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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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PS1 Saturday June 26 Free Admission for Queens Residents
MoMA PS1 is FREE all day Saturday June 26th 12pm – 6pm for Queens residents. It’s Queens Community Day! I remember going to this some years back and all I had to do was present an electric bill and I got in for free- all for the love of Queens. It’s a good time to explore [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Play Me, I’m Yours Public Art Project Places Pianos in Queens Parks
This summer, Play Me, I’m Yours is touring the New York City streets. The public art project is an artwork installation by British artist Luke Jerram and presented by Sing for Hope. From 9am-10pm 60 pianos will be dispersed around the city parks from June 21-July 5. Take a walk through your neighborhood and show off your talent in these [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Outdoor Summer Fun in Queens
The weather is getting warmer and the tank-tops go by. Here are a few ways to get out and entertain yourself… Thalia Spanish Theatre- Sunday June 20th join the festival of music and dance at Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside at Thomson Hill Park. It’s free from 1pm to 2pm. Make Music New York- Monday [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Read it and Weep- Save Queens Libraries!
The sad little boy on the sidewalk looked up at me as he held his clipboard. He asked me if I wanted to help save the library by signing his petition. Indeed I do, and I did. The Queens Library is not just a place to check-out a book; it’s a place where your neighbors [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Burger Garage in LIC Set to Open in July
Hankering for a burger, I zipped by this place many times on my bicycle, only to find that they were closed. I decided to inquire within. A helpful voice on the other end of the line informed me that the Burger Garage should open sometime in July. In the meantime I will have to wait at [...]
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