Meg Cotner

Did you hear the news? Earlier this week, concerned neighbors rallied together to demand the MTA give the 7 train a “top-to-bottom review,” similar to the ones performed previously on (…)

We’ve been in touch with our friends at APAC and they told us about their upcoming new festival called Astoria Stories. This is in celebration of their 15th season—and we are (…)

Click to enlarge. While screwing around doing research on Facebook this weekend, I wandered over to the District Mot page and learned that they’ve got an opening date! Their grand (…)

Each week we bring you highlights and ideas for what to do in Astoria for the week through our What to Do This Week Series.  Got suggestions of your own? Share in (…)

On Monday, February 8, Q.E.D. is hosting what will no doubt be an engaging, interesting, and thought-provoking opportunity to get to know the important work that Big Brothers Big Sisters (…)

Last December we wrote about the start of what might be a “crepe invasion” of the neighborhood—Japanese style crepes have arrived in Astoria. This week I had a chance to be (…)

Around this time each year we get pretty excited about learning who wins the Young Architects Program competition at MoMA PS1. The NY Times published the news yesterday—the winner is (…)

Each week we bring you highlights and ideas for what to do in Astoria for the week through our What to Do This Week Series.  Got suggestions of your own? Share in (…)

I was watching TV this morning, and realized that one of the city’s Vision Zero ads was filmed right here in Astoria! It’s a sad tale of a speeding car (…)

It’s almost that time, again—time for the biggest unofficial American holiday, Superbowl Sunday (February 7). This year, as you know, is Superbowl 50—and did you know why the NFL shunned the (…)

WHA reader Nancy tipped us off to this bit of news—beloved Astoria Italian restaurant Ponticello (46-11 Broadway) has closed. They were an Astoria institution for 34 years, serving up quality Northern Italian (…)

Each week we bring you highlights and ideas for what to do in Astoria for the week through our What to Do This Week Series.  Got suggestions of your own? Share in (…)

The Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue) presents its excellent See It Big series at different times of the year, and usually it showcases beloved classic films like Dr. Strangelove, (…)

Welcome to the first news and rumors post of 2016. We’ve been watching the chatter about the neighborhood and thought we’d update you on what’s what, all in one place. One (…)

Each week we bring you highlights and ideas for what to do in Astoria for the week through our What to Do This Week Series.  Got suggestions of your own? Share in (…)