Living with Legends
Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Events
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Gerald Busby, a friend of composer Virgil Thomson, recently checked out Wallace Norman's new play, "Oh Virgil: A Theatrical Portrait." Busby had this to say about the play, "For anyone who already knows Virgil Thomson’s music and his life at the Chelsea Hotel, this production will be deeply satisfying. For those who don’t know his music, it…
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Break open your piggy bank, there's no shortage of organizations with fundraisers next week-end: Saturday, May 2, 2:00 – 4:00 Bike Ride — Party from 4:00 – 6:00To join the Bike Ride to support Norman Siegel for Public Advocate meet at Washington Sq Park (Under the Arch) at 2:00 p.m.The after party is at 203 West 22nd…
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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,…
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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…
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Herbert Huncke is the pivotal figure in the development of beat literature. Huncke’s use of the carny term “beat” in his stories of riding the rails in the thirties inspired Jack Kerouac to chronicle his own tales of rootless wandering in On the Road. He turned William Burroughs onto heroin, and appears as a character…
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Ching ho Cheng lived at the Chelsea Hotel during the 70s and counted many of its most fabulous and creative residents among his personal friends including: Henry Geldzahler, Larry Rivers, David Hockney, Vali Myers, Richard Bernstein, Charles James and Dee Dee Ramone. Shepherd Gallery is pleased to present Ching ho Cheng’s first retrospective and their…
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Rosebud Pettet stopped by the Hotel recently to let us know about an upcoming screening at the Anthology Film Archives. Rosebud was the "spiritual wife" of former Chelsea Hotel resident and the great experimental filmmaker Harry Smith. She is also close friends with many notable artists and Chelsea Hotel residents past and present. Oddly, the…
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"In his painting, {Herbert} Gentry interpreted inner and outer worlds, defining human experience with metaphors of confrontations, meetings, interactions, and participations. Many of Gentry’s titles refer to Friends and Friendship, Encounters and Relations, Reciprocity and Relatedness…." (excerpted from the program written by Mary Anne Rose) HERBERT GENTRY and FRIENDS: Opening ReceptionFriday, July 18, 2008 6:00…
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