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Art
It’s that time again—time to start thinking again about the Astoria Art Festival, taking place this October right here in Astoria. Right now artists can submit their work with about (…)
Earlier today I had a chance to view the new animation exhibit at MOMI, What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones, and absolutely loved it. This is a (…)
This Saturday was an amazing day in Western Queens. And it was the longest day of the year—the Summer Solstice—so there was plenty of daylight in which to enjoy the day. Plus, (…)
If you can believe it, the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, is just a handful of days away on Saturday. One of the highlights of Solstice in Astoria/LIC is (…)
What a glorious day it was on Saturday! The weather was truly amazing. We spent a few hours at Socrates Sculpture Park because that was the place to be, what (…)
We welcome back Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Executive Director of the Queens Council on the Arts, with more thoughts on the upcoming QCA Block Party. This time it’s about the (…)
We are blown away by all the amazing things happening at Socrates Sculpture Park this Saturday, June 7. Here’s a roundup of the activities, which range from food to bikes, (…)
[Our friend Hoong Yee Krakauer, Executive Director of the Queens Council on the Arts, muses in this post on her emotional and analytical process in producing the upcoming QCA Block Party. (…)
Over on We Heart LIC we’ve been posting about all the amazing arts events happening in Long Island City this week—there’s the LIC Arts Open, the Queens World Film Festival (…)
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There’s going to be a party at COFFEED in LIC on Thursday night, where you can enjoy live music, spoken word performances, tastings, installations, and original art.
Artist Liz Nieves will be exhibiting a new series of photos that are tied to a project she launched in March 2013, called glitter and doom, where she showcases the everyday (…)
One lucky artistic winner will have space to grow! Congrats Isabel H!! You are the winner of a gift certificate for 20 hours of rehearsal space at Spaceworks Long Island City. (…)
5 Pointz, the Institute for Higher Burning, the Phun Phactory in LIC, was whitewashed this morning.