Free ‘Only in Queens’ food & music festival is this Sunday at Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Photo via Wikimedia Commons/Paul VanDerWerf Flushing Meadows Corona Park    

An afternoon and evening of summer fun is coming to Corona this weekend.

The Only in Queens Summer Festival will take place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park from 2 until 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 11. The free event open to the public will feature activities and performances for people of all ages.

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Sit back, relax, and let the pros take care of the tough jobs, says Christina El Moussa of HGTV's 'Flip or Flop.'

Whether you’re flipping a house or renovating your current home, hiring private contractors is nearly unavoidable. If you’ve seen “Flip or Flop,” you know Tarek and I can’t do everything ourselves. We’ve built relationships with contractors we trust, and they do most of the heavy lifting.

If you’re new to the flipping game, though, chances are you haven’t built these relationships...

Streamline your wardrobe, and help others at the same time.

I recently had a closet collapse. I came home from a day at the office to find heaps of once-neatly-hung, color-coordinated clothes in one giant, messy mound on the floor. Worse than picking up the pieces of chipped drywall? Admitting that maybe it was time to get rid of that favorite shirt of mine — from college. In the ’90s.

So I sought the help of style expert Darcy Camden to find out what she tells her clients. Camden has been cle...

New farmers market is coming to Queens’ Cunningham Park this summer

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Shop for your fruits and veggies in the open air at this farmers market making its debut in a Fresh Meadows park this month.

Starting May 28, Cunningham Park will be home to a new pop-up Down to Earth Farmers Market every Sunday until Nov. 19. The market will be open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and will be set up at the northeast corner of the park’s parking lot.

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Here’s your guide to the Memorial Day parades being held around Queens this weekend

File photo/QNS The 2016 Memorial Day Parade in Forest Hills

• By QNS Staff/editorial@queenscourier.com/Wednesday, May 24, 2017/11:15 AM

Old Glory will fly across Queens this coming weekend as communities across the “World’s Borough” commemorate Memorial Day with parades and ceremonies honoring those who gave their lives in defense of the nation.

Everyone’s invited to each of the events, man...

Check out the vision for a new park eyed on the ‘QueensWay’ through Glendale & Forest Hills

Renderings courtesy of The Trust for Public Land The Trust for Public Land and the Friends of the QueensWay released renderings of the half-mile portion of the proposed QueensWay park.   The plan to transform the Long Island Rail Road’s unused Rockaway Beach Branch Line into a linear park — dubbed the QueensWay — has taken another step forward. The Trust for Public Land and Friends...