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Hotel Chelsea Blog
Category: Hotel Chelsea
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Norman Gosney’s new show, Guilty Pleasures, is quite simply an evening of good, clean—well maybe not so clean—All-American fun. An old time burlesque show, it apparently moves around from location to location, contributing to it’s air of secrecy and the illicit; the night we attended it was in an old factory…
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In disIntegration, Michele Zalopany’s realistic pastel paintings, some in color, some black and white, chronicle the birth and death of the American Dream—in parallel Black and White varieties–in her home town of Detroit, from it’s inception in the boom years of World War II, to it’s last gasp in the deadly riots of 1967. It…
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I can’t remember a time when there were more people in the Chelsea Hotel lobby, must’ve been more than a hundred. As we munched on sausage strips and potato balls courtesy of El Quijote, long time tenant Merle – remarked that Stanley should have theme parties for the residents and guests every week, since we…
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The video is only 3 minutes and it’s worth the wait to hear the review of Les Paul’s recent performance. Plus, it looks like the record company managed to score a pretty nice room.
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Filmmaker DeeDee Halleck sent us her memories of Shirley Clarke to post on the anniversary of Shirley Clarke’s death. I tried to meet DeeDee at the plaque unveiling so I could thank her in person, but there were so many people there I didn’t get a chance to say thanks. Shirley Clarke was my mentor. …
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Andrew O’Hara said… There seems to be an increase of these self-promoting "blogs" from companies like Penguin, and (my opinion) the tediously name dropping Hotel Chelsea, wanting you to think they’re just a few of the good ol’ fellas from the company with a burning urge to share some kind of back-door scoop. Cheaper than…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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