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Artist Elizabeth Peyton held her first major solo exhibit here at the Hotel Chelsea in 1993 (Room 828). She has just published a book of paintings, "Elizabeth Peyton Paintings." A review of the book in the recent issue of Publishers Weekly notes, "…Her portraits—whether of Edwardian poet Rupert Brooke, Prince Harry or her friends—seem…
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Rita Barros must have landed at the Chelsea at a very young age because she has been here 21 years! If you haven’t done so yet check out her book Fifteen Years: Chelsea Hotel. You can see more of her work at http://www.ritabarros.com/Photo: Rita at home on the 10th floor.What do you do?I am a…
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A reader forwarded me this link to an Op/Ed piece by Hotel Chelsea Resident Michael Rips.So Much for Freedom, NYTimes, Oct 2, 2005. Sally Singer comments on the Russian style invasion and the influence of Dolce and Gabbana. In case you’re wondering what happened to "formerly in the basement of the Hotel Chelsea Serena," she…
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In a couple of years there will be a new book to add to the "Fiction & Non Fiction Set in the Chelsea" book roll. Author of February House (a book about a group of fabulous bohemians living in Brooklyn)Sherill Tippins’ INSIDE THE DREAM PALACE, a history of New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel, to Deanne…
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And here’s what I missed, Chelsea resident Nicolaia Rips, appeared on a cooking segment with Martha last week. Nicolaia is the daughter of author Michael Rips. Here’s full coverage in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Thursday, September 15th, 7:00 p.m.Chelsea author Ed Hamilton reads as part of the Drunken! Careening! Writers! series at KGB Bar. For a fine example of Hamilton’s drunken prose visit Modern Drunkard magazine. Other readers include Thaddeus Rutkowski and Kathleen Warnock.KGB Bar85 East 4th St., NY NY (4th at 2nd Ave.)The L Magazine’s "Pick of the…
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According to writer Jose Padua, Dan & Mary, two characters in his novel in progress, Undercover Angel, are based on people who did move to New York and score an apartment in the Chelsea Hotel. You can read a longer excerpt on his blog. "…Mary and her boyfriend, Dan Thompson, were both from Charleston, South…
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I’ve been ignoring Chuck Klosterman’s book, "Killing Yourself to Live," and the hundreds of cookie-cutter reviews it received. Finally, Ed Champion writes an inspiring review. "…but the hell of it is that Klosterman is too dumb and too indolent a writer to actually do the legwork. He doesn’t bother to call up the Hotel Chelsea…
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Last Friday (August 19), Hotel Chelsea resident and composer Gerald Busby, premiered a large scale piece interspersing monologues (“Who to Thank” and “Tomorrow’s Butter”) and music (Rhapsody for Cello, Nocturne for Piano, Hop In, and Bullet Proof Bikini) as part of the ComposersCollaborative’s Serial Underground. In an intimate and informal setting at the Cornelia Street…
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Holly Williams, daughter of Hank Williams Jr., says: "…But my favorite place to write is the Chelsea Hotel in New York. Some of my favorite songs have been written there, and it’s truly inspiring."
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