Advance Masonic Temple

Advance Masonic Temple in Astoria is welcoming the public this summer to experience the Historic Blackwell Door, a special exhibit highlighting local history, preservation, and community education in Queens.
This limited summer viewing offers neighbors and visitors a chance to engage with a remarkable historic artifact in one of Astoria’s distinctive historic spaces. The exhibit is ideal for anyone interested in Queens history, architecture, preservation, and local cultural experiences.
Visitors are invited to learn more and plan their visit here:

Local Event: Historic Blackwell Door on View in Astoria This Summer

Queens County

Astoria-Long Island City

New York

Historic Blackwell Door on View in Astoria This...

Advance Masonic Temple in Astoria is welcoming the public this summer to experience the Historic Blackwell Door, a special...

Historic Blackwell Door on View in Astoria This Summer

Studies show that music can help with pain, improve memory &amp; cognitive skills, and decrease stress. Join Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) for this workshop to learn about the benefits of using music in your life, engage in therapeutic music activities, and tap along to the beat! No experience with music is needed.
Instructor:&nbsp;Michael Kammers, MT-BC, BFA Music Therapist
Date:&nbsp;Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | 10:30-11:30am (EST)
This is a FREE online workshop and will be offered via Zoom
Sign up now, space is limited! Please register here to join The Power of Music workshop: <a href="https://communityed.hss.edu/en/custom-registration-from?utm_campaign=Patch_Power_of_Music" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://communityed.hss.edu/en...</a>
Please contact <a href="mailto:communityed@hss.edu">communityed@hss.edu</a> with any questions.

Local Event: Join Hospital for Special Surgery for a Free Music Workshop!

New York County

Upper East Side

Join Hospital for Special Surgery for a Free...

Studies show that music can help with pain, improve memory & cognitive skills, and decrease stress. Join Hospital for Special...

Join Hospital for Special Surgery for a Free Music Workshop!

Cannavita Dispensary

Cannavita is bringing relaxation and mindful movement to Steinway Street with a free yoga night led by Verónica LM. Guests are invited to roll out their mats, unwind, and connect with the Astoria community while experiencing Cannavita as a welcoming neighborhood space for culture and cannabis education. Donations are encouraged and go directly to the instructor. Guests should bring their own mat, and space is limited. RSVP <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-rsvp-in-astoria-cannavita-yoga-nights-tickets-1994689604302?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;

Local Event: Cannavita Yoga Night

Cannavita Yoga Night

Cannavita is bringing relaxation and mindful movement to Steinway Street with a free yoga night led by Verónica LM. Guests are...

Cannavita Dispensary is serving up a different kind of High Note with a free stand-up comedy show hosted by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/karlamellett/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Karla Mellett</a> with performances from comedians&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/juliuscarrofcomedy/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Julius Carr</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ralphthemouth81/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ralph Anthony</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sickphattight/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">SickPhatTight</a>&nbsp;and more.&nbsp;Guests can come for the comedy and explore Cannavita's curated selection of legal New York cannabis products before or after the show. Admission is free with RSVP linked <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-comedy-show-in-astoria-tickets-1993946988117?aff=ebdsoporgprofile#search" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.
Note: 21+ only. Valid government-issued ID required. No on-site consumption.

Local Event: Cannavita High Note Comedy Night

Cannavita High Note Comedy Night

Cannavita Dispensary is serving up a different kind of High Note with a free stand-up comedy show hosted by Karla Mellett with...

Turn a Saturday in Long Island City into a full-body workout at the second annual LIC Wellness Fest, where an entire city block becomes an outdoor fitness playground complete with live workouts, recovery experiences, wellness activations, local vendors, music, and the Hurricane Fit Race—an urban obstacle course open to all fitness levels. General admission is free, with an optional $10 VIP Wellness Class Pass&nbsp;for access to instructor-led classes throughout the day. Whether you're looking to break a sweat, discover new wellness brands, or simply soak up the energy, it's one of New York City's most unique outdoor wellness experiences.

Tickets: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lic-wellness-fest-2026-free-nyc-fitness-wellness-festival-tickets-1990140199911" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lic-wellness-fest-2026-free-nyc-fitness-wellness-festival-tickets-1990140199911</a>

Local Event: LIC Wellness Fest

LIC Wellness Fest

Turn a Saturday in Long Island City into a full-body workout at the second annual LIC Wellness Fest, where an entire city block...

As part of the America 250 commemoration, the Greater Astoria Historical Society invites the public to see the Historic Blackwell Door on display at Advance Masonic Temple, 21-14 30th Avenue in Astoria, on select summer dates.
Believed to date to 1765, the Blackwell Door once belonged to the Blackwell family stone house in Ravenswood. During the British occupation of Queens in 1776, British forces carved the “Arrow of Confiscation,” also known as the crow foot mark, into the door to claim the property for the Crown. That mark remains visible today.
At eight feet tall and weighing roughly 400 pounds, the door is one of Astoria’s most remarkable surviving colonial artifacts and a rare witness to Queens’ Revolutionary-era history.
The exhibit will be open from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on:
Saturday, July 4
Sunday, July 5
Saturday, July 18
Sunday, July 26
Sunday, August 2
Sunday, August 9
Sunday, August 16
Sunday, August 23
Sunday, August 30
Visitors may also choose to register for Hallet’s Cove in the American Revolution: A Walking Tour, led by Alan Arichavala of the Greater Astoria Historical Society. The walking tour is optional, is not included automatically with exhibit viewing, and is available by separate Eventbrite reservation only. The tour begins at Socrates Sculpture Park and concludes at Advance Masonic Temple.
Exhibit Location
Advance Masonic Temple 
21-14 30th Avenue 
Astoria, New York
Walking Tour Start Location
Socrates Sculpture Park

Local Event: Historic Blackwell Door Summer Exhibit in Astoria

Historic Blackwell Door Summer Exhibit in Astoria

As part of the America 250 commemoration, the Greater Astoria Historical Society invites the public to see the Historic...

<a href="https://www.astoriamasons.org/articles/blackwell-door-summer-exhibit-astoria" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>As part of the America 250 commemoration, the Greater Astoria Historical Society invites the public to see the Historic Blackwell Door on display at Advance Masonic Temple, 21-14 30th Avenue in Astoria, on select summer dates.
Believed to date to 1765, the Blackwell Door once belonged to the Blackwell family stone house in Ravenswood. During the British occupation of Queens in 1776, British forces carved the “Arrow of Confiscation,” also known as the crow foot mark, into the door to claim the property for the Crown. That mark remains visible today.
At eight feet tall and weighing roughly 400 pounds, the door is one of Astoria’s most remarkable surviving colonial artifacts and a rare witness to Queens’ Revolutionary-era history.
The exhibit will be open from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on:
Saturday, July 4
Sunday, July 5
Saturday, July 18
Sunday, July 26
Sunday, August 2
Sunday, August 9
Sunday, August 16
Sunday, August 23
Sunday, August 30
Visitors may also choose to register for Hallet’s Cove in the American Revolution: A Walking Tour, led by Alan Arichavala of the Greater Astoria Historical Society. The walking tour is optional, is not included automatically with exhibit viewing, and is available by separate Eventbrite reservation only. The tour begins at Socrates Sculpture Park and concludes at Advance Masonic Temple.
Exhibit Location
Advance Masonic Temple 
21-14 30th Avenue 
Astoria, New York
Walking Tour Start Location
Socrates Sculpture Park

A rare piece of Astoria’s colonial past will be on display this summer at Advance Masonic Temple on select public viewing dates.
As part of the America 250 commemoration, the Greater Astoria Historical Society is inviting the public to see the Historic Blackwell Door at 21-14 30th Avenue in Astoria. Believed to date to 1765, the door once belonged to the Blackwell family stone house in Ravenswood and still bears the British “Arrow of Confiscation” carved during the occupation of Queens in 1776.
At eight feet tall and weighing roughly 400 pounds, the Blackwell Door is one of Astoria’s most remarkable surviving colonial artifacts and a rare link to Queens’ Revolutionary-era history.
The exhibit will be open from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on:
July 4, July 5, July 18, July 26, August 2, August 9, August 16, August 23, and August 30.
Visitors may also register separately for Hallet’s Cove in the American Revolution: A Walking Tour, led by Alan Arichavala of the Greater Astoria Historical Society. The walking tour is optional and available by Eventbrite reservation only. It begins at Socrates Sculpture Park and concludes at Advance Masonic Temple.
Walking tour reservations and details:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/33165268075

A rare piece of Astoria’s colonial past will be on display this summer at Advance Masonic Temple on select public viewing...

Local Event: Historic Blackwell Door Exhibit Opens on Select Summer Dates in Astoria

Historic Blackwell Door Exhibit Opens on Select...

Historic Blackwell Door Exhibit Opens on Select Summer Dates in Astoria

Central Park

Central Park isn’t all pristine paths and scenic views. It’s also home to a fascinating trove of unsavory secrets.&nbsp;This <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/central-park-scandal-vice" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a>
 reveals the scandals, controversies, and lost communities behind the 
park as we know it.&nbsp;Hear how fame, reform, and ambition left their mark 
on New York’s most famous green space, and discover stories most 
visitors miss.
Book now with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/central-park-scandal-vice" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purefinder New York</a>&nbsp;for our limited summer run.

Local Event: Central Park: Scandal & Vice Walking Tour

Central Park: Scandal & Vice Walking Tour

Central Park isn’t all pristine paths and scenic views. It’s also home to a fascinating trove of unsavory secrets. This walking...

This guided <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-outlaws-who-built-nyc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a>&nbsp;of the Financial District explores the streets and stories of the outlaws, hustlers, and political schemers who built the city’s foundations.&nbsp;
Hear how ambition, corruption, and rebellion fueled the growth of New York, from waterfront pirates and crooked politicians to daring whistleblowers and underground visionaries.&nbsp;It’s a side of city history 
that reveals&nbsp;how progress often began in the shadows.
Book your ticket with <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-outlaws-who-built-nyc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purefinder New York</a>.

Local Event: The Outlaws Who Built NYC: Financial District Tour

The Outlaws Who Built NYC: Financial District Tour

This guided walking tour of the Financial District explores the streets and stories of the outlaws, hustlers, and political...

Whitehall Terminal

<a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/death-in-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>

New York City’s past is filled with stories that reveal how people lived with death long before modern medicine and reform. This extended <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/death-in-new-york" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a> examines the city’s history of burial grounds, epidemics, and public executions across Lower Manhattan.&nbsp;
Guests visit sites in Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown to learn how disease, faith, and policy shaped the city’s development. From colonial churchyards to early cemeteries and prison sites, the tour offers a detailed look at how New York’s attitudes toward mortality helped define its growth. 
Voted among <a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/let-me-tell-youthese-are-the-best-quirky-nyc-events-to-bookmark-for-2024-121923" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Time Out New York's</a><a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/let-me-tell-youthese-are-the-best-quirky-nyc-events-to-bookmark-for-2024-121923" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Top 10!</a>
Recipient of the Viator Badge of Excellence.

Local Event: Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour...



New York City’s past is filled with stories that reveal how people lived with death long before modern medicine and reform....

Death in New York: Extended Daylight Tour (Lower Manhattan)

Carl Schurz Park

Explore how New York City became a center for psychiatric treatment and medical experimentation. This <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-psychiatric-history-of-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">walking tour</a> examines the history of mental health on the Upper East Side, tracing psychiatry’s path from its European origins to its modern institutions. 
Guests
 will learn about early asylums, the rise of psychoanalysis, and the 
city’s role in refining public attitudes toward the mind and medicine. 
Sites include locations tied to research, reform, and the professionals who helped define modern psychiatry.
Book now with <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-psychiatric-history-of-new-york" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Purefinder New York</a> before the tour season ends.
Recipient of the Viator Badge of Excellence.

Local Event: The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East Side Tour

The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East...

Explore how New York City became a center for psychiatric treatment and medical experimentation. This walking tour examines the...

The Psychiatric History of New York: Upper East Side Tour

Starbucks Coffee Company

Back for a limited fall run, every other Sunday at 1pm.
On this historian-led&nbsp;<a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/oppenheimer-in-new-york" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Upper West Side</a>&nbsp;tour, you’ll trace J. Robert Oppenheimer’s New York story through family, education, science, politics, and the intellectual circles that surrounded him before the Manhattan Project.
Explore the scenic Manhattan sites connected to his early life and see how New York’s schools, institutions, ambitions, and debates belonged to the larger world that led to the atomic age.
Book now with <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/oppenheimer-in-new-york" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Purefinder New York</a> for our limited fall run.Recipient of the Viator Badge of Excellence.

Local Event: Oppenheimer in New York: Upper West Side Walking Tour

Oppenheimer in New York: Upper West Side...

Back for a limited fall run, every other Sunday at 1pm.
On this historian-led Upper West Side tour, you’ll trace J. Robert...

Oppenheimer in New York: Upper West Side Walking Tour

The Record Plant (now The Plant – Sony)

This 90-minute <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-cold-tour" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">walking tour</a>
 examines how surveillance, propaganda, and systems of control shaped 
public life in Midtown Manhattan across the twentieth century.
The route explores lesser-known sites connected to media influence, 
intelligence activity, and political messaging, highlighting how 
institutional power operated within everyday commercial and civic 
spaces.
The tour incorporates sheltered areas, covered entrances, and&nbsp;occasional indoor spaces.
Book your ticket with <a href="https://www.purefindernewyork.com/the-cold-tour" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Purefinder New York</a>.

Local Event: Surveillance, Propaganda & Control Tour in Midtown Manhattan

Surveillance, Propaganda & Control Tour in...

This 90-minute walking tour
 examines how surveillance, propaganda, and systems of control shaped 
public life in Midtown...

Surveillance, Propaganda & Control Tour in Midtown Manhattan

Miranda Levingston

New York City Metropolitan Area

Jackson Heights-Elmhurst

New York City

David Luces

Upper West Side

Midtown-Hell's Kitchen

Kings County

Williamsburg-Greenpoint

Harlem

Gramercy-Murray Hill

East Village

New York Lawyers United for Injury Victims

Subway.Legal by Sonin & Genis and Roth & Roth

Subway.Legal is a Law Firm comprised of the collaborative initiative by Sonin &amp; Genis, LLC and Roth &amp; Roth, LLP, representing individuals injured in New York City's subway and public transportation systems. Our experienced personal injury attorneys advocate for passengers, commuters, workers, pedestrians, and visitors injured due to negligence on and around the MTA, NYC Transit, PATH, buses, and other transit properties. We handle cases involving subway and train accidents, platform falls, track intrusion incidents, escalator and elevator accidents, slip and falls, defective stairs, negligent security, construction hazards, falling debris, bus accidents, pedestrian accidents, wrongful death, and catastrophic injuries. Our attorneys investigate every case to identify all responsible parties, preserve critical evidence, and pursue maximum compensation. Transit injury claims involve complex legal issues, government agencies, strict filing deadlines, and multiple potential defendants. Our team has extensive experience handling claims against the MTA, New York City Transit, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, municipalities, and private contractors responsible for safe transportation systems. We fight to recover compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, future care, pain and suffering, permanent disability, and wrongful death damages. Every client receives personalized attention and aggressive representation from trial attorneys committed to the best possible outcome. Subway.Legal serves clients throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester, and the greater New York metropolitan area. If you or a loved one has been injured in a subway or transit accident, contact Subway.Legal today for a free consultation.

Subway.Legal is a Law Firm comprised of the collaborative initiative by Sonin & Genis, LLC and Roth & Roth, LLP, representing individuals injured...

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Tuesday, July 28

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