Focused On Tomorrow – Museum Expansion Goes Out To Bid As Director Plans For Site’s Future

The $50 million expansion of the Queens Museum of Art has gone to bid – for the second time in the last year, and the museum’s executive director is confident that this time, the project is ready to begin. “When we went out to bid six months ago, many people called it the most difficult [...]

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 [...]

Getting away to camp was just what my family needed

Sitting on the steps of our cabin, staring up at the stars, working on a bottle of French Merlot, I was finally starting to feel rested. After all, it had been a busy Saturday for the three of us — me, my wife, Christine, and our daughter, Emma. It had just been the evening before [...]

Camp for adults – A family weekend getaway

For many, the idea of sending their children away to a summer camp, as wonderful as it is for the kids, presents two main issues that complicate the process. The first is cost and the second is the desire to spend some quality family time together on vacation. So how can a working family solve [...]

A whale of a good time at Museum of Natural History

Giant whales, prehistoric dinosaurs, Aztec chocolate and a large-format film on endangered coral reefs are just some of the highlights a family can experience on a trip into Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History. The museum recently opened the completely refurbished Hall of Ocean Life, including a makeover for the giant blue whale hanging from [...]

Magic book flies off shelves

The waiting was over. At the stroke of midnight, heralding in the new day Saturday, they just went crazy. Some with thick, round glasses, others with lightning bolts on their foreheads and still more with wizard hats, Harry Potter fans were now able to get their hands on the most highly anticipated book in the [...]

Take a day off in Manhattan, and look what you can do

This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home will stand a tip-toe when the day is named, and rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, and say “To-morrow [...]

Do politicians get their kicks making little kids cry?

My wife Christine would like me to make an appeal to the city and state decision-makers who will ultimately determine if the Queens Zoo and the Prospect Park Zoo remain open. “What’s wrong with you?” she wonders. Let me give you a little background.

Body’s most complex organ on display

There’s so much information available at the New York Hall of Science’s latest educational exhibit that it could make your brain hurt. Of course, there is probably a tidbit or two in the exhibit that would explain why your head will hurt. “Brain: The World Inside Your Head,” a 5,000-square-foot interactive, high-tech exhibit officially opened [...]

Pint-sized violinist shows super-sized heart

He has spent more than half his life studying the violin. He has played for national television audiences and the richest man in the country. A portion of the proceeds from his latest album and performances is donated to needy charities. And he can’t wait to get back to playing little league baseball in the [...]