History On Northern Boulevard

Queens Theatre kicks off exciting season

Thanks to a busy schedule and high-caliber performances, the stars will surely shine when the lights go down in Flushing Meadows Corona Park as Queens Theatre in the Park launches its 2004-05 season. The exciting venue for acts that rival those produced across the East River has packed a star-studded season that includes two new [...]

Mapping art in Queens

There should no longer be a doubt in anybody’s mind that Queens is an actual arts destination. After all, a well-designed, easy-to-read, new map has been put out by Hagstrom highlighting many of the borough’s key arts fixtures. The Queens Art Map, published by the Queens Council on the Arts, showcases some of the most [...]

Delightful, risque Dalí exhibit opens at QMA

I went to the Queens Museum of Art last Thursday night, and I was absolutely stunned at how much the place had changed in the last few weeks. I had just been there at the end of May, and I had seen an exhibit featuring photographs of third-world-nation children and another one featuring walls covered [...]

The best review comes from someone who knows

I am a graduate of the High School of Performing Arts who majored in theater. After high school I spent some time working professionally in the theater and trying to break into film. But a writers’ strike hit, auditions dried up and I decided to go to college. Though I continued acting in college, participating [...]

A fine pair– Matiesse and Picasso

They inspired each other, were at times jealous of each other and knew each other as friends later in life. Now, decades after their deaths, some of their finest works have been brought together for what is likely to be one of the most exciting exhibits to hit the city this year. Previously exhibited at [...]

Terrafirma Ceramics in Astoria spinning its wheel for 20 years

For nearly 20 years a small pottery studio has been steadily growing in popularity, expanding its product lines and bouncing around through different locations, most recently landing in Astoria. Terrafirma Ceramics, led by University of Michigan art school alum Ellen Evans began as many studios do. Evans started teaching ceramics straight out of school, and [...]