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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 )LIC’s Burger Garage Menu is Finally Here!
Click here to check out their menu and information on their opening date, coming soon!
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 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 )Kew Gardens Peruvian Restaurant Comes to Astoria…Soon
I try to avoid the suburbs. I would rather find myself lost among the trees and rolling hills of the vast countryside or racing for a cab (or the N train) between two concrete and steel slabs before I set foot in the Anytown USA that is the American suburbs. Kew Gardens however, is an [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Summer Daze are Here Again!
Take a break from the heat and head to Brick Cafe in Astoria for some neighborhood shopping and eating. Join Kristees and 14 of her fellow local designers for an evening of fun and fashion Wednesday July 21 6-10pm. Brick Cafe 3095 33rd Street Astoria, NY 11102-1457 (718) 267-2735
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 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 )Sunnyside Artist in the House
I met Juan Hinojosa last September, but it was only a week ago I saw his artwork. In his studio he creates life size collages made from found objects, think: metro cards, food wrappers and clothing tags. His works were highlighted in a New York Times article not too long ago. I decided to catch [...]
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