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August is here, and with it comes the annual summer slowdown in news for Long Island City. Aside from a local house fire and the onward march of real estate development, there isn’t much to dig into, despite a dozen or so stories linked to below. It looks like I’ll have to create my own content [Read more…] about AUGUST ARRIVES IN LIC
I’m a pretty low-brow guy, possibly even lower than avid readers might realize. If given the choice between Playboy or Hustler at the barber shop, I gravitate towards the literary fare of the latter. So it was with great surprise [Read more…] about FREE SHAKESPEARE COMING TO GANTRY PARK
Real estate continues to dominate the news in LIC as we end the week. So if you want to read it, the links are below. As for me, I’m getting a head start on the weekend and summer solstice tomorrow. With that in mind, [Read more…] about FREE CONCERT IN HUNTERS POINT TOMORROW, BUT NO CONDOS
Summer landed on the LIC doorstep this week. First of all, MoMA PS1’s Warm-Up Series just announced it’s line-up. Once again I haven’t a clue as to who any of the bands or DJ’s playing there are: Objekt & Cashmere Cat? Don’t matter, because I’ll be there as will throngs of others from literally all over the world. Click here for my previous two-sentence summary of this event, because this party is timeless. Next, as if we needed any further reminder that summer is just around the corner, ManhattanHenge is this Thursday, May 29. This is where the sun sets directly at the base of the east-west Manhattan streets, and guess where the best vantage point is to view this phenomenon? [Read more…] about THE SIGNS OF SUMMER IN LIC
LIC’s version of Woodstock is coming to Court Square this August and September. The Daily News has fleshed out their story we linked to on Wednesday, and revealed that a combo music/film festival will be held on the empty lot across from Linc LIC this August and September. Thursday nights will be dedicated to movies, and Saturday to live music, so it’s really going to be more like a mash-up of Woodstock and Cannes. [Read more…] about WOODSTOCK COMING TO COURT SQUARE IN AUGUST