Astoria Long Island City Sunnyside We Heart Summer Instagram Scavenger Hunt by Judith Rich Each day in August, we reveal a new clue on Instagram for your chance to win exciting neighborhood prizes (shopping, food, books, and limited edition We Heart Astoria swag).
Astoria Submit Your Art to the 2014 Astoria Art Festival by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria The Chuck Jones Animation Exhibit, “What’s Up, Doc?” at MOMI is a Must See by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria Long Island City Saturday Recap – Solstice, Instameet, and Block Parties by Meg Cotner 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, (…)
Astoria Long Island City Socrates Sculpture Park’s 10th Annual Summer Solstice Celebration is Saturday by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria Long Island City Lots of Fun at Socrates Sculpture Park This Weekend by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria Creating a Cool Award by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria All the Art, Bike, and Food Things at Socrates Sculpture Park June 7 by Meg Cotner 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, (…)
Astoria How to Throw Killer Block Party with Your Friends and Change the World by Meg Cotner [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. (…)
Art, Music, Film and Lots More Art This Week in LIC by Meg Cotner 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 (…)
Astoria Vote for the Best of Astoria 2014 by Judith Rich Vote for your favorite Astoria businesses in the Best of Astoria 2014
Long Island City Party at COFFEED on Thursday Night by Meg Cotner 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.
We Heart This Event: Liz Nieves Opening @ Astoria Park Wine & Spirits by Mackenzi Farquer 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 (…)
Long Island City 12 Days of Giveaways, Day 8-Winner by Emily Rios 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. (…)
Long Island City RIP 5 Pointz, Whitewashed This Morning by Meg Cotner 5 Pointz, the Institute for Higher Burning, the Phun Phactory in LIC, was whitewashed this morning.