Gauguin with the Grandparents
Museums make access to art easier for older people with targeted tours and programs.
Art Fair Tries to Balance Quality and Price
At a bi-annual contemporary art fair, it’s all about affordable prices for artwork. But who says what’s affordable in the art world?
“We The People” Art Exhibit Opens in Chelsea
The art exhibit “We The People” has opened at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space on West 19th Street in Chelsea. The theme of the exhibit is the 2012 presidential election campaign. The show consists of art reflecting major political topics like health care and gay rights, that will help to determine the outcome of […]
HIV/AIDS Rent Cap Bill, Struck Down Twice, Headed for Third Try
Legislation that establishes a rent cap for people living with HIV/AIDS has been defeated twice — but with a new senator in place for the 27th District, which includes Chelsea, the long battle for affordable housing continues, with a third bill slated for a post-November election vote.
Students Fight for Their Futures at City’s Student Registration Center
Over 13,000 New York City students and parents, who either did not have schools or were unhappy with their placements, turned to Student Registration Centers for help.
For a Week, Chelsea’s Art Scene Shifts to Miami
Many Chelsea galleries packed up and headed to Art Basel Miami Beach last week, widely considered the most important art fair in North America. But some galleries skipped the event this year.
Activists Unite Against AIDS Stigma
New York City heralded World AIDS Day 2011 with film screenings, art exhibitions and group discussions. Supporters of HIV/AIDS awareness and education are seeking new and novel ways to promote their cause.
Herbie Hancock Performs For Launch of New Canon Product
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock performed a five song set, including the 1973 hit “Chameleon,” for a crowd of Canon executives and photographers, who transformed his classic into a new kind of music video.
Busting Through the Lavender Ceiling
Everyone knows about Rosie and Ellen. But have you ever heard of an equally successful gay male comedian? Probably not. Here, professors and professional comedians sound off about the issue.
Chelsea Market’s Growing Pains
Plans to ad a 150-room hotel and new offices on top of the existing Chelsea Market building have stirred up strong feelings in the community.
Sea To Table Urges Consumers To Ask Where Their Fish Comes From
Eat raw, local fish: That’s the message of Sea To Table and Slow Foods NYC, which recently hosted an event at the Institute of Culinary Education.
The Recession Proof Holiday
After 39 years, the annual Village Halloween parade has run up against the recession. The parade route has been changed to save money but even so, there are more revelers than ever. Why? Unlike Christmas, Halloween is recession proof.
Chelsea Galleries Remain Strong Despite Development
Condo and retail developers have spent the past decade following artists from other parts of New York to west Chelsea. But the rapid development has yet to eat away at the vibrancy of the Chelsea art scene.
Chelsea’s New School Goes “Glocal”
Three-year-olds learning Mandarin, middle-school students studying immigration and sharing science fair projects through Skype – Avenues, The World School sees these as essential to its mission of raising global citizens. But as the new private K-12 school in Chelsea prepares for its August 2012 launch, community members and Avenues staff have continued to discuss how […]
Parents at PS11 Get Creative Raising Money with the Chelsea Fall Festival
Chelsea’s William T. Harris School has a small but mighty PTA board. In an effort to raise money to keep the school’s crucial art programs alive, the group held its bi-annual Chelsea Craft Fall Festival.
Batman Fans Wait for Chance at Fame
On the first morning of October, hundreds of fans wrapped around a city block in the hopes of being cast as cops in the next Christopher Nolan Batman film, “The Dark Knight Rises.”
Street Buzz: Core of Apple Fans Memorialize Steve Jobs
New Yorkers and tourists alike stopped last Sunday to read notes posted at the Apple Store at 14th Street and Ninth Avenue since the October 5 death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The notes expressed thanks, a sense of loss, and admiration for Jobs’ innovative work, and soon spread to cover several windows; the Fifth Avenue Apple store has a memorial mural as well. Jobs, who was diagnosed with a rare pancreatic cancer in 2003, died just over a month after he stepped down as Apple’s CEO, citing health problems, and one day after new CEO Tim Cook introduced the iPhone 4S, Tuesday October 4.
Despite Job Growth, Plenty of Worry in Midtown West
The U.S. gained 103,000 jobs in September, a better number than many economists expected. But with unemployment stuck at 9.1 percent, the job market remains tough in Midtown West.
Green Fashion Designers Make Big Screen Debut
A series of short films featuring sustainable fashion collections premiered on a big screen – 30 feet wide, in fact – during Fashion Week.
