Best Books For Summer Reading -- May 15, 12:58 PM All winter long, you’ve been planning. The airline tickets were bought months ago, and you just picked up one of those guides. You’re going on vacation, no matter what, and you’re looking so forward to it, you can barely think. What’s a vacation without a book, huh? No matter when you’re relaxing... [Full Story] Reporter Writes Hong Kong TV Novel -- May 15, 12:56 PM Are you looking to get your hands on a great novel to welcome the dog days of summer? Well you are in luck. Queens Tribune alum Muhammad Cohen is bringing you “Hong Kong on Air.” He describes the novel as “black comedy.” The novel is set in the era of Hong Kong at the time of the Hong Kong handover... [Full Story] Big Top Returns To Celebrate Big-Three-Oh -- May 8, 12:03 PM The Big Apple Circus is returning to Queens this weekend with a special treat for Big Top fans. The New York founded circus is continuing its special 30th anniversary tour, “Celebrate,” at Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows from May 10 to May 26. The show features acts from an international cast of... [Full Story] Artists Capture Queens -- May 8, 11:59 AM Nonprofit arts organizations, perhaps taking their lead from movie studios, have started presenting previews. The Queens Central Library, for example, is currently displaying samples of artwork from “Changing Queens,” a photography exhibit that will be displayed in full at the Jamaica Center for Arts... [Full Story] Multiday Race Honors Spiritual Leader -- May 1, 12:35 PM Runners participating in the Self-Transcendence Multiday Races have set up camp at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Portable toilets and showers, a working kitchen and a smattering of tents now line the periphery of the park’s one-mile loop. One white tent, positioned at the start of the course, remains... [Full Story] Bryant HS Presents A Disney Favorite -- May 1, 12:33 PM The William Cullen Bryant High School theatre department will present an exclusive showing of Disney’s popular “High School Musical.” Bryant High school is the only high school within a 50 mile radius that has been granted the rights to perform this family favorite. The performances will take place... [Full Story] Earth Day Celebrated in Queens -- April 23, 11:41 AM Earth Day is the celebration of our planet and its natural environment will be marked by several events throughout Queens this week. Earth Day is the designation used for two separate observations, both held annually during spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere. The... [Full Story] Parks Dept Offers No Excuse -- April 23, 11:40 AM The City of New York Parks and Recreation Department wants you outside this year, and with a full schedule of free events throughout Queens, they’re making sure you don’t have any excuses. parks kicked off its warm-weather festivities Tuesday with an Earth Day celebration at Alley Pond Park, where... [Full Story] Water Rate Hike Town Hall Meeting FDNY Implements New Dispatch System Two Arrested In Internet Sting Hit-And-Run Driver Turns Himself In Media Piracy Penalties Stiffened Budget Halts College Services Classic Picasso Prints On Display Harassed Tenants Building Support Treatment Lessens Side Effects Youth Baseball Conflicts Queens Mets And Amazing Schools: City Announces Rockaway Ferry 30th Candidates Squabble Over Details Water Board Blasted For Rate Hike Supermarket Stiffs Baggers Katz Has Baby Boy New Bank Offers Loans To The Poor Senate Approves Summer Gas-Tax Suspense Queens Inaugurates Its Jazz Orchestra New Treatment Battles Epilepsy City Provides Youth With Summer Jobs Queens Air Gets an ‘F’ Report Says Acquittals Cap Dramatic Bell Trial