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There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
After comprehensively collecting all the data, painstakingly putting it to paper while trying to figure out the complex instructions in order to conform to regulations, and finally staying up late into the night to meet the deadline, the yearly crush is now over! [Read more…] about SPRING EVENTS IN LIC TRUMP NEWS
From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
Don’t let the fabulous October weather play a trick on you, Halloween is upon us. Yet this year in LIC there will be a little twist for the youngsters and their parents, or maybe more of a mash-up of the monster-kind. That’s because the Annual LIC Halloween Parade has merged with the PS78Q PTA Fall Festival1 to create a mammoth one-day extravaganza! (1-day, thank goodness!)
It’s this Sunday, October 29 and the fun starts at noon with [Read more…] about HALLOWEEN ’17
“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing”
Socrates never set foot in his namesake park, but you can! Walk among the immortals this Saturday, when numerous [Read more…] about ALL SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, ALL SATURDAY
Look up from the river, is it a ferry-passenger ticker? Is it a Powerball Jackpot ad? At the very northern end of Gantry Park there is a large red digital display. At first glance, the meaning of the numbers would leave one bewildered. But with a little sleuthing we were able to solve the mystery.1 Spoiler alert [Read more…] about DOES MATTHEW BARNEY HAVE A TRUMP COUNTDOWN CLOCK IN LIC?
The Chocolate Factory Theater has scored a golden ticket and secured a permanent home for $3.8 million with financial help from the NYC government according to The New York Times. Currently located on 49th Avenue in Hunters Point, the theater will be moving into a 7,500 SF single story brick building at 38-29 24th Street in Dutch Kills, for now the home of Earth Stone Design Inc., a stone supplier, for the 2018-2019 season. I imagine acquiring a new home will allow the Chocolate Factory to largely stay the course in terms of avant garde programming, which leaves only two questions lingering: [Read more…] about THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY GETS ITS OWN NEW FACTORY