Astoria Long Island City How Two Astoria Women Are Expanding Art Education for Local Kids by Claire Leaden Astoria locals Ashley Cavadas and Hannah Lokken both grew up as self-proclaimed “art nerds,” always crafting and creating. They both followed that passion through school—with Hannah studying Illustration & Graphic Design (…)
Two Events You Can Get ARTSY at This Week by Claire Leaden Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day Weekend and enjoyed the publishing of our 50+ Things to Do This Summer list! Let us know if there are any of your (…)
Astoria Long Island City 50+ Things to Do This Summer (2019 Edition) by Claire Leaden It’s Memorial Day Weekend…which means it’s unofficially summer…which means it’s time for our annual 50+ THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER list!! From opportunities to get more social (sports! trivia leagues! (…)
Long Island City MoMA PS1 Becomes Biergarten for One Night Only this Friday by Claire Leaden Art + Beer may not be the most classic combination, but having all local breweries at an experimental art museum complete with a DJ set and outdoor film screenings? Now (…)
Long Island City Socrates Sculpture Park Spring 2019 Preview by Claire Leaden One of our favorite Astoria “Spring Things” is enjoying the amazing local parks, and Socrates Sculpture Park just announced their Spring/Summer exhibit: Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space. Located along the (…)
Astoria Long Island City 50+ Things to Do This Summer (2018 Edition) by Emily Rios Astoria, the unofficial start of summer has arrived! With Memorial Day behind us, we can finally start to plan our perfect summer fun—movies in the park, pool time, art openings, (…)
Astoria Get To Know the Iconic Akari at The Noguchi Museum by Meg Cotner Akari: “among the most ubiquitous sculptures on Earth.”
Astoria Queens Hip Hop Festival Returns September 22-24 by Lindsay Goyette After 2016’s successful debut, the Queens Hip Hop Festival is back for their second year. From Friday, September 22 to Sunday, September 24, a celebration of hip hop music, art, (…)
Astoria Don’t Miss the Inaugural Backlot Art Festival This Weekend! by Meg Cotner Get your art on at the Kaufman Arts District’s Backlot Art Festival this weekend!
Astoria Long Island City 50+ Things To Do This Summer in Astoria and Long Island City (2017 Edition) by Emily Rios Astoria, the unofficial start of summer has arrived! With Memorial Day behind us, we can finally start to plan our perfect summer fun—movies in the park, pool time, art openings, (…)
Astoria Mark Your Calendars – The Jim Henson Exhibition Opens at MOMI in July! by Meg Cotner The Jim Henson Exhibition takes up permanent residence at MOMI in July!
Astoria MoMI’s Jim Henson Kickstarter Shatters First Goal, Dreams Bigger by Lindsay Goyette Calling all fans of The Muppets! Museum of the Moving Image has launched an already-successful Kickstarter campaign to raise $40,000 for The Jim Henson Exhibition, scheduled to open later in (…)
Made In Queens Store Pops up at LIC’s RESOBOX by Lindsay Goyette Fans of the MiQ (Made In Queens) store, get ready to visit RESOBOX! Starting April 9th, the hyper-local retail hub will be launching a pop-up at LIC’s art gallery/restaurant hybrid. Shoppers will (…)
Long Island City MoMA PS1’s Warm Up 1998 Ticket Package by Meg Cotner Get your Warm Up tickets – all 10 of them – for 98 bucks!
Astoria MOMI’s “He Will Not Divide Us”… Cancelled by Meg Cotner The streaming video installation, He Will Not Divide Us, at MOMI, has been shut down.
