When Jerry Seinfeld emerged from behind the curtain at the Colden Auditorium, he was not only returning to his alma mater, but to the stage that helped launch his comedy career. “This is where I started the whole damn thing,” Seinfeld said as he greeted the crowd at Queens College’s sold-out Colden Auditorium, his fourth [...]
The economy is on the upswing, albeit slowly, but there is still a long road ahead to full economic recovery, said CBS financial analyst Jill Schlesinger. This was one of the several talking points of Schlesinger, editor-at-large of CBS MoneyWatch, when she spoke on Friday, September 21 at a business forum at Queens College. Among [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Thursday: A slight chance of showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Thursday night: A chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of [...]
TODAY’S FORECAST Monday: Clear in the morning, then partly cloudy. High of 77. Breezy. Winds from the West at 15 to 20 mph shifting to the NNW in the afternoon. Monday night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then clear. Low of 57. Winds from the SW at 5 to 15 mph. EVENT of the DAY Monday is the [...]
Have an idea for a startup business? It may be worth $10,000. The Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) launched its seventh annual Queens StartUP! Business Plan Competition, which will award three businesses $10,000 to get their idea off the ground. “We are extremely happy to offer StartUP! again,” said QEDC executive director Seth Bornstein. The [...]
Marvin Hamlisch, the stage and screen composer who scored countless cultural masterpieces such as “A Chorus Line” and “The Way We Were,” passed away at the age of 68 in Los Angeles after a brief battle with an illness. Hamlisch was one of the few entertainers to obtain the coveted EGOT – winning an Emmy, [...]
The comedian and former television star will do stand-up shows in all the five boroughs this fall, including one on October 14 at the Colden Auditorium at Queens College in Flushing, reported Playbill.com. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 30 at 10 a.m. Seinfeld, who went to school in Queens, [...]
UPDATE: Family of missing Queens girl ups reward The family of a missing Queens woman has increased their reward to $5,000 for information in the case. Investigators say Rajwinder Kaur, 26, was last seen leaving her home on 198th Street in Hollis around 8 p.m. Sunday. Her family says she was on her way to her volunteer [...]
A ribbon-cutting ceremony at Queens College marked the completion of renovations to the campus’ four arts venues and the start of a “renaissance” throughout the borough, said the school’s top official. “Today is a landmark for our arts center,” said Queens College President Dr. James Muyskens. “There is no other way to describe Queens College’s [...]
Flushing may soon be getting a little more sun. A class of graduates and undergraduates from Queens College presented a research project on the benefits of a potential plan to allow Flushing to rely on solar energy. The main focus of the 14-week-long study was to educate merchants, schools, landlords and homeowners on the benefits [...]
