Museums and Galleries

BY: ANNA DORE Hello, Astoria! Anna here- the gal behind WeHeart’s Insta and Facebook pages (we’ve probably DMed by now). I recently got married at the Queens Museum, and thought (…)

Happy Weekend! Here are our picks worth noting for Sat & Sun! Discounted Local Photoshoots Photo shoots can be expensive, so local photographer Sylense Labit likes to book several families on (…)

Smithsonian-recognized artist David Datuna just opened a new non-traditional art space in Long Island City, and it’s not just the venue—a repurposed taxi cab garage—that’s unusual. Datuna is well-known for his (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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! (…)

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 (…)

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, 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, (…)

Akari: “among the most ubiquitous sculptures on Earth.”

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, (…)

Get your art on at the Kaufman Arts District’s Backlot Art Festival this weekend!

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, (…)

The Jim Henson Exhibition takes up permanent residence at MOMI in July!

    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 (…)