Warm up this winter with a visit to Favela Grill for the true taste of sunny Brazil. Few countries celebrate food, music, and love quite like Brazil does. Choose Favela Grill for your Valentine’s Day celebration and ignite some passion in your life. This softly lit restaurant on 28th Avenue in Astoria features exposed brick and jute-covered walls adorned with […]
Hermes Expo International 2019 Coming To Three Cities
Hermes Expo International (Hermes Expo) hosts a series of events held annually in New York and the Philadelphia region featuring exclusive level networking opportunities, professional development seminars, educational panels, and a trade show exhibition platform for businesses seeking to grow and expand. Hermes Expo International is a leading trade show and exhibition networking company in America, promoting commerce, communications and […]
Maria By Callas At MMI Sells Out Both Screenings
Maria by Callas: In Her Own Words, the latest installment of the Always on Sunday Greek Film Series at the Museum of the Moving Image, was screened twice on January 27, and both showings were sold out. Maria by Callas (2018, 113 mins., Sony Pictures Classics) with Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis, Fanny Ardant, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Joyce […]
Local-Express
The Sparrow Film Project, the iconic short-film challenge, returned last year for its 10th anniversary, celebrating the artistic, imaginative and DIY ethos of the Astoria community. Technical director Sal Milazzo says, “There is no better feeling than seeing all your neighbors dressed to the nines to celebrate their work; to me, it feels like the Great Astoria Prom. I am […]
BP Katz’s State Of The Borough
On the last Friday in January, at LaGuardia Community College, Melinda Katz, five full years in office as borough president of Queens, delivered another State of the Borough speech that amounted to a ride through the borough, noting everything from La Guardia CC itself to the plenitude of countries that supply it with immigrants, and the great number of languages […]
Queens College Celebrates Black History Month
A Black Business Expo will be among the campus events as Queens College celebrates Black History Month 2019 and begins a year-long exploration of the African American experience. “This year we are expanding from the limitation of a single month to more broadly explore the essential part African Americans have played in the history of our country. So we’ll offer […]
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, MoreAbout Jesus, with Christian writers and speakersMaurice Venden and Lee Venden. Saturdays, 11 […]
Constantinides To Deliver State Of The District
Council Member Costa Constantinides delivers his sixth State of the District address on Thursday, January 31 at 7 pm. “Lots in store for Western Queens in 2019,” he tweeted on January 24. Elected in 2013 and reelected in 2017, Constantinides chairs the Council’s Environmental Protection Committee and sits on Parks, Transportation, For-Hire Vehicles, and Land Use Committees. The Environmental Protection […]
Neighborhood Development News
CB 1 Rejects 48th Street Hi Rise Plan Community Board 1 has rejected a rezoning application for development of a 14- story mixed-use building on 48th Street and 34th Avenue in Astoria. Board members voted 31 – 4 to reject a proposal by developers Ashley Young LLC and John Young Associates for the 14-story, mixed-use building at 47-15 34th Avenue […]