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PARENTS rejoice, after an unexplained hiatus, the Long Island City Halloween Parade down Vernon Boulevard is back on for 2024. This year it will take place on Saturday, October 26 from 2pm to 4pm.
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IF your teenager is serious about possibly pursuing art as a career, then there’s a program right here in LIC for her/him.
While I could splain it in journalistic rehash like most other local reporters, or Chat GPT it like they’re probably soon to do, I’ll just wholesale copy the copy straight from the programs website, then comeback at the end for my take.
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Hey parents, the NYS Parks Department is once again hosting a basketball program at the outdoor courts on 48th Avenue this April – June for girls currently in grades 5 – 9. Called ‘Queens Rules’ the basic idea behind this program is to get girls comfortable with going to the outdoor courts and playing pickup basketball, while simultaneously creating a universe of girls comfortable with doing so to help reinforce the impetus to get out there.
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IF you are a parent, don’t let any poet trick you into thinking April is the cruelest month. That would be January, when the holidays have ended, the days are short, and it’s too darn cold to take your kids outside and they’re climbing the walls of your 720 square foot 2-bedroom apartment. Literally.
Here’s an opportunity for them to let off some steam, learn a new sport, and possibly increase their chances of getting into the Ivy’s – no guarantees.
The Long Island City Youth Sports League will be holding basketball programs for boys & girls in Grades 1 thru 8 on Sundays at PS78Q starting January 9, 2022. It is open to all kids independent of where they attend school.
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AFTER a one-year hiatus due to a ghoulish pandemic, the LIC Halloween Parade will return to Vernon Boulevard this Saturday, October 30. The lineup kicks off at 11:15am in front of the 108th Precinct and only runs until noon? Well that’s what it says on the flyer but I’m not sure how that’s going to work out given the crowds and increasing growth in the neighborhood.
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