Sip, slurp and sing the blues every Friday night at London Lennie’s Late Night Blues. It’s been a tough year, so leave your sorrows behind and get down as local artist Jonathan Kalb rocks the borough’s finest seafood house with his live Blues band. As part of the event, London Lennie’s will be serving Bluepoint Oysters, Blue Crab Claws and […]
Auburndale Library Reopens
On November 19, a clear and crisp fall afternoon welcomed the long-awaited ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Queens Library at Auburndale. “The whole community came together to help us celebrate,” Librarian Johannah Fu, a three year veteran of the library said. Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante and Assemblymember Ann Margaret Carozza were part of the crowd that came to […]
One-Act Play Submissions Deadline December 1
The Queens Players are calling for submissions for their 6th Annual Long Island City One Act Play Festival 2011. For the last six years, The Queens Players has been able to give a voice to unheard playwrights, offer roles to actors that demonstrate their skill, and provide new directors with an opportunity to work in a professional setting. While they […]
Sunnyside Shines With Holiday Street Lighting
On Tuesday, November 16, City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, Assemblymember Cathy Nolan and community members joined the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District for their annual holiday street lighting ceremony on Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue. The Holiday Lighting Ceremony began with a special performance by the Sunnyside Drum Corps and concluded with the lighting of the Welcome to Sunnyside sign.
Dromm Secures Funding For Elmhurst’s Chest Pain Facility
New York City Councilmember Daniel Dromm provided funding in the amount of a $1,000,000 check for the Elmhurst Hospital Center to pay for a new chest pain facility that is being constructed as part of its emergency department. The renovation of the Elmhurst Hospital Center emergency room will include the demolition and new construction of approximately 3,550 square feet of […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. All Nations Baptist: •Sunday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., for three months, free English classes which have already begun, registration required, limited space, 86-76 80th St., Woodhaven; 718.296.2025. **** All Saints’: •Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Join the Sunnyside Drum Corps Marching Band, boys/girls ages 7-17; band information. 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside; […]
All Faiths Cemetery Military Plot Markers
Daniel C. Austin, president of All Faiths Cemetery and Bella Italia Mia have collaborated to honor military personnel who were killed in action and whose bodies were never recovered as well as those missing in action and presumed killed with a large plot to install markers for these soldiers and anyone else who the U.S. government considers qualified. For more […]
Stray Bullet Kills Astoria Man In Front Of Broadway Night Club
Astoria native Derrick Moore was killed on November 13 when a stray bullet struck him outside of an area nightclub on 43rd Street and Broadway. Moore, 29, had just exited the RSVP Lounge at around 4 a.m. when shots rang out from a gunman who fired into the crowd. According to police sources, the gunman’s real target was one of […]