Meg Cotner

We’ve learned about what sounds like a fun event—a book signing of When the Cypress Whispers by Yvette Manessis Corporon, taking place at Artopolis Bakery on Saturday, September 13 from 1 (…)

A couple of weeks ago the WHA crew was invited over to Off The Hook to try their rum-inspired menu. We had been there before and liked the food, but (…)

As you may know, our very own El Rey Del Taco is up for a Vendy Award this year! They are vying for the Vendy Cup, along with Cinnamon Snail, (…)

We were happy to learn of the opening of The Princess of Bedlam, a production of Art House Astoria in their theater space, The Broom Tree Theater. It opens tomorrow (…)

It’s that time again—the 13th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. Thanks to the Queens Chronicle and NY Daily News for originally listing these events, and here’s a selection of the (…)

Tuesday, September 9 is the day of the next big election—the NY State/Local Primary. Good thing Gotham Gazette and WNYC have put together this handy dandy Election Guide. In this (…)

This post has been edited. A while back we mentioned that the folks from Avenue Cafe were opening up a new spot on Ditmars, and we now know the name—TRU (…)

Well how cool is this?!? MA Senator Elizabeth Warren was in town! On Thursday she spent time at Kaufman Astoria Studios to film a cameo in Amazon’s Alpha House. According (…)

Chicken Kaprow at Pye Boat Noodle, one of Astoria’s newcomers raising the bar on Thai food in the neighborhood. We received a thought-provoking comment from a thoughtful Astorian aptly called, (…)

Earlier this week we heard from one of our readers, TJT, that Lorusso’s Pizza and Focaccia has closed. He was kind enough to take this photo and send it our way. (…)

Thanks to our friends at Astorians, I was led to this article in the NY Daily News about the city pools this recent summer. Bottom line: Astoria Pool is crazy (…)

Thanks to the folks at GrowNYC, we’ve learned about the Socrates Greenmarket Farmer Games, which sound like a good time. Get ready for lots of family-friendly fun this Saturday, September (…)

What a day on 30th Avenue yesterday! Seemed like most of Astoria was out and about, enjoying/managing the hot weather and filling up on grilled meats, corn, and cannolis, among (…)

Thanks to the fine folks at the fabulous Broadway World, we’ve learned that APAC is launching their 2014-15 season with Cody Daigle’s In The Bones. It’s scheduled for November, but (…)

Want to work towards a great dog run in Astoria? There’s a petition you can sign—and you never know, maybe this time it will make a difference. Over the years on various (…)