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Astoria Characters: Miss Edie at Broadway Dance Studio
Sep 18, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling   Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling   As the little leotarded girls arrive for the 10 a.m. tap class at Broadway Dance Studio , Edie Bongiovi greets them at the front de...
Astoria Characters: The Neon Guy
Sep 11, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Kenny is the owner of Krypton Neon. Photos and text by Nancy A. Ruhling When he reaches the end of the dark, tunnel-like hallway, Kenny Greenberg switches on the signs. Lu...
A dining experience you can’t refuse!
Sep 08, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
BLEND on the water 4540 Center Blvd., Long Island City, NY11109 Take the time and experience a great atmosphere,  with very good food, that will make you feel like you are on vacation at the same t...
How Paper And Color Can Make You Dream. Exclusive Interview With Artist Adele Rahte.
Sep 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 248 248 recommendations | email to a friend
  Interview by Tiziano Thomas Dossena I met Adele Rahte at the beautiful Harlem house of a common friend, the soprano Lauren Flanigan. The conversation soon turned from music (we had just the fortu...
Astoria Characters: The Puppeteer and the Producer
Sep 04, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Allison, who doesn’t have a Southern accent, is from Alabama. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling It happened at a summer camp in the Catskills. It’s where Mike and Alliso...
Astoria Characters: The Yogini Who Is Happie
Aug 28, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Lisa is the owner of The Happie House. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Kicking off her slip-on sneakers, Lisa Samuels steps into a small space that is the color of sun...
Construction Accidents Involving Falls from Heights
Aug 21, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 327 327 recommendations | email to a friend
Why Are Falls from Heights So Significant in New York City? New York takes construction accidents involving falls from heights very seriously. In fact, the NY State Legislature passed the Scaffold ...
Astoria Characters: The Guy Who Colors Outside the Lines
Aug 21, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
Photo by Nancy A. Ruhling Zach has been drawing for nearly a quarter century. Text and Photos by Nancy A. Ruhling Every morning, Zach McCurdy sketches. He draws lines for a living, and this routine...
Sackstein Sacktein & Lee, LLP Sponsors the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 601 601 recommendations | email to a friend
August 25–26, 2018: the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festival in Nassau County on Long Island This year, Sackstein Sackstein & Lee, LLP takes pride in being the lead sponsor of the SUMAQ Peruvian Food Festi...
Why You Have Legal Rights in Construction Accidents Involving Falling Objects
Aug 16, 2018 | 0 0 comments | 330 330 recommendations | email to a friend
Can Injured workers and families who have lost their loved ones pursue lawsuits? By December of 2017, a construction site at 61 Ninth Avenue in Chelsea had been repeatedly cited for construction co...

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Have a Rockin’ New Year’s Eve in Brooklyn and Queens
Don’t have New Year’s Eve plans yet? Forget standing out in the frigid weather waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square unless you want to go into 2010 as an ice cube. There’s a lot going on in...
Dec 29, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 139 139 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Main Dining Room at AUSTIN’S features more than 100 works (featuring fifty artists of all ages), donated for display throughout the holidays by LIANA’S ART SCHOOL in Kew Gardens.
Austin's Ale House fetes local art school
For Kew Gardens resident Liana Shemper, it’s very much a labor of love, the top notch art school she’s been running out of a private studio for twenty years now. For the students fortunate enough t...
Dec 22, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 142 142 recommendations | email to a friend
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Local boutiques Candy Plum and KrisTEES sponsor shopping events to help out the designers who stock items in their stores. The owner of Brick Cafe offers her space for the event even though fashion has little to do with cuisine.
Band of Businesses
In Astoria, biz owners weather the recession together
Dec 22, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 134 134 recommendations | email to a friend
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This beautiful red handmade African necklace and earrings set is available from the MOCADA store for $100.
Guilt-Free Shopping
Gifts everyone (including the giver) can feel good about
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 141 141 recommendations | email to a friend
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Enjoy free wine tastings while you shop for gifts at Rosetta Wines. A bottle can cost anywhere from $5 to $400.
An Atlas for Smart Shopping at Atlas Park
BY HOLLY TSANG htsang@queensledger.com Avoid the typical mall crowds this holiday season by heading over to the The Shops at Atlas Park, Glendale’s spacious outdoor shopping center. Between shoppin...
Dec 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 146 146 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fort Defiance, Red Hook's latest hot spot.
The Culture Spot: Red Hook’s Fort Defiance
Newcomer Fort Defiance is certainly filling a niche in the burgeoning, albeit isolated, Red Hook bar scene. Owned by St. John Frizell, a former Pegu Club bartender, the café-bar’s focus is clearly ...
Dec 10, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 147 147 recommendations | email to a friend
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Playwright/actress Kitty Chen.
'Play'-ing By My Own Rules
Playwright Takes On Asian Stereotypes
Dec 08, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 148 148 recommendations | email to a friend
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Award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz
Call of the Wild
Joel Meyerowitz creates a ‘Legacy’ for NY Nature Lovers
Dec 08, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 160 160 recommendations | email to a friend
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Business Stylist Ben Wolff of re-dress(TM)
Work Wardrobe a Mess? Ben Wolff shows you how to 're-dress'
When Ben Wolff graduated from college with a degree in theater, he took a job in retail as a temporary means of supporting himself while he looked for acting gigs. He ended up keeping the retail jo...
Dec 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 355 355 recommendations | email to a friend
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Parsons School of Design photography student, Brian Chan, 20.
Through the view-finder: A glimpse at my future
Brian Chan was in high school when he went to Hong Kong on vacation. Figuring he might as well capture some of the memories from his trip, he purchased a simple point-and-shoot camera. Before he kn...
Dec 01, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 157 157 recommendations | email to a friend
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A zamboni prepares the ice for skating use at the City Ice Pavilion in Long Island City.
Rooftop Winter Wonderland
A second ice skating rink comes to Queens
Nov 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 731 731 recommendations | email to a friend
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Queens-based writer Richard Vetere. (Photo by AnneMarie Poyo)
The ‘Write’ Move
Playwright/novelist is far from struggling
Nov 24, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 149 149 recommendations | email to a friend
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Scenes from the Queens Players production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" (Photos/Cameron Hughes)
The Culture Spot: The Secret Is Out
LIC’s The Secret Theatre Thinks Outside The Little Black Box
Nov 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 154 154 recommendations | email to a friend
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Father Joseph Palackal poses with a photo of a Persian cross from Kerala.
East meets West
Film explores Christianity in India
Nov 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 152 152 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Dang It Bobbys perform at 109 Square. (Photo courtesy of Queens Theatre in the Park)
A change of scene at Queens Theatre
In the past, New York City's art scene has flourished almost exclusively in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but it seems that's about to change with the recent opening of 109 Square, Queens Theatre in the ...
Nov 17, 2009 | 0 0 comments | 149 149 recommendations | email to a friend
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