Posts by sonia
Clip Show: A Sketch Show
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY – The Creek and the Cave is the home to a new sketch show experience. Clip Show: A Sketch Show is a LIVE comedy show made up of real clips from fake shows that never aired in the first place! Join NYC’s best comedy writers and performers, as we sample new…
Read MoreStand-Ups Improvise TED Talks
ASTORIA, NY – Q.E.D. – A Place to Show & Tell is the home to the funniest, most unofficial TED Talk experience in the city. Join host and local Astoria comic, Ryan Stanisz, as he challenges NYC’s best stand-ups to improvise their way through a presentation they've never seen before, on a topic that they’ve…
Read MoreTwo Men Rob A Massage Parlor, Force Women In Back Room.
Two men pushed their way into an Astoria massage parlour around 3:30AM Friday and robbed it, after forcing the women who worked there into the back room. The two suspects, seen in the images taken by the surveillance camera made their way into Amazing Relaxing Asia Bodywork parlor in Astoria. They then took out a…
Read MoreKnitting 101
Seeking a hands-on hobby? Get ready to be swept away into the wonderful world of knitting! Stitch along with Kari Ickert, seasoned knitter and yarn enthusiast. In this two part class, you'll learn the essentials of the craft (knit, purl, finishing) and begin to build upon them (stripes! stitch patterns! ribbing! oh my!), working your…
Read MoreKnitting 101
Seeking a hands-on hobby? Get ready to be swept away into the wonderful world of knitting! Stitch along with Kari Ickert, seasoned knitter and yarn enthusiast. In this two part class, you'll learn the essentials of the craft (knit, purl, finishing) and begin to build upon them (stripes! stitch patterns! ribbing! oh my!), working your…
Read MoreD.B. Rielly at Sweet Afton
Award-winning singer/songwriter D.B Rielly and his band will perform a wide-ranging collection of Americana music, spanning several genres including Roots, Zydeco, Blues, and Alt-Country. D.B. promises his listeners an “instantaneous cure for all afflictions.”9-11pmAdmission is freewww.dbrielly.com Sweet Afton30-09 34th Street, Astoria, NY 11103Mass Transit: N/Q to 30th Ave.
Read MoreChilds Building Facade May Be Saved, No Promises.
The building at 36-01 Broadway has recently come under some scrutiny in the midst of its new renovations, as residents voiced their concerns with the issue of losing the detailed terra-cotta figures of fish, shells, sea horses and King Neptune on the building’s facade. Believed to have been built in the late 1920’s, it was thought…
Read MoreWhat’s On Offer At Flattops?
The brains behind Astoria’s very popular and delicious Queens Comfort are now also the brains behind Astoria’s new restaurant, Flattops. Hip hop themed menu and with a retro punk atmosphere, and we haven’t even gotten to the pinball machines. You can find it on 33-06 Ditmars Blvd, and it’s opening is this month, July 16th,…
Read MoreFourth of July Blockbuster Movie Weekend at The Museum of the Moving Image
Since cinema began, the 4th of July weekend was seen as the time when movies showed exactly what they were made of. The biggest and the best all opened on 4th of July weekends, and the Museum of the Moving Image is showcasing just a handful of those money makers this weekend for their Born…
Read More2016 Independence Celebration At Astoria Park
There is just a certain feeling in the air today, whether it is because of the looming three-day weekend and you will also have a shorter day tomorrow or simply because it is gorgeous out and you just feel damn good! Whatever the reason is, it is going to get a whole lot better because…
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