Award-winning actor Tony Lo Bianco should be an authority on the important role that a teacher can play in the life of a student. Currently starring in the critically acclaimed one man play, The Little Flower, Lo Bianco’s four decade career includes 102 performances spanning TV, and movies like the classic films The Honeymoon Killers, The French Connection, Blood Brothers […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. Ascension Church:•Sunday, Apr 20, 11 am: Easterfest 2014, worship service, music, kids’ classes & crafts,refreshments, Easter Egg Hunt ($5 per child/ $2before 11:30 am). PS 101, 2 Russell Pl, ForestHills,718-575-0024. ****Astoria Adventist Church:•Fridays, 7:30 pm: Jewish Ministry Group.•Saturdays, 3:15 pm: Bible Study Group. 30-8932nd St., Astoria, 718.932.5390.****Briarwood […]
Gazette Calendar Of Events
Dates & times are subject to change. To list your event, send info to qgazette@aol.com, or 42-16 34th Ave, Astoria 11101, TWO weeks prior to the event. COMMUNITY MEETINGS CLUBS Cultural Assn. of the Molise RegionItalian Classes (10 sessions, $275) alllevels. 31-16 36 Ave, LIC, www.camr.org– Weds, 6:30-8:30 pm, To Jun 4United Forties Civic Assn. Mtg. StTeresa Parish Ctr., 50 […]
Full Ballot For ‘14 Elections, Congress Primaries, June 24
Election Day 2014 is still about seven months away, but the earliest election activity connected directly to that day—the Congressional and U.S. Senate Primaries—have already been percolating awhile because those earliest primaries are only about 11 weeks off on June 24—so you can be sure there’s a lot of preparing going on. Besides elections for these federal offices being held […]
Dromm Joins Parents Who Opt Out Of Testing
City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights, Elmhurst) joined parents who chose to not permit their children to take high stakes English Language Arts (ELA) tests. Dromm was a New York City public school teacher for 25 years before being elected to the city council in 2009. The ELA exams took place in schools throughout the state April […]
Giving Warning Of Volcanic Eruptions
I was living in Eastern Washington State in May of 1980 when Mount St. Helens erupted, after a massive landslide triggered by a magnitude 5.1 quake. Vast amounts of molten rock were violently released to the surface of the Earth, erupting not only as sizable rocks but as fine-grained volcanic ash that floated on the breeze. Us “down-winders” were enveloped […]
Police Release New Astoria Rape Suspect Photos
Police last week released new surveillance photos of a man sought in connection with the attempted rape of an Astoria woman on February 23.Cops said the 22-year-old victim was walking on 30th Avenue in Astoria at about 3:50 a.m. on February 23, when the suspect grabbed her from behind, pushed her to the ground and attempted to rape her, but […]
Van Bramer’s Vision Zero Proposal First To Be Installed
A series of new traffic safety measures proposed by City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer will soon be underway at a deadly Woodside intersection where an 8-year-ol boy was struck and killed in December.Nosna Nahian, 8, was crossing Northern Boulevard with his sister on the morning of December 20, headed to classes at PS 152, when he was struck […]