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  • All Tomorrow’s Parties, Feb 20 – 26

    Mon. – Fri., 11:00 – 6:00 Welcome the Chelsea Hotel’s most recent painter in residence, Angelbert Metoyer.Angelbert is working on a large format painting which will be part of the "Force of Nature 2: Indigo Temple,"exhibit.  Some of Angelbert’s work is already on display at the Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery but an opening is scheduled for…

  • The Algonquin Gives Writers A Break

    If you’ve got writers block, skip the Hotel Chelsea and go straight to the Algonquin.  If you stay here at the Chelsea, the block will probably get worse, since the "Do Not Disturb" sign will put a lot of extra pressure on you.  (It says: Do Not Disturb.  I’m Writing The Next Great American Novel.)…

  • HE’S BACK

    We thought we were rid of Ethan Hawke when he moved out a few months ago.  But the creative spirit of the Chelsea has apparently sucked him back into our vortex of insanity.  He was in the hotel earlier this week, filming the movie version of his brilliant debut novel, The Hottest State.  We were…

  • Rene Ricard Goes Quack Quack Here

    Luke’s Farm Media brings us the first episode of "Uncle Rene" and gives us an inside look at life in the Hotel Chelsea.  Click here to play the video. The fabulous Rene Ricard, for those of you who are way out of the loop, starred in a couple of Warhol flicks back in the day.…

  • MIA: Hiroya’s Mural

    For many years one of Hiroya’s graffiti-based paintings held a place of honor in the stairwell between the 7th and 8th floors here at the Hotel Chelsea.  If you came through the Chelsea lobby between 1997 and 2001, then you probably even met the Japanese painter. He may have even tried to sell you one…

  • Valentine’s Day at the Chelsea Hotel, 1977

         I was a senior in college, invited to New York for a long Valentine’s Day weekend by a young man a few years older than I, who lived in a small apartment on Avenue A, with the bathtub in the kitchen. Next to it hung a vintage robe, a debonair manly number in…

  • All Tomorrow’s Parties – Feb 13 – 19

    Tuesday, Feb. 14, 10:30 p.m. Susanne Bartsch and Kenny Kenny spread their love around.  Tonight’s Happy Valley Tuesday Valentine Party is in honor of Patrick McMullan’s Kiss Kiss, 200 pages of kisses.  Winner of the "best couple" competition receives a special editional signed copy of Kiss Kiss.Happy Valley 14 East 27th St., NY NY Tuesday,…

  • Don’t Forget Tonight’s Party

    Friday, Feb. 10, 8:00 – 12:00 p.m. Opening reception for Hotel Chelsea resident Arthur Weinstein’s photos and silkscreens is today.  You can find examples of his work on the 10th floor of the Chelsea. (Photo:Lorenzo’s photo group)100 Lafayette Street, NY NY

  • Elefant Was In the Chelsea

    NYC alt band Elefant dropped by the Hotel Chelsea to shoot their forthcoming video "Elefant." Further footage is scheduled to be filmed at the band’s February 17 concert in Boston.

  • F. Paul Wilson Doesn’t Believe in the Chelsea’s Creative Energy

    Author F. Paul Wilson has been generous enough to send us an excerpt from HOSTS, which features the Chelsea Hotel and El Quijote in a couple of scenes.  HOSTS features a recurring character known as Repairman Jack — a name given him because he will, for a price, fix situations that can’t be remedied through…