Astoria Long Island City The Best Events for Film Buffs in Astoria by Claire Leaden Last week we featured some of the best upcoming events for readers, but we haven’t forgotten those who prefer screens to pages! Astoria’s cultural scene is on-point with loads of (…)
Astoria Jackson Heights Long Island City Sunnyside Woodside Astoria and LIC Street Fairs 2019 by Claire Leaden The temps are rising, the trees are blooming and the streets are clear, which means it’s time for one thing: Street Festival Season! You may have seen the one on (…)
Astoria Long Island City Easter in Astoria & LIC 2019 by Claire Leaden From egg hunts to Sunday brunches, we’ve rounded up all of the best Easter events in Astoria and LIC this weekend. Hop to it! Egg Hunts 6th Annual Easter Egg (…)
Astoria Preview Tour: “The Social” Coming to 30th Ave by Claire Leaden We showed the outside of “The Social” coming to 30th Ave recently (in the old New York Dog House location), but we finally got to take a peek at what’s going (…)
Astoria Holy Pepperoni! New “Best Pizza Shop” Comes to 34th Ave by Claire Leaden Astoria has every food imaginable available, but good pizza is one of those few items that seems to come and go too frequently. Well, hopefully here to stay is the (…)
Astoria RUMOR MILL: Taverna Kyclades Moving Locations by Claire Leaden We’ve been hearing a persistent rumor all over the neighborhood that Taverna Kyckades is moving to the corner of 36th St and Ditmars, right across from the Queen’s Room, in this space: (…)
Astoria Jackson Heights Long Island City Help Reunite Immigrant Families at Dining for Justice 4/14 by Claire Leaden What’s better than eating delicious food? Eating delicious food AND giving back to a great cause at the same time! That’s exactly what you can do at Immigrant Families Together‘s second “Dining (…)
Astoria Sneak Peek: TRU Wine Bar’s New Shareable ‘Meze’ Menu by Claire Leaden Tru Astoria on Ditmars Ave spent the past five years as a European cafe, with locals sipping coffee throughout the day and typical food choices like Greek salads and pizzas. (…)
Astoria Long Island City Openings, Closings and Rumors Early Spring Part II by Claire Leaden We had so many helpful comments and observations on last week’s edition of “Openings, Closings and Rumors”‘ that we had to do a second part this week! Lots of business news (…)
Astoria Participatory Budgeting 2019: Decide Where YOUR Community’s Money Goes by Claire Leaden Politics can sometimes leave citizens feeling overwhelmed and ineffective, but luckily on the local level it’s easier to have a direct impact on the community. This is especially true for (…)
Astoria TJ Maxx Astoria to Open MAY 19! by Claire Leaden UPDATE: The TJ Maxx Astoria opening has been pushed back to Sunday, MAY 19, same hours. Back in November we reported that TJ Maxx Astoria was coming to Ditmars in Spring (…)
Long Island City Socrates Sculpture Park Spring 2019 Preview by Claire Leaden One of our favorite Astoria “Spring Things” is enjoying the amazing local parks, and Socrates Sculpture Park just announced their Spring/Summer exhibit: Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space. Located along the (…)
Astoria The Best SPRING THINGS in Astoria by Claire Leaden This week marked the official first day of Spring, which means Astorians are slowly but surely coming out of their winter comas. From subways back up and running (okay not (…)
Weekend Pick: Shop Small Astoria’s 3rd Annual Spring Retail Crawl by Claire Leaden March falls almost exactly in the middle of the holiday season and summer—not offering many excuses to get your shopping on. But luckily, Shop Small Astoria is giving locals the (…)
Astoria Meet the New WHA Writer: Claire Leaden by Claire Leaden Hello, my fellow Astorians! My name is Claire Leaden and I’m thrilled to be the new writer for We Heart Astoria! I’ve read this site since I moved to the neighborhood (…)