Queens to Get its First Arts District in Astoria — Set to Bolster Creative Community and Create Jobs
A new arts district in Queens will promote Astoria to visitors and potential new venues, local elected officials will announce Friday at the Kaufman Astoria Studios. The 94-year-old film studio, which once set the stage for ... Read More
In Astoria Arts District, a Once-Gritty Pocket Will Embody Culture
New York City neighborhoods can wax and wane in popularity like a boy band: hot one minute, not the next, and maybe hot again. On Friday, a once-gritty pocket of Astoria, Queens, where a steady ... Read More
‘Orange Is the New Black’ Set Recalls Century of Movie Lore
The set for the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black” is dark now, so only shadows and dim shapes hover in its warren of prison cells and other rooms built on the main soundstage ... Read More