Plans Unveiled For $2 Billion Cultural Center In Astoria

Image via QNS.com Innovation QNS is what they are calling it. A team of developers have leaked their plans to turn the industrial area, largely around the intersection of Steinway and 35th Avenue in Astoria, into an arts and culture center. Larry Silverstein who’s firm Silverstein Properties already owns/rents numerous locations in that area has…

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Sac’s Place’s Kaufman Studios location is officially open!

Sac’s Place has officially celebrated its grand opening at Kaufman Studios! Its new Astoria location is 35-11 35th Ave. After decades at its Broadway location, Sac’s Place officially announced its move to Kaufman Studios over the summer. Patrons can expect the restaurant’s original menu, along with seasonal dishes.  Welcome back to the Sac’s Place family!…

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Get a glimpse of the globe at the Queens World Film Festival

For its ninth year, the Queens World Film Festival is returning once more to Astoria! Held at both the Zukor Theatre at Kaufman Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image, the event attracts filmmakers from around the world to submit all different genres of film, with over 200 feature and short films being screened,…

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Astor Room Becomes George’s At Kaufman Studios

In honor of George Kaufman, the founder of Kaufman Astoria Studios who passed away just last month, the Astor Room – a speakeasy style restaurant attached to the studios – has re-opened under the new name George’s. In 1979, George Kaufman – heading up a non-profit organization – took over the studio after the US Government had…

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Read All About It! Queens Book Festival Comes To…QUEENS!

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It may be one of the simple joys that are still alive and doing quite well in the digital age — books. This Sunday, August 7th, 2016 from 11am – 6pm will be the first ever Queens Book Festival at Kaufman Astoria Studios’ backlot. The festival is rightfully titled ‘A Borough Without Boarders’ as almost…

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Sixth Annual PJ Drive A Success!

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Come rain and rain and more rain! That did not stop the incredible turnout of more than 120 participants from the Sixth Annual Pajama and Book Drive at the Astor Room on Thursday, November 19, 2015.   The charity event organized by Maria L. Delgado and was sponsored for the first time by The Astor…

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