This weekend, August 4 and 5, is Jamaica's biggest street party, the Jamaica JAMS Festival. Friday night it's a live concert at King Park (home of Rufus King Manor), featuring ... Read More

This August billiards champions come to Flushing for the 2006 Sang Lee International Open. They're playing pool, but three-cushion billiiards, the most difficult type of Carambole billiards. It's played ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - July 28 Modern Anachronism at Buzzer30 - Through July 28 Warm Up Party at PS 1- July 29 Family Fun at ... Read More

And here we go ladies and gents, still in the news....Astoria's Blackout. Lets all hope for the best this weekend, meaning full electricity to all! Thursday and Friday nights catch some ... Read More

Blackout in Queens - The Second Week [About.com] Bargains in middle-class Maspeth [Real Deal] With Scenic Homes and a Rich Heritage, Addisleigh Park Is Thriving [NY Sun] Demolishing a Celebrated Wall ... Read More

New York’s Best Cheap Eats [NY Mag] Though they somehow overlooked eight other Queens restaurants, NY Mag ranks Sripraphai and Spicy & Tasty (39-07 Prince St, Flushing) in ... Read More

Queens College hosts a free jazz fest this Saturday, its second annual Queens Jazz Festival. The outdoor events include Timba Tango with a Latin sound and a Flamenco dancer, ... Read More

Let's hear it for western Queens, and all those who've had their power out and their fridges melt. Though there's been progress, still a lot of folks have been ... Read More

Every summer Forest Park hosts concerts and other performances in the Bandshell. There's kids events on Monday nights, rock on Thursdays and Fridays, and classical on Sundays. Forest Park 2006 ... Read More

Contrary to reports all this week, almost 100,000 people have had no power for days this week in Astoria and other parts of western Queens. The original estimate of ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - July 21 Propia Visión at the Queens Museum of Art - Opening July 21 - through September 17 Flushing Town Hall Garden ... Read More

Well, it's been quite a week...and potentially quite a weekend. No power or very little power throughout Astoria/LIC (and Woodside/Sunnyside) has made our lives a wreck. There's a ... Read More

Queens Lawmakers Push For Mayor To Intervene In Power Outages [NY 1] Power Failures Continue in Queens [NY Times] New York's Water Supply May Need Filtering [NY Times] Willits Point ... Read More

Western Queens continues to suffer with power outages and voltage reduction for three days affecting Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside, and Woodside. Or Con Ed says, "The affected area ... Read More

Korea’s Taste of Summer Is a Long, Cool Slurp [NY Times] Love of cold buckwheat noodles - naeng myun - at Dae Dong (46-07 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside; ... Read More

Nineteen Mexican photographers contribute to Propia Visión the new show opening at the Queens Museum of Art. All the photographers have lived and worked in the New York area, ... Read More

As previously noted, the best ways to keep cool in Queens include the Lemon Ice King of Corona, cholados, frappés, açaí, and a frosty pilsner. ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - July 14 Warm Up Party at PS 1- July 15 Reggae Concert at Flushing Library - July 15 Afro-Cuban Music Festival - ... Read More

It's gonna be a hot one! Friday (7-9 p.m.) get down with some Jazz & Salsa out at Gantry Plaza State Park. A free concert in the nice outdoors is just ... Read More

St. Saviors for Sale - $10 Million - And the Campaign to Save the Church [Forgotten NY] Luxe Invades Rockaway Park [NY Times] For Joey Hot Dog, a World on the ... Read More

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila - Floor [Village Voice] A tequila museum - or rather, pleasure palace - of sorts is uncovered at Iguanas (179-11 Union Tpke, Fresh ... Read More

The parks and art spaces on the right side of the East River are kicking up a good kind of storm this summer. There's everything from free canoe rides ... Read More

It's a real sign of the times in Astoria that a Japanese fashion designer has opened up a storefront. Guest writer Concetta Smith gives her review of one-month-old Mimi's Closet, ... Read More

When plans call for covnerting the hooker haven Q-Plaza Motel into a luxury hotel, you know life is really changing in Queens Plaza. The real estate market has ... Read More

Not just films, Passport Fridays is a free fest of international music, dance, and cinema outside of the Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows. Similar to the international ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - July 7 Flushing Town Hall Free Garden Concert - Brian Clayton and the Green River Band - July 7 Walking Tour - ... Read More

Well, in my mind, the big event this weekend is the Final Match of the World Cup! It's Italy vs. France, and I'm sure with Astoria is rooting for ... Read More

The Dance of People in Public Spaces - On JFK JetBlue Redesign [37 Signals] 2006 Business Book [Tribune] New Plan Opens More Queens Evacuation Shelters [Tribune] Nitrogen waste suffocating ... Read More

Extra, extra! Tonight only! Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers play a free concert outside the Louis Armstrong House. Chopping out a blend of Latin, soul, and ... Read More

We all Scream for Ice Cream [AM New York] Eddie's Sweet Shop (105-29 Metropolitan Ave) and the Lemon Ice King of Corona hits the top of the NYC ice cream ... Read More

Rumors stink. There's a rumor making the rounds that access to Gantry Plaza State Park -- Long Island City's beaut of a waterfront park -- would be restricted to ... Read More