Aug. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan People of all ages and backgrounds are invited to try out for the Queens College Choral Society, which is seeking new members for its 2024-2025 concert season. Now in its 84th year, the chorus group is a diverse ensemble of members from the campus’s surrounding community, as well…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Under the federal Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), local lawmakers were able to secure $190 million to address flooding in Queens over the next two years. The provision of the WRDA, which authorizes the Army Corp of Engineers to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, was originally introduced by…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets and the New York Blood Center partnered to hold their annual summer blood drive, presented by NewYork-Presbyterian, in the Piazza Club at Citi Field on Monday, Aug. 12. All donors for this cause received a voucher for two tickets to a select Mets home…
Aug. 16, 2024 By sobrien Aug. 16, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A new pizzeria offering a range of classic New York-style pizza slices served with specialty dough is adding to the growing diversity of food options in Jackson Heights. Elements Pizzeria, which opened at 83-01 Northern Blvd. at the end of June, is a joint… Read more »
Aug. 15, 2024 By Shane O’Brien The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced its wild card recipients for the men’s and women’s singles competitions at the upcoming US Open, including former champions Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, Naomi Osaka and Bianca Andreescu. Thiem and Wawrinka have received wild cards for the the men’s draw…
Aug. 15, 2024 By bparry Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A recidivist animal abuser and hoarder from Jackson Heights was indicted by a Queens grand jury after dozens of dogs and cats were rescued from deplorable conditions from her home on 82nd Street in May. Elizabeth Grant, 56, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme… Read more »
Aug. 15, 2024 By Czarinna Andres The Queens College School of Arts, located in Flushing, has announced its inaugural artists-in-residence program for the 2024-2025 academic year. The program, supported by the Thomas Chen Family/Crystal Windows Endowment, aims to foster the development of Asian contemporary art and offers two artists an opportunity to contribute to…
Aug. 15, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_78850" align="aligncenter" width="700"] An Astoria man was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court, a day after he was arrested for stealing more than 1,500 oxycodone pills from two Queens nursing homes where he worked as a director. Via Getty Images[/caption]
Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
Aug. 14, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan A Queens Supreme Court judge officially dismissed one of several lawsuits brought against the operators of Forest Hills Stadium on Wednesday in a win for concertgoers. At the end of 2023, Concerned Citizens of Forest Hills Inc. et al. vs. The West Side Tennis Club, which leases out…
Aug. 14, 2024 by Jill Carvajal Welcome back to another episode of Schneps Connects! We’re thrilled to have Kris Bagwell, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Silvercup Studios, joining us today. Silvercup Studios, the premier independent film and television production facility in New York City and the Northeast, has been a cornerstone of […]