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The A List
The Buzz
Police Blotter
EDITORIAL
Marriage within reach
As L.G.B.T. Pride Month culminates with this Sunday’s Fifth Ave. parade, there is much to celebrate. In the past month, Governor David Paterson has ordered all state agencies to develop a blueprint for ensuring that any gay or lesbian couple legally married outside New York will have their unions recognized as marriages here. And, after five years, a transgender civil rights bill has finally been approved by the Democratic-controlled State Assembly.
Letters to the editor
Mikhaela Reid
Scene
TALKING POINT
Voices behind fears: looking at logic of sexual habits
BY NATHAN RILEY
I have a gay friend whose late-night romps with casual partners take place after he gets high. At dinner, he told us that nobody would lie about their HIV status. We were dismayed and argued vigorously in favor of assuming your partner is positive.
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Volume 2, Number 38 The Weekly Newspaper of Chelsea | June 27 - July 3, 2008
Chelsea Now photo by Jefferson Siegel
A glimpse down Eighth Ave. at the corner 21st St., in the heart of Chelsea
Through politics and pride, Chelsea perseveres as LGBT enclave
By Chris Lombardi
To many, the phrase “gay Chelsea” tends to evoke images of the well-manicured, super-buffed gym rat.
As LGBT Center turns 25, familiar faces remain
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
In looking at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center a quarter of a century after its founding, one of the most striking factors that emerges in trying to get to the core of its success is the amazing institutional memory that some of its key staff members bring to West 13th Street every day.
Garden Party grows for gay ‘Grand Central Station’
By WINNIE McCROY
Pride Week officially kicked off on Monday, June 23, with the 25th Annual Garden Party, a big annual fundraiser staged by the LGBT Community Center.
Chelsea’s Finest feted at 10th Precinct Awards Night
By Jefferson Siegel
Members of Chelsea’s Finest were honored by the community this week at the 10th Precinct Community Council Awards Dinner, an annual event honoring the accomplishments of police officers who provide safety and maintain quality of life in the neighborhood.
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NEWS
New High Line designs reveal wilds of W. Chelsea
By Patrick Hedlund
A walk-through art gallery, public sundeck and wading pool, wildflower fields and full-grown sumacs sprouting from underneath pedestrians’ feet. No, these aren’t new additions planned for Central Park, but just a few of the features unveiled by Friends of the High Line this week in never-before-seen designs for the elevated West Side railway-turned-parkland.
Fallout from RGB vote increases push for reform
By Chris Lombardi
“It’s really a poor tax,” remarked Penn South resident and housing activist Gloria Sukenick, following the city Rent Guidelines Board’s verdict last week to dramatically increase rates on rent-stabilized units. “God forbid you should have a community, by staying in your place a while.”
Heat is on for planned Frying Pan summer reopening
By Patrick Hedlund
Fans waiting to board the popular Frying Pan boat/bar might not have to wait much longer for its planned summer reopening, which could come this weekend or early next week as the venue awaits clearance from the city.
Chelsea chopper flight reduction at 30th St. heliport
By Albert Amateau
The noisy W. 30th St. Heliport in Chelsea, located within the Hudson River Park, will become progressively quieter beginning next year when sightseeing flights are reduced by half, and will be eliminated entirely by April 1, 2010, according to a settlement in Manhattan State Supreme Court.
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Chelsea: Arts & Lifestyles
Love and other indoor sports
By Sarah Norris
Keith Gessen didn’t answer any of my questions about love, and neither did his book.
Koch on Film (and Food!)
By Ed Koch
“Mongol” (+) and Restaurant Review: Covo (+)
Asian retreat
BY STEVE ERICKSON
The seventh New York Asian Film Festival is the biggest one yet, offering 43 features and two programs of shorts. Even so, the selection suggests an ongoing crisis in the region’s cinema.
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Zombies on stage, in the crowd too
By David Todd
In “Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,” a cast of four actors play revolving roles—various boys, girls, mothers, and fathers—allowing the characters to merge into a sheltered blankness. No one seems to know each other in this suburban neighborhood.
More than skin deep
By Adrienne Urbanski
Writer Neil Labute is known for depicting the cruelty and heartless nature of male sexuality in his work, as evidenced by the philandering and vengeful men in his screenplays “In the Company of Men” and “Your Friends and Neighbors.”
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