🌱 Queens World Film Festival + Citywide Rent Hikes + JustFoodForDogs

Hello all. I'm back with your new edition of the Queens Daily. Let's get this Friday started off right, with a quick review of the most important things going on in town.

First, today's weather:

A t-storm around in the p.m. High: 89 Low: 65.

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Here are the top three stories today in Queens:

1. Queens World Film Festival is celebrating pride with a screening of seven short films. The films scheduled to be shown, which range from six minutes to 22 minutes, include “Break Up” by AJ Mattioli, “Without Say” by Neha Gautam, “Better Man” by Amelia Mathews, “Marguerite” by Marianne Farley, “Dress Code” by Melanie Notinger, “Couple of Guys” by Debra Markowitz, and “Stonewall: The Making of a Monument” by Cheryl Furjanic. The screenings will take place on Jun. 26 at Flushing Town Hall and will be followed by a Q&A session. (QNS.com)
2. Rent prices have spiked in Queens and across the city. According to a recent Douglas Elliman report, May’s average rent price in Queens increased 16.9 percent from that of May 2021. Residents in Queens aren't the only ones concerned over rising rents; Queens Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Grech said business owners have also been hit with higher prices. “It’s making it harder and harder for people to live, work and play in a place like Queens County,” Grech said. (Queens Chronicle)
3. A new store offering healthy dog food is opening in Long Island City today, Jun. 17. The California-based company, JustFoodForDogs, will open its first location in Queens and its second in New York City following on from its Union Square, Manhattan, store. They offer dog food that is made using USDA-certified ingredients including meats, fresh vegetables, and whole grains. The store is located at 47-46 Vernon Blvd. in a space previously occupied by a branch of the real estate firm Modern Spaces. (Queens Post)

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Today in Queens:

• Family Workshop - Improving Parent Child Communication, At East-West School Of International Studies (8:15 AM)
• Margot & The Midnight Tenants, At Culture Lab LIC (9:00 AM)
• Live It Up: Get Healthy, Live Well, At Catholic Charities - Far Rockaway Clinic (10:00 AM)
• The Quiet Before: On The Unexpected Origins Of Radical Ideas With Gal Beckerman, At Glen Oaks Branch Library (7:00 PM)
• Queens Jazz Orchestra: “Bird Flight" Honoring Phil Schaap And The Genius Of Charlie Parker, At Flushing Council On Culture And The Arts (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Bring your father figure to the Queens Botanical Garden's Movie Night screening of Onward this Sat, Jun. 18 for Father's Day weekend! Included with the movie are a snack voucher, Father's Day card-making, paper mushroom house-making, and after-hours garden access. (Queens Botanical Garden via Facebook)
• The borough's biggest block party, LIC Springs!, takes place on Vernon Boulevard in LIC on Jun. 18. Click here for more info. (Queens, New York via Facebook)
• Join the Queens Council on the Arts at QCA presents Poetry Night on Jun. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Come listen to a line-up of poets, who will share their stories and poems in an evening of literary celebration live. (Queens Council on the Arts via Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.