Chelsea Now photo by Lawrence Lerner

Hillary Hayward-Thomas, of the New York University ballroom dance team, and her partner, Alexander Rechits, hold a dramatic dip while practicing at Dance Chelsea on Monday.

Dancing with the students; N.Y.U. team one of the best
By Lawrence Lerner
On most weekday nights, the ballroom and Latin dance studio known as Dance Chelsea is a blur of whirling bodies, as individuals and couples working on their own dances move across the expansive wooden floor, stepping and swirling in their own private universe while managing to keep head-on collisions to a minimum.

Cocktails at the Y and conversing on gentrification
By Vivienne LehenyIt was not an auspicious beginning. On Oct. 6, Ed Hamilton came across a magazine photo spread featuring the home of fellow Chelsea resident Cindy Gallop.

Task force tracks the facts on affordable housing sites
By Lawrence LernerThe development of affordable housing in Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen took center stage at Community Board 4’s Housing Development Task Force meeting last Thursday, which was held at the Hudson Guild.

NEWS
Javits Center will increase in size, get a new hotel
By Randi Cecchine
The first signs of the Javits Convention Center expansion and renovation project are already visible. On the block bounded by 39th and 40th Sts. and 11th and 12th Aves. demolition crews are making way for a new truck marshaling and loading facility.

Burns marks 20 years at center of Center
By Paul Schindler
“Doing this work was a tremendous outlet for my rage and my anger,” Richard Burns explained about his first decade at the helm of New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.

Stars remember Karin Berg, top music talent scout
By Jefferson Siegel
Last week, friends, family and notable musicians gathered in St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery to remember Karin Berg. Berg was beloved by many in the music industry for her wit, warmth and a no-nonsense attitude.

Let the games, and the health improvements, begin!
By Judith Stiles
Growing old has not quelled the fiery spirit of 65-year-old Lucille Mims, and in spite of those familiar creaky health issues that come with aging, she took on the daunting task of walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.

Arts & Entertainment
Gallery
While death waits patiently
By John Ranard
Rapacious monsters appear and dissolve in Jeff Jacobson’s current exhibition of photographs at Peer Gallery. Light takes on a psychedelic luminance, faces appear in the sky, skeletal remains roam freely, hands are disfigured, mirrors reflect empty space and beds lie empty while death waits patiently.