Feb. 2, 2024 By Aidan Pellegrino Enjoy a wide variety of events and musical performances in Queens. There is a guarantee that you will be able to find something that you enjoy. Most of these events will take place at venues such as the TV Eye in Ridgewood. Friday, Feb. 2 Nosaj Thing b2b…
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Feb. 1, 2024 By Rachel Butler Queens College in Flushing is celebrating Black History Month with a new exhibition focusing on a long-established student support program. The exhibition focuses on what’s known as the SEEK program, a program that assists students from low-income backgrounds by covering college fees, while also providing them with personal tutors,…
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Feb. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
A teenager was stabbed in the back during an early morning bar fight inside a Flushing nightclub and his assailant remains at large.
Jan. 31, 2024 By Rachel Butler A community cultural center in College Point is hosting a lecture on American trumpeter and vocalist, Louis Armstrong, along with a musical demonstration with musician Jimmy Owens to celebrate Black History Month on Feb. 18. New Orleans native Owens and vocalist Jennifer Jade Ledesna will be hosting “A Queens…
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Jan. 31, 2024 By Ethan Marshall More than 100 Queens restaurants have signed on to the CommUNITY Passport Program, an initiative meant to support local restaurants by encouraging people to spend rewards points at these businesses that they will receive from staying at the Hard Rock Hotel set to come to Willets Point. The development…
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Jan. 30, 2024 By Rachel Butler A former professor at Queens College in Flushing who was laid off earlier this month along with 23 other faculty members, said the bad news came as no surprise. Malcolm MacDougall III, 34, who had taught sculpture at Queens College since 2016, was among the 24 faculty members at…
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Jan. 30, 2024 By Rachel Butler A local Queens museum has launched a creative contest for school children in kindergarten through twelfth grade to celebrate Black History Month. The Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing, which celebrates the life and work of the African American poet, inventor and artist Lewis Latimer, is inviting school children…
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Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The total number of major crimes across Queens during the first month of 2024 remained mostly static compared to the totals from January 2023, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 1-28, the total number of major crimes increased…
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Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall Early voting for the special election for New York’s third congressional district will begin Saturday, Feb. 3 and will run through Feb. 11. Voters in the district, which covers eastern Queens and the northern section of Long Island, will have several voting sites to choose from as they cast…
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Jan. 29, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Queens Borough President Donovan Richards recently brought together a diverse group of basketball enthusiasts to combine their love for the sport with a crucial conversation about mental health awareness. The event, which took place at St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows on Saturday, Jan. 27, showcased the power of…
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