Trash? No! Smash? Yes! The Astoria Park Pumpkin Smash is on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 1 pm to 3 pm. Participants can hoist their post-Halloween gourds across Astoria Park using a giant slingshot designed and built by Astoria Woodworkers Collective. Others can head to the smash zone (a temporary tarp), grab a mallet, and whack…
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Bring your energy and good spirits. You’ll receive balloons, cowbells, pompoms, rattles, and whistles. Various borough nonprofits have joined forces to organize a Queens Cheering Station to support TCS NYC Marathon participants as they cruise down 44th Drive near 21st Street in Long Island City on Sunday, Nov. 3, starting at about 10 am and…
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It looks like Queens has a new mascot. Bumperman has put on the brakes near the David Dinkins Circle in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where it’ll be on display through October 2025, thanks to a grant from the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park and NYC Parks Department’s Art in the Parks program. Local artist…
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The Soul Rebels formed to revolutionize the Pop and Big Brass tunes they enjoyed during their youth in New Orleans. They blended Funk and Soul with elements of Hip Hop, Jazz, and good ol’ Rock-n-Roll. The result is top-notch musicianship with songs celebrating peace and love. Catch the vibes when The Soul Rebels take the…
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Build it..and they will come. Some will honk at it, while others will bike past it. Still more will meet friends there. Longtime Forest Hills resident Larry Ng is close to realizing his dream of installing a 3D sculpture in MacDonald Park, near the intersection of Queens and Yellowstone boulevards. Consisting of steel sheet metal…
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QEDC to Offer Free Home Improvement Contractor Training Course Online in English and Spanish
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The Queens Economic Development Corporation is ready to offer its highly successful Home Improvement Contractor Training course online three times over the next three months. It’s free and available in English and Spanish. LaGuardia Community College Procurement Technical Assistance Center Director Edgar Hernandez, who has been teaching HICT for more than 11 years, will lead…
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The Yankees and Mets are making history this October, but this game is history. Watch a 19th Century Baseball Game in Fort Totten on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 11 am. Reenactors representing the New York Mutuals will take on their counterparts from the Brooklyn Atlantics in this exhibition, which is sponsored by the Bayside Historical…
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Exercise, education, and enrichment! Open House New York Weekend runs from Friday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Oct. 20. The 22nd annual walk-a-palooza opens 276 places across the five boroughs for behind-the-scenes tours and special access to everything from skyscrapers to factories to artist studios. Using the “Coca-Cola doesn’t promote Pepsi and vice versa” philosophy, this…
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Go back in time twice in Bayside this weekend. The first trip is to Lawrence Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11 am. Members of the Bayside Historical Society will lead a free exploration of this NYC landmarked burial ground, where many of the area’s founders are at rest. Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, who was…
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Yu-Gi-Oh! is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time with a manga series, television shows, video games, books, films, and other creations. Thus, an energetic crowd is expected at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Day on Saturday, Oct. 5, at noon. The six-hour celebration includes everything from free tabletop gaming for duelists to…