Fourth of July Fireworks - July 4 Walking Tour of Korean Flushing - June 30 Indo-Caribbean Festival of Leela - Kitchrie Festival - June 30 Queens Jazz Trail - July 1 Warm Up ... Read More

Well, as of today, the weekend looks warm! You got to get out and about when the thunderstorms aren't knocking at our door. What really excites me is ... Read More

Changing Face of Queens: From Small Asian Shops to High-End Stores in Flushing [NY Times] The luxury living of Queens Plaza [Fotaq] Queens, Staten Island home prices up in ... Read More

Cholados Season in Jackson Heights [QNS Eats] Yummy! Fruit, ice, and condensed milk cholados keep the summer cool at El Palacio de los Cholados (83-18 Northern Blvd), Aqui Colombia Antojitos ... Read More

Warm Up at P.S. 1 is the hottest thing in all of Long Island City's hot asphalt and concrete. It's a summer-long Saturday afternoon party where you go to dance ... Read More

Curtis Jackson -- or 50 Cent as he is known around the world -- grew up in South Jamaica, and his immense popularity as a hip-hop artist owes a great ... Read More

You can't beat free dance lessons, even if the roar of the traffic on the Throgs Neck is the musical undertone. This summer you can learn to merengue and ... Read More

Get Warmed Up for Warm Up - Coming July 2 U.S. Premiere of The Forsaken Land - June 23 - Through July 2 Hamburger Party at Water Taxi Beach - June 24 Opolis ... Read More

After work Friday unwind a little with a hookah at the exotically decorated (at least on the outside!) Tutankhamun Cafe (28-09 Ditmars Blvd). Unlike below Astoria Blvd, where you ... Read More

Rockaways - In the Event of a Hurricane ... [NY Times] New luxury condos eyed on 71st Ave [Times Ledger] Some Boro Schools To Gain Self-Rule [Tribune] Playing Games in the ... Read More

Rockaway Music and Arts Council hosts free summer concerts this summer at Fort Tilden. Concerts start at 6 p.m. on every other Sunday (see full schedule). Admission is free. ... Read More

Elmhurst: The World on Your Plate [NY Times] Great Elmhurst restaurant roundup, but they must not have mentioned Tastes Good for fear of more crowding at the Malaysian hole-in the-wall. The World's ... Read More

John McEnroe, one of tennis' greatest players, grew up in Queens, in Douglas Manor, the exclusive stretch of suburban Douglaston that noses into Little Neck Bay. McEnroe's best tennis was serve-and-volley. ... Read More

Celebrate the longest day of the year this Wednesday on the East River waterfront. Watch the sun take its time disappearing into the canyons of Manhattan, while munching on ... Read More

Happy Father's Day! Want to treat your Dad? Take him to Shea. The Mets are coming off a phenomenal road trip, and their momentum is contagious (tickets ... Read More

After work Friday go check out the tons o' purses and jewelry at Brazilianiki, the new store on Ditmars and 32nd St. With such a random Brazilian/Greek name it ... Read More

Report details boro's 'vibrant' economy [Daily News] Split May Be In Future For Queens Hospitals [Chronicle] Queens Property Values Have Grown Faster Than Any of the Boroughs ... Read More

World Cup - Where to Watch in New York[NYT World Cup Blog] Also see Part II that lists the joys of Astoria's Croatian bar Cafe Bar Scorpio (35-15 Broadway) Agnanti ... Read More

Did you know that the former First Lady of the United States was born in Flushing? Her official biography may gloss over her Queens roots, but you can still ... Read More

What's the deal with the corner of Broadway and 34th Street? Gud Stuf reports that last week that three guys got taunted and then beat up by teens with ... Read More

Imagine an imaginary city. That's what 15 artists are creating in cartoon and diorama form for the Opolis installation at Flux Factory, LIC's one-and-only art collective. Factories ... Read More

Want to dash across the blue US Open courts? The USTA has try-outs this June to become a becoming a ballboy or ballgirl at the US Open. ... Read More

TurnHere.com, a new Internet video company, has a few cool videos on Queens neighborhoods. The three-minute clips are cutie-pie full of neighborhood personality and well made, no YouTube blubber. ... Read More

Zoning Rally at Borough Hall - June 9 Laurie Andersen in Person at Screening of Hidden Inside Mountains - June 9 Jackson Heights Weekend - June 10-11 Soap Box Derby Racers in East ... Read More

The weather looks good for this weekend, so get going outside after all this rain! Join the sunset bike tour of Astoria/LIC Waterfront Parks. Led by Richard Melnick of ... Read More

Councilman to Challenge State Senator From Queens [NY Times] It Takes a Village to Cause a (Rent) War [NY Times] Astoria's Cutest...Pets [Gud Stuf NYC] A humble place with ... Read More

Annie Y. Miller reviews Astoria's Mundo, a restaurant drawing its inspiration from South America and the Mediterranean. She loves the appetizers or "feast of small plates," and gives the ... Read More

Argentina World Cup on Saturday [Chowhound] Argentine steakhouses and World Cup football is the burning question. Who can help the Chowhounds? Mundotastic!! [Lost in the Supermarket] "Toasted Almond Cake!" That's all ... Read More

If you're to believe the film Men in Black, Al Roker owes his success to aliens, but around here, he's another Queens personality who has made his dream come ... Read More

The Chocolate Factory Theater has its benefit this Wednesday evening with the Taste of LIC. It's a great chance to support a cool theater and art gallery that has ... Read More

Soap box derby racers, NASCAR for the precar tweens and teens -- literally, the "All-American Soap Box Derby" is a "youth initiative of NASCAR" - come to East Elmhurst, Queens, ... Read More

Tickets for the US Open in Flushing Meadows go on sale on Monday, June 12. This year the US Open runs from August 28 through September 10. ... Read More

Jackson Heights celebrates its history as America's first planned garden community the weekend of June 10 and 11. See the Jackson Heights Beautification Group's calendar for details on all ... Read More

Whitestone, Queens, was the NY Times real estate profile this weekend. It's a mostly suburban neighborhood of single-family homes (and some two-family), many built in the 40s and 50s. ... Read More

Wordplay Screening - With Crossword Puzzle Champs in Person - June 2 Salman Ahmad - Pakistani Rock 'n Roll - at LaGuardia CC - June 3 7 Train Eating Tour - Institute ... Read More

Craving fun and drink and delicious food? All outdoors? After work on Friday head down Ditmars to Fatty's Cafe (25-01 Ditmars) . Sadly, when I was there the other day, ... Read More

Jamaica Bay - The Bikes, the Birds and a Guardian Angel [NY Times] Housing plan for Woodside and Maspeth [Daily News] City DOT Releases Truck Traffic Report [Chronicle] It happened ... Read More

Dog Vanishes [Village Voice] Sietsema goes snacking at Colombian Mazorca (83-17 Northern Blvd, East Elmhurst) and discovers the perro mixto, "a frankfurter bombed with so many toppings that dog and bun ... Read More