Now through October 2016, you can visit the Louis Armstrong House Museum and see the new exhibt curated by LAHM Director of Research Collections Ricky Riccardi and Archives Assistant Brynn White. This exhibit celebrates the 90th anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five, the landmark recordings that were the first records ever to be issued under Armstrong’s own name. Hotter Than […]
Asm. Weprin’s Holiday Toy Drive Nets Over 400 Toys
Assemblyman David Weprin was joined by John J. DeCristoforo, Chief Executive Officer of the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens, and others to gift collected toys to the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens in Richmond Hill. The Holiday Toy Drive, which was arranged by Weprin’s District Office and began in November 2015, and was arranged to benefit […]
Ramon ‘Jiggz’ Silverio
Ramon “Jiggz” Silverio was about 16 when he came to Queens Community House (QCH) in Forest Hills. A friend of his had told him about it because they had just started break dancing and had an informal club in school, but besides school they had nowhere else to dance. So they asked the people who were working there at the […]
The Pulpit
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. To list your event, send info to qgazette@aol.com, or 42-16 34th Ave, Astoria 11101, TWO weeks prior to the event for proper coverage. Astoria Adventist Church:•Fridays, 7 pm: Small group video seminar,More About Jesus, with Christian writers andspeakers Maurice Venden and Lee Venden.•Saturdays, 3 pm: Bible Study […]
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. GENERAL EVENTS, CLUBS: Sen Addabbo MetroCard Van Dec. 30:-Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55Cross Bay Blvd. – 10 am-12 pm-Broad Channel Library, 16-26 CrossBay Blvd. – 1-3 pmChhaya CDC 37-43 77 St, 2nd Fl.,Jackson […]
‘Christmas’ Behind Bars
A Queens Grand Jury took the twinkle out of a bad Christmas on Christmas Eve, by handing down an indictment charging a Queens man with menacing a deli clerk. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Nicholas Christmas was no saint when he argued with Haroon Glaimeed at a store near 160th Street in early December. The argument took a violent […]
New Year Around The World
‘N ew Year’s is one of the oldest celebrated holidays and was first observed 4000 years ago in ancient Babylon. However, it hasn’t always been celebrated on January 1st. Babylonians began New Year’s on what is now March 23rd, when new crops were planted. The celebration lasted for 11 days. During the festival, the king was sent away so everyone […]
A New Year – A New Beginning
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; […]
Greetings from Captain Peter Fortune, Commanding Officer of the 114th Precinct.
Greetings from Captain Peter Fortune, Commanding Officer of the 114th Precinct. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our residents a very safe and happy New Year. The 114th Precinct has experienced another successful year with a reduction of approximately 8% in crime. Western Queens has become an even safer place to live and this would […]