Top 10 Restaurants Near the US Open [About.com] Yum, yum. Tennis is your excuse to explore the tastes of Queens from French in Long Island City to Italian in ... Read More

Shake off that last bit of extended rain this Wednesday, and get over your cabin fever. This Wednesday you can head either to the US Open or to the last ... Read More

Today's rain gave folks a bit of scare, and the first matches were delayed. Now all the folks holding tickets for Tuesday and Wednesday are holding their breath because the ... Read More

Atlas Park, Queens' newest mall, hosts an Oktoberfest in early September. Sure, it's not October, but Oktoberfest comes early even in Bavaria. Atlas Park is in Glendale, on the ... Read More

Late Friday night and into Saturday, August 25 and 26, a crazed gun man shot at people in neighborhoods and on highways across Queens, injuring at least four and killing ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - August 25 US Open Qualifying Tournament - August 22-25 Arthur Ashe Kids Day - August 26 Warm Up Party at PS ... Read More

This Friday go get your wine on! Omega Wines and Spirits (29-15 23rd Ave) hosts a wine tasting (6-9 p.m.) of Georgian wines. Nice people, decent selection, I ask you, ... Read More

A Home for a Group of Artists in Search of a Family [NY Times] Zoning Current Move West - Queens Goes Inclusionary [City Limits] St. Savior’s Lawsuit Thrown Out ... Read More

Cheap Eats 2006: 74th and Broadway, Jackson Heights [Time Out NY] Malaysian Rasa Rayang (75-19 Broadway, Elmhurst) earns the big star in a round of nine true cheap eats ... Read More

In the last couple days I came across two small but great bits that just nail our borough. Queens isn't millionaire Manhattan or down-at-the-heels South Bronx. It's where the real ... Read More

Ready for just about the best month of the year? Queens is on the world's stage in early September with the US Open, and then settles back to low-key ... Read More

In honor of Brazilian Independence Day, the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria will screen a new restored print of Black Orpheus and host an evening party on Friday, ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - August 18 Jazz Drummer Pheeroan asLaff With Taiko Drummers at Flushing Town Hall - August 18 Rock-n-Roll with Billy C. and ... Read More

Weather looks great for this weekend, which is good for regular events around town: yoga and tai chi at Socrates; canoe rides at the LIC Boathouse; and WarmUp at ... Read More

Douglaston Hate Crime Deplored By Community [Queens Chronicle] New York City Council Approves $1.2 Billion Silvercup Project [Bloomberg] New Gantry, Powerhouse & 4720 Photos [Queens West] Memorizing the Way to Heaven, ... Read More

Eats near Museum of the Moving Image --Not Thai [Chowhound] A number of good suggestions for eating near the Museum of the Moving Image, including the easiest spot ... Read More

This Saturday the Queens Library hosts Carnival in Queens with a live steel drum band, plus mask-making, masqueraders, a stilt walker, a video, and a talk by the author of ... Read More

Thai movie star and martial arts expert Tony Jaa will be at the Museum of the Moving Image this weekend for a Muay Thai kickboxing demonstration, followed by the screening ... Read More

Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - August 11 Dragon Boat Race in Flushing Meadows - August 12 &: 13 Hunt for Purple-flower Raspberries in Alley Pond ... Read More

So after last week's bad vibes at the Astoria Pool (19th St and 24th Ave) , I thought it might be a good thing to show its better side. Today, ... Read More

Man Sought in Assaults on Girls in Ridgewood and Maspeth [NY Times] Major Graffiti Clean Up in NE Queens [Queens Gazette] Grace Meng off Flushing Assembly Ballot [Times-Ledger] Residents ... Read More

Latino Restaurants in Jackson Heights [About.com] NoshWalks' Myra Alperson reveals her picks for Colombian, Ecuadorian, Argentine, and more Latino eats in Jackson Heights. Back in Time on the 7 Train: ... Read More

The Sixth Annual New York Kite Festival takes over the skies in the Rockaways this September. The annual free kite fest is two days of kite-flying competitions, kite demonstrations ... Read More

The Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce hosts two free outdoor jazz concerts this August. This Thursday it's the Forest Hills Pops Concert with the David Shenton Quintet. On ... Read More

Satchmo's 105th Birthday Bash - August 4 - RSVP 718-478-8297 Passport Fridays at QMA - Free Film and Music - August 4 Jamaica Arts & Music Summer Festival - August 4-5 Queens ... Read More

Well, power issues are still in the forefront of our minds here in Western Queens. Worry about the electricity going out has changed our behavior: we now unplug ... Read More

Landmark Bank Building Has Time on Its Hands [Daily News] New York’s Heat Wave Prompts Record Power Use [NY Times] Outer boroughs: Inventory, prices climb [Real Deal] Retro chic revives, ... Read More

In a new article for About.com, neighborhood foodie expert Myra Alperson of NoshWalks shares her tips for great Latin American food in Jackson Heights, leading us on a tour of ... Read More

Mangia, Mama [Daily News] The Daily News solves a dining dilemma, steering an 80th birthday feast toward Manducatis (13-27 Jackson Ave, LIC) for the ambiance and range ... Read More