Today we’re thrilled to announce we’re the sponsor of The Sparrow Film Project, a community driven filmmaking competition that challenges amateurs and professionals alike to create a three minute film in (…)
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With Memorial Day over, we can’t help but think about all things summer! This year we’re bringing you our favorite things to do around town (and a few slightly outside (…)
Opening Night of the Queens World Film Festival can be best summed up in just one word: inspiring. The excitement in the air surrounding the filmmakers, event organizers, and fans (…)
We’re thrilled to kick of the new year with a giveaway to one of our favorite Astoria institutions, Museum of the Moving Image! We’re giving you the chance to win (…)
How cool is it to run across this Queens Courier article about Astoria’s very own Saw Lady (AKA Natalia Paruz) having her playing featured in an upcoming feature film! The (…)
We just heard that master of funk George Clinton is going to be in Astoria on Monday, October 27 at 7 p.m.! He’ll be in town for a book signing (…)
Astoria’s own urban farm, Brooklyn Grange. The Rural Route Film Festival folks are bringing a double-feature to the Broadway Library this Saturday, focusing on agriculture both in the city and (…)
We recently learned about this new panoramic video installation at the Museum of the Moving Image, A Memory of Astoria, and it definitely piqued our interest. It was created by (…)
Earlier today on Facebook we posted an Instagram from WHA fan @kellnr of the preparations happening for a shoot of St. James Place, the new film from Steven Spielberg (not (…)
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 (…)
We are big fans of the QNS Collective and we’re super excited to be both collaborators and supporters of the first QNS Cowork Week. Check out all of the fantastic (…)
We wanted to let you know about this amazing event coming later in September—New York on Location. It’s going to happen on the Kaufman Astoria Studios backlot on Sunday, September 21, 2014 (…)
We suggest 50 great things to do in Astoria, LIC and beyond before the summer ends (food, shopping, sports, community events) – a must read list!
We are pretty psyched about Mundo’s impending return to the Astoria/LIC dining scene, and happy that they are very close to opening their new spot in The Paper Factory Hotel. (…)
We’ve learned about this interesting Screening Festival series, hosted at Katch and produced by Framework Productions. It’s happening bi-monthly in Katch’s beer garden, in an effort to build a regular (…)