All are invited to participate in an ongoing, citywide art project that’ll make its Queens debut on Tuesday, May 20. Cherie Corso will work on a large-scale, 5×5-foot canvas at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park at noon. Then, the piece will move through neighborhoods across the borough, evolving as it absorbs each community’s…
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All of my exes live in Texas. That’s why I live in Queens! Don’t worry. I still get the great food, though, as the Texas Chili Cook-Off 2025 is at Pig Beach NYC in Astoria on Sunday, May 18, from 1 pm to 6 pm. Maybe I’ll bring my exes. After all, this 56th annual…
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#Newsflash | Five Businesses Win 2025 Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge: Each One Receives $20,000 Grant
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A dance studio, a gift-buying service, a map-based hiring platform, an artisanal chocolate company, and an E- bike share program were announced as winners of the 2025 Queens Tech + Innovation Challenge during a special event at Resorts World New York City in South Ozone Park on Wednesday, May 7. Each entity will receive…
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#Newsflash | After a Major Renovation, Live Music Returns to Poppenhusen Institute in Queens
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The greatest historic house/community center that you’ve never heard of is back after a renovation and ready to host cultural events. Poppenhusen Institute will present A Jazz and Blues Concert and Luncheon with The Paul Shapiro Trio on Sunday, May 18, at 1 pm. It’s a long time away, but the same College Point establishment…
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This event is the cat’s meow. To celebrate 50 years of adorableness and commerce, the Hello Kitty Café Truck will pop up in Flushing on Saturday, May 3. To be stationed by The Shops at Skyview’s main entrance at 40-24 College Point Blvd. from 10 am to 7 pm, the mobile unit will give away…
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Pop over to this pop-up and your taste buds will go pop! Arellano Pandesal is at Alewife Brewing at 41-11 39th St. in Sunnyside every Saturday (including April 26) from 1 pm to 4 pm. If you oversleep, don’t worry. The Woodside-based, Filipino-style bakery will be at Fifth Hammer Brewing at 10-28 46th Ave. in…
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This art gallery is kind of funny… Or maybe you prefer: A priest, a cop, and a lawyer walk into an art gallery… Then there’s always: Why did the chicken run into the art gallery? The punch line to all these hilarious jokes is the same. The Nice One! comedy show is at Culture Lab…
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Michael Raphael really loves comics book. He loves to read them, collect them, talk about them, and fix them up so they look pretty. He also likes to give them away. Head to his Middle Village boutique shop, Spineworks Comics NYC, to get some freebies on Saturday, May 3. He’ll be there from 9 am…
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#Newsflash | The Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill Offers Mozart’s ‘Grand Mass’ on April 13
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Here’s the chance to listen to a full orchestra and a talented soloists perform one of the most beautiful compositions of all time. The Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill offers Mozart’s “Grand Mass” during a special afternoon of classical music at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 13, at 3 pm. Admission is…
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A man in blue, a man with a yellow cab, and a man who got married in kilt walk into a bar and… Find the punchline and many more jokes during A Cop, A Cabbie, and A Crusader at the Greek Cultural Center on Saturday, April 12, at 5 pm. This play, which mixes comedy…