St. Patrick's Day Comes Early to the Rockaways Too
Monday February 28, 2005
The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Rockaways is Saturday, March 4. It's a long-running neighborhood parade through Belle Harbor in the Rockaways.
Saturday, March 4, 2006, starting at ... Read More
St. Patrick's Day Comes Early to Sunnyside
Thursday February 24, 2005
The Queens St. Patrick's Day Parade is on March 5, two weeks earlier than the Manhattan event. The Queens parade is a neighborhood event in Sunnyside and Woodside, ... Read More
Museum for African Art - Free Admission Through April
Thursday February 24, 2005
The Museum for African Art is a great small museum in Long Island City, and it's even greater this February, March, and April because admission is free.
Through June 5, the ... Read More
"Maria Full of Grace" Oscar-Nominated Film Set in Jackson Heights
Tuesday February 22, 2005
Actress Catalina Sandino Moreno has pulled off a major coup and gotten a Oscar nomination in her first movie role. She stars as Maria in Maria Full of Grace, ... Read More
More Presidents' Day in Queens
Monday February 21, 2005
Sure there's snow and rain this morning and it's a holiday for a lot of folks-- that's no excuse to spend all day indoors or at the mall. The ... Read More
Presidents Weekend in Queens
Saturday February 19, 2005
P.S. 1 has to be top on the list of art lovers this weekend because it's about to close -- starting Tuesday -- for a month in preparation for the ... Read More
Hal Hartley at Museum of the Moving Image
Thursday February 17, 2005
Hal Hartley's new film The Girl from Monday just had its premiere at Sundance and will be screened this Saturday at the Museum of the Moving Image along with his ... Read More
Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Gates Built in Maspeth
Tuesday February 15, 2005
Speaking of Maspeth, I neglected to mention in the earlier post that all of Christo's 7,500 Central Park Gates were constructed at a Maspeth warehouse.
If you haven't seen ... Read More
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Monday February 14, 2005
Okay, maybe it's a harsh headline for the holiday, but St. Valentine's Day Massacre
is the latest album, due out in March, by Queens-born and raised rapper 50 Cent.
50 ... Read More
Nine Catholic Schools in Queens Closing
Thursday February 10, 2005
This is the week of Queens closings. As much as the new Queens is new! new! new! -- it's tough to say good-bye to neighborhood landmarks.
The ... Read More
Need a New Wok for the New Year?
Thursday February 10, 2005
It's a Chinese tradition to buy a new wok as part of the Lunar New Year celebration.
Here are two shops in Flushing for woks and other Chinese cooking ... Read More
Battle of the Pizzerias in Middle Village
Tuesday February 8, 2005
A while ago I wrote a review of Rosa's Pizzeria in Middle Village where the grandma slices are out of the world. But Middle Village knows pizza, and there's ... Read More
Niederstein's Closing
Monday February 7, 2005
The oldest restaurant in Queens shut its doors last weekend after a 150-year run. Niederstein's in Middle Village was a German restaurant that dated back to when the neighborhood ... Read More
Profile on Long Island City
Thursday February 3, 2005
Long Island City is huge. It's at least 10 neighborhoods. The area often considered LIC is actually Hunters Point. The real LIC includes a big chunk of ... Read More