As you know from previous posts, we are fans of the Astoria Music Society around here. They are a terrific organization and produce a variety of concerts that feed the (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

It’s Tuesday. It’s raining. Here’s something special I spied from the boys at Astoria Boulevard, one of my favorite local bands! Enjoy.

Lovely WHA readers we wanted to quickly let you know about a few housekeeping items happening here around We Heart Astoria HQ. 1. Look at that pretty new banner! Sure, (…)

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, (…)

Don’t forget, tonight is another installment of Socrates Sculpture Park’s “Outdoor Cinema 2011” a free international movie series. Tonight’s feature: CARAMEL, LEBANON 2008, 95 mins. Directed by Nadine Labaki. This Lebanese (…)

Best places in Astoria and LIC to get bacon

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. (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)