Live from Long Island City: Variations’ scores big with holiday radio play
By Kevin Zimmerman TimesLedger Newspapers At the end of the calendar year, smaller theater companies face some fierce competition from “The Nutcracker,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and Mr. Dickens’ story of a miserly old man and a trio of ghosts. Often the little guys skip the season and turn their attention to a late […]
LIC civic associations join together for first food drive
By Bill Parry TimesLedger Newspapers When the leaders of two Long Island City civic associations heard how stressed area food pantries are this holiday season, they swung into action. The Hunters Point Civic Association and the LIC/Astoria Lions joined forces to mount their first ever food drive and now they are preparing to deliver over […]
Sculpture Erected on Jackson Avenue to Protest Another Sculpture
Jackson Avenue Sculpture View Full Caption LONG ISLAND CITY — A pricy pink sculpture has some residents seeing red. A $515,000 plan to erect a sculpture of a pink reclining figure by artist Ohad Meromi on Jackson Avenue as part of a public art program, has drawn fire from some residents, with one of them […]
Haley Joel Osment Visits Long Island City High School
Haley Joel Osment, film star and NYU graduate, joined the Get Schooled Foundation this week at Long Island City High School as part of Get Schooled’s College: The Inside Story series. Haley Joel Osment and Get SchooledCredit/Copyright: Perry Bindelglass The event included Long Island City High School theatre students as well as seniors from the […]