01/29/13 The Raw Chelsea Newswire

COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHELSEA (NEW YORK, NY).

• Olek's Latest Yarn-Bombs Make Vicious Political Statement Against the Weather _{2013-01-28, 04:47 pm}
  ... d the neighborhood. Don't miss her upcoming exhibition, "The End is Far", opening at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in Chelsea on February 23rd.
• Whale Week 2013: Confessions of a New York City Real Estate High-Roller _{2013-01-28, 12:41 pm}
  What is it like to be a high-end property buyer in New York City? We spoke to one 30-year-old Manhattanite who is on the path to becoming a real estate high-roller-when we chatted earlier this month, he and his wife were just about to enter contract on a 3BR in the $5 million range at Chelsea's much-hyped Walker Tower .
• 'Foodstagramming' banned by top NY chefs _{2013-01-26, 07:41 pm}
  Top New York cooks, who are tired of seeing customers setting up camera tripods on their tables, or slapdash iPhone photos portraying the food in a bad light on social media, have banned photography in their premises.
• Jorge Queiroz's imaginative oil and ink paintings featured at Chelsea gallery _{2013-01-26, 03:04 pm}
  Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in Chelsea is presenting several new drawings and paintings by Jorge Queiroz for his second solo show at the gallery.
• David Bradford's recent paintings at Chelsea gallery _{2013-01-26, 12:22 pm}
  The Bowery Gallery in Chelsea is currently presenting a series recent paintings by David Bradford.
• Dolphin stuck in a polluted NYC canal dies _{2013-01-25, 08:37 pm}
  ... Harbor but manage to return on their own. Last June, another dolphin was found dead in the Hudson River hear the Chelsea Piers. The common dolphin is a preserved species and the National Marine Fisheries would have to approve any rescue attempt. In ...
• Ethan Hawke Shows True Colors in NYC Townhouse Listing _{2013-01-25, 05:46 pm}
  Apparently, Ethan Hawke's love life isn't the only thing that's unusually colorful. So is the Chelsea townhouse that the actor just listed for $6.25 million. Once the husband of Uma Thurman, with whom he has two children, Hawke later married his ...
• A dolphin struggles to swim in polluted NYC waters _{2013-01-25, 05:24 pm}
  ... waters. Dolphin sightings in NYC waters are rare. In June, a dolphin was found dead in the Hudson River near the Chelsea Piers. The solitary dolphin in the Gowanus Canal today could already be struggling. The cold, icky waters are likely to ...
• Foodstagram: the restaurant trend that's driving New York chefs crazy _{2013-01-25, 02:10 pm}
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• Madonna's Favorite Mary Jane Wedges _{2013-01-25, 10:44 am}
  ... McQueen) and emerging (Brian Atwood, Camilla Skovgaard, Tania Spinelli, Jerome Rousseau, Vlieger & Vandam, Casadei, Chelsea Paris, Robert Clergerie, Carven). Ritch's eye has earned CHUCKiES New York an appreciative socialite and celeb clientele ...
• Sandy Benefit Concert _{2013-01-25, 03:19 am}
  ... The Concert for Sandy Relief, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Images) Chelsea Clinton appears backstage at "12-12-12" The Concert for Sandy Relief, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan ...
• NYC Events for the Weekend and Beyond _{2013-01-24, 06:31 pm}
  ... with Love: Ravioli 101 Sunday January 27th, 11 a.m. The newly-opened Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucina in the Chelsea Market is offering its first pasta making class. Join Antonelle Rana in a hands-on demonstration as you make and eat three ...
• Julian Kreimer: Coming and Going _{2013-01-24, 11:19 am}
  ... has exhibited at RISD (Providence, RI), The Neuberger Museum of Art (Purchase, NY), Artists Space (New York, NY), Chelsea College of Art (London, UK), TSA (Philadelphia, PA), and Aljira Center for Contemporary Art (Newark, NJ), amongst others. He ...
• Condos Blend Old With New _{2013-01-23, 03:00 am}
  ... that are attracting foreign buyers, most of those looking at the West Building are New Yorkers, familiar with the Chelsea neighborhood, Mr. Lansill said, and some prospective buyers only want to look at the old building. The buildings open on a ...
• Some tips for big time in Big Apple _{2013-01-24, 01:09 am}
  THE WALL of four-story brownstones doesn't leave much room for sunshine. But the block of 22nd Street between 8th and 9th avenues in the Chelsea section of New York City seems sunny all the same.
• Fencers Club to Host 2nd Annual NYC High School Fencing Championship _{2013-01-23, 07:34 pm}
  Jan. 23, 2013 - Fencers Club 229 W. 28th St., 2nd FL New York, NY 10001 www.fencersclub.org 212-807-6947 January 23, 2013 Fencers Club to Host 2nd Annual NYC High School Fencing Championship Chelsea, Manhattan: Fencers Club , the oldest continuously existing organization in the Western Hemisphere dedicated to teaching the sport of fencing, will ... (more)
• Chocolate Busts for $750,000 Open Gallery in Old Roxy Disco Club: Hot Art _{2013-01-23, 05:29 pm}
  ... a sprawling survey of paintings, sculpture, film, installations, prints and assemblage, which inaugurates the Chelsea branch of the powerhouse international gallery. Already established in London and Zurich, Hauser & Wirth is beefing up its New York ...
• NYACT protests Google, Cornell support for Israel's Technion _{2013-01-23, 04:17 pm}
  ... Martin Luther King Day as the New York Cornell-Technion Partnership held its first day of classes at Google's Chelsea offices in Manhattan. Cornell University always holds classes on this holiday, and the annual insult to Dr. King's memory is sadly ...
• 7 questions for prolific NY restaurateur Gabriel Stulman _{2013-01-23, 02:57 pm}
  Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman has found a recipe that works for his eateries: "I think New Yorkers care about design and music, the demographic in the room, service." Gabriel Stulman doesn't own every restaurant in the trendy West Village; it only seems he does.
• Dance Theatre of Harlem Returns to Lincoln Center in April _{2013-01-23, 02:43 pm}
  ... and talented dancers, Dance Theatre of Harlem proudly celebrates its annual Vision Gala on Tuesday, February 26. Chelsea Clinton will serve as honorary chair and award-winning actress/singer Vanessa L. Williams will be the 2013 Vision Honoree. The ...

01/21/13 THE COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHELSEA (NEW YORK, NY)

• Zio Ristorante to Debut Exclusive Menu for Restaurant Week _{2013-01-21, 12:59 pm}
  ... Restaurant and delightful atmosphere. Enjoy the food and the drinks." Zio Ristorante is conveniently located near Chelsea and Union Square, so diners who are looking for a great Italian restaurant in the Flatiron District should try out Zio ...
• Father of 'Karate Kid' Macchio wants NY zip line _{2013-01-19, 12:11 pm}
  ... lay the groundwork for another challenge to President Barack Obama over federal spending. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton urged people to participate in service projects, saying there's a chain of service that links generations of Americans ...
• David Shrigley's Signs of Life _{2013-01-18, 06:48 pm}
  The day before the opening of his show in Chelsea, the British-born artist David Shrigley, whose caustic sense of humor has earned him a large and loyal following, propped up a small, white board next to the tubes of paint he had just bought at a nearby Utrecht, determined to come up with one last sign.
• Blair Academy Players to present 'Night of One Acts' in Blairstown, Jan. 24-26 _{2013-01-18, 04:27 pm}
  ... '13, Claire Ryder '13, Brian Delaney '13, Danny Kim '13 and Ali Surdoval '13; junior Abby Troy '14; sophomores Chelsea Starkman '15 and Dean Corrado '15; and freshman Mike Park '16. The night will begin with "Pillow Talk" by John Pielmeier, in which ...
• There's No Such Thing as an Ironic Gun Nut _{2013-01-17, 12:37 pm}
  ... which you shoot deer with fake rifles. BuzzFeed explains: On a recent evening at Bull's Head Tavern in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, twentysomething revelers balanced IPAs in one hand, and toy firearms - green handled or blaze orange - in the ...
• Launches & Releases: Shoegasm Unleashes Trendy Footwear on the Internet _{2013-01-16, 07:51 pm}
  ... 's "category" section has personal recommendations covered, if you just so happen to be one of these four people: A Chelsea Chick, Brooklyn Hipster, Uptown Girl, or a Soho Babe. Shoegasm [Official Site]
• REIT is bullish on Red Bull _{2013-01-16, 01:33 am}
  ... fast sales price run-up is indicative of how hot the city's office-leasing market has been in this Midtown South/Chelsea area and why rents are also jumping, leading many less deep-pocketed tenants to extend office searches to downtown and Midtown ...
• Luc Tuymans IPhone, Daniel Buren Stripe, $1.5 Million Bottle Caps: Hot Art _{2013-01-16, 12:16 am}
  Belgian painter Luc Tuymans, whose last New York exhibition depicted the corporate world, returns to Chelsea with new work rooted in personal references.
• More _{2013-01-15, 05:42 pm}
  ... - one of the worst tolls this early in the year since health officials began keeping track. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has signed on to help promote President Barack Obama's inaugural kick-off event to get Americans across the country ...
• Experts: Proposed NY gun law might hinder therapy _{2013-01-15, 01:53 pm}
  ... to the Republican's prospects of becoming President Barack Obama's next defense secretary. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has signed on to help promote President Barack Obama's inaugural kick-off event to get Americans across the country ...
• Quotations of the day _{2013-01-15, 06:04 am}
  ... helping our neighbors and serving our community were essential parts of being a good citizen and a good person." - Chelsea Clinton in a statement saying she will help promote Obama's inaugural kick-off event to get Americans across the country ...
• Miss America, Technically, Is Not A Real New Yorker, But So What? _{2013-01-14, 11:09 pm}
  "It's a Brooklyn thing - 'Oh, fugget-about-it," Demonda said, adding that she will be a New Yorker when "she does that." Just how do you know when you're a real New Yorker? It seems like everybody has different standards.
• Brooklyn Artist Susan Grossman: Art Noir Exhibition at Birnam Wood Galleries _{2013-01-14, 03:00 am}
  ... Barclay's Bank and the Roundabout Theater Company of New York. About Birnam Wood Galleries Located in Manhattan's Chelsea art district and in the town of East Hampton, NY, with its long and storied ties to the history of American art, Birnam Wood ...
• Flu Vaccine Shortage Seen at Pharmacies _{2013-01-14, 12:02 am}
  An early and fierce start to this year's flu season, which has already killed 20 children nationwide and drawn the "epidemic" label from the Centers for Disease Control, has driven New Yorkers to snap up the vaccine.
• Off the King's Road to Play Theater for the New City, 2/9-23 _{2013-01-13, 06:16 pm}
  "Off the King's Road" is the first full-length theater production in New York for emerging playwright Neil Koenigsberg , who is well-known in the Hollywood community as a veteran publicist, producer and personal talent manager.
• Brooklyn Artist Susan Grossman: Film Noir Exhibition At Birnam Wood Galleries _{2013-01-13, 07:30 am}
  ... Barclay's Bank and the Roundabout Theater Company of New York. About Birnam Wood Galleries Located in Manhattan's Chelsea art district and in the town of East Hampton, NY, with its long and storied ties to the history of American art, Birnam Wood ...
• Art Gallery Tours New York Hosts Chelsea Walking Tour Today _{2013-01-12, 01:12 am}
  "Art Gallery Tours New York" announces a Chelsea art gallery walking tour, set for today, Jan.
• Viva Saturdays At Ventanas With Dj Brinka _{2013-01-11, 05:05 am}
  Ventana's 100 10th Ave between 16th & 17th Street New York, NY 10010 New York, NY Saturday, January 12th, 2013 Viva Saturdays at Ventanas 100 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10010 btw 16th and 17th Streets New York, NY Music by Dj Brinka and Dj FAS spinning Latin, Hip Hop, Top 40, House, Hip Hop, Reggae, Salsa, Merengue Doors Open at 11pm Guestlist ... (more)
• Google plans free Wi-Fi in NYC's Chelsea neighborhood _{2013-01-11, 02:02 pm}
  ... from organized crime to environmental protection. Read Full Bio Google said it will provide free Wi-Fi in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, where the company maintains its New York offices. It will become the largest contiguous Wi-Fi ...
• New Barcade Outpost to Serve Pub Grub With Classic Video Games _{2013-01-10, 11:27 pm}
  Barcade - the popular combination bar and arcade with locations in Williamsburg, Jersey City and Philadelphia - will serve food out of a full kitchen at its upcoming Chelsea location at 148 W. 24th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues , its owners revealed.

01/11/13 Hyper Local Chelsea Neighborhood News Report From New York City

COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR CHELSEA (NEW YORK, NY).

• New Barcade Outpost to Serve Pub Grub With Classic Video Games _{2013-01-10, 11:27 pm}
  Barcade - the popular combination bar and arcade with locations in Williamsburg, Jersey City and Philadelphia - will serve food out of a full kitchen at its upcoming Chelsea location at 148 W. 24th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues , its owners revealed.
• Chelsea Peretti builds on "Parks and Recreation" job for touring gigs _{2013-01-10, 03:10 pm}
  Comedian Chelsea Peretti has written for sitcoms and magazines, but she's put that aside lately to focus on her stand-up career.
• Robert Lazzarini charts a new American landscape in new exhibition at Marlborough Chelsea _{2013-01-10, 08:46 pm}
  ... visual and haptic space, complicating the space of pictures and the space of things. NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Chelsea presents Robert Lazzarini's exhibition (damage), at the gallery located at 545 West 25th Street. With (damage), Robert Lazzarini ...
• Thurston Moore's Chelsea Light Moving Announce Debut Album for Matador _{2013-01-10, 05:01 pm}
  Last year, we hipped you to the impending arrival of Thurston Moore's Chelsea Light Moving , a new quartet that expands upon the heavier and more discordant tendancies of the singer/ guitar hero 's recently AWOL band, Sonic Youth.
• Google brings public Wi-Fi to New York neighborhood as mobile Internet use grows _{2013-01-10, 03:00 am}
  Google is providing free public Wi-Fi in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood, a move that will support the community and open up opportunities for marketers to reach residents and visitors to the area.
• Google to offer public Wi-Fi in NY neighborhood _{2013-01-09, 04:07 pm}
  ... network. The network will be available free to about a 10-block area surrounding Google's offices in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, where Google has more than 3,000 employees. The area also is home to other tech companies, as well as high-end ...
• Google to help set up free WiFi blanket in NYC's Southwest Chelsea neighborhood _{2013-01-09, 09:02 am}
  ... live in a Manhattan neighborhood. There are no details regarding a time-frame, but the company's linked up with the Chelsea Improvement Company to provide the access in Southwest Chelsea. Aside from the perks of pro bono interwebs for all, the ...
• Southwest Chelsea to Become First WiFi Neighborhood in Manhattan _{2013-01-08, 03:00 am}
  )--Google and The Chelsea Improvement Company have announced they have partnered to provide free public WiFi internet access in southwest Chelsea, which will provide free Internet access to hundreds of thousands of people each year. It will become ...
• New York's Chelsea Neighborhood To Get Google... _{2013-01-09, 07:00 am}
  Google announced on Tuesday that it would begin offering free public Wi-Fi service to people in the western portion of New York City's Chelsea neighborhood, where the company has its local headquarters.
• Google grants free Wi-Fi to NY area _{2013-01-09, 06:26 am}
  ... Ben Fried said at a press conference announcing the free internet access, which covers about 20 city blocks in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan. The neighbourhood is where Google has a large corporate presence, making it a logical place for ...
• Google provides free public Wi-Fi in Chelsea, NYC _{2013-01-09, 06:21 am}
  ... to our use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy unless you have disabled them. The move by Google makes Chelsea the first neighbourhood in Manhattan with free internet access. Google partnered with the City of New York's department of ...
• Google Brings Free Public WiFi to Its New York City Neighborhood _{2013-01-09, 05:56 am}
  ... WiFi Internet access, making it the largest area of coverage in New York City. The search giant and the non-profit Chelsea Improvement Co are making Internet access available outdoors in Chelsea, which is home to Google's New York offices and ...
• Google to offer free Wi-Fi to NYC neighborhood _{2013-01-09, 01:25 am}
  The company's local headquarters is located in Chelsea, and the 13-block neighborhood is very populous .
• Ending 40-Year Absence, Turin Artist Survives Sandy for Rare New York Show _{2013-01-09, 12:53 am}
  Giorgio Griffa's first New York exhibition since 1970 opened just four days before Hurricane Sandy flooded Manhattan 's Chelsea art district last October.
• Chelsea Gets Neighborhood-Sized Wi-Fi Network _{2013-01-08, 09:52 pm}
  New Yorkers looking to surf the web while out and about in Manhattan's Chelsea area will have access to a new perk: free Wi-Fi made possible by the neighborhood's resident tech giant.
• Google launches free Wi-Fi network in New York _{2013-01-08, 09:25 pm}
  ... network in the city, and a boon to the dozens of tech start-ups and Internet companies, including Google, that call Chelsea home. According to CNN , the network cost $115,000 to get off the ground; annual maintenance costs will total $45,000. Google ...
• Free WiFi access for entire NY City neighborhood _{2013-01-08, 09:02 pm}
  ... Ben Fried said at a press conference announcing the free Internet access, which covers about 20 city blocks in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The neighborhood is where Google has a large corporate presence, making it a logical place for the ...
• Candid Marilyn Monroe film shot by teenager in 1955 to be screened for first time _{2013-01-08, 08:21 pm}
  ... won’t be there when his brief film is finally screened this week at the Danziger Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. He died Dec. 11 of lung cancer at age 73. “This is his legacy,” said Miami financial planner Daniel ...
• Chelsea First Neighborhood In Manhattan With Free Outdoor Wifi _{2013-01-08, 07:44 pm}
  ... in what officials are calling the first fully wired neighborhood in Manhattan. NY1's Bobby Cuza has the story. Chelsea is already something of a high-tech hotbed thanks in no small part to Google's offices in the area. Now, much of the surrounding ...
• Google offering free Wi-Fi to New York's Chelsea _{2013-01-08, 06:24 pm}
  Google Inc., the world's biggest Internet-search company, plans to offer free wireless Internet access in parts of New York's Chelsea neighbourhood, creating the largest public outdoor network in the city.