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August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

THE 22nd ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL in NEW YORK THE OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN THE US - LAUNCHES ON MEADOW LAKE THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 4 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012 - WITH CASH & PRIZES at STAKE! WITH 180+ TEAMS, INVOLVING MORE THAN 2,500 PARTICIPANTS COMPETING FROM ACROSS the U.S. & CANADA + SPECIAL PERFORMING GUESTS- AN AWARD WINNING LION DANCE TEAM from CHINA AUG 2nd , 2012 NY, NY - In Celebration of the "Year of the Water Dragon" the organizing committee of the 22nd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) announced that this year’s competition is to be held on Saturday, August 4th & Sunday, August 5th, 2012. It will feature cash & prizes for competitors in this year’s US Dragon Boat Open … [Continue reading...]

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Helen Marshall, Queens Borough President

August 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

THE OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN THE US - LAUNCHES ON MEADOW LAKE THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 4 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012 - WITH CASH & PRIZES at STAKE! WITH 180+ TEAMS, INVOLVING MORE THAN 2,500 PARTICIPANTS COMPETING FROM ACROSS the U.S. & CANADA + SPECIAL PERFORMING GUESTS- AN AWARD WINNING LION DANCE TEAM from CHINA AUG 2nd , 2012 NY, NY - In Celebration of the "Year of the Water Dragon" the organizing committee of the 22nd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) announced that this year’s competition is to be held on Saturday, August 4th & Sunday, August 5th, 2012. It will feature cash & prizes for competitors in this year’s US Dragon Boat Open Championship. Other festival events consist of several new special Cup … [Continue reading...]

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Resorts World Casino New York City Presents Jazz Pioneer Louis Armstrong in Motion Resorts World Casino will celebrate

August 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Resorts World Casino New York City Presents Jazz Pioneer Louis Armstrong in Motion Resorts World Casino will celebrate Louis Armstrong’s 111th birthday with an art exhibit and a rendition of legend’s songs in the Fifth Avenue Casino Resorts World Casino New York City is celebrating the life of Louis Armstrong, a jazz pioneer. To commemorate Armstrong’s birthday, August 4, Resorts World Casino will unveil an art exhibit at 10 am, on August 3, in its Fifth Avenue Casino Atrium. Synonymous with jazz, Armstrong’s influence on the musical genre is far reaching. His inventiveness, spontaneity and technique set Armstrong apart making him an artist ahead of his time. “Though Armstrong was born in New Orleans, it was Queens, he chose to call home,” said Michael Speller, Resorts World … [Continue reading...]

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The 55th Annual New York Emmy® Awards Gala!

April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will accept our Chapter’s highest honor the GOVERNORS’ AWARD, a special Emmy® for his outstanding efforts to keep New York City at the forefront of the media industry and the successful “Made in NY” program. Charlie Rose, Emmy® Award-winning journalist and co-anchor of CBS This Morning, will present the prestigious award.   Presenters Include: Pat Battle, Anchor, Weekend Today in New York, WNBC-TV Bruce Beck, Sport Anchor, WNBC News 4 New York Richard Belzer, Actor, Law and Order: SVU, NBC Brenda Blackmon, Anchor, The 10 O’clock News, My9/WWOR N.J. Burkett, Correspondent, WABC-TV Dominic Chianese, Actor, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, HBO Brian Conybeare, Anchor, News 12 Westchester Jared Cotter, The Challenge & Talent Show, MSG … [Continue reading...]

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ITINERANT Performance Art Festival

April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

March 30th - May 12th, 2012 Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island New York City, USA QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, launches citywide festival for Contemporary Performance Art to be hosted at various venues in the five boroughs of New York City. ITINERANT 2012  will start on March 30th and continues through a period of 5 weeks until May 12th presenting local, national and international artists. QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, a small, artist-run not for profit arts organization based in Jackson Heights -Queens, launches ITINERANT, a citywide festival for Contemporary Performance Art.  The program will be presented in collaboration with galleries, artist-run spaces and public institutions in the five boroughs -Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island- … [Continue reading...]

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Sharing a Thanksgiving Meal

November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        AmeriPeace President Moustafa Elshiekh and Hossain Jabbar, President of FMS Group speak to us at their headquarters in Astoria Queens, NY about giving back.  They are sharing turkeys and trimmings with their community.  TD Bank supports the efforts as well as Key Foods.  www.ameriPeace.org … [Continue reading...]

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November 9, 2011 By 1 Comment

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Bayside Village Retail Expo & Music Festival

October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

http://www.BaysideVillageBID.com     To: All the Members of the Bayside Village BID and Merchants along the Bell Boulevard Business Corridor,   The framework has been set, the foundation has been laid and the broad strokes on the canvass of the Bell Boulevard Business Corridor's future have now been painted !   As you all keep witnessing, there truly is "A New Vitality" and energy in Bayside and the Bayside Village BID is working for you 24/7 to bring about a renaissance that you're all asking for and will all prosper from as it takes shape.   Just so you know, at last Monday's Community Board 11 meeting the Chairman publicly complimented us on a job well done with the Music Festival we just put on and as I pointed out, for the first time in … [Continue reading...]

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Press release from The Bayside BID – Fall Event Schedule

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Bayside Village Business Improvement District 213-38 Bell Blvd., Bayside, N.Y. 11361 Phone: 718 423-2434 Fax: 718 423-1464 http://www.BaysideVillageBID.com For Immediate Release: The Bayside Village Business Improvement District (BID) is pleased to announce its Fall schedule of events. These events and initiatives have been comprehensively thought out, painstakingly and meticulously researched and specifically designed to serve the merchants and property owners of the Bell Boulevard Business Corridor while attracting and appealing to the widest diversity of demographics with the greatest geographic reach appropriate to aid the enhancement and stimulus of commerce for the Village of Bayside and to incorporate conscious service to the local community in so doing. The event roll out … [Continue reading...]

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