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Posted in Arts | August 2, 2013
Origami Cranes
All six of the community libraries in western Queens (Astoria, Broadway, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Steinway and Woodside) welcomed patrons to learn how to make origami cranes. The goal was to fold and string together as many Origami cranes as possible An ancient Japanese…
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Posted in General | March 27, 2013
Superstorm Sandy Diary: A Foreign Dignitary Visits Queens Library
On Friday, March 8, the Consul General of Japan in New York, Shigeyuki Hiroki, came to the Queens Library at Peninsula. Our libraries in the Rockaways have had a rough time since Superstorm Sandy, which sent a huge storm surge through the plate glass windows of four locations,…
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