Quite excellent DFW piece at Chocolate Factory
If you never read David Foster Wallace, here is your chance! Plus the show is clever, avant-garde, close to home and cheap. Congratulations on a really impressive production. (Bit long though. And a crowd that more resembles a bridge tournament than experimental performance.)
Chocolate Factory has an exciting show this week
The NYT liked it. Tonight is the second night. Time to rock! (It’s the production riffing on David Foster Wallace.)
Spaghetti Alla Carbonara at Testaccio Ristorante
LONG ISLAND CITY (WABC) — This week, we take you out for some Italian food at Testaccio in Long Island City on Long Island. Carlo Bordone opened Testaccio with his partners in 2009. The menu features Italian dishes such as pastas, pizza and seafood as well as Roman specialties like oxtail, artichokes, and Spaghetti Alla […]
Creative expression writing class for big kids
NEW CLASS CREATIVE EXPRESSION POETRY AND PROSE A creative writing class for ages 8 and up. This 8-week after-school guides student-writers–enthusiastic and reluctant alike–toward the skill, and joy, of using language creatively to express ideas, feelings, and experiences. Instructor Tim Fredrick brings humor and pinpoint precision to assessing and teaching a small group of students, […]
News: Seldin vs Hall; Ocasio-Sosa; Joe DeGuardia
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (March 22, 2012) “The Hebrew Hammer” Cletus Seldin heads back to the ring on Saturday, March 31st at Star Boxing’s ROCKIN’ FIGHTS 3, at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island. The 25-year-old Seldin has turned heads in the New York City area with his stunning knockouts in his last three bouts, […]
M. Wells Returns to LIC at MoMA PS1 in May
Escargot and bone marrow, with shallots and red wine puree at M. Wells Diner. (Flickr/Wally Gobetz) QUEENS — When the cult favorite M. Wells Diner closed in Long Island City at the end of August, foodies across the city lamented the loss of its escargot and bone marrow, foie gras grilled cheese and tortilla espanola […]
Now hiring in LIC; RapidRealty coming soon
Break into real estate, as they say in the mail room. Rapid Realty comes to LIC
NYS Federation Class A boys tournament preview
ALBANY — NYPost.com boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this weekend’s New York State Federation Class A tournament at the Times Union Center in Albany. To follow our interactive live blog, click here. SCHEDULE Friday 6:45 p.m. – Brooklyn Collegiate vs. Long Island Lutheran 8:30 p.m. – Iona Prep vs. Harborfields Saturday 7:30 […]
$3M from HUD to help ‘green’ up older NYC housing
Energy experts will test new, energy-saving approaches in older multifamily housing developments in the New York City region with a $3 million, two-year grant. The project is led by the not-for-profit Community Environmental Center (CEC) of Long Island City, and in partnership with Cornell and Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City (CUCE-NYC), and other organizations. […]
Cletus Seldin vs. Marcus Hall on 3/31
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (March 22, 2012) “The Hebrew Hammer” Cletus Seldin heads back to the ring on Saturday, March 31st at Star Boxing’s ROCKIN’ FIGHTS 3, at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island. The 25-year-old Seldin has turned heads in the New York City area with his stunning knockouts in his last three bouts, […]
All Hailing the G’s Five
The much-maligned G train is getting an awful lot of lovin’ these days. Defenders of the G, famed for being the city’s only subway line that doesn’t enter the center of the universe that is Manhattan, are out in full force. Forget that it’s only four cars long. Forget that there’s no conductor sometimes. Forget […]