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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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QStage: Queens Theater Calendar

Neil Berg’s Hundred Years of Hollywood – Neil Berg assembles another roster of Broadway stars to pay homage to Hollywood. Enjoy music from the golden age of Hollywood to contemporary classics. Songs from movies include “Titanic,” “
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Seniors celebrate the season with youngsters

Festive frolics were on the calendar when the young and the young-at-heart teamed up for Easter celebrations at the Norwegian Christian Home.

The elder facility, 1250 67th Street, morphed into a haven of intergenerational delights as youngsters an
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Junk food begone! Kids given healthy snacks

Snacks may be yummy but healthier treats are better for you.

The message was sweetly hammered home to a group of second-graders from Public School 206 and their parents when they visited the Stop & Shop in Sheepshead Bay to explore nutritious
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Borough Hall hails outstanding women

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes unveiled a large calendar in the lobby of his office featuring the photographs and biographies of more than 30 women whom he will salute each day during the month of March.

The women will be formally
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South Pier Improvement

The South Pier Improve-ment Project, (SPIP), is holding a community meeting on April 3, from 6 to 9 p.m., for those who want an opportunity to learn and communicate about the project.

The project consist of the installation of one modern combus
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Western Queens Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Galleries & Exhibits

New York – States of Mind – Through an interdisciplinary exploration, New York – States of Mind provides a fresh backdrop to the mythical New York while demonstrating how artists have engaged with the city as a democratic a
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Remarkable women

Victoria Rauch Lichterman, assistant professor of humanities at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), as well as a veteran professional actress, published writer, teacher and advocate for the advancement of women and minorities, will be a featu
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Spring Fling Egg Hunt

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation invite kids of all ages to the Fourth Annual Spring Fling Egg Hunt in Brooklyn Bridge Park (Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park and Main Street Pa
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The Future of Eminent Domain

Eminent domain gives the state the right to appropriate privately owned property for public use with the provision that the property owners be fairly compensated. There are three multi-billion-dollar projects currently underway in New York City that will
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Make Your Voice Heard

Although skepticism runs deep, we believe that education officials are sincerely interested in hearing what the parents have to say. This survey gives parents and guardians a chance to bring their concerns to people who have potential to make real changes
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Ms. Bunker

In a published interview in which she discussed presidential candidate Barack Obama, the former three-term congresswoman and 1984 vice-presidential candidate said, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, h
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Aggressive towing makes bad neighbor of Bayside Plaza

It seems that since the new development at this location (i.e., the addition of a second story on the adjacent Bayside Plaza shopping center), the owners no longer share their parking lot with Gyro Corner. According to the restaurant staff, Bayside Plaza
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Immigrants don’t pay fair share of taxes

No one denies the need. However, these same legislators forget to talk about the voters and taxpayers, who have to pick up the tab.

Little by little, taxpayers are voting with their feet and leaving the Big Apple because of the cost of living and h
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Auburndale residents want rezoning

Although we tried to pin down the invited City Planning representatives as to what time frame we were looking at for the rezoning of Auburndale and other communities, we could not get a commitment from them, just more generalities and excuses. Our organiz
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Not just auto body shops at Willets Point

A case in point are the articles that appeared in the paper’s Feb. 28, 2008 edition (“Willets Pt. makeover faces challenge” and “The Willets Point obstacle course”). Several photographs are prominently featured in the article
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Gennaro, reps should block new college dorms

Each of them is to be privately developed and leased back to the institution. All of them will be built by private developers and reportedly all three are to be funded through tax-exempt bonds issued by the New York State Dormitory Authority. So much for

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