For three Sundays in June and one in September this year there are free concerts at Travers Park in Jackson Heights, sponsored by Friends of Travers Park. Kick ... Read More

Restaurant reviewer Alexis Arieff is back with her report on Agnanti Restaurant in Astoria. This Greek restaurant has about the best location in the neighborhood, right on Astoria Park, ... Read More

Lucy Liu grew up in Jackson Heights, born in 1968 to Chinese immigrants, her father a civil engineer and her mother a biochemist. Her upbringing is the typical Queens ... Read More

Forest Park hosts a series of free Latin Music concerts on Sunday afternoons this summer. Enjoy, enjoy! Forest Park is a gem of a park, and the free concerts ... Read More

Vintage cars meet vintage moon rockets this June when the Crossbay Cruisers brings their classic cars to the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows. They'll be an ... Read More

We Women Do It Better - English/Spanish Comedy at the Thalia - May 26-June 25 Czech & Slovak Festival at Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden - May 27-28 Carnegie Hall Concert at ... Read More

Another holiday weekend is upon us! Memorial Day (formerly known as Decoration Day), observed the last Monday in May, commemorates US men and women who died in military ... Read More

Walker Fee, Tape Artist Extraordinaire [Gothamist] Queens College Dreams Big [Daily News] City Living: Kew Gardens [Newsday] Poverty, Hunger Exist In Queens [Gazette] Housing Plan for Woodside - Rezoning in ... Read More

Jamaica was one of Queens original colonial towns, and it still has the churches to prove it. This weekend join a free walking tour to discover the landmarked Grace ... Read More

A Secret Spot for Lunch... [Joey in Astoria] JIA's Flooz finds the basics are the best in the form of tamales and burritos at The Original Mexican Food Deli (30-11 29th ... Read More

Who would have guessed that legendary Broadway singer Ethel Merman would have a lot in common with the uncanny actor Christopher Walken? They both grew up in Astoria, both ... Read More

Weekend after weekend urban geographer Jack Eichenbaum is digging for neighborhood gold. This weekend it's Ravenswood, a Long Island City neighborhood, hard on the East River. Developed as ... Read More

Joey in Astoria keyed me to the Modern Art Foundry, a family business in Astoria for over 70 years. It's a fine art lost wax casting foundry that works ... Read More

Punk Rock Pilgrimage From Forest Hills to Tompkins Square Park for Joey Ramone's Birthday - May 19 Works on Paper - Affordable Art at Flux Factory Benefit - May 20 Opening Cuban ... Read More

Free time on Saturday? Why not go spend some of it at Build It Green (3-17 26th Ave) for Volunteer Day? Once a month they need help saving our globe, ... Read More

A Redevelopment Scuffle in Queens - Willets Point [NY Times] Saint Vincent Sells Queens Hospitals [Tribune] Queens College Eyes Dorm At St. Joseph [Tribune] Big Whiff of Anger in Astoria ... Read More

Dara Thai [The Hungry Cabbie] Famous Fat Dave's Thai girlfriend gives the thumbs up to Sripraphai. Kebabs on the Night Shift [NY Times] The kebab stand at Broadway and 32nd St in ... Read More

"I need more cowbell!" From Saturday Night Live to The Deer Hunter to an award-winning dance in a Fatboy Slim video, Christopher Walken has done it all to entertain ... Read More

Jack Eichenbaum is at it again, this time collaborating with the Queens Historical Society in a walking tour of Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, and Hollis. The three neighborhoods developed in ... Read More

Is there any better way to celebrate Independence Day than to forgo the supermarket and get your own meal from the wilds? Naturalist "Wildman" Steve Brill will show ... Read More

ARTSTAR Reality TV Preview - May 12 Broadway Song and Dance at the Theatre in the Park - May 12-21 Walking Tour of Dutch Kills in LIC - May 13 It's My Park ... Read More

Well the big news this weekend is that it's Mother's Day on Sunday. Not a "Hallmark holiday," it started way back during the Civil War. Celebrate your mom ... Read More

Sympathy Flows at Soldier's Funeral in Queens [NY Times] Latinas Make Sweet 16-ish Their Own [NY Times] Scoutmaster Guilty In Boy Scout Sexual Abuse Case [Western Queens Gazette] Subway Pervert Caught on Cell ... Read More

Dutch Kills is where Astoria is headed. Every week real estate agents push Astoria's borders farther south, gobbling blocks from the Dutch Kills neighborhood, so that they can charge ... Read More

For the Love of Flushing's Holes-in-the-Walls [Chowhound] Great details on eating dumplings and more at the Chinese food stalls of 41-82 Main St. Read all messages because there's no English, just ... Read More

May is Queens tourism month and the Discover Queens tourist council has discount coupons for museums, stores, and restaurants. Each weekend the discounts vary. Top picks for ... Read More

The Donald. Real estate developer, reality-TV star, larger-than-life character, Donald Trump grew up in Jamaica Estates, a beautiful neighborhood in central Queens. Donald Trump's ego and excesses may get on ... Read More

Woodside is known to foodies for the renowned Sripraphai Thai Restaurant, and to burger lovers for Donovan's, but there's another great reason to eat in the neighborhood -- La Flor ... Read More

Have you heard about the recent proposal to bring the World's Fair back to New York City? It's been floated, but nothing has happened yet. What is definite ... Read More

Forest Hills Festival of the Arts takes over Austin Street on Sunday May 21 with dancers and musicians taking the stage at 70th Road. 200 street vendors selling jewelry, ... Read More

Asian Culture Fests in Flushing Meadows and Rocks LIC - May 5-7 Queens Jazz Trail Tour - May 6 Carlene Davis - "A Pre-Mother’s Day Gospel Extravaganza" - May 6 Green Queens Bike ... Read More

How about going Chinese for Cinco de Mayo? Bring your $5 to this Friday to P.S. 84 (22-45 41 St, 7- 9 p.m.) for the school library's Chinese Auction. ... Read More

Immigrant Reform Rally in Jackson Heights [Courier] 3rd Straight Perfect Game? Queens High School Pitcher Is Denied [NY Times] Given a Chance to Be Little Ballerinas, and Smiling Right Down to Their ... Read More

Oh, My: Now That Was Italian [NY Times] Old-school red sauce love for Piccola Venezia (42-01 28th Ave) and Manducatis (13-27 Jackson Ave) Awesome Pork Gyro at Gyro Corner on Franny Lew ... Read More

The Queens Theatre in the Park hosts an Asian Cultural Festival this week. The Theatre, right under the old Worlds Fair Towers in Flushing Meadows, will be the venue ... Read More

Nasir Jones -- a.k.a. Nas -- grew up in the Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing complex in the city, right by the Queensboro Bridge. The son of the ... Read More

Cool event this Sunday. Kids are welcome to make their own kites and fly them at Socrates Sculpture Park on the East River. Supplies and all for free. KiteFlight ... Read More

For a restaurant praised by critics and beloved by chowhounds, the Kabab Cafe in Astoria's Egyptian neighborhood still has that undiscovered feel. The outside is what we could only ... Read More

It's going to get weird fast when sculpture hits the open road. Socrates Sculpture Park is pairing up with the High Dessert Test Sites, a bunch of art sites ... Read More

Today is a national day of action for Immigrants Rights organizers. Protests and a 15-minute walkout are happening across the country and here in Queens. According to the ... Read More

It's My Park! Day is May 13, a city-wide effort to clean-up our neighborhood parks, coordinated by the Partnership for Parks. Volunteers are asked to pitch in at three ... Read More

Flushing Town Hall hosts a puppeteer exhibit starring Oscar the Grouch through the end of June. Along with the lovable garbage-can curmudgeon you'll find marionettes, Japanese bunraku, ... Read More