Astoria The Hell Gate Horror Is Back! by Meg Cotner While walking home from my early morning swim, I spotted a sign that I had been looking for over the past couple weeks—the flyer announcing the Hell Gate Horror!! Indeed, (…)
Astoria The First Curated Art Walk of the Astoria Art Festival is October 18 by Meg Cotner We Heart Astoria is proud to sponsor the first curated Art Walk at the Astoria Art Festival! We’re big fans of this Festival, now in its third year, and proud (…)
Astoria Astoria’s Columbus Day Parade is October 11 by Meg Cotner Italian culture is still very prominent in Astoria, from its food to its festivals, and the Christopher Columbus Day Parade continues to be a celebrated annual event. This year’s parade—the 37th Annual—is happening (…)
Astoria Funk Master George Clinton is Coming to Astoria by Meg Cotner We just heard that master of funk George Clinton is going to be in Astoria on Monday, October 27 at 7 p.m.! He’ll be in town for a book signing (…)
Astoria Double-Feature of “Growing Cities” and “Growing Farmers” This Weekend by Meg Cotner Astoria’s own urban farm, Brooklyn Grange. The Rural Route Film Festival folks are bringing a double-feature to the Broadway Library this Saturday, focusing on agriculture both in the city and (…)
Astoria Conversation with Andrea Lynn, Author of Queens: A Culinary Passport, at Astoria Bookshop by Meg Cotner Next week on the evening of Tuesday, October 7 there’s a very special event happening at the Astoria Bookshop—at 7 p.m. author Andrea Lynn will be chatting with yours truly (…)
Astoria Delicious Kale Dishes in Astoria for National Kale Day by Meg Cotner Happy National Kale Day, everyone! Here at We Heart Astoria, we are big fans of kale—salads, kale chips, sauteed, in pies, it’s all good. Astoria has some great kale options (…)
Queens Restaurant Week 2014 Starts October 13 by Meg Cotner Thanks to our friends at the QEDC, we’ve learned that Queens Restaurant Week is this month! It starts on October 13 and runs until Halloween. There are a number of spots (…)
Astoria It’s My Park Day October 4 at Astoria Park and Astoria Heights Park by Meg Cotner We’ve learned that It’s My Park Day will be taking place at two different parks in Astoria this Saturday—Astoria Park and Astoria Heights Park. There are all sorts of activities—Zumba, (…)
Astoria Long Island City Sunnyside 2014 Open House NY Weekend in Astoria, LIC, and Sunnyside by Meg Cotner It’s almost that time again—time for Open House NY Weekend! These two days—October 11 and 12 this year, as well as October 10 for Factory Friday—where you get the chance (…)
Astoria Long Island City Sunnyside Welling Court Mural Project Plays Key Role in This Year’s Open House NY Weekend by Meg Cotner While we wait with bated breath for the 12th Annual Open House NY Weekend listings to hit the online stands, we wanted to let you know about how Astoria has (…)
Astoria Free Coffee From XXX Coffee This Saturday at Socrates Sculpture Park by Meg Cotner Our friends at XXX Coffee shared the news that they’ll be offering free coffee on Saturday, 10/4 from 10-11 a.m. (only!!) at Socrates Sculpture Park! They are there usually during (…)
Astoria A Memory of Astoria at MOMI by Meg Cotner We recently learned about this new panoramic video installation at the Museum of the Moving Image, A Memory of Astoria, and it definitely piqued our interest. It was created by (…)
Astoria One Million Dollars – Participatory Budgeting Comes to Astoria Council District 22 by Meg Cotner This week we were notified that participatory budgeting—AKA “What Would You Do With $1 Million?”—is coming to Astoria (Council District 22) via our councilman Costa Constantinides. Costa’s office emailed us (…)
Astoria Learning About Lockwood Style, a New Women’s Clothing Store Coming to Astoria by Meg Cotner As you can imagine, the ladies of We Heart Astoria are looking forward to the new women’s clothing (and more) store that’s being developed by our colleague Mackenzi, proprietor of Lockwood. (…)