Live at The Gantries

There’s Movement On The 50th Ave & Vernon Empty Lot

June 23, 2024 by editor 3 Comments

ANYONE who’s walked to the Vernon/Jackson subway station during work hours this week could not have missed the renewed construction on the empty lot on 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard. In addition to a new fence, there was briefly a freshly printed permit and rendering with an expected completion date of Fall 2025. Will this come to pass? Who knows?!? Why was it delayed all these years and suddenly sprung to life? Ahh, if these walls could talk, but I don’t think it had anything to do with political prodding. Will Hunters Point get a new Starbucks, other national chain, or a ‘homegrown’ purveyor? Yah Mon, I already told you I do not know. But progress…

[Read more…]

Live Entertainment In Long Island City & Beyond

May 18, 2023 by editor Leave a Comment

What you gon’ do? You wanna get down?
Tell me, what you gon’ do? Do you wanna get down?
What you gon’ do? You wanna get down?
What you gon’ do? You wanna get down? Tell me
not Bob Dylan

YO LIC, R U ready for Summer 2023 IRL? Well we’re here to deliver the goods with news of some upcoming local outdoor entertainment.

[Read more…]

Big Live Music Weekend In Long Island City

June 10, 2022 by editor Leave a Comment

SUMMER kicks off in Long Island City with a lot of live music outdoors this weekend. The ‘Queens New Music Festival’ runs today thru Sunday on the Plaxall parking lot. Tomorrow we get Queens Rising at The Gantries with a number of free shows beginning at 3pm.

[Read more…]

‘Live At The Gantries’ Has Returned To LIC

July 26, 2021 by editor 4 Comments

The gentleman says
‘Live music is better’ bumper stickers
Should be issued
All in favor of what he said
Signify by sayin’ “ay” Ay!

IN yet another sign that things are getting back to normal, ‘Live At The Gantries’ musical performances have returned to LIC this summer. Every Tuesday at 7pm thru August 24 a different band and a different genre will take the stage under the Gantries by 49th Avenue and Center Boulevard. By my estimation two-thirds of the bands are really good, one-third so-so and one-third awesome. Like I said, that’s an estimate, no guarantees, but the price is right and the setting perfect.

[Read more…]

Basketball & Belmont In LIC This Weekend

June 7, 2019 by editor 1 Comment

Gantry Plaza State Park basketball — Men’s basketball tourney on Saturday, kids on Sunday

There are many signs this week of summer’s imminent arrival in LIC. The PS78Q Spring Fair on Center Boulevard is this Saturday, as is the 3rd Annual LIC Hoops Men’s Basketball Tourney. The latter is hosted by Gantry Plaza State Park on their 48th Avenue courts and will be followed on Sunday with a kids basketball tournament for boys and girls in grades 1 – 12. The line-up for ‘Live at The Gantries’ was released and the Metropolitan Opera announced their summer recital at Socrates Sculpture Park will be on June 17.

[Read more…]