Melinda Katz News

On Saturday, November 12, Flushing Town Hall will celebrate the Festival of Lights with its second-annual Diwali Festival, featuring internationally renowned dancers and musicians from historic India and the Indian diaspora, with workshops, traditional foods, and family-friendly activities. 

Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in October. Fertile Ground will present new work by various artists and Take Root will present the Treehouse Shakers performing a special program for Young Audiences. 

Queens Theatre will present the award winning play In the Car with Blossom and Len written by Joni Fritz and directed by Tony Award nominee Lynne Taylor-Corbett (Broadway's SWING!) at the Queens Theatre's Shulman Theatre located at 14 United Nations Avenue South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, today joined Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and members of The Friends of Queensbridge Park to celebrate the legacy of long-time park advocate Elizabeth McQueen by officially naming the park's promenade in her honor. Scroll down for photos!

Queens Theatre's new season, which will begin in October 2016 and continue through May 2017, will feature Dance, Theatre and Family programming along with many special events.

?NYC Parks Queens Borough Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Borough President Melinda Katz to break ground on a $1.45 million upgrade to Joseph DeVoy Playground in Forest Park.  Doris DeVoy, wife of the community advocate for whom the park is named, also joined in the celebration.  

Just last night, The New York Pops returned to its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY, for a program starring Tony nominees Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos below!

NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FACIP, today joined AT&T's New York President Marissa Shorenstein, Bronx Borough President Rueben Diaz, Jr. and community members to announce a deal to extend free public AT&T Wi-Fi in the Parks for an additional five years. The free Wi-Fi is available, regardless of wireless carrier, to parkgoers at 27 locations in 21 parks across the five boroughs. The collaboration increases the number of free solar mobile charging stations to 34 units at 15 parks and beaches; and four new parks will receive the popular AT&T Street Charge units-Queens Flushing Meadows Park at David Dinkins Circle and Ederle Terrace, Brooklyn's Sunset Park and Prospect Park at the LeFrak Center and Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, where the announcement was made.

?Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in June.

NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, today joined Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Congresswoman Grace Meng, Assembly Member Edward Braunstein, Council Member Elect Barry Grodenchik and District Manager of Community Board 11 Susan Seinfeld to celebrate a $1.6 million reconstruction of Oakland Lake to improve water quality and re-establish safe, passive recreation around the lake. Scroll down for photos from the ribbon cutting!

Quintet of the Americas will present Another Realm, Unusual Musical Combinations, a concert tonight, September 17 - 7:30 PM at White Box Gallery. 329 Broome Street in Manhattan.

Quintet of the Americas will present Another Realm, Unusual Musical Combinations, a concert on Thursday, September 17 - 7:30 PM at White Box Gallery. 329 Broome Street in Manhattan.

NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, will join President of the New York Structural Steel Painting Contractors Association Kieran Ahern, Business Manager for the International Union of Painting and Allied Trades Local 806 District Council #9 Joe Ramaglia, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Senior Advisor to the Mayor for Recovery, Resiliency and Infrastructure Bill Goldstein, Congresswoman Grace Meng, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, and Council Member Elizabeth Crowley to announce an in kind donation to repaint the upper portion of the Tent ofTomorrow, an historic World's Fair structure. Scroll down for photos!

On Monday, April 27, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP joined Borough President Melinda Katz, Council Member Rory Lancman and District Manager of Community Board 12 Yvonne Reddick, and community members to break ground on renovations to Rufus King Park.

NYC Parks Queens Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Historic House Trust Executive Director Franklin Vagnone, Council Member Mark Weprin, Congresswoman Grace Meng representative Donald Capalbi, Council Member Koo representative Ian Chan, and seniors from the Jamaica Service Program for Older Adults Friendship Center at the Lewis H. Latimer House in Queens to present a $100,000 grant from the Historic House Trust to the City's historic houses and to celebrate Black History Month.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and JFK International Air Terminal LLC (JFKIAT) today unveiled the next phase of a Terminal 4 expansion at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The $175 million project adds 11 gates and 75,000 square feet to Terminal 4's Concourse B and continues Delta's $1.2 billion investment to enhance and expand the terminal.

Lincoln Center Local Silent Disco, a night of disco dancing under the stars, will take place tonight, September 12, in Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park in Queens as part of Lincoln Center's effort to bring its art and entertainment programs to all the boroughs of New York City. This free event was planned by the offices of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, and Lincoln Center.

Lincoln Center Local Silent Disco, a night of disco dancing under the stars, will take place on Friday, September 12, in Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park in Queens as part of Lincoln Center's effort to bring its art and entertainment programs to all the boroughs of New York City. This free event was planned by the offices of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, and Lincoln Center.

Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski today joined Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, Assembly Member Margaret Markey, members of Queens Community Board 5 and local bocce players to celebrate Juniper Valley Park's three new bocce courts. As part of the opening ceremony, Commissioner Lewandowski accepted a set of bocce balls donated to the court in memory of Norman Fisher, a bocce player who raised his family near Juniper Valley Park. Parks will use this set to teach children the game of bocce.