Over on We Heart LIC, we’ve written about the opportunity for LIC businesses and organizations to participate in the second annual LIC Springs!, a big block festival on Vernon Blvd (…)
Arts and Culture
This past Sunday, vendors and shoppers from all across the five boroughs traveled to the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden for Astoria Market‘s Spring Shopping Event, a gathering of local artisans and small (…)
What do you get when you mix weeknight drinks, LGBT comedy, and all-you-can-eat candy? A evening with Urbane: A Comedy Show, coming to QED Wednesday, March 25 at 9 p.m.! (…)
It’s no secret, we’re big fans of APAC. If you haven’t heard, Astoria Performing Arts Center produces, “adventurous theater in Astoria” according to the New York Times, and in my (…)
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 (…)
Welcome to another installation of our lightly treaded but much beloved column, My Astoria, where local Astorians tell us what makes Astoria special to them. This time we have two (…)
We were fortunate to be invited to a press preview of Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men, a new exhibit opening up at MOMI this Saturday, March 14. If you love the (…)
Celebrating their twelfth season, the Astoria Symphony Orchestra will bring the music of Mozart, Brahms, and Barber to Long Island City High School on Sunday, March 15 at 5 p.m. Concertgoers (…)
You may have the moves like Jagger, but can you shred like Keith? Better yet, want to feel like a rock star without playing any actual instruments? Then head over (…)
If you’re like me, you’ve probably listened to the new Carly Rae Jepsen single more times this week than you’d like to admit. (It’s just so catchy.) To take a (…)
Fans of experimental expression will be in for a treat this Saturday at Museum of the Moving Image, when I/O: An Evening of Multimedia Performance, makes its debut. Curated by Alex Nathanson and Will (…)
This past Sunday afternoon at the Q.E.D. Jam for Astoria Park Alliance, drinks were poured, music was played, and jokes were told, all for a great cause: raising funds and awareness for Astoria (…)
Beautiful Astoria Park in warmer weather. This coming Sunday, March 1, join the Astoria Park Alliance for the Q.E.D. Jam – this is live performance at Q.E.D. to benefit the (…)
Are you tired of cold, gray, winter weather? Do you have a hot outfit that needs to see the light of day? Do you want to support the future (…)
Q.E.D creative performance space and the Astoria Bookshop have launched a new pop-up bookshop opening this weekend!