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The Duchess of Warhol: The Estate of Brigid Berlin

April 25, 2022

If you are a fan of pugs, and a fan of Chelsea Hotel characters, Wednesday’s auction of items from the Brigid Berlin estate will ring all of your bells! Check out the pug portraits. A couple of Billy Name monographs might be more to your liking. Or maybe buy a music book or two. The…
Ciaran Dwyer and Band on an Island Send a Tribute to the Bards from the other side of the pond

April 13, 2010

Irish musician Ciaran Dwyer writes to the blog, "Recently i wrote a ballad that we will be including as a b-side on a 7" single that will be released in April (The song Back Disco from our record will be the A-side), Its an acoustic tune called "Chelsea Bards" and i have included a verse…
Eartha Kitt Entertained by George Kleinsinger’s Menagerie

December 30, 2008

I guess it should come as no surprise to fans of the Chelsea Hotel that the recently departed Eartha Kitt had close friends at the Chelsea Hotel. Jazz.com writer Arnold Jay Smith recalls talking to Ms. Kitt at former resident George Kleinsinger’s memorial service at Judson Memorial Church. Smith had earlier met Kitt at Kleinsinger’s…