Arts and Culture

From everything we’ve heard, APAC had a stellar season! So what better to do than celebrate?! APAC is gathering to celebrate the completion of the season and they want you (…)

We received news of a terrific opportunity for dancers/choreographers who want to do their creative work in Astoria—the Artist in Residency Space Grant from Astoria Fine Arts Dance. Both emerging and (…)

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, (…)

The Waterfront Concert Series this summer again takes place on the Great Lawn in Astoria Park on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. in July and August. It’s a great chance (…)

How great would it be to learn that you’ve got a substitute teacher at the end of the school year… and then it turns out to be not one but (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

  On June 21st, QCA is kicking off summer with their annual Block Party! Enjoy a fun-filled evening of food delights from Bareburger, Snowdonia, Manducatis Rustica, Kim Chi Smoke, and (…)

Make Music New York, the nonprofit organization that organizes city-wide public music festivals on both the Summer and Winter Solstices, has organized over 1,300 free public music shows this year! There (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

We’ve written about the Socrates Sculpture Park Outdoor Cinema series [OC], Astoria Waterfront Movie Nights [AW], and the Newtown Road Backyard Film Festival [NRB], all of which sound awesome. Here’s a handy (…)

We pinpoint popular Orange Is the New Black sightings in Astoria as well as show you ways that Astoria businesses are celebrating the second season release.

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, (…)

Along with Astoria’s two other outdoor summer movie series—Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor Cinema and CALDC’s Astoria Park Movie Nights—there’s another series, called The Newtown Road Backyard Film Festival. This series, now (…)