Jessica Lang Dance Center, a new, permanent home for Jessica Lang Dance, will open in Long Island City, in September announced choreographer and Artistic Director Jessica Lang. The new center will feature professional dance studios and office space for the company, and will offer classes and workshops for children and adults, reflecting Lang’s belief in the importance of education through […]
Artist Explores Mob Mentality
Max Tzinman’s Wasteland – Can We Hold On To Our Individual Humanity? Tzinman’s images explore mob mentality. His images are neither comforting, nor conventional. He is fascinated and disturbed by the hypnotizing appeal of the mob and its link to the desire to escape from the complexities of life and individual responsibility. Is “groupthink” the inevitable, irreversible result? Can we […]
Via Vai Brings Today’s Italy To Astoria
VIA VAI brings today’s Italy to Astoria – yes, that does include the handmade pasta! VIA VAI’s owner and Chef Antonio Morichini, a native of Rome, Italy who came to the US eight years ago with an impressive background, having received formal culinary training in Piedmont in northern Italy and worked at Michelin-starred restaurants in the Eternal City, brings the […]
New York ‘Mary From Dungloe’ Irish Gala Dance
The New York ‘Mary from Dungloe’ Irish Gala Dance will take place on Saturday night, April 16, at St. Joseph’s Auditorium Academy, 30th Avenue and 44th Street just a few blocks from Steinway Street at 8 pm – 12:30 am. Wonderful music will be provided by Marti G and the G Men, as well as traditional Irish music and Irish […]
Search For Silver Car In LIC Club Shooting
Police are seeking help from the public to locate a gunman who shot a livery driver in the head outside a Long Island City nightclub on March 4. The shooting that took place at about 4:30 a.m., outside Club Purlieu at 36-04 34th St. left livery driver Roberto Castillo, 37, clinging to life. The married father of two daughters miraculously […]
Historic Struggles Formed Modern-Day Greece
Greeks all over the world, but especially here in New York City, will celebrate Greek Independence Day this Mar. 25. Parades and speeches will mark a struggle which began early in the 19th century and continued well into the 20th, fueled by the desire of the Greek nation to follow the traditions of self-government of the world’s first democracy. The […]
Historic Struggles Formed Modern-Day Greece
Kountouriótis, who was head of the government that had been formed in January 1822 but was forced to flee to the island of Hydra in December 1822. After a second civil war in 1824, Kountouriótis was firmly established as leader, but his government and the entire revolution were gravely threatened by the arrival of Egyptian forces led by Ibrahim Pash, […]
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. Ascension Church:•Sunday, Mar. 27: 10th Annual EasterFest. 11am church service and Children’s SundaySchool (ages birth-6th grade) followed by giantindoor egg hunt (12:30 pm for […]
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 MTGS, EVENTS: 112th Precinct Comm. Council Mtg at112th Precinct. Presentation of PosterConcert Winners. Prizes, cupcakes and icecream. RSVP 718.520.9321. – Mar 30,7:30 pm (NOTE DATE CHANGE)BP Katz Events All at Queens BoroughHall […]
DA Brown: ‘Martial Arts Instructor Abused Students’
A Corona tae kwon do instructor has been charged with sexually abusing four young girls at his studio in Corona, police said. Cops said Lorenzo Ramos, 26, of Elmhurst, was an instructor at United Kwon Do on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, when he sexually abused two 12- year-old girls and two 14-year-old girls. Prosecutors said Ramos lifted the girls, touching […]