Weekend Events in Queens — February 1-3, 2008
Thursday January 31, 2008
Top Pick of the Weekend
Opening - Fisher Landau Center for Art - New exhibits - Thomas Nozkowski Paintings, Fighting Words, and Pictures in Series
- What an unknown treasure. The ... Read More
Astorian Weekend Edition - January 31, 2008 By Sooz of Joey in Astoria
Thursday January 31, 2008
Are you ready for some Football?! Well, I guess if you're from here or not, as long as you are living here, it will probably be a very entertaining ... Read More
Queens Eats, Restaurant Roundup - Pete's Grill, El Patron, Jade Asian Dim Sum, Jackson Diner
Wednesday January 30, 2008
Openings -
New Pete's Grill, diner in Sunnyside (39-14 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside) [via Chowhound]
El Patron, Mexican restaurant in Auburndale (194-01 Northern Blvd, Flushing) [also via CH]
Dim Sum with ... Read More
Far Rockaway Beset Again
Monday January 28, 2008
Usually when you read a neighborhood profile in a publication like the New York Times, it's going to be pretty upbeat, but not this past weekend's portrait of Far Rockaway.
After ... Read More
The Secret of Archie Bunker's House in Queens
Monday January 28, 2008
You thought the answer was Glendale... and Corona -- the question being, which Queens neighborhood was home to Archie and the whole Bunker clan? But I got some news ... Read More
New Long Island City Photos
Sunday January 27, 2008
As a neighborhood LIC has changed more dramatically than anywhere else in the borough or maybe even the city in the last 5 years. Take a look at Long Island ... Read More
Weekend Events in Queens — January 25-27, 2008
Thursday January 24, 2008
Top Pick of the Weekend
Greek-American Performing Arts Festival - Greek and Greek-American dance, music, and films take over the Queens Theatre in the Park this weekend in the ... Read More
Astorian Weekend Edition - January 24, 2008 By Sooz of Joey in Astoria
Thursday January 24, 2008
Oleput (31-13 Ditmars) reopened! I heard a rumor that the liquor license is in... let's check it out tonight!
Saturday stop in at Waltz at 8 p.m. for some goodies ... Read More
Queens Eats, Restaurant Roundup - Mickey's Sushi Is Open in Bayside, On the Grill, Engeline's, Hot Drinks, Applebee's New to Astoria
Wednesday January 23, 2008
Northern Chinese Dipping Paradise in Flushing [Village Voice]
A Chinese all-you-can-eat restaurant that gets a rave? It's the "all-you-can-cook" part that earned Hot Pot City (40-33 Main Street, Flushing, ... Read More
Weekend Events in Queens — January 18-20, 2008
Thursday January 17, 2008
Top Pick of the Weekend
Annual Library Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - full day of celebrations at Queens Central Library - readings, film, choral songs, more
Saturday
Little Red ... Read More
Astorian Weekend Edition - January 17, 2007 By Meg of Joey in Astoria
Thursday January 17, 2008
Well, to be honest, there are not really any Astoria events happening this weekend - most calendars are empty! However, it is a three-day weekend for a lot of ... Read More
Queens Eats, Restaurant Roundup - Little Neck, Time Cafe, Chocolate Spoon Coffee House, Corner Corn Cart in Woodside, Oleput
Wednesday January 16, 2008
Chowhounds Talk Little Neck Restaurants (Or just about anything east of Flushing and north of Glen Oaks) [Chowhound]
Great Neck? What? Other than a few Nassau County slips, there are ... Read More
Making More of Park Out of Bayside's Fort Totten
Tuesday January 15, 2008
Though Bayside's Fort Totten hasn't been an Army base, but a park since summer of 2005, it has sort of been a secret destination, little know outside the neighborhood. ... Read More
Best High Schools in the Borough
Monday January 14, 2008
The last ten years has seen a fair amount of change in NYC high schools. Charter schools and specialty high schools have opened, but that hasn't even kept up with ... Read More
Presidential Primary Is February 5
Sunday January 13, 2008
New York State's presidential primary is a lot earlier this election year. It's in just a few weeks -- February 5, 2008. Are you a registered Democrat or Republican? ... Read More
Weekend Events in Queens — January 11-13, 2008
Thursday January 10, 2008
Saturday
Super Cyberchase Day at NY Hall of Science - with characters from PBS Kids animated TV show
Opening - John Ford at Fox at Moving Image Museum - Retrospective of ... Read More
Astorian Weekend Edition - January 10, 2008 By Sooz of Joey in Astoria
Thursday January 10, 2008
On your way home tonight you should stop in at A Town Hall Meeting - To Address Community Concerns at the Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Ave) 7-10 ... Read More
Queens Eats, Restaurant Roundup - Bosnian in Astoria, Stari Most, MoCA Asian Bistro, Mojave, Arzu, King Yum
Wednesday January 9, 2008
Big Balkan Burger - A pair of Bosnian cafés compete on the corner [Village Voice]
Report on the Bosnian (and Yugoslavian) tastes centered around the corner of 42nd Street and 30th ... Read More
Weekend Events in Queens — January 4-6, 2008
Thursday January 3, 2008
Top Pick of the Weekend
Last Chance to See the Flushing Remonstrance in Flushing - Huh? Queens is the birthplace of religious freedom in the New World? Yes. The ... Read More
Astorian Weekend Edition - January 3 By Meg of Joey in Astoria
Thursday January 3, 2008
Welcome to a new year! We hope you had a great New Year's Eve/Day and got a chance to rest before heading back to the grind. Here at ... Read More
Results - Best and Worst of Queens 2007
Thursday January 3, 2008
Results are in. Your votes made the Jamaica Flux public art exhibition in downtown Jamaica the Best of Queens 2007 by a comfortable margin, besting Jackson Heights by 9% ... Read More
Queens Eats, Restaurant Roundup - Roti Shops in South Ozone Park, EGB, Walima, UJ's
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Duck mistaken for chocolate in South Ozone Park [Village Voice]
Another great exploration by Robert Sietsema this time of Guyanese and Trinidadian roti shops on Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park. ... Read More