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“Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.”
Hemingway had the running of the bulls in Pamplona, The Editor has Fourth of July in Long Island City. Both annual events are rich in history and renowned worldwide. And both events have legendary chroniclers immersed in their subject matter. What more could you ask for LIC?
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THE entertainment has been announced for the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks celebration and Pitbull will be the headliner. Now as savvy locals know, the entertainment portion doesn’t really take place on July 4, and instead is taped days/weeks prior to the actual event.
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The Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks are coming back to Long Island City in 2022! According to sources at the LIC Post, the barges will be positioned exactly as last year: smack dab in the middle of the Hunters Point waterfront.
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IT’S been three years since the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks “officially” took place in Long Island City, which in LIC years is about a decade. Thus for all you newcomers to the neighborhood, here’s a primer for what some locals call the ‘Big Dance,’ and others refer to as the ‘Super Bowl,’ and yet a third contingent calls ‘Smoke On The Water.’
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THE hits keep coming this July 4th, as the announced acts for the pre-show will include Coldplay and Reba McEntire. Oh, and also Black Pumas, and OneRepublic. I don’t know either of those latter two bands, but given my genre I could have this all wrong and they could be the headliners and big stars of the day. Black Pumas are advertised as “Wu-Tang Clan meets James Brown,” sounds promising. Oh, and also the performances are usually pre-taped so they won’t actually occur on July 4, but previously have been held on the Oval in Hunters Point South Park and open to the public1. So have that 6-pack and lighter ready to go when the time comes.
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