Category: Art

  • Our undercover correspondent has provided us with a report of last nights event at the National Arts Club.  Stanley Bard doesn’t know why he was invited, but, surprise suprise the breaking news was he loves the Chelsea. (Update — Our neighbor, Rachel Cohen, has just stopped by and given us a copy of an original…

  • Jen is Famous, in wonderbra and matching wonderunderpants, honeymoons at the famous Chelsea Hotel, known worldwide for its goats-and-yogurt honeymoon special.  How’d you get to be so famous?Well, I don’t want to give too much away to the competition, but it involves a blog, a pair of Wonder Woman underpants, and a bite from a…

  • In response to the calls and e-mails we’re receiving regarding the plaque ceremony, according to the New York Women in Film and Television website, the reception and the plaque unveiling will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, September 21. This evening, Wednesday, September 20, Stanley Bard will be speaking at the National Arts Club.  There will…

  • One of our newest neighbors here at the Chelsea has just launched a podcast series with an interview with rocker Bruno Wizard.  So in case you didn’t get enough of him when we published our blog interview–and seriously folks, who could get enough of Bruno–you can go here to listen to more.  Our media savvy…

  •             This is the week we’ve all been waiting for.  A new plaque will be added to the front of the Chelsea Hotel.  The place will be crawling with media since another star is being added to the Walk of Fame. The recipient is filmmaker Shirley Clarke.             Clarke,…

  • Art photographer Linda Troeller has lived at the Chelsea Hotel for 12 years.  The Chelsea and its quirky, creative residents have provided excellent subjects for Linda’s Hotel Chelsea: Inside Out project, which is garnering attention across the country and in Europe.  A film about Linda’s career as a photographer, much of it shot here at…

  • Another Sunday, and time once again to pat ourselves on the back for being the very first hotel blog and for being even remotely interesting to boot.  Now, however, we’re pleased to announce that the field of hotel humor bloggin appears to be entering its golden age, with sites springing up like shit-house mushrooms.  The…

  • For all you history buffs who read this blog, a 1984 interview with Stanley Bard, originally heard on CBS radio’s BookBeat, is available online as a podcast.  Click here to play!  When asked why he thinks so many writers come to stay at the Chelsea, Stanley credits the buildings high ceilings and the sound-proof rooms. …

  • Although Ryan, who recently celebrated his birthday in Room 112 of the Chelsea, may not know it, this room has been immoraltized in verse. In Angels Knocking on The Back Door, by Carol Greenberg, we read:Jake the bellhop deliveredWe all got drunk hooraySomeone walked on the ceilingFell down in room 112We collected the plasterCalled it…

  • Well I was sitting on my window sill, watching the sky shifting, when a messenger arrived witha copy of the new Bob Dylan album.  I gave old Glenn Gould a rest and put Modern Times in my player. To this day, it still feels funny sliding a CD in place instead of setting a record…