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Don’t forget, tonight is another installment of Socrates Sculpture Park’s “Outdoor Cinema 2011” a free international movie series. Tonight’s feature: CARAMEL, LEBANON 2008, 95 mins. Directed by Nadine Labaki. This Lebanese (…)

As we mentioned on Facebook back in May, Astoria Park Pool opens tomorrow!  I’ve been watching the pool for the past week during my runs in Astoria Park, and it’s (…)

Astoria is special in many ways, but one of the reasons why this is this time of year is the Independence Celebration!  Scheduled a little earlier than July 4, this (…)

My friend Heather alerted me to the presence of Pop-Up Pianos in Astoria and LIC last week and then over the weekend, a few other friends brought this to my (…)

One of the questions I’ve received the most this past month is “Which movies are they showing at Socrates this summer?”  I saw a listing on another site but was (…)

For the past couple of years, the Astoria Park Shore Fest (formerly known as the Astoria Water Walk) has happened for three successive weekends each August. Shore Blvd along Astoria (…)

Yesterday I headed west to the Build it Green! block party, and wandered past the festivities and toward Whitey Ford Field (located at the west end of 26th Ave). I (…)

Yesterday I took a walk over to Astoria Park and saw for myself just how beautiful it is this spring, so I thought I’d share some of the photos with (…)

For the past 6 years in the month of September, there’s been a community shoreline cleanup along the shore in Astoria Park.  Often it has coincided with the day of (…)

This weekend brings us the second installation of the Astoria Water Walk!  This week’s focus:  FOOD! The Astoria Water Walk presents Taste the Neighborhood. Yummeh! Here’s the schedule of free (…)

This weekend hails the second year of the Astoria Water Walk! What is the Astoria Water Walk? It’s a celebration of fun on Shore Blvd along Astoria Park, in the (…)