In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: Fair Warning: Oct. 30 Event Requires Dogged Preparation / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Chelsea Community Church / The Fresh Food for Seniors Program / New Hudson Guild Gallery Exhibit / Flu Shots from Lenox Health Greenwich Village / 50% Off Admission at […]
BY TRAV S.D. | Is Chelsea the most haunted neighborhood in all of New York City? It’s quite possible: It’s home to the Chelsea Hotel, whose ephemeral tenancy we wrote about last year, and the Chelsea Piers, from which the ill-fated Lusitania set out on its last voyage, and where the Titanic survivors finally touched […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN CHELSEA” In Order of Appearance: Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / Chelsea Community Church / Opening Night Reception for “Sign of the Times” exhibit at Westbeth Gallery / Fair Warning: Oct. 30 event requires dogged preparation / The Fresh Food for Seniors Program / Flu Shots from Lenox […]
Thursday, September 30, 6:30pm via Zoom: The Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Land Use Committee Meeting | Although every item on the agenda is akin to catnip for policy wonks of all stripes, it’s Agenda Item I that promises to be the big draw of the night. That Item will see the New York City Department […]
FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK | Saturday, September 25, 10am-5pm: The Return of the Annual London Terrace Street Fair| Nothing can stop this annual rain or shine event–except the two times when something did: In 2001 because of 9/11, and last year during the danger and uncertainty of COVID-19. Having observed the landscape since the vaccine […]
Call to Action from Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen | “September is Hunger Action Month,” noted Chelsea’s Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, in an recent message, “and as you read this email, 1.6 million New Yorkers are wondering where their next meal will come from. We see the faces behind the statistics every single day. With the help […]
Friday, September 10, 10am-2pm: E-Waste Recycling on West 14th Street between 8th & 9th Aves. | This opportunity to part ways with cables and computers and keyboards consigned to collect dust in the back of your inadequate closet is brought to you by the Lower East Side Ecology Center and Chelsea’s own NYC Council Speaker […]
BY WINNIE McCROY | The pandemic-demanded reimagining of Manhattan as something less than a 24/7 source of retail, restaurant, and nightlife opportunities made it seem like the city that never sleeps had gone into hibernation. Tourists left in droves and have yet to return in comparable numbers; residents sheltered in place shortly after sundown; and unhoused […]
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2021: PUMA PERL’S REVIEWS OF POSER AND VENUS AS A BOY | Serendipitously, I viewed Poser and Venus as a Boy on consecutive days, enhancing the experience of looking at two sides of the same coin. Both films examine underground scenes and include local artists, musicians, and actual venues. However, one spotlights […]
BY PUMA PERL | It was Pride Month, 2019, when I last interviewed my friend Michael Alago. We had spoken about his upcoming memoir, I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death, which was scheduled to be released in January 2020; about the documentary, Who the F**k Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of […]