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Louis Armstrong's Daughter To Visit Roosevelt Screening Of Emmy-Winning Documentary
Sharon Preston-Folta, who kept the secret of her parentage for five decades, is coming to Long Island this summer alongside the Emmy-award-winning film she produces and stars in, “Little Satchmo.”. The Roosevelt Public Library, located at 27 West Fulton Avenue, will host the screening on Thursday, June 6 at...
Eatery Dubbed 'Absolute Sunshine' Opens New Spot In Westbury
The newest spot of The Shed, located at 685 Merrick Avenue in Westbury, celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday, May 22, marking the restaurant’s fifth official spot. With over 40,000 followers on Instagram, The Shed offers up brunch, lunch, and dinner dishes that are as tasty as they are aesthetically pleasing – and the newest addition, which is located in the Selby luxury apartment building, seems to be no different.
N.Y. Lottery: TAKE 5 $18K jackpot prize sold in NYC at popular grocery store
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A TAKE 5 jackpot prize worth more than $18,000 has been sold in New York City at a popular grocery chain, according to lottery officials. The New York Lottery announced one top-prize ticket was sold for the Wednesday, May 22, midday drawing. It was sold at Stop & Shop, located at 2136 Bartow Ave., in the Bronx.
N.Y. Lottery: NYC player scores $1M on scratch-off game as one-time lump sum; 1 top prize remains
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New York Lottery player has claimed a $1 million prize on a scratch-off game — and one top prize still remains. Joanne Davis of Brooklyn has claimed the prize on the Magic 8 Ball scratch-off game. The ticket was purchased at Discount Zone, located at 418 Utica Ave. in Brooklyn.
Premier Veterinary Medical Group relocates to Rockville Centre
Premier Veterinary Medical Group, an emergency animal hospital and clinic, has relocated to Rockville Centre. Formerly in Valley Stream, the veterinary group’s new 9,000-square-foot facility is no...
Meet the beekeeper protecting pollinators in Far Rockaway, Queens
NEW YORK - At a photoshoot on a farm in Upstate New York, professional model Thomas Castro found himself surrounded by goats, chickens, and bees. He became inspired."I thought to myself, I want that," he said.He brought a piece of farm life home to Far Rockaway by becoming a beekeeper, seeking out information from experienced mentors and YouTube tutorials.His Italian honey bees live in the backyard of his childhood home, housed in boxes colorfully decorated by friends from the neighborhood."Making the boxes for him feels super inclusive," artist Rogelio Bayne said.Now, he's jarring Castro's Honey, which ranges in color from pale...
Two Dance Promoters Just Opened a Massive Cultural Space in Brooklyn. They’re Just Getting Started
A new venue in Brooklyn is set to bring large-scale cultural events to an industrial area of the city.Billboard’s 2024 Top Music Venues Announced Tuesday (May 21), Brooklyn Storehouse is a 104,000-square-foot warehouse that’s been taken over as a venue for culture-spanning programming involving fashion, art, music and more — with an emphasis on electronic events. Brooklyn Storehouse is a partnership between two longstanding independent promoters: New York City’s TCE Presents, the parent company of event producer Teksupport, which was founded by Rob Toma and has produced electronic music events in pop-up (and often industrial) spaces around the city since 2010, and...
Cha-Ching! Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Hewlett Store
Time to check your tickets. A card shop in Hewlett sold a prize-winning Take 5 lottery ticket for the Saturday, May 18 drawing, New York Lottery officials announced. The ticket, worth $35,550.50, was purchased at Meet Cards & Gifts, located at 1753 Peninsula Boulevard. It was part of the Take 5 evening drawing.
The Fires: A Not So Hot Study of Black Men in Love
★★☆☆☆ Raja Feather Kelly writes and directs a sorrowful new drama for Soho Rep. Raja Feather Kelly is an artist on the rise who knows his way around a theater. Kelly is the award-winning choreographer of the recent Broadway musicals A Strange Loop and Lempicka and the incoming Off Broadway musical Teeth, as well as for the dancing and movement seen within several notable dramas such as Fairview. Kelly further happens to be the artistic director of feath3r theory (TF3T), a dance-theater-media company he established in 2009 and for which he has created 18 new works.
NYC dog café Boris & Horton to close Brooklyn location despite raising $250K in funds
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Boris & Horton will be shuttering its Brooklyn location at the end of May, the popular dog café announced on Instagram. The café initially announced plans to close both of its Brooklyn and East Village locations back in February due to financial struggles but was able to raise $250,000 in an effort to keep them open.
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