Happy Halloween! If trick-or-treating or tonight's Halloween parade in Jackson Heights aren't scary enough for you, then maybe it's time to check out Queens' haunted houses. The NY Post ... Read More

Dog Show at Flushing Meadows Park - October 28-30 Gallery Opening at the Chocolate Factory - October 28 Halloween Festival at Fort Totten - and - Exploring Fort Totten at Night ... Read More

Goblins? Demontors? Witches and Wizards? Bwah-ha-ha-ha! Tonight ditch the scary movie and curl up to the latest Harry Potter book, The Half-Blood Prince, possibly the best yet. Saturday, wakie-wakie, you'll need ... Read More

The pawnshops in Jamaica, Queens, hold international treasures. There's a NY Times article on the pawnshops near the corner of Sutphin Blvd and Jamaica Ave in downtown Jamaica. It's ... Read More

- Last Tuesday a fire broke out on the Queensboro Bridge during repair work, and closed the bridge to traffic for hours. It has since reopened. - An arrest has ... Read More

Chowhounds, rejoice! Mina, a legendary cook beloved by the Chowhound, has opened the doors at her new restaurant, Spicy Mina in Woodside (Spicy Mina, 64-23 Broadway, Woodside, NY ... Read More

Gum Fung has closed. Dim sum is such a glorious meal -- lots of tea, small dishes, and surprises shared with friends on a weekend morning or early afternoon. One ... Read More

The Donald, one of the most famous people born in Queens, was the subject of a NY Times Magazine article this weekend. Apparently, Trump's ego has gotten the better of ... Read More

Sleight of Mind at Flushing Town Hall - Opens October 21 Controlled Substances - Urban Vinyl, Designer Toy Show - October 22 Harvest Festival at the King Manor in Jamaica - October ... Read More

"My god, it's full of stars!" No, not the Avalon realty office. The monolith. If you don't know what I mean, you've got to catch the Kubrick classic 2001: A ... Read More

Step back in the past this weekend for Harvest Fest at the 18th-century King Manor Museum. Free for the kids, there'll be games, crafts, artisan demonstrations, food, music, ... Read More

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center rolls out their new fall shows this weekend. There's a a site-specific installation called The Palace at 4 a.m. by Jon Kessler, video art by ... Read More

No, the Chocolate Factory doesn't make chocolate. (I wish.) It's a relatively new theater and multi-arts space in Hunters Point, Long Island City. It's housed in a former ... Read More

- Valery Lozada is home with her mother's family on Long Island, and out of foster care. A permanent custody decision hasn't been made, but at least she's ... Read More

A new art show opens at Flushing Town Hall this week. Curated by Louise Weinberg and presented by the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, "Sleight of Mind: ... Read More

In addition to the praise from the Village Voice, Queens restaurants get more shout-outs from the new 2006 Zagat's restaurant guide, than ever before. Mad-good Thai restaurant Sripraphai ... Read More

Queens dominated the Food category in the Village Voice's Best of NYC, 2005, taking at least half the honors. Special mention must be made of "Beefiest Barbecued Brisket," awarded ... Read More

Richmond Hill Community Arts Fair - October 15 Walking Tour of Flushing Chinatown - October 15 Jamaica Jazz Tour - October 15 Halloween Harvest Fest at Socrates Sculpture Park - October 15 It's My ... Read More

What says fall like a package of daffodil bulbs? Okay, they look like old balls of garlic, but they're so pretty when they come up! Help plant some at ARROW Community ... Read More

Rajkumari Center for Indo-Caribbean Arts & Culture holds its first community arts fair this weekend, celebrating the Indo-Caribbean community (from from Guyana and Trinidad) in Richmond Hill. ... Read More

NPR did a great bit today on Indians and Pakistanis in Jackson Heights joining together to aid earthquake victims in Kashmir. Though India and Pakistan have fought for decades ... Read More

This nasty wet weather is going to last all week, and it's downhill from here, just weeks to actual cold weather. The change is seasons is always a time for ... Read More

Suddenly it really is fall. It's wet, not too cold yet, but that raw feeling is in the air. It's also your last chance to see the annual migration ... Read More

+ NYC down-shifts from high alert in our subways, as the threat of subway attacks has subsided. + Rezoning -- nay, downzoning -- pressure in Queens gains momentum, all part ... Read More

And in Flushing Meadows, Dia de los Muertos meets Halloween. Dia de los Muertos is the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, on November 1, when families often ... Read More

Hurricane Relief Concert in Astoria - October 7 Open House New York - See 12 Gems of Queens - October 8 & 9 Open Art Studios in LIC - October 8 & ... Read More

Your boss took off early to make her long weekend even longer, but if you left, your annoying cubicle-neighbor would totally rat you out in a heartbeat. Got cake? You can have ... Read More

The NY Post and Daily News are all over the arrest of "Kiko," a prolific graffiti artist who has made Astoria his canvas. Councilman Peter Vallone had dubbed Kiko ... Read More

Do you blog about your neighborhood in Queens? Podcast about restaurants in Jackson Heights? Complain in Movable Type about your Bayside beau? Or flickr your stunning Rockaway surf ... Read More

...to walk in Forest Park. I may have babbled about walking in Forest Park in the summer and the spring, but no doubt, the fall is the best time ... Read More

So, your plans this Columbus Day weekend include: shopping for fall clothes (no, you don't need them), doing your laundry while the laundromat's empty, and figuring out why this holiday ... Read More

Queens-based blogger A Knitter in Queens was kind enough to chime in over the weekend with the details on two knitting shops in Queens. She writes there's Knitwits (35-16 ... Read More