It’s alive! It’s alive … And it’s coming this way. Forecasters expect “Frankenstorm,” or Hurricane Sandy, to bring the East Coast high winds, heavy rain, extreme tides, and maybe even snow, just in time for Halloween. It’s making no exceptions for New York City: this morning, Mayor Bloomberg issued an evacuation order for low-lying “Zone [...]
Readers, start your engines! The annual antique motorcycle show will roll into town this upcoming week. There’s also a first-ever street fair featuring a jam-packed lineup of artistic talent from Western Queens.
With the end of the summer and the start of the school year upon us, we all want one final escape, our beach chairs, swimsuits, and sunblock in the trunk, our wheels on the road. Why not escape figuratively this Labor Day, right here in Queens? (Because you don’t actually want to spend a third [...]
Located on the northeast corner of 48th Ave and Vernon Blvd, the restaurant “Spice” is slated to open on Thursday, August 30.
The Secret Theater in Long Island City doesn’t want it’s secret kept any longer. Last night marked the first night of the third-annual In-Sight Dance Company Suite Summer Festival: four days of dance featuring 24 different companies, exposing audiences to an array of dance from ballet to modern. While Secret Theater may seem like a [...]
Attention street art connoisseurs: 5 Pointz, AKA “graffiti Mecca” might soon be no more. David Wolkoff, whose family owns the property, announced last Wednesday at a land use committee meeting that the famous collaborative art exhibit in Long Island City will be demolished this fall. Wolkoff’s plan—currently pending approval—for the space includes construction of two [...]
