In response to several complaints, Assemblymember Phil Goldfeder requested the city Parks Department implement a system immediately to allow residents more input on the placement of trees, as well as an option to opt out of the program on request.“While I commend the Parks Department for taking the initiative to replant trees in our community, many of which were destroyed […]
LIC Arts Open To Host Garden Party Fundraiser
In support of its fourth consecutive season, the LIC Arts Open, Queens’ largest arts festival, will be holding its annual fundraiser on May 6. The event will take place in artists Orestes Gonzalez’ and Cristian Pietrapiana’s home, which boasts the largest private garden in Long Island City. The ticketed event will provide attendees an unforgettable evening of fine dining, music […]
When Louis Armstrong Beat The Beatles
On May 10, the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image will host a dessert reception and special screening of the beloved film musical Hello, Dolly! in honor of the week that Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the No. 1 spot on Billboard Magazine, at the height of Beatlemania.In December, 1963, Armstrong was selling out concerts […]
QCC Grad Wins Largest Scholarship For Transfers
Yueting Chen is the recipient of a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The competitive scholarship – the first of its kind awarded to a Queensborough Community College student – provides up to $30,000 per year to top community college transfer students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees. It is the largest private scholarship for community college transfer students […]
New York Mary From Dungloe
The New York Mary From Dungloe Irish Gala Dance will be held on Saturday, May 17, at St. Joseph’s School auditorium, 28-46 44th St., Astoria. New York Showband, featuring Tommy Flynn, will play traditional music and Irish Dancers will perform. The event will be held from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Tickets are $45 in advance, and $50 at the […]
Glendale Vets Enjoy Fish Fry
Members of the Sgt. Edward R Miller VFW post 7336 and the Auxiliary units enjoyed their annual Good Friday Fish Fry. The ladies Auxiliary raffled off 18 Easter Baskets.
QCH Gets Ready For Summer Youth Employment Program
On March 3, Queens Community House (QCH) began accepting participant applications for the 2014 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). The program, which QCH has participated in for over a decade, provides New York City youth, ages 14 to 24, with summer employment and educational experiences that build on their individual strengths and incorporates youth development principles. The six week program […]
Miller Visits Vietnam Vets
On April 16, Assemblymember Mike Miller visited the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 located at 19-12 149th St., in Whitestone, in support of the Blood Drive for Pat Toro. Also, Miller presented the Vietnam Veterans of America with a Queens Borough Flag.
Queens Council on the Arts Moveable Feast Artist Dinner
At QCA’s Moveable Feast Artist Dinner fundraiser on April 11, Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) executive director and children’s book author/illustrator read from her new children’s book, Ghost Dumplings. The event attracted children of all ages. Guests were fed a global mix of local dumplings from Queens.The event raised close to $6,800. The overall goal […]
St. John’s University Mourns Passing Of Paterson
Basil Paterson, who passed away last week, was remembered with great respect by St. John’s University officials, as a “loyal and accomplished alumnus”. Paterson, the father of former Governor David Paterson, who earned his law degree at the Queens university, died last week at the age of 87.Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, the president of St. John’s, stated, “With the passing […]