QNYC Event Highlight: Women’s History Month Celebration with the Latin...
Image Source: NBC Latino The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens and the Latin American Women’s Council have joined forces to celebrate Women’s History Month with classical guitarist Francisco...
View ArticleMake Music New York! Festival This Saturday
New York City is going to rock around the clock…literally. And Queens is going to pop, blues, jazz, reggae, indie, folk, Latin, experimental, country, gospel and even cabaret. This Saturday, Make...
View ArticleTwo Ceremonies Mark 50th Anniversary of the Fab Four’s U.S. Arrival (in...
In the early afternoon of February 7th, 1964, the Beatles arrived at JFK Airport via a Pan Am flight from London. A few minutes later, John, Paul, Ringo and George held their first U.S. press...
View ArticleFantastic Food + Delightful Drinks + Nonstop Networking + Enthusiastic...
It’s the food-and-networking event of the year … and Queens Brownstoner will be there as a sponsor and taste master! The Queens Economic Development Corporation recently announced that Queens Taste...
View ArticleThe Written Word Runs Wild Throughout the Borough During Queens Writes...
It’s the New York City marathon for word lovers. Queens Writes Weekend 2014 will facilitate more than 12 literary events at a minimum of six venues throughout the world’s most diverse borough over the...
View ArticleQueens Taste 2014 Breaks Attendance and Participation Records Despite Bad...
April showers bring…hungry party attendees. Exactly 50 vendors served entrées, appetizers, beverages and desserts to more than 700 attendees in a festive atmosphere during Queens Taste 2014 on April...
View ArticleAstoria Symphonic Choir to Play Joyous Songs from Broadway Musicals on May 31st
Broadway is coming home. On May 31st, the Astoria Symphonic Choir performs at Astoria’s Trinity Lutheran Church, which is located a block from the roadway that stretches from Elmhurst to the LIC’s...
View ArticleEight Queens Neighborhoods to Host Live Music During Citywide Festival on...
There will be dancing in the streets. Many, many streets…bars, cemeteries, gardens, historic houses, malls, parks, nonprofits, restaurants, stoops and triangles, too. On June 21st (aka the longest day...
View ArticleQueens Botanical Garden Hosts Scouting Expo Honoring Local Troop’s 100th...
World War I was brewing, Babe Ruth was pitching for the Boston Red Sox, and the Panama Canal was welcoming its first steamboats when George Winfield Schwagerl joined Troop 17 of the Boy Scouts of...
View ArticleThe Reformed Church of Newtown
Not too long ago, I answered my wife’s query of “Where are you going today?” with the simple answer of “Newtown, the center of Newtown.” She’s used to puzzling archaisms at this stage of the game, so...
View ArticleTaiwanese Food Festival Competes With Thai Cuisine Celebration
It’s no secret that delicious bounty abounds in the borough. In fact, just last week QNS Brownstoner informed on two Restaurant Weeks that are set to take place this month: an entire Queens one and a...
View ArticleQueens Version of the Nutcracker on Saturday
It’s part Cascanueces, part Shchelkunchik, and mostly unique. This Saturday, four local performing arts schools will offer two presentations of a decidedly Queens version of The Nutcracker. Expect...
View ArticleInside the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown
Over on Queens Boulevard, in Elmhurst, you’ll notice the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown at the corner of 54th Avenue. It’s the Gothic structure which is incongruous with its surroundings, which...
View ArticleSt. Pat’s For All in Sunny/Wood on Sunday
There was a time when some Irish people thought that New York City streets were paved with gold. Well, on Sunday, a Sunnyside/Woodside thoroughfare will be filled with innumerable Emerald Isle natives...
View ArticleQueens Taste 2015 at Hall of Science on May 12
The ongoing battle over which borough has the best restaurants will have a friendly skirmish during Queens Taste 2015 in Corona on May 12. More than 50 restaurants, dessert makers, and beverage...
View ArticleListing of the Day: 48-11 92nd Street, #2
This rental in Elmhurst is a very spacious three-bedroom, part of a two-story house built in 1930. The apartment looks newly renovated with wood floors in the bedrooms and living room and tile in the...
View ArticleListing of the Day: 73-10 Woodside Avenue, #2
This three-bedroom, two-bath in Elmhurst is part of a four-story building that was built this year. The kitchen has all new appliances with a peninsula for extra counter space. The apartment looks...
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