Jun. 17, 2025 By Athena Dawson Jazz lovers of all ages can celebrate the start of this year’s Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series this week. The free concert series is back in full swing, with its inaugural performance on Thursday, June 19, at 7 p.m., at Astoria Park, located at 19 St. bet. Astoria…
Apr. 23, 2025 By Colum Motherway A free community concert spotlighting the vibrant voices of living American composers will be held in Forest Hills on Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m., presented by Quintet of the Americas, Queens’ acclaimed woodwind ensemble. The performance, titled “Living American Composers,” will take place at The Church-in-the-Gardens, located…
Dec. 5, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Sunnyside Trad Weekend, a popular event featuring traditional Irish music, song and dance, will return to the neighborhood Thursday night for a four-night run at Courtyard Ale House. The event, which will take place at 8 p.m. every day from Dec. 5-8, returns to Courtyard, an Irish bar located… Read more »
Oct. 31, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan One Astoria family paid homage to Chappell Roan, one of this year’s biggest breakthrough pop stars, by transforming their porch into the ‘Pink Pony Club’ for Halloween. On Broadway and 32nd Street, two skeletons holding microphones are staged in a cobweb sea of pink and purple lights. One wears… Read more »
Oct. 24, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan On Monday, a Queens County Supreme Court judge dismissed a large chunk of claims outlined in a lawsuit against Forest Hills Stadium filed by a neighboring homeowner association. In the suit filed by The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (FHGC) against the West Side Tennis Club, which owns and…
Sept. 10, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The Sunnyside Drum Corps is appealing for new members as the marching band celebrates its 47th anniversary. The Drum Corps, founded by local resident Tony Lana in 1977, holds practice in the All Saints Episcopal Church at 43-12 46th St. every Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. The… Read more »
Sept. 3, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The New York Irish Center launched its 20th-anniversary season by announcing a series of new and unique programming initiatives beginning this month. The New York Irish Center, located at 10-40 Jackson Ave., has announced an Irish-language film festival, a new animation series from five-time Oscar-nominated Irish studio Cartoon Saloon,… Read more »
Jun. 11, 2024 By Amanda Moses Governors Ball rocked Flushing Meadows Corona Park over the weekend for an epic three-day music festival kicking off an ultimate summer experience. Coachella better watch its back because Governors Ball showed what the East Coast is made of as it returned for the second year in a row…
Apr. 30, 2024 By Athena Dawson Are you ready for a unique mashup of amazing Caribbean music and dance this May? Flushing Town Hall is hosting another edition of their popular Global Mashup Series, where Haitian dance meets Puerto Rican salsa music on stage this Saturday, May 4. Brooklyn-based Jalopy Theatre, will take over Flushing…
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Feb. 28, 2024 By Rachel Butler Traditional Irish music and music from Quebec is the specialty of trio Grosse Isle, who will join New York city based accordion player Erica Mancini at Flushing Town Hall for a concert on March 2 as part of the venue’s global mashup series where different music disciplines come together for a one of a kind performance. The artists will also be joined by drummers Brian Chase and Michael Winograd, trumpeter Frank London and more at the one-time concert. Mancini is set to play traditional Polka music known as Polka Loca hailing from the genre…
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