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Junction BLVD: Nerdy Games Rock Bars
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News from Queens, New York. Saturday, April 19, 2008. Nerdy Games Rock Bars. If you're longing to re-do the time you were ousted in that grade-school spelling bee, pulverized in debate class, or left in outer orbit in Solarquest (my childhood favorite). Now is your second chance. And you can play games while sipping cocktails in bars! Did you know that "hijinks" is the only word in the English language with three consecutive dotted letters? Super nerdy. For more, check out. Nerdy Games Rock Bars. Flux Fa...
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Junction BLVD: January 2008
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News from Queens, New York. Saturday, January 19, 2008. Artist Finds His Niche Teaching Kids. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages.the future of America! The voice of teaching artist Andrew Ronan booms unexpectedly from the cavity of his wiry frame. Students Katia Roma and Daniel Laverde summon Ronan over as they discuss a character named Ivie "Ghetto" Rivera. As he scrunches down to listen, they brainstorm about her insecure body image, why people can't pronounce her name corre...
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Junction BLVD: Flux Factory Flaunts Final Show in LIC
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News from Queens, New York. Saturday, April 5, 2008. Flux Factory Flaunts Final Show in LIC. Last night, Flux Factory. An artist collective in Long Island City, unveiled its final exhibition,"Everything Must Go." Art installations spread out across bathrooms, bedrooms, and even the laundry room of this 7,500 square-foot space, which is set to be demolished to make way for MTA expansion. Click to play video. Thanks for posting the video! I've posted a review and my own photos right here:. Felipe Ramirez, ...
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Junction BLVD: Who are the women behind the wheel?
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News from Queens, New York. Monday, March 24, 2008. Who are the women behind the wheel? Johanna Gomez, Humera Mian, and Maria Helena Hormaza have two things in common. They all live in Queens. And they all drive N.Y.C. yellow cabs. Female drivers make up 155, or 0.3 percent, of the 45,900 licensed drivers in the city. Most women would shy away from such a stressful line of work in such a male-dominated industry. What is it about these women that led them to decide to drive cabs? We Light Up Queens.
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Junction BLVD: New Slant on Asian Eyelid Surgery Debate
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News from Queens, New York. Sunday, May 11, 2008. New Slant on Asian Eyelid Surgery Debate. Asian Eyelid surgery is the most popular and fastest-growing cosmetic surgery in northeast Asia — and among Asian-Americans. The surgery adds a crease and makes the eyes look bigger by slicing the eyelid open and fusing the muscle with the skin. But the procedure has been sensationalized in the media. For example, a Dr. Phil's episode, " Change My Face, Change My Race. Asian Eyelid Surgery Sparks Debate. Is curren...
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Junction BLVD: Gay Immigrants Find Safe Space in New York
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News from Queens, New York. Friday, March 14, 2008. Gay Immigrants Find Safe Space in New York. Gay immigrants who come to the United States often do not know they have an option to apply for asylum based on persecution from sexual orientation. One resource for many of these immigrants is the Aids Center of Queens County. Or ACQC, which serves 5,000 people infected with HIV in eight locations throughout Queens. We tell Solomon's story, Dane Solomon is No Longer Afraid. In the Space Issue of nyc24.com.
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Junction BLVD: The Mayor of Strawberry Fields
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News from Queens, New York. Monday, April 7, 2008. The Mayor of Strawberry Fields. He frequently shares his knowledge of the site with visiting tour groups, which gather in a circle around the memorial site. Last week, he received a ticket from the Central Park police for public assembly. Watch the video, produced by Channtal Fleischfresser. September 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Is edited by multimedia journalists Lisa Biagiotti. Clowns dont goof around on environment.
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Junction BLVD: Felipe Ramirez, Citizen of Mexico and Clinton Supporter
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News from Queens, New York. Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Felipe Ramirez, Citizen of Mexico and Clinton Supporter. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Is edited by multimedia journalists Lisa Biagiotti. Is currently accepting submissions for stories on life in Queens. Please e-mail stories to junctionBLVD@gmail.com. Felipe Ramirez, Citizen of Mexico and Clinton Supp. Clowns dont goof around on environment. Nerdy Games Rock Bars. The Mayor of Strawberry Fields. Flux Factory Flaunts Final Show in LIC.
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Junction BLVD: December 2007
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News from Queens, New York. Thursday, December 13, 2007. Indo-Carribeans Worship the Goddess Kali. At the Rajkumari Center for Indo-Caribbean Arts and Culture in Richmond Hill, Indo-Caribbean traditions from Guyana, Trinidad and Suriname are taught, preserved and passed on through sacred ritual and social interaction. Click on the photo below to launch the audio slideshow. From Central Asia To A New Homeland. From her seventeenth floor apartment in LeFrak City, Gulchekhra Alimova runs V. Alimova said Vat...
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Junction BLVD: New York City's IMAGE, peeled like an onion
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News from Queens, New York. Thursday, May 15, 2008. New York City's IMAGE, peeled like an onion. In its fifth issue, shows how New York City is obsessed with. Both personal and public. Ur reporters uncovered the places where perception and reality conflict. We probed the boundary between where a person's image ends and where his or her identity begins. From grocery shelves and apply makeup. Before begging for a job. We listened to they way they cheered for presidential hopefuls. And examined foreign lands.
