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Halloween Season Makes Its Way to Townsend
Halloween Season Makes Its Way to Townsend
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Blues, Blood, and Brotherhood: Sinners’ Twist on Vampire Tales
Superman: Is David Corenswet the Best Man of Steel Yet?
Superman: Is David Corenswet the Best Man of Steel Yet?
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Defying Expectations: Wicked
Defying Expectations: Wicked
Discovering Cultures and Cuisines from Food Trucks on the Queens College Campus
Discovering Cultures and Cuisines from Food Trucks on the Queens College Campus
The Duo Coffee Bar: Finding Authentic Matcha In the Outskirts of Flushing
The Duo Coffee Bar: Finding Authentic Matcha In the Outskirts of Flushing
Filipino-Fried Chicken: Jollibee
Filipino-Fried Chicken: Jollibee
Centre: The Center of Pasta & Pizza
Centre: The Center of Pasta & Pizza
Hidden Delights of Flushing: Fu Yuan
Hidden Delights of Flushing: Fu Yuan
Yoodon: Cram and Dine
Yoodon: Cram and Dine
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Back to School Shopping: Online or In-Person?
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How can we save our environment? Old clothes.
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The Best and Worst Dressed at Coachella 2025
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Celebrity Spotlight: Tyla’s Fashion
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The Critic’s Guide to Depop: Buy Some, Sell Some
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The Best and Worst Dressed Celebrities at the 2025 Oscars
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Arising Indie Rock Artist Solya Returns With Two Standout Singles
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That Time of Year: Lollapalooza Chicago
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KATSEYE Stirs Up Some “Beautiful Chaos” with this Album
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Man’s Best Friend: An Inside Look at Sabrina Carpenter’s Boldest Album to Date
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Throwback: The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology
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Coachella 2025 Was a Hit
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The NBA is Back in Season: What to Know
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The Nail-Biting World Cup 2026 Qualifiers
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The 2025 U.S. Open: Familiar faces with New Twists
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Jaxson Dart: The Big Apple’s Best Quarterback since Eli Manning?
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Eleven Teams, One City: The Complicated World of New York Sports
Islam Makhachev defending his lightweight title: UFC 311 Main Event
Islam Makhachev defending his lightweight title: UFC 311 Main Event
Ana Huang’s King of Envy: Does it Meet Expectations?
Ana Huang’s King of Envy: Does it Meet Expectations?
Looking for Alaska: A Journey Worth Taking
Looking for Alaska: A Journey Worth Taking
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The Green Bone Saga: Jade, Honor, and Blood
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Parachutes by Kelly Yang: A Coming-of-Age Story Across Borders
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Secrecy in Sin
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It Ends With Us: Should it have ended with the book?
Reviews and Commentary by Teens from Queens

The Classic Critic
Reviews and Commentary by Teens from Queens

The Classic Critic
Reviews and Commentary by Teens from Queens

The Classic Critic
Israel Morales

Israel Morales, Editor-in-Chief

Israel is a senior at Townsend Harris High School. If he isn’t making posts about movies and shows on his TikTok account, he’s either watching a Barcelona game or watching a new film.

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Dune Part Two: the greatest Sci-Fi movie of the 21st century, or perhaps in the entire history of Cinema?

Dune Part Two: the greatest Sci-Fi movie of the 21st century, or perhaps in the entire history of Cinema?

Israel Morales, Staff Writer
April 11, 2024
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter: Finding Strength in Adversity and Cultural Expectations

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter: Finding Strength in Adversity and Cultural Expectations

Israel Morales, Staff Writer
March 24, 2024
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