Music & Dance
Hell Gate Leads to Music and Art this Saturday in Astoria!
Astorian Lizabeth Nieves has been busy these days. Here is the email I recieved about her latest project at Hell Gate Social: Astoria Music and Arts Presents: Suspension of Disbelief – Art with Live Music at HGS (Art curated by Lizabeth Nieves) Come experience Art the Astoria way – not with wine spritzers and cheese plates, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Teach Your Little Ones to Dance at the Green Space
The Green Space wants to teach your little ones the creative movements of dance! Here is what they say about the project: Sprouts & Seedlings! Creative Movement for Children 10-week Saturday Session September 25 – December 11, 2010 Free Trial Class: September 18th Sprouts (ages4-6) 10:00 am – 10:45 am Seedlings (ages 7-9) 11:00 am [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dragon Boat Festival in Queens!
It’s the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in the heart of Flushing Meadows Park this weekend Saturday August 7th and Sunday August 8th. Watch the as the magnificent dragon boats zip through Meadow Lake while the competing teams race to the finish. You don’t want to miss this once a year extravaganza! Before you [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )One Sharp Cookie: A Few Words With Astoria’s “Saw Lady”
As a child I thought that the saw had only one purpose, to cut through mom’s famous holiday fruitcake. Little did I know that the tool is also used as a musical instrument. Natalia Paruz presents New York City’s Musical Saw Festival Saturday August 7, 2010 (supported by the Queens Council on the Arts). How does one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Get Ready for Some Yankee Twang Friday Night!
I first heard Joe Thompson and the Comfortable Catastrophe at WNYC’s Battle of the Boroughs last month. With a fierce talent and sharp wit, their music cut through the room like the raging tide cuts though the calm sands at Rockaway… In other words, they blew audience away and won the Battle of the Boroughs. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Queens First International Theater Festival This Week
For the next week (July 21- July 29) La Guardia Performing Arts Center will host the first international theater festival, Which Direction Home?, in collaboration with The Internationalists. The creative experience takes its audience through a unique interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey. Watch as eight directors from six different countries use the epic poem as a platform for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hot Weather and Full Moon at Astoria Music Now Festival Saturday!
It’s going to be 100 degrees and a full moon Saturday. While all the werewolves are shedding their fur and howling at the moon, you will be dancing in the green grass of Astoria Park with the Astoria Make Music Now! festival. Get out of your stuffy apartment and join the live bands and local [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Summer Stage in Queens!
I remember waiting in line for hours under the hot steamy sun to see Sonic Youth (among many other boated old punksters) in Central Park’s Summer Stage. Now, I don’t even have to leave the neighborhood. For the next two weeks Summer Stage is setting the scene in Long Island City & Queens! Enjoy hip [...]
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