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Saturday, April 26 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Queens is Cool: An Hour about The World's Most Diverse County LIMITED

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Two half-hour blocks will help you understand how Queens fits into the rest of New York City and the treasures that make it unique from its fellow boroughs.

Moderators
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Heidi Moore

US Finance and Economics Editor, The Guardian
Heidi N. Moore is the US finance and economics editor and business columnist for The Guardian. She was previously the New York bureau chief and Wall Street correspondent for Marketplace, where she reported and wrote about the culture of banks, companies, financing and markets. Prior... Read More →

Speakers
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Meg Cotner

Meg writes about food, the arts, culture, and Queens. She is the author of Food Lovers' Guide to Queens, a consummate guidebook on the restaurants, shops, and markets in the borough. A publisher of the We Heart Network, she edits and writes for the flagship digital property We... Read More →
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Giuseppe Falco

Born and Raised in Queens, Giuseppe Falco has worked in the food industry for more than 20 years. His passion was formed at an early age while spending his summers visiting family in Italy. Working in such notable restaurants as Trattoria dell Arte, Bond 45, and The Red Eye Grill... Read More →
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Katie Honan

Katie Honan is a reporter/producer covering Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona and the Rockaway peninsula in Queens. She comes to DNAinfo.com from WNBC/Channel 4, where she was the station's first social media editor and also worked as a web editor. While at NBC, she was part of a team that won an Emmy for best breaking news coverage for reporting during the Empire State Building shooting. The team also won an Em... Read More →
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Rob MacKay

Director of Public Relations, Marketing & Tourism, Queens Economic Development Corporation
Rob has worked at QEDC since 2011. His responsibilities include writing press releases and brochures, placing stories in media outlets, providing information to the public and news agencies, organizing and promoting events such as Queens Taste and Restaurant Week, and spearheading... Read More →
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Jeff Orlick

Jeffrey Tastes Queens Food Tours
Jeff Orlick lives to create his food and culture fantasies - like Viva La Comida, the Momo Crawl, the Flushing Mall Grazing Experience, Trick or Eat Elmhurst, and his series of Ambassador Programs. Orlick keeps busy showing off the people's food of Queens, NY with his Roosevel... Read More →
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Beckie Stravers

Beckie Stravers is the wayward writer behind Cubicle57 (a meandering lifestyle blog), a pusher of all things internet at a digital advertising agency, and a tireless champion of the under-appreciated and underrated. A typical New York transplant and long time Queens resident, she is an Astoria expat who is currently making Deep... Read More →


Saturday April 26, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
1st Floor - Cinema (Bohemian National Hall) 321 E. 73rd St. NY, NY 10021
  Everyone