Jock. Punk. Avid Reader. Vegan. And the First Transmasculine Mr. Eagle NYC…

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 […]

This Week In & Around Chelsea: November 4-10, 2024

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 […]

De Niro Con Delights Alike, One’s Little Focker or Inner Bickle

De Niro Con Delights Alike, One’s 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 […]

Better Newspaper Contest Honors Our Arts & Features Work

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. […]

Meet Our Content Contributors

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 […]

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