One of Long Island City’s newest art spaces, the Diego Salazar Gallery, is honoring local Latin American artists in its second exhibit, Vision & Emotion: Latin American Art Salon. Gallery owner Diego Salazar, who is from Colombia, is showcasing both emerging and established artists from New York City. To emphasize the ethnic background of the [...]
While it often takes a fleet of musicians, producers, instruments, computer effects and other tools to perfect a song, Pentatonix easily accomplishes that goal with only five outstanding voices. And all it took to bring their unique blend of pop, soul, R&B, dubstep and electronica to the masses was a win on NBC’s a cappella [...]
Graffiti was a man’s world— until she painted it pink. Lady Pink, graffiti’s first and fieriest female figurehead, still reigns supreme as an icon in the American art arena. While her medium switched from subway cars and cinderblock walls to canvas over the years, the Astoria-based creative is still spreading her message — art is [...]
After 52 years as a painter in New York City, Elinore Schnurr has a new profession in the art world—curator. And her experience as an artist helped her land the gig. She has been renting studio space in Long Island City from Diego Salazar for over 20 years. When he decided to move his antique [...]
What do you get when you mix a group of drunkards, dolts and damsels, all presented with shameless skill? A hilarious yet vindictive performance of one of theatre’s most notorious figureheads’ productions. Long Island City theatre hot spot The Secret Theatre — continually responsible for hosting a cornucopia of outstanding entertainment — debuted the Queens [...]
Zoë Morsette’s studio is where the magic happens. The prop goddess, who creates ice that won’t melt and feathery, oversized chicken costumes for “30 Rock” stars, houses the enchantment of the theatrical world inside her 21st Street space, where she creates props and costumes for Broadway productions and television shows. On a damp, grey afternoon, [...]
In the Soho Playhouse’s basement venue, the Huron Club, Pamela Sabaugh tottered on stage clutching a white cane. In character, she’s the middle school-aged version of herself, fumbling into the spotlights – a familiar gesture for the actress. The show opens with Sabaugh, who lives in Astoria, singing “Grace Amazing,” which reflects the English spiritual [...]
At age 12, Amanda Monaco picked up a guitar. One hasn’t left her hands since. The Long Island City jazz guitarist, whose strumming floats through neighborhood wine bars and music venues, now leads the Queens Jazz Overground. A spinoff of the nonprofit Brooklyn Jazz Underground, it is a local resource for jazz musicians and fans. [...]
Zoe Morsette’s studio is where the magic happens. The prop goddess, who creates ice that won’t melt and feathery, oversized chicken costumes for “30 Rock” stars, houses the enchantment of the theatrical world inside her 21st Street space, where she creates props and costumes for Broadway productions and television shows. On a damp, grey afternoon, [...]
Ears and Gears Studio in Astoria is a new hotbed for rock musicians and fans across New York City. Over the summer, the studio’s doors were open to the public for a live performance series that kicked off on June 30. Devyn Rush, a contestant on “American Idol” Season 10, performed on opening night —a [...]
