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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 • The Courier sun 23 First-ever Queens beer festival coming to LIC By QNS Staff editorial@qns.com/@QNS Queens’ first-ever beer festival will be hosted in Long Island City on Saturday, Oct. 15, and Sunday, Oct. 16, shining a light on the borough’s growing craft beer scene and all local craft breweries. From noon to 6 p.m., attendees can sample all Queens-based breweries, plus additions from Brooklyn, The Bronx, Long Island and Staten Island. In addition to sampling beer, attendees will enjoy live music and food vendors representing the ethnic diversity of Queens. This ticketed event will feature beers from such breweries as Bridge and Tunnel Brewery, Queens Brewery, Big Alice Brewing, Singlecut Brewery, Finback Brewery, Rockaway Brewing Company, Coney Island Brewing Company, Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co., Garvies Point Brewery, LIC Beer Project, Flagship Brewing Co., Braven Brewing Company, The Bronx Brewery, Montauk Brewing Company and more. Tickets range in price from $29 to $68 for each session and can be purchased for the following times and days here. Saturday, Oct. 15, and Sunday, Oct. 16, each have two sessions: noon to 3 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. Specific ticket offerings for each session include the following: - $29 General Admission: Ticket includes tastings from participating breweries. - $43 VIP Admission: Ticket includes tastings from participating breweries, $10 worth of LIC Flea Bucks to be used toward food or crafts at the market and a VIP Gift Bag - $68 Beer Enthusiast Admission: Ticket includes tastings from participating breweries, $10 worth of LIC Flea Bucks to be used toward food or crafts at the market, VIP Gift Bag and a limited-edition Queens Beer Book which offers 30 beers at 30 great bars, breweries and beer-centric eateries across Queens ($30 value). “We’re excited to be hosting this one-of-a-kind Beer Festival right here in Queens,” said Joshua Schneps of the Queens Beer Festival. “This borough is home to a growing number of craft breweries and we are looking forward to showcasing a wide variety of local beers.” The Queens Beer Festival will be located at the site of LIC Flea & Food at 5-25 46th Ave., Long Island City. The festival is walking distance from the 7, N, Q, E, M and G trains, as well as the LIC East River Ferry stop and a parking garage on Fifth Street, so it is easily accessible to people living throughout New York City. LIC Flea & Food regularly operates every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 30. Onderdonk House to hold annual Harvest Festival By Cristin Noonan editorial@qns.com/@QNS It’s that time of year again, Ridgewood: Come Saturday, Oct. 9, the community is invited to participate in Onderdonk House’s annual Harvest Festival. Lasting from noon to 5 p.m. over Columbus Day weekend, the event is conveniently situated in the earlier part of the month and before all the Halloween hootenanny begins. Partnering with the Kiwanis Club, the Onderdonk House has been putting this event on for more than 15 years. Originally the Harvest Festival existed as a Halloween event, “complete with costume parade,” said Linda Monte, president of the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society. Its current form as the Harvest Festival is rooted in a rich Ridgewood history: “The Vander Ende Onderdonk House was once a farm with over 100 acres, so celebrating the harvest would be a special event for the Vander Endes and Onderdonks,” Monte explained. Since the first 500 children will receive a free pumpkin, it behooves attendees to come before 3 p.m. To put things in perspective, Monte said that the Harvest Festival typically pulls in roughly 1,000 people. Pumpkins for the pumpkin patch hail from a distributor who gets them from both Long Island and upstate. “I wish we could grow our own, just like the Dutch farmers, but that would take up too much space,” Monte said. Because pumpkin carving has the potential of getting a little out of hand and unsafe, the Harvest Festival will include pumpkin painting, which Monte said is “just as messy, but safer.” To really get your autumnal blood flowing, besides pumpkins there are other cute and fun activities to participate in at the Harvest Festival. For example, volunteers from the Boy and Girl Scouts of America and other community organizations will be instructing people on how to make cider and candles. Mark your calendars for Oct. 9 and prepare yourself for some totally wholesome fall fun, Ridgewood!


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