Category: Hotel Chelsea
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A great profile of former Hotel Chelsea Resident and painter Herbert Gentry (1919 – 2003) iappears in this week’s issue of the Hartford Courant. Mr. Gentry lived in Paris for many years, as well as at the Hotel Chelsea. The profile focuses mainly on Mr. Gentry’s year’s in Paris. "If Gentry’s art, which was far-better…
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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 10:30 p.m. Susanne Bartsch and Kenny Kenny invite you to Heatherette Fashion Show After Party with Richie Rich and Traver Rains. Happy Valley 14 East 27th St., NY NY Wednesday, Feb. 8, 6:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. Welcome to the hottest night of the week. El Cuarto Rojo "The Red Room" is…
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From a recent NYTimes profile of William Ivey Long. By the time Long graduated from Yale in 1975, he had been in college and graduate school for 10 years and had no idea how to look for a job. He moved into the Chelsea Hotel to be near one of his idols, the couturier Charles…
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George’s work hangs in the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea where many have admired it for years. Last year, we had the pleasure of hearing George read his poems of life and love in the Chelsea at the Bowery Poetry Club. Like many Chelsea residents, George was a long time member of McBurney Y until…
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The guy who paints in the lobby has launched a live journal page. Maybe we can count on him for some juicy lobby gossip. Former Hotel Chelsea guest Carrie Bedsore has captured a few screen shots from the new TV series “Love Monkey.” In the shot on the left you can see two-fisted painter Robert…
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In my first year at the Chelsea I wrote a story called “Movado,” about a guy who tried to sell me a fake Movado watch when I was moving into the hotel. It was published in Pif magazine, and then I promptly forgot about it. Ten years later, a guy from Washington, DC—Jose Padua—read it…
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Tuesday, Jan. 31, 10:30 p.m.Tuesday keeps getting hotter and hotter. This week Susanne Bartsch and Kenny Kenny welcome John Waters and Here! TV Premiere… Plus Michael T. and The All Whore Star Birthday Bash.Happy Valley 14 East 27th St., NY NY Wednesday, Feb. 1, 8:00 p.m. It’s a big butterscotch flavored evening at Carnegie Hall. …
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Nice profile of Rosanne Cash in the Jan. 22 issue of The NYTimes. We learn that Rosanne’s daughter is named Chelsea and she reminds her mom of a Southern, female, Leonard Cohen when she sings. If that’s not enough of a Chelsea connection, about a week and a half ago a couple of our favorite…
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Photographer Theresa Kereakes conducted some market research for a coffee table book that she is publishing. She learned that the public wants to see photos of Dee Dee Ramone and Stiv Bators. But her burning question is, do you want to see backstage photos or performance shots? My answer: both. Go to her site, Punk…
