The Queens World Film Festival opens tonight at Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. This year’s line-up features 104 richly diverse films, including a special LGBT block in partnership with Queens Pride.
Arts and Culture
This Sunday cozy up by the fire and let your creative side shine. Join other Queens literary folks in cozy carriage house in the back of LIC Bar for a night (…)
We thought it would be fun to take a look into the art that’s currently gracing the walls at The Queens Kickshaw, as part of their rotating art displays. This month, (…)
While The Astoria Bookshop still doesn’t have a permanent Astoria home, that isn’t stopping them from bringing us great author & book events! Join them Tuesday 11/27 for The Books They (…)
Friends, do you know about Astoria Art Festival? We Heart Astoria is thrilled to be the official sponsor of this amazing local art week- packed full of parties, openings, shows (…)
WHA’ers one of our greatest joys in writing We Heart Astoria is supporting local endeavors of all varieties. Our good friends at APAC (Astoria Performing Arts Center) have worked so (…)
**This event has been postponed until Wednesday, November 7th due to Sandy.** Join The Astoria Bookshop as they kick off the first in a series of book events in the (…)
Editor’s Note: this event has changed locations! See the updated info below. Do you know about the amazing annual LIC Arts Open? Here’s a good intro: LIC Arts Open is an (…)
Learn more about the work of Cheryl Pope and her latest installation, (In)voluntary, opening May 5th at Mandragoras Art Space.
What to do this weekend in Astoria – from Queens Swap at Sweet Afton to Pork Fest at Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden to shopping at SITE and more.
Over the weekend I was going through my unedited photos and came across a series of shots I took about a month ago of the murals in Western Astoria. Have (…)
As you know from previous posts, we are fans of the Astoria Music Society around here. They are a terrific organization and produce a variety of concerts that feed the (…)
Last week I had the chance to preview the upcoming exhibit, Civic Action: A Vision For Long Island City, showing at the Noguchi Museum. It will open on Thursday, October (…)
We were alerted to what sounds like a very cool event happening tomorrow night in Long Island City. It’s called BODY OF WORK: A Creative Translation Event, and is a collaboration (…)
It’s Tuesday. It’s raining. Here’s something special I spied from the boys at Astoria Boulevard, one of my favorite local bands! Enjoy.