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 (…)
Weekend Pick: Shop Small Astoria’s 3rd Annual Spring Retail Crawl by Claire Leaden March falls almost exactly in the middle of the holiday season and summer—not offering many excuses to get your shopping on. But luckily, Shop Small Astoria is giving locals the (…)
Dining For Justice Event Will Help Reunite Separated Families by Laura Caseley On December 9, local food vendors will be gathering in Long Island City for a Queens Dinner Club event called Dining For Justice to raise money for Immigrant Families Together (IFT). (…)
Astoria Halloween 2018 In Astoria by Mackenzi Farquer Here’s our action-packed, just spooky enough, Halloween in Astoria 2018 post! Pumpkin smashing, dance parties, and sweet treats are just a few of the things you can look forward to (…)
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 Check out ACD Playspace by Emily Rios A Child’s Daycation Playspace (ACD) is a family-owned business that opened in November 2017, after the owner, who has provided in-home child care in Astoria for over 10 years, noticed a (…)
Party Preview: Best of Astoria Bash 2018 by Emily Rios It’s time for the fifth annual Best Of Astoria Bash, where we announce the 2018 Best of Astoria winners! Find out what Astorians selected as best restaurant, brunch, bar, and the (…)
Astoria SpeedRoommating with SpareRoom by Emily Rios Who can relate to the struggle of apartment hunting in New York? Yeah thought so! Say goodbye to those days thanks to SpeedRoommating! SpeedRoommating hosted by SpareRoom is a super (…)
Astoria The 2018 Best of Astoria Bash by Emily Rios It’s time for the fifth annual Best Of Astoria Bash, where we announce the 2018 Best of Astoria winners! (Don’t forget voting ends Friday, April 6th) Find out what Astorians selected (…)
Astoria Explore Queens: Good Cocktail Passport by Emily Rios Good Passports, BoozeMenus, The Queens Tourism Council and Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liqueur present the Discover Queens Good Cocktail Passport which will act as a fundraiser for New York Cares, New York City’s largest #volunteer organization. By (…)
Astoria Cocktail Magic at The Queens Cup by Emily Rios The Bonnie’s biannual cocktail competition brings Queens’ best mixologists together to battle it out for the Queens Cup. This year the battle will take place on Monday, January 29th. Competitors (…)
Long Island City Summer in Winter – Summertime Beers and Fish Tacos in LIC by Meg Cotner Enjoy a brief moment of summer this winter at Rockaway Brewing Co on Saturday, January 17 in LIC.
Secret Summer Aquarius by Emily Rios Last summer, we were beyond thrilled to attend the Secret Summer event as a media partner. I had an amazing time, the entire experience was fun from start to finish. (…)
Astoria Long Island City MulchFest 2018 – Turn Your Christmas Tree into Nourishing Mulch by Meg Cotner MulchFest is back! It will be happening on Saturday and Sunday, January 6 and 7, from 10am-2pm. Recycle your tree, don’t put it in a landfill!
Astoria Long Island City Spiked Mug Fest + Holiday Market by Emily Rios Andy Williams remarked that “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, and we agree. If you are looking to have a good time while simultaneously getting stuff done on (…)