🌱 Patch AM: How one Eighth Avenue storefront helped reshape Chelsea’s LGBTQ nightlife

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In today's newsletter:

• How one Eighth Avenue storefront helped reshape Chelsea's LGBTQ nightlife

Also on today's calendar: Demystifying Kindergarten Admissions and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 70 degrees.
• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 81, low: 71.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The 1931 Rothman's Pawn Shop Building (blogspot.com) — A longtime Eighth Avenue building in Chelsea has evolved from a 19th-century undertaker's home to Rothman's Pawn Shop and, later, a pioneering gay-friendly restaurant central to the neighborhood's LGBTQ social scene. The story traces how changing storefronts at 149 Eighth Avenue mirrored Chelsea's broader transformation, right up to today's Mexican restaurant on the site.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 27
• Demystifying Kindergarten Admissions →
  Parents League Virtual Workshop,
  1:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Burt Bacharach and Beyond By Daddy Rabbit →
  Berimbau Brazilian Table - 36th Street, 3 W 36th St., New York
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• "Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round" Film Screening and Discussion
  New York University Public Events NYU Washington, DC 1307 L Street NW Washington, DC 20005
  6:30 pm
Thursday August 27
• CJHive: An Evening With Artist Steve Marcus →
  Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th St, New York
  6:00 pm
• Hoboken HS Football Away vs Becton HS
  Hoboken Public School District 120 Paterson Ave, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, USA
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Continuing Ed: Supervisory Consultation Across Differences: Build
  New York University Public Events New York, NY 10003
  2:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Doctors Without Boundaries →
  Caveat, 21 A Clinton St, New York
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Size Matters →
  530 West 25th Street New York
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Earl Grey Presents: I Am ME...On PURPOSE! →
  Laurie Beechman Theater, 407 W 42nd St, New York
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Every Street Has A Story →
  Pleiades Gallery, 547 W 27th St, New York
  3:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Marriage, Partnering & Singlehood documentary screening →
  Dwyer Cultural Center, 258 St Nicholas Ave, New York
  6:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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New York

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• NYC Pizza Spots Worth Leaving Your Neighborhood For (patch.com)
• NYC Housing Court Fast-Track: What Tenants Need To Know (patch.com)

Ok Chelsea! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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