Ted Sorensen, left, a speechwriter and special counsel for President John F. Kennedy, listens to New York Times Op-Ed columnist William Safire at Tuesday’s State-of-the-Union gathering held by Generation Engage at Marble Collegiate Church, in Chelsea.

NEWS
A grassroots gallery grows in Chelsea
By Ed Hamilton
In a sea of big, white-box art emporiums, the storefront at 511 West 20th St. stands out as a tiny gallery with a powerful message in its window: Protest Space. Walking in the door, visitors are assaulted by bright, primary colors of détourned commercial ads hanging on the walls, carpeting the floors and towering in a huge skyscraper sculpture of cardboard product boxes.

Slick wrist and house mouse at new D.J. academies
By Brooke Edwards
Dan Giove fondly recalls time spent thumbing through the latest and rarest electronica at the East Village’s Dubspot Records while chatting with the store’s owner, Makoto. That was before Dubspot succumbed to the fate of many music stores in the post-MP3, CD-burning era and shut its doors in early 2002.

Glick guarded about gay marriage bill in Albany
By PAUL SCHINDLER
Asked last week about the push for a marriage equality law in Albany, Deborah Glick, a 16-year state Assembly veteran and the longest-serving lesbian or gay elected official in New York, warned, “I don’t think in many places it will be an easy sell.”

Meat Market ‘Icons’ are well done at Theory exhibit
By Lincoln Anderson
“Icons of the Meatpacking District,” artist Ruth Ro’s exhibit of new portraits of Meat Market movers and shakers, opened in the ground-floor retail space of the new Theory building on Gansevoort St. last Wednesday evening.

Koch on Film
Hizzoner does "Children of Men" and "Perfume: The Story of A Murderer"