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BY: ANNA DORE Welcome back to another edition of Astoria Interiors, a series where we go inside neighborhood homes to showcase design on the most local level. Today we head (…)

Tomorrow, November 30 is Small Business Saturday! The tradition was started 10 years ago by American Express, in order to “bring communities together in support of their favorite small businesses.” (…)

Since Thanksgiving is so late this year, it already feels like the holidays are upon us — which means you need to start checking off your gift-giving list! Instead of (…)

Welcome back to another edition of Astoria Interiors, a series where we go inside neighborhood homes to showcase design on the most local level. Today, we’re heading inside a colorful, (…)

Of course giving back to our community year-round is so important, but making a concentrated effort during a set period of time is always helpful — and the holiday season (…)

We stroll by Astoria’s countless buildings every day— but have you ever wondered what’s behind the walls? In our new series, Astoria Interiors, we’ll take you behind the scenes in (…)

With Halloween next week and Thanksgiving a month away, we are fully in fall. That means there’s only a month or two left to fully enjoy what everyone’s favorite season has (…)

We have you all set for the warm, sunny days of summer in Queens, but what about when it’s dreary and rainy? (And, uh extremely humid?) We’ve definitely had our (…)

Though we have some amazing fruit and veggie markets (United Brothers! Mr. Avo!) year-round, summer is a great time to check out local Farmers Markets. Unfortunately the Astoria Greenmarket from (…)

Lockwood is a mainstay in Astoria with its home/gift, paper and style stores—and became a welcome addition to Jackson Heights in 2015 as well. Now the store (owned by WHA (…)

It’s Memorial Day Weekend…which means it’s unofficially summer…which means it’s time for our annual 50+ THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER list!! From opportunities to get more social (sports! trivia leagues! (…)

Record Store Day (RSD)—the annual celebration of the nearly 1,400 independently owned record stores in the U.S.—comes but once a year, and lucky for us we can participate right here in (…)

When thinking of neighborhood activities in Astoria, our mind tends to go to eating, drinking and maybe going to the park (how could we not?). But, the community also has (…)

Your favorite neighborhood artisans are back this Sunday, April 7 for the return of the Queens Craft Brigade (QCB)! For those who don’t know, QCB is a group that puts on (…)

We had so many helpful comments and observations on last week’s edition of “Openings, Closings and Rumors”‘ that we had to do a second part this week! Lots of business news (…)