Long Island City Civic Action at the Noguchi Museum by Meg Cotner Last week I had the chance to preview the upcoming exhibit, Civic Action: A Vision For Long Island City, showing at the Noguchi Museum. It will open on Thursday, October (…)
Long Island City QUILL Presents BODY OF WORK: A Creative Translation Event by Meg Cotner We were alerted to what sounds like a very cool event happening tomorrow night in Long Island City. It’s called BODY OF WORK: A Creative Translation Event, and is a collaboration (…)
Astoria Bareburger Ditmars – Same Great Burgers, New Inviting Space by Meg Cotner Yesterday, Mackenzi and I were able to meet up for lunch at the new Ditmars location of Bareburger. We are both big fans of their food, and we were curious (…)
Beach Plum Week is Coming by Meg Cotner Today I was tipped off to the existence of Beach Plum Week in Long Island City. What are beach plums? They are tiny, slightly tart plums (1/2 inch to an (…)
Coming Soon to LIC – Bear by Meg Cotner We were recently contacted by the people at the new (opening soon) LIC restaurant Bear (no, this is not their bear, or even a representative of the restaurant, but he is a (…)
Socrates Greenmarket and Cooking Demonstration by Meg Cotner By now, you may be aware that Astoria has a new greenmarket on Saturdays, located at Socrates Sculpture Park! It started back in June and will go until November 19, (…)
Astoria Bareburger is Coming to Ditmars by Meg Cotner In case anyone needs more proof, here it is: Bareburger Ditmars is coming along. This is the corner of 23rd Ave and 31st Street. I snapped this photo this morning. (…)
Astoria Astoria Park Pool Opens June 29 by Meg Cotner As we mentioned on Facebook back in May, Astoria Park Pool opens tomorrow! I’ve been watching the pool for the past week during my runs in Astoria Park, and it’s (…)
Independence Celebration (Fireworks!) in Astoria Park by Meg Cotner Astoria is special in many ways, but one of the reasons why this is this time of year is the Independence Celebration! Scheduled a little earlier than July 4, this (…)
Make Music New York Fun by Meg Cotner I don’t know about you, but I love Make Music New York – it is such a fun event. Astoria had a ton of participating sites, which meant lots of (…)
Pop -Up Pianos by Meg Cotner My friend Heather alerted me to the presence of Pop-Up Pianos in Astoria and LIC last week and then over the weekend, a few other friends brought this to my (…)
Queens Art Express (QAX) Kick Off Fun by Meg Cotner Last night I attended the Queens Art Express (QAX) Kick Off Party at Kaufman Astoria Studios, and had a great time! It was really nice to run into so many (…)
Outdoor Cinema Series Schedule at Socrates Sculpture Park by Meg Cotner One of the questions I’ve received the most this past month is “Which movies are they showing at Socrates this summer?” I saw a listing on another site but was (…)
Cinema Soiree Fun by Meg Cotner Last night I stopped by the Cinema Soiree at Hell Gate Social. As we’ve mentioned, this was a fundraiser for the Outdoor Cinema series at Socrates Sculpture Park. It’s a (…)
Waterfront Vision Plan Reception by Meg Cotner A while back , we told you about a series of neighborhood listening sessions about the Astoria/LIC waterfront, organized by Green Shores and the Trust for Public Land. The sessions (…)