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Flushing News Briefs 2016

Marty's Museum & Camera Repair Shop

Marty's been Helping Folks take Pictures & Videos for Decades

October 4, 2016 - MARTY'S CAMERA APPEARS TO HAVE CLOSED.

July 19, 2016 / Forest Hills Neighborhood / Queens Shopping / Queens Buzz.

I headed down to Marty’s Camera a couple of weeks ago, with a camera that wasn’t working well. I bounded up to the second floor shop and was greeted by a saleswoman who queried me about the problem while writing up a ticket. As she took the photographic patient into the operating room, she told me to call back at the end of the day to find out when to return to pick it up.

I did as instructed and returned the following day. When I arrived at the repair shop, Marty emerged from the operating room having successfully completed surgery on the photographic patient. We started talking about the problem [I dropped the camera and it wasn’t focusing properly] and the conversation meandered onto the changing technologies in the image capturing business.

Marty told me that cameras were once mechanical miracles fullof delicate springs and levers, and today are even more miraculous, less delicate and full of a multitude of computer chip components and assemblages. The camera surgeon was tired that day, and said he’d like to give his brain a rest, so the conversation moved onto the history of cameras themselves.

I asked him about some of the more interesting cameras with which he’d comeinto contact. Marty wasn’t at a loss when it came to camera history, and soon produced a Japanese made camera that contained the inscription “Made in Occupied Japan”. He had another camera from the 1950’s that was a ‘stereo camera’, which would take two photos simultaneously. I asked him if there were many of these made and he guessed that these weren't a big hit and might not have been in the market very long.

Marty had a collection of cameras, the prizes he cherished were the cameras made in New York. Possibly the crème de la crème was a1909 camera made in Rochester, New York that came in a dark black case and opened up with a flashy, red-colored, old-fashioned funnel. It was likely state of the art over a century ago. I began to think of Marty’s shop as something of a camera museum and Marty as its curator.

The conversation rolled onto the photographers and videographers and film makers Marty had met over the years. A number of photographers had given Marty samples of their work which he put on display in the waiting room of his office. Marty had started out in the late 1960's / early 1970's as a photographer himself, before become a camera doctor in 1973. He spent decades working in camera repair in Manhattan before leaving Photo Tech Manhattan in 1999, when he started out on his own in Forest Hills in the basement of a building across the street. He moved into the offices he now occupies over a decade ago and he continues to serve struggling, emerging and hobbyist photographers and filmmakers.

I knew as I was departing, that Marty had many more stories to tell. And although I don’t want my cameras to break, I always look forward to visiting Marty in his camera repair shop which is located on the 2nd floor of 71-25 Austin Street in Forest Hills [just off the #7 subway].

MacKenzie Perpich-Hope is Crowned Miss Queens

Elegance & Grace Adorn the Stage at the Miss America Miss Queens / Miss Brooklyn Contests in Brooklyn

September 20, 2016 / Greenpoint Neighborhood in Brooklyn / Fashion Queens / Queens Neighborhoods / Queens Buzz.

Yes, it's true, MacKenzie Perpich-Hope was crowned Miss Queens and Britney Hollingsworth was crowned Miss Brooklyn in a twin-boroughs gala pageant of borough beauties. The two winners of the 3rd Annual Miss America Miss Queens / Miss Brooklyn were crowned Saturday night around 8 pm amid great enthusiasm.

As you can see in the photo shown at right there were a number of very lovely, charming young ladies all vying for the top spot - any of which I'm sure would have made the borough proud - but since there was only one crown per borough ... there were only two titleists.

We'll have more about the Miss Queens / Miss Brooklyn pageant a bit later tonight. And some breath-taking photos.

Only in Queens

Muslims & Jews Organize Iftar Ramadan Dinner

June 7, 2016 / Forest Hills Neighborhood / Religion & Culture in Queens / Queens Buzz.

Only in Queens. On Thursday June 9th, the Turkish Cultural Center and the Central Queens Y will break bread together at an Iftar Ramadan dinner beginning at sundown [7.30 pm] at the Central Queens Y at 67-09 108th Street in Forest Hills.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year and the holiest month of the Islamic year. During this time Muslims pay special attention to praying, fasting and reflecting upon their lives. The Islamic Holy Month has similarities to the Christian Lenten season, as well as the Judaic Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.

Islamic cultural traditions are based upon the lunar calendar, so the Ramadan Holy Month moves slightly around the solar calendar, from year to year. This year Ramadan began on June 5th and will end on July 5th. Attendees of all faiths are welcomed, as are families. The intent is to embrace a harmonious understanding of our shared planetary cultural identities, which the framers of the U.S. Constitution had envisioned centuries ago when they founded this nation.

The Iftar Dinner will be a dairy Middle Eastern meal catered by Meal Mart from Kew Gardens Hills. Meal Mart is Glatt Kosher and is under the supervision of the Vaad Harabonim of Queens. The meal costs $15 per adult and children under 12 are $5 each. Reservations may be made by registering online at www.cqy.org/tickets or you can call 718.268.5011 - ext 151, or email pkurtz@cqy.org.

Queens Museum Winter Exhibits

An Artistic Mix of Media & Subjects

February 15, 2016 / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens Art Museums / Queens Buzz. The Queens Museum has several exhibits that will end this month. I went to see them because I had heard about how interesting they were. One is the music of the cosmos, some time after the Big Bang, being played on a Steinway piano. Another links into the map of the city of New York made for the 1964 World's Fair, by using rendering video images to connect the artist's real video of her apartment to the real video of the map in the Queens Museum. And there's a moving work by an African American artist who spent some time in her childhood living in a homeless shelter. She did a mixed media installation that includes video, newspaper clippings and replicas of the limited possessions one in that situation can hold onto.

The last exhibit I viewed [see photo at right] was by a Chinese born American artist, Zhang Hongtu, who captures the iconic force of Mao Zedong [1893 - 1976]. Mao led an insurgency against the ruling class in China around the time of WWII. He eventually succeeded in taking power from them and ruled China from 1945 until he died in 1976. In 1972 Mao welcomed Richard Nixon to China is what was the beginning of a long transition from Communism to the mix of capitalism and Communism we see today.

Anyhow the artist found Mao's presence to be ubiquitous and he creatively emblazoned the feeling of Mao's presence on a number of artistic works in his installation which ranged from a ping pong table [part of the Mao / Nixon diplomatic outreach], to a video installation of a fashion show, to everyday items. We hope to follow up at a later date with a longer report about these exhibits at the Queens Museum - ending on February 28th.

QBP Katz State of the Borough Address

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz Gives Queens Address

January 21, 2016 / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens Government & Politics / Queens Buzz.

I attended Queens Borough President Melinda Katz’s second State of the Borough Address. It was held at the Colden Performing Arts Center at Queens College in Flushing on Thursday morning January 21st beginning at 10 am.

The event began with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a dance routine taken from Chorus Line performed by the Edge School of Arts. We were then shown a video segment about Queens Borough President Melinda Katz in a documentary produced by Queens Public Access TV, followed by the Queens Borough President’s speech.

The speech spanned about an hour. QBP Katz first talked about Queens as a tourist destination, and then looked back at the year of 2015, while touching upon some of the ongoing issues facing the borough like lack of affordable housing, aging transportation infrastructure including Queens airports, and overcrowded schools. She included mentioning some of the government efforts to address these issues, and concluded by talking about the Mets making it into the Playoffs. The address ended with the Mets mascots and management coming on stage.

The address was well attended, including a sizeable union presence, made noticeable by applauses when union efforts were highlighted. A reception was held after the address.

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Flushing News Briefs 2015

Queens City Council Primary Thursday

Queens District 23

September 10, 2015 / Queens Politics / Queens Neigbhorhoods / Queens Buzz.

The special election primary is Thursday, September 10, for the seat vacated by Mark Weprin. Queens City Council District 23 includes all or parts of the following neighborhoods: Bayside, Bellerose, Douglaston, Floral Park, Fresh Meadows, Glen Oaks, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Little Neck, Oakland Gardens and Queens Village. And apparently a small part of New Hyde Park, most of which is located in Nassau County of Long Island, is also a part of the 23rd District and of Queens.

Click here to find a Queens polling place near you. Polls open at 6 am and close promptly at 9 pm. Click here to read a story and watch the Queens District 23 NYC City Council candidates ask each other questions and make their closing statements.

Sterling Equities & Related Companies Lose A Court Battle

Plans To Build Shopping Mall On Flushing Meadows Corona Parkland Reversed On Appeal

July 6, 2015 / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens Real Estate / Queens Buzz. This report is based on an Associated Press report dated July 2, 2015 and a Queens Tribune story dated August 28, 2014.

In August of 2014, New York State Supreme Court Judge Manuel Mendez decided in favor of Related Companies / Sterling Equities by throwing out a lawsuit filed by the City Club of New York and NYS Senator Tony Avella. The plaintiffs alleged that the Related Companies, real estate developers of Hunters Point South and the Hudson Yards, and the Sterling Equities which was co-founded by the NY Mets owner, Fred Wilpon, had not gone through the NYS legislature for the approval of the transfer of the parkland as required by law.

The lawsuit, filed in February 2014, alleged that the transfer of 47 acres of Flushing Meadows Corona Park land that currently represents the western part of the Mets parking lot, was done without following the procedure for a proper public review [see photo above right]. The City had proposed transferring the 47 acres to Related Companies / Sterling Equities who had planned to build a 1.4 million square foot shopping mall next to Citifield.

The NY City Council and the Mayor approved the project in October 2013, but the proposal never went to Albany for a vote. According to the Queens Tribune report one of the plaintiffs said that the Judge Manuel Mendez's ruling goes against the Public Trust Doctrine, ignores longstanding case law history, and bestows too much power that was formerly the purview of the Board of Estimate in one person: the NYC Mayor.

On Thursday, July 2nd, 2015, the four-judge Appellate Court overturned Judge Mendez's decision and ruled that the Willets West Mall Project was illegal because the land is a part of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in spite of its current paved over status as a parking lot [see 2009 photo above]. And because it is a part of the public parkland of the people, it may not be turned over to real estate developers without approval of the NY State Legislature. The judges rejected the ruling in favor of the mall made by Judge Manuel Mendez, wherein the real estate developers argued that the 54 year old, 1961 law authorizing the construction of Shea Stadium, also included a mall.

The photo above shows the Citifield parking lot in 2009, as it was being paved over following the demolition of Shea Stadium and the erection of Citifield.

According to the Associated Press report, a spokesman for the developers said that they would appeal the decision.

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Flushing News Briefs 2014

U.S. Open Ends

Marin Cilic Wins Men's & Serena Williams Wins 18th Slam

September 9, 2014 / Queens Sports / Queens Buzz. After two hard fought weeks, the U.S. Open tennis tournament is over. Newcomer and very much a long shot [66/1 by odds makers], Croatian born Marin Cilic won the men's singles.

Serena Williams, the dominant female tennis player of the past decade, made a comeback of sorts after poor showings in prior slam tournaments earlier this year. She won the women's championship and it was her 18th slam win.

CBS lost the bidding for the broadcast rights for the next decade of U.S. Open tennis tournaments. ESPN picked up the games for $825 million. CBS had broadcast the games for the past 46 years [since 1968].

We heard grumblings about the new configuration for watching the preliminary games. The grumblers complained that the new seating was inadequate enabling only the first slew of spectators to be seated and that the inexpensive tickets were seated too far away from the action. The USTA is in the process of making significant modifications to the tennis center which are expected to be completed in 2018.

World's Fairs 1939 & 1964 Redux

Those Crazy Middletons Return To Queens

March 25, 2014 / Astoria Neighborhood / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens History / Queens Buzz. I attended the first film of a Greater Astoria Historical Society month long program featuring films, lectures and a walking tour of the fairgrounds of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs in NYC. Both fairs were hosted in Flushing Meadows Corona Park just south of CitiField Stadium.

There was a great deal of promotion surrounding the 1939 World's Fair as NYC rolled out the red carpet for travelers from around the nation and around the world. Robert Moses, the NYC Parks Commissioner, had chosen the site as he planned to use development funds to continue his efforts to convert the old ashpile into the beautiful park it is today [although it could use a bigger maintenance budget].

The Middletons returned to Queens via celluloid, as shown in the film still above right. In this photo the Middletons are at the 1939 World's Fair in the Westinghouse area, which they never left since Westinghouse had produced the film.

The theme was the World of Tomorrow, and the 1939 World's Fair showcased science and consumerism in a utopian vision of the future. But WWII was around the corner, and helped contribute to the fair financial woes.

The Greater Astoria Historical Society continues its journey into the past with a second film to be shown Saturday at 1.30 pm at their Astoria location. The film on Saturday will be about the 1964 World's Fair. Lectures and walking tour to follow later in March and April.

Click here to read a report we filed last year about the 1939 World's Fair in NYC.

Flushing News Briefs 2013

Moon Parade & The Asian Harvest

September 17, 2013 / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens Culture / Queens Buzz. I attended the Moon Parade and celebration in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. The parade at 5 pm on Saturday at 40th Road and Main Street and was provided a police escort [Main Street is quite busy, even on Saturdays] down to the Queens Botanical Gardens where it ended at the Kissena Park Corridor.

The parade included the moving dragon and other traditional Chinese parade costumes, as well as banner bearers, a marching band and a number of Ninja and Halloween-costumed characters. I met with a couple of the parade participants to find out more about the significance of the Moon Parade.

Essentially it's a Fall Harvest Celebration - Asian style. The moon parade and celebration includes feasting on chicken and pigs and eating traditional Moon Cakes. I found some of these in one of the stores nearby, where the tins, made in Hong Kong, have elaborate artistic renditions of a woman eating a cake with the moon shining brightly outside. The moon cakes are made of lotus paste. Happy Lunar / Moon Harvest.

Hispanic Expo Highlights Local Latins

March 25, 2013 / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens Business / Queens Buzz. I attended the Hispanic Marketing Expo last Sunday at CitiField in Flushing. The two day event, sponsored by La Nueva Radio Internacional, included a wide variety of local businesses serving the Latin American community in Queens. Some of the exhibitors imported goods from their countries of origin to sell locally, some manufactured goods locally that are similar to goods that can be found in their countries of origin, and many others were owned by Latinos that provided local goods and services catering to the entire community.

There was a steady flow of hundreds of people through the exhibit space on Sunday afternoon. The exhibit personnel were busy interacting with the attendees, conversing in both English and Spanish, sometimes in the same conversation. The mood was festive and social. Later this month we'll post a report about the Hispanic Expo at CitiField, including a photo slide show of the event.

Record Turn Out For Chinese New Year

Flushing Parade Attracts 10,000+ On Beautiful Day

February 19, 2013 / Flushing Neighborhood / Korean & Chinese Culture in Queens / Queens Buzz. I attended the Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing on Saturday. My unoffical guesstimate is that this was another record year for the audience watching this parade. The weather helped as it was a beautiful sunny day and temperatures were in the 40's.

This year, the year of the Snake, we saw a number of new costumes and floats which you can view in the slide show we'll post later in the week. We also spoke with a few Chinese American people about the Chinese New Year of the Snake and their comments will be included in the report.

Click here later this week to read our report and view the slide show of the Chinese New Year in Flushing Queens.

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Flushing News - Paralleling Narratives

Ana De Orbegoso At Crossing Art Gallery In Flushing

February 9, 2013 / Flushing / Queens Buzz. Today is the final day of the Paralleling Narratives exhibit at the Crossing Art Gallery in Flushing.  The exhibit is the work of Ana De Orbegoso who grew up in Peru and now lives in Manhattan.  Her work is a combination of photos and hand / computer graphics which she used to tell a story about balance in the universe.

Ana's work incorporates Eastern philosophy of various origins, such as the Yin and Yang of the universe [positive and negative charges or good and evil], as well as allusions to a higher order in the universe.  The exhibit ends this weekend and she will be giving a lecture at 2 pm Saturday [today].

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Latin Holiday in Corona

Corona CAN Brings Latin Flavor To Christmas Holiday

December 3, 2012 / Jackson Heights & Corona / Latin Culture in Queens / Queens Buzz. Corona installed a pedestrian mall at 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue earlier this year. This holiday season they put the pedestrian mall to good use during the fifth annual Corona Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony.

There were about 20 vendor tents that included gift items, clothing and food, all lined up along the southern end of the plaza - while along the northern end of the plaza there was a huge Christmas tree, a large inflated Santa, the Holy Family in the Manger and a large stage.

I stayed for a while to watch a number of enjoyable Latin song and dance performances. Many of them were performed by talented dancers and musicians from the neighborhood. It was like taking a Latin holiday, but without the hassle and airfare.

Later this week you'll be able to click here for a slide show and report about the Christmas Tree Lighting in Corona Queens.

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The School Year Begins As Autumn Nears

Back to School in Queens County

September 4, 2012 / Flushing / Queens Buzz. There's a 60% chance of rain today and Wednesday, dropping to 10% by Thursday. Temperature highs will be around 80.

The school year begins this week as we all fall back into a bit more structured routines, as the school year begins.

This follows on the heels of a good weather Labor Day Weekend, which follows the Republican National Convention in Florida and precedes the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina this week.

There's an Autumn Moon Festival at the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing on Sunday, September 30th from 4 - 6 pm. The festival is sponsored by the New York Chinese Cultural Center. The lunar photo to your left was taken a couple of weeks ago in Flushing.

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Queens - The Home of Jazz

Louis Armstrong House Hosts Block & Garden Parties

August 20, 2012 / Corona Neighborhood / Live Music in Queens / Queens Buzz. The Louis Armstrong House hosted a block party last week, including one of the current jazz greats, Arturo O'Farrill. Arturo's work has been nominated for several Grammy Awards and he won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2009 with the work entitled Song For Chico.

The album is dedicated to Arturo's father, Chico, who worked with many of the NYC jazz legends including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman, as well as Latin jazz great Machito. Both Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman lived in Queens, and are said to have jammed with Louis at the Armstrong House in Corona. Arturo is shown above playing at the Louis Armstrong House Block Party in the Corona neighborhood of Queens.

I also had the opportunity to speak with Robin Bell-Stevens, whose father played with Duke Ellington who was a friend of Louis'. Robin runs the Jazzmobile which was the sponsor of the event. We'll post more on the Louis Armstrong Block Party at a later date.

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Fiery Dragon Heats Up Boat Festival

August 6, 2012 / Queens Buzz. As if it weren't hot enough this weekend, as highs hit the 90's and the humidity made some look as if they'd been out in the rain.

But no, at the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in the Flushing section of Queens, it got even hotter. The legendary fiery dragon, symbol of good fortune, is real. And it came rampaging through the festival, blowing flames from its mouth, out into the hot air. This may sound a bit like fiction to you ...

So I ran, fleeing the dragon at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, looking for some Asian food and a good place to watch the 22nd annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat races.

Flushing Restaurants Featured At Expo

Flushing BID Hosts Asian Food Expo

July 24, 2012 / Flushing / Queens Restaurants / Queens Buzz. I attended the Asian Food Expo in Flushing on Friday at lunch time. There were about a dozen and a half restaurants from the Flushing area participating in the event, which hosted hundreds of people to a sumptuous sampling of Asian delights available in Flushing neighborhood restaurants.

The Flushing BID [Business Improvement District] was the organizer of the event. Dian Yu, Executive Director of the Flushing BID, told us that the intent of the program was to show the world what great food is available in Flushing restaurants. He went on to talk about how Flushing has become one of the largest Asian communities outside of Asia, and hence offers visitors a chance to sample authentic Asian cuisine in a local neighborhood.

Friend Or Foe? Hector Canoge ...

Commemorates World Migrants' Day In Queens

December 18, 2011 / Flushing News Briefs / Queens Buzz. I went to watch Hector Canoge's art performance on Sunday at the Unisphere where he commemorated the occasion of World Migrants' Day in Queens.

About half of the 2.2 million people living in Queens are immigrants. Hence, one might think that this day might mean something to them, but alas this appeared not to be the case.

While admittedly the weather was a chilly 29 degrees, I had attended a Flushing Historic Walk that had greater attendance.

Nonetheless, the art performance by Hector was rather interesting to watch. As was the intensity he brought to the occasion. Hector Canoge's art performance was entitled Clandestino.

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Race Festival

August 14, 2011 / Flushing Neighborhood / Queens Buzz. The 21st Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival was held in Queens on Meadow Lake which is located in the southern end of Flushing Corona Meadows Park. The races were held on both Saturday and Sunday from 10 am - 4 pm. There were over 2,000 participants in the races which included serious racers and racers just out to have a fun time.

On Sunday morning torrential rains interrupted the festival and a number of the cultural activities were cancelled, but the racing continued Sunday afternoon after the skies had cleared ... somewhat. Click here to read other Flushing News Briefs.

Dragon Boats Grace Meadow Lake

August 8, 2010 / Flushing / Queens Buzz. Perfect weather contributed to a high turn out to the Dragon Boat Races held on Meadow Lake. The lake is located just south of Queens Theatre In The Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. There was a main stage which hosted bands, tents galore selling food & beverages and other things.

But the main spectacle were the ancient Chinese dragon boat races. Each boat had a team of oarsmen [and women] and a drum beater sitting at the front of the boat to help them keep time and a tillerman at the back of the boat to steer it.

Unfortunately the press boat capsized, but thankfully the water was warm on a hot day and I wasn't in it.

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Queens History Is America's History

December 2009 / Flushing News Briefs / Queens Buzz. My compliments to the six cultural and historic sites that participated in the annual Historic Holiday House Tour. On a rainy, but unseasonably warm Sunday, I traipsed through the streets of Flushing with historian Jason Antos visiting some of the most interesting historic sites in Queens. Each of these sites entertained visitors in different ways, from traditional apple cider, to old fashioned holiday songs with piano accompaniment, to a five piece jazz band [see photo].

The historic sites were fascinating and included two houses associated with religious freedom in America; one house associated with a talented nineteenth century African American inventor who was involved with patents for the light bulb and the telephone and whose parents were instrumental in galvanizing support for the freedom of slaves; a beautiful well preserved Victorian era home; one of Queens important cultural centers; and the home of the Queens Historical Society - sponsor of the event.

Click the following links to read about the Bowne House, Friends Meeting House, Lewis Latimer House, Kingsland Homestead and the Voelker Orth House and Gardens. Or click this link to view a previous story summarizing some of Queens history.

LIBDC Hosts Annual Trade Show

Terrace In The Park Event

November 18, 2009 / Flushing Meadows Corona Park / Queens Buzz. The Long Island City Business Development Corporation hosted its annual trade show and luncheon. There were somewhere between 50 and 100 exhibitors, including the local Chambers of Commerce, energy suppliers like Con Ed and some of the new energy suppliers, communications companies, local media, banks, healthcare companies and commercial real estate companies / developers. The event was held at the Terrace In The Park.

U.S. Open Begins Today

At Arthur Ashe Stadium In Flushing

August 31, 2009 / Flushing News Briefs / Queens Buzz. Today starts the Men's and Women's First Round in the U.S. Open Tennis Championship at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The tennis tournaments will continue every day for the next two weeks, culminating in the finals on the weekend of September 12th and 13th. The tournaments begin at 11 in the morning and again at 7 in the evening throughout the two weeks, except on the last Sunday when the finals begin at 12 noon. To find out more, including buying tickets click this link to the US Open website.

Click here to view a map of the location of the US Open Tennis Tournaments at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens Map.

Queens Green Drinks Wednesday At QMA

May 20, 2009 / Flushing News Briefs / Queens Buzz. Wednesday night Queens Green Drinks held its May Social at the Queens Museum Of Art in the Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The event started at 6 pm and was free with donation [$10]. Chicken, beef, pesto and other empanadas were served along with wine and soft drinks. The event was held on the second floor where bay windows look out onto the Unisphere.

The Queens Museum Of Art is the home to the miniature replica of metropolitan New York, which created for the 1964 World's Fair. The museum currently has two other exhibits showing including Tarjama / Translation. See the May Queens Events calendar for details on the exhibits as well as for a map showing the location of the Queens Museum. Click here to go to the Queens Green Drinks photo album for photos taken last night at the event.

Chinese New Year Celebrates The Ox

January 31, 2009 / Flushing News Briefs / Queens Buzz. We had the opportunity to photograph the pageantry of the Flushing Chinese / Korean New Years Parade in Flushing. This year marks the year of the Ox, about which we will tell you more later in this story. The Chinese American and Korean American groups collaborated in putting together this rich, colorful and ancient parade. We snapped up many photos and have put together a photo gallery for you to peruse. Click here to read the rest of the story about the Chinese New Year in Flushing and to view the photo gallery of the parade.

The Chinese in Queens celebrated the new year with a huge parade on Saturday in Flushing. This is the year of the Ox, the second year in the 12 year cycle of the calendar. The parade was a beautiful pageant of many cultural icons, including many peopled dragons, American-style floats, numerous bands playing music and of course ... the ox.

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