Astoria

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 (…)

We came across a couple of fun specials we thought you should know about—one is a singular event, and the other is a repeating event. First, the singular event, spelled (…)

We’re excited to tell you that Bear will be doing a dumpling house pop-up all summer long! They’ll be serving dumplings at lunch, dinner and brunch services. (Don’t worry—their regular menu and (…)

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 (…)

We wanted to update you on 60 Beans, the new cafe from the folks at Brooklyn Bagel, located on Ditmars at 36th Street. Here’s a gorgeous rendering of the space (…)

It probably seems obvious, but before you can build a new building on a piece of property, the old building must fall. So goes the fate of the little one-story (…)

A good handful of WHA readers have brought this place to our attention—thanks, friends! I walked by the other day hoping to talk to them, but they seemed pretty frazzled. (…)

Back in April we got wind of changes coming to the Sunnyside Prints building, which has seemed abandoned for many years. This is the low-rise brick factory building at 22-78 (…)

New summer dishes at Rest-au-rant including fried artichoke hearts, PEI mussels, RAR Bar Sliders, green salad with fried chickpeas and more.

As someone who LOVES the Adult Lap Swim program, you can imagine how excited I am to finally learn what’s up with it this year. You can even register today! Lap (…)

This weekend is going to the dogs… seriously! There are two dog-related events going on and we love this canine coincidence. Both involve nonprofit organizations doing very good things in (…)

  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 (…)

We got news yesterday of the Astoria Festival and were glad to know it’s happening again this year! This is a great time in Astoria Park for kids of all (…)

Yesterday we brought you several suggestions from Dan Rich for watching the World Cup in Astoria, which starts today at 4 p.m. with a hot match between Brazil and Croatia, (…)