The Townsend Harris H.S. We the People team placed second in the New York State Finals in Albany on March 6. The team, which includes members of Dr. Linda Steinmann’s Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics class, began preparing their presentations in October 2009. The competition, which is sponsored by the Center for Civic Education and supported by a […]

A panel discussion with Rabbi Marc Schneier, hip-hop founder Russell Simmons, and Rabbi Moshe Shur was held at the Goldstein Theater at Queens College in Flushing on March 15, sponsored by The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and Hillel of Queens College. The group talked about the relations between African-American and Jewish communities and their effect on the world. “There is […]

Possibly 100 senior centers throughout the city might be closed if proposed state and city budget cuts go through, Queens officials have warned. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and City Councilmembers Dan Halloran and Peter Koo, both Republicans, issued the warnings about the closings following a hearing at City Hall last week. Marshall said in a statement that the largest […]

Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you’re likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star-Journal, a daily paper that informed the community about local and world news until it folded in 1968. A banner across the Star-Journal masthead reminded readers that the newspaper’s name came from the merger of the Long Island Daily Star […]

The final round of the Queens Symphony Orchestra (QSO) 2010 Young Soloist Competition was held as a public recital at the Taiwan Center in Flushing on March 7, after which the winners were announced. In addition to cash prizes, the first and second place winners of both the senior and junior divisions will be invited to perform with QSO during […]

David Hancock, a junior at The Lowell School–High School, 24-20 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, has been selected as a recipient of the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) “High School to Art School” (HS2AS) visual arts portfolio development program. The grant-funded high school program is offered by the Queens Council on the Arts to support a new generation of young artists, […]

Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá ‘le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy’s Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17. It is the Irish national holiday and one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland (a bank holiday in Northern Ireland); the overseas territory of Montserrat; […]

Many Queens residents are not aware that some of their favorite movies and popular television shows are produced here in the borough at two major studios: Silvercup Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios. Silvercup Studios—“New York’s largest film and television production facility,” according to www.silvercupstudios.com—was established in 1983 in what was once the Silvercup Bakery’s flour silo room. Its Main Lot, […]