Category Archives: Weekly Column

QEDC/QTC 2025 Calendar

Every year, the Queens Economic Development Corporation and Queens Tourism Council produce a printed calendar. Past themes include Arts, Restaurants, and Sports. Well, the new year is around the corner…and so is the 2025 calendar. The theme? Off The Beaten Path! Each month features a large photo of a Queens spot that’s little known and…

#MonthlyPicks | What Does a Justice Advocate/Writer/Artist Love about Queens?

Jamie Maleszka-Tate is a proud daughter of Queens who lives with her husband and two cats in the same Astoria house where she grew up. A writer and poet, she’s also a passionate advocate for the arts, transformative justice, and dismantling the prison industrial complex. She currently serves as the Director of Creative Arts at…

#InTheLoop | From the Avant-Garde to the Sublime at Culture Lab LIC

Creative dining, contemporary circus, dance theater, and toy drama are on the menu at Culture Lab LIC. This first-ever New Works Festival will share original work by the venue’s 2024 Emergence Artists in Residence Danie Kohn, Helixx C. Armageddon, Yvonne Huatin Chow (House of Chow), and Gaby FeBland. Kohn, who has roots as a contemporary…

#InTheLoop | One-Woman Show Channels Four Spanish Divas

Sunnyside’s Got Talent. Thalia Spanish Theatre hosts Divas de España from Friday, Oct. 18, to Sunday, Oct. 27. Inma Heredia rocks this solo show which mixes comedy with music and dance while paying homage to four transcendent artists who were born in Spain, but achieved international success. Speaking English, but singing in Spanish, Heredia will…

#Newsflash | Whisky/Spirits Tasting — with 75+ Brands — to Make a Splash in Queens on Sept. 22

This will be a good way to meet some kindred spirits. Wonders of Whisky presents the WoW Tasting Experience in Long Island City on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 pm. The six-hour celebration will showcase more than 75 whiskies, including ones from Scotland (naturally), Australia, India, Israel, Japan, and the United States. Cocktails, champagne, cognac,…

#WeeklyColumn | It’s In Queens!

There are so many upcoming local events that politicians would be justified in claiming election interference. Community theater, 18th century dining, single-mingle events, circus acts, and many kinds of music are on tap. Nov. 8, Rumors, Nov. 23. Douglaston Community Theatre kicks off its 75th season with this Neil Simon comedy about couples who arrive…