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Astoria Creatives Spotlight: Widad Franco, Artist & Founder of About a Cloud and Astoria Tiny Market

This month, our spotlight is on Widad Franco, artist and founder of About a Cloud, a paper goods and gifts studio that’s all about creating art that makes people happy and inspires people to make connections. She is also the founder and organizer of Astoria Tiny Market, a hyper-local and always-changing collective of women artisans and entrepreneurs that…
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Astoria Creatives Spotlight: Rennik Soholt, Director & Producer

Hello, 2020! We’re welcoming the new year with a brand-new blog series showcasing the depth and diversity of talent that we have right here in Astoria. It is our hope that these monthly Q&A interviews will spark inspiration and maybe even collaborations and connections. This month, our spotlight is on Rennik Soholt, an award-winning and…
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Our 2019 Toy Drive Was The Biggest Yet!

We had an incredible outpour of support for the recent toy drive. Thanks to all who came out and participated! We collected nearly $2000 worth of toys and were a major contributor to the Queens Chronicle’s Toy Drive, who distributed all the toys we collected. You can read the Chronicle’s article about the drive here.

Astoria Creatives Toy Drive 2019

We are excited to organize our 6th annual toy drive with all donations going to kids right here in Queens. Our donations boxes will be available November 16th through December 16th throughout Astoria. If you would like to donate to the drive, please drop off any new and unwrapped toy to one of our donation…
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