Entertainment

LIC Bar gives back to The Who’s favorite charity
LIC Bar gives back to The Who’s favorite charity
Entertainment Alexa Altman 2/19/2013 at 11:18AM

They’re back for an encore. A Sandy-struck venue that received a new sound system from music icons The Who is returning the favor by hosting a fundraiser to benefit one of the band’s favorite charities, Teen Cancer America. LIC Bar, at 45-58 Vernon Boulevard, was inundated by seven feet of water during the superstorm, wiping out [...]

Long Island City dance company celebrates 15 years
Long Island City dance company celebrates 15 years
Entertainment Cristabelle Tumola 2/18/2013 at 2:21PM

Among the galleries, bars, restaurants and theatre spaces, there is one more thing that is bringing culture to LIC — dance. Celebrating its 15th season as a company, Dance Entropy came to Long Island City in 2005, creating its first permanent home at Green Space on 24th Street. To celebrate its anniversary, the nonprofit modern [...]

What to do this weekend in Queens
What to do this weekend in Queens
Entertainment Queens Courier Staff 2/15/2013 at 5:56PM

Saturday, February 16 From 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. come celebrate the 17th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration on Main Street in Flushing. This year is the Year of the Snake. The parade’s route will start at Union Street and 39th Avenue and usually ends at Main Street and 39th Avenue. Enjoy lion and dragon [...]

Valentine’s Day events in Queens
Valentine’s Day events in Queens
Entertainment Queens Courier Staff 2/12/2013 at 11:18AM

If you want to do more than just dinner on Valentine’s Day here are some romantic events happening in Queens on February 14. Valentine’s Dinner Cruise, 7 p.m. Take the Skyline Princess for a four-hour, all-inclusive, romantic tour of NYC harbor with a three-course buffet dinner, premium open bar, free parking at the marina, and [...]

Astoria chef competes on ABC reality show ‘The Taste’
Astoria chef competes on ABC reality show ‘The Taste’
Entertainment Alexa Altman 2/12/2013 at 9:02AM

The freshest face of foodie television is as fiery as her cooking. Diane DiMeo, a self-taught Astoria chef and aspiring restaurateur, is a contestant on “The Taste,” a new ABC program that teams ambitious cooks with kitchen veterans for blind taste tests, battling it out for $100,000, a car and gastronomic glory. DiMeo, who was [...]

New photo exhibit shows before and after effects of Sandy
New photo exhibit shows before and after effects of Sandy
Arts & Music Cristabelle Tumola 2/11/2013 at 1:59PM

Homes and businesses were not the only places that Sandy destroyed. Gateway National Recreation Area, which encompasses parts of Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Monmouth County, New Jersey, is also still recovering from the storm and has yet to fully reopen. The effects that Sandy had on the area can now be seen in a [...]

Local teen designers compete in “Project Runway” fashion competition
Local teen designers compete in “Project Runway” fashion competition
Entertainment Melissa Chan 2/03/2013 at 2:37PM

Local teen designers faced off in a “Project Runway” fashion competition last month at the Pomonok branch of the Queens Library. Fifteen runway hopefuls, between 10 and 17 years old, took on the task of creating the most stylish woman’s outfit out of men’s clothing. Their handpicked models hit the catwalk in their creations, library [...]

What to do this weekend in Queens
What to do this weekend in Queens
Entertainment Queens Courier Staff 2/01/2013 at 5:44PM

Friday February 1, – Thursday, February 28  The Kupferberg Center for the Arts, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, will host 40 minute guided tours chronicling the life of famous African-American musician Louis Armstrong. Each visitor will receive a photograph of Armstrong performing at the Suburban Gardens in New Orleans in 1931 with a never-before-published excerpt [...]

PHOTOS: New TV show ‘The Americans’ shoots in Bayside
PHOTOS: New TV show ‘The Americans’ shoots in Bayside
Entertainment Cristabelle Tumola 2/01/2013 at 1:32PM

A new FX series, “The Americans,” shot an upcoming episode in Bayside yesterday. The show, which premiered Wednesday at 10 p.m., is about the marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected president, and stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. Here are some photos from Thursday’s shoot. [...]