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  • Arthur Nash’s BBB Banner Rejected From Art Show at Capitol Fishing Tackle

    Well, the worst has finally happened: though it had hung in one form or another for two years, tenant activist Arthur Nash’s BRING BACK THE BARDS banner was removed from the hotel’s façade at approximately 8:45 this morning. Kinda-sorta manager Arnold Tamasar did the honors in person, as a police officer and a security guard…

  • “TALLY BROWN: NEW YORK”

    Rosa Von Praunheim, the director of "TALLY BROWN, NEW YORK," is in town. He will be showing his film at the Anthology Archives this Saturday, June   6th.  Former Chelsea Hotel resident Ching ho Cheng is in this film. TALLY BROWN was a bohemian artist and underground star living in New York. She starred in some…

  • Artists Worldwide: Stand By The Bards

    An open letter to the artists planning to participate in the June 18 show in the former Capitol Fishing Tackle storefront at the Chelsea Hotel: Although some of you may not know this, the Capitol Fishing Tackle is Manhattan’s oldest bait & tackle shop, and had called the Chelsea Hotel home since 1954.  Sadly, in August…

  • Good News for Chelsea Hotel Painters

    Chelsea Hotel manager David Elder is now accepting paintings in exchange for stays at the famed Chelsea Hotel.  And here we thought those people lined up on the sidewalk were waiting to get into the comedy club.  It's a return to the good old days.  Nadia Bertrand told Chelsea Now that she recently turned over two paintings to…

  • Stefan Brecht Historian of the Avante Garde Theatre, 1924-2009

    We only knew Stefan in recent years when he was suffering from a form of Parkinson and we wish we could have known him earlier in his life.  Though sometimes he came across as a misanthrope Stefan had a heart of gold.  Stefan was never a Chelsea Hotel resident but he had a studio here for over two decades…

  • Highlights from Chelsea Hotel on Film at Anthology Film Archives

        Thanks to all involved for making the Chelsea Hotel Film Festival a success! In addition to attending the press preview for Harry Smith’s #23—a remarkable film, though one of our neighbors tells us that Harry considered it unfinished—we also stopped by the Anthology Film Archives a couple of times over the weekend to check out…

  • Long Live the Chelsea! Especially on Film & Video

    In a huge show of support from one bastion of alternative culture to another, The Anthology Film Archives is presenting Chelsea Hotel on Film, a series of films about, filmed at, or created by residents of the Chelsea Hotel.  (For more info: Brooklyn Rail, NY Times, New Yorker, Chelsea Now, Village Voice, TWI-NY)Here's the schedule: Alex Cox,…

  • World Premier of Harry Smith’s #23 at Anthology Film Archives

    It was the first showing of this film “outside the laboratory” according to the presenter, which makes me pretty lucky, I guess, since it was also my first Harry Smith film—though to gather from the conversation of the over-the-top-serious film buffs who attended Thursday’s press screening, versions of most of the images had appeared in…

  • World Premiere: The Secret Life of Fish by Gerald Busby

  • Barbie Turns 50 in Style with Glasses by Mercura

    For the fabulous occasion she has selected funky yet stylish glasses desiged by Mercura, the design company founded by the Chelsea Hotel's own Rachel Cohen and her sister Merrilee.  The Feb. 14 fashion show will feature work by 50 designers and will be shown live on www.barbie.com