At Visiting Neighbors Street Fair, Talent is Ageless
BY LAURA SCHARF Director of Community Development, Visiting Neighbors, Inc. Competition was fierce on at Visiting Neighbors’ 19th Annual Senior Talent Show — the highlight of the Chelsea Day Festival (held on Eighth Avenue, from 14th to 23rd Streets on Saturday, April 27). Enthusiastic onlookers of all ages cheered for their favorite performers — some [...]
99 Cents Creation Returns to Chelsea
After 14 years in Chelsea, a handwritten sign behind the front counter of 99 Cents Creation read, “We’re deeply sorry to close this store.” High rent (and two years of operating month-to-month without a lease) meant the end of reasonably priced batteries, garbage bags, toiletries, kitchenware and hundreds of other essentials. But there was a [...]
Chefs Cook up Benefit for Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
The Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, the city’s largest emergency food program, will soon be entering its busy summer season — when children and families join the ranks of those seeking a nutritious meal. To help meet this need, some of New York’s top chefs will lend their talents to “From Farm to Tray.” Taking place [...]
The Quilt as Art, with a Dash of Dance
The ArtQuilt Gallery — New York City’s only gallery focused on contemporary art quilts — is putting its current focus on Beth Carney. In the exhibit “CHAOS & CHASMS: A Rhythmic Journey,” the artist displays selections informed by her background as a dancer. “I work in an improvisational manner,” says Carney, “exploring line, shape, color [...]
Moms (and kids and dads) taking aim at gun violence
It wasn’t quite a million, but the group One Million Moms for Gun Control drew out 400 moms, dads and kids on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, for a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to commemorate the great civil rights leader and raise the call for gun control in the wake of the Sandy [...]
The High Cost of Losing a Dollar Store
The budget-friendly days of heading to 23rd Street, halfway between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, to pick up a can of sterno for 99 cents (or your choice of a knife, fork or spoon for 33 cents) will soon be over. On January 31, our beloved (and dare we say, iconic) 99 Cent Creation store will [...]
Dream it, Draw it, Do it
Our last issue featured a photo of PS11’s colorful new exterior, and had readers wondering who the gifted artist was. Now you know: The wrap-around mural is (literally) drawn from the minds of elementary school students — who contributed a short sentence beginning with “I dream of” or “I love.” Back in October, the artists [...]
