Chelsea Hotel
A healthy combination of luster and notoriety continue to make the bohemian Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan a destination for artists.
View ArticleStanley, The Philosophical Clown
A clown, a mask-maker for pro-wrestlers, the Hasidic Jew on Conan O'Brien, Stanley Allan Sherman is a modern-day Renaissance man. Andy Teirstein, an old clown friend, nominated Stanley for Know Your...
View ArticleMs. Blu, The Psychic Singer
She sports blue clothes and an equally blue 'do, and when she sings the blues she channels the mood of the crowd. Meet Ms. Blu of Chelsea.
View ArticleAt the Art Openings: Decadence, Decay and Dogs
The arts season got off to a rip-roaring start this past week as the city's roughly 600 galleries opened their doors to a stampede of eager viewers. It was cheek-to-jowl in many galleries, especially...
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Del Close Lives on at the Upright Citizens Brigade Improv Marathon
Del Close, who taught long-form improvisation to John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Dan Aykroyd in the '70s in Chicago, passed away in 1999. But his memory lives on for 72 straight hours of improv each...
View ArticleThe Gallerina Guide to the Fall Openings in Chelsea
It is a season of cataclysms. And it's time to add another to the list: New York City's countless art galleries will come out of summer hibernation for the fall openings this week. That means the city...
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The Insatiable Appetite for 'Sleep No More'
"Sleep No More," a play that's part-dance, part-art installation from the British theater group Punchdrunk, was supposed to have closed a number of times. But every time a closing date approached --...
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Google Building’s Scaffolding Shows Chelsea’s Past
On Monday, workers affixed a vinyl mural onto the scaffolding wrapping around Google's New York headquarters at 111 Eighth Avenue.The cartoons on the 450-foot-long, 4-foot-tall mural refer to famous...
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With Parents' Support, a Chelsea School Goes Healthy
He plants lettuce in the garden, sells organic food at a farmers' market, often eats vegetarian and takes cooking classes.Adrian Allannic, a third grader, has learned the lessons of healthy eating at...
View ArticleDistrict 2 Parents Mull Latest Rezoning Plans
Parents in Manhattan's District 2 have at least two weeks to study new rezoning plans, one covering Midtown East and another for Greenwich Village and Chelsea.The Department of Education has outlined...
View ArticleChelsea Gets the City's Largest Free Public Wi-Fi Network
Parts of Chelsea and the Meatpacking District are now the largest outdoor public Wi-Fi zone in the city thanks to Google and the Chelsea Improvement Company. Much larger than the city's Wi-Fi hotspots...
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International Gallery Hauser & Wirth Unveils Chelsea Location
International powerhouse Hauser & Wirth has opened a gallery in what was once a roller rink and massive nightclub – the Roxy – on West 18th Street. The gallery is Hauser & Wirth’s second...
View ArticleFebruary Arts Preview
The Chelsea arts scene is expanding and thriving, even though several galleries flooded and had their collections damaged during Sandy. Dan Duray, of the Observer’s Gallerist page, said the community...
View ArticleSmall Chelsea Galleries Worry About Being Squeezed Out of the Neighborhood
As development booms in Chelsea, some smaller arts spaces say they're worried about being squeezed out of the neighborhood."It's the story that I hear over and over again for different reasons," said...
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Catholic Church’s Challenges Reflected in City’s Diverse Parishes
Brooklyn’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica is a grand Catholic church that takes up half a square block in Sunset Park. Large services for dignitaries are often held here. The parish used to be...
View ArticlePossible Anti-Gay Hate Crime Under Investigation in Chelsea
Police are investigating a possible anti-gay hate crime that occurred shortly after midnight Wednesday morning in Chelsea.The NYPD said two men shouted anti-gay slurs at two men walking hand-in-hand on...
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Marshmallows and Colombian Workers as Art
A gallery in Chelsea is about to become a marshmallow factory.Oscar Murillo, a London-based emerging artist originally from Colombia, is turning David Zwirner on West 19th Street into a candy-making...
View ArticleNational Guard, state police to respond to NYC explosion
There should be an embedded item here. Please visit the original post to view it.Nearly 1,000 state police and National Guard will be deployed to New York City after an explosion that injured 29 people...
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Trump, Clinton respond to New York City explosion
A New York City firefighter uses a wheeled stretcher to carry supplies near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, on Sept. 17, 2016. Photo by Stephanie...
View Article29 Injured in Chelsea Bomb Blast Released from Hospital; Motive Still Unknown
Twenty-nine people who were injured by a bomb blast in Chelsea Saturday night have been released from the hospital. The explosion, which happened around 8:30 p.m. on West 23rd Street between 6th and...
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NYC explosion an ‘intentional act,’ but no known link to global terrorism
A New York Police Department officer directs traffic at the corner of 7th Avenue and 23rd Street, not far from a blast that injured 29 people on Saturday night. Photo By Michael D. Regan/PBS...
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Chelsea Bombing Suspect Taken into Custody; Connected to Devices Found in New...
This is a breaking news story. We'll update this page as it develops. Update 11:40am: Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage, speaking to several TV news outlets, confirms that Rahami was taken into custody...
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Businesses on 23rd Street Hurting After Bomb Blast
Traffic is flowing again and many businesses are open for the first time since Saturday night's explosion in Chelsea. The bomb was put in a dumpster on 23rd Street, but it's still unclear why that...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Cities in Chelsea
New York City’s shifting tides of gentrification are vividly revealed in the HBO documentary Class Divide. Director Marc Levin (Brick City) focuses on West Chelsea, where the Elliott housing project is...
View ArticleCyclists Call for More Safety Following Two Deaths in a Week
Cyclists and their advocates are looking into how to make the busy streets of Manhattan safer after two men were killed while riding in Chelsea within days of each other.Last Monday, 36-year-old Dan...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Keith Olbermann, Autumn Art Preview, New York's...
In case you missed them, hear three of our favorite segments from the week:Keith Olbermann on Politics (First) | Autumn Art Preview (Starts 23:46) | NY's Constitutional Convention (Starts 41:10)If you...
View ArticleHickory Dickory Dock, a Banksy Ran Up the Clock
Banksy's back. The secretive street artist hit the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan this week, leaving an image of a rat running inside a clock like a hamster on an exercise wheel."I...
View Article'Twas the Night Before Christmas...in Chelsea
Not a creature is stirring...except for people visiting the building on West 22nd Street, where Clement Clarke Moore is credited for having written A Visit From St. Nicholas. OR DID HE?Weekend Edition...
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