When I walked into the Astoria Bookshop for the first meeting of the new Feminist Mosaic Reading Group (page 10), I was blown away by how many people were crammed into the front of the store, all ready to discuss “The Handmaid’s Tale.” This group was clearly passionate about both literature and equality for women, and it was amazing to see so many like-minded people come together and form a community. This issue is filled with stories of people who are truly passionate about something: an artist who’s presenting his elaborate trilogy of simulations at MoMA PS1 (page 18); an Astoria fashionista who is making her mark on New York Fashion Week (20); business owners KATRINA MEDOFF editor-in-chief who saw ways to make parents’ lives easier (page 32); and restaurateurs who are bringing their favorite foods to western Queens (page 38; page 50). Make sure to connect with us on Instagram (@boromagazine), Facebook (facebook.com/boromag) and Twitter (@BOROMAG). If you have any news or stories you’d like to share with us, send them to katrina@boromag.com. We’re always looking for inspiring apartments to spotlight in our interior design stories, new businesses to feature and notable residents to highlight. CHICK LIT REDEFINED 10 DEPARTMENTS 4 MARCH 2 0 1 7 Happy beginning of spring, Katrina Medoff 26 MAP IT DIRECTORY Your go-to guide for the best shops, food, art, nightlife and more in western Queens 28 MAP IT: WESTERN QUEENS #GIRLBOSS 20 FEATURES 6 BRUNCH BABES Street style in Astoria 10 CHICK LIT REDEFINED Astoria’s new feminist book club 18 AN EMISSARY IN THE ART LIC Dental Associates Simulation exhibit at MoMA PS1 20 #GIRLBOSS This Astoria woman is taking 32 BIZ FOR KIDZ Kids can play at these local 38 MOLDOVA IN QUEENS Sunnyside’s Moldovan restaurant 42 ALOBAR’S NEW CHEF Chef brings innovative dishes 44 SHADES OF GREY Interior design inspired by Paris 48 NYC PET NANNY Astoria native’s pet business 50 LOVE AND CREPES Say ‘bonjour’ to this new eatery EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katrina Medoff // ART DIRECTOR Mickhail Kurov // GRAPHIC DESIGNER Nirmal Singh WRITERS Gina Conteh, Sean Curry, Ruthie Darling, Lora Grillo, Marie Grillo, Angela Matua, Katrina Medoff PHOTOGRAPHERS Ruthie Darling, Bridget Kenny, Marie Torio SALES REPRESENTATIVE Graziella Zerilli // PUBLISHED BY Joshua and Victoria Schneps CONTENTS 12 MARCH 2017 EVENTS 25 BORO DEALS & DISCOUNTS Exclusive savings, discounts and freebies for the month of March in Astoria, LIC and Sunnyside WORLD over NYFW businesses to LIC restaurant All materials Copyright © 2015 BORO / All rights reserved. Opinions and claims made by advertisers are advertisers’ claims only. BORO Magazine accepts no responsibility for any claims made by advertisers. BORO Magazine reserves the right to publish any images without providing photo/image credit. No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the publisher. LICDentalAs LICDentalAs
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