionless, one hour 45-minute family play by Sharr White based on the photo memoir by late photographer Larry Sultan. Other themes that turn up involve damaging interfamilial dynamics, the
- [Chelsea Hardware NYC, New on Eighth, is Midtown Store's Bright, Bold Sister Space](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/07/chelsea-hardware-nyc-new-on-eighth-is-midtown-stores-bright-bold-sister-space/) - BY JOANNE ADLER SINOVOI | I heard a new hardware store, long-rumored to be taking over the space of a similar small business, finally opened on Eighth Avenue near my home. I went over to take a look, and the first thing I noticed was that the scaffolding covering the entrance. My first thought was
- [The February Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/06/the-february-committee-meetings-of-manhattan-community-board-4/) - To attend a full board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) is to burrow into the marrow of community concerns such as affordable housing, public parks projects, landmarking efforts, and liquor license renewals. But before the full board sinks their choppers into such meaty matters, CB4’s eight individual committees are the first stop in
- [This Week in Chelsea: January 30-February 5, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/31/this-week-in-chelsea-january-30-february-6-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 / The Smuggler at the Irish Repertory Theatre / Free Admission Gallery Exhibitions at Hudson Guild / Next Week in Chelsea: NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher (District 3) Presents a Conversation with Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Commissioner, NEC Department of Health and
- [Guest Opinion: A Working People’s Agenda](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/01/guest-opinion-a-working-peoples-agenda/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, in Queens—the borough I grew up in—I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city. I outlined what we’ve accomplished in the year since I took office, and my vision for the future. We are going to build a city for working people, one that is
- [NYPD Wants Your Help Identifying Individuals Targeting Nightlife Patrons](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/02/06/nypd-wants-your-help-identifying-individuals-targeting-nightlife-patrons/) - Over the weekend came word from Chelsea’s 10th Precinct—an appeal to the community, to keep your eyes peeled for the individuals in two “WANTED” flyers created by the NYPD and published by Chelsea Community News below. The men are wanted in connection with the victimization of nightlife patrons in the Chelsea area and beyond. “The
- [Diaman Discounts Will Return to Chelsea if The (Rent) Price is Right](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/29/diaman-discounts-closing-jan-29-to-return-to-chelsea-if-rent-price-is-right/) - UPDATE, Fri., Feb. 3: Store owner Mamadou Diaman is looking at several promising spaces on West 23 St. and hopes his business will land in one of those storefronts very soon. It all depends, he said, on "lease negotiations and what sort of deposit they want, up front." As for what went down when the
- [This Week in Chelsea: January 23-29, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/22/this-week-in-chelsea-january-23-29-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" 10th Precinct Community Council & Build the Block Meetings / Bold Visions for a New Above-Ground Penn Station: A Public Forum / The Smuggler at the Irish Repertory Theatre / Art at Hudson Guild / Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine's State of the Borough Address / Manhattan Community
- [Postcards From the Side of the Road](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/25/postcards-from-the-side-of-the-road/) - BY JOEY DAYTONA | Lots of things in Michigan felt too big to me. Many of the roads are large enough to be comfortable for semi-trucks to drive on without much effort. Whereas here “back east” we had a smaller, denser scale of building and development so that you would, on occasion, see a group
- [This Week in Chelsea: January 16-22, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/16/this-week-in-chelsea-january-16-22-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" The Smuggler at the Irish Repertory Theatre / Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Throughout January / Art at Hudson Guild The Smuggler: A Thriller in Rhyme at the W. Scott McLucas Studio in the Irish Repertory Theatre (IRT): Jan. 18 to Feb. 26 | Writer
- [Guest Opinion: The Future of Women’s Rights and Health ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/25/guest-opinion-the-future-of-womens-rights-and-health/) - January 22 marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that made abortion a constitutional right. It is painful to reflect on this date in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last year to overturn Roe with the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Perhaps most painful is that Dobbs
- [Troubled Chelsea Corridor to See 'Whole of Government' Social Services Surge, Jan. 23-Feb. 5](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/23/troubled-chelsea-cooridor-to-see-whole-of-government-social-services-surge-deployment-jan-23-feb-5/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | If yesterday’s announcement that a troubled patch of Chelsea will see a two-week surge of social services sounds familiar, it’s because the area of focus saw a similar burst of boots-on-the-ground outreach last August. Responding to longstanding quality of life concerns along West 21 Street’s PS11 elementary school and a block-long
- [10th Precinct 1st Quarter Meetings Scheduled—But First, Welcome the New Officers!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/11/10th-precinct-1st-quarter-meetings-scheduled-but-first-welcome-the-new-officers/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Sector A, B, and C first quarter meetings of the 10th Precinct's Build the Block program have been announced, and we've got the details for you. But first: The four Police Officers in the photo to the left are among a group who joined the 10th Precinct last week,
- [Through Feb. 12, NYC Restaurant Week Has Plenty of Local Catches to Put on Your Plate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/22/through-feb-12-nyc-restaurant-week-has-plenty-of-local-catches-to-put-on-your-plate/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | NYC Restaurant Week—which began on January 17—isn’t contained to a mere seven days on the calendar. The annual wintertime gastronomic go-to happens through February 12. Its prix-fixe two-course lunches and three-course dinners for $30, $45 and $60 are available at nearly 500 restaurants across all five boroughs—but we’re containing our coverage
- [Lion Dancing, Lucky Foods, Libations: Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Pearl River Mart](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/21/lion-dancing-lucky-foods-libations-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-with-pearl-river-mart/) - Pearl River Mart Celebrates the Year of the Rabbit Saturday, January 28, 5-7pm At Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Ave. btw. W. 15th & 16th Sts.) BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Few among us can resist the promise of “Lion Dancing, Lucky Foods, and Libations”—and why should they try? That incredibly effective teaser (shamelessly “borrowed” as our
- [Electeds Demand MSG Entertainment Discontinue Facial Recognition, Destroy Biometric Data](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/19/electeds-demand-msg-entertainment-discontinue-facial-recognition-destroy-biometric-data/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Facial recognition deployed at MSG Entertainment venues to eject patrons deemed hostile to corporate interests calls to mind its potential abuse by authoritarian regimes—but for now, MSG CEO James L. Dolan seems content to keep the creepy, deeply flawed technology trapped in the sticky resin of his own pettiness and paranoia.
- [Penn South Dog Run Closing Soon: New Leash on Life Nearby?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/18/penn-south-dog-run-closing-soon-new-leash-on-life-nearby/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Taking its lead from a letter generated late last year by the Waterfront, Parks, & Environment (WPE) committee of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4), the board’s full membership voted earlier this month to recommend immediate closure of the Penn South Dog Run—a recommendation the letter's recipient, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
- [Subway Busker, Cyclist, Cook: Ed Tristram, 76, Made His Mark on Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/16/subway-busker-cyclist-cook-ed-tristram-76-made-his-mark-on-chelsea/) - BY DIANNA MAEURER| Members of the Chelsea Community and musicians from the five boroughs and beyond were saddened to learn of the Christmas Weekend passing of Ed Tristram, at age 76. Ed and his wife, Greta Tristram, were longtime residents of Chelsea, living at West 22nd Street in attached brownstones. A member of the West 200
- [This Week in Chelsea: January 9-15, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/09/this-week-in-chelsea-january-9-15-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Erik Bottcher's Monthly Housing Clinic / What to Know About RSV Webinar / The Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 5 (CB5) / Committee Meetings of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Throughout January / Winter Wonderland Photo Ops in the Meatpacking District / Art at Hudson Guild
- [Guest Opinion: Preliminary Budget Address](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/16/guest-opinion-preliminary-budget-address/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Every year, the Mayor presents a budget to the people of New York City. This budget is about much more than what we are spending and what we are spending it on. It is a statement of values and a declaration of purpose: Creating a safer, more prosperous, and
- [CB4 Jan. Committee Meetings Continue Bayview, Dog Run Discussions and... More](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/06/cb4-jan-committee-meetings-continue-bayview-dog-run-discussions-and-more/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The remainder of January, 2023 promises to advance topics covered at the January 4 full board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4). Here's what recently appeared as scheduled agenda items for CB4 committees during their January sessions. To visit CB4 online, click here, To access past meetings archived on the (excellent!)
- [How to Get Affordable Health Insurance Coverage](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/12/how-to-get-affordable-health-insurance-coverage/) - BY EL MANSOUR BETTAHAR | Nobody plans to get sick or injured, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. Ten years ago, I got into an accident at my construction job. I was in pain and alone, having left my family in Algeria during my recent move to the United States. I wanted to get treatment but didn’t
- [Rouge Figures, Rich Dialogue Among the Offerings at Poster House, Hudson Guild](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/10/rouge-figures-rich-dialogue-among-the-offerings-at-poster-house-hudson-guild/) - Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes and Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue Through February 12 at Poster House It’s the final weeks for two whip-smart, visually dynamic exhibitions at Poster House—the country’s first museum dedicated to the global history of posters. Taking its inspiration from artists who take their inspiration from posters, the Masked Vigilantes on
- [Guest Opinion: Making New York Safer](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/10/guest-opinion-making-new-york-safer/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When I came to office, I inherited a city with many crises, including increasing crime. And my top priority has always been public safety. From day one, I got to work with the Police Commissioner, our Deputy Mayor, and our team, to make our streets and subways safer. And our public safety strategy is working. New York City is getting safer. Last year ended with crime trending
- [100+ More Fab Drag Queen and Drag King Names!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/03/100-more-fab-drag-queen-and-drag-king-names/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Even though a lot of today’s drag queens steer away from punny names, I think it’s important to emphasize those types of appellations because they’re just so damned hilarious, and there’s so much history behind them too. Well, I’ve given you the best such noms de plumage before, and now I’ve
- [This Week in Chelsea: January 2-8, 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/03/this-week-in-chelsea-jan-2-8-2023/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Manhattan Community Board 4's Full Board Meeting / Free Reading from Three Authors with New Works / Erik Bottcher's Monthly Housing Clinic / Winter Wonderland Photo Ops in the Meatpacking District / Two Art Exhibits at Hudson Guild Spaces / Basketball Clinic and Glow in the Dark Pickleball at
- [January 8 is Cinépolis Chelsea’s Last Picture Show](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/06/january-8-is-cinepolis-chelseas-last-picture-show/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | After six-years of screening first-run films and serving as one of the venues for the annual Tribeca Film Festival, Cinépolis Chelsea announced this week that its lights will dim and its doors will close on Sunday, January 8. Visitors to the chain’s website, Chelsea location page (click here to visit), will
- [Survey Seeks Community Input on Flatiron & NoMad Nabes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/06/survey-seeks-community-input-on-flatiron-nomad-nabes/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | “You are what makes Flatiron & NoMad the heartbeat of NYC. We would love your thoughts,” said organizers, in an early 2023 posting to the website of the Flatiron NoMad Partnership (click here to visit the site). Noting that the Partnership’s team is “ready to hit the ground running,” they’re asking the public
- ['Shadows' Sculptures Plant New Sights & Sounds in Bella Abzug Park](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/06/shadows-sculptures-plant-new-sights-sounds-in-bella-abzug-park/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER, PHOTOS BY GABBY JONES | Those arriving at Hudson Yards by way of the 7 train emerge from 125 feet below street level and past the station’s see-through canopy to experience a brief burst of nature, by way of Bella Abzug Park (542 W. 36th St.). Like its short-statured, activist/elected namesake,
- [Dog Run, Open Streets, Substation, Bayview on Agenda at Jan. 4 CB4 Full Board Meeting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2023/01/02/dog-run-open-streets-substation-bayview-on-agenda-at-jan-4-cb4-full-board-meeting/) - Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Wednesday, January 4, 6:30pm via Zoom BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Curious about a noisy new construction project, an affordable housing lottery, or the bar whose alcohol-serving hours just changed? Don’t wait until the deed is done to become informed. Attend the meetings of your local community
- [Hudson Yards for the Holidays: All is Merry—and Bright!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/04/hudson-yards-for-the-holidays-all-is-merry-and-bright/) - PHOTO ESSAY BY CHRISTIAN MILES With its soft launch happening now and a formal announcement coming soon, news that Chelsea Community News is expanding our coverage area reached our freeance photographer, Christian Miles. The proud Hell's Kitchen resident, whose own neighborhood will soon yield a photo essay of its own, recently spent some time at
- ['Twas a Great Time, at Annual Lighting of Tannenbaum, Reading of 'Night Before'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/10/twas-a-great-time-at-annual-lighting-of-tannenbaum-reading-of-night-before/) - PHOTOS & TEXT BY THE WEST 400 BLOCK ASSOCIATION | From our friends at the West 400 Block Association, following aother successful edtion of their annual Tree Lighting in Clement Clarke Moore Park: "Thank you, Rosanne Cash, for a spirited reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at our tree lighting. What a magical treat it was for
- [Triumphant Trocks Flirt, Fall, and Run Rampant at the Joyce](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/22/triumphant-trocks-flirt-fall-and-run-rampant-at-the-joyce/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | When the all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974, being gay could get you into lots of trouble. The Stonewall Riots were still fresh in New Yorkers’ memories; the AIDS crisis, which decimated the original company, lay ahead. The male dancers’ portrayals of ballerinas on pointe were
- ['Tis the (Height of the) Season for Holiday Happenings](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/15/tis-the-height-of-the-season-for-holiday-happenings/) - Holiday Happenings, in the Following Order: Winter Lights on the High Line / The Flatiron NoMad Partnership's Holiday Cheer! / Chelsea Community Church’s 48th Annual Candlelight Carol Service / Holiday-Themed Walking Tours in the Flatiron NoMad District / The West 400 Block Association’s Annual Menorah Lighting / Casual Carols on Open Street w21 / The 300 West
- [Art, Dance, Candlelight Carols: The Culture Calendar Essentials](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/12/art-dance-candlelight-carols-the-culture-calendar-essentials/) - Arts Events, Listed in This Order: Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibitions / Rivulets at Baryshnikov Arts Center / Small Works Exhibition & Sale at Fountain House Gallery / Chelsea Community Church Presents its Annual Candlelight Carol Service Happening at the Hudson Guild Galleries | This Is What Love Is, Paintings of Family, Friends and Lovers delivers
- [Recently Extended Izzard Bros. Show Demands We Manage Our Own ‘Expectations’](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/18/recently-extended-izzard-bros-show-demands-we-manage-our-own-expectations/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | There’s much to celebrate—and a Christmas Feast’s worth of things to contemplate—owing to the arrival of England’s silky Eddie Izzard on NYC’s rocky shores. The uniquely skilled actor, comedian, and multi-marathon runner recently dropped anchor for nine weeks on the boards of a theater in a neighborhood known for its Dickensian
- [History Repeating Was Menorah Lighting's Marquee Moment](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/22/history-repeating-was-menorah-lightings-marquee-moment/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER with PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE WEST 400 BLOCK ASSOCIATION | They scooped us on the story by a few hours, but hey--we're not complaining, especially since Sun., Dec. 18's Menorah Lighting in Clement Clarke Moore Park is now part of our shared history. (And if you missed it, just wait until December
- [Point of Light: Plaza was the Place for Partnership's Take on Winter Solstice](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/30/point-of-light-plaza-was-the-place-for-partnerships-take-on-winter-solstice/) - Wednesday, December 21: Steps from NYC’s iconic triangular building, Flatiron North Plaza (23rd Street, Fifth Ave., Broadway) was the place to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Timed from noon to 3pm to ensure start-to-finish illumination on the day of the year with the fewest hours of sunlight, the event took full advantage of the addition of
- [Brassy, Classy Seth Sikes and Marilyn Maye Belt Out 2022, Ring In 2023](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/30/brassy-classy-seth-sikes-and-marilyn-maye-belt-out-2022-ring-in-2023/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Wear a pair of shoes that can meet the demand of more than one standing ovation, and then set your sights on one (or hey, why not both?) of these holiday-minded concerts from two who come from different generations and walk their own vocal path, but end up at the same
- [His Hell's Kitchen, in 100 Ways: Photo Essay by Christian Miles](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/30/his-hells-kitchen-in-100-ways-photo-essay-by-christian-miles/) - PHOTOS & TEXT BY CHRISTIAN MILES | There was a time no one in their right mind would visit Hell’s Kitchen unless they were looking for drugs or the freshest food in town, right off the boats. Hell’s Kitchen was once as tough and cruel as its moniker boasted—wrought with violence, shady business, and hard
- [Landmarking Advocates: Damage from Roof Runoff Requires Rapid Repair](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/28/landmarking-advocates-damage-from-roof-runoff-requires-rapid-repair/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Regarded by historians, architects, advocates, electeds, and City agencies alike as a structure of significance and a worthy candidate for landmark consideration, the unassuming property at 128 West 17th Street sits in stasis, no longer used by its owner, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). From 1860 to 1894,
- [Guest Opinion: Ensuring Schools with Equal Hours, Improved Spaces, More Choices](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/24/guest-opinion-ensuring-schools-with-equal-hours-improved-spaces-more-choices/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York City is justifiably proud of its 3-K and Pre-K programs, which serve tens of thousands of students across the city. But no program is truly universal if it doesn’t serve the needs of all our students, especially young children with special needs. These children deserve the same opportunities as
- [Warhol/Basquiat 'Collaboration' Sputters at Start, then Serves a Fully Rewarding Canvas](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/20/warhol-basquiat-collaboration-sputters-at-start-then-serves-a-fully-rewarding-canvas/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | In The Collaboration—written by the quadruple Oscar-nominated Anthony McCarten—Andy Warhol’s real-life, 1984 creative partnership with Jean-Michel Basquiat is played out as a battle (and sort of ultimate romance) between two polar opposites of the art world. Warhol (played by Paul Bettany) is calculated and surfacy, but feels his star has somewhat faded
- [Toy Drive Still in Play, Accepting Donations Through Thursday (12/22)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/18/toy-drive-still-in-play-accepting-donations-through-thursday-12-22/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Although each one of us has a part to play in reaching that “peace on earth, goodwill to all” goal, the Holiday Season holds only one true obligation for adults: Make sure kids get toys. Meet your obligation the locally sourced way, when you make a brick and mortar donation to
- [This Week in Chelsea: The Holiday Crunch Time Edition (Dec. 19-25, 2022)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/19/this-week-in-chelsea-the-holiday-crunch-time-edition-dec-19-25-2022/) - In This Week's Very Merry "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" The Flatiron NoMad Partnership's Holiday Cheer! / Winter Wonderland Photo Ops in the Meatpacking District / Winter Lights on the High Line / The 300 West 23rd, 22nd, 21st Block Association's Chelsea Caroling / Chanukah Celebration at Chelsea Green Park / Holiday Caroling with Council Member Bottcher &
- [Hump Day, Indeed: Bones of Contention on Agenda of Wed. CB4 Meeting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/21/hump-day-indeed-bones-of-contention-on-agenda-of-wed-cb4-meeting/) - WHAT: Community Board 4 Transportation Planning Committee Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, December 21, 6:30pm WHERE: Online, Via Zoom or live stream on CN4's YouTube channel HOW: For the Zoom registration link, click here. To view the live stream, click here. To attend by telephone, dial 646-518-9805 (Webinar ID: 97- 3488 0256). BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Taking
- [Guest Opinion: Dog Run, Interrupted  ](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/18/guest-opinion-dog-run-interrupted/) - Note: This Opinion piece replaces the original, pulled from this site by the editor, at his discretion, just after 9:20pm on Sun., Dec. 18, 2022, shortly after its publication. Those in possession of the original should disregard its content and consider what's below to be the only version endorsed by the author. GUEST OPINION BY SHELLI
- [This Week in Chelsea: December 12-18, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/12/this-week-in-chelsea-december-12-18-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Penn Station Plan Panel Discussion / This Season's Final Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Holiday Happenings, featuring Hudson Yards / A Double Dipping of Flatiron/NoMad Destination Events / Chelsea Community Church Candlelight Carol Service / Menorah Lighting in Clement Clarke Moore Park The Penn Station Project:
- ['Bitter & Old' Beat & Bunny Bring Bawdy Holiday Drag Show to Baruch](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/02/bitter-old-beat-bunny-bring-bawdy-holiday-drag-show-to-baruch/) - Theirs is a friendship decades in the making--or faking? Best not to dive too deeply into the psychological underpinnings of the dynamics involved in a project from drag legends Jackie Beat and Lady Bunny. That said, it's perfectly legit to wonder what caused the stars to align and create the upcoming December 16-18 performances of
- [Deeply Etched in Time & Space: O'Connor's 'Rivulets' Debuts at Baryshnikov Arts Center](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/10/deeply-etched-in-time-space-oconnors-rivulets-debuts-at-baryshnikov-arts-center/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Making art out of human bodies has always posed a challenge. Dancers are, after all, forked animals just like the rest of us; and arrive onstage loaded with more baggage than do musical notes, splotches of paint, chunks of stone, or even words. Tere O’Connor is a contemporary master of this
- [Guest Opinion: A Safer New York](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/13/guest-opinion-a-safer-new-york/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | While I was on the campaign trail, I met many New Yorkers who expressed their desire for a safer city. New Yorkers want to feel safe in their neighborhoods, at their places of worship, in the subway, and on the streets. I vowed to make public safety my top
- [Out But Not Down: ‘Lovefool’ Charts the Post-Pandemic Pivot of its Silly/Serious Queer Creator](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/12/out-but-not-down-lovefool-charts-the-post-pandemic-pivot-of-its-silly-serious-queer-creator/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It’s a case of Local Boy born and raised in NYC who moves away, gets some schooling academic and otherwise, garners raves for his stage work in Boston and London, has his heart broken into tiny pieces, and scours the carpeting for the shards with which to commence its reconstruction—oh yeah,
- [This Week in Chelsea: December 5-11, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/04/this-week-in-chelsea-december-5-11-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Holiday Toy Drive / CB4 WPE Committee / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Holiday Happenings featuring Hudson Yards / Small Works Exhibition at Fountain House Gallery / Archived Recording: Collegiate Church's America Post-Roe V. Wade PanelW400 Block Association Tree Lighting / CB4 Full Board Meeting Holiday Toy
- [Guest Opinion: Why Don’t They Listen?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/04/guest-opinion-why-dont-they-listen/) - BY BILL BOROCK | Thank you for publishing the November 23, 2022 Eugene Sinigalliano/251 West 30th Street Resident’s Association Guest Opinion piece, about New York State Governor Kathy Hochul’s misguided attempt to change Penn Station and the surrounding area. Backed by New York State in partnership with (and to the great benefit of) Vornado Realty Trust, the plan would displace
- [Annual Holiday Happenings Return to Chelsea, Some with Online Options in Tow](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/30/annual-holiday-happenings-return-to-chelsea-some-with-online-options-in-tow/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | For the past two holiday seasons, COVID precautions have either cancelled public gatherings altogether, forced them online, or rendered in-person participants nearly unrecognizable thanks to that essential accessory, the mask. This year, however, public confidence seems to be back, owing to many months of brick and mortar events with roust attendance
- [Chelsea Playwright’s ‘Pañuelos’ Views Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ Through a Queer Lens](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/07/chelsea-playwrights-panuelos-views-argentinas-dirty-war-through-a-queer-lens/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Debuting as part of New York Theater Festival’s Winterfest, Chelsea resident David Allard’s Pañuelos brings, he says, “a queer narrative” to the history of Argentina’s “Dirty War” (aka Process of National Reorganization, or El Proceso). This it does by devoting a great deal of its upfront time to Daniel Romero, a
- [Chelsea's Small Businesses, Decked Out for the Holidays, Beckon](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/05/chelseas-small-businesses-decked-out-for-the-holidays-beckon/) - PHOTO ESSAY BY CHRISTIAN MILES The Triple Crown Ale House is an Irish sports bar located at 333 Seventh Ave. Located just steps away from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, they offer (according to the website) "indoor and outdoor dining" and "many excellent options that are exciting, flavorful, and satisfying! All of
- [This Week in Chelsea: November 21-27, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/21/this-week-in-chelsea-november-21-27-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Small Business Saturday / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Small Works Exhibition at Fountain House Gallery / Archived Recording Marble Collegiate Church's America Post-Roe V. Wade Panel Small Business Saturday: November 26 | Your neighborhood thrives when you support local, independent merchants. Well said, isn’t
- [Cosplay, Cuisine, Arcade Classics All Take Anime Con Another Step Beyond COVID's Surly Bonds](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/29/cosplay-cuisine-arcade-classics-all-take-anime-con-another-step-beyond-covids-surly-bonds/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | If you were raised on Sailor Moon, your kids are watching a thing abut a guy with a chainsaw for a head. This was abundantly clear by the Chainsaw Man cosplayers at this year's Anime NYC, which was held November 18-20 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. While classic anime
- [This Week in Chelsea: November 28-Dec. 4, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/28/this-week-in-chelsea-november-28-dec-4-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Holiday Happenings / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Community Cleanup / Small Works Exhibition at Fountain House Gallery / 10th Precinct Build the Block Sector B Meeting / 10th Precinct Community Council / Events at the Eagle NYC / Archived Recording: Collegiate Church's America Post-Roe V. Wade
- [Guest Opinion: Keep Open Street Designation, as Redesign Process Plays Out](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/12/01/guest-opinion-keep-open-street-designation-as-redesign-process-plays-out/) - The Guest Opinion piece published by Chelsea Community News on November 18, 2022 (click here to read it) opposes the 22nd Street Open Street we have enjoyed since the beginning of COVID times. Our block association has been happy to support the City’s efforts to promote social distancing. 22nd Street seemed a good choice because
- [Guest Opinion: Willets Point—A Vibrant New Neighborhood in Queens](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/29/guest-opinion-willets-point-a-vibrant-new-neighborhood-in-queens/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | It’s time to create a New York City where working New Yorkers can have safe, affordable homes, find well-paying jobs, send their children to good schools, and live close to public transportation so that they don’t have to spend hours commuting. Willets Point in Queens, previously known as the “Iron
- [Chelsea's 10th/13th Precincts Offer Multiple Public Meetings Through 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/14/chelseas-10th-13th-precincts-offer-multiple-public-meetings-through-2022/) - BUILD THE BLOCK MEETINGS Also of note are the three upcoming Build the Block meetings, which provide an opportunity to interact with the two-person NCO (Neighborhood Coordination Officer) team responsible for their assigned sector. These meetings take place quarterly, with the last fourth quarter Sector A meeting having taken place already. NOTE: Prior to a
- [Peppermint Tours R&B Trilogy Alongside an Equally Tuneful Jujubee](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/27/peppermint-tours-rb-trilogy-alongside-an-equally-tuneful-jujubee/) - On Tuesday, November 29, New York City is the highly appropriate last stop on the nine-city Letters Live/Good Juju tour, in which damn fine divas Peppermint and Jujubee claim their place in the pantheon of post-pandemic live performance events. Highly appropriate how, you ask? Well first of all, after feeding the needs of hungry audiences
- [Guest Opinion: Don't Demolish a Vibrant Midtown Nabe](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/23/guest-opinion-dont-demolish-a-vibrant-midtown-nabe/) - BY EUGENE SINIGALLIANO | My neighbors and I have lived at 251 West 30th Street, in the heart of the Penn Station district, since 1979. We raised our kids there and many of us became lifelong friends. We are senior citizens now and consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to live in rent-stabilized apartments in New York City—but we are now facing eviction, as
- [Shop Like it Matters: On Black-Owned Friday & Small Business Saturday, it Does!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/21/shop-like-it-matters-on-black-owned-friday-small-business-saturday-it-does/) - SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 26, 2022 BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Your neighborhood thrives when you support local, independent merchants. Well said, isn’t it? Yes? Then we’re compelled to tell you we lifted that opening sentence wholesale from the Village Alliance (Business Improvement District), as stated on their Small Business Saturday (SBS) landing page. Click here
- [A Journey to Joy Through Decades of Troeller's Erotic Portraiture](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/20/a-journey-to-joy-through-decades-of-troellers-erotic-portraiture/) - BY PUMA PERL | Several days after the opening of Self Power | Self Play: 50 Years of Erotic Portraiture by Linda Troeller, I received an email message from the photographer. She and her husband, artist Lothar Troeller, had been riding down Fifth Avenue and passed by the Museum of Sex; he’d been able to photograph
- [Childhood Imagination Gets the Royal Treatment at Let’s Dress Up](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/24/childhood-imagination-gets-the-royal-treatment-at-lets-dress-up/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Once upon a time, with no prospects for a happily ever after other than an open mind, Judy Famigletti moved to the Upper East Side. That’s where the 60-year-old grandmother with a Masters Degree in early childhood education and a knack for interior design channeled those very grown-up credentials into Let’s
- [This Week in Chelsea: November 7-13, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/07/this-week-in-chelsea-november-7-13-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Community Cleanup / America After Roe V. Wade / BASIS Independent Manhattan Fall Festival & Open House / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Sat., Nov. 19 Coat Drive / NYPL Story Time at Chelsea Green Park / Sunday, November 13, 11am-1pm: Commuity Cleanup | See the
- [This Week in Chelsea: November 14-20, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/14/this-week-in-chelsea-november-14-20-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Small Works Exhibition at Fountain House Gallery / NYPL Story Time at Chelsea Green Park / 13th Precinct Commuity Council / CB4's Transportation Planning Committee / Free Flu Shot Day / Pint-Sized Plays / Archived Recording Marble Collegiate Church's America Post-Roe
- [As Dems Celebrate Averting Election Disaster, We Can’t Ignore the Voters We’re Losing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/18/as-dems-celebrate-averting-election-disaster-we-cant-ignore-the-voters-were-losing/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Election Day is over. And though Americans did not speak with one voice, working-class voters sent a clear message: They are deeply concerned about the economy, crime, and inflation. They are also increasingly looking for leadership that acknowledges their concerns and defends their interests, regardless of party. Because for America’s working-class
- [Guest Opinion: Why is This Street Closed?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/18/guest-opinion-why-is-this-street-closed/) - By Molly Harris, Carin Ehrenberg, Nico McLane, Terry Cundiff, Kathy Ellman, Diane Lazarus, Cindy Loomis, Joe Neuhaus, Jeff Preston, Steven Schram, Aaron Schwarz, Melissa Stern, Aida Thomas, Lowell Thomas, and Amelia Weir. Early in the pandemic, the City temporarily closed several streets in Chelsea to create outdoor areas during a time when residents were cooped
- [At Early Edition of Chelsea Tradition, Talk of Turkey Day Shortage Doesn't Fly](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/18/at-early-edition-of-chelsea-tradition-talk-of-turkey-day-shortage-doesnt-fly/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In the same month that saw polling places open for several days in advance of the General Election, another notable date on the November calendar got the early bird treatment, when Chelsea citizens flocked to four local pilgrimage sites. Tuesday, November 15—nine days before Thanksgiving—thousands of plump, oven-bound, born-to-be-basted turkeys were
- [Free Largely Flightless Birds Land in Chelsea, as Thanksgiving Tradition with Legs Takes Wing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2021/11/22/free-flightless-birds-land-in-chelsea-as-thanksgiving-tradition-with-legs-takes-wing/) - Chelsea Market—the NYC tourist and foodie destination once known for cranking out chalky candy Necco Wafers—may have changed hands, but it still has a firm grip on the annual tradition of providing Chelsea residents with a Thanksgiving meal's main attraction. Some 1,300 turkeys were handed out last week, with the gobblers going to Fulton and
- [Zany and Light, Hints of Poetry Erupt When the 'Juliet' Jukebox Plays](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/17/zany-and-light-hints-of-poetry-erupt-when-the-juliet-jukebox-plays/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | There are two varieties of jukebox shows, and I’m getting weary of the first kind: The type where they pick a Boomer-beloved musical group or icon (Carole King, Cher, the Four Seasons) and tell their story, spanning their success despite the challenges, followed by more challenges, then—surprise—more success. And in the
- [Make Haste to New Place Serving Pastry and Nostalgia](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/16/make-haste-to-new-place-serving-pastry-and-nostalgia/) - Part curiosity object and part Pied Piper, the food truck in front of 152 West 26th Street’s Hilton New York Fashion District Hotel turns out to be the pastry delivery system Chelsea didn’t know it needed. That was, until it popped up a few weeks ago just a few feet from the Hilton’s front door,
- [Guest Opinion: Rikers Reform](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/09/guest-opinion-rikers-reform/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | When I came into office as the 110th Mayor, there was no question that the city’s main jail, Rikers Island, was in serious need of reform and repair. Anyone who has set foot in Rikers in years past, from family members to correction officers to those awaiting trial, have
- [Lockdown Legacy: New Presenters Here to Stay, After Entering the Pandemic-Era Candidate Forum Fray](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/08/lockdown-legacy-new-presenters-here-to-stay-after-entering-the-pandemic-era-candidate-forum-fray/) - NOTE: This article was written as part of the 2022 NY State Elections Reporting Fellowship of the Center for Community Media at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Shaking hands, handing out campaign literature, and attending everything from pancake breakfasts to chicken dinners: These longtime “musts” for incumbents making
- [They've Got Us Pegged: Sexual Health Expo Comes to Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/09/theyve-got-us-pegged-sexual-health-expo-comes-to-chelsea/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Sexy New Yorkers will remember the Sexual Health Expo from its Brooklyn-held, pre-COVID days. This year, after a pandemic hiatus, it returned to Chelsea's own Metropolitan Pavilion for a highly stimulating weekend. Between the informative seminars on pegging, the spanking workshops, and panels on the intricacies of sex with gender non-conforming partners,
- [Rat, Roach Motel sees 449 Creep, Crawl to Top Halloween Decorations Honor](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/01/rat-roach-motel-sees-449-creep-crawl-to-top-halloween-decorations-honor/) - TEXT & PHOTOS BY THE WEST 400 BLOCK ASSOCIATION For the second year in a row, 449 West 21st Street takes the title iof Best Outdoor Halloween Decorations, with their "Rat and Roach Motel." Major points for thinking outside the box, 449! Giant roaches of varying sizes (between 3-5 feet long) crawl up and down
- [Tuesday, November 8 is the General Election: Poll Sites Open 6am-9pm](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/07/tuesday-november-8-is-the-general-election-poll-sites-open-6am-9pm/) - Early Voting began on Saturday, October 29 and concluded over the weekend (Sunday, November 6). The General Election takes place on Tuesday, November 8, with polls open from 6am to 9pm. Find your General Election pollsite and access a sample ballot at findmypollsite.vote.nyc/. You’ll need your house number, street name, and zip code. In addition to
- [Scenes From a Frighteningly Fun Chelsea Green Halloween](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/02/scenes-from-a-frighteningly-fun-chelsea-green-halloween/) - BY FRIENDS OF CHELSEA GREEN | Last Saturday, October 29, Friends of Chelsea Green (the nonprofit that manages Chelsea Green Park) hosted over 600 neighbors at our Haunted Circus Halloween event, inside and on the outskirts of the park’s 140 W. 20th St. location (btw. Sixth & Seventh Aves.). Families enjoyed circus-themed stilt walkers, jugglers,
- [Guest Opinion: Why Arts & Culture Should Be a Chief Concern for New Yorkers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/04/guest-opinion-why-arts-culture-should-be-a-chief-concern-for-new-yorkers/) - BY JOE MAFFIA (candidate, NYS Assembly District 75) | Almost everyone loves art of some form. Whether it is in the form of music, paintings, sculptures, dance, theater, or cinema, art inspires people of all ages. It stimulates imagination, boosts self-esteem and dopamine (the feel-good chemical in your brain), and even inspires and empowers us
- [This Week in Chelsea: Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/01/this-week-in-chelsea-week-of-oct-31-nov-6-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Swish: Sound Installation at Chelsea Rec. Center / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Events from Earlier This Week: At Chelsea Green Park / CB4 Full Board Meeting / PS 11 Farm Market / Swish: A Temporary Sound Installation at Chelsea Recreation Center—Saturday, November 5, 1:30-3:30pm (430
- [MTA Substation Information Promised to Public at 2 Pending Meetings](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/11/mta-substation-information-promised-to-public-at-2-pending-meetings/) - BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Maintaining its need to “provide critical support for improved service,” the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is gearing up to construct a below ground substation on West 28th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. That project continues to fuel concerns from some residents of Penn South—the sprawling six-block, 10-building co-op and NORC
- [New York Comic Con Reveals its Next Mutation](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/11/01/new-york-comic-con-reveals-its-next-mutation/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Each October, New York's Jacob Javits Center becomes a nerd mecca for comic book enthusiasts. As with many large gatherings, New York Comic Con 2022 (NYCC) had a rocky return last year as the city struggled to recover from the COVID lockdowns. The major comic book companies were nowhere in sight
- [October 28's NYS Assembly District 75 Candidate Forum is Available to View Online](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/29/october-28s-nys-assembly-district-75-candidate-forum-is-available-to-view-online/) - CALLING ALL NYS ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 75 VOTERS Don't show up to the polls without having a look at what happened when Chelsea Community News hosted an online Assembly District 75 Candidate Forum with Joseph A. Maffi (R, Arts & Culture) and Tony Simone (D) answering the Chelsea-centric questions of these six Forum Co-Presenters: The London Terrace Tenants Association (LTTA) The Fulton
- [Your Guide to Early Voting & Nov. 8's Election Day](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/24/your-guide-to-early-voting-nov-8s-election-day/) - Early Voting begins Saturday, October 29 and runs through Sunday, November 6. Find your Early Voting and General Election/Election Day pollsite (they’re not necessarily the same) and access a sample ballot at findmypollsite.vote.nyc/. You’ll need your house number, street name, and zip code. Chelsea locations include a building on the FIT campus and Selis Manor for
- [Oct. 28's Assembly District 75 Candidate Forum to Focus on Chelsea Concerns](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/22/oct-28s-assembly-district-75-candidate-forum-to-focus-on-chelsea-concerns/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The upcoming race to succeed retiring New York State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried will be one for the history books, as--for the first time in 52 years--a new name is added to the sequential list of NYS Assembly District 75 reps. Gottfried's December 13, 2021 announcement that this current term would
- [Oct. 26 Comm. Council Mtg. Invites Conversation on 10th Precinct Matters](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/23/oct-26-comm-council-mtg-invites-conversation-on-10th-precinct-matters/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Members of the general public with questions and opinions about the current state of crime and the overall quality of life in Chelsea--and that's a lot of you--have recurring opportunities to take those concerns to local NYPD leadership. Bellow is a collection of what remains between now and the end of the year. The 10th
- [Meatpacking District 'Treats' Day Saw Streets Filled with Kids and Dogs and Queens, Oh  My!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/25/meatpacking-district-treats-day-saw-streets-filled-with-kids-and-dogs-and-queens-oh-my/) - ALL PHOTOS BY IRI GRECO, BrakeThrough Media | www.brakethroughmedia.com | Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures cast their spell over the Meatpacking District on Saturday, October 22, as Meatpacking (the area's Business Improvement District) welcomed one and all to explore the streets, shops, and restaurants of the Meatpacking District during its 11am-5pm Treats in the Streets event. (And
- [This Week in Chelsea: October 17-23, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/16/this-week-in-chelsea-october-17-23-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Events at Chelsea Green Park / PS 11 Farm Market / Participatory Budgeting Assemblies / The Village: A Disco Musical! / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Homelessness in NYC Virtual Panel Discussion / Treats in the Streets / Haunted Circus at Chelsea Green Park NYPL Story Time
- [Edward Hopper's New York, the Whitney Reminds Us, Remains to be Seen](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/26/edward-hoppers-new-york-the-whitney-reminds-us-remains-to-be-seen/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | His paintings of city rooftops and life within urban windows are so familiar, it’s surprising that Edward Hopper’s New York is the first museum exhibition addressing the artist’s relationship to New York City. The Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2015 move from its uptown East Side home to 99 Gansevoort Street
- [In Short, The Longest Table Was a Feast of Much-Needed Neighborhood Fun](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/24/in-short-the-longest-table-was-a-feast-of-much-needed-neighborhood-fun/) - TEXT BY SCOTT STIFFLER, PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE BERTHET | Friendships are formed over it, ideas are hatched during its course, and recipes are exchanged before parting ways: Those are just a few of the commonplace occurrences when two people sit down to have lunch. Now tack on another 498, minimum, to the number of those
- [Fifteen Worthy West Side Initiatives Infused with Funding From WSCF Grants](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/22/fifteen-worthy-west-side-initiatives-infused-with-funding-from-wscf-grants/) - BY EILEEN STUKANE | Fifteen grant recipients hailed for their innovative efforts along the West Side were honored at an October 11 Grantee Celebration held by the West Side Community Fund (WSCF). They were joined by local elected officials, staffers tasked with administering $100,000 in grants, and members of the consortium responsible for WSCF’s reactivated
- [Letter to Mayor Eric Adams from the 29th Street Neighborhood Association](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/21/letter-to-mayor-eric-adams-from-the-29th-street-neighborhood-association/) - Note: The following letter, reprinted with the permission of the 29th Street Neighborhood Association, was sent on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 19, 2022, to NYC Mayor Eric Adams and elected officials named in the "cc" section at the end of the letter. On the same day, the Neighborhood Association sent the letter to all
- [Scary Good Halloween-Themed Stuff Whose Time Cometh](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/23/scary-good-halloween-themed-stuff-whose-time-cometh/) - Through Oct. 31: IT: A Musical Parody at Chelsea Table + Stage | Stephen King’s killer-clown-feeds-on-fears novel—adapted as a 1990 TV miniseries and 2017/2019 theatrical releases—gets the musical parody treatment in a stage adaptation that pours on the nail-biting horror while acknowledging the only-in-fiction absurdities that pile up faster than the victim body count. Taking place
- [This Week & Beyond, Multiple Opportunities to Meet with Chelsea's 10th & 13th Precincts](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/17/this-week-beyond-multiple-opportunities-to-meet-with-chelseas-10th-13th-precincts/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Members of the general public with questions and opinions about the current state of crime and the overall quality of life in Chelsea--and that's a lot of you--have two types of recurring opportunities to take those concerns to local NYPD leadership. Build the Block meetings are official NYPD events typically hosted by NCOs, or Neighborhood
- [A Tall Drink of Theatre: Company XIV's Latest is a Strange/Sexy Brew of Magic, Burlesque, Booze](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/20/a-tall-drink-of-theatre-company-xivs-latest-is-a-strange-sexy-brew-of-magic-burlesque-booze/) - BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | Company XIV, the nimble burlesque troupe behind the recently reviewed Seven Sins and the annual destination holiday event Nutcracker Rouge, has a new venue with a new show and a clever plan to draw audiences. Cocktail Magique is a cocktail-themed magic/burlesque extravaganza, and it's certainly a crowd pleaser, given that the
- [Community Op-Ed: Supporting NYC’s Asylum Seekers](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/18/community-op-ed-supporting-nycs-asylum-seekers/) - BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | New York is a city of immigrants. We are made up of hundreds of cultures, more than 700 languages, and people born in more than 150 countries. Immigrants keep our cultural life vibrant and our economy running strong. They are the past, present, and future of New York City.
- [Stories & Songs of 'My Window' Put Melissa Etheridge in Potent Open Book Mode](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/16/stories-songs-of-my-window-put-melissa-etheridge-in-potent-open-book-mode/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I have to admit that I didn’t know much about Melissa Etheridge except that she’s a lesbian, she’s battled cancer, and she can sing the house down. So, I approached her autobiographical show (My Window–A Journey Through Life at New World Stages through Oct. 29) like someone coming to her window with a sort
- [This Week in Chelsea: October 10-16, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/09/this-week-in-chelsea-october-10-16-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Community Visioning Workshop / 100 West 400 Block Association Celebrates 70 Years / Events from Earlier in the Week followed by Next Week & Beyond: Homelessness in NYC Virtual Panel Discussion / Treats in the Streets / Haunted Circus at Chelsea
- [In from the Hall, Straight from the Heart: McCulloch’s Solo Show Earns its Return](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/14/in-from-the-hall-straight-from-the-heart-mccullochs-solo-show-earns-its-return/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like rocking out to the sweet riffs of a Bob Seeger song after years of irony-only listening, writer/performer Bruce McCulloch’s autumnal residency at Soho Playhouse reveals heretofore hidden depths to the stellar ensemble comedian, whose work with The Kids in the Hall is peppered with mission-focused loners and sweet searchers yearning
- [Air Rights](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/10/air-rights/) - "Air Rights" BY MICHELLE TOKARCZYK Air is for sale. List buy & sell New York air rights. Let your buildings cut through the clouds. This is your right. No limits on height. Light is for sale. Stack stories up against their windows. Challenge their sun and their heat. Let their plants die. Light is
- [This Week in Chelsea: October 3-9, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/02/this-week-in-chelsea-october-3-9-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" PS 11 Farm Market / CB4 Full Board Meeting / HYHK Annual Meeting / Solo Show: Swimming in Mudd / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Next Week & Beyond: Flatiron NoMad Partnership's Annual Meeting / CB5 Full Board Meeting / Community Visioning Workshop / The West 400
- ['Trentlyon Way' Dedication Sees Pledges from Podium to Build on a Visionary's Legacy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/08/trentlyon-way-dedication-sees-pledges-from-podium-to-build-on-a-visionarys-legacy/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Where there’s a will, there’s a way. That’s no mere cliché—at least not at West 23rd Street and 11th Avenue, where a newly installed sign reminds those headed toward Hudson River Park that its bike lanes, green spaces, play areas and yes—even the Comfort Station at Chelsea Waterside Park—are there, in part, because
- [Eight NYC Gay Bars and Clubs We Miss This PRIDE](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/25/eight-nyc-gay-bars-and-clubs-we-miss-this-pride/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Happy Pride! There are plenty of queer establishments in NYC at which you can celebrate, but let me step in between your cocktails and remind you of some past places that were absolute gay heaven. We can briefly remember their glory, then go right back to putting the mo’ back in
- [20 Things That Are Way Better Now Than in the 1970s](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/26/20-things-that-are-way-better-now-than-in-the-1970s/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | “Everything used to be better” is the rallying cry of the old-fogeys. But this hag is here to tell you that’s as big a lie as saying that Gone With The Wind is an accurate portrayal of the Civil War. I should know. I’ve been around so long that my social
- [25 Things All New Yorkers Should Know](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/31/25-things-all-new-yorkers-should-know/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’ve lived in New York City my entire life—by choice—and as a result, I want to share my native wisdoms in the form of insider tips as to how to get the best bang out of the Apple. Here we go! Avoid the Village on weekends. Enough said. The best tailor
- [150 Clichés That are Killing the Language](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/01/150-cliches-that-are-killing-the-language/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO Largely thanks to social networks, words and phrases become clichés faster than they used to because everyone spots them, jumps on them, and thinks they‘re being oh so clever by parroting them on a daily basis. And they’re killing the language! Oh, and by “killing” it, I don’t mean in the clichéd
- [Why Vote for Joe Maffia?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/05/why-vote-for-joe-maffia/) - BY JOE MAFFIA (Assembly candidate for the 75th Assembly District) | Our political landscape has become divided between two political parties, each representing a wide range of people. But the loud voices on the extreme right and left do not necessarily represent most of the people both parties, who land more toward the middle. Since
- [Q&A Supplies How & Why, Prior to 500WBA Meet & Greet](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/04/qa-supplies-how-why-prior-to-500wba-meet-greet/) - Founded during the early days of COVID-fueled uncertainty, a new block association in far West Chelsea has emerged from the social distancing era with a solid track record of good deeds destined to go largely unnoticed—unless you recall a time when fresh paint and clean sidewalks seemed as unlikely as the prospect of a second
- [Hot News About a Cool Million: Participatory Budgeting is Back, Set to Launch Atop High Line](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/26/hot-news-about-a-cool-million-participatory-budgeting-is-back-set-to-launch-atop-high-line/) - Participatory Budgeting Cycle 12 Kickoff Event: Tuesday, September 27, 6-8pm on the High Line’s 14th Street Passage (entrance on 14th St. & 10th Ave.) Participatory Budgeting is the volunteer-driven, voter-empowering process during which community members decide how to spend $1 a of their NYC Council Member’s discretionary capital funds on City property projects such as
- [Rite of ‘Passage’: Participatory Budgeting Cycle 12 Begins with High Line Brainstorming Session](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/10/02/rite-of-passage-participatory-budgeting-cycle-12-begins-with-high-line-brainstorming-session/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The High Line’s 14th Street Passage was the appropriately expansive “big tent” setting that served as the official launch of the 12th NYC Council District 3 Participatory Budgeting (PB) cycle. Hosted by D3 Council Member Erik Bottcher, the September 27 event served as a prelude to Spring 2023—when the PB winner,
- [Collaboration Anticipation: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca Followed by Curran & Carr](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/24/collaboration-anticipation-soledad-barrio-noche-flamenca-followed-by-curran-carr/) - NYC DANCE PREVIEWS BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA: Renowned Repertory & New Works Led by Barrio & Artistic Director Martín Santangelo | The news here is not that Noche Flamenca—the Madrid-New York collaboration between flamenco star Soledad Barrio and her husband Martin Santangelo—is celebrating its 30th anniversary, although that is certainly true.
- [To New York Street Fairs](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/24/to-new-york-street-fairs/) - CITY POETRY …words & images from the five boroughs & points beyond "To New York Street Fairs" BY MICHELLE TOKARCZYK In the spell of afternoon sun everything regenerates. Silver earrings shine. Spices scent the air. Bonsai thrive. Nothing hangs too high or forces for you to bend like a supplicant. You move from
- [Peter Mac as Judy Garland Throws Down Halloween Gauntlet with October 1 Show](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/27/peter-mac-as-judy-garland-throws-down-halloween-gauntlet-with-october-1-show/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Superachiever Judy Garland isn’t wasting one second of precious, pumpkin spice-infused time when the final day of September gives way to a month-long celebration of ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and things that go bump in the night. And in honor of that, the woman who once singlehandedly killed a wicked witch by
- [This Week in Chelsea: September 26-October 2, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/26/this-week-in-chelsea-september-26-october-2-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" 10th Precinct Build the Block Sector C Meeting / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The West 400 Block Association Celebrates 70 Years / Events from Earlier in the Week: NYPL Story Time at Chelsea Green Park / Participatory Budgeting Kickoff / 10th Precinct Community Council RESCHEDULED for
- [Female-Driven Short Film From Chelsea Residents Screens at SOHO Int. Film Fest](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/29/female-driven-short-film-from-chelsea-residents-screens-at-soho-int-film-fest/) - Filmmakers Mischa Dani Goodman and Caitlin Simpson, both proud Chelsea residents (for years and weeks, respectively) have both done Chelsea proud, with the acceptance of their female-driven short film Unbridaled into the SOHO International Film Festival. Screening on Friday, October 7, Unbridaled sees producers Goodman and Simpson in lead roles, addressing in personal and universal ways the expectations put
- [London Terrace Lives Up to ‘Best Little Street Fair’ Rep as Autumn Tradition Turns 30](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/26/london-terrace-lives-up-to-best-little-street-fair-rep-as-autumn-tradition-turns-30/) - BY INGE IVCHENKO | The sun was out and shining and stayed that way all day, in the manner we’ve come to expect on the late September Saturdays that play host to the London Terrace Tenants Association Street Fair. The early autumn air was crisp but stopped short of brisk, and as September 24’s 30th
- [Great Scots! Alan Cumming Sizzles as Robert Burns, at the Joyce](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/21/great-scots-alan-cumming-sizzles-in-burn/) - BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK| Some minutes before Burn began, there was an epic river of a rainstorm, pelting leftward, seen on the back screen. Booming claps of thunder were heard, and lightning illuminated the sky, which gave just a hint of a mountainous backdrop. After it subsided, Alan Cumming appeared onstage dressed in black, dark eyeliner
- [Royal Title, Waggy Tail, Perfectly Manicured Paws: Furry Friend Izzy Leaves Footprint on Chelsea as Large as Her Loving Heart](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/06/royal-title-waggy-tail-perfectly-manicured-paws-furry-friend-izzy-leaves-footprint-on-chelsea-as-large-as-her-loving-heart/) - Chelsea Community News notes the passing of Lady Isabella Von Craig, known to her many friends as "Izzy." And those friends were legion, from inquisitive toddlers to veteran Chelsea residents who held the pup in high esteem, measured against so many other canines whose neighborhood walkabouts are as much fun for us to witness as
- [Hot Ticket 'Burn' Set to Blaze at The Joyce](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/13/hot-ticket-burn-set-to-blaze-at-the-joyce/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Returning to action after its annual hiatus, the dedicated-to-dance Joyce Theater offers a rare outlier: An hour-long, one-man show, Burn, made collaboratively by the multi-talented Scottish actor Alan Cumming and choreographer Steven Hoggett, in celebration of the Scottish poet laureate Robert Burns. Arriving in Chelsea weeks after its world premiere at
- [This Week in Chelsea: September 19-25, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/18/this-week-in-chelsea-september-19-25-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" MTA Substation Presentation to CB4 / PS 11 Farm Market / Events at Chelsea Green Park / Vinyl Nights / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The London Terrace Street Fair / Events From Earlier This Week: The 13th Precinct Community Council The MTA Presents to the Community
- [Jackie Beat’s New Series is Just What the Unlicensed Doctor Ordered](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/23/jackie-beats-new-series-is-just-what-the-unlicensed-doctor-ordered/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | While much of the world spent the pandemic sheltering in place and binging on Netflix in an attempt to stave off madness, innovative (and already insane) Jackie Beat found herself pounding a different drum. The veteran drag queen known for belting out hilariously filthy song parodies while hurling cruel insults at
- [Uncertainty Builds, After St. Columba Church Canopy Collapse](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/19/uncertainty-builds-after-st-columba-church-canopy-collapse/) - BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | St. Columba Roman Catholic Church has been a staple of the Chelsea neighborhood since 1845. Located at 343 West 25th Street (btw. Eighth & Ninth Aves.), its considerable complex includes the Church and Rectory (at 343), the next-door school building (at 331), and the Convent (at 329), a residence for retired
- [‘Re-Married’ Creators to Tie Real Knot After Show’s Chelsea Run](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/18/re-married-creators-to-tie-real-knot-after-shows-chelsea-run/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Worlds collide, sending fiction crashing into fate and creating a new reality so meta, it makes the Marvel Cinematic Universe seem utterly unambitious. That’s the sense you get when reading the timeline that accounts for this weekend’s stage presentation of David and Kate Get Re-Married. Written and performed by David Carl
- [This Week in Chelsea: September 12-18, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/12/this-week-in-chelsea-september-12-18-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Vinyl Nights / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / London Terrace Street Fair / Last Week in Chelsea: The Opera Next Door / Events from Earlier This Week (updated 9/15): "sueño" on the High Line / PS11 Farm Market / Community Music at Chelsea Green Park / Vinyl
- [Chelsea Left a Little Less ‘Convenient’ as 7-Eleven Exits Seventh](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/15/chelsea-left-a-little-less-convenient-as-7-eleven-exits-seventh/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A busy and much-beloved 7-Eleven whose 2015 arrival initially seemed out of step with the neighborhood’s mom-and-pop shop density has withdrawn from its 194 Seventh Ave. location, leaving Slurpee-loving supporters longing for the old days. The national chain store’s departure is, unlike their single-dose packs of ibuprofen, a bitter pill to
- [Best of Fall Dance Anticipates the Offerings of Meg Stuart, Robyn Orlin](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/16/best-of-fall-dance-anticipates-the-offerings-of-meg-stuart-robyn-orlin/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods: Violet | Meg Stuart, born in New Orleans to theater professionals and now based in Belgium and Germany, attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and cut her teeth in the contact improvisation community. Her accomplishments are legion and her reach is wide. Stuart’s Violet, 11 years old, has already toured to
- [Report and Repair: 311 App Among the Everyday Ways We Can Help Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/13/report-and-repair-311-app-among-the-everyday-ways-we-can-help-chelsea/) - BY KATHY ROMANO ELLMAN | I see a lot of posts online about all the issues in, and surrounding, Chelsea. In addition to posting about issues, we need to go further. It takes a village, and we all need to help. I am in constant contact with both the 10th and 13th Precinct, since I
- [This Week in Chelsea: August 22-28, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/22/this-week-in-chelsea-august-22-28-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Down to Earth Farmers MaretArrest to Disposition: A Presentation from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office / 10th Precinct Sector B Build the Block Meeting / Sunset on the Hudson Music Series / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / Primary Election Day, Meatpacking BID's Sweat Sessions The
- [This Week in Chelsea: September 5-11, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/05/this-week-in-chelsea-september-5-11-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Manhattan Community Board 4's Full Board Meeting / PS11 Farm Market / 13th Precinct Sector B Build the Block Meeting / Vinyl Nights / E-Waste Recycling / The Opera Next Door / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / "sueño" on the High Line / London Terrace Street Fair /
- [MTA Should Position Planned Substation Somewhere Past Penn South](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/21/mta-should-position-planned-substation-somewhere-past-penn-south/) - BY MARK BLOCH | I write the readers of Chelsea Community News out of serious concern about what I am hearing with regard to the MTA’s plan to build a substation in the middle of the community I live in at Penn South—in particular, right next to two residences (mine and one across the street,
- [This Week in Chelsea: August 29-September 4, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/29/this-week-in-chelsea-august-29-september-4-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Events From Earlier This Week: Congestion Pricing Hearings / Police Commissioner's Day of Play / London Terrace Street Fair / Rally to Save the Penn Station Neighborhood / Donation Drive / Sweat Sessions / The Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea: Saturdays, 9am-2pm on
- [Chelsea Man is NYC Region Honoree, at Annual Brain Injury Assoc. 'March On' Walk](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/09/chelsea-man-is-nyc-region-honoree-at-annual-brain-injury-assoc-march-on-walk/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A longtime Chelsea resident who recalibrated his daily life and his locally based business after surviving a devastating brain injury will represent New York City as a regional honoree at the Saturday, September 10 March On for Brain Injury Walk. An annual day of solidarity and visibility created by the nonprofit
- [Veteran Experimenters Jasperse and Gutierrez Contact Other Worlds](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/09/03/veteran-experimenters-jasperse-and-gutierrez-contact-other-worlds/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | As I write, the first breezes of fall have begun to blow, and my feet, long laid low by months of heat and humidity, are itching to be out and about. Chelsea enjoys an abundance of walkable performance spaces, and the first offerings of the season. Here are two such opportunities.
- [Chain Theatre's Gutsy Pandemic-Era Expansion Soars, While Word Premiere Sticks the Landing](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/30/chain-theatres-gutsy-pandemic-era-expansion-soars-while-word-premiere-sticks-the-landing/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Founded in 2010 and operating from the fourth floor of 312 West 36th Street since 2018, Chain Theatre’s restless quest to contemplate “the cyclical nature of history and complexity of the human spirit” has expressed itself through muscular revivals of proven stage works (The Pillowman), film and play festivals, and NYC
- [Event Horizon: Activities of Interest Next Week and Beyond](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/26/event-horizon-activities-of-interest-next-week-and-beyond/) - Rally to Save the Penn Station Neighborhood | It's always darkest before. . . something dramatic. With the clock ticking on the dog and pony show that is the public vetting process, chances grow each day that we'll end up with some kind of largely loyalist plan for the area around Penn Station favored by
- [Q&A With Candidate Maria Danzilo](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/22/qa-with-candidate-maria-danzilo/) - With early voting having concluded on August 21, it all comes down to one final day of decision. For those traditional voters who await the actual date to participate, Primary Election Day is Tuesday August 23, with polling sites open from 6am to 9pm. In the New York State Senate District 47 race, Maria Danzilo
- [This Week in Chelsea: August 15-21, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/15/this-week-in-chelsea-august-15-21-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Recorded Proceedings of the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Coalition's State Senate Candidates Forum / Meatpacking BID's Sweat Sessions / PS11 Farm Market / Sunset on the Hudson Music Series / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / The Down to Earth
- [Through August 21, You Won't be Late for Early Voting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/13/through-august-21-you-wont-be-late-for-early-voting/) - EARLY AUGUST 23 PRIMARY VOTING Saturday, August 13 through Sunday, August 21 The August Primary is scheduled for Tuesday, August 23, 2022 and will include elections for the U.S. House of Representatives and the New York State Senate. To find your Early Voting or Election Day pollsite and view a sample ballot, click here. For more information via the Board
- [Key Elements Conveyed in the Manhattan District Attorney's Jan. 3, 2022 Memorandum](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/19/key-elements-conveyed-in-the-manhattan-district-attorneys-jan-3-2022-memorandum/) - The following is reprinted with the permission of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. This information is part of our "Recommended Reading" prior to attending our August 25, 2022 online event, in which a member of the Manhattan D.A.'s office will give a 30-minute Arrest to Disposition presentation, followed by a Q&A session lasting approximately 30
- [Primary Primer: Need to Know Info for Tues. Aug. 23 Voting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/21/primary-primer-need-to-know-info-for-tues-aug-23-voting/) - THE PRIMARY ELECTION IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 With early voting having concluded on August 21, the August Primary happens Tuesday, August 23, 2022 and will include elections for the U.S. House of Representatives and the New York State Senate. To find your Election Day poll site and view a sample ballot, click here. Polls are open from 6am-9pm.
- [This Week in Chelsea: August 8-14, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/08/this-week-in-chelsea-august-8-14-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" W400BA's Ice Cream Social / Meatpacking BID's Sweat Sessions / PS11 Farm Market / Sunset on the Hudson Music Series / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series / Events from Earlier in the
- ['Arrest to Disposition': An Aug. 25 Online Presentation from the Manhattan D.A.'s Office](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/19/arrest-to-disposition-an-aug-25-online-presentation-from-the-manhattan-d-a-s-office/) - Dear Chelsea Community News Reader: Below, please see a press release announcing an online event we're proud to present, in partnership with the London Terrace Tenants Association. Please consider joining us for this look inside the mechanizations of the NYPD, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and the court system. ---Scott Stiffler, CCNews founder/editor For Immediate Release: Aug.
- [2 Wanted in After-Hours Break-In Burglaries at Seventh Ave. 7-Eleven](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/16/2-wanted-in-after-hours-break-in-burglaries-at-seventh-ave-7-eleven/) - Police are asking for the public's help in identifying two men caught on tape, on two separate dates, burglarizing a much-loved local franchise that was one of the first to open their doors after the March 2020, pandemic-inspired statewide closure of non-essential businesses. Since then, the 7-Eleven at 194 Seventh Avenue has solidified its place
- [West Chelsea Social Services Surge on the Wane; Roving Team to Remain](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/13/west-chelsea-social-services-surge-on-the-wane-roving-team-to-remain/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Boots on the ground and wheels parked curbside account for the sudden concentration of resources in an area of Chelsea whose unmet social service needs have been receiving top-tier, if temporary, attention. Since Tuesday, August 2, two programs from NYC Health + Hospitals [H&H] have provided the focused, sustained outreach promised by
- [At The Hummus & Pita Co., a Masterful Balance of Mediterranean Authenticity and Americanization](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/09/at-the-hummus-pita-co-a-masterful-balance-of-mediterranean-authenticity-and-americanization/) - BY SELAH ILUNGA-REED | Open for business in Chelsea since 2012, The Hummus & Pita Co.’s. Sixth Avenue staying power and ability to branch out across town and country comes down to its always fresh, generously dispensed ingredients. Although you can’t go wrong anchoring your meal with the two classics used to create its name,
- [Masks Still There, Alongside Glam and Flair: The Makeup Show Goes On](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/08/masks-still-there-alongside-glam-and-flair-the-makeup-show-goes-on/) - BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | A mere eight months ago, Chelsea Community News covered 2021's Makeup Show, assuming that COVID masks as a fashion accessory were a thing of the past, and that a new year of full-faced, germ-free glamour was upon us. While many things have stayed the same, the world of professional makeup artistry
- [This Week in Chelsea: August 1-7, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/01/this-week-in-chelsea-august-1-7-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Meatpacking BID's Sweat Sessions / Night Out Against Crime / Sunset on the Hudson Music Series / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / PS11 Farm Market / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series Sweat Sessions: A Free Fitness Series
- [2 Arrested, 2 at Large After Assault Where ‘Rainbow’ Ends, Scaffolding Begins](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/08/01/2-arrested-2-at-large-after-assault-where-rainbow-ends-scaffolding-begins/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Four men are facing serious criminal charges for their part in the brutal beating that occurred along a notorious Chelsea corridor just before 9:30pm on Thursday, July 28. The location of the incident has been a prolific generator of quality of life and crime complaints since pre-pandemic times. Nearby residents and
- [Groundbreaking Heralds Arrival of Affordable Housing on Eyesore Corner of Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/30/groundbreaking-heralds-arrival-of-affordable-housing-on-eyesore-corner-of-chelsea/) - BY SELAH ILUNGA-REED | Derelict and decrepit for ages but never abandoned by those who insisted on better days ahead, July 26’s groundbreaking ceremony at 201-207 Seventh Ave. set the stage for a nine-story co-op to rise from where four eyesore buildings currently stand. Those buildings, on the southeast corner of West 22 Street and
- [A Seemingly Limitless Number of Reasons to Lust for Company XIV’s ‘Seven Sins’](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/14/a-seemingly-limitless-number-of-reasons-to-lust-for-company-xivs-seven-sins/) - BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | There is not a trace of irony in the premise of the show Seven Sins, the current offering from Company XIV, the innovative troupe whose exhilarating productions fuse circus, opera, and burlesque. Or rather, the irony is so deep that the audience is utterly immersed to the point that the irony cannot
- [This Week in Chelsea: July 25-31, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/25/this-week-in-chelsea-july-25-31-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" CB4 Full Board Meeting / Sunset on the Hudson Music Series / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / PS11 Farm Market / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series / Manhattan Community Board 4´s HYBRID Full Board Meeting: Wednesday, July 27, 6:30pm| The monthly
- [Two New to Pride Say Safety and Support are Their Takeaways](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/26/two-new-to-pride-say-safety-and-support-are-their-takeaways/) - BY SELAH ILUNGA-REED | Deeply rooted in over five decades’ worth of delivering LGBTQ+ visibility, the annual NYC Pride March expands its legacy every time a youthful member of the queer community or passionate straight ally experiences their first time marching down Fifth Avenue or vocalizing their support from the side. On the last Sunday
- [This Week in Chelsea: July 18-24, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/18/this-week-in-chelsea-july-18-24-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Sunset on the Hudson Music Series / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / PS11 Farm Market / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series / / Financial Justice Workshop / CCNews Presents a Community Communication Session / Sunset on the
- [CCNews' Online Community Communication Session Set for Tues., July 19, 7pm](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/18/ccnews-online-community-communication-session-set-for-tues-july-19-7pm/) - Tuesday, July 19, from 7pm-9pm, Chelsea Community News (CCNews) presents a Community Communication Session that welcomes commentary from the public while encouraging them to channel their time and talents into the challenging task of building a bridge between problem and solution. To that end, CCNews will provide information about accessing knowledge, equipment, and funding to
- [New Leader Says CCBA's Collective Power to Focus on 'Areas Where We Can be Successful'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/18/new-leader-says-ccbas-collective-power-to-focus-on-areas-where-we-can-be-successful/) - Chelsea Community News continues its grand tradition of greeting the passing of the baton with the posing of some questions--in this case, posed to the recently installed president of the Council of Chelsea Block Associations (CCBA). Sally Greenspan is the first new face in CCBA's top leadership position in over three decades, having taken over the reigns
- [Chelsea Garden Club Tour Packed with Compelling Players, Fascinating 'Plots'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/18/chelsea-garden-club-tour-packed-with-compelling-players-fascinating-plots/) - PHOTOS & CAPTIONS BY SELAH ILUNGA-REED The morning of Saturday, July 16 saw the weather ping-ponging between ominous clouds and radiant sunshine. This type of summertime sky ambivalence is exactly what members of the volunteer group, Chelsea Garden Club, crave. Fortunately, for the club’s dual-avenue walking tour, the sun remained a force high in the
- [Renaissance Repairman in Close Proximity to Penn South Prepares to Close Shop](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/16/renaissance-repairman-in-close-proximity-to-penn-south-prepares-to-close-shop/) - BY SELAH ILUNGA-REED | Whether it’s the original emergence or post-Sandy transformation of the gallery district, the rise of the High Line, the naturally occurring retirement community of Penn South, or the creation of Hudson Yards, radical change has long been part of Chelsea’s identity. Though change can bring about improvement, many small businesses and
- [This Week in Chelsea: Week of July 11-17, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/11/this-week-in-chelsea-week-of-july-11-17-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" NYC Police Exam, July 15 Deadline / "Go Figure" Art Exhibit at Hudson Guild / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Chelsea Garden Club Tour / Financial Justice Workshop / PS11 Farm Market / Free Community Music at Chelsea Green Park / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness
- [Chelsea Hotel Doc Captures the Iconic Incubator's Creativity and Chaos](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/10/chelsea-hotel-doc-captures-the-iconic-incubators-creativity-and-chaos/) - FILM REVIEW | Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel BY PUMA PERL | Having made its debut at last month's Tribeca Film Festival, Dreaming Walls is currently screening at the IFC Center in Manhattan and is available on a variety of streaming services. It was directed by Amélie Van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier, two young Belgian filmmakers
- [Open Hearts, Clearing Skies at Waterfront Reverie Remembering Chelsea’s Kirkland, Trentlyon](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/10/open-hearts-clearing-skies-at-waterfront-reverie-remembering-chelseas-kirkland-trentlyon/) - BY DONATHAN SALKALN | For days, storm clouds swirled above Hudson River Park's Pier 64, the site of a June 23 tribute celebrating the lives of Robert Trentlyon (April 23, 1929-Dec. 7, 2021) and Edward Kirkland (June 15,1925-Jan.11, 2022). The two men were Herculean activists that, over the past 60 years, helped reshape Chelsea. The event
- [The Spirit of ’76: Protecting Us Against the Putin Playbook](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/01/the-spirit-of-76-protecting-us-against-the-putin-playbook/) - BY KEN PAULSON (Director and Professor, Free Speech Center, Middle Tennessee State University | As we gather to celebrate Independence Day, it’s a good time to reflect on how our most fundamental freedoms have served this nation well. It’s an even better time to think about what would happen if those liberties were taken away.
- [This Week in Chelsea: July 4-10, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/04/this-week-in-chelsea-july-4-10-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" PS11 Farm Market / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher's Monthly Free Housing Clinic / Stargazing on the High Line The PS11 Farm Market, Week #5: Wednesday, July 6, 8-9am on W. 21st. St. btw.
- [After Death at Rainbow Station, NYPD Inspection Yields 12 Summonses](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/08/after-death-at-rainbow-station-nypd-inspection-yields-12-summonses/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER Uniformed officers from Chelsea's 10th Precinct issued 12 summonses during a Tuesday, July 5, 9pm business inspection of Rainbow Station. The 24-hour adult store’s 203 Eighth Ave. location puts it on the block of W. 20th to 21st Sts., where longstanding construction-related scaffolding—expected to be removed within months—is cited by residents as
- [June Primary, Now History: Voters Reflect After the Act of Casting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/05/june-primary-now-history-voters-reflect-after-the-act-of-casting/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The race to replace New York State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried—whose retirement will end a 52-year run as District 75's voice in Albany—took a decisive turn last Tuesday, June 28, when the New York State Primary Election was held, following June 18-26's Early Voting period. On her first assignment, Chelsea Community News’
- [Rainbow Station Patron Found Dead in Private Basement Viewing Booth](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/07/01/rainbow-station-patron-found-dead-in-private-basement-viewing-booth/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Independence Day weekend began with an extreme reminder that a troubled West Chelsea corridor is far from declaring itself free of the illegal activity area residents have long contended is capable of producing dangerous, even deadly, consequences. Summoned by 10th Precinct officers dispatched in response to a 911 call placed at
- [A Message to New York Seniors and Disabled New Yorkers: Freeze Your Rent!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/29/a-message-to-new-york-seniors-and-disabled-new-yorkers-freeze-your-rent/) - NOTE: Regarding the June 30 deadline mentioned below: New Yorkers over age 62, or with a disability, or who already receive the Rent Freeze benefit but are concerned you may have missed the deadline to renew? Or just have questions about Rent Freeze? Contact the Public Engagement Unit's Rent Freeze Hotline at 929-252-7242. BY BERIDIANA CALDERON
- [This Week in Chelsea: June 27-July 3, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/28/this-week-in-chelsea-june-27-july-3-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting / The Big Mix / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Stargazing on the High Line / The 10th Precinct Sector C Build the Block Meeting: Wednesday, June 29, 6pm via Zoom | Every
- [To Linda, with ‘Love’: Lavin and Friends Launch New Album](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/26/to-linda-with-love-lavin-and-friends-launch-new-album/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It seems like forever since TV icon and leggy Broadway leading lady Linda Lavin released her debut solo album, appropriately titled Possibilities, with liner notes by Hal Prince. (“Wonderfully unique singing voice, acting chops and — what else can you call it? — star quality,” he gushed, of directing her in
- [Tenant Protections and Increased Housing Supply: A Prescription for Our Housing Affordability Crisis](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/27/tenant-protections-and-increased-housing-supply-a-prescription-for-our-housing-affordability-crisis/) - BY HARRISON MARKS| Recently, the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted to increase rents for rent-stabilized tenants by 3.25% for 1-year leases and by 5% in 2-year leases. That doesn’t sound so stable to me. As a candidate running to represent thousands of rent-stabilized tenants in the 75th Assembly District on the west side of Manhattan,
- [This Week in Chelsea: June 20-26, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/19/this-week-in-chelsea-june-20-26-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" The Big Mix / Wellness Wednesdays Free Flatiron Fitness Series / West Chelsea Contemporary Exhibit / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Early Primary Voting / Stargazing on the High Line / The Big Mix Performance Party: Through Sunday, July 3 on Little Island, in Hudson River
- [The Pink Carpet Passion of RuPaul's DragCon LA 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/25/the-pink-carpet-passion-of-rupauls-dragcon-la-2022/) - PHOTOS & TEXT BY MARTY BARRETT | RuPaul’s DragCon LA 2022 (May 13-15) was a seismic event—and how appropriate for Pacific Rim-adjacent Los Angeles—that represented a release of all that pent-up COVID claustrophobia in a healing lava rain of drag queens across a grateful downtown LA. The 10th in-person DragCon featured hundreds of vendors, reunions
- [Here Comes the Reign Again: RuPaul's DragCon Returns Throngs of Queens to the LA Throne](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/25/here-comes-the-reign-again-rupauls-dragcon-returns-throngs-of-queens-to-the-la-throne/) - BY MARTY BARRETT | What is the collective term for drag queens: A Sashay? A Tuck? A Flotilla? However the OED defines it, a blindingly brilliant (and occasionally bedazzled) constellation of drag queens descended upon our sprawling city, as RuPaul’s DragCon LA 2022—the event’s 10th in-person iteration—brought sparkle back, May 13-15. Hundreds of drag queens—whether
- [Author's Call to Landmark Chelsea's Colored School No. 4 Gains Ground](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/23/authors-call-to-landmark-chelseas-colored-school-no-4-gains-ground/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Steeped in a history few who pass by its doors are aware of, the role in African American history played by a building on the 100 block of West 17 Street compels New York City to grant it landmark status. That’s the rallying cry of author, black New Yorker, licensed NYC
- [Candidate Q&A with Assembly District 75 Hopeful Tony Simone](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/22/candidate-qa-with-assembly-district-75-hopeful-tony-simone/) - With early voting daily through June 26 and the Primary Day election on June 28, we're in the final phase of sizing up candidates to determine who will succeed retiring Richard Gottfried as the New York State Assembly District 75 rep. We asked candidate Tony Simone about the problems and potentials of the area he seeks to
- [Through June 26, It's Never Too Late for Early Voting](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/18/through-june-26-its-never-too-late-for-early-voting/) - EARLY JUNE PRIMARY VOTING Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, June 26 The June Primary is scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, 2022 and will include elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Assembly, Judges, and Party Positions. To find your Early Voting or Election Day pollsite and view a sample ballot, click here. For more information via the Board of Elections, click
- [These Walls Can Talk: Chelsea Hotel Doc Tells a Tale Worthy of its Topic](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/16/these-walls-can-talk-chelsea-hotel-doc-tells-a-tale-worthy-of-its-topic/) - TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION REVIEW BY TRAV S.D. | Something less than two years after our look at ghostly guests of the Chelsea Hotel for this website, we are delighted to have the opportunity to spend a little time inside the old building by way of a new documentary—and it proves to be spookier than
- [This Week in Chelsea: Week of June 13-19, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/12/this-week-in-chelsea-week-of-june-13-19-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" The Big Mix / Stop Neighborhood Destruction Rally / West Side Community Fund Grants / The Tribeca Film Festival / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Early Primary Voting / Events From Earlier in the Week: Understanding Monkeypox / Stargazing on the High Line / The Big Mix
- [Think Big, Act Fast: Vornado’s Shameful Land Grab Must be Blocked](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/17/think-big-act-fast-vornados-shameful-land-grab-must-be-blocked/) - BY PAMELA WOLFF | The needlessly destructive class warfare plan to hand over Midtown’s Penn Station area to a lone, monied real estate interest—cooked up by disgraced former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo and inherited with blind gusto by his successor—must not be permitted to move forward. To do so would forever alter thousands
- [Tribeca Film Festival Presents LGBTQIA+ Shorts: See Me, Feel Me](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/12/tribeca-film-festival-presents-lgbtqia-shorts-see-me-feel-me/) - BY WINNIE McCROY | The Tribeca Film Festival (June 8-19) opened last week with a slate of short films, including a collection of seven LGBTQIA+ Shorts called See Me, Feel Me. The shorts deal with issues of gay intimacy, relationships, S/M, racism, cross-dressing, coming out, self-harm, and intersectional queerness. Although they are all quite different
- [Chelsea Piers No Place for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Gov’s Hate, Say Protesters](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/17/chelsea-piers-no-place-for-dont-say-gay-govs-hate-say-protesters/) - PHOTOS & TEXT BY MINDY ROSIER-RAYBURN | This past Sunday, I was among the members of the LGBT community, electeds, and allies who gathered at Chelsea Piers to let the West Side fitness destination know how we felt about their decision to provide a home for the ultra-conservative Jewish Leadership Conference, whose guest speakers
- [Drama Desk Winners from 'Company,' 'Harmony' and 'Paradise Square' Speak About Their Shows](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/16/drama-desk-winners-from-company-harmony-and-paradise-square-speak-about-their-shows/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Two whole days after the Tonys came the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which go one step further by honoring not just Broadway, but Off-Broadway too. On Tuesday, I got to meet some of the (previously announced) winners at Sardi’s second floor, where they sauntered in with their honors and got
- [Nicholas Brothers Doc Makes Short but Strong Showing at Tribeca Film Festival](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/08/nicholas-brothers-doc-makes-short-but-strong-showing-at-tribeca-film-festival/) - BY TRAV S.D. | It's opening day at the Tribeca Film Festival (June 8-19) and I want to take the occasion to plug one film they're showing in particular. I don't usually get excited about modern movie shorts but I think you'll instantly understand why this one jumped out at me (see what I did
- [CB5, Likeminded Stakeholders Protest Proposed Penn Station Plan; June 9, 2pm](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/09/cb5-likeminded-stakeholders-protest-proposed-penn-station-plan-june-9-2pm/) - Press Conference Protesting Plan for Penn Station Thursday, June 9, 2pm at W. 31st St. & 8th Ave. BY SCOTT STIFFLER |Long opposed to a state-presented plan whose vision for the area surrounding Penn Station is more land grab than urban renewal (with a dash of dastardly eminent domain thrown in), Manhattan Community Board 5
- [The Gift of Literacy](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/16/the-gift-of-literacy/) - BY LAYLA LAW-GISIKO (candidate, NYS Assembly District 75) | My mother was born in Tunisia, a small North-African country, slightly smaller than the state of Kansas. She was the fifth child and the third daughter in a family of nine children. My mother’s two older sisters did not go to school. My grandmother was illiterate.
- [Candidate Q&A with Assembly District 75 Hopeful Harrison Marks](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/14/candidate-qa-with-assembly-district-75-hopeful-harrison-marks/) - With early Primary voting set for June 18-26, it's time to buckle down on the ballot names and decide who you want to succeed the retiring Richard Gottfried as New York State Assembly District 75 rep. We asked candidate Harrison Marks about the problems and potentials of the area he seeks to advocate for in Albany.
- [Coordinated Crime Prevention Efforts Effective, but Recidivism  Remains Chelsea Enemy No. 1](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/04/coordinated-crime-prevention-efforts-effective-but-recidivism-remains-chelsea-enemy-no-1/) - UPDATE: On Friday, June 10, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg saw for himself the contentious corner of West 21st Street and Eighth Avenue, as he toured the area alongside NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher, 10th Precinct Commanding Officer Capt. Robert Gault, and others. Chelsea Community News is will have a full report on the matter soon. Below, find
- [Anahid Sofian Celebrates 50 Years of Dance on West 15th Street](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/12/anahid-sofian-celebrates-50-years-of-dance-on-west-15th-street/) - BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Anahid Sofian opened her Oriental dance studio on West 15th Street in 1972, and is celebrating that auspicious occasion on Sat., June 18, with a night of dance, music, and libation. Billed as an Atelier Orientale, it will feature performers who were her students or teachers at her studio at one
- [This Week in Chelsea: June 6-12, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/05/this-week-in-chelsea-june-6-12-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Stargazing on the High Line / West Side Community Fund Grants / The Tribeca Film Festival / The Hudson River Dance Festival / L.E.A.F. Flower Fest / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Early Primary Voting Stargazing on the High Line, Tuesdays Between Dusk and 9:45pm |
- [Ghostly Guests of the Chelsea Hotel](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2020/10/23/ghostly-guests-of-the-chelsea-hotel/) - BY TRAV S. D, | Halloween! Or All Hallows’ Eve, that traditional night when tourists from the nether region burst their bounds and come to the surface for a little sightseeing. Fortunately, here in NYC, we have the perfect place to put them up: The Chelsea Hotel. Located at 222 W. 23rd St. (btw. Seventh
- [Reactivated West Side Fund Partners with Hudson Guild to Give Community Grants](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/21/reactivated-west-side-fund-partners-with-hudson-guild-to-give-community-grants/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Giving good ideas their vote of confidence and the money to make it happen, the minds behind the recently reactivated West Side Community Fund (WSCF) have kept the name of the 2018-founded small business seed money initiative while expanding its coverage area and turning administrative tasks over to a longtime, Chelsea-based
- [Landmarks Commission Hid Report That Demolished Meatpacking Rowhouses Could Be Saved](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/04/landmarks-commission-hid-report-that-demolished-meatpacking-rowhouses-could-be-saved/) - May 20 2o22: An Open Letter to NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher, NYS Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick, NYS Senator Brad Hoylman, and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine from Historic Districts Council, Save Chelsea, and Village Preservation Dear Elected Officials: We write to share disturbing information that has come to light about the recent demolition of nine rowhouse façades
- [Remembering Bob Martin, June 4 and Beyond](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/01/remembering-bob-martin-june-4-and-beyond/) - As detailed above, friends and colleagues are invited to a June 4 gathering to celebrate the life. and enduring legacy, of Bob Martin. Directly below, find a compilation of highlights from Bob's life, compiled by the Martin family. Following that, find some recollections from those in Chelsea whose lives he touched. Robert Alan Martin, an
- [This Week in Chelsea: May 23-29, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/22/this-week-in-chelsea-may-23-29-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Stargazing on the High Line / The 10th Precinct Community Council / The 10th Precinct Sector B Build the Block Meeting / / Hudson Guild Call for "Art Jam" Contributors / The Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea: Saturdays, 9am-2pm on the
- [Contemplative Canadian Ensemble Comedian McCulloch Set to Soar, Solo, at Soho Playhouse](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/28/contemplative-canadian-ensemble-comedian-mcculloch-set-to-soar-solo-at-soho-playhouse/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Canadian writer, director, and, yes, rocker Bruce McCulloch’s enduring sketch comedy characters cut to the bone because they swim so close to the surface. Over the course of our nearly 30-minute phone interview in advance of his June solo run in NYC, a number of McCulloch’s darkly shaded oddball creations reveal
- [This Week in Chelsea: May 30-June 5, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/30/this-week-in-chelsea-may-30-june-5-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Stargazing on the High Line / Community Board 4's Full Board Meeting / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Hudson Guild Call for "Art Jam" Contributors / L.E.A.F. Flower Fest Stargazing on the High Line, Tuesdays Between Dusk and 9:45pm | Members of the Amateur Astronomers Association
- [Nonessential Chopper Traffic in Crosswinds of Multiple Mitigation/Elimination Efforts](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/06/01/nonessential-chopper-traffic-in-crosswinds-of-multiple-mitigation-elimination-efforts/) - BY WINNIE McCROY | After years of helicopter-related noise pollution safety concerns, elected officials in New York and across the nation are gaining critical velocity by attacking the problem from numerous angles. Legislation that would end sightseeing and commuter flights has New Yorkers cautiously optimistic. And on Manhattan’s West Side, eyes watered from wind and
- [Her View Hinged on Manhattanhenge](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/31/her-view-hinged-on-manhattanhenge/) - On Monday, March 30, island residents who had better things to do than contemplate the origins of an enigmatic stone formation in England did what Americans do best: Improve on somebody else’s great idea, give it a clever name that references that idea, and stand in the middle of the street taking pictures. Yes, it
- [Sun., May 22, 7pm: All AD75 Dem Candidates Set to Attend Penn South Group's Town Hall](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/22/sun-may-22-7pm-all-ad75-candidates-set-to-attend-penn-south-groups-town-hall/) - SUNDAY, MAY 22, 7pm via ZOOM LEAPS (Limited Equity and Affordability at Penn South) Presents A Town Hall With The 75th Assembly District Democratic Candidates "This year," the event organizers from LEAPS note, "voters in the 75th Assembly District will be electing a new State Assembly Member to represent Mid-Manhattan, Chelsea, and Penn South in Albany--for the
- ['Do it I Will, to My Last Gasp': Scenes & Signs From a March for Reproductive Rights](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/22/do-it-i-will-to-my-last-gasp-scenes-signs-from-a-march-for-reproductive-rights/) - TEXT AND PHOTOS BY PAMELA WOLFF | Saturday, May 14, there was a March from Brooklyn across the bridge to Foley Square in downtown Manhattan. Surrounded by the magnificent public buildings that tell us in limestone, “The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government,” thousands of women, and not a few
- [This Week in Chelsea: May 16-22, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/16/this-week-in-chelsea-may-16-22-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" West Chelsea Artists Open Studio Tour / Police Appreciation at Clement Clarke Moore Park / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / LEAPS Zoom Town Hall with 75AD Candidates / Hudson Guild Call for "Art Jam" Contributors / NYC Sanitation Survey / Events in the past: 13th Precinct Community Council West Chelsea Artists Open
- [Community Contacts](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2019/04/21/community-contacts/) - PLEASE EXCUSE OUR APPEARANCE (or more accurately, our lack of content) as we update the COMMUNITY CONTACTS SECITON.
- ['Spring Fling' Brings Many Things to Chelsea Green Park](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/19/spring-fling-brings-many-things-to-chelsea-green-park/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Spring wasn’t the only thing in the air last Sunday, when an event presented by Friends of Chelsea Green filled the mighty micropark with activity. Placed at well-spaced stations throughout the gated West 20th Street park, visitors could hear jazz and bluegrass from The Dennis Lichtman Trio; watch a craftsman from OMG
- [What Will it Take to Kill a Bad Idea at Penn Station?](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/17/what-will-it-take-to-kill-a-bad-idea-at-penn-station/) - BY LYNN ELLSWORTH AND SAMUEL A. TURVEY, CO-COORDINATORS, EMPIRE STATION COALITION | What does it take to kill off bad ideas? Terrible idea number one: Amtrak, the MTA, and New Jersey Transit want to demolish a big chunk of the historic part of the Penn Station neighborhood via eminent domain, especially targeting the block south of the current station.
- [Problematic Scaffolding to be Scrapped Soon, Says Councilmember Bottcher's Rep](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/16/problematic-scaffolding-to-be-scuttled-soon-says-councilmember-bottchers-rep/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In a May 16, 2022 message delivered to two Facebook groups with Chelsea-centric memberships, Jordan Feiner (Liaison to Community Board 4, Office of NYC Councilmember Erik Bottcher) noted he was writing to “provide everyone an update” regarding the scaffolding at 205/207 Eighth Ave. (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts.). Required by the Department
- [Back After Pandemic, ‘Stevies’ Party Celebrates 30 Years](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/16/back-after-pandemic-stevies-party-celebrates-30-years/) - TEXT, CAPTIONS & PHOTOS BY WINNIE McCROY | On Friday, May 6, Night of 1000 Stevies—the largest, most beloved Stevie Nicks tribute event in the world—took over Sony Hall for their 30th annual edition, The Book of Stevie. Beloved performers from past shows joined with a few special debuts for an evening of enchantment full
- [Honors for Hyperlocal Journalists Focused on Chelsea, Village](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/15/honors-for-hyperlocal-journalists-focused-on-chelsea-village/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Good work, we’re told, is its own reward. Having said that, occasional recognition for one’s effort is not something to be refused. Honors came recently to a few who’ve dedicated themselves to reporting on the issues, activities, and concerns of a very specific patch of Manhattan. Eric Marcus, the founder, publisher,
- [Donna Uchizono’s ‘Wings of Iron’ Soars with the Giants](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/15/donna-uchizonos-wings-of-iron-soars-with-the-giants/) - BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Wings of Iron is multiple award-winning choreographer Donna Uchizono’s world premiere, presented at Baryshnikov Arts Center, postponed several years due to the pandemic. The 80-minute work features four outstanding female dancers, an original score by composer okkyung lee, and lighting design by Joe Levasseur, Uchizono’s longtime collaborator. Wings of Iron examines
- [This Week in Chelsea: May 9-15, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/09/this-week-in-chelsea-may-9-15-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Stargazing on the High Line / Chelsea Green Spring Celebration / Hudson Guild Call for "Art Jam" Contributors / NYC Sanitation Survey / Featured Events from Earlier This Week: Ice Theatre of New York and Councilmember Erik Bottcher's Free Housing Clinic Stargazing on the High Line, Tuesdays Between Dusk
- [My CoviDiary; Being an Introduction to This Project](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2020/03/18/my-covidiary-being-an-introduction-to-this-project/) - My CoviDiary is reprinted, with the author’s permission, from its original publication via maxburbank.wordpress.com. Below, find all March entries. For April entries, click here. My CoviDiary, 3/18/2020: Being an Introduction to This Project BY MAX BURBANK | Hours ago, on my own authority, I declared today to be International Robert Goulet Day. There was a
- [Poets’ POV Powers 'NYC From the Inside'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/10/poets-pov-powers-nyc-from-the-inside/) - BY PUMA PERL | Who better than George Wallace to bring together a melting pot of writers who have inhaled New York City air and exhaled rhymes and rants and rebellion and resignation and revelry and dreams? When I first became acquainted with George, we used to joke that he had discovered the secret of
- [How to Survive in NYC When All Your Friends Have Moved Away](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/08/how-to-survive-in-nyc-when-all-your-friends-have-moved-away/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | COVID lockdown in ’20 was important for safety reasons, but it also managed to serve a personal purpose for me: Since so many of my NYC friends had moved out of town through the years and were continuing to flee, it allowed me the chance to connect with absent pals via
- [Eighth Ave. Street Fair's Familiar and New Fare Sets Tone for the Coming Season](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/07/eighth-ave-street-fairs-familiar-and-new-fare-sets-tone-for-the-coming-season/) - What a difference a week makes: We publish this photo essay on the cold and rainy day of May 7, 2022--but seven days ago, on April 30, it was strictly blue skies, posters for the wall, short-sleeved shirts for warm weather to come, and fresh, hot, as-easy-to-walk-with-as-it-is-easy-to-walk-off food of every imaginable iteration. Where else could
- [A Neighborhood is a Terrible Thing to Waste](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/04/a-neighborhood-is-a-terrible-thing-to-waste/) - BY SAMUEL A. TURVEY (Chairperson, ReThinkNYC) | New York State Governor Kathy Hochul wants to finance the renovation of Penn Station by demolishing the neighborhood around it and erecting a forest of tax-generating supertalls (corporate towers whose height exceeds that in the current and proposed surrounding area). Now we learn that the Federal share of funding for
- [BenDeLaCreme's New Solo Show is Weird, Wonderful, 'Wedded' Bliss](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/02/bendelacremes-new-solo-show-is-weird-wonderful-wedded-bliss/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | If you plan to tie the knot in the United States this year, you’re in good company. Sidelined for the past two years by COVID, relaxed public gathering protocols mean that 2022 will see an unusually high amount of packed pews and reception halls. Indeed, wedding prep website theknot.com puts at
- [This Week in Chelsea: May 2-8, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/05/02/this-week-in-chelsea-may-2-8-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" Stargazing on the High Line / Manhattan Community Board 4's Full Board Meeting / Ice Theatre of New York / Councilmember Erik Bottcher's Free Housing Clinic / Chelsea Green Spring Celebration / Curb Usage Study Stargazing on the High Line, Tuesdays Between Dusk and 9:45pm | Members of the Amateur
- [This Week in Chelsea: April 25-May 1, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/26/this-week-in-chelsea-april-25-may-1-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" 8th Ave. Street Fair / The 1oth Precinct Community Council / The Eagle NYC Presents Continuum / Stargazing on the High Line / Saturday, April 30, 11am-6pm on Eighth Ave., btw. 14th & 23d Street: Street Fair | That crisp but comfortable wisp of wind accompanied by warm rays
- [Say Cheese! All About the ‘80s/‘90s Nightlife Photographers That Made Us Smile](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/23/say-cheese-all-about-the-80s-90s-nightlife-photographers-that-made-us-smile/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | What’s the point of going to a nightclub if you’re not going to get photographed? Part of the fun of going out is showing your most flamboyant self to other fabbies and happily flashing your teeth for the camera. Through the years, there have been a lot of expert photographers who
- [Jon Lehrer Dance Company's Return to NYC Celebrates Perseverance](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/25/jon-lehrer-dance-companys-return-to-nyc-celebrates-perseverance/) - BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | It’s been three years since the eight-member New York-based Jon Lehrer Dance Company performed together in the Big Apple. On May 6, for one night only, they will bring their trademark kinetic athleticism to The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, with a just under two-hour program featuring a
- [Landlord Promises Long-Overdue Repairs, Just Prior to Tenant-Led Protest](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/23/landlord-promises-long-overdue-repairs-just-prior-to-tenant-led-protest/) - BY WINNIE McCROY | A hardscrabble band of Chelsea tenants snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when, 30 minutes before a planned protest, their landlord agreed to the repairs they’ve requested for nearly two years. About 20 people gathered on the morning of Thursday, April 21 at 225 W. 23rd St./220 W. 24th St.
- [Portrayer of 'Downton' Cook Mrs. Patmore Plucks Solo Show  From Pandemic Back Burner](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/22/portrayer-of-downton-cook-mrs-patmore-plucks-solo-show-from-pandemic-back-burner/) - NOTE: Following this feature (with quotes from an interview conducted prior to the show's NYC premier), find Trav S.D.'s brief review. Spoiler: The upshot is, says Trav, "Go see it." TRAV S.D.| Good news for NYC fans of Downton Abbey cast member Lesley Nicol, who plays the role of the cranky Crawley family cook, Mrs. Patmore. Not only
- [Choreographic Landmarks Grace the Joyce](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/22/choreographic-landmarks-grace-the-joyce/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Notable as much for its live music as for its deeply committed dancing, the first program of the Limón Dance Company’s spring season at the Joyce Theater spans 96 years of choreographic exploration. Beginning with the stately sweep of Doris Humphrey’s 1928 Air for the G String, a female quintet that
- [A Venerable Dance Troupe, Live in Many Colors at The Joyce, April 19-May 1](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/14/a-venerable-dance-troupe-live-in-many-colors-at-the-joyce-april-19-may-1/) - BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | José Limón—whose remarkably resilient dance company celebrates its 75th year with a two-week, two-program season at the Joyce April 19-May 1—was a Mexican painter who fell in love with dance in New York after seeing the German Expressionist dancer Harald Kreuzberg. At 22, he began studying modern technique with pioneering American
- [We’re 'Breaking Our Neck' in Prep for Our 3rd Anniversary (April 23)](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/04/17/were-breaking-our-neck-in-prep-for-our-3rd-anniversary-april-23/) - Hard work and harsh calamity bring figurative and literal meanings to the table, in terms of the above headline. In the literal sense, “Breaking Our Neck” is the reason it’s been weeks since new content has posted to this website. On March 23, Chelsea Community News founder/editor Scott Stiffler sustained injuries that necessitated eight hours
- [Strawberry Fields for Sunday, as All-Singing Drag Brunch Comes to Chelsea](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/27/strawberry-fields-for-four-hours-as-all-singing-drag-brunch-comes-to-chelsea/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Drag and lip synching go together like drag and brunch, or brunch and booze--and although live signing is making some serious inroads as an arrow in the savvy queen's well-packed quiver, not every drag performer born to entertain can belt one out at will and in tune. That takes a very
- [This Week in Chelsea: March 21-27, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/22/this-week-in-chelsea-march-21-27-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" CCBA's s Forum for Democratic Candidates in the Assembly District 75 Race / The Eagle NYC Presents Continuum / Virtual Town Hall: Next Steps in the Pandemic / Participatory Budgeting Wednesday, March 23, 6-8pm via Zoom: The Council of Chelsea Block Associations presents a Forum for Democratic Candidates in the Assembly
- [The First Annual Gaffies for the Worst Snubs in Oscar History](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/20/the-first-annual-gaffies-for-the-worst-snubs-in-oscar-history/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | The Academy Awards get a lot of things right, but there are times when you wonder if Oscar was high that year. As the annual awards approach on March 27, it's time to start a whole new awards presentation—The Gaffies—for the 10 worst mishaps (or gaffes) in the major categories. The
- [Pluck of the Irish: West 400 Block Association Hosts 'Wee Bit Early' St. Patrick's  Celebration](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/18/pluck-of-the-irish-west-400-block-association-hosts-wee-bit-early-st-patricks-celebration/) - March 18, 2022 Don’t be fooled by the seemingly proper, March 17-appropriate clothing and composure of the gentleman to your left. This photo was NOT taken yesterday. It is, in fact, a still frame from the action-packed Pre-Saint Patrick’s Day shindig sponsored by the West 400 Block Association last Sunday, March 13, at Clement Clarke
- [This Week in Chelsea: March 14-20, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/14/this-week-in-chelsea-march-14-21-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" 13th Precinct Community Council / Manhattan Commuity Board Applications March 15 Deadline / Chelsea Reform Democratic Club's NYCA/Tenant Partnership Program / CCBA's s Forum for Democratic Candidates in the Assembly District 75 Race / Day of Action Against Litter and Rats / The Eagle NYC Presents Continuum / Participatory Budgeting
- [Guest Opinion: We Need Sunshine on Penn Station!](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/17/guest-opinion-we-need-sunshine-on-penn-station/) - BY LAYLA LAW-GISIKO (Candidate, AD75 and Chair, Commuity Board 5 Land Use, Housing & Zoning Committee | Penn Station is dark, for more than one reason. This week (March 13-19, 2022) is Sunshine Week—the week where we celebrate transparency and accountability in government. Open government is good government. Let’s bring sunshine into Penn Station! Over
- [Dina Martina Muses on Lea DeLaria & More, in Advance of GMHC's Fab Fundraiser](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/17/dina-martina-muses-on-lea-delaria-more-in-advance-of-gmhcs-fab-fundraiser/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | If you’re a gay man with access to a shower and a penchant for covering showy show tunes therewithin—a sizable demographic if ever there was one—you’ve likely found yourself belting out the work of Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award-winner Howard Ashman, lyricist of Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid,
- [Hell's Kitchen Advocates & Allies Take 'Action Against Litter and Rats'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/17/hells-kitchen-advocates-allies-take-action-against-litter-and-rats/) - Sat., March 19, 11:30am-2pm on W. 47th St.: Day of Action Against Litter and Rats BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Resourceful though they may be, rats are also ravenous opportunists whose ability to reproduce and adapt to ever-changing situations makes them formidable foes. So why put out the Welcome mat by littering, or leave out garbage
- [Course Corrected by COVID, of Course, 'Google’s Goals for New York Continue'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/16/course-corrected-by-covid-of-course-googles-goals-for-new-york-continue/) - NOTE: See the addendum following the below Q&A for more information on plans for Chelsea Market and other local Google properties. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Augmented, of course, by the global pandemic's unprecedented impact on all aspects of life and work, Google's pre-COVID plans to expand its local footprint remain in place, with the purchase of
- [Q&A with Joseph A. Maffia, Candidate for Assembly District 75](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/15/qa-with-joseph-a-maffia-candidate-for-assembly-district-75/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Picture it: January 1, 2021. As New York City’s first COVID-era election cycle unfolds, online forums replace brick and mortar gatherings as the candidate vetting venue of choice. The format proves popular, with tenant organizations and block associations holding their own candidate forums alongside more traditional presenters such as political clubs.
- [Candidate Tony Simone Takes 'No Challenge' Stance on Petitioning](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/11/candidate-tony-simone-takes-no-challenge-stance-on-petitioning/) - Note: At the end of this article, please see an addendum whose content may impact your interpretation of the following reporting and statements. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | “In the interest of an open democracy” was the motivation cited in a March 11 statement from the campaign of Tony Simone, in which the candidate pledged “to
- [Contemporary Success Stories Reflect, at CRDC's Black History-Themed 'Evening of Excellence'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/13/contemporary-success-stories-reflect-at-crdcs-black-history-themed-evening-of-excellence/) - BY DONATHAN SALKALN | Black history is as old as this country. The galleon ships that brought the pilgrims were followed by galleon ships bringing Black slaves. While the New World offered pilgrims religious freedom, Black slaves found no freedom. Instead, they worked without reward or dignity. The Blacks became the New World’s money-making engine
- [This Week in Chelsea: March 7-13, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/06/this-week-in-chelsea-march-7-13-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" In Order of Appearance: City Councilmember Erik Bottcher´s Free Housing Clinic / Community Board Application Deadline Extended to March 15 / CB5 Full Board Meeting / Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Early / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibits / Participatory Budgeting / Tuesday, March 8, 4-6pm: City Councilmember Erik Bottcher´s [Free] Virtual Housing
- [Guest Opinion: Penn Station Redevelopment Must Focus on Transportation Issues First](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/08/guest-opinion-penn-station-redevelopment-must-focus-on-transportation-issues-first/) - BY LOWELL KERN, CANDIDATE FOR THE 75th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT | New York deserves a world-class transit hub that works for the city and our surrounding community. The current version of the Penn Station area redevelopment plan fails at achieving this mission—but the solution is not to scrap the entire plan. Instead, we must recognize the
- [Suspensions, Petitions, Forums Fill Full Plate of Updates in Race to Succeed Assemblymember Gottfried](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/06/suspensions-petitions-forums-fill-full-plate-of-updates-in-race-to-succeed-assemblymember-gottfried/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Other kinds of news-providing print publications and online sources would burden you with slogging through an introductory paragraph that serves only to stand by the hack public speaking chestnut, ¨Tell them what you're going to tell them." But we've got better things to do than waste your time. So let's get right
- [Accolades From All-Stars, as Bottcher's Inauguration Plays The Joyce Stage](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/07/accolades-from-all-stars-as-bottchers-inauguration-plays-the-joyce-stage/) - Launching at 1pm on Saturday, March 5 and taking place at Chelsea's iconic Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Ave. at W. 19th St.), the inauguration ceremony for NYC District 3 Councilmember Erik Bottcher was peppered with New York City and State electeds who knew the man of the hour "back in the day" when he was
- [March 12´s Girls in Science & Engineering Day Rooted in Real World STEM Successes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/07/march-12s-girls-in-science-engineering-day-rooted-in-real-world-stem-successes/) - Women's History Month and the precations-minded return of live events to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum coincide nicely this Saturday, March 12, at the Intrepid´s 8th annual Girls in Science & Engineering Day. The event is part of the Museum's yearlong GOALS for Girls initiative. Funded by grants from boosters including Motorola and Craig Newmark Philanthropies (established by
- [This Week in Chelsea: February 28-March 6, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/28/this-week-in-chelsea-february-28-march-6-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" In Order of Appearance: Community Board Application Deadline Extended From March 1 to March 15 / Manhattan Community Board 4´s Full Board Meeting / Fountain House Gallery Group Exhibition / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibits / Participatory Budgeting is Back / City Councilmember Erik Bottcher´s Free Housing Clinic Through Tuesday,
- [With Many Mask Rules Lifted, Last Year's Makeup Show is Ready for Its Close-Up](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/02/with-many-mask-rules-lifted-last-years-makeup-show-is-ready-for-its-close-up/) - BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | When lockdowns and masks became fashionably far-reaching, some people were happy that they had an excuse to let their appearance go. However, the cosmetics industry was in a pickle, with no one buying lipstick. With the easing or outright rollback of COVID-demanded precautions—including the wearing of masks in many indoor settings—those
- [This Thursday, a Virtual Town Hall for Tenants](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/03/02/this-thursday-a-virtual-town-hall-for-tenants/) - WHAT: Know Your Rights: A Virtual Town Hall for Tenants WHEN: Thursday, March 3, 6pm ESSENTIAL INFO: City officials will host a Know Your Rights Town Hall for Tenants to discuss recent housing policy changes including the expiration of the NYS eviction moratorium and the re-opening of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Also discussed will
- [Poster House Ponders 'Subtle Coding' and the 'Greatest Graphic Accomplishment in History'](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/25/poster-house-ponders-subtle-coding-and-the-greatest-graphic-accomplishment-in-history/) - As the very first poster-themed museum in the United States, Poster House would have set a precedent no matter what they presented. So with their three-year anniversary just over three months away, the grand experiment that proved a worthy successor to the much-loved West 23rd Street home of TekServe is thriving under the watchful and
- [Classic ‘80s/’90s Doorman Lincoln Palsgrove IV Takes Us Beyond The Velvet Ropes](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/24/classic-80s-90s-doorman-lincoln-palsgrove-iv-takes-us-beyond-the-velvet-ropes/) - BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A suave door presence, Lincoln Palsgrove IV was a welcome sight outside any number of clubs back in “the glory days,” when the fabbies were begging for entry (preferably free, of course). I talked to the NYC-born-and-raised Lincoln about all he saw and did and was amazed that he has such
- [This Week in Chelsea: February 21-27, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/21/this-week-in-chelsea-february-21-27-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" In Order of Appearance: CRDC´s Black History Month Forum / Rat Academy! / 10th Precinct Community Council & Build the Block Sector B Meetings / Community Board Applications Accepted Through March 1 / Fountain House Gallery Group Exhibition / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibits / Participatory Budgeting is Back / Neighborhood Business Grants
- [Snow On (and above) Sixteenth Street](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/01/08/snow-on-and-above-sixteenth-street/) - West 16th Street resident Paul Groncki captured these street level, interior, and rooftop photos shortly after it stopped snowing on the morning of Friday, January 7. Chelsea Community News is made possible with the help of our awesome advertisers, and the support of our readers. If you like what you see, please consider
- [Postcards from the Edge of the Road: A Drive Around Lake George, NY](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/01/22/postcards-from-the-edge-of-the-road-a-drive-around-lake-george-ny/) - TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JOEY DAYTONA | After returning from my two-week sojourn to Bluefield, West Virginia and elsewhere, I settled back into my work-from-home routine by only ever going out to get more supplies to go—a splendid isolation out of an episode of The Twilight Zone. New York City surely has its charms and
- [This Week in Chelsea: February 7-13, 2022](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/09/this-week-in-chelsea-february-7-13-2022/) - In This Week's "THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA" In Order of Appearance: Advocating for Justice / Community Board Applications Accepted Through March 1 / Free COVID Test & Mask Distribution / Fountain House Gallery Group Exhibition / Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibits / Participatory Budgeting is Back / Neighborhood Business Grants Thursday, February 10, 7pm: Advocating for Justice: Remembering
- [NYS Assembly Race Sees Retiring Gottfried Endorse Tony Simone](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/19/nys-assembly-race-sees-retiring-gottfried-endorse-tony-simone/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER—Monday and Tuesday mornings are well on their way to becoming the must-see windows of the week for those following the fortunes of candidates hoping to succeed retiring incumbent Richard N. Gottfried and, in doing so, become our state´s first new 75th Assembly District representative in 52 years. Two weeks ago, on Mon.,
- [Stat-Savvy Advocates Say City Must Walk the Walk on 10th|11th Ave. Pedestrian, Cyclist Safety](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/18/stat-savvy-advocates-say-city-must-walk-the-walk-on-10th11th-ave-pedestrian-cyclist-safety/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Standing their ground at one of what they call the “traffic violence hotspots” on 10th and 11th Aves. in Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea, District 3 City Councilmember Erik Bottcher and a substantial group of local residents, electeds, advocacy organizations, and allies called for the City to implement critical street safety improvements.
- [Q&A with Ambur Nicosia, Assembly District 75 Candidate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/14/qa-with-ambur-nicosia-assembly-district-75-candidate/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Picture it: January 1, 2021. As New York City’s first COVID-era election cycle unfolds, online forums replace brick and mortar gatherings as the candidate vetting venue of choice. The format proves popular, with tenant organizations and block associations holding their own candidate forums alongside more traditional presenters such as political clubs.
- [Q&A with Chris LeBron, Assembly District 75 Candidate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/14/qa-with-chris-lebron-assembly-district-75-candidate/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Picture it: January 1, 2021. As New York City’s first COVID-era election cycle unfolds, online forums replace brick and mortar gatherings as the candidate vetting venue of choice. The format proves popular, with tenant organizations and block associations holding their own candidate forums alongside more traditional presenters such as political clubs.
- [Q&A with Harrison Marks, NYS Assembly District 75 Candidate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/09/qa-with-harrison-marks-nys-assembly-district-75-candidate/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Picture it: January 1, 2021. As New York City’s first COVID-era election cycle unfolds, online forums replace brick and mortar gatherings as the candidate vetting venue of choice. The format proves popular, with tenant organizations and block associations holding their own candidate forums alongside more traditional presenters such as political clubs.
- [Botanically Inspired Moxy Chelsea's Soaring Spaces Embrace Sun, Air, Sharable Pleasures](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/10/botanically-inspired-moxy-chelseas-soaring-spaces-embrace-sun-air-sharable-pleasures/) - NYC Hotel Week is in play through the middle of the month. Book accommodations at 22 percent off standard retail rates, at more than 110 hotels across all five boroughs. Locally, one of the standout participants is Moxy Chelsea, (105 W. 28th St. at Sixth Ave.), the visually dynamic food, lodging, and lounging space that lets
- [Electeds Take Train Titans to Task for Minimal Seating at Moynihan](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/10/electeds-take-train-titans-to-task-for-minimal-seating-at-moynihan/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Several elected officials spanning the spectrum from city to state to federal are drawing on their shared identity as NYC commuters to stand up for the reasonable expectation of having a place to sit down. Sent from the office of NYS Senator Brad Hoylman and undersigned by those including Congressmember Jerrold
- [Q&A with Tony Simone, NYS Assembly District 75 Candidate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/09/qa-with-tony-simone-nys-assembly-district-75-candidate/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Picture it: January 1, 2021. As New York City’s first COVID-era election cycle unfolds, online forums replace brick and mortar gatherings as the candidate vetting venue of choice. The format proves popular, with tenant organizations and block associations holding their own candidate forums alongside more traditional presenters such as political clubs.
- [Q&A with Lowell Kern, Assembly District 75 Candidate](https://chelseacommunitynews.com/2022/02/09/qa-with-lowell-kern-assembly-district-75-candidate/) - BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Picture it: January 1, 2021. As New York City’s first COVID-era election cycle unfolds, online forums replace brick and mortar gatherings as the candidate vetting venue of choice. The format proves popular, with tenant organizations and block associations holding their own candidate forums alongside more traditional presenters such as political clubs.

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