3-18

REVIEW

Tantra 3550 31st Street Astoria Queens NYC.
I was in Queens this past weekend and had the opportunity to stop by this joint.
The middle eastern inspired decor would lend to a lovely atmosphere if the space wasn't overcrowded. I'm thinking the space hit capacity when hookahs were being served at the bar, and the patrons trying to get drinks were unable to. Leather banquettes line the other side of the bar creating a corridor from the front of venue to the tiny dance floor for those not ordering bottle service, (yes you read correctly bottle service at a Queens lounge) not as pricey as a Manhattan lounge but still pricey enough for me to want to leave Tantra and go to Le Souk, Why stay in Queens at this pseudo version, of what has already been mastered. Behind the dance floor is another room boxed off slightly. Greed in a nightlife establishment lends to a tacky establishment, so beware of Tacky Tantra of Queens.

TONIGHT TUESDAY 3-18

Scion & Sybarite Presents What Moves You
Spotlight 1604 Broadway, 10pm, Free, open bar f10-11pm. Feel free to donate a couple of dollars! Scion is collaborating with non-profit organization, Sybarite Productions Artist Development Center for tonights fund raiser and dance showcase featuring the talented Sybarite dancers who will be styled in a clothing from designers such as Brooklyn Xpress, Brooklyn Industries, Mecca and Scion Release, while performing mind-blowing, theatrical dance routines of hip hop, house, dance hall, and breaking. There will also be music by DJ DP .

The Rap Party
APT 419 W 13th St downstairs, 10pm-4am, 21+, FREE, music: Hip Hop & Old School. Celebrate the history of hip-hop mixes by The Rub on Brooklyn Radio with DJ Lindsey. Join the Rub's DJ Ayres, Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven as they celebrate the completion of the twenty first episode of their History of Hip-Hop series on Brooklyn Radio.net.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Animal Walk
Circus animals parade thru the Queens Midtown Tunnel to Madison Square Garden, Midnight.
My mom took me to see this when I was a child, an excuse to stay up past my bedtime and a right of passage for children of NYC.