The Venue
QED Astoria
27-16 23rd Ave
Kambri Crews opened this small Astoria arts space in 2014 and the comedian Hannah Lieberman owns it now. The calendar runs from first-time stand-ups to writing workshops.
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Shape The Night
Before
Arepas CafeA narrow Venezuelan place on 36th Avenue that has been griddling arepas on this block since the late 2000s. You order at the counter from a board of about twenty fillings and the reina pepiada is the one most people come back for. There are a dozen or so tables and the turnover is quick. It sits directly across 36th Avenue from Melrose Ballroom's door.
7:30 PM · Backyard Ghost Stories
After
Ryan's DaughterDown a few steps on 85th between First and Second is an Irish pub, with a pool table at the back and bowls of free chips on the bar. Guinness poured properly and nothing on the walls that looks like it was bought as a theme. It runs to four in the morning seven nights a week. Quiet enough on a weekday that the pool table is usually free.